Monday, April 20, 2009

The Emerald Knight

Born from Martin Jordan, Captain Harold "Hal" Jordan a test pilot for ASAF was branded as the "most fearless and expensive" by his comrades. Following his father's footsteps after he died, Hal made sure to continue his father's legacy and was gifted indeed...

On a given mission, he was tasked to check a wreckage from a fallen starship and as he cradled the alien passenger, he said that he was Abin Sur. Before he died, the ring that he had was looking for someone that was "utterly honest and born without fear" and so Hal was given the ring and a lantern that transformed his life forever.

With this new power, he learned that the alien was a member of Green Lantern Corps formed by The Guardians in the planet Oa. Also, here the Central Battery is found charging every lantern in the cosmos. Now, he is to protect and serve Sector 2814 where Earth is also located.

A day came when Coast City was utterly destroyed by Doomsday, with this loss he begged The Guardians to reconstruct the city and revive all the lives lost, but to no avail his request was not granted. He went angry and insane killing his master Sinestro by breaking his neck at the same time killing almost everyone from the Corp.

From there, The Guardians of Oa knew that a long time enemy was controlling Hal and should be stopped. Also, this was part of a plan from Sinestro to lure Hal to free the creature and enter him in his vulnerable emotional state. At one point, the Sun Eater was about to destroy the Earth when Hal sacrificed himself to save his home planet.

He was resurrected as Spectre, the Spirit of Vengeance. The spirit's tasks was to separate his tainted soul from Parallax. With all the help of his friends and Kyle Ryner's effort of securing his body from the sun where he died, Hal had one more reason to live and to save the universe again. His will stronger and resolved, he broke free from Spectre and Parallax joining his spirit from his now renewed body.

From the battle in the moon, after seemingly killing Sinestro again and with the help of JLA and the Green Lantern Corps they were able to dispose their oldest and bitter enemy the Parallax.

Now, Hal Jordan is back renewing his ties with The Guardians, The Green Lantern Corps and JLA. The ray of hope again echoes in the universe and as the battle cry is heard once more...

"In blackest day in brightest night no evil shall escape my sight, let those who worship evil's might beware my power Green Lantern's light."




Sunday, April 19, 2009

Weapon X

Raised from a well-off family, a frail and sickly boy named James Howlett has all he ever needed in life but he has a secret that is hidden well in his genes.

Along with his parents John and Elizabeth, young James lived in the 19th century. Following the death of his elder brother, her mother was institutionalized which left the boy with his 2 playmates Rose a red headed girl and Dog, the son of Thomas Logan the caretaker.

As years pass, the friends grew and still have their friendship. A day came when Dog had untoward advances to Rose which James told his father and with this, Dog killed James pet and thus both were exiled from the estate.

A drunk as he is, Thomas got his shotgun and forced his way in the manor, seeing Elizabeth he told her to come with him and as John was about to stop them, Thomas shot him in cold blood. James was entering the room and with uncontrolled anger and ferocity attacked and killed Thomas while leaving a mark of 3 claws in Dog's face.

Fearing for their lives, James ran away with Rose as Dog reported to the police of the incident in his own story. The father of John came and took on Dog knowing that he has no more family left with.

James and Rose lived far in British Columbia, while working as a miner James changed his name to Logan to divert any suspicion in the town and protecting Rose as well in the process. They were known as cousins. Soon, Dog as a growing psychopath tracked them, in the streets as the 2 were fighting, Logan got the upper hand and was about to give Dog the final blow when Rose leapt in resulting her impalement from his claws. From then on, Logan was alone as he left the town and was rumored to have lived in the wilderness with wolves.

Having isolated himself from the world, he was soon found in Canada by Department H and with Dr. Cornelius's heading the experimental program, Logan was imbued with an indestructible element called adamantium with his bones and thus resulting to his indoctrination in the Weapon X assassins group.

His first mission was to battle the Incredible Hulk and further helped the X-Men through Prof. X's request to recover the original team from the mutant island of Krakoa. He stayed with the X-Men up to the present, even lead the team as a Field Commander. Later on, he also joined Earth's Mightiest Heroes: The Avengers where he encountered the re-assembled team while battling Hydra.

This fierce fighter had so many memories from his jagged and painful past, from being a World War II soldier, a Samurai, a CIA operative, an assassin, a wild man... and now a raging Wolverine!!!





The Wall Crawler


A frail young man passes through a crowd, his name is Peter Benjamin Parker a student and a genius. As piercing words and murmuring "What a geek!" struck him, he doesn't utter a sound shrugging off the nuisance, he went his way to the science exhibit.

Atomic science, a world where he is given accolades and a feeling of respect and dignity. As the experiment progresses, no one noticed a spider descending from the ceiling towards the reactors, with a split second the arachnid was doused by radioactivity. Leaping towards the closest thing it can access, with it's final breath, it bit the student transferring the radioactive energy in it's body.

Suddenly, feeling nauseous he decided to go home. Walking down the street a car nearly misses him, as he leapt to safety. He noticed that he was clinging to a wall. To his surprise, he was already scaling the wall with his hands and feet.

Hurrying home, he decided to make a name for himself. He entered a wrestling match with Crusher Hogan and winning unanimously. He even entered into showbiz just to get enough money moreso to gain fame as well. Deep down he really wanted to be popular and realizing with the power that he has, he can do anything he wants without the care in the world.

One night after the show, a burglar made his way into the studio, a cop was running after him, the costumed teen just stood there minding his own business. The cop didn't reach him on time and the fiend escaped through the elevator. "What do I care!" the lad uttered...

Tired, he called it a day. As he was nearing his home, there was a policecar in front. As he came to their doorstep, a body was lying on the floor and her Aunt May was crying, a burglar forced his way in and killed his Uncle. With all his anger, he tracked him in an old warehouse. A fight ensued and the culprit was cornered, he removed the mask of the killer and to his surprise, he was familiar with the face from the broadcasting company... the burglar who ran in front of him days ago. He was so grief stricken and all he ever wanted to do is avenge his Uncle Ben. He just tied the burglar for the police to pick him up. Wanted to be alone, he stayed in a rooftop thinking, he was ashamed from what he had failed to do.

There is always a moral in everyone's story and with this teenager, he had a gift that he misused without the thought of doing what is proper and just, not just for the people around him but for himself as well. He only wanted to be accepted and more so to be popular, but vanity overwhelmed him and with a price. His Uncle's death made him realize that "With great power must also come--great responsibility". Now he must face his problems head on, sacrificing everything that he have just to keep his love ones safe.

And so a hero was born...The Amazing Spider-Man!