Chapter 17, Page 24a: Impossible to Choose

Posted on August 5, 2026 by Brad Guigar

Captain Heroic has a showdown with Countess Influencia, but the former waitress isn't interested in going back to the diner — and she certainly isn't hearing his excuses! She has the city at her feet, and in her book, that's a win!

Fairmount City's top hero sees it differently. There's a big difference between trending and mattering. The Countess may be impossible to ignore... but that also makes her impossible to choose.

Cartoonist Showcase

If you're in the Columbus area, make plans to stop by the Billy Ireland Library & Museum on August 8th from 1-5 p.m. It's a free event, and I'll be there sketching and signing along with a bunch of my pals from the NCS.

Transcript

Captain Heroic faces Countess Influencia (formerly Hailey the waitress)

Panel 1:

Captain Heroic: You don’t have to do this! Come back to Ralph’s and —

Hailey: Oh! NOW you want to talk to me in the diner!

Panel 2:

Captain Heroic: Hailey, I stopped making content with you because I didn’t want to be part of using you for “likes.”

Panel 3:

Hailey: Problem solved. Now I’m using THEM for likes.

Panel 4:

Hailey: Everyone is watching me — praising me! I’m impossible to ignore!

Panel 5:

Captain: And that means you’re impossible to choose.

Doctor Strange: The Oath

Posted on July 20, 2006 by Brad Guigar

Doctor Strange: The OathThis looks awfully good! CBR has a three-page preview posted on their site and I’m hooked already! You know me. I love comics that take a non-traditional look at the superhero genre — especially the writing that really looks at the everyday lives of these characters. This series starts out at some kind of hospital emergency room for superheros with a waiting-room conversation between Araña and Iron Fist. Hooked, I’m telling you.

[CBR] Doctor Stephen Strange embarks on the most important paranormal investigation of his career, as he sets out to solve an attempted murder… his own! And with his most trusted friend also at death’s door, Strange turns to an unexpected corner of the Marvel Universe to recruit a new ally. Eisner Award-winning writer Brian K. Vaughan (Runaways, Y: The Last Man) and red-hot artist Marcos Martin (Captain America, Batgirl: Year One) join forces for an adventure that will take the Sorcerer Supreme from the underworld of New York City to the deadliest dimensions on the outskirts of reality. This limited series will firmly establish Doctor Strange in the current Marvel Universe as well as setting him up to join a surprising new team!

Looks like a 5-issue series. Gotta update my pull-list.