FORMIDABLES,, _ [ontnic* Comics ‘GROUP 7, ‘ % i ea r a eine. 4 Ao yum =iSTORY-ARC ONE : PRIDE & PREJUDICES Part three of four Story & art: Chris Malgrain Colors: Chris Lacroix Letters: Oliver Hudson Editor: Steven A. Roman Graphic design: JiM Arden Special thanks to Sandrine Bethoux. 1 ehlstophe mal No part of this comibook may be repre recording or otherwi (electronic, photocopy en permission ofthe authorCOSTUMED HEROES wT F SUPERHUMAN ABILITIES ARE AN eae me AMERICAN TRADITION. 76. THE COLORFUL BOWMAN, WHO SHOT HIS ARROWS AT AN INCREDIBLE ‘SPEED AND WHO NEVER MISSED HIS TARGETS, FILLED WITH EXALTATION THE HEARTS OF THE “AMERICAN REBELS DURING THe WAR OF INDEPENDENCE AND Was ONE OF THE MAJOR FIGURES OF OUR EVENTUAL EMANCIPATION. "NO ONE EVER FOUND OUT WHO THE MAN BEHIND THE MASK WAS, AND HIS IDENTITY REMAINS A MYSTERY 70 THIS DAY."NOT UNTIL 1917 DID THE NEW EMBODIMENT OF THE AMERICAN IDEAL APPEAR, IN THE PERSON OF THE STEEL PATRIOT, WHOM AN EXPERIMENT NOT ONLY TURNED INTO AN INVULNERABLE WARRIOR BUT ALSO KEPT HIM ETERNALLY YOUTHFUL. "A VETERAN OF BOTH WORLD WARS AND TODAY A GOVERNMENT AGENT, OUR NATIONAL HERO HAS INDEED NOT AGED IN MORE THAN FORTY YEARS.Bo] “SINCE THE ADVENT OF THE ATOMIC ERA, IY THE NUMBER OF SUCH SUPERMEN HAS ba ROCKETED. asa! CROP UP EVERY DAY, SUCH AS | THE WHIRLING WILDFOOT- - 4 -_ 5 —_ » Veal © “THE MASTER OF THE OCCULT ARTS, MR. INFINITY -- “15 SUSPECTED OF ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENTS, “AND WHOSE BRAVERY IN WORLD WAR T EARNED HIM ‘THE NICKNAME "FORMIDABLE" FRANK FOSTER, AS WELL AS NUMEROUS MEDALS. Zi [7 THE STREETS OF ARCHER WERE THE SCENE OF A INTHE NAME OF THE KU KLUX KLAN AGAINST RACIAL INTEGRATION IN OUR SCHOOLS.BUT WE HAVE BEEN ABLE TO OBTAIN SOME PHOTOGRAPHS COURTESY OF THE ASSOCIATED PRESS'S WIDE WORLD NEWS PHOTO SERVICE. “AFTER BATTLING THE STORM FIGHTER AND SEEING HIM DISAPPEAR IN A FLASH OF LIGHT, POSTER'S GROUIP- -WHICH HAS BEEN DUBBED “THE FORMIDABLES' BY THE ALTHORITIES- REVEALED THEIR IDENTITES. AT ARROW LINIVER- : SITY AND HAD ALSO DESCRIBED AS A BEEN MISSING FOR “TELEKINESIST/ BOYFRIEND, THE HUMAN METEOR ALEXANDER = -HE CHANGED BACK ‘TO HUMAN FORM IN FRONT OF WITNESSES WHO HAD HIDDEN DURING THE ATTACK. AS FOR THE THE PHOTO THAT YOU'RE GOING TO SEE HAS BEEN ADJUSTED FOR THE VIEWERS AT HOME, FOR THE MAN WAS ALMOST NAKED AFTER HIS AMAZING "HE HAS BEEN IDENTIFIED AS THIRTY-FNE-YEAR-OLD ‘RANDY COLEMAN- - be OF Us, RIGHT? DOESN'T DECREASE WITH My SIZE!7 You're WRONG agouT us, PATRIOT! \ I'VE ALWAYS ADMRED You, BUT You'Re ) REALLY STUPID IF YOU THNK WE'RE J THAT'S WHAT I'M HERE TO FIND OUT. BUT REGORTING TO FORCE INSTEAD OF ANSWERING MY QUESTIONS DOESNT MAKE YOU LOOK IT TAKES MORE Sy ees RANDY 1S GONG TO CHOP YOU UP INTOTs IF We BIT HIM ALL AT ONCE! SIMULTANEOUS = . Ks! 4 TUL KEEP HIM AT BAY WITH A WALL OF PURE ISMIC FIRE, IM INDESTRUCTIBLE! EVER WATCH TELEVISION? a. aeTM STILL ON THE RIGHT SIDE, PATRIOT, AND T'M WILLING TO TELL YOU EVERYTHING. I TRUST YOUR JUDGMENT. I WANT 10 BELIEVE YOU'RE INNOCENT, FRANK. ‘STILL, THERE'S A YOU CAN START WITH HOW YOUR PROTEGES GOT THEIR POWERS. BUT BEFORE WE GET TO ANY OF THA LET ME Just Say BROTHER IN ARMS AGAIN! 0 YOU REALLY THINK YOU'RE IMPRESSING ME WITH YOUR POINTLESS REPRIMANDS, RED AGENT?SUPERIORS USING THE SAME CODE NAME FOR SEVERAL GENERATIONS - LET ME REMIND YOU THAT DESPITE IT, YOU FAILED AT YOUR ASSIGNED TASK- - HIMSELF HAS SENT ME TO TAKE CHARGE ~ -WHEN THERE HAS ONLY EVER BEEN ONE RED AGENT! WHILE IT IS TRUE ‘THAT T CONTINUALLY WEAR MASKS TO CONCEAL MY IDENTITY, PERHAPS MY REAL PACE WILL CONVINCE YOU THAT THIS IS TRULY ME- - > -AND THAT YOu WILL THEN BE Wise ENOUGH 10 REALIZE YOUR OVERNFLATED WAS NO PLACE IN THE GRAND DESINNS OF THE ‘SOVIET UNION! 0 YOU SEE THE TERROR ‘TWAT T INSPIRE IN YOUR LACKEY? THE FEAR THAT OVERWHELMS THEM, WHEN THEY THINK OF ALL THE BLOOD. T HAVE SPILLED?GATE, "STORM FIGHTER," UPON THE TRUE FACE OF THE REVOLUTION! TF YOU Fal TO ELIMINATE FOSTER AND HIS PUPS AND OBTAIN THE SECRETS OF HIS TIME MACHINE Te NEXT TIME YOU MEET MINE SHALL BE THE LAST PACE YOU $EE...BEFORE YOU DIE ‘AT MY HANDS! AND TRUST ME, COMRADE PHILLIPS, TWILL MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOUR DEATH IS ‘THE SLOWEST, MOST ATROCIOUS EVER EXPERIENCED BY A HUMAN BEING... 10 BE CONTINUEDWE'RE BRINGING BACK THE DREAM! Ray LAL FILMI f em ic ANG =). ees aml WWW.ONIRICCOMICS.COM