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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

Thursday, September 14, 2023

The chronological Judgment Day, Part 6: WWII and the superheroes

When last we saw the book of fate, WWI flying ace the Phantom Aviator had taken possession of the book. He took it with him to WWII, where he met up with Blake Baron, who was based on a Sgt. Nick Fury war comic. 



 Baron testified at the Youngblood murder trial about what happened next.



With the book in Storybook Smith's hands, he became a superhero for the original Allied Supermen of America. His wife testified next.



 

As for Smith's daughter, we get a glimpse of what happened to her:

She ultimately became the superhero Riptide and the victim in the Youngblood murder case.

Moore has finally linked up the Extreme universe's history with what he had made up for Supreme. But more than that, he created a history rich in genres to explore, from cowboys to Conan-style berserkers. In Youngblood and other places, Moore would start to draw on this history, but it had so much more potential.

Anyway, with the book now missing, we'll find out its location and how it was wrapped up in the murder trial next.

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