PANEL 1
CAPTION: 23 YEARS AGO, TWELVE STRANGE CHILDREN WERE BORN IN A SMALL EASTERN ENGLISH TOWN AT EXACTLY THE SAME TIME.
CAPTION: THEY WERE ALL PALE, AND THEY ALL HAD PURPLE EYES.

PANEL 2
CAPTION: AS THEY GREW UP, THEY STUCK TOGETHER SO CLOSELY THAT YOU MIGHT THINK THEY WERE RELATED.
CAPTION: THEY BEGAN TO DEVELOP MENTAL AND PHYSICAL TALENTS THAT WERE VARIOUSLY DESCRIBED AS “FREAKY,” “WEIRD,” “SATANIC,” “ALIEN” AND “ANGELIC.”

PANEL 3
CAPTION: ALSO, “A CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER TO NATIONAL, IF NOT GLOBAL, SECURITY.”
CAPTION: THEIR NATURE WAS DISCOVERED—NOT THAT SOME OF THEM WERE EXACTLY TRYING HARD TO COVER IT UP—AND IN THEIR TEENAGE YEARS THEY BECAME HUNTED.

PANEL 4
CAPTION: IN A LAST-DITCH ATTEMPT TO DRIVE THE AUTHORITIES AWAY, THEY POOLED THEIR POWERS FOR THE FIRST TIME, INTENDING TO CAUSE A BIG GEOPHYSICAL EVENT THAT’D SCARE THE PISS OUT OF EVERYONE.
CAPTION: SOMETHING JUST SCARY ENOUGH TO MAKE EVERYONE LEAVE THEM ALONE.