And we're back in the past and can check the eyrie archive
once again.


And here's where you can find the various Verticle Plain issues:


https://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/Miniseries/Vertical.Plain/

And here's where Anarky Quest is located (as well as other oneshots):

https://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/Misc/


And the Integrity Questers are back! (well, back in various spinoff
miniseries and one shots).

First off we have Vertical Plain #1 by Steph Savoie! Will Kid Anarky
be able find a plot and will the other Questers be jealous that he
gets his own miniseries?!

And next is Anarky Quest! by Douglas P. Wojtowicz with an addendum by
Mike "Ergh" Escutia! Will Curly ever remind Lost Cause Boy to murder
him?! Is it time for some more use of the word 'Woody'?! And who is
the mysterious stranger that's lagging behind -- and will they have
to change their name to the Five Horsemen (or maybe something that
doesn't involve Horsemen or Numbers?!!)



Find out in...



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ADVENTURES #287


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Verticle Plain #1 and ANARKY QUEST!
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And now... the first official Integrity Quest spin-off!

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#1 - Ascent to Nothing

[The cover features Kid Anarky standing in the middle of the cover, no backgrounds. The feet and capes of many characters are visible exitting the panel. A word balloon lead from from Kid Anarky's obviously melancholy
face which reads (the balloon, not his face) "Guys? Oh guys..."]

The setting is the LNHHQ kitchen.

"I... I can't believe it's over." said Kid Anarky
"It's alright. It had to end sometime. Its time had come." soothed Innovative-Offense Lad.
"I know, but... but... I just didn't think it would be so soon." Kid Anarky took a hearty gulp from his Yoohoo (TM).
"Hey there. Ease up on those." said IOL, pointing to the drink.
"Look man, I had high hopes for that mini-series. I could see it: cross- overs, the announcement of it becoming a regular series, sub-plots, fore- shadowing! Everything! And now.... it's *sniff* over..." A tear appeared
in KA's eye. "And I they didn't even bring me along on the Comics
Connection."
"Well, yeah, but that doesn't mean it's over. Well, it's over, but it'
s not OVER over. Know what I mean? You can still get together with them later. What's the group's name> The Four Horsepersons?" explained Innovative-Offense Lad.
"I suppose. (muttermutter-stupid name-grumblegrumble)
It's just a friggin' shame, ya know? That Writer-with-Integrity plot could have gone on forever. But one writer writes one story and *poof*, its over. *sigh*" Kid Anarky looked ready to take another swig from his Yoohoo ( TM), but seemed to change his mind at the last minute, putting it
down. "I'd better stop. Too many of those things and I turn into a
raving madman."
"Well, you made a cameo in Electrocutioner's Song, didn't you? I wasn'
t even _mentioned_." pouted IOL.
"Yeah, well you were just created. Besides a cameo's nothing. I'm a
Man without a Plot. Again. There must be something out there..." Kid
Anarky looked at his beverage with indecision.

Suddenly the phone ran. Innovative-Offense Lad quickly jumped up and
answered it.
"Yes? Yes, he's here. What? Oh, okay. Un-huh. Un-huh. Got it."
muttered IOL.
"Who was it?" querried Kid Anarky.
"Didn't say. He did mention a whole lot of plot threads for you to
pick-up, though." explained IOL looking cheerier by the minute.
"Really?!" a strange look appeared in Kid Anarky's eye.
"Yup. Okay: let's see what I remember: You still have to look into that business about you wife and kids; you haven't explained your origin yet,
and since you weren't meant to be a "mysterious" figure, you better still
your guts soon. Also, you still don't know why your powers aren't working right. Finally, nobody had any idea why you're called Kid Anarky, another possible thread. And now you have to figure out who that just was on the
phone who knows so much about you..." enumerated IOL, doing a pretty good impression of List Lad.
"Holey Geeze! What am I doing sitting around?! I'd better get to
work!" Kid Anarky suddenly stood up in a meaningful gesture.

Suddenly, out of nowhere, an obligatory spontaneous fight scene occures, taking up 5 pages in tastefully drawn but really cheezy splash pages; containing assorted LNHers taking a break from playing with their new LNH Heroes and Villians (TM) Action Figures to raid the fridge.

After the gratituous violence...
"Umm, so why are you just standing there?" questioned Innovative-
Offense Lad.
"Well, I can't really do anything until I get some real clues to
follow up on. On top of that the issue can't really end without a cliff- hanger. My standing here was supposed to be the writer's cue."
What??!! Oh, me. Sorry. Cliff-hanger. Hmmm. Cliff-hanger...


Far, far away... well not that far away. Far, like the comic shop is
from your house (or dorm) as compared to your TV, not, like. another
dimension or anything...
Ahem
Not so long ago... really not so long ago. Like, a minute ago. Really, really short amount of time here. Between "Meanwhile" and "Moments ago"...
Well anyway...
**Cliff-Hanger Cliche #4 (in a series of 10 of the Instant-Story Cards
(TM)***
A figure sat brooding in his chair. So! _insert name here_ dared to rise
up against he! He, who's name shall not be spoken here! Well, we would see how well his optimism stood up when he unleashed _insert deadly threat to life-as-we-know-it here_.

[Oh no! Will our hero survive the threat of.. whoever the heck that was.
Will any of these threads be resolved? Will the writer/creater sink to
gimick covers just to boost slumping sales? Is this a regular series, a mini-series, a one-shot, or what? What's going on here? What does 42 stand for? Why is the sky blue? Why isn't the writer just shut up? Is anybody
out there? Helloo...]

Written by KID ANARKY
a.k.a. Steph Savoie
---
I have no .sig because -
(a) - I'm too lazy to figure out how
(b) - I'm too stupid to figure out how
(c) - I'm making a political statement
(d) - all of the above
(e) - none of the above
(f) - 42
(g) - all of the below


From: Michael R Escutia <mre@christa.unh.edu>
Subject: Anarky quest


Digging into their archives, Totally Miked Productions presents...

ANARKY QUEST! The Madness Lives On
by
Douglas P. Wojtowicz.

with an addendum by
Mike "Ergh" Escutia


[When we last left the Integrity Questors, Lost Cause Boy ASSUMED that
everyone was hanging around to go into the Comic Conspiracy, maybe. That depended on the author. But they were supposed to go off together. But now, LCB, Panta and Curly are hanging around, waiting for Anarky to show up.]

The opposite rear cover has LCB looking at his watch, Panta holding her ear to the ground and