Necessary Evil
(Formerly Rogues Gallery)
For almost a hundred years the colorful heroes of the Freedom Council have fought the bizarre, sinister, world-domination ambitions of O.V.E.R.L.O.R.D. This has been the status quo—patriotic heroes, mysterious vigilantes, gods and technological marvels fighting the remnants of the Axis Powers—evil geniuses, inhuman monsters, dark magic and walking weapons of mass destruction. With neither side having an advantage, it seems like the never ending battle against evil, might actually be never ending.
Now, O.V.E.R.L.O.R.D. has realized that their doomsday weapon will only work if anthropogenic climate change is reversed, and this becomes their new goal, leaving their heroic counterparts in a moral quandary.
Necessary Evil is a satire that pokes fun at super-hero tropes but also offers some insight into the nature of the real problems (and real villains) that plague humanity.
Necessary Evil takes place over nine chapters, each of which is released as a single comic book issue.
Necessary Evil issue 1
Doctor Null and the sinister villains of O.V.E.R.L.O.R.D. have captured America's greatest champion All-Star and the heroes of The Freedom Council. Null has a new doomsday weapon that will destroy New York City and the heroes are helpless to stop him, unless they can figure out a way to escape confinement and defeat the would be world conquerors. In other words, it's another day in the pages of one of Gallery Comics's superhero titles.
Or it is! The status quo is overturned and the never ending battle between good and evil may come to a sudden end. Neither the heroes nor the villains saw this coming, and the world will never be the same.
Endgame sets up the nine part comic book series that satirizes the genre and offers some insight into the nature of the real problems (and real villains) that plague humanity.
Writer: Owen Hammer
Art: Mariano Navarro
Color: Hernán Cabrera
24 pages in full color.
$3 for the e-book
$5 for the print version
Necessary Evil issue 2
Following the events of issue 1, the sinister O.V.E.R.L.O.R.D. has begun their mission to reverse global warming, but what exactly are they doing? The heroes of the Freedom Council are flummoxed, trying to be one step ahead of their archenemies, but, when the bad guys are trying to be good, they become unpredictable.
The idealistic All-Star and the mysterious vigilante Spook, allies for decades, are now bickering. Can you be heroic while upholding the status quo?
Meanwhile elusive shape-shifter Dollface and the monstrous Reptilo are planning an ambitious jailbreak that could lead to the release of the most dangerous man in the world.
Action Figures continues the nine part comic book series that satirizes the genre and offers some insight into the nature of the real problems (and real villains) that plague humanity.
Written by Owen Hammer with art by Mariano Navarro and colors by Hernán Cabrera.
Writer: Owen Hammer
Art: Mariano Navarro
Color: Hernán Cabrera
24 pages in full color.
$3 for the e-book
$5 for the print version
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Here’s what the critics are saying about “Necessary Evil,” so when we call the book “critically acclaimed” you know we’re not being sarcastic. Also, see some video interviews with Owen Hammer (sorry, but you must actually look at Owen Hammer if you watch these).
“And so who are the bad guys in this series? The supervillains who repeatedly fail, or the people responsible for climate change? We wonder if the Necessary Evil described in the title are actually Chevron, Conoco-Philips, Shell, BP and other oil and gas companies, rather than the costumed supervillains and their ridiculous plots.
Where will Necessary Evil go to from here?”
DG Stewart wrote gushing review of Necessary Evil. Read the article HERE.
The world-famous comic book podcast Comic Crusaders sent Al Mega to interview Owen “The Hammer” Hammer and ask him about “Necessary Evil” and other comic book related topics. If you like seeing a pumpkin-headed man say “uuuuuh” a lot, your ship has come in! You can view the original 60 minute interview HERE and you can find Hammer Comics’s 20 minute edited version HERE.
The Characters
