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{{Infobox item | image = 9th_wonders_item.jpg | caption = Issue 14 of ''9th Wonders!'' by [[Isaac Mendez]] | first = Genesis | owned = | status = Issue #31 published, final complete issue}}{{Asian Text|wide}}
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'''''9th Wonders!''''' is the name of a [[prophetic]] comic book, [[Isaac's paintings|created]] by the [[New York, NY]] artist [[Isaac Mendez]].
'''''9th Wonders!''''' is the name of a [[prophetic]] comic book, [[Isaac's paintings|created]] by the [[New York, NY]] artist [[Isaac Mendez]]. For a gallery of images of ''9th Wonders!'' (including covers and panels from inside the issues), '''[[9th Wonders! gallery|see here]]'''.


==About==
==About==
===[[Episode:Genesis|Genesis]]===
===[[Season One]]===
{{season summary|season=one}}
[[Micah Sanders]] is reading Issue #13 which has a large blue monster on the cover and is subtitled ''I Fought [[Uluru]]!''

===[[Episode:Don't Look Back|Don't Look Back]]===
[[Hiro Nakamura]] notices himself on the cover of a copy at a newsstand in [[New York City]]. It's Issue #14 of the comic, subtitled "Hiro [[space-time manipulation|arrives]] in New York." It tells the tale of Hiro as he travels to New York and back, up through his departure with [[Ando]] for [[Las Vegas, NV]].

===[[Episode:One Giant Leap|One Giant Leap]]===
Hiro uses the book to convince his friend [[Ando]] of his [[powers]] when he saves a little girl from getting hit by a truck in the [[prophecy|exact same manner]] as is written in the comic book.

===[[Episode:Better Halves|Better Halves]]===
At [[the Sanderses' home]], [[Micah]] shows [[D.L.]] his comic collection, including ''9th Wonders!'', Issue #9.

===[[Episode:Nothing to Hide|Nothing to Hide]]===
When [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] meet [[D.L.]] and [[Micah]], Hiro shows Micah his copy of Issue #14 from the future, and tells him about his [[powers]].

===[[Episode:Homecoming|Homecoming]]===
As [[Claire Bennet]] walks with [[Zach]] through [[Union Wells High School]], she's congratulated on winning Homecoming Queen by various unpopular kids, including one [[male student]] who is reading Issue #13 of ''9th Wonders!''.

===[[Episode:Fallout|Fallout]]===
[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] finally meet up with [[Isaac Mendez]] in [[Midland, TX]]. Hiro shows Isaac Issue #14. Isaac is amazed, claiming the issue [[precognition|hasn't even gone to the publisher]] yet.

===[[Godsend]]===
[[Simone]] is incredulous that Hiro is truly the character from Isaac's graphic novel.

===[[.07%]]===
In [[Linderman's archives|his gallery]], [[Mr. Linderman]] shows [[Nathan]] a [[painting]] of Hiro saving a [[Japanese schoolgirl]]--an image very similar to one from ''9th Wonders!'', Issue #14.

[[Isaac]] gives the line art for the final issue of ''9th Wonders!'' to a [[courier fanboy|courier]], who is excited to learn that [[Hiro]] will be [[time travel]]ing to the [[Timeline:Possible Futures|future]].

In [[Mohinder's apartment]], [[Sylar]] picks up a piece of the back page of an issue of ''9th Wonders!'' that lists Isaac's [[Isaac's apartment|address]].

===[[Five Years Gone]]===
After realizing [[Hiro Nakamura (explosion future)|Future Hiro]]'s ability to travel through time, [[Mohinder Suresh (explosion future)|Mohinder]] picks up a copy of ''9th Wonders!'' and comments to [[Matt Parkman (explosion future)|Matt]] that [[Isaac]]'s comics were irregularly predictive in nature, with the exception of the particular edition in Hiro's [[Isaac's loft|loft]]. Later, Mohinder lethally injects [[The Haitian (explosion future)|the Haitian]], killing him and allowing the use of [[abilities]] for [[Hiro]] to escape. Mohinder points to the comic and tells Hiro that he was supposed to save Hiro. He gives him the comic and tells him to leave. Future Hiro, after being shot, gives [[Ando]] a page from the comic that he kept in his coat. Hiro and Ando [[space-time manipulation|teleport]] to the past, where Hiro looks at the cover of the ''9th Wonders!'' edition.

