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"THE SILENCED AND FORGOTTEN."

REALLY THE ONLY THING

THAT I COULD THINK OF

WAS TO HAVE IT BE

A REMINDER:

OF WHY I'M DOING THIS

IN THE FIRST PLACE,

SO THAT I JUST KNOW

THAT IT'S NEVER ABOUT ME.

"THE NEW YORK INITIATIVE"--

IT'S A CALL TO PERSONAL

ACCOUNTABILITY:

FOR OURSELVES:

AND FOR EVERYBODY ELSE.

Zimmer:

MY FIRST NIGHT ON PATROL,

FOR REAL,

WAS THE ANNIVERSARY

OF KITTY GENOVESE'S DEATH.

Mr. Xtreme:

MARCH 13th, 1964,

IN NEW YORK CITY

IN QUEENS,

A WOMAN NAMED:

KATHERINE GENOVESE,

A.K.A KITTY GENOVESE--

SHE WAS ASSAULTED,

BRUTALLY ATTACKED,

RAPED AND:

ULTIMATELY MURDERED.

AND 38 PEOPLE

FROM A NEARBY:

APARTMENT COMPLEX--

THEY HEARD IT.

THEY HEARD HER SCREAM.

SOME SAW IT,

BUT THEY DIDN'T

DO ANYTHING.

Zimmer:

IT WAS A WORLDWIDE STORY

THAT PEOPLE WERE

THIS APATHETIC.

AND SO ON THE ANNIVERSARY

OF HER DEATH--

AND I WAS IN:

A RELATIONSHIP AT THE TIME

AND LIVING WITH THE PERSON.

SO I SNUCK OUT OF BED.

I GOT ON MY GEAR

AND WENT OUT.

IT WAS A VERY PERSONAL

EXPERIENCE TO ME,

'CAUSE I REALLY THOUGHT

ABOUT WHAT I WANTED

TO DO WITH MY LIFE

AND WHAT WAS:

IMPORTANT TO ME.

AND I THINK:

THAT'S WHAT CEMENTED

MY COMMITMENT:

TO THE REAL-LIFE

SUPERHERO MOVEMENT

AND THE CAUSES:

THAT THEY UPHOLD.

News announcer:

"THE VILLAGE VOICE"

IS RELEASING:

SOME SHOCKING RECORDINGS

MADE INSIDE A BROOKLYN

POLICE PRECINCT.

"THE VOICE" SAYS THE TAPES

SHOW PRECINCT BOSSES

PRESSURING COPS TO MAKE

THEIR MONTHLY QUOTAS

OF ARRESTS:

AND STOP-AND-FRISKS

AND URGING OFFICERS TO RECORD

FEWER ACTUAL CRIMES

IN ORDER TO MANIPULATE

CRIME STATISTICS.

Lucid:
ALL RIGHT, SO WE'VE BEEN

LOOKING AT "THE VILLAGE VOICE"

LATELY, RIGHT?

THE N.Y.P.D.

HAS BEEN:

PRETTY MUCH:

CAUGHT RED-HANDED

BY ONE OF THEIR OWN.

AND WE NEED:

TO TALK ABOUT IT,

BECAUSE I THINK IT'S--

THEY HAVE NO MANPOWER.

THEY WRITE A BUNCH OF

TICKETS FOR NOTHING

AND THEY SHOW:

ALL THIS ACTIVITY,

BUT THEY DON'T FOCUS

ON ANY MAJOR CRIMES.

THEY DON'T FOCUS

ON ROBBERIES, FELONIES.

THEY JUST DON'T HAVE

THE MANPOWER FOR THAT.

THIS QUOTE IS JUST RIDICULOUS:

"A TYPICAL DAY AT THE PRECINCT

HAD ONLY:

THREE TO NINE OFFICERS

PATROLLING THE STREETS

IN AN AREA OF MORE THAN

THEY ARE ESSENTIALLY--

I MEAN, THREE TO NINE PEOPLE?

WE'RE THREE TO NINE PEOPLE.

RIGHT NOW THERE'S NO ONE

IN THIS PRECINCT

THAT'S OUT TO FIGHT CRIME.

