YESTERDAY'S MEN OF TOMORROW - TODAY! THE PHANTOM REPORTER. ELECTRO. THE BLACK WIDOW. THE LAUGHING MASK. THE BLUE BLADE. DYNAMIC MAN. MASTER MIND EXCELLO. MISTER E. THE FIERY MASK. THE WITNESS. ROCKMAN. CAPTAIN WONDER. LAYING DORMANT FOR SIXTY YEARS, THEY AWAKEN IN A TORMENTED WORLD THAT NEEDS THEM MORE THAN EVER. BUT HAS THE WORLD GROWN BEYOND THEIR BRAND OF OLD-FASHIONED HEROISM? WRITER J. MICHAEL STRACYZYNSKI (TV'S BABYLON 5, THOR) AND ARTIST CHRIS WESTON (THE INVISIBLES, FANTASTIC FOUR: THE FIRST FAMILY) PRESENT THE FIRST HALF OF THIS POST-MODERNIST TALE OF SACRIFICE, BETRAYAL AND HUMAN NATURE. COLLECTING THE COMPLETE 'THE TWELVE' SERIES in one big volume