The tribulations of Starlett continue, as the Hometown Hero and VoxPop 2.0 make the vigilante’s life more and more difficult. Boundaries are blurred as the blackmailing duo continue to break down Starlett’s personal and vigilante roles.
With John Battle out of the picture, who can Starlett turn to for help?
Meanwhile, Red Sinner is unable to track down VoxPop. Can Cassie Dare somehow do what Red Sinner cannot?
It’s not easy for heroes to keep two lives. Either they wear masks as heroes to protect their civilian identity, or they wear disguises in their civilian identity to keep people from identifying them as heroes.
Think about Galatea Future. For most of her life before she went to the world of Champions Online, she really didn’t have a secret identity, because she didn’t have a personal life outside of who she was as a hero. Yes, in those early years in “The City”, she had a secret identity as a tailor apprentice, but that ended up being scuttled when she disappeared for five years and her civilian identity was presumed killed. After that, she was simply “Galatea” That’s what that whole universe knew her as.. Then, after she arrived in the world of the Champions, she was given a new civilian identity of Athena Rose Fairmore, but even that is a disguise for who she really is.
In fact, as we see in this preview of “Future’s Guardian” #22, Galatea’s civilian identity as a bestselling writer reaches new levels as she goes from pure fiction to crime drama.
Then there is Starlett. A former movie stunt-actor turned vigilante, Dee Risk tries to balance her personal live as a club DJ with her vigilante life as the sword-wielding Starlett. In this case, Starlett is Dee’s disguise.
But, just like the character in Athena’s latest book, Dee’s secret identity as Starlett was discovered by the wrong people, and they are using that to control her. And in this scene, that includes showing up at her civilian job in Club Caprice…
It’s clear that lines are being crossed, but how long will this go on, and to what extent will she be pushed?
Plus, we get another look at a certain “mad scientist” from Issue 21 and his creation.
What is going on with him? And how does this affect Galatea Future?
You’re just going to have to wait and see…
“Future’s Guardian” #22 will be going online on “Black Friday”, November 26th.
It’s Halloween weekend, and we here at Battlerock Comics would like to share in the scary festivities with a look at comics past.
CITY OF HEROES
Our first venture involves a hero who isn’t a witch in the beginning, but later learned by some of the best.
Courtney Hart started as a frumpy teenager who got her hands on a cursed spellbook and became locked into being eternally beautiful and with fire-based superpowers. She adopted the codename Coeur Du Feu(or “Heart of Fire”).
As a member of the Guardians of the Dawn, Courtney earned the respect of both her fellow heroes and also some of the more powerful mystical members.
In her debut in “Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight” #9, Courtney went toe-to-toe with The Cabal, the biggest collection of witches and wizards in the world of the City of Heroes to retrieve a cursed object before it could kill the one that possessed it.
Coeur Du Feu getting “fired up” to go to work.
Eventually her powers would develop to where she would need to train with the famed Stonehenge Coven, the premiere coven on the planet.
In “The Guardian Powers” #9, we are introduced to Tessa Romanna, the mother of the teenage Pyrogurl. Even though she’s now an executive with Hero Corps, Tessa is still someone that you do not want to cross when it comes to her daughter.
As members of the private Crey Police Force discovered the hard way.
In what was aptly titled “Galatea’s Bad Day”, our favorite superhero started her day with an Armageddon nightmare, followed by a siege involving a minor deity…
… to the reanimated flesh-monsters known as the Vahzilok…
Of course in the world of Champions Online, there are plenty of mystical forces as well.
In “Future’s Guardian” #5, we are introduced to Elite Ice, a young ice-based mystic who lives up to the arrogance of her name.
Of course she does end up delivering what she promises.
Finally, of course, we have our “Reaper of Evil” himself… Penitence.
In the debut issue of “Battlerock Comics Presents” #1, we are introduced to the man who is not alive but also not dead as he tries to sit out the annual Blood Moon event.
But, of course, he is called into action, and he is forced to unleash his ultimate power.
One has to wonder what else will await our heroes… and not-so-heroes… during this season of witches and zombies and monsters.
After being shanghaied out of the world of Champions Online by Emil Witt, attacked by a super-powered thug in Bigg City, and then literally thrown out of a collapsing universe (yet again for her), Galatea and Twelve end up in Twelve’s home reality of Tombstone Zero. A reality that appears to resemble the Old West with robotic horses.
“Save a horse, ride a robot!”
But our former incarnate has no time to see the sights. She’s been recruited to help Twelve’s group fight World War II fascists in another universe where the bad guys have escalated from making nuclear weapons to making dimensional ones.
And before you can say “Nazis? I HATE Nazis!“ you may want to read further into the issue.
It should be noted that the events of this issue take place before the events of Issue #18 of “Future’s Guardian”, but there are also references to Galatea’s past that were seen in Issue #20. Twelve’s people know who Galatea is and what she’s done, including taking down one of their hunters. But that was all before she came to the world of the Champions and lost all of her incarnate abilities.
So the question is… Is she still powerful enough to handle this mission? You’ll just have to read on to find out!
“The Crucible” is a series published by CoX Comics, written and created by Von Phillips (aka .Ra) and a member of the City of Comic Creators along with David 2. Check out Von’s website for more comics and some really cool 3D renderings.
