Fresh newness!
Woop! It’s the start of the new Crush Depth story arc! Well, the ‘cover’ image for it anyhoos. I think you’ll enjoy this one, especially if you enjoy adventure, and don’t mind a little Lovecraftian influence. And yes, everyone will be in swimsuits, including the guys. ESPECIALLY the guys. So, grab your popcorn and buckle up for a seafaring journey into the unknown, with danger, romance and swimmers’ physiques around every corner! (Disclaimer: Now that I think about it, I don’t really know what a swimmer’s build actually looks like, I just made the dive team members generally quite muscular.)
Enjoy the cover, and check back on Friday for the start of the comic proper!
M.
So is the character in the cover from the Netherlands? (I’m asking bacause the patch on her chest looks just like the their flag)
Yup! The Meeralfs are to Alfheim as the Netherlands are to Germany. Some shared ancestry and culture, but with significant differences. This particular character is, herself, based out of the Netherlands as are the rest of her team. They’re like a European research-only version of the Council.
So are Elfs and others Know by the heads of NATO then?
Most countries will have their own equivalent of the Council. The level of knowledge that each government has varies widely, though; Some countries have independent bodies administrating their occult sciences, while others will be commanded as part of black ops or skunkworks budgets. The Dutch institute that the character belongs to is exclusively research-focussed; Historically, any military component that the Meeralfs possessed tended to be reconaissance based. Meeralfs were covertly involved in scouting the seas around the eastern coast of England during the Anglo-Dutch wars, but were often easily turned when paid off by the defending occult unit, codenamned ‘La Fée’.
So does that mean there was a Soviet equivalent of the Council then?