Vanguard: The Complete First Season

Book excerpt: Classic Superheroes for a Modern World! A mysterious event has altered the genetic structure of humanity, granting a small percentage of the population superhuman abilities. In order to deal with potential threats posed by these specials, the President of the United States secretly forms a response team called Vanguard. Overseen by Colonel Leonard Thorne and led by Gunsmith, a soldier in a powerful exoskeleton, this team—the telekinetic powerhouse Paragon, the shape-changing Shift, the robotic Zenith, the shadow-teleporting Wraith, and the savage Sharkskin—must overcome their differences while also dealing with a parade of threats! Follow along in this first season as the team faces off against an arrogant would-be superhero, a twisted Cold War scientist, a radical revolutionary, and a vengeance-driven powerhouse! But waiting in the wings is a far more deadly threat—a mysterious warlord and his terrorist network, which plans to use specials for their own purposes! Fans of the X-Men and Avengers do not want to miss this explosive first season of an all-new superhero prose series! This collection contains all five episodes of the first season, plus a special bonus episode previously unavailable! Contents Episode #0: The Event Episode #1: Come The Exemplar Episode #2: Cold War Frankenstein Episode #3: Air of Revolution Episode #4: Power Surge Episode #5: Rise of the Red Fist