Jupiter Invincible
English
20 pages
(FREE)
Issue 1
Jupiter Invincible 1
2.1K views • Nov 13, 2022
JUPITER INVINCIBLE is an augmented reality comic book series about an African-American enslaved person, Jupiter, who is suddenly given the power of immortality. The story takes place on a Southern plantation near Baltimore before the U.S. Civil War. The project is a mixture of pop-culture, history, innovative technology, and dynamic storytelling written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
22 pages
(FREE)
Issue 2
Jupiter Invincible 2
377 views • Nov 13, 2022
JUPITER INVINCIBLE is an augmented reality comic book series about an African-American enslaved person, Jupiter, who is suddenly given the power of immortality. The story takes place on a Southern plantation near Baltimore before the U.S. Civil War. The project is a mixture of pop-culture, history, innovative technology, and dynamic storytelling written by Pulitzer Prize winning poet Yusef Komunyakaa.
21 pages
(FREE)
Issue 3
Jupiter Invincible 3
224 views • Nov 13, 2022
Jupiter continues his perilous journey to Philadelphia using the Underground Railroad while being pursued by slave catchers. There he is recruited by free Black abolitionist and conductor William Still to transport a recently escaped family to Canada. Jupiter becomes the "Midnight Rider" into American history.
22 pages
(FREE)
Issue 4
Jupiter Invincible 4
121 views • May 30, 2024
Jupiter is a horse-breaker and coach driver, and was born into slavery. During a freak electrical storm, he is struck by lighting which gives him the power of immortality, and makes his scars translucent. Jupiter escapes to the North and finds the abolitionist and former enslaved person, Harriet Tubman. With help of other free slaves and abolitionist -- he plots a rescue of his love from the infamous Chateau.
