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Dark Horse·Black Hammer·#1·Independent·ID-3726779
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Carl Creel

Richard Milhouse Jones
TACTICAL VERDICT: Absorbing Man triumphs with an estimated 58% win probability. Raw destructive energy projection (98 vs 24) proved insurmountable in prolonged exchanges.
Both combatants exchange lightning opening volleys with near-identical operational reflexes, neither yielding ground in the opening clash.
Absorbing Man unleashes full destructive capacity (98 Power rating), forcing A-Bomb onto the back foot with overwhelming concussive force.
In the grueling war of attrition, Absorbing Man's supreme hand-to-hand discipline (64 Combat) and endurance (100 Durability) break A-Bomb's posture, securing a definitive victory.
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Dean Ormston
Dave Stewart
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On his farm in Rockwood, Abraham Slam was talking to his animals about the day he had moved there. After finishing his work, he returned to his house and scolded Gail, who brushed him off and flew away. He entered the kitchen and saw Walky making breakfast with Colonel Weird and Barbalien. Barbalien found Gail brooding on the roof of the house and went to comfort her. They reminisced the days before they moved to the farm. Colonel Weird found Walky in the barn working on a new probe. When Gail and Barbalien returned, they got into a truck with Abe, who drove to a diner in town, as a mysterious female in a hood named Madame Dragonfly watched them. In his human form, under the alias Mark Markz, Barbalien met a priest named Father Quinn outside of a church. When Sheriff Truehart walked into the diner with Gail, claiming that she had attempted to acquire cigarettes, Abe claimed that he would "deal with her", while Tammy, the owner, claimed that Truehart was still angry about their divorce. At night, Abe, Gail, Barbalien, Walky, and Colonel Weird, along with Madame Dragonfly had gathered outside of the house, around the Black Hammer, as Abe had ranted to the others about themselves and how their fellow hero, Joseph Weber, had sacrificed his life ten years ago. A Global Planet reporter, the daughter of Joseph Weber, was writing about how ten years ago, the heroes, Abraham Slam, Golden Gail, Barbalien, Colonel Weird, and her father, the Black Hammer, had defeated the Anti-God and saved Spiral City. They had disappeared, but the reporter was determined to find them.
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Abraham Slam and the other surviving heroes meet at the farm to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the defeat of the Anti-God and their being trapped on another world.
Abraham Slam and the other surviving heroes meet at the farm to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the defeat of the Anti-God and their being trapped on another world.
Gail has trouble dealing with being trapped in a child's body. Talky-Walky's probe reaches the outside world.
Barbalien attends church. In the flashback it is revealed how Barbalien came to Earth.
Tammy Trueheart comes to dinner with Abraham's family. Dr. Robinson follows the trajectory of the probe back to a doorway in space.
Colonel Weird investigates the Para-Zone and skips thru time.
The history of Madame Dragonfly is explored. Lucy Weber arrives but Madame Dragonfly erases her memories.
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Victor von Doom

Mr. Mxyzptlk
TACTICAL VERDICT: Abe Sapien triumphs with an estimated 58% win probability. The primary decider was the stark differential in martial combat execution (85 vs 64).
Abe Sapien dictates early tempo, utilizing superior speed and reflexes (35 vs 17) to evade initial advances and land decisive precision strikes.
An apocalyptic kinetic collision rocks the arena as A-Bomb and Abe Sapien's signature arsenals collide in a deadlocked shockwave.
Exploiting an opening in the late exchanges, Abe Sapien's elite martial execution (85 Combat) overwhelms A-Bomb, landing the closing blow to claim the battle.