Young Heroes In Love #13 For Whom The Bell Grumbles Hard Drive -- Crashed!
	Writer: Dan Raspler		Guest Penciller: Christopher Jones		Inker: Keith Champagne	Editor: Dan Thorsland
	Letter: Bill Oakley		Colorist: Noelle Giddings		Asst. Editor: Ali Morales

The story so far:

Hard Drive put a team of superheroes together, which is good. But he's got a serious screw loose, which is bad. Bonfire and Frostbite have finally consumated their long-burning need for each other, which is good. But they blew off their team responsibilities, which is bad. Thunderhead and Monstergirl are remembering that they're old friends again, which is good. But she's still a manipulative creep sometimes, which is bad. Despite his fierce independance, Off-Ramp has stayed with the team, which is good. But he MAY only be staying because he was BRAINWASHED, which is bad. Zip-Kid is deeply in love with her boyfriend Lou, which is good. But Lou is a jerk and Junior is dying of a broken heart, which is bad. Oh, yhea. Hard Drive was shot in the head by The Smartest Boy in the World, which is bad. - YHIL Lettercolumn

Plot Summary:

Things sure do seem dark for the Young Heroes, Kids! Their leader has been taken away for a period of "lifestyle adjustment" and the gang has found out that he had been manipulating everyone all along! The Young Heroes do some serious soul searching as they try to figure out where to go as they all come to crossroads in their lives. Can the Young Heroes keep it together with out the mental manipulations of Hard Drive? You bet they can!

Unanswered Questions:

Did You Notice:

• Page 1, Panel 3: This is a visual allusion to Michelangelo's "The Creation Of Adam" The position of the two hands is one of the most refernced details in all of art.
• The toilet seat lid on the wall next to the fanbelts in the garage? (p. 16)

The Creators Speak:

• Page 18: Love that page. In a dialog-heavy book it was one of the few chances I had to design a page with no limitations forced on me by having to allow for dialog balloons. I ran with it. The lower right panel shows Zip-Kid creating a sonic boom. I had originally lettered in a "Booommmmmm" sound effect. They decided to remove it, but didn't fill in the background. You can still see the gap in the trees where the sound effect had been. Note the first appearance of Harnarnar in lower left panel.
  Jones - E-mail correspondence.