Num futuro não muito distante, uma nova estirpe viral ameaça exterminar a espécie humana da Terra. O estado máximo de alerta pandémico obriga ao êxodo das grandes cidades. Em Los Angeles, um grupo de amigos tenta ignorar o pânico geral da população, culpando os media pelo sensacionalismo. Jake Brody já vira coisas mais assustadoras do que uma simples doença. Já vira muitas pessoas morrerem sem poder evitar, já salvara outras tantas. E é por isso que não consegue ignorar o apelo daquela rapariga misteriosa prostrada no alcatrão. Ela parecia tão inocente, tão frágil. Tudo o que ele tinha que fazer era descobrir quem ela era, de onde vinha e porque tinha um medo tão irracional de sair daquela cidade. Depois levá-la-ia em segurança para casa e a sua vida continuaria igual. Não era?

Uma séries de contos independentes. Personagens novos e alguns já conhecidos de outras estórias (mas não significa que é preciso ter lido nenhuma delas para entender). Leiam na ordem que preferirem :) (Não é preciso ter lido Blue Cup Cafe para entender os contos) #5 em Contos (10/05)

Sobre a insensibilidade de uma sociedade em crescente despersonalização do ser humano. [Revista - qualquer erro, por favor reporte] tw: esta história é suposto abordar vários temas ao de leve incluí: suicidio ou pensamentos suicidas; prostituição; violência; etc.

Nina podia ser uma adolescente como muitas outras e à luz do dia, à luz do conhecimento dos seus amigos até tem uma vida comum. Contudo, um outro lado que ela tenta esconder a todo o custo juntamente com a entrada de outras pessoas na sua vida, irá mudar a sua vida que ultimamente, andava tranquila e sem sobressaltos.

Erik has disappeared into the unknown, vanished after he was exposed as a mutated tyrant on national television. The Whitehouse is in ruins and the world is in hysteria after the exposure of advanced beings. Mutants are in more danger than ever before, Erik, Charles and Raven's faces were broadcast internationally. Charles has returned home with Hank, and relapsed into his mindless alcohol fueled, mind-numbing drugged up ways; tumbling back into a crippling depression. Erik cannot be trusted to be left alone, scheming and dreaming up a new strategic master plan to rid the world of the un-mutated "Neanderthals", and replenish his squad of mutants -- with his own children: Wanda and Pietro. He must be found and stopped before he gets the chance to strike again and vanquish all hope of redemption. Charles dreams of bringing Erik back in and teaching him how to use his power for good; to teach him that being a mutant is a gift, not a curse; to teach him that just because someone stumbles - loses their way, it doesn't mean they are lost forever. But to ever foster any hope of restoring Erik to his former pacifistic glory, he must accept his own gifts and use them; no matter how much it pains him. He must suffer for the sake of others: for the sake of Erik. How much would you sacrifice for others? How much would you suffer for those you love? To what lengths would you go to try and reclaim the un-claimable?

Smile, nod, and follow. That's slightly most of Elea's life living in the shadow of her beautiful best friend Marilyn--naturally second place to this first place kind of girl. When she meets Liam, the tall, sweet smelling, not to mention good-looking guy Marylin is friends with things might look up. Or not. Through time and distance, Elea will finally find herself and maybe even have her own happily ever after.

Dom ou maldição? Para Delilah Morvay a resposta sempre fora evidente. A habilidade que a sua avó materna via como um dom, tornava a vida da Delilah um pesadelo que saíra de um filme de terror. Sensações... Para Stephen Nowak era uma parte da sua vida que nunca existira. Vivendo na luz do poder e prestigio da sua família, ele tentara vencer os desafios com a sua própria força. Quando um assassino ameaça as ruas de Sorath, ambos batalham mentalmente por um controlo que não possuem, enquanto procuram as respostas para as mortes das jovens encontradas flutuando na água gélida do rio.

A Joker Story - "Definitive Therapy" was commissioned and paid for by DC Comics for an anthology called The Further Adventures of The Joker to tie in with the first Batman movie.

❝Dearest Diary... That's how you're supposed to begin isn't it? I wouldn't know. I'm rather new to this diary writing lark.❞ Young Charles Francis Xavier is privileged, cloistered and educated. Being the inhabitant of a mansion, the heir to a bottomless fortune and attending the best private school in the tri-state area, anyone would've thought there was nothing more a teenager could want. Richness can't buy his father back from the grave. Wealth can't afford him a loving step family. Opulence can't purchase him an ordinary life. A thousand lavished rooms can't compensate for the neglect he feels from his mother. A fleet of flash cars doesn't make up for the bullying he experiences at school. Every last penny cannot make up for the horrors of the verbal and physical abuse of his step-dad. But some influence and affluence can cover any incidents. Any blemish in his family's public persona is swiftly glossed over. His diary encompasses his daily struggles: the anxiety that comes with his teenage years, the development of telepathic powers and the intense fear that one day, his step-dad may overstep the mark. Just for once, you can listen in on the telepath's thoughts.