Starbolts #646: Hints from Medea

 

 Hail! 

    Leave it to Medea to have absolutely no filter whatsoever and somehow manage to drop potential plot points for future storylines on the way out the door. Medea is one character who Sam and I love to write. I was cracking up so hard when Sam sent me the edits for this week's script. He called it the best work he had ever done on the former villain. 

    I think it's safe to say that we can call Medea an ally of the Starbolts now since she fixed Marcus, fixed Tanis and has yet to do anything remotely evil. The Starbolts still keep a close eye on her because she was once married to their first baddie, Demonstorm. It kind of makes you wonder, doesn't it? Was Medea every bit a victim of Demonstorm as she was? The answer is a resounding "yes!" in my opinion.

 Demonstorm was a tyrant and now that he's effectively out of the picture for the time being, Medea is free to finally be herself. She praised Carter's work on her son Tanis back in Starbolts #438 and that was just the beginning of his healing process. She has been on this sort of redemption tour for ages and I think she has done a great job trying to make amends for all the damage she did while under his umm...well..."thumb" is probably the best way I can put it.

    I do like her interactions with the ladies here. Cece clearly is having none of it. If Medea has no filter, then Cece is the exact opposite here. To each their own, I suppose.

    As far as Carter and her name goes....Yes. Sara is now Carter. I'll probably change that in the Starbolts' bio section at some point. I think the original Lady Liberty will love having Carter take her name as well as her mom. She was originally going to be called Carter when she was born. But, Terra Nova stepped in and we all know how that went. At least the twins are happy with their names and are ready to take the next step. Tune in next time as we start to say farewell to Terra Nova once and for all.

See ya then!

Starbolts #645: Birds of a Feather

 

 Hail!

    This week Pal'idin's son, Pal'idin has taken up residence at Agents Academy since his father was killed back in Starbolts #624. As you can see his sprite's are the same as his father's. There's a reason for that. Like M'anta, Pal junior is basically honoring his father's memory by wearing a similar suit. However, the suit that Pal is wearing here is basically the uniform of Dovianni's elite guard known as The Soldiers of the Talon. Everyone has a suit like that in that organization. Junior here is just a low ranking member.

    Now that Junior is on Earth, it seems that Ariel would like to adopt him. I don't think anyone would take issue with that because she and Jaime are more than capable of raising a kid. Pal'idin is alone now and really has no one watching over him and offering guidance. Who better to help than someone who has gone through a similar experience? I think they'll be a great influence on him. I just hope Junior gets over his fear of Mateo. That would be a good thing!

    Ariel would be a great surrogate mother for Pal'idin because she had similar experiences. Way back in the earlier comics I went into detail on how she was sent out as a hatchling to find help and safeguard their species since Dovianni was ruled by the Mosqukatara. Because of this, she never knew her parents and has been longing for a family ever since. Now she has a chance to make one with this kid. Let's hope he says "Yes" to being adopted. I think we all know he will say "Yes" since he already sees her as a mother. Time will tell.

For now let's be glad that Pal'idin has a home now. I think he'll be in good hands.

See ya next time! 

Starbolts #644: Bringing Down the House

 

 Hail!

    A father's love has no bounds. He would move heaven and earth for his children. In this case, Stan was more than willing to nip a problem in the bud for Carter and Crystal before it escalated into full-on persecution. As you can see from the comments from the peanut gallery, it was not a moment too soon.  Several wizards like Bruno were willing to ban void magic all together. Were it not for Stan's intervention, they may well have succeeded. 

    Thankfully Stan had an ace up his sleeve. Back in Starbolts #560,  Adelphus Longwood offered the position as head of the council to Stan. He declined then. Now he accepted and promptly handed the reins to his friends, Ethan Knight and Gregorio Arlandero. That's not all he did. As of this comic, the Order of Korun is no more! It will forever be known as the "Order of the Triad". The triad refers to the trinity of void, primal and Centurion force. 

    This trinity of magic will now serve as the governing body for all magic users within the universe of this comic. I'll go into detail at a later date. This is basically just the start of a new Order which includes all types of magic users. A new day has dawned for the magic users of the Starbolts universe. What can we expect? Time will tell, my friends.

 As far as Cece goes, she is on the mend and Carter is clearly happy her mentor is back in action. Crystal will be happy as well. It looks like things are wrapping up here in the Starbolts universe. However, we still have something else to talk about. I wonder how Pal'idin's son is doing. Someone should really check in on that poor kid....

See ya next time and find out what he's been up to!

Starbolts #643: She Saved the World

 

 Hail! 

    Wow, there's a lot going on in this week's comic! We start off covering the fallout of Ellie saving the world from Kyodon's wrath. She needed a friend to talk to and who better than the team's resident therapist, Angela? The poor girl already has to deal with the fact that her mother, Elisabeth, was the head of a terrorist organization. Now she has to deal with how her mother summoned Kyodon and had her cause problems for Ellie and her friends. That's a bit much for a teenager, isn't it? At least she's in good hands with the Starbolts. They'll help her out!

