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

Here's where you can find this and more Particle Man
Action!:

https://archives.eyrie.org/racc/lnh/Series/Particle.Man/

And it's Particle Man #3 by Jameel al Khafiz!

Is it time for Particle Man to not be that concerned
by the brewing WC/NWC War?!! Will Sing-Along Lass
finally find out what a Kid Kirby herald does exactly
and will this cause her to rage out?!! And is it
finally time to take a trip to some Alter.net
Looniverses?!!!!!

Find out in...

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ADVENTURES #425

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Particle Man #3
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Particle Man #3

Particle Man wandered the corridors of Legion headquarters aimlessly.
"Gods, but I'm bored," he sighed. Ever since Master Blaster had disappeared, he'd had almost no one with whom to talk, and his chances
of learning "mack-daddy vibes" were cut to zero. "That party would've
been the perfect time to get to know some of the lovely ladies of the
Legion. He stopped and paused for a moment, confused, before he noticed
that he had wandered past aLLiterative Lass's room. "She must be
practicing," he muttered as he wandered on. Each footstep echoed
emtptily down the equally empty halls. He'd heard something about a
meeting of some sort. However, since he hadn't been invited, he chose
not to go. Besides, it was about "WC" and "NWC", and he never could get
those two straight.
"Hi, Particle Man!" Sing-Along Lass greeted him cheerily as she
walked up to him.
"Oh, hi, Sing-Along Lass."
"Why weren't you at the meeting earlier?" she asked. "It was really interesting, until the lecturer got kind of weird near the end."
"Oh, really?"
"Yeah, he started talking about how the WC's don't appreciate us
NWC's, and how we don't do anything when we're not in a story."
"Where are you going?" Particle Man asked. "We can walk there while
we talk."
"Oh, that's a good idea! I'm going to visit Kid Kirby in his lab."
As they walked the route to the lab, Particle Man asked, "So, what
do you do when you're not in a story?"
"What do you mean?"
"I mean, What's your job?"
"Well...I'm the herald of Kid Kirby!"
"What does that mean?"
"Hmm. I'm not sure. I'll ask him when I get there." The rest of
the walk was shrouded in an uneasy silence.

"That's got it!" Doctor Stomper exclaimed as he jumped back from the Kirbian device he'd been examining.
"Indeed," Kid Kirby agreed, deftly navigating the clutter of
machinery to observe. "He who is the wielder of the 'Power Kirby' is
most impressed. Never before has a spin 3 boson been so captured. Send
for Particle Man, quickly, I say, for only he, of all the Legion, is
capable of confirming our theories! But someone approaches the door to
my mighty laboratory. Open the door and bid them enter!" Doctor
Stomper opened the door, admitted Sing-Along Lass, and grabbed Particle
Man before he had a chance to leave.
"Please come in, Particle Man," he requested. "Kid Kirby and I have
some problems that you as a macroscopic particle might help us solve.
Come over here by the boson tranfixer, and we'll talk."

