The Life and Death of Toyo Harada Vol 1 3

Goodbye, Toyo. You were unique among your species... That is, at least, something to be proud of.

-- Broken Angel

Solicitation[]

Wait, did we kill Toyo Harada in the middle of his own series? It is called THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA, after all...

A young Toyo spends some quality time with one of the most brilliant men in history: Albert Einstein. Yes, really.

Things get veeeeery violent with Toyo's savage alien friend, LV-99...

If you're looking for a truly compelling villain, it doesn't get any better than THE LIFE AND DEATH OF TOYO HARADA, by writer Joshua Dysart (HARBINGER) and artists CAFU (Action Comics) and Adam Pollina (X-Force).

Chapter III: Energy. Matter. Time.[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Toyo Harada (Flashback and main story) (Dies; apparently)

Supporting Characters:

Albert Einstein (Dies) (Flashback only)
Harbinger Foundation

Villains:

Broken Angel / The Angela Vessel
Project Rising Spirit
- Morris Kozol (CEO/CFO/CCO)

Other Characters:

Armies (Mentioned only)
H.A.R.D. Corps (Mentioned only)
- Command Center (Mentioned only)
Helen Dukas
Medical staff at Princeton
Toyo Harada's mother (Mentioned only)
Unnamed soldier (controlled by Angela('s harness))

Locations:

1955
- Asia (Hallucination)
  - Japan
    - Atomic bombing of Hiroshima (Mentioned only)
    - Hiroshima
- Europe (Hallucination)
  - Switzerland
    - Zurich
- North America (Flashback and hallucination)
  - New Jersey
    - Princeton
      - Princeton University
        Princeton University Medical Center
Present day
- Africa
  - Congo (Mentioned only)
  - Somalia
    - Foundation Zone
      - Cold fusion reactor chamber
    - Rising Spirit Military Camp (Outside the F.Z.)
- Indian Ocean
  - Arabian Sea

Items:

Vehicles:

Lieserl (Fishing boat; hallucinated)
U.S.S. George H.W. Bush

Credits[]

Writers: Joshua Dysart
Pencilers: Cafu, Adam Pollina
Inkers: Cafu, Adam Pollina
Colorists: Andrew Dalhouse, Kat Hudson
Letterers: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Mico Suayan & Andrew Dalhouse (A), Paulina Ganucheau (B), A.J. Jothikumar & Ulises Arreola (C), Cafu & Andrew Dalhouse (Pre-Order)
Editors: Karl Bollers (senior), David Menchel (associate)
Senior Editorial Director: Robert Meyers

Synopsis[]

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Pre-Order Edition[]

The Pre-Order Edition of this issue contains the following exclusive material:

The Life and Death of Toyo Harada #3 Cover Gallery (1 page)
- Textless Cover A
- Textless Cover B
- Textless Cover C
- Textless Pre-Order Edition Cover
Page in Process (2 pages)
- Line art, colors, and lettered final for page 2
Inside the Foundation Zone - script excerpts and inked art (2 pages)
- No Brain No Gain
- Open Heart-Drive Surgery
- Live and Let Vine
- Delayed Reaction
- Bold Fusion
- Instant Messenger
The Life and Times of Toyo Harada, Part Three (09/13/09) (2 pages)
- An interview with the industrialist and CEO of the Harbinger Foundation
- Part Three is about Harada's "meeting" with Albert Einstein
It's All Relative (1 page)
- Joshua Dysart on Albert Einstein's mind

Notes[]

Toyo Harada visiting Albert Einstein is happening four years after Harada's first visit to the Bleeding Monk in 1951 (that can be seen at the beginning of Harbinger (Volume 2) #1).
In Joshua Dysart's script for page 2 that is found in the Pre-Order Edition, Dysart reveals that the woman next the Albert Einstein's deathbed is his long-time secretary and housekeeper Helen Dukas.
The fishing boat, "Lieserl", is named after Albert Einstein's first child, Lieserl Einstein, who had lived for only one and a half years.

Quotes[]

Main story[]

Haha! Yes! I always knew death would be exciting! Look at them, rushing to save me!

-- Albert Einstein

Ah! We are thinking and feeling and seeing at a different speed than the world around us, yes? You're dilating our reception of time! Very good! Very good!

-- Albert Einstein

I see you scheming, Toyo. You haven't much time left. The toll for attempting to outsmart me will be high indeed.

-- Broken Angel

There hasn't been a single scientist with more to give humanity in the whole history of our species. It might be more important that she--that it--live than for me to. So, no. I won't be the one to remove the Angela Vessel from this dimension.

-- Toyo Harada

Gravedog, I want you to know, if it were up to me, I would've asked for you permission before doing this.

-- Mech Major

What? What the **** does that mean?

-- Gravedog

GHHHAAHG! Harada! You son of a bitch! What have you done to me?!

-- Gravedog

...or until Rising Spirit locates our hack. But I built the hack. It'll be a while. I Promise.

-- Mech Major

I'm afraid I wasn't able to find much. Your false memory raises the possibility that you might actually have an imagination...

-- Toyo Harada

Of course I have an imagination. Debatably, that is a necessary element of sentience.

-- Mech Major

{{Quote|...few come the visitors for Lord Vine-99... Why disrupt my Arcadian peace?|Lord Vine-99

It is not so easy. I am built to burn. Awareness of the Harada demise will lead to cellular degenerate in me. Harada dies...I die. How long my death takes....I know not...only that it is so. Oddly... life hase become more valuable than satisfaction of hearing Harada's suffering song. I am not happy about it, but it is what it is. And so, if you came here to say that your goal is to kill Toyo Harada...then I will warn you...that is also a fight with me.

-- Lord Vine-99

So barks the puppy in his kennel. Fortunately fighting you doesn't concern me in the slightest.

-- Broken Angel

Angela! It doesn't have to end like this! Please!

-- Toyo Harada

Goodbye, Toyo. You were unique among your species... That is, at least, something to be proud of.

-- Broken Angel

Oh, no...no! Is this Hiroshima? After...after...no, ferryman, not this place...why have you brought me, here?! This is my hell! Have you come to punish me? Are you--some kind of demon?

-- Albert Einstein

Can you say that again please, Angela? This is a really big moment for me. So. Maybe say it a little slower? Just, you know, work the vowels more this time.

-- Morris Kozol

The Life and Times of Toyo Harada[]

(Interview with Toyo Harada, CEO of the Harbinger Foundation, from 09/13/09; published in the Pre-Order Edition only)

I met Albert Einstein, you know. Once. It was later in his life. It was really just before his death, but I'll always cherish the afternoon I got to spend with him.