The Ambassadors #1

Posted by: cyberghostface "I always try to think of something we haven't seen before -- a new twist on an old idea. I'm obsessed with Willy Wonka and always liked that global competition aspect, the idea that CEOs of hedge funds and school children in the first grade would be craving that golden ticket, everyone on the planet thinking of nothing [else]. I guess, as a fanboy, I always see things through a superhero prism and had this fantasy about someone offering superpowers to six deserving people. The ethical side of the Wonka story always really interested me. That notion that he was trying to refine the group down into the person who deserved it most. I wanted to do that here, too. It's not an accidental blast of radiation or finding a magic hammer. People are writing to this woman who's cracked the superpower mystery and saying it should be them. On a global scale, that presented lots of interesting stories." -- Mark Millar NSFW for gore. Warning for suicide. (  Scans under the cut...  ) comments