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Captain Wonder's initiative

I'm still interested!

I'm still interested!

Well, that is an unexpected development. Wonder thinks fast, debating what he's heard about this new hero with Gizotti's idea. "How did she die?"

Well, that is an unexpected development. Wonder thinks fast, debating what he's heard about this new hero with Gizotti's idea. "How did she die?"

Wonder blinks. But if you get your own book, why on Earth would they cancel it? Apparantly the comics indutry is yet another thing about the world of superheroes where he needs an education. Maybe he could come back here later. "Insane Norse-worshippers only need to be offended once. The slightest hint is enough to get them all lathered up." He peers over Gizotti's shoulder, trying to catch a glimpse of the creator's name.

Wonder blinks. But if you get your own book, why on Earth would they cancel it? Apparantly the comics indutry is yet another thing about the world of superheroes where he needs an education. Maybe he could come back here later. "Insane Norse-worshippers only need to be offended once. The slightest hint is enough to get them all lathered up." He peers over Gizotti's shoulder, trying to catch a glimpse of the creator's name.

I volunteer! This sort of thing is right up Captain Wonder's alley.

I volunteer! This sort of thing is right up Captain Wonder's alley.

"Valkyrie. The author of the Valkyrie series, to be specific, is in danger. There is only so much I can tell you, else I would have gone to the police myself. In recent years worship of the Aesir and Vanir, the Old Norse gods, has grown tremendously. Many of these new worshippers are fanatical, some of them mad." This is a subject Fred feels strongly about; having fought Donar and the first Valkyrie as his worst enemies in the war years. He doesn't need deception to lend weight to his words. "Some of them...object to the portrayal of a Norse champion who does not share their sensibilities about the need to worship Donar, or the need to banish the 'lesser races' from the Earth." Wonder's contempt for the worshippers of the Norse gods is...understandable. "The creator of Valkyrie has been named as a target. I need to speak to this writer myself, so that I might help protect him from this danger."

"Valkyrie. The author of the Valkyrie series, to be specific, is in danger. There is only so much I can tell you, else I would have gone to the police myself. In recent years worship of the Aesir and Vanir, the Old Norse gods, has grown tremendously. Many of these new worshippers are fanatical, some of them mad." This is a subject Fred feels strongly about; having fought Donar and the first Valkyrie as his worst enemies in the war years. He doesn't need deception to lend weight to his words. "Some of them...object to the portrayal of a Norse champion who does not share their sensibilities about the need to worship Donar, or the need to banish the 'lesser races' from the Earth." Wonder's contempt for the worshippers of the Norse gods is...understandable. "The creator of Valkyrie has been named as a target. I need to speak to this writer myself, so that I might help protect him from this danger."

"My merchandise once outsold the Centurion's," says Wonder, trying to get a measure of the man's emotional bearings. "But I suppose an expert in the field already knows that. My image is in the public domain these days." Which is why I'm not _suing_ Ray Gardener till his hair turns brown again! he thinks irrelevantly. "I know this is a surprise to you, and I'm sorry for that. But I wouldn't trust anyone but myself with this investigation."

"My merchandise once outsold the Centurion's," says Wonder, trying to get a measure of the man's emotional bearings. "But I suppose an expert in the field already knows that. My image is in the public domain these days." Which is why I'm not _suing_ Ray Gardener till his hair turns brown again! he thinks irrelevantly. "I know this is a surprise to you, and I'm sorry for that. But I wouldn't trust anyone but myself with this investigation."

Captain Wonder follows Gizotti into his office as discreetly as possible under the circumstances. (Which isn't much, really.) Fred's had odd experiences as a company executive himself, there's no use making things any more awkward for the man.

Captain Wonder follows Gizotti into his office as discreetly as possible under the circumstances. (Which isn't much, really.) Fred's had odd experiences as a company executive himself, there's no use making things any more awkward for the man.

I am indeed willing to be led!

I am indeed willing to be led!

Wonder shakes the man's hand automatically, his words taking a moment to register. The wisdom of Imhotep keeps him from cussing, even with the Egyptian allusions ("By the wound of Osiris!") he used back in the 1940s. Instead, he releases Gizotti's hand and flies a good two feet in the air. Let that speak for him. "Darren Gizotti, I have come with grave news. A foe has emerged from the old days that poses a menace to one in this very building. I speak of the creator of your own Valkyrie series. May I speak with that writer? This is a matter of some urgency." A little unkindly, it occurs to Fred that nothing he's said is actually a lie...except that he doesn't plan to _menace_ the writer so much as gather what information he can.

Wonder shakes the man's hand automatically, his words taking a moment to register. The wisdom of Imhotep keeps him from cussing, even with the Egyptian allusions ("By the wound of Osiris!") he used back in the 1940s. Instead, he releases Gizotti's hand and flies a good two feet in the air. Let that speak for him. "Darren Gizotti, I have come with grave news. A foe has emerged from the old days that poses a menace to one in this very building. I speak of the creator of your own Valkyrie series. May I speak with that writer? This is a matter of some urgency." A little unkindly, it occurs to Fred that nothing he's said is actually a lie...except that he doesn't plan to _menace_ the writer so much as gather what information he can.

Freddie Fawcett would have sat right down without thinking about it; Fred Fawcett had the same secretary for twenty-five years before his retirement. He knows when he's been dismissed, and with what prejudice. Put in with the fakers! But there's no use antagonizing a secretary, not when there are so many other ways to befriend them. "Miss," he says politely, "if you could please let him know that I am investigating a threat made against one of your employees, I would be delighted to wait with those gentlemen until he is available." It is a common belief that Golden Age superheroes don't lie. Those people don't remember the time the Centurion dressed up as a Freedom Flags pitcher to stop a cheating scandal, or all the times Bowman I used 'Fletch Beaumont', playboy newspaper publisher, as a front to fight crime. Those were better days.

Freddie Fawcett would have sat right down without thinking about it; Fred Fawcett had the same secretary for twenty-five years before his retirement. He knows when he's been dismissed, and with what prejudice. Put in with the fakers! But there's no use antagonizing a secretary, not when there are so many other ways to befriend them. "Miss," he says politely, "if you could please let him know that I am investigating a threat made against one of your employees, I would be delighted to wait with those gentlemen until he is available." It is a common belief that Golden Age superheroes don't lie. Those people don't remember the time the Centurion dressed up as a Freedom Flags pitcher to stop a cheating scandal, or all the times Bowman I used 'Fletch Beaumont', playboy newspaper publisher, as a front to fight crime. Those were better days.

If you do this one, I recommend the Supernatural Menace template from the Iron Age book. PL 14 demonic goodness!

If you do this one, I recommend the Supernatural Menace template from the Iron Age book. PL 14 demonic goodness!

Ah, for a thumbs up smiley. Thumbs up!

Ah, for a thumbs up smiley. Thumbs up!