Dvandom Force (series)

Dvandom Force was the Classic LNH series chronicling the ongoing adventures of Dvandom Force, a team of net.heroes battling evil across time, space, and alt.ernity. Written by Dave Van Domelen, it picks up where the thirty-six issues of Constellation left off, running all the way to issue #100.

Issues and Storylines

• #0: A summary of Constellation and pre-Constellation stories, to get the new reader caught up properly.
• #37-42: Crisis on Earth-Goon: The Little Man isn't happy about Dvandom Force muscling in on Sig.ago, but when radio rejects Per Annum and the Infra-Humanite twist time itself, will the ridiculousness of British humor win out over the normal kind of ridiculousness we get around here? Plus, the Newbie Syndicate of Earth-September and the multiverse-spanning schemes of Acton Lord, in a story that could only be called... CRYSYS ON YNFYNYTE TYMS!
• #43-45: Writing Chance: Sig.Lad's powers are destabilizing! A figure brings ominous tidings of a dark future! What could happen if our heroes fail?
• #46-48: X-Post Facto: This could! Our heroes have failed! The dark future is here! How can we stop it? Can we stop it??
• Annual #1: "In Memoriam": The aftermath, the funeral, and mourning among the LNH. Featuring segments by Steve Hutchinson, Rob Rogers, Jamas Enright, Mike Escutia, Saxon Brenton, Jeff McCoskey, and Specter!
• #49-61: Grand Tour: A spectacular crossover with the Superguy series Team M.E.C.H.A.! An overlord manipulates the fates of two universes, bringing together the villains of two worlds in a great plan to restore his dark future. The heroes of two worlds race towards a meeting in their giant robots!
• #62-65: Born To Be Run: Slowing down after the big crossover, we slide into Kid Macro's high-speed backstory!
• #66-72: The Sig Files: A foe from Sig.Lad's past! A darkness in Kopikat's present! Internal pressures build, and the team threatens to shatter apart!
• #73-84: Century Pact: An old threat rises from the shadows, working not by force, but by insidious manipulation of the public viewpoint! Can Dvandom Force strike at a phantom foe? Can they do so without painting themselves as the villains – and should they?
• #85-89: Loose Ends: Dvandom Force has fought a lot of villains, and those villains have left a lot of loose ends behind! Now it's time to clean them up! Final showdowns, one and all!
• Annual #2: "RACC Soup": Pure silliness, as the talk shows of the late '90s intersect with the heroes and villains of the RACC imprints!
• #90-96: The Death Duck Saga: Lynk is now a queen of dreams – but dreams are a vast and endless world, with powers and threats unknown! Who is... the DEATH DUCK?
• #97-100: Gotta Catch Em All: Shane Boxer is a man out of time, who feels a man without a place. But when the Hackemon arrive and take the one thing he's good at, he goes on a quest to be the best, like no one ever was – before it's too late!

Universes and Timelines Visited

* Earth-Goon
* Real Life Minus One
* Imnotsure
* Harnegu/The Dreamlands
* 000SUPERGUY

Awards

Dvandom Force won RACCies:Favorite Series and Accies Favorite Series, as well as RACCies:Favorite Arc and Accies Favorite Arc (for Born To Be Run) in 1996. In 1997, it won the Accie for Favorite Series again, and in 1998, Annual #2 won Accies Favorite Single Issue. In 2009, the series was inducted into the RACC Hall of Fame, as was the X-Post Facto arc.

Read It!

The series can be read on the Eyrie Archive over here, or on Dave's own site over here.