Author Archive: 21Sandshark

Dan Nokes is the sequential guru of the Southern Maryland DIY Revolution! When not wandering the uncharted wilderness of Lusby, MD in a supernaturally induced blood fever, he is the head of a little one man band called 21st Century Sandshark Studios. This bastion of indie comic goodness has to date put out a 67 page graphic novel (The Reptile and Mister Amazing 2002) a 12 issue maxi series (The Paranormals 2003-2008) a three issue western (The Pistoleers 2008-2010) and is currently working on the second and final volume of his dystopian classic (Adam and Eve: Bizarre Love Triangle in the Zombie Apocalypse 2011-2012) He is also working on illustration duties for Nick Davis' upcoming children's book (Unconditional: A Teddy Bear's Tale 2011). His future projects include his forray into webcomics with his Sci-fi comedy (Impossible Space Tales from The Last Pitt Stop) and a return to Super Hero Lore (The Reptile and Mister Amazing: The Return of Kat Carson)!

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Day 30: Ragnarok

| November 30, 2011 | 0 Comments

When the Universe was born, certain conditions of the Universe: time, space, and reality eventually came into being.  They were given form through the collective conciousness of sentient life in the Universe.  The oldest of these abstract beings was the embodiment of Chaos, entropy, death and destruction.  Countless civilizations have given it countless names.  One of the earthen names it has taken comes from the Vikings of old…That of Ragnarok.  The first sentient life that existed over 10 billion years ago had to contend with Ragnarok directly.  They did this with the help of the first Hyperial.  The Hyperial and other most powerful beings of the Universe trapped Ragnarok in Limbo.  There he has remained until present day.  It has however used cosmic eddy’s and flows in interdimensional barriers to cause influence in ours.  He has come close to invading our reality again.  But has been stopped on all occasions by a series of Hyperials, and their aides.  But it is only a matter of time before cosmological tumblers allow it to try again!

Day 29: Kraul

| November 29, 2011 | 0 Comments

The 26th century’s greatest warlord was at one time one its most celebrated heroes.  The being known as Kraul hails from the Unified Stellar Conference founder world of Sal H’ar.  Kraul was born into poverty, in a society made on a rigid caste system.  His only way out was to either join a criminal guild, or to enlist in the UIC Starcorp.  He chose the later, and was accepted into the officer’s accademy.  Kraul graduated first in his class, but his early career was marked with a series of unremarkable posts, and misuse by superior officers of his obvious talents.  This all changed with the advent of the UIC/Thrallian War of 2480-85, and his first encounter with General Symane Braxis.  Braxis saw the young captain’s promise and military prowess, and took him as his aide de camp.  Both men rose to prominence during the war, with Kraul having achieved the rank of General.  Things however started to unfold during the peace negotiations.  Kraul was one of the proponents that claimed the terms of armistice were too lenient and restablished borders and conditions to pre war status.  Kraul’s fustration was noticed by a young Thrallian delegate named Durksan Bjurn, who was a bitter, hawkish, aristocratic, upstart who blamed the Thrallian Political establishment for loosing the war.  He began a political relationship with Kraul that would result in his defection and betrayl from the UIC to the Thrallians, and aiding Bjurn to overthrow the Thrall Government and establish his dynasty as Bjurn I.  Kraul then became the Grand Viceroy of the Thrallian army, which he built into a first rate war machine, resulting in a cold war between the UIC and the Thrallians that persisted into 2502.  When a series of attacks on various UIC worlds and space stations ignited The Second Thrallian/UIC War.  This time he and his former mentor Braxis are on opposite ends of the conflict.