"Kid Kirby?" Sing-Along Lass asked, gaining the attention of the
Cosmic One.
"Yes?"
"What's my job?"
"Why, you are the Herald of Kid Kirby, of course. You share in the
'Power Kirby' that binds all things of the comic medium."
"No, what does that entail?"
"Well, were I to attend any functions of a cosmic nature, like an
audience with Alt.Lactus, then you would announce me. That sort of
thing."
"That's it? I'm your servant?!"
"Carina, listen..."
"No, you listen, Mr. Cosmic High-and-Mighty! If you can't
acknowledge me as being at least an equal, then don't bother speaking to
me! Maybe the guy at that meeting was right!" With that, Sing-Along
Lass ran from the lab, leaving Kid Kirby staring after her.
"What was that about?" Doctor Stomper asked. "She sounded upset."
"It was...nothing," Kid Kirby responded.
"Maybe you should follow her," Particle Man suggested.
"We are linked by the 'Power Kirby', she and I. When she is in
grave danger, I shall know, and woe be to he who would harm the herald of...'Kid Kirby'!"
"Umm...yeah," Particle Man replied. "Anyway, Doctor Stomper was
telling me about the experiment you guys thought of. It's interesting,
to say the least. Using me, a macroscopic particle, to explore the
possibility of truth in the multiple worlds theory of Quantum Physics."
"Your youthful demeanor belies your intellect," Kid Kirby said.
"Perhaps you should spend more time in the laboratories of Doctor
Stomper and myself, for you would make a fine comic-book scientist."
"No, thanks. It's just a hobby of mine."
Kid Kirby shrugged. "Very well."
"If you'll just stand in this circle," Doctor Stomper requested,
gesturing toward a circle of circuitry beneath a hanging apparatus in
the middle of the lab. As soon as Particle Man was in position, the air
around him took on a momentary shimmer.
"What was that?" Particle Man asked.
"It's just a force field," Doctor Stomper explained. There are some
forces that you won't feel that could rend me into a subatomic dust, and
we need you to be isolated."
*Blue Canary, where are you?* Particle Man thought, activating his
link with his avian advisor.
*I am here, in the little birdhouse in your soul. Is there trouble?*
*No. I just feel better with you close by.*
"Are you all right?" Doctor Stomper asked, momentarily looking up
from his control panel.
"Fine," Particle Man responded. "What now?"
"Okay, I want you to expand your Heisenberg effect outward to the
force field." Particle Man began to blur as he spread his probability
outward. "That's wide enough! We don't want you tunnelling through the
force field. Now, hold that just the way it is. Kid Kirby and I will
take care of the rest."
"I hope that this doesn't take long, because I can't hold this up
forever!" Particle Man commented. "You're compensating for the fact
that my energy and time span can't be measured at the same time, right?"
"Yes, and your position and momentum can't be measured at the same
time, either," Doctor Stomper replied. "Relax. Oh, by the way, you may
feel a slight distortion of time."
"A what?" Particle Man asked before a wrenching pain unlike any he'd
felt before seized him. He looked out and saw the image of the two
scientists frantically working fade away before he fell unconscious.

Particle Man awoke to find himself surrounded by a slagged mass of
metal.
"What the...? Where am I? Blue!"
"Yes?" Blue Canary asked, suddenly perched upon Particle Man's shoulder.
"What happened?"
"I'm as much at a loss as you, I'm afraid."
"You don't know?"
"No, I'm afraid that I don't. However, perhaps if we were out of
this room of slag..."
"I get the idea," Particle Man declared. "We'll need a crane!"
With that, a large crane with a wrecking ball appeared and smashed a
large hole in the wall, then disappeared." Particle Man stepped out
through the hole and was stunned by what he saw. As far as the eye
could see, the ground was a scorched mass of fused debris.
Occasionally, he could see the shattered remains of a building blown
apart and melted almost beyond all recognition. The dark brown sky was
dimly illuminated by a deep orange sun that looked too big.
"Where...?" Particle Man managed to choke out.
"I think you know," Blue Canary suggested.
"This looks like Netropolis, but it's not, it can't be!" Particle
Man exclaimed as he shook his head furiously.
"I believe that it is."
"But that would make that twisted hulk behind me...Legion Headquarters!"
"It appears so."
"Oh, my god.... How long was I out?!"

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Next Week: Something something LNH!!

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Arthur "Same Classic Channel. But Same Time? Probably not." Spitzer

