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Seriously injured in a bomb blast meant to kill him and his family, high school graduate Keith Remsen is awoken months later during a mysterious 'White Event'. Having apparently survived the blast intact (save for a splinter of metal wedged into his skull on his forehead), Keith soon discovers that he has strange and wonderful powers, primarily involving his entering the dreaming minds of other people.
After Keith Remsen's paranormal powers became apparent, psychologist Lucian Ballad convinced him to use said power to help the sanity of others, via their dreams. To this end, he set up the Ballad Dream Institute in order to achieve this in a professional, scientific environment. These four individuals are vital to the continuing operation of the Institute:
the Ballad Dream Institute:
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Keith Remsen: after the White Event, comatose Keith Remsen awoke with a start, suddenly armed with incredible dream powers. Wishing to use them to help others, he began to enter their dreams in his 'Nightmask' so that folks wouldn't recognize his face after he solved their problems. Nightmask comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Teddy Remsen: paralyzed from the waist down after a cowardly bomb attack, Theodore "Teddy" Remsen nonetheless developed dream powers like her brother's - if to a lesser extent - which she uses to help him in his revolutionary dream therapy at the Ballad clinic. Teddy Remsen comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Lita Mercado: a physical therapist assigned to the Remsen kids after they survived a bombing, Lita Mercado was subsequently hired by Dr. Lucian Ballad to also assist their work in his dream clinic - since they'd need to be at their physical peak to do such work with their powers. Lita Mercado comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Doctor Lucian Ballad: a well regarded psychologist assigned to work with the Remsen kids after their parents were wiped out in a bomb blast, Doctor Lucian Ballad convinced them to use their impressive dream powers to help others in his clinic after he discovered them. Doctor Ballad comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Assorted Villains:
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Doctor Horst Kleinmann: a theoretical genius in the field of dream research, Doctor Horst Kleinmann was also insanely paranoid about his secret technology. He had no problems maiming or killing anyone that he thought was a threat to his supremacy in 'his' realm of dreams. Comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Madman: apparently a normal person before the so-called 'Black Event', the man who would become the Madman cracked when his potent, paranormal dream powers violently manifested in the wake of all that death, but was ultimately put out of commission by Nightmask and Justice. Madman comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Mistress Midnight: having lost the ability to dream as a child, poor Vivianne went bonkers by the time she was twenty, developing multiple personalities. When the White Event gave her strange dream powers, she was molded by Dr. Kleinmann into a sort of psychic assassin! Mistress Midnight comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Tullius Ballad: the evil twin brother of Dr. Lucian Ballad, Tullius has always been obsessed with destroying his counterpart. Believing this the only way to claim his soul for his own, he studied dark arts and became a powerful Bokor in order to ultimately defeat his 'good's side. Tullius Ballad comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Mambo Matilda: very, very little is known or understood regarding the background of the rather mysterious Voodoo mambo known to the world only as Matilda. Luckily for the world at large, however, she uses her impressive mystical skills to aid others - not just for her own benefit. Mambo Matilda comes in Classic and Saga styles! |
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Nightmask issue guides:
Extra Goodies:
Nightmask art by Ron Lim, Arvell Jones, Christopher Ivy, Tony Dezuniga, Andy Yanchus, and Nel Yomtov
Nightmask created by Archie Goodwin
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