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Michael Straczynski</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Penciller" title="Penciller">Penciller(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Chris_Weston" title="Chris Weston">Chris Weston</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Inker" title="Inker">Inker(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Garry_Leach" title="Garry Leach">Garry Leach</a><br />Chris Weston</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Letterer" title="Letterer">Letterer(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Comicraft" title="Comicraft">Comicraft</a><br />Jimmy Betancourt</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/wiki/Colorist" title="Colorist">Colorist(s)</a></th><td class="infobox-data">Chris Chuckry</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Editor(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Tom_Brevoort" title="Tom Brevoort">Tom Brevoort</a><br />Molly Lazer<br /><a href="/wiki/Joe_Quesada" title="Joe Quesada">Joe Quesada</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header"><a href="#Collected_editions">Collected editions</a></th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><i>Volume 1 hardcover</i></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7851-3372-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7851-3372-0">0-7851-3372-0</a></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><i><b>The Twelve</b></i> is an American comic book <a href="/wiki/Limited_series_(comics)" title="Limited series (comics)">limited series</a> from <a href="/wiki/Marvel_Comics" title="Marvel Comics">Marvel Comics</a>, which the company announced in July 2007 would run twelve issues beginning spring 2008, with the creative team of writer <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a> and artist <a href="/wiki/Chris_Weston" title="Chris Weston">Chris Weston</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-sdcc_1-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sdcc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series stars 12 obscure superheroes from Marvel's earliest incarnation as <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a> from the 1940s period historians and fans call the <a href="/wiki/Golden_Age_of_Comic_Books" title="Golden Age of Comic Books">Golden Age of Comic Books</a>. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Publication_history">Publication history</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Publication history"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Writer <a href="/wiki/J._Michael_Straczynski" title="J. Michael Straczynski">J. Michael Straczynski</a> said in July 2007 that the story concerns 12 superhumans randomly kidnapped by the <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazis</a> during <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> to study their powers for the Nazis' "Master Race" efforts. The superhumans were put in <a href="/wiki/Cryonic" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryonic">cryonic</a> suspended-animation until the present day, when a construction project in <a href="/wiki/Berlin" title="Berlin">Berlin</a>, Germany inadvertently uncovers them. The series explores the <a href="/wiki/Culture_shock" title="Culture shock">culture shock</a> of people from the 1940s being revived in the present day: "I wanted to explore their reactions to us, and our reactions to them ... what was good about the World War II period that we lost, and what was not so good about it that we've eliminated in all but them".<sup id="cite_ref-sdcc_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-sdcc-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>In early 2009, Marvel editor-in-chief <a href="/wiki/Joe_Quesada" title="Joe Quesada">Joe Quesada</a> said the series was put "on hold" after issue #8 (Nov. 2008) because of Straczynski's increased demand as a screenwriter after the success of <i><a href="/wiki/Changeling_(film)" title="Changeling (film)">Changeling</a></i>, and artist Weston's having taken on conceptual art and <a href="/wiki/Storyboard" title="Storyboard">storyboarding</a> on a separate film project.<sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The series remained on indefinite hiatus throughout 2009. In February 2010, Straczynski said that the series would be resuming later that year.<sup id="cite_ref-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> In November of that year, with no further issues having appeared, Straczynski said Weston "has now caught up on the artwork", without specifying an issue or page-count, and that he intended to continue scripting.<sup id="cite_ref-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> According to news site <a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Cool" title="Bleeding Cool">Bleeding Cool</a>, as of April 2011, Weston had just begun inking pencils for issue eleven.<sup id="cite_ref-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-5"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>5<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <i>The Twelve</i> was completed in September.<sup id="cite_ref-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-6"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>6<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Issues 9 & 10 came out in February 2012, #11 in March, and #12 in April. </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Plot_synopsis">Plot synopsis</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Plot synopsis"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>As related by the Phantom Reporter: During the <a href="/wiki/World_War_II" title="World War II">World War II</a> <a href="/wiki/Battle_of_Berlin" title="Battle of Berlin">Battle of Berlin</a> in 1945, a dozen of the many <a href="/wiki/Superheroes" class="mw-redirect" title="Superheroes">superheroes</a> and masked crimefighters of that era are ambushed by <a href="/wiki/Nazi" class="mw-redirect" title="Nazi">Nazis</a> in the basement of an <a