As Paragon City recovers from the violent rampage by the super-powered villain Destitution, the Guardians of the Dawn start looking for answers to the questions left in his wake.
Furia Powers gets some good news and a new outfit. Ryder Lightning meets with the group’s patron, the same man that was previously responsible for disbanding the Guardians. New hero Guardian Star looks for the still-missing Galatea Powers.
And Galatea? Well, she’s wondering where she is as well.
You’ll be surprised where she is!
Special cameo appearance by Qualina from deviantART.
As you can see, the fight between Furia Powers and Destitution is just getting started, and it is one that will push both of them to their limits.
Who will survive the confrontation? And how can Furia expect to prevail when he has already taken on Galatea Powers and is still standing?
You’ll just have to wait one more week to find out!
Meanwhile, did you catch John Cole’s new hero name in Issue #2?
The illegitimate son of Paragon City’s iconic hero Statesman had been relegated to being a Vanguard observer, but now he’s been given the green light to take a more active role as a Guardian. Not only did he get a new outfit, but, thanks to Robin Steed of the Paragon News Network, he was also given a new hero name.
In case you missed it…
So what do you think of John Cole as “Guardian Star”? Is there a future for him with that hero name? Or is it simply a precursor to something more… legendary?
Time will tell.
Meanwhile, be sure to check out “Furia and the Guardians” #3 when it goes online on March 27th!
Issue #2 of “Furia and the Guardians” will do more than introduce you to our mysterious new “threat” moving into Paragon City. It will also introduce you to another new hero.
Qualina is the creation of Damon H, aka Dam025 on deviantART. Damon is also a former City of Heroes player as well as a reader of Battlerock Comics publications. When he heard that the stories of the Guardians of the Dawn were resuming (thanks of course to the magic of Titan Icon and demorecording), he wondered if his character could make an appearance in the new series.
Of course this is not the first time that a deviantART character would appear in the comics. Longtime readers may recall when ExGemini, aka Nathan Furian, made his appearance in the pages of “Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight” and later in “The Guardian Powers”. While Nathan himself will not be appearing in the new series in the immediate future (at least not in the way people remember him from the comics), we can say that Qualina will be appearing in more than just this one issue.
Or we hope she will… especially given who she is about to face off with.
That brings us to a little behind-the-scenes secret concerning Issue #2.
Sometimes there are songs that stir emotions simply by the music. No words, just music. Sometimes you hear a song played in a movie trailer and it pretty much does all the convincing for you that you have to see that movie.
One such performance group that can do that is the production company is known as Two Steps From Hell. They’ve been involved with trailer music for TV, movies, video games, even for athletic events.
I’ve been hooked on their music since I found out they were involved in the trailer for the 2009 revamped “Star Trek” movie. And when it came to their 2012 album “SkyWorld”, there was one song that just stood out for me.
Imagine a menacing threat making its appearance. Now picture this song playing in the background.
Two Steps From Hell’s “Dark Ages” pretty much set the tone for the climax of “Furia and the Guardians” #2. The build-up for the “threat”, its arrival to the city, and the attempts to stop it can all be envisioned in the first half of the song.
And the second half of the song? Well that’s for Issue #3…
“Furia and the Guardians” #2 will be released on February 27th.
The next chapters in the continuing stories of the heroes of Paragon City begins here!
It’s been two years since Furia Powers came to the “City of Heroes” from the Praetorian Universe, and she has found it difficult for her to adjust. In the world she knew, she was the last surviving member of the legendary Powers family, the daughter of the founder of the Powers Division, as well as a respected and admired hero in her own right. Now she lives in a world that eyes her with suspicion, that paints her with the same brush as the cruel tyrants that rule Praetoria.
How can she overcome that and prove she is every bit a hero as the other members of the Guardians of the Dawn?
However she does it, she better do it soon, as something is about to literally drop in that will be a shock to the city.
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Readers of “The Guardian Powers” know that Furia Powers came from the Praetorian Universe, a world where their greatest hero became a Machiavellian dictator, and the other heroes became his subordinates. Since the “heroes” in that world are considered “villains” in the “City of Heroes” universe, what does that make Furia?
That’s tricky, because we also know that Furia was helping the Resistance save the survivors of First Ward. And in “The Guardian Powers” we also know that she helped our heroes rescue a captured Midnight Arachnia, not mention take down one of Tyrant’s lieutenants. And since the Resistance are considered “evil” in that world, that would make Furia a “hero” in our world, right?
We also know from the end of “Guardians of the Dawn GRADUATION” #3 that it hasn’t been easy for Furia to adjust to life in the “Primal Universe”.
So what leads to her confrontation with the police? Has she turned to her “Praetorian” habits?
Or is this the case of the police going too far?
Find out on January 30th with the release of “Furia and the Guardians” #1!
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