The Cosmic Beholder (series)

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The Cosmic Beholder, or The Beholder, was the umbrella title given by Paul Hoppe to his several interconnected lines of mock-silver-age superhero comics, including Journey Into Misery and Tales To Behold, all sharing a single continuity (known informally as “the Beholderverse”).

Serialised on a single blog by that title, the various lines comprised a webcomic in its own right, though some also had limited print runs. Though not appearing in every story by any means, Jenny Everywhere and Jenny Nowhere were both major characters in the overall series, which can be considered a wholesale part of the Jenny Everywhere mythos. The Cosmic Beholder took part in several crossovers, both with its characters guest-starring in other webcomics, and other creator-owned or public-domain characters making extended guest appearances within the pages of Beholder.

Similarly, though less constantly, to The Bare Pit, The Cosmic Beholder has frequently included uncensored on-panel nudity of its various characters, most often in wholly non-sexual contexts.

List of stories

2010

• COMIC: Journey Into Misery (“Journey Into Misery #1”)

2011

• COMIC: Ghost in the Apparatus of the Spirit in the Shell of the Machine (“Journey Into Misery” #2)
• COMIC: Tales To Behold (“Tales To Behold” #1)
• COMIC: Red Riding Hood (“Tales To Behold” #1 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: For Whom The Toll Bells (“Tales To Behold” #2)

2012

• COMIC: Hell Is Too Good For Him (“Tales To Behold” #2 Interlude Comic)
• COMIC: Enter–the Legion of Light! (“Tales To Behold” #2)
• COMIC: A Night to Remember (“Tales To Behold” #2 Interlude Comic)
• COMIC: Sausage-Fest! (“Tales To Behold” #2 Interlude Comic)
• COMIC: Oasis of Horror (“Journey Into Misery #3”)
• COMIC: Defying the Dragon (“Journey Into Misery” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Terry Tornado and the Teleporter (“Journey Into Misery” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Rodney's Epilogue (“Journey Into Misery” #3 Epilogue)
• COMIC: Life… in the Heart of the City (“Journey Into Misery #4 - Chapter 1”)

2013

• COMIC: Singularity War (“Journey Into Misery #4 - Chapter 2”)
• COMIC: Epilogue To The Epilogue (“Journey Into Misery #4 - Chapter 2” Epilogue)
• COMIC: Blast From The Past (“Journey Into Misery” #4 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: In Dr. Brain's Kitchen (“Tales To Behold” #3 Prologue Comic)
• COMIC: Following Up (“Tales To Behold” #3 Prologue Comic)
• COMIC: Redistribution (“Tales To Behold” #3)
• COMIC: Glow Girl! (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Shower Intermission (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Interview With A Superhero (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Battle of Britain (“Tales To Behold” #3)
• COMIC: Encore (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Armagedda (Reprise) (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Famous Last Words (“Tales To Behold” #3 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Journey Out Of Misery (“Journey Into Misery” #5)

2014

• COMIC: Jenny Everywhere And Iothera (Interlude)
• COMIC: Meanwhile, On Earth (“Tales To Behold” #4)
• COMIC: Octobriana and the Slimy Mutants of Riegel 6! (Interlude)
• COMIC: Prof Madison and Rodney (Interlude)
• COMIC: Child of the Stars (“Tales To Behold” #4 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Meanwhile, In Queens (“Tales To Behold” #4)
• COMIC: Tales To Behold Halloween Cameo Caper 2014 (The Halloween Cameo Caper 2014 comic)
• COMIC: Halloween Cameo Caper 2014 Reprise (The Halloween Cameo Caper 2014 comic)
• COMIC: Road Trip Of No Return (“Tales To Behold” #5)
• COMIC: The Sleepover (“Tales To Behold” #5 Backup Comic)

2015

• COMIC: Epilogue to Destruction (“Tales To Behold” #5 Backup Comic)
• COMIC: Chasing Shadows (“Tales To Behold” #5)

External links

• Official Beholder website