Day 28: The Jack of Hades

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Thomas O’Bannon came to the US in 1847 following the events of The Irish Potato Famine.  He was only 12 years old, and was the only survivor of his family.  He grew up in the slums of The Five Points, and watched the crime and poverty that affected the neighborhood.  In 1852, a 17 year old Thomas was walking home with his fiance from a local theatre, when they were attacked by thugs and his fiance killed.  Thomas, not getting anywhere with corrupt police, or political authorities, decided to adopt a mask and became the first known vigilante known as THE JACK OF HADES.  From 1852-1862 he patroled and made legend as a gang buster in New York City.  In 1862 Thomas was drafted into the Union Army, served as an enlisted infantry man, while occasionally donning the Jack of Hades costume.  In 1867 he married, then moved to San Francisco in 1872.  The Jack of Hades was not seen until 1888, when Thomas’s son Jacob O’Bannon adopted the moniker.  Jacob’s family left San Francisco after the 1906 earthquake and moved to Chicago.  Where his son Michael became the third Jack of Hades, and did battle with the Organized crime elements there as well as being a founding member of the superhero group, the Alliance from 1920-1946 when he passed the title onto his son Richard.  Richard was crippled by an thug for hire named The Hyena in 1972, and passed it to his son Edward, who moved the family to Washington DC, and took up the role there until 1990, when his son Johnathan became the last male of the family to hold the mantle.  The Jack of Hades at this point was one of the few non-registered masks to still operate in light of the Metahuman prohibition Act.  Being that not only does he have to fear the criminal element, but local and federal authorities as well!

Day 27: Aarika The Red

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Aarika Hougestag was born on the Terran colony New Stockholm in the year 2480.  She spent the first six years of her life there in relative normalcy.  Her parents were Kristoff and Magdalene Hougestag, Both civil engineers for the colony government.  Then in 2486 the colony was attacked by The Torgol Trade Conglomerate: A group that raids sparsely populated areas and takes off with a percentage of the population for black market slavery rings.  Aarika saw her father and mother killed in the firefight.  She and other survivors were carted off and sold into a slave ring.  She endured terrible hardship for the next 4 years before finally escaping by stowing away on a smuggling vessel.  The captain, a former slave himself recognized her markings and took pity on her.  She was adopted by the crew of the BLACK NOVA as both crew member and surrogate child. Aarika over time grew to adulthood, and rose in rank to 1st officer of The Black Nova.  Things were going well enough until her ship was attacked and destroyed by A small fleet of Thrallian battle cruisers.  Only her and two passengers: Symane Braxis and Gerald Clement managed to make it to the escape pods and make it to safety.  They were later joined by other members in forming the interstellar group of adventurers known as GOLUNDAN CORP.  Aarika is a master of small weapons and hand to hand combat, and although was regarded as a loose cannon by the other members, she eventually earned her place as a valued member of the group!

Day 26: The Eternal Knight

| November 26, 2011 | 0 Comments

Young Roland Platt  was a sophomore high school kid in Takoma Park.  Although his grades were extrordinary, he took in no extra carricular activities, or had anything in terms of a real friend.  His father and mother were both absent from his life, so he was raised by his grandparents. He was for the most part a loner in any kind of social circle.  This made him the target of local bullies.  One such night he was on his way home from school when he was chased into a nearby park where he discovered a strange glowing object.  He went to touch it thinking it was some sort of electronic device and was charged with some sort of radioactive glow which caused him to pass out.  When he awoke he returned home, and went about his business.  The next morning however he found that he had begun to manifest powers of flight, super strength, and other abilities that put him head and shoulders above average human beings.  Being a loner kid that although had a good heart, his lack of social interaction had him looking into things like comic books, television, and other media sources to try and find inspiration for what he should do with his powers.  This led him to adopt the moniker of THE ETERNAL KNIGHT, an english translation of his favorite TV wrestler EL CABELLERO ETERNO.  So the Eternal Knight began a crime fighting career.  But often finds what he read in the comics is not how the real world operates…

Day 25: Ghor The Ahnililator

| November 25, 2011 | 1 Comment

There are no concrete accounts of the origins of the being known as Ghor.  One of the most popular amoungst the spacefaring beings of the cosmos, is that he was born in and was nurtured in the heart of a star.  That his people were the basis of distilled tales of gods and spirits of a thousand world.  But whatever account to his origins, his name means the same to all who speak it out loud or hear it upon the whisper of the winds….WAR.  He sits at the helm of a manmade world ship that travels the cosmos in search of planets to wage it upon. Its inhabitants are the twisted, hell sundered beings of a million points in the Universe.  He renders all he comes accross to ash and husk.  He takes what he wants, and destroys the rest!  He is Ghor…To those who see the red and black monstrous omen in the sky it is the harbringer of sudden death or eternal woe…

