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{{DISPLAYTITLE:''Singularity War'' (comic story)}}{{Comic Story
|title1= ''Singularity War''
|image1= SW3.jpg
|caption1= Title page of the story.
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|hero(es)= [[Kelly]] & [[Jenkins]]
|villain(s)= [[Bureau of Singularity]]<br>[[Director of Singularity|The Director of Singularity]]
|featuring= [[Professor Madison]]<br>[[Rodney Rabbit]]<br>[[Captain Evening (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Captain Evening]]<br>[[Mysto the Space-Wizard]]<br>[[Terry Tornado]]<br>[[The Big Bad Wolf (Reality Z-25 31-H)|The Big Bad Wolf]]<br>[[Red Riding Hood (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Red Riding Hood]]<br>[[The Mutant]]<br>[[Robot Madison]]<br>[[Jenny Everywhere (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Jenny Everywhere]] <small>(cameo on monitor)</small><br>[[Gladys's husband (Terry Tornado and the Teleporter)|Gladys's husband]] <small>(cameo on monitor)</small><br>[[Midwesterners (Oasis of Horror)|A Midwesterner]] <small>(cameo on monitor)</small><br>[[Merv the Griffin]] <small>(cameo on monitor)</small>
|setting= [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]<br>[[Nexus of Realities|The Nexus of Realities]]
|length= 22 pages
|crossovers=
|format= Black & White
|writer(s)= [[Paul Hoppe]]
|artist(s)= [[Paul Hoppe]]
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|dates= February 4th, 2013 - June 16th, 2013
|original_link= [http://cosmicbeholder.blogspot.com/2013/02/journey-into-misery-4-page-16-prologue.html]
|seriesnav= ''[[The Cosmic Beholder]]'' comic stories
|previous= ''[[Life… in the Heart of the City (comic story)|Life… in the Heart of the City ]]''
|next= ''[[Epilogue To The Epilogue (comic story)|Epilogue To The Epilogue]]''
}}'''''Singularity War''''' was the second half of the fourth chapter in the ''Journey Into Misery'' subseries of the webcomic ''[[The Cosmic Beholder]]''. Written and drawn by [[Paul Hoppe]], it was released both in serialised webcomic form and in a limited print run. 

Although [[Jenny Everywhere (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Jenny Everywhere]] was a recurring character in ''The Cosmic Beholder'', she only had a short, non-speaking cameo in this story, which instead starred the [[Terrific Two]] ([[Kelly]] and [[Jenkins]]).
==Contents==
===Plot===
The [[Terrific Two]] have decided to cease running from the [[Bureau of Singularity]]. After [[Kelly]] manages to steal a [[Pool Portal|portal]] back to their [[Nexus of Realities|home dimension]] from an agent of the Bureau, the Two bring it to [[Professor Madison]], who is house-sitting at [[Captain Evening (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Captain Evening]]'s Fortress. They decide that they need to recruit a team of heroes to attack the home base of the Bureau. Using a secret protocol in the Captain's computer, they notify and summon such a crew, consisting of [[Mysto the Space-Wizard]], [[Terry Tornado]], [[The Big Bad Wolf (Reality Z-25 31-H)|the Big Bad Wolf]] and [[Red Riding Hood (Reality Z-25 31-H)|Red Riding Hood]] — although, after hearing the nature of the mission, Red and the Wolf soon opt out.

After Madison downloads part of her mind into a [[Robot Madison|robot duplicate]] to guard the house while they're gone, she feeds the team's clothes and weapons to a [[the Mutant|Mutant-creature]] that will keep their molecular structure intact as they travel through the [[Pool Portal]]. [[Jenkins]] is sent ahead for reconnaissance work, owing to his invisibility, but fails to come back. When the rest of the team follow him into the strange landscape of the [[Nexus of Realities]], they bump into a dishevelled Jenkins who explains that time is unstable here and he has been waiting for them for a week. It also turns out that ''probability'' works differently here, such that a highly unlikely mode of attack (such as a normal woman like Madison hitting the wall bare-handed) has a greater effect than the heroes using their superpowers.

While Terry, Kelly, Myto and [[Rodney Rabbit|Rodney]] fight the Bureau's agents head-on, an invisible Jenkins and Madison (also turned invisible thanks to Mysto) sneak around. On Floor 239, the head of the Bureau is monitoring a huge wall of screens playing recordings from various realities when he hears the alarm about “the anomaly from [[Reality Z-25 31-H]]” having been detected in the lower levels of the building. Jenkins and Madison reveal themselves and tell the director that they've switched around the labels on a number of the Bureau's precious tapes while they were invisible, and will only put things right if the Bureau sign a contract guaranteeing that they will reclassify Reality Z-25 31-H as “alternate” and not interfere with Kelly and Jenkins's lives anymore. Once the contract is signed and Kelly joins them, providing a physical threat, they confess that they actually haven't touched any tapes at all.

After collecting the somewhat more frazzled Terry, Mysto and Rodney, they go back through the Portal to find that the [[Robot Madison]] has been single-handedly fighting off Singularity agents besieging the Fortress of Evening. Goodbyes are said (with Kelly and Jenkins going back to a more normal life and Terry going off to film some commercials as part of her main career). Mysto says to spend the night with Madison while Rodney goes off to watch TV with [[the Mutant]]. 

In the morning, Madison receives a call from Captain Evening, who apologises for not having been here, but begins to tell her about a strange new situation he's dealing with at his current location…
===Worldbuilding===
====Universes====
* This story takes place all in [[Reality Z-25 31-H|one universe]], named as [[Reality Z-25 31-H]] for the first time.
* The [[Bureau of Singularity]] are also observing a variety of other worlds, including [[Reality 69-T-0]].
* The Bureau's headquarters are in a strange dimension called the [[Nexus of Realities]].
====Other====
* One of the [[Bureau of Singularity]]'s agents claims that the Bureau has “hundreds of agents… thousands” in [[Reality Z-25 31-H]].
===Continuity===
* This story follows on from the events of the previous [[Terrific Two]] story, [[COMIC]]: ''[[Life… in the Heart of the City (comic story)|Life… in the Heart of the City]]'', which are briefly summarised.
* [[Gladys's husband (Terry Tornado and the Teleporter)|Gladys's husband]] from [[COMIC]]: ''[[Terry Tornado and the Teleporter (comic story)|Terry Tornado and the Teleporter]]'' and one of the [[Midwesterners (Oasis of Horror)|Midwesterners]] from [[COMIC]]: ''[[Oasis of Horror (comic story)|Oasis of Horror]]'' are seen on the monitors in the [[Director of Singularity]]'s office.
* The heroes' attack on the Bureau of Singularity was mentioned in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Epilogue To The Epilogue (comic story)|Epilogue To The Epilogue]]''.
* This story takes place concurrently with [[COMIC]]: ''[[Battle of Britain (comic story)|Battle of Britain]]'', released some time later, which depicted the other end of [[Professor Madison]]'s phone call with [[Captain Evening (Reality Z-25 31-H)|the Captain]], revealing the nature of the fight he and [[the Odds]] were busy with.
==Behind the scenes==
===Read online===
''Singularity War'' is available online [http://cosmicbeholder.blogspot.com/2013/ on the ''Cosmic Beholder'' blog].
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