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Jack Butler

Black Hats and White Capes! #4

Chef Jack Butler is cooking up some more Champions excitement for you this summer. The latest installment of Black Hats and White Capes delves deeper into the Butlerverse, giving you tantalizing Who's Who entries on the Swords of Tarot, the Emperor, the Empress and the Fool. Plus, the Butlerverse Encyclopedia feeds your need for BV knowledge with entries on "The Bochner Law", "Burning Desire" and "Slang in the Butlerverse". To further tempt your palette, he's got a new Time Capsule entry showcasing July 27. And as if all this gamin' goodness wasn't enough, he drops his famous Basque Chicken Recipe on us! Hail to the Chef!

Martin Maenza

World of Maenza: Online #22

Somehow finding time between his summer travels and cranking through Spenser novels, Martin opens the door the World of Maenza once more and takes us back to the 1989 - 1991 campaign that was the first live game in his universe - Rough Justice! Enjoy a new fictionalized retelling of the campaign adventures titled "Snakes in the Grass", and then go deeper with a follow-up sheet for one of RJ's main heroes, Silent Knight! You like the Rough stuff? Look no further!

Michael O'Connell

The "F" Word #21

Freshly back from Comic-Con in San Diego, Michael returns with lots of new amazing Forte Universe art - including a piece by famed comics superstar Humberto Ramos! These can all be seen in the Forte 2000 Gallery. Plus, there's a new update to the official Forte blog - The Forte Files - that begins an exciting new feature that showcases individual Forte heroes. To start things off, he brings you an in-depth look at Forte 2000's rocky brain, Rainier! All this and a few Con highlights in the "Gimme an F" section. Badges on! It's geekin' time!

K.C. Ryan

Son of Thunder #20

If you had plans to shake a stick at Americana, best rethink that idea - there's too much AC goodness here for you to pull that off! K.C. rocks the summer with all-new tales of the ConTinuum world's patriotic powerhouse. In "Morning Drive", AC's fiance Jason learns just what he's marrying into. In "An Army Versus One", the saga of the Nighthawks continues as DC's biggest gang gets proactive and takes the fight to Silverback. In "Delivering Up Americana", a reporter has the goods on AC...will America finally learn her secrets? And in "Gorilla War", it's Americana's all-out cataclysmic final battle with Silverback - a summer action shocker not to be missed! There are also two new stunning galleries added to the Americana art pages, and speaking of art, how about all-new Forte Universe art featuring Angel Flight, Captain Thunder, the Four Aces, the Enforcers and the Justice Squadron? It's all there in the latest Son of Thunder, to let the Thunder roll!