Nikola Tesla,
Mark Twain and
Bertha von Suttner combine forces to try to bring about world peace through superior firepower. The comic's introduction shows Twain explaining that the story does not concern itself very much with historical accuracy, and this assertion is borne out by the story: Twain and Tesla use scientific know-how, general trickery and
media manipulation techniques to try to scare world leaders into following their noble path. In the company of several allies, the two are soon confronted by dark forces led by the dastardly
Thomas Edison,
John Pierpont Morgan,
Andrew Carnegie, and
Guglielmo Marconi. The inventors and financiers are collaborating on a bizarre new skyscraper, the
Innsmouth Tower, on whose building site many construction workers have already died in mysterious accidents. ==Awards==