Dr. Muskiday was this close to finding a way to defeat the macronanos.
Then came a massive power surge.
Now the macronanos are suddenly swimming in raw emotional energy, Muskiday has to redouble his efforts, and nobody at Evil Inc can figure out where all that extra power came from.
Meanwhile, somewhere nearby, Countess Influencia has a very simple request for Captain Heroic:
“Kiss me.”
Mystery solved.
Evil Inc After Dark: Full Stream Ahead collects three complete Evil Inc storylines — along with their adults-only “after dark” counterparts. These spicy chapters peel back the curtain on what happens when superhero satire and workplace comedy take a decidedly NSFW turn.
• Heroic Revenge — Captain Heroic and Miss Match try to build trust while Commander Heroic continues to loom over their relationship. Meanwhile, Lightning Lady falls for a mysterious new face at Evil Inc whose past may prove explosive.
• Homeward Bound — Desi’s time on Earth is almost up unless she can pull off one major act of mischief. Her solution looks suspiciously like an OnlyFans account. Meanwhile, Cap and Miss Match discover that Commander Heroic still has opinions about their love life.
• Long-Lost Fiends — Cassie Cruz’s superhero temp agency is booming, but Thea Rhutman has villainous plans of her own. And Lightning Lady finds herself tempted by an old flame — a cheerful, musclebound minotaur.
And that’s not all. Full Stream Ahead includes the brand-new bonus story “Loads of Love,” an unrated adventure never before collected in print. When Dynasty and Battalion discover their superpowers can be passed along genetically, they decide it may be time to start a new kind of super team — with a little hands-on assistance from their friends.
Packed with superhero satire, workplace comedy, romantic complications, and plenty of adults-only bonus material, Full Stream Ahead is the next oversized installment of Evil Inc After Dark.
Transcript
Panel 1:
Countess: You heard me, Cap… I said ‘kiss me!”
Panel 2
Captain Heroic leans forward to kiss
Panel 3:
Countess’ phone releases confetti, breaking up the kiss: Congratulations! 500.1k followers!
Panel 4:
Countess: That’s… that’s half-a-million!
Captain Heroic: How many followers would make you truly happy?
Panel 5:
Countess: …more.
Panel 6:
Narration box: Back at Evil Inc
Sound effect: Arrrrrggghhhh!
Panel 7:
Holo-Clone Miss Match: What’s the matter, snookums?
Dr. Muskiday: I was so close to finding a way to defeat the macronanos!
Panel 8:
What happened?
Panel 9:
Dr. Muskiday: They’ve had a massive power surge. I’ll need to re-double my efforts!
Panel 10:
HoloClone Miss Match: Where did they get so much raw emotional power?!
Panel 11:
Miss Match (controlled by a macronano) is watching the Countess’ livestream as Hailey asks Cap to kiss her.
Alt text
Five-panel Evil Inc comic. Back at Evil Inc, HoloClone Miss Match asks Dr. Muskiday what is wrong. Muskiday says he was close to finding a way to defeat the macronanos, but they have experienced a massive power surge. He says he will need to redouble his efforts and wonders where they got so much raw emotional power. In the final panel, a macronano reacts violently to Countess Influencia’s offscreen command, “Kiss me,” while HoloClone Miss Match asks whether this means she can use her Mentos bikini.
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By far, the highlight of my attending the Pittsbugh Comic Convention this past weekend was meeting comics legend Stan Lee.
Here’s Stan, courtesy of my iPhone, but my hand was kinda shaking, so it’s not so great.
Luckily, Evil henchman Tony Miello was behind me in line, and he kindly offered to get some photos as I spoke to Stan.
See, my parents gave me a hardbound copy of How To Draw Comics the Marvel Way for Christmas when I was nine years old.
And I carried that book with me everywhere. Vacations… family gatherings… college… There were lots of times I felt as if I didn’t fit in. And there were lots of times I felt like I didn’t have many friends.
But I had Stan and John.
And that book spoke directly to the dreams of a nine-year-old boy with a thing for cartoons.
I met John Buscema, the co-author and illustrator of the book, in San Diego at Comic Con way back in 2001 or 2002, and I took the opportunity to have him sign my book then.
Getting Stan’s signature on the book was incredibly meaningful to me.
And that’s what I told Stan. And I told him that, thanks in no small part to that book, I will be celebrating ten years of creating a six-day-a-week comic strip this February. Tony captured his reaction, to the right.
He was proud of me. The nine-year-old in me cheered.
And the forty-year-old started getting misty.
So I took my exit. And Stan went on to sign another book. Tony was yelling for me to stay for one second longer and lean in for a shot with the two of us, but I didn’t hear him. You can see my arm. That’s going to have to be enough.
I don’t need a photograph. I’ll have that smile burned into my brain for a long, long time.
‘Nuff said.
