Harbinger
issues:
0,1-41
Harbinger Files 1,2
Character Info:
The Original Team (issues 0-25)
Sting (Peter Stanchek) Omega Harbinger
Kris (Kristine Hathaway) no powers
Zephyr/Zepplin (Faith Herbert) Harbinger- flight
Flamingo (Charlene Dupre) Harbinger- generates fire
Torque (John Torkelson) Harbinger- enhanced strength & durability
Shatiqua (Shatiqua ?????) Harbinger- enhanced reflexes
unofficial member:
Screen (Raymond ?????) Harbinger- generates shields
"The Detention Squad" (issues 26-41)
Zephyr/Zepplin (Faith Herbert) Harbinger- flight
Jolt (Victoria Adrianna Martinelli) Harbinger- generates & controls electricity
Anvil (Samuel Coleman) Harbinger- enhanced strength & durability
Camoflage (Simon Morrel) Harbinger- blends with background (basically invisibility)
Sonix (Gaylord "Butch" MacFaddin) Harbinger- projects sonic blasts
Tyger (Mira Choudhury) Harbinger- enhanced agility
The Series:
After the series:
It was never revealed what became of the second Harbinger Renegade team.
We can only assume that their cause grew and eventually helped to spawn the
Harbinger Wars that consumed the world for about 900 years. More on that later.
Many of the plots from this series carried over into The Visitor series. The
biggest of which was the identity of Anvil's killer, the Harbinger. Harada
developed an interest in this Visitor character and kept sending the Harbinger
to confront him. Meanwhile, Flamingo developed a friendship with the Visitor's
"sidekick" Chen. Thus she was present when the Harbinger (sporting a spiffy
new colored costume) was finally unmasked. Flamingo recognized him instantly.
The Harbinger was really none other than Peter "Sting" Stanchek. He'd been
brainwashed by Harada and forced to do all of those not-so-nice things he was
doing. Well, several issues later, another Harbinger related revelation was made.
The Visitor was revealed to also be Peter Stanchek. (What?) Remember in Rai 0
when Petey disappears from the face of the Earth in the year 2056? Well it turns
out that he was being held prisoner by Harada who was trying to brainwash him
again. He finally breaks free in 2063 and he runs into Ivar, the
Timewalker. Pete, who is now an old man, decides to do some time traveling
with Ivar. He eventually comes to the past (or present) and ends up in Ladakh
calling himself the Visitor. He came back to break Harada's control over his
past self. Unfortunately, the Visitor dies soon after and Peter Stanchek's
long, eventful life came to a close.
What happens next is unknown, but in the year 1999, Pete and Flamingo are back
in their original Harbinger costumes with several other Harbingers with them.
We can only surmise that after Pete was freed from Harada's control by his
future self, he and Flamingo once again went renegade, possibly teaming up with
Zepplin's group. This again leads into the afore-mentioned Harbinger Wars in
which both Stanchek and Zepplin are leaders in the resistance.
In the year 2005, Flamingo gets away from the whole "crime-fighting" scene and
marries Archer, from Archer & Armstrong. Thet stay happily married until Archer's
death in 2020. Flamingo's life after that was never revealed. She may have
joined her friends in the resistance against Harada, but she more than likely
lived the rest of her life in peace and quiet.
The battle between Harada's Harbinger Foundation and Stanchek's Harbinger
Resistance eventually developed into the Harbinger Wars. In 2056, Stanchek
disappears during a raid (see above to see how this leads to the Visitor).
The loss of the great leader causes Zepplin to retire from the resistance.
She eventually joins the peace movement started by Archer.
It is around this time that Kris Hathaway, who is looking after Pete's family,
writes her letter to her son Magnus. She gives the letter to the Geomancer
Geoff and his young niece Lucinda Mendez, who is in traing to be the next
Geomancer. The letter is passed down from geomancer to geomancer until the
year 4020, when Magnus finally recieves the letter and learns who his parents
are, or were.
In 2062, the Harbinger Wars take a turn for the worst. After killing X-O
Manowar, Harada discovers that he can send his mind into other people's bodies,
thus making him immortal in a sense. It was in this seemingly hopeless hour
that Zepplin returned to the war to lead the resistance once again.
The war lasted until the year 2900. The Harbinger Resistance launched its
final assault on Harada. John Stanchek, Pete's descendant, fought his way to
Harada. John gets shot in the back by a harbinger guard before he could strike
against Harada. As John lay on the floor dying, he turns and looks directly
into Harada's eyes. All it takes is a split second and it's over. John's mind
entered the body of Harada's current host, and Toyo Harada was finally killed.
Using Harada's body, John was able to effectively end the war. Calling off
all of Harada's troops, he assured victory for the Resistance and all of
humanity (well, what was left of humanity anyways). After 900 years the world
was finally able to start healing.
The Same As It Never Was:
Harbinger vol.2 is coming in 1998.
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