V21 – Pg29
‘The Last Alpha-One’
MaX IS the last Alpha-One metahuman still alive in the world in which VANGUARD is set.
What is an Alpha-One? Back when it was possible to engineer meta-humans (pre-virus), an Alpha-One was the top of the tree. The most expensive and costly in time to create. There were only a few, mostly owned/financed by the bigger Governments around the World.
MaX was an anomaly. Created by a global syndicate of multi-nationals to protect their interests worldwide, he is now ‘forced’ to work for the Red Council. If he doesn’t, they’ll stop giving him the meds to fight off the virus the Council released, which infected and killed every other Alpha-One on the planet. It then mutated, making the creation of metahumans of any sort impossible.
But, if you’ve been playing close attention, all that will be up in the air, very soon…
If you’ve enjoyed the comic so far, I post upcoming designs and sketches over on my Patreon page. Soon I’ll be uploading the previous issues in PDF format onto there. So why not help the creation of VANGUARD and throw a few quid/bucks into the pot? It all helps keep this comic going.
Dan. B
I think it’s clear that Max has been free of the virus for a while, but who has caught his attention now?
Oh please let it be Malachi. I wanna see the fear of the old gods put into Max when he realizes he isn’t the top dog out there.
Not sure Malachi could actually *hurt* Max, but I doubt Max could do any serious/permanent harm to Malachi, either… that could be entertaining, actually.
[British accent]”We’ll be at this [i]all day[/i].”[/British accent]
Dangerous assumption Maxy son