Testament #2 (2006 Vertigo)

This issue uses the story of Sodom and Gomorrah as the basis for its parallel narrative (Genesis 18:20-19:29).The issue begins with Abram, later known as Abraham (though his name had already been changed by this point in the Biblical narrative), is asking God to spare Sodom and Gomorrah if he can find ten innocent people in the cities. The narrative then shifts to a conversation between Dr. Green and Dr. Stern as they look out over a band of college age protesters outside the Brookhaven National Laboratory’s Center for Functional Nanomaterials. Dr. Green cryptically suggests that they use the “disciplinary capabilities” of the RFID tags that have been implanted in each of the protesters arms because a number of the protesters are part of the Neonationalists—a terrorist group. Dr. Stern begs Dr. Green to reconsider harming the protesters as there are many protesters who are not Neonationalists. Echoing Abram’s plea, Dr. Stern suggests that they would be wrong to harm the entire group if even just ten of the protesters were innocent.