Absolute Comics - Season Two: The Monster Within, picks up after the events of
Season One: Gods Among Men. Throughout Season One, the world of Absolute was established through each player's narrative arcs. In this new world, the status quo has been shaken to its core. In a world that has never had Superman,
WONDER WOMAN was the first superhero to go public.
Appearing during the First World War, Wonder Woman was later joined by the likes of
CAPTAIN AMERICA and
CAPTAIN MARVEL who fought alongside her during the Second World War. Despite this alliance, the age of heroes did not come from this time. Though the three heroes would go on to inspire the creation of a 'Justice Society,' all would just as suddenly fade from both the public's eye and its memory. Still, the idea persisted, and some would again follow the example set by those who came before them. Throughout the seventies and eighties, rumours flourished of a '
BATMAN' terrorizing Gotham's underworld. While in the decade that followed, message boards across the early internet were set aflame with fear. Fear caused by the metahuman scare that rapidly spread across North America and then the world. Children of the 'Atom,' the general populace feared these so-called 'freaks,' these 'mutants.' In some ways, they were right to.
The most powerful of them were
Gods Among Men. At the height of this scare, a young man by the name of Charles Xavier decided to combat ignorance and dedicated his life to the study metahumans and their meta-gene. While across the country, a man with the ability to wield lightning protected the streets of Dakota until his disappearance in the 2000s.
In the wake of the 9/11 terror attacks on the United States, Wonder Woman came out of retirement. Returning when America needed her the most, Wonder Woman went on to become a global figure. She dedicated her time to lending aid to those in need, all while the United Nations kept a close eye on her activity. While the general populace admired the heroine, the government feared what she could accomplish if she ever chose to side against them.
Wonder Woman was soon followed by others like her. It was a slow-burning fuse, but it would quickly lead to an inferno. In the late 2000s, an alien pod was sighted over the skies of Delaware. This was the harbinger, the herald of an era to come.
An era of hope.
It began with the first sightings of the woman the media would go on to dub
SUPERGIRL. A young hero who unlike Wonder Woman, was not associated with war. Rumours of the Batman resurfaced in Gotham while New York was plagued by menace dubbed
SPIDER-MAN.
In fact, New York quickly became a breeding ground for these so-called 'superheroes.' Xavier's team of
X-MEN soon descended upon the city to clear the good name of metahumans everywhere, while another group of
TITANS banded together, united by common goals and needs. Hell's Kitchen is under the protection of a man without fear known only as the
DAREDEVIL. Down on Bleecker Street, under the tutelage of the Sorcerer Supreme, the young
MAGIK protects that which lies behind the mystic veil.
Even Boston has recently had a hero to call its own, as the odd flying craft belonging to the
BLUE BEETLE has been spotted numerous times over its streets. The city of Dakota is now home to both
STATIC and
VIXEN. Central City has adopted a hero known only as the
FLASH while a new
GREEN ARROW has appeared to rescue Star City.
To the south, Jump City is under the protection of a group of displaced aliens known collectively as the
LEGION while out in the coldness of space, a human and god have united to create the
GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY.
Apart, each of these heroes has fought against vicious foes, some more powerful than even they themselves are. But together, they united to stop a threat meant to frame metahumans as terrorists. Led by the mysterious
STRYFE, the 'Metahuman Supremacy Front' unleashed a horde of nanoscopic drones which upon embedded in a victim, drove the host into a frenzy. Based on a mysteriously reversed engineered technology from Stagg Enterprises, the drones were made to mimic a metahuman attack. Fortunately for all involved, the timely intervention of the heroes saved the day.
Or at the very least, postponed a larger threat.
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Dirge,
Eddie Brock,
Sep,
Kalas,
RPM,
Mao Mao,
Cyberlad,
Captain Uni,
Melissa,
Stein
