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Chronos 9

CHRONOS #9

Cover Date: December 1998
Cover Price: $2.50

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Cover Credits:
Art: Tony Harris


Story: "Being & Nothingness" (22 Pages)

Credits:

StoryJohn Francis Moore
PencilsPaul Guinan
InksSteve Leialoha, Denis Rodier
LetteringKen Bruzenak
ColorsNoelle Giddings
Assistant editingFrank Berrios
EditingMike Carlin

Feature Character(s):

Walker Gabriel (see Comment for chronological information)

Guest Star(s):

Destiny

Supporting Character(s):

Michael Gabriel
Theresa Gabriel
Lizzie Gabriel (first appearance; Michael and Theresa's daughter; see second Comment)

Villain(s):

Anachronos (first appearance; Walker Gabriel of an alternate timeline)

Guest Appearance(s):

Amanda Waller (alternate timeline; see third Comment)
Green Lantern (Kyle Rayner; alternate timeline; deceased; see third Comment)
Aquaman (alternate timeline; deceased; see third Comment)
Red Tornado II (alternate timeline; deceased; see third Comment)
Superman (alternate timeline; implied as deceased as tattered cape shown; see third Comment)
Huntress II (alternate timeline; deceased; see third Comment)
Hawkman (alternate timeline; deceased; see third Comment)

Other Character(s):

Gravesend (in flashback)
Two nurses in the Our Lady of Mercy Convalescent Home (alternate timeline; first appearance)
President Ronald Reagan (alternate timeline)
Wilson Sebastian (alternate timeline)
Two U.S. soldiers (alternate timeline; first appearance; referred to as Private and Sarge)
Commander Hunter (alternate timeline; behind the scenes; deceased; see third Comment)
Deceased superhero (alternate timeline; identity unconfirmed; see third Comment)
Daniel (Walker Gabriel's cousin; first appearance)
Theresa Gabriel's sister

Comment(s):

The 23 year old Walker Gabriel appears in the Garden of Destiny, then in an alternate timeline Wednesday October 5, 1998, then in 1985 attempting to avert Theresa Gabriel's death; then a return to the Garden of Destiny, then back to Chronopolis when he was an infant where he diverts his entire timeline, effectively erasing his prior history and turning his life into a time paradox.
Since Walker Gabriel has erased himself from his adoptive parents' history, it appears they had given birth to or adopted a daughter, Lizzie.
By saving Theresa Gabriel's life, Walker Gabriel creates an alternate timeline in which the United States of America and the Soviet Union entered an eleven year long war, still ongoing in 1998. At least one nuclear exchange has occured. Most of America's superhumans are killed in the "Purification Strike." In this 1998, the Walker Gabriel of this timeline is part of a project to change the timeline, and thus the war, in America's favor.


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