Day 24 The Neptonian

| November 24, 2011 | 0 Comments

Kel’ Or Rann was a low level transport officer in what would be on our calendars would be approximately 3 billion AD.  By now two great cosmological events have occured.  1) The sun has ballooned into a supermassive red giant and absorbed the inner planets. 2) Neptune some undetermined time earlier had been knocked out of its previous orbit to a closer one abound the sun.  The result is that life will develop on Neptune to an oceanic world somewhat like earth but with over 95% of the surface covered with water.  Sentient life developed from what could be approximated as a salimander like form.  These beings eventually developed a civilization with faster than light space faring technology, which resulted in contact with other worlds.  Neptune or Ceanus as the natives called it were in cold war with beings called Crolons that resulted in acts of piracy and skimishes from both sides.  One such act occured as Kel was transporting supplies to a nearby colony.  Kel engaged manuvers to try and evade his attackers.  Which drew him into a wormhole.  Seeing that there was no other way out he went in and came back out 3 billion years into the past to the year 1948.  He was also followed by three of the enemy starships.  Kel made his way to the nearest habitable planet, which was Earth where he was assisted by the adventurer group called The Alliance, and was eventually asked to become a member.  Kel’s race possess the ability to breathe and survive on both air and water.  Kel is also 5 times stronger than a normal human, has a greater tollerance to heat and cold, has increased hearing and sight, and can generate a small electric field as a defensive mechanism.  He is also in possesion of several devices and technology way ahead of ours.  Kel served for several years with this group, until their disapearence on a deep space mission in 1953.  They did not appear again until the dawn of the 21st Century where he reassumed his role in protecting his adopted homeland from internal and external threats, waiting for the day he can return home.

Day 23: Wallbreaker

| November 23, 2011 | 0 Comments

Michael Spade was once part of the outlaw adventurer group known as The Division.  All but Spade and the groups leader Neuron were killed in an incident along with several other heroes involving an alien invasion in 1975.  That and the subsequent metahuman prohibition act caused Spade to go underground and assume another identity.  He became a logger and even got married and had a daughter.  However the government eventually caught up with him in 1999 and Spade was captured.  He was approached with an ultimatum by his former team leader and current leader of MEGA, Neuron to either join the group or face a minimum sentence of 30 years.  Spade chose the later, and became a begrudging member of the group.  Although his ability to alter his molecular density makes him valuable, he is also the groups loose cannon due to both the annimosity he has for the government, and his general distrust he has for Neuron.

Day 22 Neuron

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Raymond Forester was first made known to the public as the outlaw adventurer wanted by the US Government known as Neuron: The team leader of  THE DIVISION.  After an incident involving an alien invasion in 1975 and the following Metahuman Prohibition Act, The US Government created MEGA and granted amnesty to to Neuron for past crimes in exchange for his leadership of this metahuman group policing other metahumans. Neuron is a known telepath with vast mind control abilities.  Some of which have yet to be discovered!

Day 21: Sidearm

| November 21, 2011 | 0 Comments

Since 1981 as an implimentation of THE METAHUMAN REGULATION AND VIGILANTE PROHIBITION ACT OF 1978, a Department of Metahuman and Extralegal Affairs was created.  Its enforcement arm is known as MEGA: Metahuman Enforcement Goverment Agency.  It is basically a band of sanctioned super powered individuals policing other metahumans and costumed vigilantes.  One of MEGA’s members is the enigmatic individual known as SIDEARM.  This person’s origins lied burried in government secrecy.  All that is known is he most likely mute, communicating to other members through gesture.  He can morph his arms into some form of organic gun barrels of various shapes and sizes, that emit a likewise organic projectile that will either fire on contact with target or through mental command by Sidearm.

