...trapped in Longshot's orbit.

It's only appropriate that a series as obsessed with motives as this is makes the case of the road to Rome, with Longshot learning of the consequences of his actions.

More and more each issue, Longshot is awakening to not only his identity...

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...who trips over a murdered guard and smashes his face and teeth.

Pup reappears and reminds Longshot to look over his shoulder sometimes before pulling Jinx from the latest brawl between Longshot and his demons.

Their desire, simply to return home, makes their morality far...

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...questioning the nature of his existence, and in dismay asks Jinx how "we" were created.

His worries of being patterned after his creators are unintentionally confirmed by Jinx, who quoting scripture, informs Longshot that "we're made in his image". Longshot's developing...

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...where a pair of spineless monsters saddled on legged carriers remark on the creation of this latest batch of slaves–Longshot among them.

Nocenti's series isn't just an admonishment of the entertainment industry at large but also more broadly about those with power in general.

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...unpunished by the technicality governing his probability ability.

As the unlikely companions make their way into ConEd's secret lab (Seriously guys? Signed, a very annoyed one-time ConEd customer.), Longshot is again shocked back to a memory of his past pre-reality hop...

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The theme of purity of intention is also revisited in Longshot as Longshot and his unlucky companion Jinx prepare to break into the ConEd plant to steal their latest haul of diamonds.

(As someone who has given ConEd my money, I am furious to learn of their diamond hoard.)

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...same sense of purpose in the series third installment. It's not that the book doesn't have a lot to say; it just doesn't do it with the same grace & deliberate intention shown throughout its first issues.

Longshot opens with a grim title–"Just Let Me Die"–and introduces...

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...Hitch's stunt poses to his life and the man falls from the sky. The director's first concern, naturally, is to continue filming–surely there's cinematic use for the man's injury–as Longshot crashes into the ground just outside the dangerous set pieces.

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If fame is corrupting, then it would certainly undermine the purity of Longshot's intention, which another inserted flashback reveals as an implanted mandate for his abilities.

Without luck on his side (or honed skill like Rita's), Longshot is bested by the actual threat that...

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...supercharges him doesn't go unnoticed.

The first issue of Longshot introduced the limitations of Longshot's probability altering capacity, which again come into play as Longshot begins to feel his luck slip away ahead of Hitch's "million dollar stunt".

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...to the efforts leading lady Kimberly Price forces herself through for the sake of continued relevance–she's no further options but to exploit herself.

It quite the literalization of this theme, Longshot's recall of a forgotten memory sees him fighting for his life, losing...

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...of the ferocious band's leader.

Longshot's purity–and maybe even the faith Hester has in him–helps the man accomplish his mission, saving the baby from Gog and the sorceress Spiral.

The joy of success leaves Hester almost euphoric, declaring her love for the world and its...

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...true identity, but before Longshot can learn more, the creature disappears.

Eliot's paranoid is probably not the foundation anyone might want their identity built on top of, but their meeting introduces Longshot to the newspaper where he learns of the "petty crime" of a...

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...which is worse, remembering the identity you've lost, or not being sure you even had one to begin with?

As Longshot heads to meet Eliot in his reinforced bunker, he runs into an arguably adorable Gremline-esque creature whose thoughts imply greater knowledge of Longshot's...

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Today in History, a genetically engineered slave with luck manipulation, first appeared in Longshot (June 4, 1985).

Own it -> https://t.co/QxOMWGwXQS

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“Okay, I have a proposition for you. It’s a longshot, but I say it’s worth it.” - Aurelia, IN THE VALLEY OF DIAMONDS
...

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My optimist self says they're doing a collection or a simultanious NSO announcement to tie in with the inclusion of Porky in Smash.
Hence why they held back it's release/DMCA'd Beginnings OSTs on YT.

But we know that's a longshot and bigger fever dream than Hero and Ridley. ಥ‿ಥ

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I got L——Lady DeathStrike-Lady Mastermind-Longshot-Lifeguard

Reply to get a letter! https://t.co/VOsZdqVrbx

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This is what I've been working on for 4 hours today, not done by a longshot

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WAIT. ZOOM IN. LONGSHOT?

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