C. B Wright

Every action carries a cost, inflicts a wound, and leaves a scar. Some scar themselves, some scar others, and some must simply carry the scars they receive, through no fault of their own. In this issue, a victim will open his eyes and be haunted by his scars. A hero will confront his scars, and a villain will draw strength from them. Meanwhile, CB will pick at a new scar-one not fully healed-and it will open all over again...

Once, in another reality, Aretmis LaFleur cast a spell that doomed the world.Now, the inhabitants of Robert Thorpe's floating island are facing the very same spell-smaller, more focused, dedicated to achieving one terrible purpose: the destruction of that island, and all who live there. The heroes and villains who banded together to stop Project Recall now have a more pressing concern: how to survive this assault, and how to protect the people caught...

Artemis LaFleur has gone rogue, determined to face down the man responsible for unleashing deadly magic against Robert Thorpe's floating island. But his enemy knows him-better, it seems, than Artemis knows himself-and has been waiting for this moment for a very long time.

When the hero Liberty is murdered in his own home, heroes and villains alike band together to bring his killer to justice... but investigating his murder uncovers something much larger than they imagined. There are dark powers at play, and CB-former villain, former hero, Liberty's best friend-must learn as much about them as he can.He will meet the secret masters of Farraday City, and learn of an endless war where alliances have recently shifted....

A paragon of the American Dream is murdered. A disillusioned hero comes out of exile to find out why.Heroes and villains band together to avenge their fallen comrade, but something lurks just beyond their sight: the remnants of a decade-old conspiracy, assumed dead, stirs once more. An ancient power whispers from the shadows, driving a man to do the unthinkable. And behind it all are men and women who will stop at nothing to remake the world.What...

At last, the heroes know the truth.Project Recall-a deadly virus targeting the metahuman community-is real, and their enemies plan to use magic to infect the entire male half of the metahuman population in one fell stroke. CB and his allies finally know the terrible secret Liberty died trying to expose.But can they stop it in time? The allies agree the threat is serious, but they don't agree on how what to do about it… and their enemies aren't standing...

Year Three begins with decisions: Jenny must come to grips with the things she has done while seeking justice for her great-grandfather's murder. In 1984, CB must decide, on a fundamental level, whether to trust the man who claims to be able to help him come to grips with who and what he is. Back in the present, Robert Thorpe-billionaire, philanthropist, metahuman, expatriate in self-imposed exile-must decide how best to help his friends and new allies....