Magellan

The 8 page sequence where Epoch saves a 747 full of passengers - including nun-dressed Australian superhero Go!Anna - from crashing can be read online... here.

Magellan is a free serialised superhero webcomic by Stephen Crowley. There are 2 new pages added every week and, with over 500 pages already online, there’s a lot of great reading in the archives.

“Even if you’re not a fan of superhero comics, you’ll very likely enjoy the keen story, the pleasant visuals, and the engaging characters. If you are a superhero comic fan, chances are that you’ll really dig what Magellan has to offer you – a new take on an old concept, which is a breath of fresh superhero webcomic air.” Comixpedia.com

Nominated for a Webcartoonists Choice Award 2005 & 2006 & 2007 – Best Superhero or Action Webcomic
Available on GraphicSmash.com – home to the internet’s best action comics!
[Parents: Magellan contains mature themes, swears and some violence so might not be suitable for children!]

While Go!Anna and Epoch are only two of many characters featured in Magellan, their roles are sigificant.

Epoch (aka Vlad Epoch): is a hugely popular superhero (with great strength, invulnerability and the ability to fly) plus he's a member of the supergroup Force Magellan. He's also the father of Charisma, a first-year cadet at Magellan Justice Academy. Epoch makes numerous appearances throughout the comic (including the full length story Buying the Stairway to Heaven). The pages which lead him directly to What Goes Up... can be read here: The big day...

Go!Anna (aka Annie Summers): She is an Australian superhero with a long tail, considerable athletic talent and the ability to climb walls. As What Goes Up... starts she has been on the trail of a stolen artefact. For your convenience, here are links to the pages leading up to that moment:

[Go!Anna][The Burrow][Feeling useless][Sliced and diced][Zelda][No more games!]

The story continues after What Goes Up... in Chapter 3: Daze (use the NEXT buttons at the bottom of the page to read through the story)....

Current page: A new chapter commenced in November 2011. Titled Lock(e)down this new story builds on almost eight years and 650 pages of Magellan back history but is still an ideal stepping on point for new readers (and even for those who haven’t caught up with the cadets and various goings on at Magellan Justice Academy for a while - you know who you are!)
[read the current page][read from start of latest chapter]

Archives: The Magellan archives are free - reading from the first scene is the best way to get started! Use the [Next][Previous] buttons at the end of each page to navigate/ move through the story. Happy reading!

Chapters and short stories: a quick stepping stone to the start of each section.

Chapter 1: Wannabe - Kaycee Jones meets her fellow first year cadets at Magellan Justice Academy.
History: some background on the Golden and Silver Age up to present.
Chapter 2: Great Leap Forward - Kaycee tackles her first big hurdle... the gauntlet and her own classmates!
Chapter 3: Daze - Go!Anna digs into the mystery of a recovered artefact.
Chapter 4: Bad Karma - The past/present and future collide in this story which coud mean the end of Magellan Island!
Gifford Foss: Reckless Hero - Gifford Foss, punished by his own people for his reckless adventuring, now has to call on that spirit to save the village children.
Rochelle Kwan/Mindmistress - cadet Rochelle Kwan believes she's too smart for everyone, except maybe her tutor (a Magellan/Mindmistress crossover)
Chapter 5: Worst Field Trip Ever - a visit to OzMagellan becomes lethal as the survivors of clandestine experiments seek revenge.
Redux: Whatever Happened to Gola Beh? - Former superhero Gola Beh is on the search for her missing memory and finds more than she has bargained on!
Chapter 6: Lock(e)down - what dramas lay ahead in the ultra-security containment facility on Locke Island?