For years, Starlett was able to keep her dual life as a club dee-jay and as a vigilante separate.
But now, two people with grudges against her and against John Battle have found out her secret. And now they plan on using it to get her do to their bidding. Can she and her associate Red Sinner stop them? Or will she be forced to do something that will end her relationship with John?
Also, what happened to that stolen data about Galatea Future? Why is SpiralCross so obsessed about it? And who ended up with that data? Find out!
This is a dramatic audio scene from “Future’s Guardian” #21 that first aired on Dawn Radio as part of DawnCon VII. And now you’ll get to hear it as well. Make sure your speakers are turned on and get ready to experience a vigilante interrogating someone that you’ve all wanted to hear get it.
GEORGIA – July 25, 2021 – Battlerock Comics, a subsidiary of Get Brutal Productions, now has its own official domain address.
Writer/Creator/Owner David 2 says the decision to move the digital comic website to its own domain was something he wanted to do for years.
“Back when I first came up with Battlerock Comics, I wanted to give it its own domain, something that would make it easy for people to identify. I got a little tired of adding on dot-wordpress or dot-blogspot or dot-AOL. I wanted it to be easy for this more than any of the other projects I’ve done. I’ve been lucky in that I chose a name that people did not try to exploit for other projects.”
Since its inception, Battlerock Comics has been using WordPress as its host. Previous projects for Get Brutal Productions were hosted through America Online and Google’s Blogger. David 2 says that the new domain continues using WordPress as the host, but now it has its own domain.
“Expanding our business with WordPress allows us access to more storage space and to include multimedia projects such as audio and video files,” said David 2. “This will be put to use when we begin creating audio and video ads for Battlerock Comics.”
According to David 2, all previous links to comics or other pages will be redirected to the new domain automatically, so there would not be a need to create new links. Visitors to the website will also notice the absence of banner ads, which are a staple of free website hosting.
“The only ads on the website will be the ones we give permission for,” said David 2.
Battlerock Comics is a subsidiary of Get Brutal Productions and is owned and operated by David 2. It is a not-for-profit publishing resource for fan-made digital comics using in-game material from MMORPGs and other sources.
Yes, the annual virtual convention hosted by Paragon Dawn and Dawn Radio is back, and David 2 (aka Battlerock X/John Battle) will be attending as a guest along with fellow comic creator Von from CoX Comics.
The convention is a week-long extravaganza, starting on Sunday, July 18th, and concluding on Saturday, July 24th. This will encompass several online MMO games, not just Champions Online. There will be contests and prizes all week, with the big interviews (including our own) on the 24th.
Von will hopefully be releasing Issue 40 of “The Crucible” during that time. This will not only feature our own Galatea Future, but she gets to pay homage to the very first superhero comic.
(What is it with green cars that caped superheroes feel the need to pick up and smash?)
Yes, that is Galatea Future striking a pose similar to a certain blue-and-red superhero in “Action Comics” #1. Oh, and did we mention the Nazis? Yes, our favorite Guardian gets to punch some Nazis as well. Because, you know, they’re Nazis.
But that brings us to “Future’s Guardian” #21.
“Future’s Guardian” #21 won’t be released until after DawnCon, but we still have something planned for the event to help promote the issue. David 2 brushed off his old audio gear to come up with something special that hopefully will be broadcast on Dawn Radio.
(Just a peek at our humble creator’s desk to see where the magic is made.)
If you’ve ever heard a dramatic audio story before, you’re going to be in for a treat.
Issue 21 will focus mostly on Starlett and her ordeal with the two guys who discovered her secret identity and will be blackmailing her to keep it secret. As seen in Issue 19, Starlett managed to get some help from a certain red-hooded vigilante, but will it be enough? Or is the relationship between Starlett and John Battle doomed? Plus, the actions of certain people in Issue #20 have consequences. Who did steal Doctor Silverback’s examination data on Galatea Future? And who ended up with it?
(Future’s Guardian Issue 21 cover)
Future’s Guardian #21 will be online on Friday, July 30th!
It looks sort of ominous for our visiting guardian, doesn’t it?
Galatea Future didn’t plan on leaving the world of Champions Online. She just found herself dragged into Sinnamon Kitten’s home universe and then had to kick some serious super-powered butt after getting thrown out a window.
But now in “The Crucible” #39 we find out just what happened that brought us to this scene. It’s a confrontation between Watcher Twelve, Sinnamon Kitten, Judge Nineteen, and Professor Emil Witt that is guaranteed from the author to have you saying…
By the way, the events seen here in the pages of “The Crucible” take part prior to “Future’s Guardian” #18 and indeed played a part in the stories seen in our own publication. But just because you still see Galatea in our pages doesn’t mean everything ends up well for her.
Find out more about “The Crucible” as well as check up on past issues and some really nice 3D rendered background images over at the official website for CoX Comics… www.coxcomics.com
With Galatea’s multiverse past revealed to the United Nations Security Council, it’s time for Galatea to reveal just how powerful she is now, and how powerful she was before arriving in the universe of Champions. But with those revelations come secrets that Galatea has been hiding all this time.
Just how powerful was Galatea as a god-level incarnate?
What is her connection to Watcher Twelve from “The Crucible”?
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