This is a half-formed telepathic communication packet. By the time this message plays out, I'll be dead.
- -- Toyo Harada
Solicitation[]
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Chapter IV: The Empty Man[]
Appearances[]
Featured Characters:
- Toyo Harada as the "The Empty Man" (Flashback only)
Supporting Characters:
- Bleeding Monk (Dream sequence) (Flashback only)
- Harbinger Foundation
- Gravedog
- Ingrid Hillcraft (Flashback and main story)
- Lord Vine-99 / LV-99
- Mech Major
Villains:
- Broken Angel / The Angela Vessel
- Multi-national anti-Harada forces
- Project Rising Spirit
Other Characters:
- Beyoncé (Mentioned only)
- Hippies (Flashback only)
- Sam / Samantha (First appearance)
- Ingrid & Toyo's baby (Mentioned only)
- Unnamed agent of the Harbinger Foundation (Flashback only)
- Unnamed soldier (controlled by Angela('s harness)) (Dies)
Locations:
- 1969
- North America
- United States of America
- North Carolina
- South Carolina
- Farming collective
- United States of America
- North America
- Present day
- Earth
- Earth's Orbit (Mentioned only)
- Space Elevator (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Angela's harness
- Angela's shield generating chest armor
- H.A.R.D. Corps Neural Implant
- Neural net
- Decoy
- Energy absorption
- Oxygen tank
- Psiot-Dampeners
Vehicles:
- Harbinger transport ship
- U.S.S. George H.W. Bush
- Volkswagen Type 2 (Switching between T1 (split) and T2 (non-split windshield))
Credits[]
- Writers: Joshua Dysart
- Pencilers: Cafu, Diego Yapur
- Inkers: Cafu, Diego Yapur
- Colorists: Andrew Dalhouse, Diego Rodriguez
- Letterers: Dave Sharpe
- Cover Artists: Mico Suayan & Diego Rodriguez (A), Ken Lashley & Ulises Arreola (B), Nen Chang (C), Cafu & Andrew Dalhouse (Pre-Order)
- Editors: Karl Bollers (senior), David Menchel (associate)
- Senior Editorial Director: Robert Meyers
Synopsis[]
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Pre-Order Edition[]
The Pre-Order Edition of this issue contains the following exclusive material:
- The Life and Death of Toyo Harada #4 Cover Gallery (1 page)
- Textless Cover A
- Textless Cover B
- Textless Cover C
- Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
- The Life and Times of Toyo Harada, Part Four (09/13/09) (2 pages)
- An interview with the industrialist and CEO of the Harbinger Foundation
- Part Four is about Harada dropping off the face of the Earth in the (late) 60s and (early) 70s, however, he avoids giving any answer by telling a joke (!) and the interviewer doesn't remember why he didn't insist on Harada answering the question.
- Page in Process (2 pages)
- Line art, colors, and lettered final for page 24
- Inside the Foundation Zone - script excerpts and inked art (2 pages)
- Burn, Baby, Burn
- Vest-Dressed
- Point Guard
- Brave Dog
- Hell-icopter
- 99 Problems, But A Torso Ain't One
- Lost in Charlotte (1 page)
- Joshua Dysart on Harada's amnesia
Notes[]
- In the "Lost in Charlotte" piece that can be found in the Pre-Order Edition, writer Joshua Dysart reveals that the flashback scenes in this issue are following right after the 1969 events in Harbinger: Harbinger Wars: "It's young man Toyo Harada from immediately after the first Harbinger War, when Toyo had subsumed his memories into his consciousness to protect himself from the first Rising Spirit director's psychic storm attack." [src]
Quotes[]
- This is a half-formed telepathic communication packet. By the time this message plays out, I'll be dead.
- -- Toyo Harada
- Die you evil bitch!
- Boom baby! There she is! The Beyoncé of mad scientists!
- -- Morris Kozol
- You are the bird that carries the world in its talon. But the danger's over now, Harada-sama. You're safe to return to your conscious mind.
- -- Harbinger Foundation agent
Gallery[]
Cover Art[]
Cover A by Mico Suayan & Diego Rodriguez
Cover B by Ken Lashley & Ulises Arreola
Cover C by Nen Chang
Pre-Order Edition Cover by Cafu & Andrew Dalhouse
Textless Cover Art[]
Cover C Textless by Nen Chang
Pre-Order Edition Cover Textless by Cafu & Andrew Dalhouse
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