Leading Caption: New York City, Queens
Panel 1: The Queens Abortion Clinic is damaged from a fire bombing.
Panel 2: Spider-Man is looking at the site while noticing all of the crowds.
Panel 3: A closer look reveals reporters, protestors, and law enforcement at an impasse. Reporters want to know what happened, the protestors think it's an attack on pro choice, and the police are struggling to calm everyone down.
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Panel 1: Spider-Man looks like he's contemplating his next move.
Panels 2-3: He wants to either investigate the situation where the police are already at or try to calm things before a riot breaks out when voices are getting louder.
Panel 4: Suddenly a sound comes from above Spider-Man.
Voice: Peter! I got your call!
Panel 5: A man steps out of a blue beetle-like aircraft with a card in his hand.
Caption: Ted Kord, formerly the Blue Beetle.
Ted: I also managed to get something the police found in extras
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Panels 1-2: A blank white background surrounds a black "A". Then a black background surrounds a white "A".
Panel 3: Spider-Man is holding the card Ted had looking perplexed.
Spider-Man: What's this supposed to mean?
Panel 4: A person is coming out of the Beetle ship.
Person: It means 'A is A'. It's a common phrase in objectivism.
Panel 5: Fully in view is a man who doesn't seem to have a face.
Caption: Vic Sage, the Question.
Ted (off panel): I hope you don't mind that I brought in some outside help.
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Panel 1: Ted is on his phone typing something in.
Ted: He certainly helped point me towards a possible lead.
Panel 2: Ted displays a social media page where the same card serves as a shifting banner.
Question: There's a campaign going around the networks called Aces High.
Panel 3: Question looks at the damaged clinic.
Question: Everyone involved believes in invoking objectivism to tackle hard subjects.
Panel 4: Spider-Man speaks from behind Question.
Spider-Man: By blowing up places? Doesn't that make them terrorists?
Question: Not if the only leader is an ideal.
Panel 5: Ted takes another look at the calling card.
Ted: Are you sure about that Vic?
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Panel 1: Question stands above Ted's hand holding the card.
Question: Positive, these are only emulations of who they're trying to imitate.
Panel 2: Spider-Man is looking confused.
Spider-Man: Uh... care to fill me in on something.
Panel 3: Question shows Spider-Man the card again.
Question: This was the calling card of a vigilante character called Mr. A.
Panel 4: In a flashback, a young boy's hands are holding a Mr. A comic book issue.
Question: When I was a child, I read about his adventures. My young, orphaned, impressionable mind was drawn to a character who could do no wrong.
Panel 5: The adult Question is knocked into an ocean.
Ted: The problem was, following the objectivist philosophies Mr. A employed didn't help Vic at all.
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Panel 1: The Question has the back of his head towards Ted sounding a little irritated.
Question: A bit of an exaggeration, but yes I found my inspirations to be challenged.
Panel 2: Question is reading books on Zen Buddhism.
Question: Objectivism seemed simple enough when it came to crime fighting. But I never understood the complexities of the human mind.
Panel 3: Question is looking at the crowds.
Question: And now people are looking to Objectivism for simple answers to divisive topics.
Panel 4: A closer look at the protestors reveals a number of college students.
Spider-Man: Makes me wonder if I would've been in that crowd at any other point.
Question: Which one?
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Panel 1: Ted shouts!
Ted: Not important!
Panel 2: Ted points to the clinic.
Ted: What is important is that these people be brought to justice.
Panel 3: Question comes into view.
Question: But in order to do that, these people need to be beaten by hard truths.
Panel 4: Question removes his mask.
Question: Which won't be done by people in masks.
Panel 5: Question’s real face is shown.
Question: Only authentic intersubjectivity.
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Panel 1: A man with his face obscured stands before the office door of J. Jonah Jameson.
Panel 2: The door opens to reveal Jameson looking through files.
Jameson: You the schmuck who answered the ad?
Man: Yes sir, Mr. Jameson.
Panel 3: Jameson is organizing some files into a reject pile.
Jameson: And Robbie thought a want ad was too old fashioned. Truth is, that’s why such niche reporting is necessary. Especially for these Aces folk.
Panel 4: The man is holding a folder.
Man: Will you still be wanting a portfolio?
Jameson: Don’t bother, Graine, I already found your stuff from the defunct Daily Crusader.
Panel 5: Jameson is reading a piece of a newspaper column with a steely face illustrated on it.
Jameson: Shame people never take the time to read the print anymore.
Panel 6: The man’s face is revealed, having the same steely look as the illustration.
Caption: Rex Graine, reporter.
Rex: Many thanks, Mr. Jameson; if anybody’s going to cover Aces High, they need to be as objective as possible.