Day 20: Sapius

| November 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

In 1946 Stalin came to the conclusion that he needed soldiers that were obiedient, and loyal beyond the point of doubt, or contempt.  He came to the conclusion that human soldiers, no matter the physical or psycological conditioning would never attain this state.  He then sought scientists who could MANUFACTURE soldiers that were completely loyal to him, and more importantly disposable in the name of the state.  To this end PROJECT: OCTOBER SWORD was born.  One division of this project manipulated simian DNA through chemical and radiation process to where an end product of loyal human like apes were produced.  As an added bonus several of the 500 apes made from this processed special powers.  One of these ape-men, dubbed SAPIUS, had the power of telepathy and telekenesis.  This subject however did develop a will and personality of his own, and soon used his powers to free his fellow ape men from the bonds imposed by his creators.  Sapius then waged a war with this small army against the both sides of the cold war.  On several occasions he came close to victory, but was thwarted time and again by costumed adventurers such as The Alliance and The Phantom Five.  Sapius in 1968 after years of stalemate approached the United Nations for formal diplomatic talks.  In 1972 the UN gave Sapius a probationary nation status, and was allowed to live with his followers on a small South Pacific Island.  In 1975 an event from an invading alien force brought Sapius and his people to the aid of the human race.  The conflict left thousands dead, dozens of heroes and villains killed and Sapius’ entire people wiped out. Sapius now resides alone on his island in a dead deserted city, contemplating if there was something he could have done to save his people…

Day 19: Dreamscaper

| November 19, 2011 | 0 Comments

Kong Luo was a simple foodcart owner and operator on his way home from a rough day at work in Hong Kong, when he and his cart were struck down by an oncoming truck.  Kong fell into a deep coma, and usually this would be the end of the story.  But while he was comatose he was abducted by aliens with 4 other persons from accross the globe, performed experiments on them, and returned them with most of their memory of the incident wiped.  Kong still was in a coma, but had manifested the power to eminate a astral projection of himself made of some unknown form of energy.  This astral self maintains all of Kong’s memory and personality, can posess other persons and life forms with complex enough brain structure, emit energy pulses, and have manipulation over some forms of matter.  But this energy form can not touch or hold anything without extreme concentration.  It has little to no physical presence, and can be disrupted with emp pulse, and other forms of intense radioactive busts…  Kong was eventually contacted by Arbrey Carisle, who was abducted by the same aliens and given powers in the 1960’s.  He took him and three other abductees, and reformed THE PHANTOM FIVE: A group of adventurers that operated in the 60’s and 70’s.  Kong now is now a hero that traverses the universe but never really leaving his own bedside.

Day 18: Wood Nymph

| November 18, 2011 | 0 Comments

Danish photographer Gabi Sorensen led an average life doing session pieces for magazine ads and department store catalogs.  All that changed when her and 4 others accross the globe were abducted by aliens, had proceedures performed upon them and returned to their point of departure with no concious memory of what occured.  Within 24 hours all 5 individuals including Gabi, began manifesting strange powers.  Gabi found she could transmute herself and control plantlife of all types and varieties.  Her with 3 others were approached by a man named Abrey Carlisle, who himself was kidnaped by the same alien race in the 1960’s, and given strange powers as well.  He was part of a band of costumed avengers of similar origins of that time period known as THE PHANTOM FIVE, and went by the name Achillies.  Achillies by now was the soul survivor of this group, and through cercumstance, formed a new team with this group, for a series of new adventures, each adopting codenames with Gabi taking on the codename WOOD NYMPH…

Day 17: Bishop Blood

| November 17, 2011 | 0 Comments

The creature known as Bishop Blood has a murky past mired in murder and mystery.  Earliest accounts have him as a late 8th century Irish preacher working the countryside spreading fire and brimstone, death and doom before the events that would turn him into the figure known as blood.  He was said to be attacked by some sort of creature that latched on and transformed him into a hideous parasitic creature that is forced to survive off the blood of the living.  Skulking in the various underground haunts and back alleyways of Europe, Asia, and The Americas.  Blood has justified his countless murders as “purifying sinners, and ridding the world of wickedness.”…

