From the Masters City Sentinel, by Betsy Bryant

The League of Liberty, an organization of superpowered vigilantes that has been in operation since the 1960s, officially disbanded in a surprise move following weeks of controversy after several of the members performed high-profile crimes under what they claim to be mind control.

The press release came at 10:30 AM on Monday, during which leading members Paradigm, Captain Tomorrow, and Miss Destiny made a brief statement and answered questions from the press.

“It is with a heavy heart that we announce the official disbanding of the League of Liberty,” said an unusually emotional Paradigm during the press conference. “Recent actions have caused a breach in public trust, and without that level of trust we simply cannot operate as intended.”

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Roosevelt Pythagoras Brought to Justice!

by Betsy Bryant

Doctor Roosevelt Pythagoras, a billionaire genius who has long denied his growing reputation as the world’s most dangerous supervillain, was finally brought to justice on Sunday after a raid on his volcanic lair in the middle of the Pacific Ocean.

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“The person you see here isn’t the person I was yesterday or even the day before. I move constantly through the time stream, jumping to wherever I’m needed.”

Is he a scientist? Is he a wizard? Few people know the truth about Captain Tomorrow, but everyone recognizes him as a hero.

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Over the years, I’ve represented sentient robots, hyper-intelligent gorillas, and time-displaced cavemen. They all followed one simple rule: they wore pants in my office.

In a world of vigilantes and supervillains, a good defense lawyer never stops working. Eva Corson is one of the best, having made a living defending the dangerous, the evil, and the criminally insane. For many superheroes, she is worse than the villains she defends. In her eyes, though, everything she does is about the pursuit of justice and redemption.

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He doesn’t land; he always floats a few feet above me, looking down on me. Looking down on all humanity, for all I can see.

The first superhero and, for many, the symbol of America, Paradigm has flown the skies since the early 1940s. Created in the heart of an atomic explosion, his every cell is powered by strange radiation that renders him eternally young, resistant to almost every form of harm, and capable of amazing feats of strength.

He’s also the most hated enemy of Roosevelt Pythagoras, which puts him at the center of the conflict that unfolds as that supervillain is released from prison.

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While most trace the origin of the modern superhero to the Manhattan Project disaster which transformed an ordinary man into the American Paradigm, some scholars believe that superheroes walked the world long before one man put on a mask and cape. Those individuals scour mythology and ancient legends, looking for grains of truth in stories about the supernatural. One particular myth has persisted through the centuries, beginning in the Middle Ages and continuing all the way to the modern day: the Destiny Entity.

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“Einstein told the President to make a bomb. Instead, they made a man.”

Meddling Heroes is a superhero murder mystery where the laws of our reality don’t always apply. Starting in World War II, superheroes became a fact of life. That touched every part of the world’s history, culminating in the mystery that former villain Roosevelt Pythagoras aims to solve.

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Every day, my captors wake me up, strip me naked, and check for microchips in my brain.

This morning, three armed guards stand on the far end of the corridor facing my cell. Dressed in riot gear, they keep assault rifles trained on me as I remove my clothes. Two more guards stand in
front of the locked door, pistols ready.

I count four regulars and one rookie on mad scientist detail today. The new kid hangs in back, keeping his finger on the trigger and ignoring proper gun safety. New blood makes my mornings more exciting, but also increases my odds of catching a bullet if I unbutton my fly too quickly. Fear makes people do stupid things.

I didn’t earn nine PhDs and shrink the state of Delaware to pocket size just so I could die in prison because somebody thinks the naked super-genius wants to take over the world from his cell. I just want some toast and oatmeal.

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