href="/wiki/Schutzstaffel" title="Schutzstaffel">SS</a> building, where the heroes are gassed and placed into <a href="/wiki/Cryogenic_suspension" class="mw-redirect" title="Cryogenic suspension">cryogenic suspension</a> for later experimentation, but the building is air bombed soon after and anyone aware of their situation is killed. In the present day, construction workers find this bunker, and the Twelve, as they become known, are revived. Put into the care of the U.S. military, they are housed together in a mansion where they receive counseling and support, are gradually made to understand that decades have passed, and are offered a role as heroes in the 21st century. </p><p>The Twelve adjust in various ways: The Blue Blade becomes a celebrity; the Phantom Reporter starts a column for the <i><a href="/wiki/Daily_Bugle" title="Daily Bugle">Daily Bugle</a></i>, Dynamic Man allies himself with the <a href="/wiki/FBI" class="mw-redirect" title="FBI">FBI</a> and other law-enforcement agencies and throws himself into heroics; the Black Widow reconnects as the "instrument of vengeance" of an unknown party and begins going on missions; and Rockman bemoans being cut off from an underground kingdom that may or may not exist. On ballistics evidence, police arrest the Laughing Mask for a 1940s murder. In addition, the daughter of the creator of the robot Electro reclaims possession of the robot. </p><p>In the framing story (set "much later"), the Phantom Reporter, gun in hand, stands over the body of the Blue Blade, regretting the man's death and vowing to find the killer. </p><p>The Phantom Reporter is ultimately able to reveal the killer, in a classic mystery setup that involves rounding up the rest of the cast from their various pursuits and explaining the events step by step. The recent spate of unexplained crimes, including an attack on a gay bar Dynamic Man had visited, was carried out by Electro under the control of Dynamic Man, who is forced to admit he also is an artificial being. Blue Blade, after hooking himself up to Electro's control apparatus, discovered this, and so Dynamic Man had Electro attack and kill him. Phantom Reporter has the Fiery Mask burn off Dynamic Man's costume, revealing him to be a "man" who will never be anatomically correct. It is inferred that his creator's phobias about sexual purity were transferred to Dynamic Man, thus explaining his discomfort with interracial marriages and the homophobia he has displayed throughout the series. He attacks the mansion, trying to trap and kill the others, but all manage to escape due to a sacrifice by Rockman. </p><p>Dynamic Man, after fleeing to his creator's home and laboratory, is confronted by Phantom Reporter along with Captain Wonder, Mastermind Excello, and Fiery Mask. Dynamic Man kills Fiery Mask by crushing his larynx, but FM manages to pass his powers along to the Phantom Reporter. Dynamic Man is destroyed by the Reporter, while Captain Wonder holds him in place, suffering horrible burns. Later, at a funeral for Fiery Mask, the others discuss their future plans. Mister E plans on retiring to spend time with his family, to make up for his previous rejection of his Jewish identity. Rockman is not found, though it's believed he escaped and may have finally found his lost underground world and family. </p><p>The Witness leaves, to work with <a href="/wiki/S.H.I.E.L.D." title="S.H.I.E.L.D.">S.H.I.E.L.D.</a> to find those who deserve justice, with <a href="/wiki/Nick_Fury" title="Nick Fury">Nick Fury</a>'s blessing (they had a meeting at a pier in Italy). He is seen confronting a "wanted" man somewhere in Italy, at some later date. Phantom Reporter states he never saw The Witness again. Captain Wonder goes back into action, but with a gold half-mask covering his facial scars. Mastermind Excello has used his wealth to buy a private security company, renamed EXC Enterprises, and sets up Phantom Reporter and the Black Widow as operatives. Laughing Mask is given a deal (which views his cryogenic sleep as time served) for his previous crimes and now controls Electro, going after terrorists in sanctioned military strikes. Despite the history of loss, betrayal and punishment, the series ends on a note of hope for the survivors. In the closing scene, Phantom Reporter, in a new "combat suit" with a flame emblem, and Black Widow, in a new "spider web" costume, are seen heading towards a new mission at an unknown location, having been sent there by Mastermind Excello's "EXC Corporation". </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Membership">Membership</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Membership"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>The Twelve are:<sup id="cite_ref-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-7"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>7<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <ol><li>Blue Blade</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Black_Widow_(Claire_Voyant)" title="Black Widow (Claire Voyant)">Black Widow</a></li> <li>Captain Wonder (Professor Jeff<sup id="cite_ref-The_Twelve_#1_8-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-The_Twelve_#1-8"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>8<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Jordan) – This character was first published by <a href="/wiki/Timely_Comics" title="Timely Comics">Timely Comics</a>. He possesses the power of super strength. He first appeared in <i>Kid Komics</i> #1 (Feb. 1943) and #2 (Summer 1943).