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Blackwater was forced to commit suicide by a former client, The Beyond Reason Spiritual Fellowship, which was resurrecting their hedonistic god, Aan Tanu, through the body of Fin Fang Foom. The Fellowship was based on a rare religious tome that its male leader, Reeve Calder, believed was a hoax. Its
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In China, Dr. Chan is trying to explain to officials that there is a new part of the prophecy of Fin Fang Foom that he has only recently uncovered. In New York, Martin Gold is now working for a paranormal magazine, having previously done hard journalism. He has rethought his life after his
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The story of the limited series deals with the suicide of Charles Blackwater, whose soul is morphed into Omen, and the visions of Dr. Katherine Reynolds, now a patient in a mental institution, who keeps saying "Fin Fang Foom". Reynolds, who had previously worked with
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vol. 1 #29), but suddenly feels compelled to, and receives encouragement from Man-Thing when she dreams that he is sitting next to her on an airplane.
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of the topic and provide significant coverage of it beyond a mere trivial mention. If notability cannot be shown, the article is likely to be
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female leader, Hildreth, mates with Aan Tanu to create a demonic child. Ariann, however, rips the child out of her womb and kills it.
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Omen summons the team to the apartment of Charles Atwater, whom Omen had recently resurrected in order to take control of his body.
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Gerber expressed interest in writing about the characters again, but Marvel has not. The only follow-up to the initial
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boyfriend, Bernard Drabble, has not used her magic in years (she was last seen midwifing the "birth" of
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threats. The group was composed of Ariann Wight, Dr. Chan Liuchow, Dr. Katherine Reynolds, Martin Gold,
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Gerber had previously introduced Dr. Katherine Reynolds as a supporting character to
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appeared in the series as well, but only in a vision, in which the normally
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relationship with Angel O'Hara and her possession by Lilith.
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Publisher
Marvel Comics
First appearance
1991
Steve Gerber
Whilce Portacio
Arizona
Jennifer Kale

Whilce Portacio
Scott Williams
Limited series
Horror
1991
Steve Gerber
Whilce Portacio

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