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Evil sinister tentacles threaten to

strangle the fair city of Dakota. But

fear not, for today, a new champion is

born.

Soaring through the sky, our young hero

spots trouble on the ground. All

right, Doctor Insidious, your plan to

destroy the world with your Mondo Gravity

Ray is over.

Armed with this awesome electro

quarterstaff, he makes quick work of the

evil doctor's heinous henchman.

Whaaaaa!!! Huh My staff!

Dodging death rays, he makes a desperate

dive for the control panel. If he can

reach it, hee-hee... Ah How

long have you been there?I came in at

heinous henchman. Why didn't you say

anything?I wanted to see how it turned

out. Eh, very funny. I'm

sorry, Rich. But hey, man, it's no big

deal. Sometimes I still pretend to be

Green Lantern. Hail, Guardians of the

Universe. Everything's always a big

joke to you, isn't it?What?

You know, sometimes I think the wrong guy

got the powers. Sometimes I think if I...

Never mind.

What'd you wait?Oh,

man. I

wanted to see how it turned out. Yeah,

I'm more like wanted to see you make a

fool of yourself. It's just so cool.

Hey, are you OK?I didn't see you. I'm so

sorry. That's all right, son.

What was that?What was what?

I'm not sure. I thought... That's

so funny. Hey,

mister.

Where'd they go?

Suddenly everybody's gone but me, and the

place totally gets this haunted house

vibe. So I tore out of there.

Mm-hmmThing is, though, I felt weird ever

since that old guy grabbed my hand.

Richie, you've been weird as long as I've

known you. Want a refill on Cola?Yeah,

and don't scrib on the ice, man. It's

free. Very good, sir. Would you like a

slice of lime with that?

Look out. Runaway truck. Look

out. Look

out. Here, doggy. Here, boy.

The brake must have popped. We're just

lucky nobody was hurt. How'd you do that?

I don't know. Let's get out of here.

Okay, bro. far away.

Well, I'm trying. Okay, last

time you were in danger. So maybe if we

recreate the situation... Wow.

You, my friend, just had a genuine

superhero origin moment. She always

wanted a sidekick. Excuse me, sidekick?I

thought we were partners. We'll work out

the billing later. Can you do it again?

That was cool. Try it again. Let's see

how tough it is. I'm gonna give it a

little juice. I'm ready when you are,

V-Man. Ha! Is

that all you've got?

Cool. Wonder what else you can do?I got

an idea about that.

Woohoo! Yo V! Look at me, I'm flying!

Yeah, great! Woohoo!

Richie, you're too high! Come down before

somebody sees you!

Oh, yeah.

Hang on, man. I'm coming.

You OK?I guess. Dude, what did you think

you were doing?You could have blown both

our secret identities. What secret

identity?Weren't you watching?My powers

are gone.

Richie, are you OK?I'm just not hungry,

Mom. Richard Osgood Foley. Not

hungry. You must be coming down with

something. I'm fine, Mom.

But I gotta go. I'm supposed to meet

Virgil. Bye.

Where is he?Looking for someone?Huh

He came back, old man!

I'm glad you came back, Richie. I had to

find out about the powers. You gave them

to me, right?That's right. At my age,

it's rather odd to find oneself a baby

again. A baby?A bang

baby. However, instead of gaining

powers of my own, I can only give them to

others, as I did with Run and Jump,

and as I did with you.

Who are you?My real name is

unimportant. Call me

Ragtag. From the moment

I touched your hand, I knew you were

special. I could tell you have great

potential. So you can give me powers

again?Of course. And in return for

my gift, I only ask one thing, at least

for now. Promise me you will never tell

anyone where or how you got your

powers. I promise.

Good. Then it's our little

secret.

Richie. Richie, come in. Maybe he's not

carrying his shock box. Well, there's

more than one way to make a phone call.

Hello. Hi, Mrs. Foley. This is Virgil. Is

Richie home?I thought Richie was with

you. Oh. Yeah, right.

We were supposed to meet at the place

about the thing. Of where?I better get

right over there before he leaves.

Great. Now I'm covering for him. I better

figure out where he is before his mon--

I told you this load was too heavy! Okay,

okay, let it down easy.

It's hard!

Ohh There's help from

above when push comes to shove.