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t, Sing-Along Lass ran from the lab, leaving Kid Kirby staring after her= . =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "What was that about?" Doctor Stomper asked. = =C2=A0"She sounded upset." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "It was...nothin= g," Kid Kirby responded. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Maybe you should follo=
w her," Particle Man suggested. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "We are linked b=
y the 'Power Kirby', she and I.=C2=A0 When she is in grave dange=
r, I shall know, and woe be to he who would harm the herald of...'Ki=
d Kirby'!" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Umm...yeah," Particle Man r= eplied. =C2=A0"Anyway, Doctor Stomper was telling me about the expe= riment you guys thought of.=C2=A0 It's interesting, to say the least= .=C2=A0 Using me, a macroscopic particle, to explore the possibility of = truth in the multiple worlds theory of Quantum Physics." =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 "Your youthful demeanor belies your intellect," Kid Kirby sai=
d. "Perhaps you should spend more time in the laboratories of Doct= or Stomper and myself, for you would make a fine comic-book scientist.&q= uot; =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "No, thanks.=C2=A0 It's just a hobby of mine= ." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Kid Kirby shrugged. =C2=A0"Very well."<b= r>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "If you'll just stand in this circle," Doctor=
Stomper requested, gesturing toward a circle of circuitry beneath a han= ging apparatus in the middle of the lab.=C2=A0 As soon as Particle Man w=
as in position, the air around him took on a momentary shimmer. =C2=
=A0 =C2=A0 "What was that?" Particle Man asked. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 = "It's just a force field," Doctor Stomper explained.=C2=A0 Th= ere are some forces that you won't feel that could rend me into a su= batomic dust, and we need you to be isolated." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 *Bl=
ue Canary, where are you?* Particle Man thought, activating his link wit=
h his avian advisor. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 *I am here, in the little birdhouse i=
n your soul.=C2=A0 Is there trouble?* =C2=A0 =C2=A0 *No.=C2=A0 I just fe=
el better with you close by.* =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Are you all right?&quo=
t; Doctor Stomper asked, momentarily looking up from his control panel.<= br>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Fine," Particle Man responded. =C2=A0"What=
now?" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Okay, I want you to expand your Heisenbe=
rg effect outward to the force field." =C2=A0Particle Man began to = blur as he spread his probability outward. =C2=A0"That's wide e= nough!=C2=A0 We don't want you tunnelling through the force field.= =C2=A0 Now, hold that just the way it is.=C2=A0 Kid Kirby and I will tak=
e care of the rest." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I hope that this doesn&#39=
;t take long, because I can't hold this up forever!" Particle M=
an commented. =C2=A0"You're compensating for the fact that my e= nergy and time span can't be measured at the same time, right?"<br= >=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Yes, and your position and momentum can't be measu= red at the same time, either," Doctor Stomper replied. =C2=A0"= Relax.=C2=A0 Oh, by the way, you may feel a slight distortion of time.&q= uot; =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "A what?" Particle Man asked before a wrenc= hing pain unlike any he'd felt before seized him.=C2=A0 He looked ou=
t and saw the image of the two scientists frantically working fade away = before he fell unconscious. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 Particle Man awoke to find=
himself surrounded by a slagged mass of metal. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "What=
the...?=C2=A0 Where am I?=C2=A0 Blue!" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Yes?&qu= ot; Blue Canary asked, suddenly perched upon Particle Man's shoulder.<b= r>=C2=A0 =C2=A0 "What happened?" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I'm a=
s much at a loss as you, I'm afraid." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "You d= on't know?" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "No, I'm afraid that I don&#= 39;t.=C2=A0 However, perhaps if we were out of this room of slag...&quot= ; =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I get the idea," Particle Man declared. =C2= =A0"We'll need a crane!" With that, a large crane with a = wrecking ball appeared and smashed a large hole in the wall, then disapp= eared." =C2=A0Particle Man stepped out through the hole and was stu= nned by what he saw.=C2=A0 As far as the eye could see, the ground was a=
scorched mass of fused debris. Occasionally, he could see the shattere=
d remains of a building blown apart and melted almost beyond all recogni= tion. The dark brown sky was dimly illuminated by a deep orange sun that=
looked too big. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "Where...?" Particle Man manage=
d to choke out. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I think you know," Blue Canary = suggested. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "This looks like Netropolis, but it's = not, it can't be!" Particle Man exclaimed as he shook his head = furiously. =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "I believe that it is." =C2=A0 =C2= =A0 "But that would make that twisted hulk behind me...Legion Headquar= ters!" =C2=A0 =C2=A0 "It appears so." =C2=A0 =C2=A0 &q= uot;Oh, my god....=C2=A0 How long was I out?!" =3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Next Week: =C2=A0Something something LNH= !! =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D Arthur "Same Classic C= hannel.=C2=A0 But Same Time?=C2=A0 Probably not." Spitzer = </div>

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