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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 1 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 1 |
| Date |
early
June 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
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After
the Chemo blast in Bludhaven, a state of emergency
was declared. A wall was built around the city within
36 hours due to the toxicity. Superman asked the Teen
Titans to go in and help as much as they could. They
were met by Major Victory and Freedom's Ring, who
were there by government mandate. They ordered the
Titans away. At an undisclosed location, people in
tanks were awakened for duty.
Within nine months, relief money ran out. One year
later, the people were still walled out of their home
and were getting desperate.
A man calling himself Father Time arrived and assumed
control of General Stanton's troops. He was shown
an "anomaly" which did not appear to be
terrestrial - dubbed the "astronaut fetus,"
it was part machine, part organic. Another item of
interest was a scientist named Andy Franklin - he
was a survivor of the blast, but was now mutated into
human bomb. They had him in a stasis fluid to keep
him stable.
A group of government explorers (in search of the
underground railroad which was raiding containment
camps) came across a group of metas calling themselves
the Nuclear Legion. They'd been sent in by the Society.
The explorers were turned to ash. Freedom's Ring arrived
and contained the Nuclear Legion, but they'd feigned
defeat. Once they heard the government was building
a meta army, they lashed out. During the fight, a
cloaked area became visible.
A riot began outside a wall outpost. Their leader
called himself Firebrand. The Monolith attempted to
keep order among the rioters.
The Atomic Knights revealed themselves in the area
which had been cloaked. |
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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 2 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 2 |
| Date |
late
June 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
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The
Atomic Knights attempted to apprehend the Nuclear
Legion with non-lethal force, but suffered casualties.
Their survivors retreated, their dead's armor self
-destructed.
Father Time placed a shoot to kill order for anyone
in a costume. Firebrand, on camera, called out Nightwing
and the Justice League for not being there. The Titans
saw the broadcast and decided to talk to Firebrand.
Major Victory, the only survivor of his group, reported
to Father Time.
The Atomic Knights (the underground railroad) discovered
a "Black Baron" who was taking children
who'd been exposed to the radiation and forcing everyone
else to do his bidding in return for supplies and
medicines.
Father Time enlisted some of their captives and met
a helicopter landing nearby in the city. A senator's
daughter exited (Miss Knight) and spoke with Time
as though they were acquainted. Freedom's Ring was
no longer - their new name was S.H.A.D.E. Major Force
was introduced as their field commander. They were
to squash the Atomic Knights.
Firebrand was introduced to Tilt and the Monolith.
Monolith agreed that he could feel something bad within
the city.
The Atomic Knights found what they believed was the
biggest source of radiation. It was a facility experimenting
on metas. Father Time realized they'd been infiltrated
and sounded the alarm. Captain Atom was being used
to power the facility. |
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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 3 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 3 |
| Date |
early
July 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
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As
Firebrand and his group were about to scale the wall,
the Teen Titans arrived.
A man visited the Black Baron with jewelry in hopes
of getting some medicine for his diabetic wife. The
Baron refused and killed the man with beams from his
eyes. He planned to take over the remains of Bludhaven
and create a nation.
The video was analyzed at the headquarters of the
Atomic Knights (below Bludhaven). The Titans headed
into the city with Monolith and Firebrand via the
swamplands outside Bludhaven. They made it to the
airport and encountered natives who feared them to
be Freedom's Ring.
One of the captives - "a mass of inert brain
matter - grew itself a body and volunteered to help
Father Time. Using its mental powers, it told him
there were 125 Atomic Knights operating within the
city. It wished to be referred to as Replicant. Replicant
contacted SHADE with the location of a nearby Atomic
Knight base. The were successful in securing the base
and capturing a live hostage.
Another team of Atomic Knights neared the SHADE base.
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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 4 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 4 |
| Date |
late
July 2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| storyline |
Father
Time took on the approaching Atomic Knights. He claimed
to be indestructible and immortal. He was immobilized
and the Knights successfully secured Captain Atom.
The Nuclear Legion encountered the Nuclear Family
(constructs built from Dr. Shanner's schematics).
They claimed to have been sent by the Society to help
them.
Replicant broke Father Time free of his casing. He
split his team up and gave orders. Replicant informed
him the Teen Titans were inside the Bludhaven walls.
