My Rating “Black Helicopter” It’s late afternoon somewhere deep within the remote forests of Idaho’s Bitterroot Mountains. The Challengers of the Unknown have been airlifted into the region and now make their way toward a predetermined contact point. Their host is Hec Warden, leader of the Freedom Ridge Militia, and the man responsible for bringing
My Rating “Earth Came A-Walkin’” Somewhere in the foothills near Cerne Abbas, England, Clay Brody guns the engine of his 750cc motorcycle as an enormous shadow darkens the countryside around him. There is no time to hesitate. The motorcycle howls in protest as Clay cranks back the throttle and pushes the machine toward sixty-five miles
My Rating “The Keening” The afternoon grows warmer as two more Chicago police cruisers arrive at the scene of a developing hostage situation. Inside the New Kingdom Baptist Church, an Irish immigrant named Declan Banbridge holds several choir members at gunpoint. Marlon Corbet of the Challengers of the Unknown has managed to sneak inside the
My Rating “Who Knows Where the Time Goes?” Trapped in a realm where time has no meaning, Robin finds himself staring down the barrels of several M-16 rifles. A squad of American Green Berets has surrounded the young vigilante and wants answers. The problem is that Robin has a few questions of his own. Moments
My Rating “Times Fade Away” An elderly man walks alone through the dark streets of Gotham City’s old Dutch district. He appears to be searching for something, although exactly what remains unclear. His name is Mr. Sands, and seventy years ago, this neighborhood was his home. Once populated by hardworking blue-collar families, the district has
My Rating “Broken Spirits” Hershey was a multimillionaire philanthropist, social engineer, and construction mogul with a vision for the future. He believed in building small, self-contained cities where residents could live, work, and raise their families in clean and safe surroundings. Over the years, Hershey constructed several of these experimental communities throughout the American Southwest.
My Rating “One Man’s Fate” Jared Stevens has been exiled to some godforsaken planet while Doctor Occult and the Sentinel argue over the fate of Fate. Alan Scott wants the artifacts, Doctor Occult has his own ideas about where they belong, and Jared is stuck somewhere in the middle of outer space waiting for the
My Rating “The Final Gathering” Last time, Fate escaped death with a little help from a goth-lookin’ wannabe process server. Now the agent of the Lords of Order has an even bigger problem—he has to go to space court! What?!? The Sentinel, Alan Scott, wants the artifacts of Fate, believing they are his rightful inheritance.
My Rating “Swiss Cheese” Fate has been teleported by some unknown force straight into the middle of the World Peace Summit in Switzerland. Jared Stevens has no idea who brought him here or why, and the local authorities aren’t exactly interested in hearing his side of the story. Within minutes, the wielder of the artifacts
My Rating “Better Off Dead” Jared Stevens stands alone in pitch-black nothingness. There is a light somewhere in the far distance, but he has no idea where he is or how the hell he got here. The last thing Jared remembers is surfing the internet at Burnsteel’s shithole apartment while Burnsteel’s sister, Vera, was busy
