Midnight Marathon

The year is 2007 and the universe is a dangerous place

filled with space pirates, aliens, and the unknown

in this intergalactic frontier, the space citizens need a hero to keep them safe

to watch over them, a leader to show them the way...

...it's Captain Commander! - Ash?

Honey? Hello?

previously on Captain Commander...

Hey I was watching that!

You can finish later - now come upstairs for dinner your dad's waiting

Come on!

So I was thinking...

when do you want the car?

I wanted to take Lizzy to the movies tomorrow

that's fine champ

Thanks dad

What about you honey, you excited about the Christmas break?

um yeah I guess

me and Chuck were actually planning on watching the Captain Commander Marathon tonight

if it's okay he stays over I mean

that's Chuck and I but of course sure Charlie can stay the night if his mom is okay with that

Why don't you play football like Robert

It's better than wasting away like a bunch of zombies in front of the television

I don't know

You know that shows actually pretty good - the hero teaches the kids how to be tough

and I used to watch it

Why don't you try and make some new friends

I met all my friends in high school

There are kids out there other than Chuck

Take the Captain with you on all your adventures! there doesn't seem to be anyone here

but watch out

come on dude

ok ok, here it is

the brand new

chrome detailed..

millenium series..

Captain Commander Communicator!

Man Chuck, your dad is choice!

I know, I almost crapped my pants when I opened it and now if you get one too we can talk to eachother

any time!

wait..

Does this count as your Christmas present?

I.. didn't think about that.. no it can't - it's like a week and a half away

It's okay man you know I -

Wait! Holy shit it's starting!

and welcome to the Captain Commander Marathon!

Prepare for takeoff man

this is going to be biblical

Captain...

it hasn't even begun!

hello?

well hello there dear this is Mrs. Schumacher from Church

hello Mrs. Schumacher

sweet boy have you been outside yet tonight it's just that

the moon is so spectacular I wouldn't want a bright young man like you to miss it

it must be past midnight mrs...

well the light's just so glorious how about you go

outside and sneak a peek

It's even better than your television stories

I don't know Mrs. Schumacher I'm

supposed to be asleep.

Mrs. Schumacher?

Are your parents in?

Mom!

What?!

Mrs. Schumacher's on the phone

Damnit Ashley! That better not be the TV!

No! She wants you to go outside!

Outside?

Yeah, she seems

worried or something

Okay, well, shut that off and go to bed!

hello Meredeth? Is everything okay?

Ash said... well he told me something was going on

Outside? Well I guess I could

The moon?

What? Meredeth you seem strange, are you sure you're alright?

ok ok, I'll go wake Peter and we'll be right outside. Just hang on

Ash? What is it?

SHH

this is the emergency broadcast system please stand by... the following is a

message from the Department of Defense. At approximately 8:50 p.m. Eastern

Standard Time instances of strange behaviors were being reported to local

and state authorities at record levels. It is believed that these incidents are

associated with looking directly at the moon. For this reason we urge citizens

to stay indoors at all costs and to refrain from looking directly at the

moon until this state of emergency has ended. This station serves the greater Rockford

area. This message will repeat

Mom!!

Ash! Stop! Wait Ash!

Ash?

What's going on?

When you were asleep Mrs. Schumacher called

That nice old lady on Elm?

yeah but she seemed weird and she asked me if I wanted to go outside and

look at the moon

Holy crap

yeah she talked to my parents man!

So.. do we go and look for them?

No we shouldn't go outside

Then what do we do, there are no adults

Robbie! Robbie!!

What?

Somethings going on!

There was this thing on TV, then the phone call, the door, and the moon!

Ok Jesus, calm down. Take a breath

What is going on.

So they just left?

Alright well they did not tell me I had to watch you guys Do you wanna watch a movie?

Robbie. Why aren't you listening!

there was an emergency broadcast from the government saying to not go outside and

look at the moon no matter what and before that Mrs. Schumacher called and

told me to go outside and look at the moon

My god

Mom is right, TV is rotting your brain!

You know what, look.

if you're joining us now we're covering possibly

the biggest hoax ever pulled in the tri-state area. Some devious pranksters

got control of multiple live broadcasts and aired a fake emergency alert I

repeat the emergency alert that was on your screen just a few moments ago was a

hoax and there is no need to panic

That is stellar

Boy Ash, that's a relief. For a minute there I thought you were serious about that phone call

That's because I was Chuck!

Now for a special weather report

the moon tonight is more radiant than

ever before I can't even believe it myself so if you're watching this go

outside and take a look for yourself

Heck, bring your whole family

you do not want

them to miss out on our glorious celestial neighbor is really putting on

quite a show why don't you

get as many people together as you can and go

outside look skyward

just really get an eyeful

you do not want to miss this moon

It's like they're all possessed or something

That's because it's not a prank

Alright Ash, start from the beginning

what can we do

We could... hmmhm

wait

Captain Commander issue 563

The Night of the Cerebral Insecti!

The recebral what?