It's hard to believe that it only happened fifty years ago. December 21, 2012; the day the supers vanished. Of course, no one is really sure what happened to them or where they went. Some believe that they were killed and cremated overnight. Others say that they were kidnapped. Regardless of what they say, the fact is that the world seems a bit dimmer without them around. A guy can't even walk in the Big Apple without getting mugged anymore. Crime rates skyrocketed now that crooks don't have to worry about superheroes like Spider-man or the X-men stopping them. It's simply a cryin' shame. The children don't even care anymore! Most of them just believe the supers to be legends; myths; stories.

The world was full of crime and filth so vile that the man on the moon had to hold his nose as he passed over. And the leaders of the world couldn't do a thing to stop it. People with special talents were also looked at kind of funny ever since then. Good at math? Tested for a superpower. Good at card tricks? Examined for magic or mutation. Good at cleaning toilets? They tested you for superpowers. See, once they were gone, the governments of the world didn't want them back. Too much power in too few hands they claimed. Whether or not their power was too great seems irrelevant now.

But that's not the worst thing. The governments of the world are acting like someone smashed an antfarm on their backsides. Something's got them in a tizzy, but they won't tell anyone what it is. Scientists aren't being so secretive though. Especially the astronomists. They say they see something coming with their large telescopes; something that just passed into the Milky Way Galaxy last year. Whatever it is, it's sure taking it's time, but that doesn't mean that those of us who still remember the supers aren't missing them right now. I tell you, we'd do almost anything to get them back, because right now, we're in for one hell of a ride.