For the past few issues, a mad scientist has been working on what he considered his own “Galatea”, using data on Galatea Future collected by the United Nations and by Champions consultant Doctor Silverback.
Now, that mad scientist is dead, and his creation is missing.
Meanwhile, a killing machine is making its way through Millennium City, with weapons that may even be able to hurt the city’s guardian.
What is this threat? And how is it connected to the missing creation?
It’s been over ten years since Galatea Future appeared in Millennium City and things have been going okay for our time-displaced formerly-incarnate heroine.
Galatea Future has been able to rebuild her life and make a name for herself outside of her hero identity. She’s made friends and a name for herself in this new universe.
But now Galatea’s past will be used against her.
“Future’s Guardian” #25 will start a new four-part storyline called “Negation”, where the super-genius William Foswell managed to get his hands on Galatea’s data from Issue #20.
From Issues 20 to 24, Foswell’s progress continued on his supposed lifetime work on what he called “his own Galatea”. A man-made creation that would be equal to Galatea Future based on the information that was collected by Doctor Silverback and Agent Perri Piper.
But then something has happened to Foswell, and his creation is nowhere to be found.
Issue #25 will introduce a new character named Maxima Wann, a mystical operative with connections to Elite Ice and Keira Fyre.
Who is she? And what issue does Elite have with her?
Issue #25 will also introduce a new contributing creator, Theresa Setting. You may have seen her credits in earlier issues as she is the one who created the characters Elite Ice and Keira Fyre. But this will mark her first issue as a contributor.
Issue #25 of “Future’s Guardian” will be available on September 29th.
To celebrate, we have a free large-screen wallpaper featuring Galatea Future from “Future’s Guardian”, great for monitors large and small. The great 3d image of Galatea comes from .Ra over at CoXComics.com with tweaks from David 2.
Work progresses on Issue #25, and hopefully we should have some good news soon on the issue and the storyline that kicks off in it.
As of this posting, Battlerock Comics publications will no longer be available through the web publishing service Issuu.
At issue is the decision made by the service to put a publication cap on free accounts. Where previously free accounts would have an unlimited number of publications, the administrators have now decided to limit the number of publications for free accounts to five.
As Battlerock Comics publishes fan-made not-for-profit comics, this puts an undue burden on us.
We have therefore decided to discontinue using Issuu for all our publications.
All links to Issuu will be disconnected and the publications themselves will be removed from their servers by their deadline of June 30th. We will continue to use deviantART as well as our own website servers for all current and future publications.
The new generation of extra-humans continue their search for the valiant heroes who gave their lives to save the world and then mysteriously disappeared years ago. They’ve already found one such hero, but now they’re being led to a favorite hero that was believed to be dead. Could Virtue really be alive?
“Missing Heroes” is written by Night Hornet, a member of the City of Comic Creators, using 3D images. It is published by GGRRR Comics.
In 2019, FBI Agent Anna Wednesday was killed while attempting to arrest the man who would have been the next mayor of Millennium City. It was an incident that involved the heroes of Project Mycroft, and their participation would shatter the relationship between the United Nations and both the United States and Millennium City in particular.
Now, a few years later, the heroes are forced to recount the events of that tragic incident, and the man who killed Agent Wednesday learns his own fate.
It looks like Santa’s helpers are a little behind on getting the tree finished, but it still looks great in the Renaissance Center.
Click to view and download this 1600×900 wallpaper
We’re certainly busy here working on Issue 24 of “Future’s Guardian“, but with the holiday season here, it does limit where we can work on certain scenes. We’re looking at the end of January 2023 for the tentative release.
Keep checking with the Battlerock Comics website for more updates and for any news from other members of the City of Comic Creators.
And we hope everyone has a safe and happy holiday season!
Back in 2019, the decision was made to skip forward five years in the world of “Future’s Guardian”. This was to match the gap of time between the releases of Issues 12 and 13. The matter of Malizia in “Psilence of Conscience” was over with, questions surrounding Galatea Future going back to the first issue were “answered”, and there was even a resolution with Starlett’s story. It was time to move forward.
At the start of Issue 15, five years had passed since the last issue. Obviously some things had changed. Right off the bat, we know that from the cover that Starlett and John Battle were together. Then we’re introduced to a new reporter named Mercedes Reale who gets us caught up on one of the other things that changed.
From “Future’s Guardian” #15
Mercedes go on to say that the Agent Wednesday would be killed while attempting to arrest Betters and his “security consultant”. It would later be revealed that the heroes of Project Mycroft were somehow involved with that incident, and that the aftermath had “poisoned” relations between the United Nations and the local authorities. Project Mycroft would be put under the supervision of an elite U.N. administrator named Lady Esther Glacia. Galatea Future would be sporting a new outfit and hung up in Congressional hearings, taking her out of the scene for much of the whole storyline involving John Battle and the “Real Truth”.
But the question remained… what really happened?
Issue 24 brings us back to the events of one year before the “Real Truth” storyline, and the mayoral race that cost FBI Agent Anna Wednesday her life.
We’re introduced to Ronald Betters, the wealthy businessman mentioned in Issue 15. He has a few things in common with a certain real-world businessman who also entered the political arena, but the similarities end when it comes to the election and how it turns out.
Campaign sign for Ronald Betters
“Betters is more your old-school mob boss,” said writer/creator David 2. “Think Al Capone or John Gotti if they ever decided to get involved with politics instead of bootleg alcohol and drugs. He’s made a name for himself in Chicago with some questionable actions but then he’s encouraged to show up in Millennium City and start running for mayor.”
Galatea Future, circa 2018, racing to the scene
The story of the mayoral election will be told through narration, flashback, and testimony during the sentencing phase of Betters’ security consultant, “Lunk”, who, at the time of the issue, would already be found guilty for murder.
“Each of the characters in the episode will have part of the overall story,” David 2 said. “Starlett will show the friendship she had with Wednesday and how she connected with the other heroes. Galatea will show what happened to Wednesday. And then there is Ronin Omega, who will be tying it all together. Because, of all of the heroes in Project Mycroft, he’s the one that knows all the details with Wednesday and how she got involved investigating the mayoral race. He’ll be explaining it all to Agent Piper, who is the new member of the team and has no idea why there would be this animosity between agencies.”
Agent Peri Piper with Ronin Omega and Miss Lady
By the end of Issue 24, David 2 says that everything will be made clear about “the incident”.
Agent Anna Wednesday
Issue 24 is still in production. Keep checking with the Battlerock Comics website for more details on this issue when they become available and when it will be released.
While progress continues on “Future’s Guardian“, we’re proud to continue to help promote the works of a fellow comic creator.
Night Hornet is the writer/creator/editor/publisher of G.G.R.R.R. Comics, and while he has been out of action for a while (something that may or may not have to do with vodka), he recently returned to the world of online comics with an all-3D-animated series called “Missing Heroes”.
Click on the image or this link to download the PDF from Google Drive.
In Issue 2, a new generation of “extras” are looking for the original heroes who have since gone missing since “The Event”. This has led them to “The Major”, who is surprisingly eager to share what he knows with this younger group.
Meanwhile a naked man is wandering the streets enacting divine judgement on certain people. Who is he and why is he doing it? And why is he naked? Find out here.
And keep checking in with this site for more news on our works and those of our fellow members of the City of Comic Creators.
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