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BAND OF STEEL | Arc 1 ⁽¹⁾ ...
BAND OF STEEL; NE in FC | Arc 2 ⁽²⁾ ...

and now..............
MUTANTS & MASTERMINDS
.. p r e s e n t s ..

A NEW NECESSARY EVIL in FREEDOM CITY | Arc 3

Issue # 0:3 : "ORIGIN", February 16, 2007.

• RECAP: ⁽³⁾ ... aka. "the Character Creation Session". Joining me (your humble writer/gm) for the evening was: Brandon, Adam and Micheal. Andrew and Karl were not able to attend. Planning to be a short 2-3 hours the group enjoyed thinking about the campaign plan until midnight. We went over concepts. Adam has the most complete character following some rule and stat corrections. Adama is up next, having no less than four ideas. Micheal came to the table with a character plan which we will be helping to build for him. The [campaign questions] were given to the group, as were several print handouts detailing the setting. Fun was had by all, pizza was had by most... All looks good for a next week start.
• ISSUE QUOTES:
  • "It is easy to BE a racist when you have another 'race' to hate..." --Johan Rosenheim (speaking about the alien menace)

Issue # 1:3 : " ??? ", February 23, 2007.

• PREVIEW:
  You stand beside him facing the legions of battle drones and alien scum... Each deafening fist-fall crashes like thunder echoing through the buildings of Freedom City. Two pugilists fight fatigue and pain to continue the violent dance. The roman moves to the upper hand. Managing to throw the ender-being through the Goodman Building and beyond Freedom Hall. The buildings lurch some collapsing and the ender is pinned at the riverside... but not for long. The roman catches his breathe and readies himself for what he knows is coming. The foe slowly rises from the rubble. The battle has obviously taken its toll. The gods square off against each other for what they each know will be a final confrontation. They charge towards each other. Titans clashing... windows blow out and concrete cracks as their struggle renews.
  In the end, the being from the Terminus lies ripped from his armors - his smashed body is hurled back into the dimension of nothing. The rift between two worlds had to be closed. The rift must be closed, else another invasion would be eminent. Centurion flies up to the opening and in a heroic gesture uses the remaining energy in his body to seal the rift. As the last of the rift blinks out of existance, the roman relaxes knowing that he has stopped the invasion but doomed himself. The epic battle takes its toll and the hero's hero falls from the sky. On impact his body creates a small crater, slipping free from the restraints of the mortal realm and journeys beyond. Freedom's Sentry Statue is erected where he fell, the actual gravesite remains a closely guarded secret, but where is our champion? Buried in the soil of Freedom City, perhaps in Ultima Thule or does he await rebirth?
  
  Alright, listen up, people. The Blackstone Penatentury Mag-Lev has been incommunicado for ninety minutes. The standard rule is that average foot speed over uneven mountainous ground barring injuries is 4 miles-per-hour, Neg-Bands could be down - so that means there ARE NO RULES Khanates! That gives us a radius of six miles to the ends of the Earth!
  What I want from each and every one of you is a hard-target search of every gas station, residence, warehouse, farmhouse, henhouse, outhouse and doghouse in that area. Checkpoints go up at fifteen miles. Your fugitive's are the world's worst. They are Criminals, theives, thugs, murderers, kidnappers, madmen, villains, vigilantees, mutants and masterminds. Rank of Shock-Lord goes to each Khan who brings back a head.
  Go get them.
• RECAP: ???
• CODES, CLUES & TIPS:
  • To our own brothers and sisters behind enemy lines, the Deadman says:
    "International Shoe. International Shoe."
    "The canary wants in the coal mine. The canary wants in the coal mine."
• ISSUE QUOTES:
  • " ??? "

Issue # 2:3 : " ??? ", March 2, 2007.

• PREVIEW: ???
• RECAP: ???
• CODES, CLUES & TIPS:
  •  ???
• ISSUE QUOTES:
  • " ??? "

Collectors' Notes

(1) The rare Savage Worlds Comics mini-series was never meant to be an on-going concern, but in light of its success, it was picked up by Mutants & Masterminds Comics as a regular series. The roster was altered; Boneyard, Carnivore and Noise became occasional guest stars, while Man'O War and Whiplash were added to the regular line-up. This gave Stahl Toys a chance to expand the merchandising line. The aliens were also changed somewhat, the V'sori becoming the Star-Khan's Stellar Khanate and the Fins becoming the Grue. Dr. Destruction became the Overshadow in later comics, tying in with one of Mutants & Masterminds' staple villains.

(2) Following the energetic 1st story arc, the comic began it's first monthly series. Publishing 4 popular issues, squabbles within the writing staff caused an early cancellation of the comic. Though still loved by many of the original creators it seems the Star Khan won the day on this book.

(3) With several inspired concepts on the tables the publisher was reminded of the classic series chronicling a "necessary evil in Freedom City" and the creators flocked to it. Within a week most of the character team had been developed, a fully new roster in service of the Overshadow and the first issue was on it's way to press. Time will tell if this series will stand the test of time.

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