08/22/2026
J9 Vol.1 — THE NINTH AWAKENING
Janine entered surgery hoping to repair a spine damaged by degenerative disc disease. She never knew one of her doctors was an undercover scientist searching for the perfect human test subject.
While she was unconscious, Dr. Marcus Vale implanted an experimental bioelectric material called the Janus Lattice into her spine. Eight previous subjects had died.
Janine’s heart stopped for nine minutes.
Then every machine in the hospital came alive.
She awakened without pain—stronger, rapidly healing and capable of generating devastating golden-white electricity. But when Janine discovered the eight failed test chambers hidden beneath the hospital, she realized she had never been a patient.
She was Subject J-9.
Now Vale has escaped with her blood and enough research to create more experiments. Janine reclaims the name meant to imprison her and turns it into a warning:
“My name is Janine—but they’re going to remember J9.”
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