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So a long time ago (the mid-1990s), the greatest writer in comics agreed to take over the writing duties for Image Comics' Supreme. He would radically reshape the character, the book, and due to forces beyond his control, a whole comic book universe. And it led to an award-winning run of comics, three additional titles (among several proposed) and ultimately led to the genesis of Moore's much better known America's Best Comics. And then it all went out of print and was forgotten by way too many.

Having gathered quite a bit of information about Moore's Supreme and Awesome runs, I decided to create a home for the forgotten Awesome. Over the course of a year, I put it all together here.

Each week I did a main "Weekly Reading" post that was a read-through of that issue. I followed that up with a couple of other posts about topics from that Weekly Reading or whatever else I came up with to talk about. You'll find the lost Youngbloods in the Youngblood section and the fan-edit of the last Supreme in After Awesome.

Below is the archive of posts broken up by book. Thanks for checking the site out!

Book 1: Supreme: The Story of the Year

Book 1: Judgment Day

Book 3: Supreme: The Return

Book 4: Youngblood

Book 5: Glory

Book 6: After Awesome

Book 7: 1963

Book 8: Night Raven

Book 9: A Small Killing

Sunday, July 22, 2018

1963 #4 - Part 2

By Derek Mont-Ros

Welcome back readers! Today is a groovy recap, because today, we look at Alan Moore’s version of Doctor Strange…Johnny Beyond! How does his world compare to the good doctor's? What adventure does his magic lead to? You’ll see in…


The trippy…. trip begins with our hippy of a hero, guiding a blonde beauty to some place called “The Laundry.” Though the woman seems to be a little off, even for Johnny.

 

Talking to the mysterious woman reveals that she seems to be acting like every location is where it shouldn’t be. That's an odd sentence that will make more sense as the story progresses. For now, Johnny helps the woman back to her apartment. She points out that Johnny reminds her of her boyfriend.

 

As Johnny examines some of the stranger parts of the apartment, such as a movie that appears in book form, Johnny meets the woman’s previously mentioned boyfriend…HIMSELF!

 

The two go outside of the apartment, only to see the entire building folding and warping on itself, causing some king of magical disturbance in the air. They regroup with Johnny’s friend, Lips, who is the equivalent of Wong in this universe.

 

After speaking to his version of the ancient one, it is revealed that time itself is being rippled. Johnny leaves the building, only to reappear in it in astral form. Doing so reveals that some of the civilians on the streets are from the '30s, proving the old wizard’s theory. Using astral form, Johnny fixes the shifting building for a short time and goes to confront his older self and the room that led to all of this.

 

After a brief fight because older Johnny did not believe his younger counterpart, the horror of this entire disaster is finally shown to the reader in the most trippy of ways.

 

It’s revealed that it is not only time being affected, but earth as well! The older Johnny has been revealed to come from another earth, arriving with no knowledge of the events at hand.

 

All seems normal with the building afterward until it is revealed that Older Johnny stayed, and our Johnny is out there in that warped world we saw earlier. What will happen to the sorcerer of sass? Only time will tell. Until then, enjoy these amazing pin ups!

 

 

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