When a superhero gets fired, she is forced to train her replacement. Using the Power of Hercules, Versema fights crime under the watchful eye of her World War II era mentor, Mel.
Originally debuting in 2018, this series is published in print by Antarctic Press. PUNCHLINE was the Free Comic Book Day series representing AP in 2019 with in excess of 50,000 free comics going out to fans around the world.
Punchline was created by Bill Williams (story) & Matthew Weldon (art) with a little help from their friends.
When a superhero gets fired, she is forced to train her replacement. Using the Power of Hercules, Versema fights crime under the watchful eye of her World War II era mentor, Mel.
Originally debuting in 2018, this series is published in print by Antarctic Press. PUNCHLINE was the Free Comic Book Day series representing AP in 2019 with in excess of 50,000 free comics going out to fans around the world.
Punchline was created by Bill Williams (story) & Matthew Weldon (art) with a little help from their friends.
Mel was a masked hero representing a superhuman group entrusted with protecting all of Mankind until about ten minutes ago when she was fired. Now, stumbling and bleeding, she fumbles through a graveyard looking for one last miracle. Mel meets Jessie, who agrees to take her place as a costumed heroine in a bid to save lives. Now, Mel has to become a mentor to the new cape in town as Jessie engages the role of heroine as the super-strong Versema.
Mel puts Seaholm's newest hero, Versema through a grueling training session to get her ready for her next test. When the quiet village of Cornell is terrorized by ice giants, Jessie faces her first real super-powered villain, the evil Mister January. And for a retired 'hero' Mel sure is hiding something big and bad from her protégé.
Story by Bill Williams and Art by Matthew Weldon.
When Versema chases an escaping villain to Hilltop City, she crashes into Beetle Girl. Confusion, monster-punching, and chaos are on the agenda. Later, Mel tells a story about her first meeting with a super-powered villain called The Pagan.
Story by Bill Williams. Art by Matthew Weldon and Brian Denham.
Before Mel and her friends gather to hold a wake for her career as a costumed crime-fighter, she spends a quiet moment with her best friend. They breakdown the state of Mel's relationship and opinion of Jessie's chances of success as the hero called Versema. Then they drink. The next day, sporting an epic hangover, Mel dives right into Jessie's personal life in a misguided attempt to bond with her new partner, only to make things much worse.
Story by Bill Williams and art by Matthew Weldon.
Versema fights to the finish with the shark-monster called Sawtooth. Plus, a terrible truth about Mel comes to light and threatens to break up this terrific team as the 'Blood Sisters' adventure comes to a close!
Now that Jessie has fired her mentor, what's next? Will Versema ever fly again? Can her parents get her out of her funk? These questions and more are answered in this issue. Plus, there's a giant Irish Banshee ripping up the scenery at a museum. And where exactly is Jessie's dodgy mentor, the original spooky chick herself, Mel?
When Versema chases a bunch of tomb raiders to a sunken city, she is confronted by a dimension-hopping woman with murder on her mind. Meet Rosevera. She wants Versema dead. The question is, why?
Before doing a quick chore for Mel, Jessie demands the truth about what really happened the night she became the costumed hero called Versema. Jessie learns that she is now one of the Daughters of Hercules, a group founded by the Greek god to uphold heroic principles and do good deeds. Later, she gets busted doing Mel's shady favor by the deadly Atomic Butterfly. Who will survive this titanic contest?
Jessie’s parents come to her after seeing Versema on television. They want to know if she is the costumed hero called VERSEMA. Will she lie to them for their own good? Meanwhile Mel goes on a secret mission, only to run into the villain named GRIDLOCK and a hero named GOLDEN GIRL!
While doing an errand for a tech billionaire, Versema runs into an ancient threat coming all the way from the 1980's. Now she has to fight her way back home from low Earth orbit. Guest-starring the Black Arrow!
Mel needs access to MI-5's secret archives and the only way she has to charm the spy master is to offer a favor. The cape turned mentor turned operative offers to break a secret agent out of a Russian Prison. When he goes rogue she has to find the security threat before he does something terrible.
Jessie’s big day is finally here! Versema, Mel and Giuliana travel to a medieval world for Versema’s big test. On that strange world, Versema must perform a heroic feat to earn the Power of Hercules. Will Mel’s bloody antics doom her mission?
To keep the Power of Hercules, Versema must follow in his footsteps and slay a beast in single combat. Her opponent is a giant red dragon who has killed her kind before. Will young Jessie rise to the occasion or will she be came a snack for an otherworldly beast. Plus, now that she is well and truly fired, Mel reveals her biggest secret and darkest fear.
Punchline X Ninja High School X RAGS X Kamen America X Black HOPS X Tomorrow Girl & much much more!! The danger gets outta hand real quick, so everyone has to come together hastily in order to take down this jumbo threat!