Hitler's back. A mad scientist thought he could reform him; make Hitler a productive member of our future society. He was wrong. Now, the only thing standing between mankind and total oblivion is Albert Einstein. Einstein has hand picked the greatest minds in history to face off against this great evil. But who will prevail the latest iteration of The Third Reich? Or the Heroes of Science!
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Welcome to chapter 2 of Heroes of Science. This page is a super-compressed origin for the HOS, much in the style of Grant Morrison's Superman origin from All-Star Superman. That specifically worked because everybody knows the rudiments of Superman's origin, doomed planet, brilliant scientist parents, and then a loving couple finds the space baby. I think this origin page here works for exactly the opposite reason.Okay, we get that it's the future. Time jacking probably has something to do with time travelling, then a ray gun makes a brain, it's put into a magic refridgerator, then Albert Einstein walks out. I doubt I'll ever do a more detailed origin, so this is as good as you're likely to get.
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Far be it for me to say, but I think this is the finest establishing shot of Washington DC ever rendered in comic form. It's got all the great landmarks, the Washington Monument, the White House, the Capital Building, er, Mount Rushmore. And of course the statue of President Hogan. Rest assured, children, I have a convoluted explaination of why there is even is a President Hogan, and why congressmen would meet secretly at his memorial to wheel and deal a plan about kicking Hitler's ass in the future. All will be revealed, in about six months.
Panel 7 Why is Albert Einstein quoting "Army of Darkness," a movie produced forty years after his death? All will be revealed, in about three weeks.