THEY'RE OUT TO FILL QUOTAS.

- Lucid:
YEAH.

- THERE'S NO ONE FIGHTING

CRIME RIGHT NOW.

THERE NEEDS TO BE PEOPLE

THAT KNOW WHAT THEY'RE DOING

IN THE POLICE DEPARTMENTS.

AND IF THEY CAN'T,

THEN THEY NEED OUTSIDE HELP.

Lieutenant Andra Brown:

I'VE BEEN WITH THE POLICE

DEPARTMENT FOR 24 YEARS.

I SPENT MY FIRST 21 YEARS

IN UNIFORM OUT IN THE FIELD.

I LOVE MY CAREER

IN LAW ENFORCEMENT.

I RECOMMEND IT.

WHEN THE AVERAGE CITIZEN

ATTEMPTS:

TO TAKE THE LAW:

INTO THEIR OWN HANDS,

THEY'RE DOING IT

FOR MAYBE NOBLE REASONS,

BUT BECAUSE THEY'RE

IMPASSIONED BY SOMETHING,

AND PERHAPS THAT

THEY'RE NOT USING

THE MOST CLEAR JUDGMENT

OR THE MOST COMMON SENSE.

AND ANYTIME ANYONE ACTS

WITHOUT COMMON SENSE

OR WITHOUT GOOD JUDGMENT,

GOOD THINGS:

RARELY HAPPEN.

I TOLD YOU MY BOMBS

AREN'T NO FUNNY BUSINESS.

( laughs )

I BECAME:

A REAL-LIFE SUPERHERO

AT A VERY YOUNG AGE--

SOME PEOPLE:

WILL LAUGH AT THIS--

EIGHT OR NINE YEARS OLD

WHEN I HAD TO FIGHT

A BULLY IN SCHOOL.

HE WAS BEATING UP ON PEOPLE,

POURING MILK ON THEIR HEAD.

AND HE GOT AWAY:

WITH EVERYTHING:

JUST BECAUSE HIS MAMA

WORKED IN THE OFFICE.

SHE WAS LIKE:

ASSISTANT PRINCIPAL

OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.

WELL, I GOT SICK OF IT.

FROM MY INFLUENCE

OF COMIC BOOKS,

I BUILT MYSELF A MASK

WITH SHOESTRINGS AND

AN OLD PIECE OF MATERIAL,

MADE MYSELF A SHIRT

WITH AN EMBLEM ON IT,

AND THEN I JUMPED OUT

ONE DAY:

AND BEAT UP THE BULLY,

AND RAN AWAY AND HURRIED UP

AND TUCKED AWAY MY SUIT.

THEY NEVER KNEW:

WHO DID IT.

THAT'S WHEN MASTER LEGEND

WAS BORN.

HI THERE, SIRS.

I GUESS YOU CAN SAY

GOD GAVE ME THE CALLING.

HE TOLD ME,

"I GAVE YOU POWERS.

I GAVE YOU STRENGTH

BEYOND THAT--

THAT MOST PEOPLE

WILL EVER HAVE.

YOU HAVE TO GET OUT THERE

AND SHOW PEOPLE THE TRUTH."

AND THAT'S WHAT

I'M DOING.

MAN, YOU'RE IN A LOT

OF PAIN, HUH?

HE DOESN'T DESERVE

TO HAVE THIS PAIN.

HE DOESN'T DESERVE

TO HAVE TO SUFFER

'CAUSE SOME DRUNK DRIVER

OR WHATEVER RAN HIM OVER.

IT'S MISERY.

SO I ASK YOU, GOD--

AND I KNOW GOD ALWAYS

LISTENS TO ME.

SO HE'S GOING TO

HELP YOU OUT, MAN.

MASTER LEGEND IS

ONE OF THOSE PEOPLE THAT,

WHEN YOU MEET HIM,

HE JUST HAS AWESOME

WRITTEN ALL OVER HIM.

HE IS ONE OF THE MOST

CHARISMATIC PEOPLE I'VE SEEN

ABOUT HELPING OTHERS

IN MY ENTIRE LIFE.

HEY, PRETTY LADIES.