    Next we have Crystal talking to her mom about Ruby/Masque. She had a bit of a crisis concerning her name in the wake of everything. Andrea reminded her of her grandmother who we last saw in Starbolts #614 helping her other great-granddaughter repair her soul. The details of that episode are coming soon. Trust me. At least Crystal is now at peace with her name since it no longer means "crystalline skeletal specimen 001". Charming name Terra Nova came up with isn't it? Rolls right off the tongue.

    Crystal definitely enjoys seeing her parents kiss and everything because she never saw the Arronfelds kiss. As far as she knew they were in a loveless marriage. If it ever really was a marriage. You have to remember that Crystal lived in a fake farm in a fake town. Chances are good that the Arronfelds weren't really married. Crystal likes seeing them kiss because it reminds her that she was a product of love and not the science experiment she grew up thinking she was.

    And to that end we have Stan doing everything he can to protect his daughters. He wants to give them the life they never had and a life where they don't have to fear outside forces disrupting their lives. It was bad enough that Terra Nova caused them so much pain. Now he wants to nip the next problem in the bud by taking on the Order of Korun. Changes are coming to the Order in the wake of Cassandra's death and heads are gonna roll!

Stay tuned!

Starbolts #642: Loose Threads

 

Hail!

    This week we're covering all the bases in the aftermath of last week's comic where we seemingly saw the end of Cassandra, the wicked witch of the well. There's still quite a bit to go through on that front since Stan has to contend with the council and see if there are other members of the Order who think the same way Cassandra thought about void witches. Expect heads to roll when Stan Whitefox comes calling. He wants to ensure that no one threatens his children ever again.

    Speaking of Carter and Crystal, it seems their mentor is in a bad way at the moment and I am sure Cece will eventually make a full recovery. We're not sure what happened. But, I am fairly certain that the magical energies at the well greatly impacted the void witch. 

    At least the twins are well taken care of. Marcus is doing his best to help Crystal and Carter has finally been reunited with Firaxil and Dendra. I don't think Carter is going to be leaving any time soon. She'll be staying and she definitely has some explanations for what happened to her. Her soul is fixed. But, what did that entail? The comic about the ins and outs of her transformation is coming a lot sooner than you might think. Probably around #650, I want to say.

    In the meantime it looks like another story is about to come to light. What is the origin of the necklace and how was it able to contact ghosts like Scarlett? We'll see soon enough. Next week we have a few other loose threads that need to be cleaned up. So, stay tuned for that!

See ya next time!!

Starbolts #641: The Temple of Chitan

 

 Hail!

    I think I might have abused the brightness filter and glow filter on my paint program this week because three panels amped up the brightness to beyond tolerable levels. If you go blind reading this comic just know that I probably made Michael Bay proud. And that's not a good thing! 

    What is good is that the Wicked Witch of the Well is apparently fell to her death where she will be eaten by Chitan. Or did she? It's hard to say in comics. Dead is dead unless you see a body and all we see is her screaming on her way down the well. Was she eaten by Chitan? Will she somehow survive the fall? It's hard to say. One thing's for sure the temple was destroyed just the way Whitefox wanted it.

    In other news, I hope people caught Sara's name change in the comic. She now goes by Carter, which was her middle name. Why the change? Well, to answer that we'd have to talk about why she suddenly has black hair. It's a mystery. It could be as simple as a hair dye and a trip to city hall, you know. But, that wouldn't be as epic an adventure as you might think. There's a good reason why she decided to go by a different moniker. We will delve into that, soon!

    For now it looks like our heroes are victorious against Cassandra. Now all that's left to do is to go home to a hero's welcome because we're not QUITE done this arc. We're getting close so do stay tuned!

See ya next time! 

Starbolts #640: The Witch Karen

  

Hail!

    When you look at the last panel of this week's comic, you can almost see Cassandra's thoughts. She's thinking to herself "I really screwed up this time". And she has! This whole elaborate scheme to try and capture three void witches and strip them of their powers has been all for naught. Bringing Kyodon to Earth was likely a distraction and a way to bring out the void witches. Everything else was icing on the cake. As far as plans go, this was probably the most haphazard one in the history of plans.

    But, what can ya do? She's clearly new to the supervillain thing. At least things are wrapping up in a neat little bow. The pilot is rightfully scared for his life and willingly surrendered to the Starbolts. That was a wise decision on his part.

    I do like the conversation I wrote between Jack and Crystal. Crystal has gone through a lot in the last couple comics since it was revealed Ruby hired Cody and everything. I don't think she's ready to talk about it, yet. But, you know she will. She's all kinds of angry at the moment! Hopefully, she'll calm down.

    As for Firaxil? Well, you can't really blame him for being smitten by his wife's new look can you? Those two are gonna have a long talk too. 

 Now, will the arc be over soon? Perhaps. I don't think Cassandra is going to be keeping this up. Then again she is a Karen and this may not even be her final form....

See ya next time!