Tim Corrigan's Superhero Comics #4
☆ Be the first to review + Add to your collection — Join freeIn "The Secret of Fardak!", the Messenger—once Jason van Wynne—grapples with a past that reshaped him, as flashbacks reveal his descent into superhuman power after a traumatic abduction and the loss of his lover Tricia. Written and illustrated by Jerry Ordway, this 1975 issue explores the cost of vengeance and the fragile line between justice and obsession, all anchored in a story that redefines what it means to fight crime. The cover, by Tim Corrigan, captures the mystery of a man torn between his past and his purpose.
In "The Secret of Fardak!", Gargus fights desperately against Stag-Gar and Kagg, believing himself abandoned by his god Omnus—only to discover that his foes may be the very ones sent to awaken his true power.
In "Messenger," a masked vigilante intervenes in a mugging, his actions haunted by memories of a past that changed everything. Three years earlier, Jason van Wynne was kidnapped and forced to complete a serum that unlocks superhuman potential—only to lose the woman he loved when the villain Vincino killed her. Now operating under a new identity, the Messenger is a man caught between vengeance and purpose, returning to the streets after stepping away from the fight.
In "The Dread of the Nightcrawler?", Elasticworm dives into a bizarre murder spree linked to a sinister slime, only to uncover eerie echoes in forgotten golden age comics. When the hero traces the pattern to a comic shop owner wielding a machine that brings those old tales to life, he must stop the monstrous creation before it consumes the city.
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