ASCU original Crime Saga

Chemical Bonds

In Dominion City, addiction is not a symptom of the underworld. It is the product line.

The Ross family saga: a story of chemistry, addiction, organized crime, inheritance, and the systems Roman Ross builds around human weakness.

Setting
Dominion City
Continuity
Modern Era - organized crime escalation
Huntsman clings to Roman Ross's moving van as Final Verdict pursues them through Dominion City.
Chemical Bonds #1 · Cover preview

The story

Behind the conflict

Chemical Bonds follows the Ross family through the point where chemistry, organized crime, and inheritance become impossible to separate. Roman Ross does not simply sell substances. He builds systems around dependency, debt, loyalty, and shame, turning personal weakness into infrastructure.

The arc keeps the pressure close to the family while expanding outward into Dominion City's black-market networks. Huntsman stands against a criminal machine that understands people better than most heroes do, and every confrontation asks whether the Ross name is a bloodline, a brand, or a curse people keep choosing because escape costs too much.

Your reading guide

Start here. Follow the story.

Explore the issues in order. Issue guides introduce the story; planned entries will be expanded as they develop.

  1. 01Huntsman grips a chemical ampoule above the windshield of Roman Ross's speeding van while Final Verdict pursues them through Dominion City.

    Issue guide

    Chemical Bonds #1

    Roman Ross proves that power can be patient, profitable, chemical, and almost completely human.

    Limited series issue · 32 pages planned
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  2. 02

    Planned entry

    Chemical Bonds #2

    Story details have not been released.

    In development
  3. 03

    Planned entry

    Chemical Bonds #3

    Story details have not been released.

    In development

From the art desk

A first look

Sneak peek / 01

Chemical Bonds #1 · Cover preview

A pursuit through Dominion City. Cover artwork for the opening issue of Chemical Bonds.

Chemical Bonds #1 · Cover preview

Huntsman clings to Roman Ross's moving van as Final Verdict pursues them through Dominion City.

A pursuit through Dominion City. Cover artwork for the opening issue of Chemical Bonds.

The central players

Every side has something to lose.

01

Huntsman

The hunter tracing the Ross network through personal and citywide damage.

02

Roman Ross

The strategist using chemistry and coercion as family governance.

03

Pharmakon

The contradiction inside the Ross record, where death and identity do not line up cleanly.

The wider cast

Connected characters

Across the ASCU

Where the story unfolds

Continuity

Its place in the universe

Modern Era - organized crime escalation

Beyond the premise

Story notes

Explore key story beats Contains plot details
  • Dominion's crime economy is treated like a supply chain, not a random gang war.
  • Family loyalty becomes one of Roman's most dangerous technologies.
  • The arc plants major questions around Pharmakon and the edited Ross archive.

Read after the story

Behind the reveal

This section reveals story developments.

Another perspective. Another conflict.

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