Supreme Power

"Mayor of Chicago: I said.. "It's only drug addicts."

"Deputy Mayor of Chicago: And they don't matter? Why? Because they don't fucking vote?!"

"Mayor of Chicago: Yeah. Pretty Much."

"Deputy Mayor of Chicago: Mother-Fucker!"

"DEA Man: Crackheads are gonna smoke crack... Poisoned or not. They might ask a dealer if this is the "bad shit." Dealer's just gonna tell em "No...It's the good shit", and into the fuckin' pipe it goes."

"Nighthawk: Michael Mahoney... and Nicolas Barone, the two sheriff's deputies that died two nights ago--"

"Federal Judge: They didn't "die"... You fucking murdered them, you goddamn vigilante fuck! You know they both had wives? and kids?"

"Mayor of Chicago: How did it sound?"

"Deputy Mayor of Chicago: Self-righteous... But good."

"Steven Binst aka Whiteface [at six year birthday party for the Mayor's son]: Hi, kids. Is everbody ready to have a good time?"

"Mayor of Chicago: I'm So... Fuckin' Ahsamed. I was Happy that all this "Drug Poisoning" shit was happening. I...I fuckin' Loved it. It Damn-near Guaranteed my re-election--All I had to do was...was look strong in the f-face of..of...of tragedy..."

"Mayor of Chicago: Nighthawk. Kill Him. Please...Please kill him. I'm...I can't (Shoot himself in the head)"

"General Richard Alexander [to Emil Burbank]: This is the first time we've had someone come to us saying that his power is that he's really, really smart."

"General Richard Alexander: Dr.Burbank...We've established that you are a genius...Are you also invulnerable?"

"Emil Burbank: No, but what does that--"

"General Richard Alexander: As of five minutes ago, I am your commanding officer, and if you ever put a hand on me again, I will have you drilled in places you didn't even know you had. Is that clear?"

"Emil Burbank: Yes, Sir."

"General Richard Alexander [after meeting the Shape]: The perfect soldier. Loyal. Trusting. Impervious. Strong. Used to be a janitor...can you believe it?"

"The Shape: You're a doctor?"

"Emil Burbank: Yes."

"Shape: Are you gonna try to stick Shape with pins, like the other doctors?"

"Emil Burbank: Perhaps later."

"Arcanna [on her powers]: It all starts with what physicists like to call the ultimate observer, one who can see all the quantum possibilities and choose which will become a physical reality."

"General Richard Alexander: It sounds like magic."

"Arcanna[to General Richard Alexander]: Have you ever heard of the Big Bang, General? In one quantum possibility...That's me."

"General Richard Alexander [seeing Nuke]: How hot is he, Doc?"

"Doctor: It's literally off every scale we have, General. By all rights he should have reached critical mass a long time ago."

"Hyperion: I told General Richard Alexander not to send anyone after me."

"Emil Burbank: Yes, you did"

"Hyperion: But here you are."

"Emil Burbank: Yes, we are."

"Hyperion: So a ten-point-on-the-richter-scale tectonic event wasn't enough to convince him."

"Emil Burbank: Apparently not. It's the military mindset, you know. Once they make a decision, that's it. Take that mountain. Take that fort. Take… well, anything they can, really."

"Emil Burbank: How thoughtless... I've forgotten to introduce the members of my support team."

"Arcanna: Support team...?!"

"Emil Burbank: So I'll cut right to the point, Mr. Milton. We were sent here to bring you back to the states in one of three possible forms. Dead. Alive. Or something in-between."

"Emil Burbank [seeing the Shape fight Hyperion]: I understand it all has something or other to do with inertia...an object at rest and all that. One of those force-of-nature things, and you can't beat Mother Nature, you know."

"Arcanna: You're actually enjoying this, aren't you?"

"Emil Burbank: We take our pleasures where we can, my dear."

"Arcanna: So why am I Arcanna while he is Mr. Gaines? A bit sexist, isn't it?"

"Emil Burbank: It's not a lack of respect for you skills, my dear. But you haven't seen what Mr. Gaines is capable of and why his appellation of 'Nuke' is far from arbitary."

"Emil Burbank[seeing Nuke fight Hyperion]: You know what's interesting about nuclear blasts, Arcanna? It isn't just the radiation, or the initial blast. It's the shockwaves. First, a precursor wave goes out in a perfect sphere of tremendous power, thousands of pounds of pressure per square inch. When its hits the ground, or Nuke's control field, the shock wave bounces back and multiplies the sheer force of the blast hundreds of times. Thus contained, the shockwave continues to bounce back and forth to unimaginable levels. It must be the next best thing to being caught in the heart of a star at the moment of its birth. And that, my dear, is why you are Arcanna...And he is Mr.Gaines. No offense intended."

"Emil Burbank: What.. What was that?"

"Arcanna: I not sure. But I think all that energy, launched at the moment of quantum intersection, caused a--"

"The Shape: Boo-Boo?"

"Arcanna: Something like that."

"Arcanna [seeing hovering above the city a group of superhumans including Hyperion, Doctor Spectrum, Zarda, Amphibian, Tom Thumb and several others never seen]: Oh...My... Emil, you better get that fifty story brain of yours over here--Because I think we're going to need it."

"Emil Burbank seeing wounded Nighthawk: Well, Well..I'd say this was just a little bit unexpected, wouldn't you...?"

"Nighthawk: After a few years, more heroes showed up, like Blue Eagle, Lady Lark and Black Archer. They fought for the government, for big business... Morons."

"Emil Burbank [examining Nighthawk]: Hmmm... African-American male between the ages of twenty and forty... impressive physique... surly expression... No, nothing notable about -"