Writer: Chuck Kim
Art & Colors: Peter Steigerwald
Lettering: Comicraft
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Ooooooh man that was awesome! So now we see that evsdropr really hates The Company. How come we never heard of "Blake" in the show? I thought Elle was, you know, all alone. And now she says they grew up together.

Elle looks like a semi ran over her head, and Linderman pieced it together after watching an episode of Dora the Explora. It was very two-dimensional. I can hardly wait to see UJ's reaction to this.

Now we have another example of someone's ability advancing with time and constant use. I'd say this novel is cool, and Chuck Kim must have seen that Mythbusters episode where Jamie fires through a rifle scope, breaking all the glass but not puncturing the dummy's eye.

I have long suspected that there had to be other groups which were aware of the existence of SGs.

I just looked the easter egg. I wonder if it confirms that the company was using Adams blood as a healing mechanism. Perhaps Elle was carrying a Syringe filled with Adam's blood for just such emergency's

1- I don't think this was some "other group." I think it was the Organization we all know and...love... I think it was a test, actually. They wanted to see what she could do. (I mean... they set everything up, even putting a gun at the table they knew she'd be sitting at.

2- The EE was from Company Man publicity shots. That's the tranquilizer, not a cure. Rereading the GN, I don't think it looks like the bullet did more than give him a black eye. That means either it was a rubber bullet (unlikely IMHO), or it didn't have the force to travel through 3 sheets of glass over a distance of about 160-170 feet, and then penetrate his eye.

Synch!
Where is your Ali Avatar? I read all your posts just to see that! Not to say that I don't appreciate the lovely Maya but Ali is the bomb.
Anyway, on to the point.
Good GN, I like the character of Donna and I don't really see a problem with Elles appearance.
I do think this was written long before the casting of Eric Roberts as Thompson though due to Donna's description of him. Come on, Eric Roberts looking out of her league? I think Eric actually wrote this one.

It's not supposed to be Roberts' Thompson. Look at the age similiarity between him and Elle. It's THompson's son.


(Working my way through the Pretty. Ali'll be back eventually.)

Don't forget the original Candace and Eden then.
As far as the son goes, I haven't seen anything in the series or GN's to support Thompson having one but, That doesn't mean you are not correct.
The GN's seem to be based mostly in the past so it could be the Eric Roberts Thompson with Elle looking a little too old for the time period.
But, you have GOT to get back to the Ali pics. What movie/ show was the last one from?
Looked a little Lara Croftish.

Sorry. Forgot this had been listed as a Spoiler for a while.

http://spoilertv-heroes.blogspot.com/searc...Graphic%20Novel

Although NBC's tangly sci-fi drama Heroes doesn't return until mid-September (again, damn that strike!), take heart, fans: You won't have to wait until the fall for some kind of superhero conspiracy fix. In what series writer Chuck Kim calls ''a mini-spin-off,'' a new installment of a web comic, focusing on the show's mysterious Company — that secret, possibly sinister, organization that monitors ''gifted'' humans — will debut each Tuesday starting April 15 at nbc.com/Heroes/novels.

''We're basically focusing on a group of agents within the Company,'' says Kim, who also penned this online story arc, which will run weekly for five months. ''We'll be seeing Bob and Elle and The Haitian in there, and we'll be touching on HRG [a.k.a. Horn-Rimmed Glasses Man or Noah Bennett]. The story will start at right about the end of season two.'' (The second issue of the web comic will make clear where, exactly, the new events fit into the Heroes timeline.) New Company characters include the mysterious Donna Dunlap, seen here in EW.com's exclusive first look; the son of HRG's former boss, Thompson, a young guy without powers who's currently being dubbed only as ''Thompson Jr.''; a mother-daughter team; an engaged pair of agents; and Felicia, who trains recruits. ''We'll basically see the story through the eyes of a new recruit,'' Kim adds. ''We'll also be examining the relationship between — for lack of a better term — the human agents and the ones with powers, and the dynamic that creates within the Company.'' Plus, here's a juicy tidbit: ''We'll learn that there's someone within the Company who's trying to bring it down.''

As was the case with previous Heroes web comics — remember the introduction of electronic-transmission-inceptor Hana? — several of the new characters will eventually turn up in new episodes. ''I can't tell you which ones,'' Kim says. ''But this way, you'll actually find out a bit more about them before you actually see them premiere in the show.'' Alas, if you're looking for scoop on the current peril of big-gun characters like Niki and Nathan here, you'll just have to wait. ''Well,'' Kim interjects coyly, ''you know at the end of season 2, we saw Niki blow up in a building?'' Yes? Yes? ''We probably won't reveal what happened to her.''