===[[The Hard Part]]===
While standing atop [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop]], [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] look at drawings from the final issue. They hit a setback in reading the [[prophecy|prophecies]] because the captions have not yet been filled in. Later, outside [[Virginia Gray's apartment]], the men look at more images from the last issue. Ando uses a panel that depicts his own gruesome death to encourage Hiro to kill [[Sylar]].

===[[Kindred]]===
===[[Kindred]]===
[[Bob]] reads an issue of ''9th Wonders!'' in [[Isaac Mendez's apartment]] just before briefing [[Mohinder]] on his [[Isaac Mendez's apartment|new lab]].
[[Bob]] reads an issue of ''9th Wonders!'' in [[Isaac Mendez's apartment]] just before briefing [[Mohinder]] on his [[Isaac Mendez's apartment|new lab]].
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[[Micah]]'s birthday cake is decorated with the cover of issue #10 of ''9th Wonders!''; on the cover is the picture of a [[adoptive muscle memory|muscle woman]] called [[St. Joan]].
[[Micah]]'s birthday cake is decorated with the cover of issue #10 of ''9th Wonders!''; on the cover is the picture of a [[adoptive muscle memory|muscle woman]] called [[St. Joan]].


===[[The Butterfly Effect]]===
===[[Season Three]]===
{{season summary|season=three}}
[[Hiro]] finds a French version of Issue #7 in [[Daphne Millbrook's apartment]] in [[Paris]].
===[[Episode:Upon This Rock|Upon This Rock]]===
[[Hiro]] thumbs through Issue #5.


===[[One of Us, One of Them]]===
===[[The Wall]]===
Trapped in a nightmare for what seems like years, [[Sylar]] gives [[Peter]] a copy of ''9th Wonders!'', Issue #13, with [[Uluru]] on the cover. Peter, angry with Sylar, tosses the peace offering off the roof. Later, Sylar wonders how [[Matt]] could have [[telepathy|created]] the world in which he trapped Sylar--especially books. Peter suggests that perhaps Sylar read the books and retained their words in his subconscious, but Sylar counters that he never read ''9th Wonders!'' Peter says that he did read the comic.
A [[turtle]] crawls across Issue #7 in [[Usutu's hut]].


===[[Episode:Brave New World (Heroes Reborn)|Brave New World]]===
===[[It's Coming]]===
When [[Anne Clark|Tommy's mother]] drives their car away from the border patrol staff, a stack of [[Tommy]]'s ''9th Wonders!'' comics falls over, with Issue #31 at the top.
[[Hiro]] [[Space-time manipulation|teleport]]s [[Ando]] to [[Sam's Comics]]. There, they find Issue #16, among several other issues. The cover of Issue #16 shows Hiro shouting "[[Yatta!]]" and shows a younger Hiro eating [[waffles]]. Ando, knowing the art is [[prophetic]], flips through and uses the story to prove to Hiro that what he is saying is true and [[precognition|has been foretold]]. He shows Hiro images of [[Arthur]] in [[Botswana]], images of them at [[Bowl-A-Rama]], and images of the coming [[eclipse]].


===[[The Eclipse, Part 1]]===
===[[The Lion's Den]]===
Inside [[Dennis Collins]]'s room, there are multiple ''9th Wonders!'' comics lying around and even a [[St. Joan]] poster on the wall.
Hiro and Ando come to Matt for help following issue #16 which indicates he can help Hiro regain his memory (presumably using his telepathy somehow). Matt is unable to help as all of Hiro's thoughts are in Japanese which he doesn't speak, but when Daphne runs away, they are able to use a picture in the comic to teleport to her father's corn farm where she went. After that they reach the end of issue #16, but Hiro and Ando head to a Sam's Comics nearby to pick up the next new issue which Hiro figures would be coming out that day as that's when new comics arrive. At the comic book store, many, if not all of the 9th Wonders comics are displayed and the two owners are surprised because when they look at the new issue of 9th Wonders, its cover shows them looking at it with Hiro and Ando standing in the background, and it is numbered #31.


