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Puzzling Reflections, Prologue 1: Tomorrow Man

The sun shone down on the spires of Megatropolis in the early morning. A lonely pigeon still struggled to wake up, as he flew through a sky filled with the smell of coffee and the sounds of early commuters. If he was more awake, perhaps the pigeon would have heard a high-pitched whine that was rapidly catching up with him. wheeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEBOOM The pigeon was certainly awake now, as a figure clad in ebony-and-gold armor came flying past him, narrowly missing the startled bird. The hurtling projectile was bulky, with a polished metallic sheen. A purple glow softly emanated from ports in the chest and palms, with a stream of fire jetting out of the soles. A purple glass visor hid the figure’s face. Behind that visor was Alexander Luthor, brilliant scientist and CEO of the ultra-wealthy Luthor, Inc. As Tomorrow Man, he would usually be using the armor to capture some criminals, or rescue a damsel in distress. Today, though, he was rocketing to something a bit more

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Registration or Revolution?

By Joseph Goodman As the entire United States, and most of the civilized world, knows by now, a classified super-adventurer conflict in Stamford, Connecticut led to the deaths of a reported 29 civilians last week. In the wake of this tragedy, the US Congress has begun to develop a Superhuman Registration Act (SRA), which would force active superhuman combatants to either reveal their personal information and become employees of the government’s Strategic Hazard Intervention, Espionage, and Logistics Division (S.H.I.E.L.D.), or retire. Unsurprisingly, this is a controversial move amongst the country's adventurer community, which has long emphasized the importance of the freedom to make one’s own decisions and keep one’s own information private. We are here today to ask for the perspectives of some of the United States’ most prominent heroes, as well as a few knowledgeable civilians and villains, to see what kind of direction this conflict may continue to go in. Admittedly, a few