Day 16: The Hyena

| November 16, 2011 | 0 Comments

The identity or identities of the assasin known as The Hyena is shrouded in mystery.  Stories of the trail of blood and murder of this almost urban legend character go back to the early 40’s in Ethiopia.  Where villages that had been attacked by invading Italian facist forces and sacked were said to have been visited by what was described as an almost ghost like figure who would massacre entire groups of up to 50 men single handedly in a ritualistically bloody manner.  This persisted on until the end of the war.  From there things were quiet for a few years .  Then other tales began around the beginings of the cold war of an assasin who also fit the physical description of the Hyena, who was contracted by everyone from The CIA, The FBI, The KGB, various organized crime groups, corporate intrest, MI5 and anyone who could afford his price.  No known photos were known to exist.  Then in 1972, for reasons yet unknown, but again unsubstantiated claims point to an organization known as ICE contracted him to take out several masked crimefighters.  He is said to have killed the original Juryman, and to have perminently crippled the silver age Jack of Hades along with up to 5 other heroes, before disapearing again into shadow and hushed murmurs.  Some said he was involved in everything from the Iranian Revolution to several high profile assasinations.  It is not even known that if he is the same man who has operated the same 70 years, or a series of killers? Recently he has been seen in several hotzones accross the globe again under the contract of ICE (International Covert Espionage).  He lives in shadows and few have ever lived to tell the tale.  Fewer still are bold enough to tell it!..

Day 15: Valhalla

| November 15, 2011 | 0 Comments

Halla or VALHALLA as dubbed by the press, is the daughter of Thor and twin sister of Steinar.  Both were frequent visitors to Earth of the early 20th century following World War I.  While Halla became facinated by the various cultures, arts, and scenes of the time.  Steinar became infactuated with war, and other darker themes he encountered.  By the early 30’s Steinar became entranced by the mortal Adolph Hitler and the nazi party.  Hitler started to see the rise of super powerful beings in other countries such as Miracle, Doctor Elemental, and The Alliance.  Hitler began to court his own private collection of supers, and eventually formed The Uberschwader (Eng. The Ultra-Squadron).  Steinar became his muscle, and also used heavily in nazi propaganda as a sort of pagan god of aryan superiority. 

Meanwhile his sister Halla, despite her love for her brother, wanted nothing to do with Hitler and joined up with The Alliance.  When World War II broke out The Alliance was broken up into three units.  Valhalla was sectioned to the European command with another hero, Miracle.  Over time a romance occured between the two which lasted until the end of the war, when Halla, suddenly decided to leave midgard for unknown reasons.  Recently though she has been rumored to be seen in various places accross the globe.  Why has yet to be seen?

Day 14: Cybernetique

| November 14, 2011 | 0 Comments

Judan Dougherty was an archeologist in the year 2501, who was doing a survey with her team on Ornaksas Prime when they were attacked by a patrol of Thrallian warships.  Her assistants were killed and Judan mortally wounded, she wandered into a cave to try and save herself.  It was there she encountered a dormant techno organic life form which bonded to her and transformed her into the being known as CYBERNETIQUE!  She later was found and became a member of the space faring adventurers known as GOLUNDAN CORP, to deal with the Thrallian threat!

Day 13: TOHCA WICAHPI (BLUE STAR)

| November 13, 2011 | 0 Comments

The year is 1840.  Up until this point in history this Earth is identical to our own.  But on July 24th of that year one event would change its reality to make it unrecognizable.  The most notable world event of that day was a bright flash of blue light in the sky.  Astronomers and scientists took it as some sort of natural stellar phenomenon.  Many of faith took it as a sign from their perspective gods and dieties.  In the end the event passed and most returned to their lives.  But not long later in scatered parts of the world, artifacts turned up.  They were later revealed to be some form of technology which certain private and public entities began to reverse engineer into domestic and military use.  In the Dakota Territory meanwhile, a band of Hunkpapa Indians from the Lakota Sioux found the wreckage of some sort of pod from space.  Inside they found what appeared to be an infant of humanoid like alien, of blue skin and strange features.  They believed that he was a gift from the great spirit.  They took the child in and raised him as his own.  They gave him the name Tohca Wicahpi or BLUE STAR. They at first kept him a secret from those outside the tribe.  He grew into adulthood quickly.  When the US Calvary sought revenge for the Grattan Massacre, they sought out Blue Star’s village for retribution.  When they arrived there they were met by Blue Star and witnessed the adopted alien’s power first hand, as he decimated the entire calvary single handed.  The US Government sent in more forces but this only resulted in more casualties!  Finally the government conceeded to a negotiating table, and made a treaty with Blue Star’s band to not encroach on Lakota Territory.  Blue Star also took this time at the negotiations to learn the ways of the white man in both cultural and military power.  Blue Star used his intelect, force of power, and charisma to join the various Lakota factions into one cohesive force.  He established The sovereign nation of LAKOTA, a hybrid european/lakota government with him as head of state,  He saw that if he were to take his adopted people into a feared and respected presence in the world, he would be forced to modernize and industrialize his people into a coherent state.  He did this by sending many of his best and brightest to the finest institutions in Europe and the US.  By 1865 when the civil war ended, Lakota was well on its way to becoming a first class nation, that the US saw as a threat to its dream of “manifest destiny”…