===[[The Eclipse, Part 2]]===
===[[Game Over]]===
In [[Paris, France]], [[Emily Duval]] goes through comic books at a stand to show [[Tommy Clark]] how important it is for him to accept his responsibility to accept his destiny since he has powers and has been told he has to [[H.E.L.E.|save the world]]. In the stand, Emily finds a French copy of Issue #31 of ''9th Wonders!'' with a title that translates to ''Nathan Visits the Future'' showing Tommy standing next to [[Erica Kravid]] in the future. Emily comments on how the Tommy on the cover looks like him and Tommy excitedly tells her he's been looking for that issue of the comic for years. Tommy tells Emily that there are rumors on message boards that [[Isaac Mendez|the artist]] was an [[evo]] and that the drawings in ''9th Wonders!'' [[prophecy|came true]]. Emily takes the copy of ''9th Wonders!'' with Tommy on the cover as a sign that she was right and saving the world is his fate. Tommy agrees that he's now ready to go back and face his destiny after seeing ''9th Wonders!'' and Emily's belief in him.
Hiro and Ando ask for the new ''9th Wonders!'' and Sam thinks its a joke while Frack thinks its cool. Hiro starts going through the old issues of the comic book and Sam demands he pays for them which he does with a credit card. By reading the issues he learns about many of his adventures, but after learning of his stabbing Sylar, his father's death and his fight with Adam Monroe, he runs into the bathroom to hide. Sam gives a speech that convinces him to come out and Frack finds a clue as to where Hiro needs to go next in issue #1 of ''9th Wonders!''. He finds in one of the pictures showing the scene where Kaito Nakamura gave baby Claire to Noah Bennet, present day Hiro and Claire hiding in the greenhouse. Hiro takes that issue and using a picture from issue #31, teleports to Claire. Afterwards Sam reveals that issue #31 is the final posthumous issue of ''9th Wonders!'', but that there may be a final story in Isaac Mendez's sketchbook that he gave to the bike courier the day he died.


===[[Shades of Gray]]===
===[[June 13th, Part Two]]===
Before [[Tommy Clark|Nathan]] teleports [[Anne Clark|his mother]] and [[Caspar Abraham|Caspar]] to safety, [[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] gives him the ''9th Wonders!'' that once guided him into finding his destiny, hoping that one day it can do the same for his son.
Several posters for ''9th Wonders!'' hang on the wall at [[Sam's Comics]].

===[[Send in the Clones]]===
After [[space-time manipulation|teleporting]] away with the [[Miko Otomo]] construct, [[Tommy Clark]] realizes that their conversation is in the ''9th Wonders!'' he picked up in France. Tommy remembers what [[Anne Clark|his mother]] said about how ''9th Wonders!'' once guided [[Hiro Nakamura]] and realizes it could do the same for him. Needing to know what mission [[Hachiro Otomo]] wants Tommy to send Miko on, they check the comic. On the last page, Miko and Tommy find Miko facing off against [[M. F. Harris]] who Miko recognizes as the man who kidnapped her father and stole [[Kensei sword|her sword]]. Miko realizes that her final mission must be to face Harris and Tommy finds out the location as [[Sunstone Manor]] from a caption in the comic. After promising to tell [[Ren]] Miko loves him if he sees Ren, Tommy sends Miko to Sunstone Manor in the present. Miko eventually faces off with Harris Prime as depicted in ''9th Wonders!'' and ultimately [[Miko's victims|kills him]].

===[[Project Reborn]]===
While viewing his memories inside the [[Eternal Fortress]], [[Tommy Clark]] sees several images of ''9th Wonders!'' including when [[Hiro Nakamura|Hiro]] handed him a copy of the comic that shaped his own future and [[Anne Clark|his mother]] telling him that Tommy had the [[space-time manipulation|exact same powers]] as his favorite ''9th Wonders!'' character, Hiro Nakamura.

==[[Heroes Evolutions]]==
===[[Saving Charlie]]===
* [[Hiro]], bored during his long road trip through New Mexico and Texas, says that he has already read all his manga "a million times" and that his ''9th Wonders!'' was in tatters. (Chapter 2)
* After [[space-time manipulation|teleporting]] to [[Times Square]], Hiro's attention is grabbed by a ''9th Wonders!'' comic book prominently displayed at the front of a comic book rack. The cover of the comic book was Hiro Nakamura in the middle of Times Square. Hiro went to look for help from [[Isaac Mendez]], the writer and artist for ''9th Wonders!'' (Chapter 3)
* Hiro recalls that he almost walked past the issue of ''9th Wonders!'' that revealed his destiny, but something caught his eye and made him pick it up. On the cover was an illustrated image of Hiro himself in "perfect four-color detail". The image was of Hiro standing in the middle of Times Square with his [[Yatta|arms outstreched]]. This is what made him realize he had a [[ability|superpower]]. He was riveted to the comic, each panel of which showed Hiro's journey, from the clock at [[Yamagato]] to the [[karaoke bar]]. Hiro was too afraid to look at the next page, so he flipped the graphic novel over and looked at [[Isaac]]'s address instead. He then worked up the courage to look at the next panel which would [[prophecy|tell him how]] to get to [[Isaac Mendez's loft]]. He paid the [[newsie]] for the comic and left. (Chapter 17)


