We here at Battlerock Comics want to wish our readers a Happy Thanksgiving to those that partake. And for those that don’t, Happy Thursday!
As you can see, we are busy working on Issue 26 of “Future’s Guardian”, with the hopes of having it released by the end of the year. A lot will depend on getting material before the folks at Champions Online switch over to Holiday mode, which would make getting outdoor scenes difficult. But we think it’s possible to get everything we need to get this issue ready for release.
So for those who partake, enjoy Thanksgiving, hopefully with family and friends and a big feast.
Maxima Wann and a group of heroes battle Takofanes in front of Champions Headquarters near the end of the Blood Moon Event
Following the events seen in the recent issue of “Battlerock Comics Presents” #4, the mystic specialist Maxima Wann did have her much sought-after fight with the Lich King Takofanes.
This occurred during the final week of the Blood Moon Event, when the dead rise and Takofanes and his minions can cross over to take over the world.
The conflict began when Takofanes was spotted alongside Champions Headquarters, sitting in his menacing hovering throne. To get to him, Maxima and the army of heroes she joined up with had to first defeat dozens of undead minions and their lieutenants. Only then did Takofanes take notice of them.
Although her own chaos magics were formidable when facing low-level foes, the Lich King’s own powers were no match for hers. Fortunately, Maxima was not alone in this conflict. Dozens of heroes, including some high-level mystics, were waiting along with Maxima for Takofanes to make his move.
The battle did not take long, and Takofanes was soon driven back to his realm.
Maxima and the others were thanked and rewarded by members of the Trismegistus Council for their victory.
Takofanes was defeated, but the Blood Moon Event was still going on, and as such the Lich King would have many more opportunities to try again.
From the pages of “Future’s Guardian” comes the story of a woman born to bring the end of the world.
For years, Maxima Wann was born and raised as a princess in a cult that believed she would deliver them to paradise. But when she turned sixteen, she discovered that her family and the people she trusted were really preparing her to bring about destruction. She was rescued, but at a terrible price.
Now she’s an adult, and during a time of the Blood Moon, when the shadow of evil exists everywhere, she’s being confronted by forces from that past.
The month of October is always the season of the Blood Moon in the world of Champions Online. When the night is eternal, the moon is always blood red, monsters are running rampant, and the dead rise.
And for one hero, the season of the Blood Moon is always a season of nightmares.
You may have seen Maxima Wann before. She just made her debut in “Future’s Guardian” #25 helping Elite Ice fight off VIPER soldiers.
“Maxima’s story is a troubled one,” said creator David 2. “This is someone who has lost everything she had and burdened with a power that she barely could comprehend, never mind control. And then she was sent to a school that pretty much treated her like a pariah.”
But if anything, Maxima enjoys this time of the year, as she can focus her anger and frustrations on the ghosts and monsters that come with the Blood Moon event.
(Maxima Wann facing off against a Trick-or-Treat monster in “Battlerock Comics Presents” #4)
“I really enjoyed developing Maxima”, said David 2. “She was originally a pastiche of several mystical figures, but over the past year I’ve been able to fine-tune her look and her abilities. It was only right that her story should be told during the Blood Moon Event.”
“Battlerock Comics Presents: Maxima Wann” Issue #4 will be online on October 27th.
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.
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