PS238 by Aaron Williams

Two new students are vying to be America’s next official superhero, and they've brought their news crews with them, ready to begin their careers by duking it out over the title of “Class President.”

For a history report, a young girl from the past is brought to the present to tell the story of the first superhero.

At ps238, the classes for metahumans whose powers aren't all about fighting crime are part of the Rainmaker Program. We learn how it got its name, and why that means something menacing is headed towards the school.

Tyler, the only student at ps238 with no superpowers, is given over to a mentor called The Revenant to learn how to survive among his ultra-powered peers.

The ps238 kids with a knack for ultra-invention (and Tyler) are enrolled in a class designed to test their creativity. Paired with Angie, a thugg-speaking whiz with all things mechanical, Tyler eventually finds himself in orbit, under threat from an old super-villain’s revenge against a defunct super team.

Ps238’s latest addition is the spawn of supernatural beings, and he’s put in Tyler’s care to learn more about getting along in the mortal realm.

A voyage to the Castle Beyond Space and Time brings Tyler into contact with versions of himself from alternate universes, where he discovers what he might have been like had he been born “super.”

Tyler’s travels through time bring him into contact with other voyagers through history: Zodon, the Rainmaker, and two mysterious men who seem locked in an eternal time-war.

It’s the Rainmaker’s latest appearance, this time in the present day. He and the head of Dr. Irons have come to ps238 to “save” the “victims” of the current Rainmaker program, and nothing will stand in their way.

Hot on the trail of the kidnapped Rainmaker students, Tyler and the Revenant find themselves confronting the mysterious Doctor Irons.

The super-kid thought to be indestructible has found herself among the non-living… sort of. In her new, limited form, she has to enlist the help of two other kids if she wants to get her body back.

Guardian Angel’s journey as a disembodied spirit continues as a mysterious force starts making kids vanish from the playground followed by a long plummet into a nearby lake.

While Tyler rallies some classmates to try and stop Charles, a teleporter who’s plaguing not just the school but the entire town, Satori, a girl who can see ghosts, is recruited into ps238.

Led by Moon Shadow, ps238’s first spontaneous super-team takes on a bully with teleportation powers, and Tyler discovers that ps238 isn't the only place interested in metahuman kids.

We finally see Zodon’s time-traveling odyssey from his his point of view, meeting some familiar faces along this journey from our present day to just after the first ice age!

Tyler, as Moon Shadow, finds himself the unwilling mentor to Captain Clarinet, who is having a crisis of both family and future.

Cecil Holmes is a conspiracy theorist operating on the mistaken idea that aliens are trying to invade Earth. He’s about to find out that wasn’t true… until now.

Even super-kids need guidance counseling, and all kinds of super-person groups are looking for future employees! Even (in the ps238 universe) the metahuman actor Wil Wheaton shows up to offer his advice while Tyler and Captain Clarinet discover something called Praetorian Academy…

Career day wasn’t supposed to end being left on a rock floating in the ether, but that’s where Tyler finds himself. While Cecil and Malphast mount a rescue, Tyler discovers the rock is oddly familiar, and that he’s not alone.

Foreshadowed since the second issue, the aliens have finally arrived with a plan that doesn't just herald the end of the human race, but the renewal of the invaders themselves!

Infected with a rapidly-adapting virus, Tyler could spread a species-ending disease to the rest of the planet unless he’s isolated in time. Also, the pesky aliens who gave it to him still need defeating.

Trapped in a cave-in after the battle over ps238, Principal Cranston and Doctor Newby are trying to last until they’re rescued. Cranston’s formerly inhibited telepathic powers are leaking into Tyler’s stasis chamber, and he’s “remembering” what Mr. Cranston’s life was like before he became principal…

Miss Kyle is “leaving” ps238, and several students are following her to convince their favorite teacher to come back. Join them all as they travel to a uniquely metahuman version of Las Vegas!

The Flea has arrived in Las Vegas, ready to find out what those armored “gold guys” he’s been following are up to. Meanwhile, Zodon finds he’s in for more than he bargained for when he tries to break a casino’s bank.

Zodon confronts the thief that’s been scamming the casino, Julie finds she’s got more hero in her than she thought, and Miss Kyle’s vacation becomes even more stressful than she’d imagined.

