Steel Soldier

Steel Soldier is a creation of Unstoppable Comics (UC). It is part of Range 1, and stars the Superhero Steel Soldier as he discovers that he has become bullet proof after being wounded in a big battle. Steel Soldier is a creation of Jacob Adams, and new issues are released every Monday until June. The comics have been met with good reviews, and Steel Soldier is believed to be the forefront of the UC Range; he will be returning in Range 2 as a result.

Issue #1
Mark Wright is a Major in the US Military who is part of an elite squadron known as the Shadows. The Shadows are a group similar to Black-Ops, who are sent on missions around the world to take down threats to the USA. Mark Wright is the team leader, followed by Lieutenant James Bay, Lieutenant Cathy Stuart and Sergeant Ron Gregory. They have been a team for five years, with a strong record of success.

The Shadows are sent to a Mansion in the South of the USA, where a Cult known as the Black Dragons are resting. The leader of the cult, Dominic Crew, is controlling the other members of the Cult by telling them that their commitment to the Black Dragons is stopping their families from going to Hell, and Dominic is leading his Cult in the creation of bombs which will be planted all over the USA.

Mark infiltrates the building by posing as a Pizza Delivery Man, and killing the man who opens the door for him, before the rest of his team storms into the building and attempts to take control. However, Dominic Crew has been expecting this, after - he claims - being told it by a God of almighty power. Dominic has armed two of the youngest members, who are posing as kidnapped children, and when Mark goes to rescue one of them, they shoot him in the stomach. Mark proceeds to kill them both, but he is now injured but does not want to abort the mission.

The rest of the Shadows locate Dominic Crew to a small study room, where he is found holding a detonator. He tells the Shadows that his God has told him that the death of the Shadows will be enough to send him to Heaven, and that it is a short-cut for himself. The Shadows try and convince him not to blow himself up but Dominic is certain that he will do it. Just as Lieutenant Bay goes to shoot him, Dominic activates the detonator, blowing himself up and destroying the Mansion.

Mark was climbing the stares which led to the study as the explosion took place, which meant that he was high enough to have only a small amount of rubble land on him, but far enough to not be killed by the explosion. However, Mark is badly singed, injured and now dying in the rubble.

The military quickly deploy a task-squadron to the Mansion, where they are ordered to look for survivors of the explosion. They find the remains of Lieutenant Stuart and Sergeant Gregory, and so naturally assume the other two must be dead. However, they continue to dig until they find a still alive Mark. They clear the rest of the site to find no remains of Lieutenant Bay, which leads them to assume that Bay must have been incinerated in the blast.

Mark is quickly rushed to a Military Hospital, where he is treated with great importance due to his role in the Shadows. The Hospital are not sure if they can save his life, but out-of-action leader of the Shadows - Colonel Jack Wilson - tells the Hospital of a liquid which was tested in Military Laboratories. The liquid fell in a strange tin from the sky, and when tested on animals it healed their wounds and made them live longed. Wilson demands that the Hospital uses the little remains of the liquid (known as U.F.O 19) on Mark with the hopes that his wounds might heal.

Mark heals miraculously, with his wound disappearing, and his scorched skin returning to normal. He thanks the Doctors for saving his life and a few days later he is discharged so that he can attend the funerals of each member of the Shadows. He goes to each one, but when he is at the last funeral for Lieutenant Bay, a member of the Black Dragons reveals themselves and shoots a round of bullets at Mark, believing that if Mark is killed, he will be able to go to Heaven.

The man is quickly taken down and the crowd at the funeral are shocked because they believe that Mark must be dead. However, Mark is alive, and doesn't even have a wound on his skin, and he doesn't appear to be bleeding either. Wilson tells Mark that he believes that U.F.O 19 may have made Mark bullet proof, and that despite the fact that the Shadows have been destroyed, there is still hope that Mark could end the Black Dragons cult.

Issue #2
It is a week since the events of Issue #1, and Mark has now been tested on by the military. They have determined that he is now bullet proof and has increased strength, meaning that the testing of U.F.O 19 was very successful. The Military wants to use Mark as a new weapon against the enemies of the USA but Mark is not sure; he doesn't want to end up dead like the rest of the Shadows.

Wilson visits Mark at his apartment and tells him that he has no choice in the decision to fight for the military, as Mark is a result of them saving his life. As a result, Wilson believes that Mark is at debt to the USA itself, and he must serve his country. Mark tries to convince Wilson that he is not necessary to protecting the country, but Wilson refuses to believe him. Wilson tells Mark that America needs a real hero, and Mark can be that hero...

Mark decides to assist the Military, and so Wilson assigns top Scientists and designers to build a new uniform to assist his needs. A green flexible-metal uniform is created, with a small metal green mask designed to protect Mark's face. When Mark is given the uniform, he is asked to take on a new name when in combat, and the name has to be a name to bring hope to the citizens of America. Mark decides on the name Steel Soldier, with the word 'Steel' chosen because of his bullet proof quality.

Mark then dons the uniform and is sent to test it on a military testing camp, where War Games are taking place. Mark is put on the side of the Terrorists, and their aim is to capture the 'President Soldier' and 'assassinate' him. Leading the Terrorist Soldiers, Mark quickly captures the President and shoots him with a paintball gun, winning the game. Mark then takes on the rest of the team, defeating them easily. Wilson sees this as a good example of his strength and the ability of his armor.

Meanwhile, a court case is taking place in which an ex-member of the Black Dragons is being judged for crimes of murder in the name of Religion. The Accuser has compelling evidence that the ex-member committed a large amount of crimes in the name of the Black Dragons, and that he stole a strange device from the government. However, before the Accuser can deliver the information, the Defendant and the criminal pull out pistols and shoot the Accuser to death, before shooting the brief-case holding the evidence. The pair are immediately shot to death by the Police, but they have succeeded in destroying evidence against the Black Dragons.

Mark hears about the attack and isn't surprised when Wilson assigns him to investigate. Mark heads towards the Court and discovers that the criminal's name is Yazmay Relin, and that Relin has a brother who also used to be a member of the Black Dragons but has no evidence to suggest that he committed any crimes. The Brother is called Daril Relin, and he lives in New York. Mark gets permission to find Daril Relin by Wilson. Mark gears up as Steel Soldier.

Steel Soldier arrives in New York and heads towards Daril Relin's apartment. When he enters, he can't find Relin but there is food which is still warm in the kitchen, which suggests that Relin is simply hiding. Relin sneaks up behind Steel Soldier and tries to shoot him, but Steel Soldier - who gives himself the nickname of Steel - takes the bullet easily, and quickly swoops around and pushes him against the wall.

Relin realizes that Steel must be bullet proof and so quickly tells Steel that he knows his brother was in something deep. Steel asks Relin why he left the Black Dragons, and Relin tells Steel that it was because the Black Dragons were worshiping a God that wasn't kind, and that it visited him and his two brothers once. It killed one of his brothers for a lack of purity, which caused Yazmay to become more devoted, but caused Daril to leave. Steel asks Relin how a God like this could exist, but Relin refuses to answer, telling Steel that he's going to die one day, and he'd rather die and go to Hell than die and go to heaven to be with such an evil God. Steel turns Relin into the Police for attempted murder, and then decides that he needs to discover the truth behind the Black Dragons before they become a real threat.