Before we move into the next chapter with DopeSmack: Origin Part Three, I wanted to take a step back and look at how this story began.

Everything that’s coming next in the Dark Atom Universe grows out of what happened in Origin Part One and Origin Part Two.

If you’ve already read them, you know this story doesn’t start in a lab or with some perfect superhero moment. It starts in the streets of New Orleans.

In Origin Part One, we meet the mysterious figure who calls himself DopeSmack. He shows up when criminals least expect it, moving through the city like a ghost and hitting hard when the moment calls for it. Early on we see that he’s not some larger than life celebrity hero. He’s something else. Someone who understands the streets and the people living in them.

The story quickly pulls back the curtain on where it all began.

Through flashbacks we meet Alex Santos, a kid growing up in New Orleans with a complicated life. His father Rafael is tied up with dangerous people and the wrong kind of money, and those choices eventually lead to tragedy. When Alex’s world collapses, he’s left to rebuild himself from the ground up.

That moment changes everything.

Years later, Alex grows into someone determined to take control of his life. He pushes himself through school, through work, and eventually into the world of science. What he creates there will ultimately become the foundation for the powers we see when DopeSmack enters the fight.

But the streets of New Orleans don’t forget.

By the time we reach Origin Part Two, the story starts colliding with the present. The world around DopeSmack is getting bigger, more dangerous, and a lot more complicated.

That’s when one of the most dangerous players enters the picture.

El Catracho.

A brutal crime boss with power, money, and a reputation that makes even criminals nervous. When DopeSmack crosses paths with him, it turns into a full blown fight that shows just how dangerous this world is becoming. The two clash hard, trading blows across rooftops and alleyways as DopeSmack pushes his abilities to their limits.

But El Catracho isn’t the only thing stirring beneath the surface.

As the story unfolds, something even stranger appears. A mysterious woman with powers of her own suddenly enters the battle, throwing everything into chaos and showing that the Dark Atom Universe is much bigger than anyone expected.

By the end of Origin Part Two, the pieces are starting to move.

New allies appear.
New enemies reveal themselves.
And the world around DopeSmack starts getting a lot more complicated.

Which brings us to what’s next.

Because DopeSmack: Origin Part Three is where the story really begins to open up. The forces working behind the scenes start stepping forward, and the criminal world that’s been building in the background begins to show its true shape.

If you’ve been following the story from the beginning, you already know that nothing in this universe happens by accident.

And what’s coming next is going to push everything further.

So if you haven’t read the first two issues yet, now is the perfect time to jump in and see how it all started.

The next chapter is coming soon.