Sebastian_Sandberg at 10:08AM, July 1, 2012

That comment was two years ago, shastab. I think of Virtus as more like Golden Age Superman when it comes to power in his early days. His main power is and has always been speed, his other abilities are just required secondary powers that makes it work. Muscles powerful enough to propel him forward at such speed, skin strong enough to withstand air friction and avoiding a hail of regular rain turning him into swiss cheese, etc. The Flash would still beat him easily though.

shastab24 at 4:32PM, June 30, 2012

I've always thought of Virtus, not as a speedster, per se, but with the same power level as movie-Captain America. You know, enhanced speed, but not super speed. After all, Seb does point out that Virtus is not like the Flash.

irrevenant at 7:42PM, June 29, 2012

Firstly, this is the first page of HA I've ever seen that makes it apparent that Virtus is a speedster. Yay! Secondly, I tend to agree that the story's kind of murky on WHY HU and HA are fighting. I guess that's what happens when you lead with a skull-faced biker guy who looks like a villain. :D Sebastian, I think it's probably reasonable to assume that Virtus knows about what happened to his friend (and fellow HA-member) Titan, but hadn't kept track of every HU-Member Energize took down. There were a LOT of them. Still, be interesting what Phenomenon has to say about that...

MrHades at 8:30AM, June 28, 2012

Well, I guess in a situation like this, where no one quite knows what what the other side is up to, I guess it could come to blows quite easily.

Sebastian_Sandberg at 2:29PM, June 27, 2012

Augh! In hindsight, maybe it should have been "Titan and YOU..."

Ozmandious at 10:01AM, June 27, 2012

I still don't get the rationel for everyone to fight. Their not sure on what's happening, they disagree on stuff, their hero's, so they fight? Marvel is corrupting everybody! lol

ironhand at 12:41AM, June 27, 2012

nice work, this flows really nicely.

melsr007 at 10:16PM, June 25, 2012

NICE!!!!!!!!!

Josh Holley at 8:36PM, June 25, 2012

As always, an inspiring page -great job, Abt!

MrHades at 1:08PM, June 25, 2012

Dude inthe black and white looks tight! Great work Fuku. When you starting another comic, man?

Abt_Nihil at 11:25AM, June 25, 2012

Nepath: Thanks! I didn't find reference for his back though, so I improvised a bit :P _______ Seb: Yeah, that's what I thought when I read the lines you gave him :P I broke them up into smaller portions so it would read a bit more erratic, relating to his quick movements. Regarding the costume color, short answer: Because I thought it looked better! Long answer: I choose my colors according to the page palette... there's no such thing as "objective color" to me. I tried to differentiate the two characters' dark tones, since, as you said, they would have just been black otherwise. Also, Virtus' grey is still one of the darker colors in my palette here, if you exclude the black lines. (I rarely ever use pure black (or pure white, for that matter) for coloring, only for lines.) _______ Macattack: I actually expanded his scene here, because I thought Virtus wouldn't get enough face time otherwise ^_^ _______ Everyone: Thanks!

Byth1 at 9:36AM, June 25, 2012

Great page!

fukujinzuke at 9:06AM, June 25, 2012

Can't wait for punches/kicks/beams to land some hits!

Macattack at 8:51AM, June 25, 2012

awesome abt! also glad to see Virtus getting more face time

Hero at 7:27AM, June 25, 2012

Very cool.

Sebastian_Sandberg at 7:23AM, June 25, 2012

Talkative for a speedster, isn't he? XD It's definitely more than adequate. But why do you choose such a light grey tone for Virtus suit when Phenomenon is just as black in his references and gets to keep it? ... I told you I was picky.

Jules at 7:20AM, June 25, 2012

awesome!

LuchaCoffee at 7:03AM, June 25, 2012

Sweet. this is going to be an awesome bout :D

Nepath at 4:56AM, June 25, 2012

nice work - i like your rendition of Phenomenon.