After the Cape
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After the Cape is a 2007
superhero
comic book
limited series
published by the Image Comics
studio ShadowLine
. There is also a sequel, After the Cape II, whose first issue was published in November 2007.
Created by Howard Wong After the Cape tells the story of a down on his luck former superhero who, following his retirement as a superhero, has fallen into depression and succumbed to alcoholism. He must make ground breaking decisions about both his superhero career and his duty as both a husband and father.
He flashed back to when he was Captain G, a gravity based superhero who had to face an intervention by his fellow superheroes. His team confronted him about his alcoholism endangering innocent lives and even their own lives. After some arguing, Ethan left the team.
It was revealed that he had been robbing banks with a couple of other thugs, using his power to immobilize the patrons of the bank. After his 'last job', he got called by Yip Loch, who knows about his powers and offered him a chance for more money. He also subtlety threatened his family. So, Ethan decided to do the job.
Meanwhile, Ethan's ex-teammates discovered that Ethan had been robbing banks to get money and decided to stop him.
Shadow Stalker told Ellie, Ethan's wife about what happened. He told her that he and his teammates will stop Ethan.
Ethan and a group of mob men attacked at Russian ship. After Ethan started drinking again at the ship where the mob men were looting the place, the superheroes attacked. Ethan got so drunk that he wasn't sure he could fly and he and Shadow Stalker fought.
Ethan ended up badly injuring Shadow Stalker and escaped to look for his wife and kids only to find the house empty with a Dear John letter
. He was left alone.
2007 in comics
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published by the Image Comics
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studio ShadowLine
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. There is also a sequel, After the Cape II, whose first issue was published in November 2007.
Created by Howard Wong After the Cape tells the story of a down on his luck former superhero who, following his retirement as a superhero, has fallen into depression and succumbed to alcoholism. He must make ground breaking decisions about both his superhero career and his duty as both a husband and father.
After the Cape
It started out as Ethan woke up in bed and got his kids ready for school. After his wife came home from a long night at work, Ethan told her about him getting a promotion at work. The next day, it showed Ethan going to wait for some guys and decided to go to the bar to get just one drink which ended up being a long series of drinks.He flashed back to when he was Captain G, a gravity based superhero who had to face an intervention by his fellow superheroes. His team confronted him about his alcoholism endangering innocent lives and even their own lives. After some arguing, Ethan left the team.
It was revealed that he had been robbing banks with a couple of other thugs, using his power to immobilize the patrons of the bank. After his 'last job', he got called by Yip Loch, who knows about his powers and offered him a chance for more money. He also subtlety threatened his family. So, Ethan decided to do the job.
Meanwhile, Ethan's ex-teammates discovered that Ethan had been robbing banks to get money and decided to stop him.
Shadow Stalker told Ellie, Ethan's wife about what happened. He told her that he and his teammates will stop Ethan.
Ethan and a group of mob men attacked at Russian ship. After Ethan started drinking again at the ship where the mob men were looting the place, the superheroes attacked. Ethan got so drunk that he wasn't sure he could fly and he and Shadow Stalker fought.
Ethan ended up badly injuring Shadow Stalker and escaped to look for his wife and kids only to find the house empty with a Dear John letter
Dear John letter
A "Dear John letter" is a letter written to a husband or boyfriend by his wife or girlfriend to inform him their relationship is over, usually because the author has found another lover. Dear John Letters are often written out of an inability or unwillingness to inform the person face to face...
. He was left alone.