(As far as I can tell, the Ali pic was just from a photoshoot.)

(As far as I can tell, the Ali pic was just from a photoshoot.)
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Well the above article pretty well closes the Thompson thing. Hadn't seen that yet.
As far as the pic goes, I feel that pic captured the appeal of Ali perfectly.
But, still looking forward to a parade of the "pretties" in the future.

This is interesting, but they kind of left holes in Linda's story... XD

Mother-Daughter and Engaged? >___> That just reminds me of Alias...

I take back my earlier comment about the phone call being a test.

Based on the article I posted earlier (which doesn't seem to contain any spoilers, now that the series has started), maybe the guy on the phone was Noah?

I think the phone call is a test by Elle...

I mean, she was standing by with pliers...

The more I read it, the less likely I think it was just to be a test.
1- I don't know what those things were, but I don't think they were pliars... and I don't now how pliars would help anyway. Plus, the phone convo from EVES happened during dinner. Before she got to her place.

2- The very name, EVES (as in Evesdropper), hints at something darker. Sort of like Hana's "Wireless" moniker.

I don't know that it's Noah, but I'd be willing to bet it was someone after the same thing. Maybe Mohinder finally grew a pair?

If Elle already had a partner, why she did she go to Ireland alone? Infact, why did she go to Ireland alone at all? I thought everyone on The Company had a partner.

Oh, Right, The gun under the table. *slaps forehead*"Gee, I could've had a V-8"

If EVES is the mysterious rebel, That implies that the bullet in the gun was real. In which case I feel that the possibility of using Adams blood as a restorative agent still exists.

If that is the case then this episode probably took place prior to Adams escape in Vol.2.

I agree that this story does not offer or even imply an agency outside the company. I am still thinking about the woman who contacted Linda Tavara and set her upon her path.

That woman is dead.

I know that women is dead. However, I am assuming that she is part of an organization.

Since I was already looking for evidence of another organization; I quite cheerfully ignored the glaring evidence of inside knowledge. I.E. the (NON)Smoking Gun.

Admit it , you only posted that to make me look even dumber.
I appreciate the helping hand, But I can handle that part on my own. I have lots of practice.

Actually, I'm the dumb one here, because I thought you were saying that woman is evsdropr. Do you think Adam can be behind that pre-Company organization as well?

The bullet's still going, but the kid doesn't have more than a bloodied eye. No need for the miracle blood, he didn't get it in the eye.

Pretty sure this takes place well after Adam's escape.

Read the above quote from that article I mentioned.

What Elle has in her hands are chopsticks. Just look. She's eating Sushi.

I can't guess whether the group that contacted Tavara had any association with Adam, But I do believe that Adam has a lot more going on than we have seen so far.

In the discussion about GN#71-"The History of a Secret" I speculated that Adam must have a fair amount of resources squirreled away for a rainy day; I also briefly considered the question of who had been seeing to Adam's interests while he was incarcerated.

I suspect that Adam has one or more "Families" that are completely loyal to him. Adam could have been cultivating these family groups for as long as a couple of hundred years.

Adam may also have been responsible for one or more organizations dedicated to studying/protecting/using SG's, some of which may have continued to function on their own even after Adam went on to his latest identity.



All your fancy facts and impeccable logic do not prove that Elle's chopsticks weren't actually super secret miracle blood filled compressed air syringes, So HA!

You really have to look at the depth of the above quoted image, "Thompson Jr." is holding the binoculars closer to us, while the bullet trail goes behind his head. This may be an error, however it is important to note that a rifle scope from the Vietnam War was able to stop a bullet from a sniper rifle at two feet. :Link: I think it's conceivable that a modern pair of binoculars could stop a round from a handgun at whatever distance Donna shot from. The little bit of blood we saw was probably from the glass impacting Junior's face.

My conclusion is that Thompson Jr. couldn't get shot in the eye through binoculars, so he is fine.

Aw, just listen to me now... I've become a comic analyzer.

I think it's simpler. As soon as THompson, Jr. saw Donna Nighteyes' finger tighten on the trigger, he started moving his head away from the binocs. While still close enough to get shrapnel damage to the face, he moved far enough away to avoid getting actually shot.

this artist needs to be fired...that picture has the most resemblance to her and it still looks nothing like her.

OMG! O_O

I thought it was something to get the bullet out... >_< XD

I saw that one