WHOA, I TELL YA,

THEY DON'T MAKE THEM

BETTER THAN THAT.

( laughs )

I STARTED TEAM JUSTICE

YEARS AGO.

WE'RE THE ONLY

SUPERHERO TEAM:

THAT HAS A NON-PROFIT

ORGANIZATION STATUS

RECOGNIZED BY:

THE UNITED STATES GOVERNMENT.

LUCKILY, FINDING THE CHOICE

PEOPLE THAT I HAVE,

LIKE SUPER HERO:

AND SYMBIOTE--

THEY HAVE TAKEN IT TO

WHERE I NEEDED THEM TO GO

TO BE ABLE TO--

HEY THERE.

IS IT REALLY YOU?

YEAH, MASTER LEGEND.

- SERIOUSLY?

- YEAH.

- Woman #2:
SERIOUSLY?

- OH MY GOD.

- I'VE BEEN DYING TO MEET YOU.

- ME TOO.

- WOW, WHAT IS YOUR NAME?

- MY NAME'S STEPHANIE.

STEPHANIE.

BEAUTIFUL STEPHANIE.

- BRANDIE.

- BRANDIE.

- VERY NICE TO MEET YOU.

- BEAUTIFUL BEAUTIFUL BRANDIE.

- UM, UM...

- IS THIS ARMOR TOO?

OH NO.

I'M SORRY. IT'S NOT.

WELL, IT CAN GET STIFF NOW.

( laughs )

MASTER LEGEND:

IS VERY PSYCHIC.

I'LL JUST GO AHEAD

AND SAY IT.

I HAVE SUPER SPEED,

HIGH ENDURANCE,

SIGHT BEYOND SIGHT,

HEALING POWERS,

SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH.

HE'S NEVER BEEN WRONG

ABOUT ANYTHING:

HE'S EVER PREDICTED.

A FEW YEARS AGO:

THERE WAS A BOY:

WHO I THOUGHT WAS MY SON,

BELIEVE IT OR NOT,

A 19-YEAR-OLD SON

FROM UP NORTH OF HERE.

AND MASTER LEGEND KNEW

BEFORE ANYBODY ELSE DID,

"NOPE, HE'S NOT

YOUR SON."

SURE ENOUGH, THAT TURNED OUT

TO BE RIGHT.

WE'RE GOING TO GO ONWARD

TO THE JUSTICE VAN.

( car horn honks )

( laughs )

HOW I LOVE JUMPING

IN FRONT OF CARS, HUH?

THE JUSTICE VAN:

IS EQUIPPED:

WITH JUST ABOUT EVERY TYPE

OF LIFESAVING THING

THAT I CAN POSSIBLY

HAVE ON HAND.

I'VE GOT SOME DONATIONS

IN THERE.

I'VE GOT

AN AIR CONDITION HERE

THAT I'M GONNA BE HELPING OUT

THESE PEOPLE WITH

THAT DON'T HAVE

AN AIR CONDITION.

AND OF COURSE I'VE GOT

THE ICE CHEST THERE.

AND I'VE GOT THESE

THAT I BRING, YOU KNOW,

IN CASE I RUN INTO SOME KIDS

AND STUFF LIKE THAT.

BUT Y'ALL CAN HAVE

SOME OF THESE TOO.

YOU KNOW,

THEY'RE FLAVORFUL TREATS.

( laughs )

BUT OH WELL, YOU KNOW.

BUT THEN:

THERE'S ONE THING

MASTER LEGEND:

HAS TO HAVE,

BECAUSE HE WORKS UP

A WHOPPING THIRST

RUNNING AROUND LIKE THIS.

AND THERE YOU GO.

THAT'S WHAT I HAVE--

A GOOD COLD BEER.

YOU KNOW, AND THERE'S

NOTHING WRONG WITH IT.

THERE'S NOTHING WRONG

WITH A GOOD COLD BEER

USED IN MODERATION,

OF COURSE.

NEVER DRINK:

TO DRUNKENNESS.

AH.

WHEN A MAN WORKS UP

A WHOPPING THIRST,

THAT'S WHAT QUENCHES IT,

NOT SOME KOOL-AID.

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