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Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight #0

With the release of the new mini-series, "Guardians of the Dawn GRADUATION", now is a great time for readers to get caught up with everything that went on with the Guardians of the Dawn hero team.

We suggest the following reading list...

• Guardians of the Dawn Spotlight - Starting with the text-only Issue #0 all the way to the one-shot Guardians of the Dawn AFTERMATH, here's your chance to see the Guardians as they start from relative obscurity into both fame and notoriety. Find out how the Guardians formed a partnership with Europe's Dawn Patrol. See the connection between Midnight Arachnia and one of the most dangerous contacts in the Rogue Isles. Find out what happened to Galatea Powers that caused her hair and personality to change. And find out what catastrophic event could take down the Guardians and send them into hiding.

• The Guardian Powers - Following from the events in AFTERMATH, a core group of Guardians struggle to continue as a "ghost group"; carrying on with their lives while also working to unravel the mystery surrounding the tragedy that vilified the team. See the introduction of new heroes like Elite Ice Queen, Pharon, and Furia Powers. Find out what happened to the missing heroes, and see the sacrifice that would lead to a miracle.

By the time you finish with the Guardians of the Dawn 2012 Special, you should be all caught up and the events in "GRADUATION" should make perfect sense.

At least until Issue #2 is released...

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(Submitted by BattlerockX (talk) 19:11, 3 July 2014 (MDT) )

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06:03, 21 June 2013 (MDT)

In Memory of Ascendant

Cover of Ascendant's comic "Quiver"

We here at the City of Comic Creators have been saddened by the recent loss of Tre Chipman, the City of Heroes MMO superhero and comic creator known as Ascendant (spelled with an "A"... D-A-N-T!).

Ascendant was one of the original members of the CCC, and one that made a serious contribution to the MMO itself.

Ascendant is best known for his "Ascendant-O's" sketch, a prolonged dialogue that was made between himself and his agent-uncle Saul, whereby Saul's attempts to provide merchandising of Ascendant's likeness had disasterous results. Starting with a breakfast cereal containing his one weakness to a Action Play Headquarters renamed into his "A"-Hole, the phone conversation goes from bad to worse for Ascendant.

(Note: Saul would later manage Captain Catastrophe in the pages of "Tales From Paragon City" #4.)

The conversation would be so memorable that developers made it part of the in-game MMO canon and then had random NPC characters in the transit stations taking phone calls and saying they are not Ascendant.

Ascendant would also have a brief appearaince in Issue #19 of the Top Cow Comics incarnation of the "City of Heroes" comic series.

In addition to his presence in the MMO itself, Ascendant was also a comic creator. One of his works was a comic issue called "Quiver", which told the origins of a female archer by the same name. Although it never progressed further than the one issue, it was that issue that helped inspire some others to pursue their own fan-made comics.

Both Tre and Ascendant will be missed.

Click here to read about the loss and more on his contributions to the CoH Community.

Click here to see the "Quiver" comic.

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(Submitted by BattlerockX (talk) 06:03, 21 June 2013 (MDT) )

09:45, 31 January 2013 (MST)

Where It All Began

City Of Heroes - The Original One-Shot

To mark off the start of our new MMO resource, we go back to where it first started; with the City of Heroes MMO and its various comic series.

The original "City of Heroes" comic was a one-shot special published by Dark Horse Comics designed to introduce readers to Paragon City. Although the series focused on newcomer Thunder-Clap, it also introduced Apex and War Witch, two favorite characters that would eventually be featured in the Blue King Studios incarnation of the series.

The original comic would set the stage for two more incarnations of the comic series published by both Blue King and Top Cow, as well as inspire all of the fan-made creations made since then.

We here at the City of Comic Creators would like to thank the developers in Cryptic Studios and Paragon Studios for eight years of inspiration and encouragement. The MMO has ended, but the adventures and the heroic experiences will never end.

Click here to see the series page which features all the incarnations of the comic series.

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(Submitted by BattlerockX (talk) 09:45, 31 January 2013 (MST))

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