The Titans neared the Black Baron's territory and
were fired upon. The Monolith was shattered by suicide
bombers, only to reform. He could see the Baron was
a deranged killer. He picked him up and tossed him
into another time zone. Robin gave him the "no
killing" speech. Robin tried to sort things out:
Chemo was not radioactive - he was toxic. His chemicals
had altered some of Bludhaven's citizens, but they
could not explain the radiation.
Father Time introduced his captive to The Face, his
torture specialist. Elsewhere, Human Bomb detonated
a city block where refugees were housed. The SHADE
group then encountered the Titans. Robin realized
the team was made up of wannabes taking the identities
of dead heroes. Cyborg, Robin, and Kid Devil were
neutralized. Ravager killed Lady Liberty. Only Monolith
and Firebrand were still standing to face the SHADE
team. |
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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 5 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 5 |
| Date |
August
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
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Green
Lantern (Jordan) arrived as SHADE called for backup
to detain the Titans. Replicant informed the group
that they were to detain Green Lantern. Human Bomb
refused to fight GL - he was his hero. Ravager, who
had been hiding out, returned and attacked the SHADE
team.
The Nuclear Family and Legion located a tunnel leading
to the radiation source. Inside, people were transporting
mutated animals.
Firebrand began hearing a voice in his head. It had
a horrible southern accent. He was shown a vision
of what the true enemy wanted - the US as a police
state.
Ravager freed the Titans while GL continued to battle
Major Force.
The Atomic Knights found the reason Captain Atom was
comatose: while going between dimensions, his shell
had been breached and his brain traumatized. They
then got word of the infiltrators in the tunnel.
Major Victory tried to break up the MF / GL battle
and was killed by MF. The SHADE team realized they
were taking orders from a psychopath. The fight below
them (between the Nuclears and the Knights) erupted
into the street. |
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| Issue |
Infinite
Crisis Aftermath: The Battle for Bludhaven 6 |
| Subtitle |
The
Battle for Bludhaven part 6 |
| Date |
September
2006 |
| Writer(s) |
Justin
Gray, Jimmy Palmiotti |
| Artist(s) |
Dan
Jurgens, Jimmy Palmiotti |
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Captain
Atom began to have memories of returning to Earth.
The Chemo blast had ripped a hole in the fabric of
space and time. He emerged and was blasted. His radiation
poisoned Bludhaven.
Captain Atom neared critical mass and was placed in
a containment suit. He awakened. He began hearing
things and ordered the city to be evacuated. Atom
flew away in search of Major Force.
The Titans and SHADE teamed up against the Nuclear
Legion. Replicant informed Father Time of the situation,
including the awakening of Captain Atom. As the military
began pulling out of Bludhaven, Captain Atom arrived
at the battle zone. He grabbed Major Force and absorbed
his energy. He gave all survivors ten minutes to evacuate
the city.
Atom detonated himself above the ruined city leaving
only a crater.
The following day, the President addressed the union
and blamed the situation entirely upon the metas.
Bludhaven could not be rebuilt. He proposed a metahuman
task force under government control to police the
renegade metas.
Three miles below the crater, the Atomic Knights entered
their sanctuary - a biosphere code named Command D.
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references to time, and chronology: |
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The Nuclear
Legion members: Geiger, Professor Radium, Mr. Nitro, Nuclear,
Reactron. |
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Freedom's
Ring members: Major Victory, Silent Majority, Lady Liberty. |
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Atomic
Knights members: Gardner Grayle, Hollis Hobard, Wedge, Susan,
Greg, Marene Herald, Bryndon, Wayne Hobard, Douglas Herald. |
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Teen
Titans members: Robin, Wonder Girl, Ravager, Kid Devil, Cyborg. |
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S.H.A.D.E.
(Super Human Advanced Defense Executive) members: Major Force,
Phantom Lady, Lady Liberty, Bigfoot, Human Bomb, Doll Man. |
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The Teen
Titans lineup makes the events here happen after or during
their first OYL arc. |
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Captain
Atom returned to Earth (during the Chemo explosion) and awakened
from a coma a year later. |
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Captain
Atom absorbed the energy which was Major Force and detonated
above Bludhaven, leaving only a crater. |
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The President
backed legislation to form a metahuman task force. |
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