<sup id="cite_ref-Benton_9-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Benton-9"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>9<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></li> <li>Dynamic Man</li> <li>Electro</li> <li>Fiery Mask</li> <li>Laughing Mask</li> <li>Master Mind Excello</li> <li>Mister E</li> <li><a href="/wiki/Phantom_Reporter" title="Phantom Reporter">Phantom Reporter</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Rockman_(comics)" title="Rockman (comics)">Rockman</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Witness_(comics)" class="mw-redirect" title="Witness (comics)">Witness</a></li></ol> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Collected_editions">Collected editions</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: Collected editions"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>Volume 1</i> (collects <i>The Twelve</i> #1–6, 144 pages, hardcover, October 2008, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-7851-3372-0" title="Special:BookSources/0-7851-3372-0">0-7851-3372-0</a>)</li> <li><i>Volume 2</i> (collects <i>The Twelve</i> #7–12 and <i>The Twelve: Spearhead</i> #1, hardcover, July 2012, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-3373-5" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-3373-5">978-0-7851-3373-5</a>)</li> <li><i>The Twelve</i> (collects all 12 issues, soft cover, 2014, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-5430-3" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-5430-3">978-0-7851-5430-3</a>)</li> <li><i>The Twelve</i> (collects all 12 issues and <i>The Twelve: Spearhead</i> #1, hard cover, <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-2715-4" title="Special:BookSources/978-0-7851-2715-4">978-0-7851-2715-4</a>)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Additional_issues">Additional issues</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=5" title="Edit section: Additional issues"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <ul><li><i>The Twelve</i> #0 (Golden Age reprints, plus character designs, 2008)</li> <li><i>The Twelve</i> #½ (Golden Age reprints, 2008)</li> <li><i>Spearhead</i> #1 (one-shot, original story set in WWII by Chris Weston, May 2010)</li> <li><i>Daring Mystery 70th Anniversary Special</i> (one-shot by David Liss, plus Golden Age reprints, 2009)</li></ul> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Notes">Notes</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=The_Twelve_(comics)&action=edit&section=6" title="Edit section: Notes"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output 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July 26, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-2">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Quesada, Joe. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://marvel.com/news/comicstories.6113.MyCup_o~apos~_Joe_Week_39">"MyCup o' Joe Week 39: What's going on with The Twelve?"</a>, Marvel.com, January 13, 2009</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-3"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-3">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite class="citation web cs1"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.newsarama.com/comics/JMS-Week-MARVEL-100228.html">"J. Michael Straczynski interview – Part 3"</a>. <i><a href="/wiki/Newsarama" title="Newsarama">Newsarama</a></i><span class="reference-accessdate">. Retrieved <span class="nowrap">February 19,</span> 2010</span>.</cite><span title="ctx_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Ajournal&rft.genre=unknown&rft.jtitle=Newsarama&rft.atitle=J.+Michael+Straczynski+interview+%E2%80%93+Part+3&rft_id=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.newsarama.com%2Fcomics%2FJMS-Week-MARVEL-100228.html&rfr_id=info%3Asid%2Fen.wikipedia.org%3AThe+Twelve+%28comics%29" class="Z3988"></span></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-4"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-4">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Renaud, Jeffrey. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=29374">"JMS Speaks on 'Superman', 'Wonder Woman'</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Comic_Book_Resources" title="Comic Book Resources">Comic Book Resources</a></i>, November 12, 2010. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.today/20130119160517/http://www.comicbookresources.com/?page=article&id=29374">WebCitation archive</a>.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-5"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-5">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text">Johnston, Rich. <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/04/13/chris-weston-and-the-state-of-the-twelve/">"Chris Weston And The State Of The Twelve"</a>, <i><a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Cool" title="Bleeding Cool">Bleeding Cool</a></i>, April 13, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-6"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-6">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external autonumber" href="https://www.bleedingcool.com/2011/09/30/and-finally-chris-weston-has-finished-the-twelve/">[1]</a>, "<a href="/wiki/Bleeding_Cool" title="Bleeding Cool">Bleeding Cool</a>", September 30, 2011.</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-7"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-7">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://forum.newsarama.com/showthread.php?t=125573">12 Days of the Twelve: Rockman</a>, <a href="/wiki/Newsarama" title="Newsarama">Newsarama</a>, August 16, 2007</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-The_Twelve_#1-8"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-The_Twelve_#1_8-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><i>The Twelve</i> #1</span> </li> <li id="cite_note-Benton-9"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><b><a href="#cite_ref-Benton_9-0">^</a></b></span> <span class="reference-text"><link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1238218222"><cite id="CITEREFBenton1992" class="citation book cs1">Benton, Mike (1992). <a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="https://archive.org/details/superherocomicso0000bent/page/168"><i>Superhero Comics of the Golden Age: The Illustrated History</i></a>. Dallas: Taylor Publishing Company. p. 168. <a href="/wiki/ISBN_(identifier)" class="mw-redirect" title="ISBN (identifier)">ISBN</a> <a href="/wiki/Special:BookSources/0-87833-808-X" title="Special:BookSources/0-87833-808-X"><bdi>0-87833-808-X</bdi></a><span class="reference-accessdate">. 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