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From Venomverse Reborn #004

“Five Questions: Part 4”, by Al Ewing (W), Danilo S. Beyruth and Ceci de la Cruz (A)

“Mind Comix”, by Ryan North (W) and Matthew Waite (A)

“Queens of Wakanda”, by Justina Ireland (W), Ken Lashley and Romulo Fajardo Jr. (A)

“Nighthawk v. Hyperion”, by Dan Slott (W) and Stephen Byrne (A)

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Recent Acquisition - Photograph Collection

“First Prize, Rockaway Beach Baby Parade, Sept. 2, 1933. Flora Belle Morlang” Morlang Family Photograph Collection

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Invocation is an all natural perfume and aromatherapy house founded in 1999 and based in the Wendake First Nation reserve in Quebec. It is also a part of the Aigle Bleu/Blue Eagle shop. The nose behind Invocation’s fragrances is Blue Eagle, a shaman who is of Abenaki, Algonquin, Pawnee and French Canadian descent. I first learned about Invocation through Blue Eagle’s collaboration with  Michel Roudnitska, the nose behind one of my first favourite niche perfumes, Noir Epices.

Some time ago, I purchased a sample set of all of its fragrances and have enjoyed using them since. Each scent features notes from plants that are native to Canada.

The house’s first release, Chiiyaam, was developed as an alternative to smudging for use in environments where it is not possible to burn sweetgrass. It definitely has a refreshing, bracing quality which I’m guessing are from the cedar, juniper and hemlock.

The Roudnitska collaboration resulted in Miwahu, a warm, sweet and spicy blend that definitely smells more like a traditional perfume than an essential oil blend. Like Chiiyaam, it features sweetgrass, but also the warmth of citrus and a swirl of clove and anise which is not listed in the notes. This is definitely a fragrance worth at least sampling for its complexity and it is very pleasant to wear.

The remaining five fragrances I sampled are based on the five elements and have corresponding benefits such as earth for soothing anxiety, fire for stoking passion, and so on.

Wind - Yuutin is another refreshing scent featuring balsam fir, white pine and hemlock. It’s gentler than Chiiyaam, warmed up with clove.

Fire - Iskutaau is warm, earthy scent where the spicy edges of notes like ginger are smoothed out with vanilla. This apparently contains rose but I can’t smell it.

Water - Nipiiy is a cooling, slightly sharp scent dominated by anise and woods. There is nothing “aquatic” about it in that there is absolutely nothing resembling calone, one of my most hated aromachemicals. 

Earth - Aschiiy is very grounding with a hit of vetiver, patchouli, and bitter myrrh. Strangely though, I find Fire - Iskutaau more “earthy”. Earth - Aschiiy is more foresty to me than soil.

Sacred Sound - Patakwin is my favourite of the five elements. There’s my favourite spices, cardamom and nutmeg, paired again with Canadian notes like spruce and the herbaceous Labrador tea.

Inovcation’s fragrances are definitely worth trying out, if only to experience notes from the Canadian landscape. They are beautifully blended and all share a refreshing quality. There’s nothing musky or dense about them. I will say however, that like many all-natural scents, they have weak longevity although Miwahu and Aschiiy have more staying power on my skin.

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Fantastic Liberteens?

This is the team occupying the Baxter Building when the original Fantastic Four come back to reclaim it, according to FF Editor Tom Brevoort. They are (left to right, top to bottom): 2-D, Ms. America (the second heroine to bear that name, as America Chavez is third), Hope, and Iceberg, four of the original seven members of the Liberteens, Pennsylvania’s 50-State Initiative superhero team. Each of their names is inspired by a member of the superhero team Liberty Legion, which was published during the Golden Age of Comics by Marvel’s predecessor Timely Comics: Thin Man (2-D), Miss America (Ms. America), Blue Diamond (Hope), and Jack Frost (Iceberg).

The Liberteens debuted in Avengers: The Initiative Annual back in 2007, co-created by current FF writer Dan Slott and his occasional Amazing Spider-Man collaborator Christos Gage, so he’s familiar with them.

In their first adventure they confronted the new Flag-Smasher and his Ultimatum minions who were bent on destroying the Liberty Bell. The status of the three members who are not in the new team are as follows:

SPOILER ALERT!

This team debuted 11 years ago, but since some of you may still want to read the whole story, I’m giving you a chance to read no further when I spoil it.

The Revolutionary (inspired by the Patriot): secretly a Skrull infiltrator revealed only to the readers at the end of the story, subsequently discovered and killed in an Avengers: The Initiative tie-in issue to Secret Invasion.

Blue Eagle (inspired by Red Raven): Was shown with his teammates along with other heroes during the Fear Itself event in Fear Itself: Youth in Revolt. Current status unknown, though it might be revealed in that upcoming issue of Fantastic Four.

Whiz Kid (inspired by the Whizzer): Used her super speed to suck the poison gas that the Skrull Yellowjacket unleashed on the superheroes during Secret Invasion, but apparently died from it herself, also in Avengers: The Initiative.

Both teams, it will be noted, were infiltrated by Skrulls, the Fantastic Four by Lyja posing as Alicia Masters.

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Squadron Supreme by John Byrne and Jerry Ordway

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From Heroes Reborn: Siege Society #001 (1/2)

Art by Paco Medina and Pete Pantazis

Written by Cody Ziglar

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