Everyone’s back from Las Vegas, only to discover that ps238’s home town has become a hub for superhero families and teams. Meanwhile, a cloned body with a remote-control brain has been created for Tyler, as Prospero’s mission to thwart the alien invasion didn’t end when the enemy fleet was destroyed…

Tyler has found himself at the center of a huge decision for the Earth: Should humanity keep its superpowers, or should they fade into legend as they’ve done in ages past? To his surprise, Ron Peterson has left ps238 to join the black-clad meta-kids at Praetorian Academy, and he explains why.

The time for a decision has finally arrived, and Tyler casts humanity’s lot. Meanwhile, his remote-controlled clone body has started developing a mind of its own.

Julie Finster, aka 84, invites Tyler along to a cookout with her non-super parents and her relatives, the famous Nuclear Family. Not only to tempers flare, but something strange is making the arguing worse. Then Tyler suddenly seems to get superpowers…

Tyler’s formerly mindless clone has a mind of his own now, along with seemingly limitless power. But what’s the price of this ability, and who has to pay it?

Something is turning every super-person into servants of either Order or Chaos. Malphast and his friends may be the only ones capable of stopping a messy showdown between “good” and “evil!”

We take a breather from world-shattering events to visit ps238’s Creative Writing class! Get a few crayon-rendered insights into your favorite characters, and witness the rebirth of a hero before the end of the school day!

Teams from ps238 and Praetorian Academy have been chosen, and a soccer field designed (more or less) to contain the players’ unique style of athletics will host the first metahuman school-age soccer match! But all is not as it seems, and it’s up to three intrepid students to investigate…

Three heroes have been chosen… student-heroes, but still heroes… to journey to a mystic time when dragons, wizards, and other mythical beings walked the Earth! Their quest: To rescue ps238’s magic teacher, Spell Syrin, from her exile to the fairy-tale past.

The town has installed a new gizmo for the local superhero population to dispose of unwanted super-tech and super-dangerous items by shooting it into the sun. However, some local would-be super-villains have plans for the device, and their meddling has lead to unintended consequences…

Emerald Gauntlet is undergoing superhero physical therapy after being separated from the source of his powers for the first time in his life. But where did his father’s gauntlet, which created one for his son, come from in the first place? And what will happen when they finally locate where their lost piece of technology went?

A starship from Atlas’ home planet has arrived and his son, Ron, AKA Argonaut, has been sent as Praetorian Academy’s ambassador. Some ps238 students decide they’d like a look at a real live alien spacecraft, and things go downhill from there…

Conscripted into being Earth’s ambassadors to the planet Argos, 84, Moon Shadow, and Ron Peterson find themselves in the heart of otherworldly intrigue including a long-running feud with another alien world!

84 was chosen by planet Argos. Emerald Gauntlet was chosen by the aliens that created his armored power glove. They’ve both been sent to a planet that has been a battlefield for the two alien races for centuries to fight for their respective sides. However, the planet itself has other ideas…

Forak, the refugee from Argos, has been drafted to be Earth’s new version of Atlas… and 84 has to teach him what it takes to be a superhero! Meanwhile, Moon Shadow and Argonaut are trying to escape from Argos and the machinations surrounding Argonaut’s royal father. Can they make it back to Earth, let alone get off of the planet?

Victor VonFogg may have unlocked the secret to ultimate power, but at the cost of destroying entire realities. Meanwhile, Moon Shadow and Argonaut/Ron try to work out how they’re going to get a starship that can’t be navigated back to Earth.

Zodon and his hastily-gathered team make their way to an alternate universe in jeopardy of being drained of its energy by an all-powerful Victor Von Fogg. Can he be stopped? Will Ron and Moon Shadow make any headway on getting back to Earth in their crippled spaceship? Read on and find out!

With one group of ps238 kids trying to save an alternate universe from certain destruction and another trapped on an alien spacecraft, can one boy with a purloined captain’s chair manage to save the day?

We learn the origin of Praetorian Academy’s mysterious Headmaster, continue the rescue of an alternate universe’s version of Omaha, Nebraska, and finally find out if Ron and Moon Shadow can make it back to Earth!

A few loose ends get tied up, which means new threads start forming for Tyler, 84, Ron, and Cecil!

Metahumans who are of the FISS variety (with flight, invulnerability, speed, & strength) are often seen as nothing special when it comes to foiling evil. One girl’s embrace of being just another samey-superhero is starting to have an impact, and not one she would’ve predicted…