RAPTURE #1 INCV (2009)

"RAPTURE #1 (of 6) Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover), Taki Soma (W), Val Staples (C), and Alex Maleev (Cover) On sale May 27 FC, 40 pages $2.99 Miniseries After warring for a century, Earth's greatest champions and villains suddenly disappear, leaving the planet devastated. Like a rapture, the Powers are gone and humanity is left behind to pick up the pieces. Amongst this wreckage, two lovers, Evelyn and Gil, find themselves separated by a continent and will do anything to find each other again. But when a strange being named 'The Word' turns Evelyn into a champion with an angelic spear, she finds the force of her love for Gil clashing with her newfound power. Love and destiny collide in what will become the worst breakup-ever. Text and illustrations of Rapture™ © 2009 Michael Avon Oeming & Taki Soma. "

"RAPTURE #2 (of 6) Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover), Taki Soma (W), Val Staples (C), and David Mack (Cover) On sale June 24 FC, 40 pages $2.99 Miniseries Evelyn Town never asked to be a champion. All she wanted was to be reunited with her boyfriend, Gil. But after the rapture-like disappearance of the world's heroes left the planet in ruins, she had little choice if she wanted to survive. Now, only 'the damned' remain, struggling for survival against the vicious religious cannibals who prey upon them. Using a powerful spear given to her by a strange entity called The Word, Evelyn defends those who can't defend themselves. Branded a returned champion, Evelyn's newfound power may cost her innocence. But is her sacrifice in vain? Has her lover Gil moved on? From the co-creator of Powers! "

"Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover), Taki Soma (W), Val Staples (C), and Mike Allred (Cover) On sale July 29 FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries After a year without heroes, the world is in shambles. Enter Evelyn Town-a new champion appointed by a mysterious power called the WORD to take vengeance for those unsettled souls murdered on the altar of cannibalism. Ultimate power corrupts. and Evelyn has learned a lot about the spear that gives her strength-will the siren of power seduce her? Will it corrupt another champion, obsessed with Gil and his music, or will it bring harmony and balance to a world thrown in chaos? Is this power enough to bring Evelyn and Gil together or will it tear them-and the world-apart? From the co-creator of Powers and Mice Templar."

"Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover), Taki Soma (W), Val Staples (C), and Eric Powell (Cover) On sale Sept 30 FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries In the midst of a postapocalyptic world, a lone avenging champion named Evelyn Town struggles as she watches civilization collapse around her. Evelyn's lover, Gil, is nowhere to be found and she has failed to save her mother from the cannibals who terrorize the remaining survivors. Evelyn is taken aback by all that has challenged her since accepting the power given to her by the mysterious being known as Word. Will Evelyn's newfound power help to reunite her with Gil? And can Gil survive the hellish world, ruled by a twisted child champion, in which he now finds himself living?"

"RAPTURE #5 (of 6) Michael Avon Oeming (W/A/Cover), Taki Soma (W), Val Staples (C), and Matt Wagner (Cover) On sale Oct 28 FC, 32 pages $2.99 Miniseries After the collapse of society, the world is slowly beginning to discover new champions, who bring with them the hope of salvation. One of those champions, Evelyn Town, struggles with her newfound power. To complicate matters, she finds herself in conflict with a vicious and cruel champion who has been twisted by power-except this champion is a small child! Now, after sacrificing everything to find him, Evelyn stands accused by her lover, Gil, of being just as evil as the child champion she opposes. Gil's love for Evelyn has transformed into hatred as his newfound powers have begun to corrupt him. Will these former lovers use their powers to destroy each other, or will their passion bring them together to save the world? Alternate cover from Grendel creator Matt Wagner! Text and illustrations of Rapture™ © 2009 Michael Avon Oeming & Taki Soma. "

"The end of the end is near for Evelyn Town. Cannibals have slain her mother and decimated her city. A corrupted Champion has twisted the heart of the one she sought so valiantly from the beginning-her boyfriend, Gil. Love and power are strong forces which can bring triumph or destruction. Will Evelyn and Gil recognize their gifts in time to save their world and themselves? Or, now that the former flames are reunited, will they fight to the death in the ultimate lovers' quarrel? Can the world ever recover its former glory, when utopia seemed within grasp as Champions patrolled the skies above? Or will Evelyn's and Gil's passion and anger end it all? The final Earth-shattering issue! "