===[[Episode:Upon This Rock|Upon This Rock]]===
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===[[Brave New World (eBook)|Brave New World]]===
In the [[eBook]] ''[[Brave New World (eBook)|Brave New World]]'', [[Tommy]] returns home at dawn from the [[evo]] support group meeting in [[Chicago]]. [[Anne Clark|His mother]] hears him come in and bursts into his room with a 9mm Glock, but by the time the lights go on, Tommy is already reading the latest issue of ''Ninth Wonders''.<!--The book spells out "Ninth"-->

===[[Gemini: Heroes Reborn]]===
[[Cassandra Hays]] finds three issues of ''9th Wonders!'' inside [[the Quarry]]. They feature [[Hiro]], [[Claire]], and [[Nathan]] on the cover.


==Notes==
==Notes==
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* Three issues bear the [[Uncle Burk's Fine Comics]] publisher stamp, but have not appeared in any episodes.
* Three issues bear the [[Uncle Burk's Fine Comics]] publisher stamp, but have not appeared in any episodes.
* Issue #5 of Nathan flying is the only issue that varies in artwork and coloring.
* Issue #5 of Nathan flying is the only issue that varies in artwork and coloring.
* It's interesting to note that Issue #14, on newsstands five weeks in the future, contains events from both the present and future timelines. Therefore, depending on when [[Isaac]] drew it, it's possible that he accurately depicted both past (or at least present) and future events. [[Simone]] does mention that the comic is late; she must mean Issue #14, because #13 is already published and Isaac later tells Hiro #14 hasn't gone to the publisher. Therefore, the issue does in fact depict both present and future events, and [[precognition|Isaac's power]] is perhaps broader than imagined.
* It's interesting to note that Issue #14, on newsstands five weeks in the future, contains events from both the present and future timelines. Therefore, depending on when [[Isaac]] drew it, it's possible that he accurately depicted both past (or at least present) and future events. [[Simone]] does mention that the comic is late; she must mean Issue #14, because #13 is already published and Isaac later tells Hiro #14 hasn't gone to the publisher. Therefore, the issue does in fact depict both present and future events, and [[precognition|Isaac's power]] is perhaps broader than imagined.
* It's also unclear whether Isaac realizes the comic is [[prophecy|predicting future events]], or whether he uses [[heroin]] when he produces it.
* It's also unclear whether Isaac realizes the comic is [[prophecy|predicting future events]], or whether he uses [[heroin]] when he produces it.
* In [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8817 multiple] [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9000 interviews], the writers [[Joe Pokaski]] and [[Aron Coleite]] have said that 9 is an important number in the world of ''Heroes''.
* In [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=8817 multiple] [http://www.comicbookresources.com/news/newsitem.cgi?id=9000 interviews], the writers [[Joe Pokaski]] and [[Aron Coleite]] have said that 9 is an important number in the world of ''Heroes''.
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* A French version of the comic, entitled ''Les 9èmes Merveilles!'', can be found in [[Paris]].
* A French version of the comic, entitled ''Les 9èmes Merveilles!'', can be found in [[Paris]].
* A Japanese version of the comic, entitled ''9つめの不思議!'', can be found at [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Tokyo]].
* A Japanese version of the comic, entitled ''9つめの不思議!'', can be found at [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Tokyo]].
* [[Isaac]] told a [[courier fanboy|courier]] that he wrote his final issue (''[[.07%]]''). The final issue's number is currently unknown. It should be noted that months after Isaac talked about his final issue, Issue #16 was found in [[Tokyo]]. Later, Issue #31 arrived at [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]].
* [[Isaac]] told a [[courier fanboy|courier]] that he wrote his final issue (''[[.07%]]''). The final issue's number is currently unknown. It should be noted that months after Isaac talked about his final issue, Issue #16 was found in [[Tokyo]]. Later, Issue #31 arrived at [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]]. Another version of Issue #31 appearing to contain a completely different plot later appeared in [[Paris]] in [[2015]].
* The cover of the version of Issue #31 found by [[Tommy Clark]] in 2015 gives the first clue to Tommy's real identity: in English its titled "Nathan visits the future!" Nathan is Tommy's real name as revealed in ''[[June 13th, Part One]]''.


