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Top Cow Comic #9 - Bloodlines Part 3 of 3 is now available for download if you weren't fortunate enough to receive it in the mail. It's a good one, but then of course I'm a just a comic book loving freakish female. You may feel differently.

The Top Cow City of Heroes Issue #9 is now available for download. Read the conclusion of Bloodlines, Part 3 of 3. Back Alley Brawler continues the hunt for Protean. Meanwhile, Sister Psyche and Manticore are ... dead!?!

ALSO IN THIS ISSUE – COMMUNITY PAGES
* Burden of Responsibility, by Lucien Soulban
* Zot Arrival: Part One, by Robert Bergeron
* Fan Art from Jomaro Kindred, Lia Perrone, Veikira, and Amanda Rachels
* Q-Force

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Marvel Entertainment, Inc., NCsoft Corporation, NC Interactive, Inc., Cryptic Studios, Inc. Settle All Litigation

AUSTIN, Texas, December 12, 2005—Marvel Entertainment, Inc., NCsoft® Corporation, NC Interactive, Inc. and Cryptic Studios™, Inc. are pleased to announce today that they have amicably settled all claims brought by Marvel and all claims brought by NCsoft, NC Interactive, Inc. and Cryptic Studios, Inc. The parties' settlement allows them all to continue to develop and sell exciting and innovative products, but does not reduce the players' ability to express their creativity in making and playing original and exciting characters. Therefore, no changes to City of Heroes® or City of Villains'™ character creation engine are part of the settlement. The parties have agreed that protecting intellectual property rights is critically important and each will continue aggressively to protect such rights in accordance with all applicable laws. While the terms of the settlement were not disclosed, all parties agree that this case was never about monetary issues and that the fans of their respective products and characters are the winners in this settlement.

It's never about the money...

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Tights, Their Not Just For Women Anymore...
Protectors
of Paragon City! Miss Liberty has a special message for you...

Transcript of Miss Liberty’s Radio Address on December 2nd, 2005:
Heroes of Paragon, as the threat of Arachnos darkens our shores and the Rikti
menace remains unchecked, these are dangerous times certain to try even the
strongest hero’s resolve.
Yet, day after day you ceaselessly strive to protect the freedom and honor
of your home. Your stalwart struggle against the tyranny of evil is for neither
fame nor money. Instead you rise above these concerns as you fight for what
you know in your heart to be right.
We believe that this selfless dedication to the principles of justice must
be recognized! In order to acknowledge your superlative contribution to the
ongoing and ever growing glory of Paragon City, we at Freedom Corps have arranged
a special holiday gift for you all!

But, be warned! The City
of Villians has already heard of this and are formulating a plan as we speak!

Take this to Silver Mantis right away!
Silver,
I just overheard a radio address from that old bag Miss Liberty and she’s
made some tasty toys for her cloth-wearing weaklings to buy a little loyalty.
Sounds like it will be a high-tech gadget and I’m going to catch a shipment
before they get to Independence Port. Assuming it isn’t just some holiday
piece of junk, I want to build it into my armor.
Lord Recluse gave the go ahead but only if I share the spoils with those
destined scum that have overrun my territory like rats. Ah well, we can keep
most of the haul for ourselves as long as we give enough away to keep the
Arachnos wannabes quiet.

Hurry! You only have from December 8 to January 2!

• Here
  are some clues that might help you!
• Remember, to defeat your enemy, you
  must understand them!

A Novel About a Game About a Comic.
GameCloud chats with Robert Weinberg about his upcoming novel based on City of Heroes. Stewie Griffin would not comment on the story, but he did drop a load in his pants, smile diabolically and exclaim:

" Many video and PC games have gotten novelizations over the years and the newest one is Cryptic Studios' superhero MMORPG City of Heroes. The first novel, City of Heroes: Web of Arachnos, is due out later this year from publisher CDS Books and Gamecloud got a chance to chat with its veteran novelist and comic book scripter Robert Weinberg. "

You can read the entier City of Heroes Novel Interview at GameCloud.
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