Whether or not you believe me, Kevin, think of where the world was headed before the Armageddon. Then think of what you've seen here. The love. The courage. The unity among us all. Imagine that the world over. And ask yourself, in the long run, which is the greater good. 
- — Acolyte
Welcome to Tranquility: Armageddon #1 is an issue of the series Wildstorm: Armageddon (Volume 1) with a cover date of January, 2008.
Synopsis for "A Quiet Little Town"
After a night with a couple of lady friends, Maximum Man sets out to enjoy a lovely morning. He runs into Sheriff Lindo who warns him to cut back on his sexual exploits because it's making it hard to keep the peace with him sleeping around with every married woman in town. Afterward, Void appears and tells Maximum Man that she needs his help to prevent an Apocalypse in the future. He boasts that traveling to the future is nothing new for him - as he had previously stopped an alien threat before they launched an invasion in an alternate 1989 - and gladly joins her.
They arrive at a Tranquility that looks exactly the same except that the areas surrounding the town are in total disarray. He encounters a communist-themed team called the Supreme Soviets who threaten to destroy Tranquility. The other heroes of the town join in the fight and quickly dispense of the threat. After confirming that Maximum Man came from the past as the future Maximum Man is hospitalized for weariness, Sheriff Lindo tells Maximum Man of a huge battle between superhumans that resulted in Armageddon. Salabal used her magic to place a protective shield around Tranquility and that is how the town survived the disaster.
Surviving superhumans began making sieges against the town in order to gain control of it. Tranquility's heroes held off assault after assault, in which they simply have the beaten superhumans mind-wiped and teleported miles away from the town, but were becoming weakened by the constant bombardment; fortunately the town is reinforced by superheroes that had disappeared during World War Two right after they appear during and after Armageddon. But, they couldn't remember what happened to them during their disappearance. Though it can't be stated only for the lost heroes as villains missing from sixty years to raid Tranquility. Salabal currently plans on making another spell that will teleport Tranquility to an alternate reality where the end of the world never happened.
With Maximum Man's presence, he helps fend off an attack from his old nemesis Black Panzer and his Nazi army. After Maximum Man and his friends defeat Black Panzer and his army, Acolyte confronts Maximum Man and acknowledges his mission to prevent Armageddon, but she requests him not to. Being a devoted Christian, she is certain that God will eventually return and bring Heaven on Earth after the End Times, as she and many others had seen billions of people disappear in the Rapture. Acolyte tells Maximum Man to think about where the world was headed before Armageddon, and then think of the love, courage and unity among the townsfolks in the aftermath of the end of the world, before asking himself which is the greater good.
Sheriff Lindo then informs everyone that Salabal has finished preparing her spell. But before Maximum Man can get all his questions answered, Void returns and sends him back to his own time as Salabal's spell would permanently strand Maximum Man in the future. Once back, Maximum Man reverts back to Kevin and he cannot remember anything about his trip to the future, explaining why none of the residents of Tranquility in the future were never earlier warned about Armageddon.
Appearing in "A Quiet Little Town"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Void
- Tommy Lindo
- Dr. Rachel Steel
- Acolyte
Antagonists:
- Supreme Soviets
- Sputnik
- Black Panzer (First appearance)
Other Characters:
- Cosmos
- Pink Bunny
- Doc Tomorrow
- Bad Dog
- Sampson Twins
- Salabal
- Terry Terrific
- Sampson Twins
- Presley Duray
- New Romantic
- Hypnotia (First appearance)
- Mongoose Man
- Captain Cobra
- Liberty Snots
- Deputy Troy Veron
Locations:
Items:
Vehicles:
- Minxy Minerva's Plane
See Also
- Cover gallery for the Wildstorm: Armageddon series
- Images from Welcome to Tranquility: Armageddon Vol 1 1
Links and References
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