==Trivia==
==Trivia==
* In a [http://www.comicworldnews.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=f479fc84f3d9ee568a7ca3648052dab6;act=ST;f=3;t=2904;st=470 forum post], [[Tim Sale]] said that, in general, he draws the ''9th Wonders!'' comic panels from screen captures of scenes that have already been filmed.
* In a [http://www.comicworldnews.com/cgi-bin/ikonboard/ikonboard.cgi?s=f479fc84f3d9ee568a7ca3648052dab6;act=ST;f=3;t=2904;st=470 forum post], [[Tim Sale]] said that, in general, he draws the ''9th Wonders!'' comic panels from screen captures of scenes that have already been filmed.
* At least 4 Issue covers have appeared within (or on the cover) of 9th Wonders issues. Issue #14's cover is shown within Issue #14 and within the Final Issue; Issue #16 is shown within Issue #16, and Issue #31 is shown on the cover of Issue #31.
* At least four issue covers have appeared within (or on the cover) of ''9th Wonders!'' issues. Issue #14's cover is shown within Issue #14 and within the Final Issue; Issue #16 is shown within Issue #16, and Issue #31 is shown on the cover of Issue #31.

==Galleries==
===Gallery of 9th Wonders Covers===
<gallery>
Image:9thWonders14.2.jpg|An unpublished issue from an unaired scene shows [[Hiro]] squinting.
Image:Clocks Issue within Issue 14.jpg|Another issue is seen here, in a frame from within Issue #14. An alternate promo version of this cover is found [[:Image:HelixComics-HiroClocks.jpg|here]].
Image:9th_wonders_number_1_cover.jpg|[[Uncle Burk's Fine Comics]] versions of the next nine unnumbered issues are partially shown at [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Kansas]], as [[Hiro]] pours out an entire box of 9th Wonders onto the floor, showing the [[eclipse]]...
Image:HelixComics-Charlie.jpg|...[[Charlie Andrews]]...
Image:HelixComics-HiroAndo.jpg|...[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]]...
Image:HelixComics-InvisoSteps.jpg|...[[Claude]]'s footsteps while invisible...
Image:HelixComics-ExplodingUluru.jpg|...[[Uluru]] exploding...
Image:HelixComicsHiroDynoSlayer.jpg|...[[Hiro]] and the [[dinosaur]]...
Image:HelixComics-Samurais.jpg|...[[Hiro]] dueling [[Adam]]...
Image:HiroHumanitysLastHope.jpg|...[[Hiro]] humanity's last chance...
Image:HelixComics-KaitoRIP025.jpg|...and [[Kaito]]'s death.
Image:9thWonders1.2.jpg|Issue #1:<br>An Uncle Burk's version of this issue is taken by [[Hiro]] and [[Claire]] back to [[the Nakamuras' apartment]] 19 years ago.
Image:Issue05.jpg|Issue #5:<br>[[Nathan Petrelli]] [[flight|flies]] in a red suit and black mask...
Image:9thWonders5.3.jpg|...Another #5 version shows him unmasked, and with different colors, and includes the issue stamp.
Image:9th wonders number 7 cover.jpg|Issue #7: <br>[[Claire]] stands in her cheerleading outfit.
Image:9th Wonders Jessica and Niki.jpg|Issue #8: <br> shows [[Niki]] and [[Jessica Sanders]].
Image:Issue09.jpg|Issue #9: <br>A ferocious being roars in anger.
Image:9th wonders number 10 cover.jpg|Issue #10: <br>[[Micah]] shows this issue featuring [[St. Joan]] to [[Monica]].
Image:Issue13.jpg|Issue #13: <br>[[Uluru]] towers over an unknown figure...
Image:9thWonders13.2.jpg|...and alternate version of #13 shows [[Peter]] flying.
Image:9th_wonders.jpg|[[#Issue #14 Gallery|Issue #14]]:<br>[[Hiro]] found this comic in [[New York City]] in [[November 8th|the future]]...
Image:9thWondersIssue16.jpg|[[#Issue #16 Gallery|Issue #16]]:<br>Hiro found a Japanese version of this issue at [[Sam's Comics]]...
Image:GraphicNovel16sCoverWithinIssue16.jpg|...and contains an issue with the issue version of #16.
Image:9thWondersIssue31.jpg|Issue #31:<br>Is found by Hiro and Ando at the [[Sam's Comics]] in [[Lawrence, Kansas]].
Image:Homecoming-34.JPG|Issue #34: <br>[[Homecoming]] in [[Union Wells High School|Odessa]].
Image:9th Wonders, final issue cover.jpg|[[#Final Issue|The final issue]]:<br>[[Isaac]] never finished his last issue.
Image:9th Wonders Final Sketchbook Cover.jpg|The cover of Isaac's lost sketchbook
</gallery>