 

Day 12: XENIX THE TECHNOGOTH

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Xenix The Technogoth

 The year is 2501.  Earth four centuries earlier was devastated by a nuclear holocaust.  A global conglomerate that anticipated the event hid underground until the background radiation was safe enough to come to the surface and take whatever was left.  They rose up, subjigated the local survivors and turned them into a slave race known as The Technogoths.  The corporation’s head modeled this new government and culture after the Roman Empire.  Four centuries later.  The decendents of the executives became the nobilility of what will be known as THE NEOROMANA.  A one-world government that whose prosperity and comfort is based on The Technogoth slave labor.  Some are sent to mining camps, plantations, some are servants, and others are sent to entertain the masses in death sport in the arenas. 

This is the story of one such Technogoth gladiator named Xenix.  Who was genetically conditioned to be the ultimate gladiator.  Who would eventually become so powerful that he broke the bonds of slavery and would lead an uprising against his people’s oppressors!

 

Day 11: The King Eagle

| November 11, 2011 | 0 Comments
King Eagle
The King Eagle from the Alliance

Mark Blakely earned the name King Eagle as leader of a fighter squadron in World War II known as Eagle Squad, and for having one of the highest confirmed kills in the war.  Afterwards he became a test pilot in the avionics division of scientist/etrepeneur and brother in law Harold Bell (AKA The Shifter).  Bell had two years earlier developed a suit that could shrink and grow the size of the wearer.  He now adapted this technology to a wing harness along with his physisist wife Karen, that would alter the molecular density of its wearer, and result in him/her being able to fly.  Blakely was chosen to do the initial tests for the harness.  All was going well for the trial runs, when a malfunction occured and caused Blakely to crash into the tower, killing 3 including his sister Karen.  The crash also caused the harness to become bonded to Blakely perminently.  Although it was learned later that the malfunction was caused by an agent of I.C.E. Blakely harbored ill feelings for Bell for years to come.  Mark after a period of depression was approached by The Alliance to join their group.  Reluctantly he did, and at first was a sullen loner.  He eventually, however became a trusted and valued member of the group right up until its disapearence in 1953.  In 2001 the group reemerged, and not long afterwards the technology came about to remove the harness safely.  Blakely is today semi-retired, but occasionally re-teams with his old group…

 

Day 10: Doctor Elemental

| November 10, 2011 | 0 Comments
Doctor Elemental

Charles Hollingsworth III was already a fourth generation American aristocrat, captain of industry, World War I veteran ace pilot, and world adventurer when he discovered the fabled GAUNTLET OF THE FOUR FATES.  Fabled to have fallen from the sky, and control the four elements of the ancient universe: Fire, Wind, Water, and Earth.  It has popped up in notes of obscure manuscript, half scratched wall etchings, and whispered murmurs around campfires.  Charlie, as his friends call him, found the gauntlet, and soon learned that its powers were indeed real.  He not long afterwards adopted the secret moniker of DOCTOR ELEMENTAL, and began a series of adventures as a costumed crimefighter, that eventually led him to join and become a founding member of the Golden Age’s premiere super hero group: THE ALLIANCE!  He fought alongside the group through World War II and up until 1953 when the group mysteriously disapeared while on a deep space mission.  They re-emerged in 2001 and Hollingsworth along with them.  He assumed the identity for a while until a few years ago, when advanced age forced Hollingsworth to retire.  Occasionally though he has donned the costume to do the odd sporatic mission with his former teamates…

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Day 9: SYMANE BRAXIS

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Symane Braxis

 

