Other than Hellboy, I never really see much Dark Horse stuff posted around here, so I feel like just storytiming a bunch of random stuff I've downloaded over the years. Some you may have heard of, I'll dip into some familiar stuff on occasion, Hellboy's crossed over with a lot of these characters. At one point Marvel was my favorite line, at another DC, then back to Marvel, at the moment I don't much like either, but I realized through all of it, Dark Horse has continuously chugged along putting out great quality stuff, and has had a consistent in-house style that permeates most of the line. I'm just kind of going to give you a sampling of different stuff I've liked over the years, a lot of which never really took off. I'll post some Mask, Madman and Hellboy stuff as well, just 'cuz I really like them. Some recurring traits of note:
-More genuinely adult, mature themes. This means yes there's some gore, nudity and violence, but it rarely feels gimmicky or edgy, typically it genuinely feels mature. -A lot of the stories tend to have a pulp noir 1940's sort of feel to them, even if they take place in a modern or even future setting. Personally, I love this shit. -Supernatural stuff shows up extremely frequently in this line, more than the others I'd say. -Their line translated tons of manga once upon a time, in fact I'll post some. -Lots of friendly crossovers with the other lines. -Most movie adaptations -horror especially- can be found here. Comics on Alien, Predator, The Thing, Robocop, Godzilla, etc.
I'll start with Foot Soldiers, a post-apocalyptic super hero story about heroes who largely have foot-related powers. Only lasted four issues, but some images suggest more was planned. It's an old favorite, and something quick to start off with before I move on to other stuff.
I have a planned reading list, but I don't know if I'll post it since I might deviate from it.
Angel White
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Kevin Hughes
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Camden Morales
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Leo Butler
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Logan Cox
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Brandon Williams
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Lincoln Ward
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Eli Peterson
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Samuel Mitchell
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Bentley Fisher
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Oliver Jenkins
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Cooper Robinson
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Ian Edwards
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Jonathan Bennett
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Kevin Baker
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Adrian Allen
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William Williams
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Matthew Mitchell
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Colton Morales
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Luis Roberts
Interesting, I'll get around to reading it later.
Alexander Nguyen
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Landon Clark
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Parker Ortiz
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Christopher Anderson
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Hunter Morris
Unfortunately, that's all there is for this series. One shot in issue 2 that revealed the wall guy early shows a guy with bladed wheels on his shoes, probably would have become another member of the group. I wonder if eventually someone woulda had rocket boots. Johnny Stomp was easily my favorite.
Up next, some manga. Written by the creator of Fist of the North Star and drawn by the creator of Berserk, I give you Japan, a lovesick Yakuza tough guy, the reporter he's obsessed with and some other Japanese people are sent to a post-apocalyptic future where the Japanese are refugees primarily kept as slaves. Holla Forums'll either love or hate it.
Noah Scott
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Camden Davis
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Lincoln Jackson
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Elijah Moore
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Ayden Gomez
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Samuel Flores
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John Baker
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Justin Powell
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Luis Martin
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James Brown
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Mason Moore
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Ian Gutierrez
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Christian Diaz
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Hudson Russell
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Nolan Richardson
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Isaac Long
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Aiden Russell
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Jacob Ortiz
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Luis Butler
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Justin Miller
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Cameron Hernandez
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Adam Moore
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Anthony Morris
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Jordan Taylor
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Oliver Cook
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Sebastian Cook
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Benjamin Gutierrez
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Liam Sanchez
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Parker Collins
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Julian Taylor
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Dominic Miller
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Connor Brown
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Ryder Price
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Eli Cook
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Isaiah Long
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Ethan Jones
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Andrew Jackson
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Logan Cooper
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Grayson Jones
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Sebastian Flores
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Alexander Anderson
That's it for Japan, I'd love to hear a Holla Forums dissection of it.
Now for something completely different.
Samuel Myers
The Goon presents: Satan's Sodomy Baby!
Grayson Harris
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Oliver Moore
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Aaron Fisher
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Jaxson Lopez
That's three down, not sure which I'll post next.
Tyler Adams
I think I'll go with the origin story of Concrete now. I debated posting the color version since it would be a lot easier, but it changes some story elements and IMO isn't as good. This original version is being posted from the third story of the original run's TPB.
Thomas Torres
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Connor Turner
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Brayden Wood
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Jason Anderson
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Robert Johnson
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Wyatt Wilson
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Noah Harris
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Jaxon Lopez
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Isaiah Sanders
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Samuel Flores
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Landon Campbell
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Christopher Richardson
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Jace Gonzalez
That covers his origin story, most of his other stuff isn't so fantastic. They're still interesting reads though, so I'll post more later of it's requested.
Easton Wilson
Alright, picking back up with The Nevermen. I've only got two minis of this.
Isaiah King
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Matthew Russell
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Carson Powell
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Daniel Young
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Christopher Reyes
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Ryder Miller
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Daniel Collins
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Carter Walker
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Landon Lopez
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James Cruz
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Kayden Sanders
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Jaxson Rodriguez
Something I miss since Star Wars was bought by Disney is the Dark Horse comics that were made.
Really good quality reads, and I especially liked the Boba Fett stories.
Grayson Butler
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Tyler Mitchell
Huh, I thought I had some Dark Horse Star Wars stuff, but I checked and can't find anything. Do have some Starship Troopers comics, though. You're right though, I definitely liked their Star Wars output better than what Marvel's churning out these days.
