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

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.
- 01
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Chemical Bonds #1
Roman Ross proves that power can be patient, profitable, chemical, and almost completely human.
Limited series issue · 32 pages planned - 02In development
Planned entry
Chemical Bonds #2
Story details have not been released.
- 03In development
Planned entry
Chemical Bonds #3
Story details have not been released.
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.
The central players
Every side has something to lose.
Huntsman
The hunter tracing the Ross network through personal and citywide damage.
Roman Ross
The strategist using chemistry and coercion as family governance.
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.
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Behind the reveal
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