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OBSIDIAN GAVEL

FOUR SECONDS

Before the powers, Zaire Kente Galloway was a retired military leader called back for one final mission. An unidentified explosion destroys his battalion. Recovered by air troopers, the sole survivor flatlines—and returns four seconds later, changed forever.

By Hubert Bradley · Action · 10 story pages · 13 total pages including covers and credits

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Obsidian Gavel #1: Four Seconds. Written by Hubert Bradley.
Front cover
Written by Hubert Bradley. Published by BEUH LEE’S ANIME COMICS. AI-assisted illustration and production. 10 story pages, 13 total pages. Read left to right.
Credits
Before the void, he was a man who counted everyone home. Last key. Last morning.
Story page 1 of 10
Retirement looks suspicious on you, sir. So does arriving early, Sergeant. One photograph. Before you forget our faces. Not possible.
Story page 2 of 10
The basin has gone silent. Your former battalion is already staging. My role? Lead the recovery. Then you are done. Imani. One last mission. Everybody comes back.
Story page 3 of 10
Every company checks in. No missing names. Air recovery stays above the weather. Try to keep me bored, Commander. That is the plan.
Story page 4 of 10
No staff. No distress beacon. Whole place stopped in the same second. Log everything. Touch nothing we cannot identify. Outer companies holding position.
Story page 5 of 10
Compass is turning backward. That is not weather. We are withdrawing. All companies. Withdrawal acknowledged.
Story page 6 of 10
Alpha moving. Bravo moving. Charlie moving. He still owes me that coffee. Put it on the retirement tab. Keep talking. I want every voice.
Story page 7 of 10
Company leaders. Report. Commander? Sir, the sky— He had ordered the withdrawal. Something had already begun.
Story page 8 of 10
IMANI! TOMAS! WHUM Then every voice was gone.
Story page 9 of 10
No pulse. 00:04 Four seconds... I have a pulse. How? I do not know.
Story page 10 of 10
One last mission. Four seconds between death and something else. His battalion is gone. The explosion has no name. His story has only begun. Continued in Issue #2.
Back cover