General Symane Braxis comes from the planet Argonis, a founding member world of the Unified Interstellar Conference.  Braxis comes from generations of military service and rose prominently in the UIC Starcorps to the rank of Field General of the 1st Frontier Army.  It was there that Braxis first met a promising young officer by the name of Kraul from the reptillian race of the Sal H’ar.  Kraul’s prowess as a soldier was matched and surpassed only by his ambition.  Braxis took Kraul under his wing and together they were instrumental in the UIC/ Thrallian Starwar of 2480-2485.  But Kraul believed the peace afterwards was too soft on the Thrallian Empire.  Lustful for conquest he eventually betrayed the UIC and switched sides.  Braxis although not at fault was held responsible for not having the forsight of Kraul’s betrayl.  He was relegated to desk duty as a result, and was being transfered to a backwater outpost for stationing.  Braxis would eventually get retribution for his dishonor by joining the adventurer group Golundan Corp and its many dealings with The Thrallians and their military Commander Kraul…

Day 8: THE UNDEAD SOLDIER

| November 8, 2011 | 1 Comment
The Undead Soldier

(2011 Dan Nokes)  The year is 2115…It has been a decade since a nuclear holocaust wiped out over 99% of the world’s population.  What is left has mutated into canibalistic sub-human creatures, or banded into small pockets of scavengers, looking for a fabled land that had been untouched by the THE GREAT LAST DEATH, as the survivors had called it.  One such pocket was heading north on one such rumor, when they were attacked by a mutant gang.  They were about to be overwhelmed, when a stranger in soldier’s garb saved the band.  When the tribe went to thank him they found that the soldier had been hideously scared to the point where he resembled a walking corpse…The tribe elder identified him from another legend of the wasteland known as THE UNDEAD SOLDIER: A former military man, whose origin’s are shrouded in mystery.  But is said to help out person’s who cross his path.  None are sure why?  Some say because of some lost sense of duty.  Other’s say it is to feel some semblence of a long lost humanity.   In any case the Undead soldier follows the band and protects them from the numerous beasts, dangers, and terrors, that lurk in the unknown as they make their way to what they hope is a small patch of paradise in what seems a unending wasteland… 

 

 

 

 

 

Day 7: Gekk Orrsan

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Gekk Orrsan hails from the world of Groonlar V.  A planet populated by amphibious creatures known as the Groon.  Gekk was a low level security officer on a transport freighter bound for a nearby space station when it was destroyed by a hostile force known as the The First Dominion.  Gekk was the lone survivor, and was rescued by a band that would eventually become known as one the 26th century premiere super hero groups known as Golundan Corp.  Gekk has a Groonlar Battle suit that is equipped with life support and built in weaponry that is powered by a bioelectrical field that his people can generate.  

 

Day 6: The Soulbroker

| November 6, 2011 | 0 Comments

 

 

Bagmorgan as he is known, is a THIRD PARTY BROKER in the war of souls between heaven and hell.  He was once worked in AQUISITIONS for the devil, but found a loophole to escape his own contract and become freelance on his own.  Now he finds the choicest most promising individuals, leases them very lucrative contracts in exchange for their eternal spirits, then upsells them to Heaven, Hell or even other interested parties, such as demons, warlocks, and other supernatural folk!  He does this with the help of his COLLECTION DIVISION known as Lucius, Bruno, and Salvatore: THE BROTHER’S VALENTINE, as well as his chipper but elusive personal assistant known as ALICE…He has few friends and many enemies on both sides…But is best known as THE SOULBROKER!

Day 5: Ms. Astro

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Linda Higgins thought her Grandmother was nothing more than a kindly homebody, and doting grandparent.  This would all change at her Nana Trudy’s funeral she was presented with a strange key and a envelope to a secret location.  She followed the directions, and found an old cabin that housed her Grandmother’s well kept secret.  That she was in fact a stranded time enforcement officer from the year 4002…That on a mission to re-capture a band of fugitives her time transportation device malfunctioned and she became stranded in 1936.  She eventually became a costumed crime fighter known as Ms. Astro.  Armed with various tech from the far future including a TEO standard issue Theta gun and deep space survival suit.  Which she eventually passed on to her granddaughter the 2nd and current Ms. Astro…

 

