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Greetings, Metroid fans, and Happy Valentines Day from everyone here at the MDb! Since we love you all so much, we've prepared for our visitors a special release for today: Chapter 1 of Metroid Prime: Episode of Aether! Episode of Aether is a retelling of Metroid Prime 2: Echoes, and was released as a promotional tie-in to the game. The manga is also quite rare, as it was serialized in a monthly manga-zine in Japan called Comic Bom Bom. We've had low-res images of the Japanese versions of Chapters 1 and 2 up on the site for awhile, but managed to get our hands on not one, not two, but FIVE chapters so we can provide you with high-res images of this never-before-seen manga! Incidentally, all of these have been translated, but are still in the process of being cleaned and typeset, so while we don't have them all for you today, we'll be able to get them out on a regular basis! Samus and Joey was also published in Bom Bom, but unlike the longer serial, Episode of Aether was never republished in a single book - and since magazines of this nature tend to get tossed a month after they're read, and they're in Japan only... Well, let's just say few Japanese fans even know about it! So you can see why they're so hard to find!

Anyway, we actually managed to pay for these thanks to all the folks who visit this site! You know all those ads we've had for the past year or so? Well, we actually make a little bit of money off of them! While a fifty cents or a dollar per click may not seem like much, after after a month, that starts to add up! We use that money to help pay for the site registration, all those great contests we've held, and exclusive new content like Episode of Aether! You can certainly see the love in Samus' eyes! It's our way of saying thanks!

So what are you waiting for? Go read it!

Thanks again, fans, and hope you get to spend the rest of the day with your loved ones!

Until next time...
Captain Commando