===Foreign Cover Versions===
<gallery>
Image:9th Wonders -7 (French).jpg|[[Daphne]] has a French copy of the Issue #7 in [[Daphne Millbrook's apartment|her apartment]].<br>(''[[The Butterfly Effect]]'')
Image:Japanese 9th Wonders -7.jpg|[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] find a Japanese Issue of #7...
Image:Japanese 9th Wonders -9.jpg|...a Japanese Issue of #9...
Image:9thWondersIssue16.jpg|...and a Japanese Issue of #16.<br>{{epp|309}}
</gallery>

===''9th Wonders!'' General Gallery===
<gallery>
Image:Micah reading 9th Wonders.JPG|While waiting for [[Niki|his mother]] to talk to [[Micah's principal|his principal]], [[Micah]] reads Issue #13.<br>(''[[Genesis]]'')
Image:Hiro Time Square Hidding.jpg|In [[Times Square]], Hiro [[secret]]ly and voraciously reads his copy of Issue #14.<br>(''[[Don't Look Back]]'')
Image:Hiro with old version of 9th Wonders.JPG|In an unaired scene, Hiro shows an old version of ''9th Wonders'', Issue #14, to Ando.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 11 Real.jpg|[[Hiro]] shows his copy of ''9th Wonders!'' to [[Ando]].<br>(''[[One Giant Leap]]'')
Image:BBC hiro 9thWonders.jpg|Hiro reads ''9th Wonders!''<br>(BBC Two)
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 14 Real.jpg|Hiro shows his copy of ''9th Wonders!'' to a [[Hotspur employee]].<br>(''[[One Giant Leap]]'')
Image:9th Wonders Issue 9.JPG|Micah shows [[D.L.|his father]] a collection of comics, including ''9th Wonders!'', Issue #9.<br>(''[[Better Halves]]'')
Image:9th wonders union wells.jpg|A [[male student]] at [[Union Wells High]] reads Issue #13.<br>(''[[Homecoming]]'')
Image:Micah's Cake.jpg|[[Micah]]'s cake with Issue #10 printed on top.<br>(''[[Four Months Ago...]]'')
Image:Turtle and wonders.jpg|A [[turtle]] crawls across Issue #7.<br />{{epp|303}}
Image:9th Wonders posters at Sam's Comics.jpg|Posters hang on the wall at [[Sam's Comics]].<br />{{epp|319}}
</gallery>