DAY 4: MIRACLE

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In 1933, a strange meteorite crash landed to earth.  When scientists and experts arrived and investigated the scene they found that the meterorite was actually some sort of probe from another world, that contained alien DNA, and artifacts, some could not be deciphered.  A top secret think tank was formed to investigate the probe and its contents.  One arm of that organization was called PROJECT OLYMPUS.  There task was to see if the genetic material could be harnessed and somehow used to create some form of enhanced human being.  100 persons were selected based on preliminary research, that found that those of certain markers may be receptive to the formula they had developed.  Of the 100 persons tested, all but one died in the process.  The one survivor, Derek McClean, emerged with almost godlike abilities.  He was dubed MIRACLE by the military, and was revealed to the public in 1935.  He, over time banded together with other heroes of the era to form THE ALLIANCE, and eventually became there defacto leader in 1946.  In 1953 the groups roster at the time disapeared on a deep space mission, and did not remerge until 2001… Now Miracle has filled a role as the super-hero communities elder statesman, and almost patron saint. A role he does not take lightly…

Day 3: MOLCRON-V

| November 3, 2011 | 0 Comments

 

The Koralian Star Empire was a military juggernaut that spanned lightyears.  It invaded and conquered other worlds more advanced than ours with relative ease.  Part of that ease was its forward advanced android units known as MOLCRONS.  Twenty-Five Molcron units were dispatched from the Koral Homeworld approximately 250 years ago to a backwater world known to the natives as EARTH.  On route 24 of the 25 units experienced a navigation malfunction caused by a gamma burst.  Those units were destroyed in an asteroid belt.  The surviving unit suffered some damage however that caused it to lose light drive and communications with the homeworld.  When it finnally touched down on Earth, it began its mission of subduing the native population to Koralian rule.  What it didnt know is that the gamma burst that destroyed its companion units also destroyed the Koral homeworld and caused the empire to collapse soon after.  So Molcron V continues its mission for a world that no longer exists!

Day 2: The Juryman

| November 2, 2011 | 0 Comments

 

 

 THE JURYMAN is a masked crimefighter who has no super powers, and unlike many others before him, no access to limitless wealth to fund a war on crime.  The Juryman is based in Anacostia, DC and discovered the lair of the previous Juryman while being chased into Fort Stanton Park by hoodlums.  Collin Jackson was raised in this area, and after graduating college with a double major in engineering and physics, returned to that area to try and improve conditions.  He does this by day working at a construction firm, and by night as a costumed hero.  And doing so by scrounging to keep and maintain the gagetry the original Juryman left behind…

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

DAY 1: THE HYPERIAL

| November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

When the first sentient life evolved into being, a sort of cosmic mass conciousness caused manifestations of certain aspects of time, space, and reality.  Chaos manifested itself into a being that has had millions of names to countless species.  We on Earth know it as Ragnarok.   While the force of order, did not manifest a form on its own.  Instead it, as best as one could say CHOSE to bond with a host.  Thus the first HYPERIAL came into being.  Over time many have bonded to THE ORDERFORCE and became the universe’s protector against Ragnarok and other threats!

THE HYPERIAL is the interlectual property of DAN NOKES 2011

 

 

 

Buy #30! ADAM AND EVE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Vol 1

| November 1, 2011 | 0 Comments

Adam Jenkins is the lone human survivor of a zombie apocalypse living in a underground bunker for the last 7 years.  His only companions include a genetically enhanced labratory dog, the surly sentient bunker computer, and his zombie ex girlfriend.  Adam has created a world that allows him to stay (somewhat?!?) sane.  But an E-mail from another bunker from a girl named Eve sends Adam into an online relationship that eventually leads him to leave the bunker, and seek out his lady love.  But as he opens the door into a new world and sets out with the downloaded computer and his canine companion, little does he realize that he has accidentally opened the door to his zombie ex girlfriend’s cage and potential hilarity ensues!  A forray into post apocalyptic and dystopian fiction by Dan Nokes!

 

Publisher: 21st Century Sandshark Studios

Writer/Artist: Dan Nokes

Title: ADAM AND EVE: BIZARRE LOVE TRIANGLE IN THE ZOMBIE APOCALYPSE Vol 1

Cover Price: $9.00

Page count: 100