Equilibrium 001

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## Issue Details

### Cover Art By

Garrison Dominquez (art)
Warnia Sahadewa (colours)

## Comic House

### Special Thanks

Jay Baruchel, Nadar Arafat, Richard Comely, Brett Dakin, Kevin King, Sam Hiyate & Owen Kelly

## Featured Characters

### Equilibrium

* Captain Canuck (Darren Oak)
* Silver Streak
* Redcoat
* Captain Battle
* Daredevil
* Hale
* Meteor
* Freelance
* Kebec

### The Young Hoods

* Doc
* Tuck (Claw World Future)
* Aria (Claw World Future)

### Adversaries

* The Claw
* Apollyon
* Clawites
* The Streak Force (Claw World Future)

## Synopsis

### Original Timeline

Silver Streak rushes to Captain Canuck's position in a panic, to tell him how powerful The Claw has become. Canuck calls to The Knife, where Redcoat, Captain Battle, Daredevil, Meteor, and Hale are standing by. Captain Battle tells him the world has been in chaos since Claw's obelisks erupted. Canuck tells Streak to meet the rest of them at The Knife, while he buys them time. Streak reaches the group at The Knife, when Canuck's body is suddenly thrown through the sky, landing at their feet. A two-headed Claw walks forward, telling them he almost took no pleasure in killing Canuck, and to get out of the way of his destiny. Claw battles the heroes until all but Silver Streak are dead. She attacks him, to no avail, and is joined by Freelance and Kebec, the last line of defense. Claw is joined by his army of Clawites, and tells them to leave Streak alive to experiment on, and Freelance alive as a gift to Apollyon. The heroes fight for as long as they can.

### Claw World Future

500 years later, Doc meets with Tuck and Aria in the Cumulus, a virtual space, to discuss how things were in the past. He tells them Claw World used to be called Earth and Clawites were known as People. They agree to meet up at *The Place* to discuss things further, as he feels that the server is not secure. As Doc walks outside, he accidently drops a memory stick. He is stopped by an officer of The Speed Force, who tells him littering is a crime punishable by death, but The Claw smiles down upon him and deems the transgression as an accident. Doc explains he's curating and exhibit of ancient technology for *The Claw Center for Cultural Remembrance*. The officer tells him "Claw loves you" and runs off.
Doc meets with Tuck and Aria, and tells them about the encounter. He believes Apollyon is already on to them and that it's not safe there. The Young Hoods travel to The Claw Center, where Doc shows them the memory stick with his research, including the exact moment they lost the world to The Claw.
Doc tells them about the heroes losing the battle, and The Claw combining his science with Apollyon's power. He explains his discovery of The Shimmer, and how he can generate a portal to the past through it. Aria asks how no one else has discovered this in 500 years, when they are suddenly attacked by Apollyon and the Streak Force.
Apollyon explains that the Claw gave them this information as a test of their loyalty and love, and they failed and will be killed. She instantly kills Tuck and Aria, and lifts Doc into the air bu his neck. He tells her the world is wrong, kicking off of her and into the portal. He flies through the Shimmer, being spotted by Tom Evans, who turns to follow him.

### New Timeline

Silver Streak rushes to Captain Canuck's position once again, this time interrupted by Doc, who appears in front of them. He addresses them by name, and explains that this is the day that he kills all of the heroes. Streak carries them all to the Equilibrium team, where they discuss wether or not they can trust Doc. Doc tells them they need to retreat and regroup, but Streak decides to hold off Claw until they get away. As they fly off, they watch Claw tear through the knife, to Apollyon's cell.

## Notes

* The issue was released as the Free Comic Book Day issue of 2022.
* Fantomah, Zongar, Abaraxx, Crimebuster, Crucible, Bombshell, and Monsieur Midnight make a cameo on a poster in the future, despite not being featured in the issue.
* Young Hood appears on the cover, despite not being featured in the issue.
* The cover is a homage to Silver Streak Comics 006