Watch (2001) comic books
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Issue #1
Watch (2001) #1Published Sep 2001 by Phosphorescent Comics.$2.50
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By Christian Read and Andrew Phillips. "Can one put a price on the ability to leap five stories down and land unharmed? Can one put a price on the speed of the jaguar, the grace of the Palomino? Here at Awakasi, we are happy to say yes, you can." Welcome to The Watch. A world where corporate greed and nationalistic profiteering has corrupted the bright dream of super heroics. Where the secret agendas at the highest ranks of the world's governments cover up a conspiracy nearly six million years old. The only unaligned supers are The Watch, an activist cell of super powered humans who distrust the motivations of the military/industrial complex as much as it distrusts them. The writer that Louise Simonson (X-Factor, Superman) called "Modern genius from Down Under" is set to re-launch indie superheroes. The Watch also features an 8-page backup story about the world's most powerful super team. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #2
Watch (2001) #2Published Nov 2001 by Phosphorescent Comics.$2.50
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By Christian Read and Andrew Phillips. The Watch delves further into the conspiracies that surround the battle for control of the planet's superhumans. The Fisher and Adapt are ambushed buy a vicious team of mercenaries hired by the Tanka Corporation, a powerful player in the race for control of supers. Meanwhile, the rest of the The Watch discover that the UN have secrets lurking in an underground desert bunker and deep under the ground they come face-to-face with one of the key players in the game. Andrew Phillips' extraordinary talent brings new life to the super-hero genre. Features an 8-page back-up story. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #3
Watch (2001) #3Published Jan 2002 by Phosphorescent Comics.$2.50
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By Christian Read and Andrew Phillips. The roots of super-humanity lie in the origins of humanity, but what dark agency has manipulated the growth and destiny of our race for the last six million years? A tense battle rages beneath the heat of the desert as Jack, Bones, Fallout and Xenia confront the evil Abbadon in an effort to unlock this secret. In New York City, The Fisher and Adapt discuss the revelations concerning Jack and his true motives and identity, asking why has Jack brought the members of The Watch together? This issue's back-up feature follows Paladin and his team-mates in Europe as the "Potentate" go into final battle with the sinister terrorist organization known only as "Blackday." 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #4
Watch (2001) #4Published Feb 2002 by Phosphorescent Comics.$2.50
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By Christian Read and Andrew Phillips. Cover by Nicola Scott. The Watch has been torn apart by a war in the shadows. Now two years later, Jack is the founder and CEO of the largest privately controlled grouping of supers on Earth - The Watch, Incorporated! Meet new recruits and see old friends in action as both new and old members of The Watch become engaged in a brutal siege. This is an ideal jumping-on issue that takes The Watch in a new creative direction, revealing as yet untold aspects of the struggle for the future of super-humanity. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
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Issue #5
Watch (2001) #5Published Mar 2002 by Phosphorescent Comics.$2.50
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By Christian Read and Andrew Phillips. Cover by Nicola Scott. The world's first superhumans were created when Awakasi Genetech applied their unique brand of genetic modification to normal human beings. Today, all but two of the original Awakasi researchers are dead. With traces of Awakasi-style engineering now surfacing in the members of a dangerous terrorist cell, which of the two remaining scientists could be responsible for assisting the terrorists? Only Dr. Lek Tribe and Dr. Helen Manning know the answers to these questions. Dr. Tribe has had no involvement with the 'supers' business since the Awakasi days, but he can't take any chances, and enlists The Watch, Inc. for his protection. The powers of Susan Mathews, the newest recruit of The Watch, Inc., will be put to the test when she is sent as bodyguard for Dr. Tribe. She will be his only defense as the supers seek Dr. Tribe in their search for truth...and the most twisted super-villains track him for the key to unlock super-humanity. 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.
