A NEW PANTHEON

On April 28, 2026 at 1pm EST, a new universe full of new characters goes public, packed full of new adventures.

It could be said that Tales of the Earthbound is an integrated continuity decades in the making. Threat Quotient, the first graphic novel in that continuity, took a few years to progress from a script to 108 pages of sequential art.

Planet Earth circa 2020 in Tales of the Earthbound is not exactly like the world we call home. The most glaring contrast is the existence of superheroes (or “ultrahumans,” as they’re known on our sister Earth). That said, the resemblance between the two realities are otherwise as striking as a comparison of Greek and Roman mythologies. A fake pandemic is underway. The populace is gaslit by fake news. Fake “peaceful protestors” are burning, looting, and murdering in cities across the country. A fake election installs a fake President. A fake insurrection provides the excuse for a crackdown on the political opposition, and to stop investigations into a fake election.

That’s just in America. Halfway around the world, a sovereign country resists the takeover of their economy via installation of a foreign-controlled central bank, and the rigged confidence vote to legitimize it. The war drums begin to pound.

The I.U.S. (Institute of Unorthodox Sciences) is working with the Pentagon to locate, classify, track and control ultrahumans. Or terminate them, if they can’t be controlled. Just like normal humans who refused to wear face diapers, take the experimental Darwin Stab, or remain under house arrest because of a flu bug with a 99% survival rate, there’s a handful of ultrahumans who also refuse to be controlled.

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