Jackson Torres
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Brandon Garcia
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Wyatt Campbell
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Jose Lopez
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Alexander Perry
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Caleb Howard
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Oliver Johnson
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Justin Myers
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Jaxson Williams
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Luis Jenkins
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Nolan Hill
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Ayden Parker
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Parker Cruz
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Andrew Perry
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Gavin Howard
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Nicholas Jones
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Kayden Peterson
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Nicholas Brown
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Henry Robinson
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Joseph Scott
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Ayden Perez
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Noah Mitchell
That's it for the Nevermen, just curious, anybody reading along through the thread? I started this as sort of background noise while watching the debate, but there's plenty more I planned to post.
Aaron Powell
I was reading up until Satan's Sodomy Baby, then I went to bed
The Foot Soldiers was a fun read,with a feel of Mad Max meets War of the Words, it's a damn shame that it never got more issues Japan could easily fit as a prequel to Hokuto No Ken, and Miura's artwork gave me the impression that it was a Berserk/Hokuto no Ken crossover, makes me wonder if working with someone like Buronson is what Miura needs to get his shit together and finish Berserk Satan's Sodomy Baby was interesting, whenever someone tries to do this kind of humour in comic book format it ends up being either stupidly edgy or just right up unfunny, but this one was hilarious, the unbirth part was funny as hell, and the A.O.R.P.W.A.A.R.A.T.R.T.B.O.T.R.O.T.R was funny if somewhat prophetic
I'm gonna read the rest later
Ian Thomas
Satan's Sodomy Baby was good, but I thought Big Blown Baby did it better.
Does anyone have Big Blown Baby? It was kind of a rough draft of the later Lil' Hellboy stories by the same guys, only grosser.
Gavin Price
I'm just passing through right now, but I will read the thread later. Thanks for posting all this!
Isaiah Sullivan
People probably don't talk about DH aside from Hellboy, Sin City, and their licensed stuff because, like its contemporary indie associates, a lot of stuff has come and gone under their wing. Most of it is either pretty obscure, out-of-print, or just unfinished, which presents the usual challenges for in-depth discussions. Nobody wants to assume if people have read that one thing, so of course they gravitate to using Hellboy as an ice breaker of sorts.
John Cook
I always recommend Concrete as an exceptionally well-written comic to anyone who will listen.
But who the fuck ever listens?
Mason Stewart
Alright, was a bit busy for a bit there. Picking up where I left off, I'm going to post the first issue of Freaks Amour, the only issue I have unfortunately. It was downloaded by mistake. It's really weird in a good way, like a less demonic version of Nightbreed.
After that I'm going to post a few random Mask stories, and a couple of his crossovers culminating in Joker/Mask where as the name suggests, the Joker dons the Mask.
Then I'll post Catalyst: Agents of Change in which a team of super heroes opt to protect their city by building a wall around it.
Then I'll dump Beasts of Burden which includes a Hellboy crossover and follow it with every Hellboy crossover I've got.
This is the plan, at least.
Elijah Watson
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Bentley Thomas
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Aiden Evans
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Kevin Martin
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Robert Rivera
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Easton Perry
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Christian Foster
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Alexander Garcia
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Ryan White
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Wyatt Baker
I'll start with the Mask familiar to those who saw the movie or watched the cartoon.
John Ross
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Brody Cruz
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Ethan Martin
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Wyatt Allen
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Jaxon Miller
Three pages of Mask Mignola drew.
Blake Adams
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Brandon Jenkins
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Henry Morgan
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Lucas Reyes
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Owen Martin
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Brayden Flores
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Jayden Bailey
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Ian Peterson
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Elijah Miller
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Logan Gomez
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Aiden Diaz
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Oliver Gonzalez
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Liam Hall
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Owen Price
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Noah White
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Carson White
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Kevin Harris
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Jose Fisher
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Eli Harris
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Mason Williams
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Samuel Martin
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Austin Bailey
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Sebastian Thompson
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Adam Roberts
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Logan Gomez
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Tyler Thomas
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Juan Foster
And now the three part World Tour mini, where Mask meets a bunch of… less popular Darkhorse characters. Ghost, Zero, X, Barbed Wire, King Tiger.
Eh, it's worth a look if you've heard of any of those characters. I like a couple of 'em.
David Ortiz
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Kevin Ortiz
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Gabriel Martinez
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Elijah Clark
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Ian Hall
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Jordan Kelly
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Connor Bailey
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Christopher Miller
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William Jones
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Dylan Scott
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Isaac Myers
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Blake Gray
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Evan Young
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Brody Anderson
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Josiah Adams
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Josiah James
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Adam Kelly
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Samuel Fisher
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Jayden Flores
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Asher Richardson
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Parker Richardson
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Joseph Bennett
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Joseph Ward
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Lucas Mitchell
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Cameron Hill
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Caleb Kelly
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Henry Green
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Logan Myers
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Wyatt Stewart
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Juan Lee
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Owen Russell
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Parker Gomez
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Jeremiah Brown
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Brayden Wood
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Michael Nguyen
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Dylan Miller
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Gabriel Russell
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Parker Allen
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Jordan Jenkins
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Leo Martinez
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Cooper Parker
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David Edwards
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Levi Wright
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Juan Gutierrez
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Josiah Anderson
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Aiden Richardson
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Jonathan Moore
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William Taylor
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Julian Jackson
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Henry Flores
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Isaac Hill
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Josiah Green
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Colton Garcia
Apparently The Foot Soldiers got continuations in the form of two OGNs published by AIT/Planet Lar
