Lorelei Locke's life changed when she swallowed a fish oil pill. After emerging from the cacoon, she had changed like a butterfly. She just didn't know how until she kissed the boy she loved. Desperate for a way to get rid of her powers, Lorelei seeks help in New York. She tells no one of what she is capable of, why she always wears gloves. But Matthew Murdock didn't need to be told; he could sense it. "Don't touch me. People die when they touch me."

Decades ago, in a secluded forest within Germany, experiments were underway to win World War 2. Bastion was one of the children stolen from his home and tested on. As a result his mind strengthened, finally resulting in Telekinetic abilities. What will happen when Bastion suddenly awakens in a new era, and a new world? How will the Amazon warrior react to a man born in a time of discrimination and pain?

Victor Stone had resigned himself to the fact that he was completely alone in the world. He had comrades, but they were completely organic. He had people he'd consider calling 'friend', but they were organic as well. They had secret identities. They could lead normal lives, fall in love, start families... Everything that he couldn't do. That is, until he met someone more like him than he originally thought.

Bruce had never been a fan of aliens. They were an unknown. An unpredictable threat. He saw his friendship with the Kryptonian Kal-El as an exception to these rules, and the only one that he was willing to accept. So, when an alien vessel crashes in Gotham the detective is instantly put on edge. One question rose above the rest - Is this alien friend or foe?

After surviving a bank robbery, with much thanks to Aquaman, Camille decides to complete her training to join the police force; to help people like he did and to redeem herself from a gruesome death that she was too petrified to stop. After being assigned to Amnesty Bay she finds curiosity in an old lighthouse, and a man that was hiding within; the late Aquaman. Unfortunately, after giving his throne to his brother Orm, Arthur had disappeared from both his life on the surface and the ocean. The appearance of Mera and Kaldur'ahm alerts him to the possible war that his brother plans to inflict upon the surface. Camille, determined to help, steals a submarine from Black Manta and tags along. Can she help them save Atlantis, and maybe even progress the lost city into a modern age of thinking? Or will she crumble under the pressure...

A time-skipping accident strands Barry Allen and his nemesis Eobard Thawne in the past; specifically 15th Century Japan, which is rife with chaos and warring clans. Barry is saved from outlaws by an early metahuman named Mineko Kaze, a disciple of a monastery dedicated to the usage of magic to combat evil. When one of her time's most dangerous warrior/sorcerers uses Thawn as a gateway to travel into the present day, Mineko is the only one who can help The Flash and Justice League overcome this foe who can control the minds of any person, including metahumans.

Hal Jordan isn't the biggest fan of authority. As a high-ranking peacekeeper in the Green Lantern Corps, he's willing to defy any and all orders if it means getting the job done. So what happens when he becomes the authority? When the Corps gains a new recruit, it's time for Hal to ditch the solo act and take on a trainee.

the defenders | vigilantes ❝there are no heros, no villians; just people with different agendas❞ - daredevil [THE DEFENDERS] [ANTHONYMACKIC] [SEPTEMBER 2017]