Something landed. What about our crane?

Everybody's a critic.

You guys OK?

I'll take that as a yes. You saved us.

Oh, my hero. Oh, really?It was nothing.

Well, not entirely nothing.

Ohh Hey, everyone, it's Static. He

helped me save you. You're

welcome. ohh

What's your name?Where did you get your

power?Can I have your autograph?Well,

I... Much as I hate to break up this

little meeting of your fan club, we gotta

talk.

You want to tell me what's going on?

Simple. I'm a superhero. Yeah, Richie, I

got that much. Excuse me. When I'm in

costume, I prefer that you address me by

my superhero handle. From now on, just

call me Push. Okay, Push.

How'd you get your powers back?And

where'd they come from in the first place?

Sorry, bud. That's classified. What?

And this isn't like you. The heavy two,

the big secrets. What's up?Nothing's up.

Except me. I feel great. Better than I

ever felt. That doesn't answer my-- Hey,

does this have something to do with that

old guy you met?It does,

doesn't it?Mind your own business, V. You

are my business, partner. Oh, I see.

When you're the only one with powers,

everything's fine. When I get 'em, too,

suddenly it's a crisis. That's not what I

said, Rich. Frankly, I just think this

thing is getting out of your control. I

can handle it. And I don't have to

explain myself to you or anybody. Now

back off!

Oh, yeah. Good.

Well, how very good to see you again, my

young friend. Oh, by the way,

I heard about your little heroic exploit

today. Wonderfully done.

Really. Please. I

need some more. Of course you do.

That should last you long enough. No, I

need more. And you shall have

more. Much more.

But first, you'll have to do something

for me. What do you mean?

I don't like this. Relax, Push. It's

going to be a piece of cake. First jump

will teleport inside.

Once he takes out the alarms, all you

have to do is get the place open.

Then it's up to me to grab the loot. In

and out?Quick as a flash. What do you say?

I never agreed to steal anything. I want

to be a superhero.

Man, you can't be a superhero without

powers. We've had ours for weeks.

After a few recharges, it feels like

they'll never go away. No one's going to

know, dude. You do what the old man

wants, you get what you want. All that

power rushing through your body, doesn't

it feel good?Come on, man, you know you

love it. No! I can't believe I went

this far. Static's right. This whole

thing is getting out of control. I'm

gone. Too late, hero. There's a price for

what we've been given. We're doing this.

Wait!

Just stay out of our way. No. I'm gonna

stop you. All by

yourself?Nah, that'd be stupid.

What happened?He did it. He did it.

What's the problem, Push?Running out of

juice?Because I'm not.

Now I'm going to do the same thing toyou.

I thought you were out of power. He is,

but he's not out of France. You'd also be

a lot faster than that to beat me,

slowpoke. Thanks for the tip.

Hey, what'd you do?I call it my

static cling.

Ohh Boy,

talk about stuck on stupid.

Gun playing around?

Almost. Pat, you're it.

Am I glad to see you. So now you want to

tell me what's going on here?

Jump. Is that you?

Oh, I'm sorry. The correct answer is

static. But we do have some lovely

parting gifts for you. I don't

understand. Then I'll keep it simple.

I'm here to close down your little school

for delinquent metahumans. But I...

Are you all right?I'm perfectly well. How

about you?

Yes, I think it works both ways. In a

few moments, I will have drained you of

your entire life force. No!

Let him go!

I gave you powers most people can only

dream about, and this is the thanks that

I get in return.

Oh, still, you... I don't know. Now that

seems like a really bad idea.

Richie, please help me.

Please, help all. Hang on!

You won't escape me, you injury!

V?V?Ohh How

do you feel?When I wake up, remind me to

be very angry with you.

Hanging it all up, huhYep. I miss having

superpowers. All things considered, I

think I'll stick to being a sidekick.

Glad to hear it. I feel better knowing

you got my back. Even though I was more

powerful than you in your dreams, pushy

boy. Oh, yeah?Then how come you couldn't

break through my force field?Because I

wasn't even trying. Was too.

Was not. I guess there's only one way to

settle this. Man to man. No

quarter asked, no quarter given. You're

on. Give me a quarter.

Your will is strong, young bushwhacker,

but it is no match for my thumbs of

darkness. Oh, yeah.