Gilgamesh II

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The story began on August 17, 1987. Around the world, people were gearing up for the Harmonic Convergence, a rare astrological event that was said to bring about cosmic changes on Earth. As things turned out, that’s exactly what happened. Circling around its atmosphere was an alien craft carrying the last survivors of a race in search of a new home. Bad luck had brought it, badly damaged, to Earth. Only Earth was already inhabited.

The captain of the ship decided that there was no other choice but to land. The ship was picked up on U.S. radar and immediately shot down. Only the two infants escaped, having been placed in escape pods earlier. Landing on Earth, one infant was found by a hippie couple, and raised as their son. When Earth fell into cataclysmic wars, the infant, known as Gilgamesh, would become a hero, and later become world leader. Not until much later would the world learn of their leader’s brother…
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    #1
    Apr 1989
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    May 1989
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    Jun 1989
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    Jun 1989
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    Jul 1989
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    Feb 1989
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