===Issue #14 Gallery===
<gallery>
Image:9th_wonders.jpg|The front cover shows [[Hiro]] [[Space-time manipulation|arriving]] in [[New York City]].
Image:01x07 9thWonders 14 20.jpg|The comic uses commercial ads.
Image:Image-Issue14-Inside2.jpg|The comic is laid out in traditional format.
Image:9th Wonders Hiro in Times Square.jpg|Hiro's excitement reaches its zenith.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 01.jpg|The graphic novel begins with at [[Yamagato Industries]].
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 02.jpg|Hiro concentrates.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 03.jpg|The clock on his desk turns back one second.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 04.jpg|"[[Yatta!|I did it!]]"
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 05.jpg|[[Ando]] thinks Hiro has drunk too much sake.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 06.jpg|Ando compares Hiro's claims to [[Star Trek]].
Image:I want to boldly go.JPG|Ando mocks Hiro's [[powers]].
Image:Issue14-MiddlePage.jpg|Hiro uses this page to prove to [[Ando]] that the graphic novel is [[prophecy|prophetic]].
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 11.jpg|Hiro shows Ando that ''9th Wonders!'' [[precognition|foretells]] of a [[hero]]ic act.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 12.jpg|Hiro grabs the comic from his friend.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 13.jpg|A [[Japanese schoolgirl]] is about to be hit by a truck.
Image:Painting hiro rescues japanese schoolgirl.jpg|A similar [[painting]] hangs in [[Linderman's archives]].
Image:Comic prophecy hiro ando plane.jpg|The men travel by plane.
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 09.jpg|Hiro and Ando arrive in [[Los Angeles]].
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 15.jpg|At LAX, Hiro rents [[Nissan Versa|a car]].
Image:01x02 9thWonders 14 14.jpg|He shows the [[Hotspur employee]] which car he needs.
Image:Dude, this looks just like you.JPG|In the graphic novel, Hiro asks a comic book store employee where he can find Isaac. The employee is surprised to see Hiro's image in the book.
Image:Issue14-Inside.jpg|Isaac [[Isaac's paintings|drawings]] [[prophecy|prophesy]] that Hiro will stumble upon a [[Sylar's victims|trail of blood]] in [[Isaac's apartment]].
Image:01x02 UnfinishedComic1.jpg|An unfinished portion of the comic shows Hiro's expressions as he is interviewed by the [[Detective Furakowa]] and another [[NYPD detective]].
Image:Issue14-LastPage.jpg|The publisher/writer/artist is [[Isaac Mendez]].
</gallery>

===Issue #16 Gallery===
<gallery>
Image:9thWondersNew.jpg|[[Hiro]] and [[Ando]] find Issue #16 (called ''9つめの不思議!'').
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-2.jpg|It shows [[Arthur]]...
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-3.jpg|...grabbing [[Hiro]] in [[Africa]].
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-4.jpg|The comic shows Hiro and Ando reading the comic.
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-5.jpg|They discuss prior events.
Image:DAHM.jpg|Ando and Hiro go to [[Mohinder's apartment]] and meet [[Matt]] and [[Daphne]].
Image:Hiro teleports to Lawrence.jpg|Then they all [[space-time manipulation|teleport]]...
Image:Arrival in Lawrence.jpg|...to a [[The Millbrooks' home|a corn farm]] in [[Lawrence, KS]].
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-6.jpg|A salesperson says that the comic book character looks just like Hiro.
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-8.jpg|An impending [[eclipse]]...
Image:0309-9thwonders-n16-9.jpg|...is captioned, "It's Coming".
</gallery>

===Final Issue===
<gallery>
Image:9th Wonders, final issue cover.jpg|The front cover shows [[Hiro]] and [[Ando]]...
Image:1x20_9thWonders_final_issue_cover_01.jpg|...in a decimated [[New York City]].
Image:9th wonders hiro in the future.jpg|A [[courier fanboy]] was just excited that Hiro was [[time travel|traveling]] to the [[Explosion Future|future]].
Image:9th Wonders, Nathan in the White House.jpg|The final issue shows [[Nathan]] in the [[White House]]...
Image:9th Wonders, final issue, 2 pages.jpg|...several scenes from Hiro's and Ando's journeys...
Image:9th Wonders, final issue, 2 more pages.jpg|...including a final confrontation with [[Sylar]].
Image:1x20 9thWonders final issue 01.jpg|The final issue depicts [[prophetic]] images of [[Mohinder (explosion future)|Mohinder]], [[The Haitian (explosion future)|The Haitian]], and Hiro.
Image:1x20 9thWonders final issue 02.jpg|Hiro uses a [[Ando's sword|sword]] to stab Sylar.
Image:Alien.JPG|The sword also stabs someone straight through the [[heart]].
Image:1x20 9thWonders ando.jpg|Before traveling back to 2006, Hiro takes this ''9th Wonders!'' page from a dead [[Hiro (explosion future)|Future Hiro]]'s pocket.
Image:9th wonders final issue unfinished.jpg|Ando and Hiro stand on [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop]] overlooking New York City in [[Explosion Future|ruins]].
Image:Future_comic.jpg|The last issue of ''9th Wonders!'' doesn't contain dialogue.
Image:9th Wonders last issue (auction).jpg|Ando and Hiro seek out Sylar.
Image:Ando's death background.jpg|This is where Ando dies, according to the comic.
Image:9th wonders andowned.jpg|The image of a dead Ando spurs Hiro to try to kill Sylar.
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===Hidden Issue===

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Image:LostInTime issue.jpg|[[Matt]], [[Daphne]] and [[Ando]] finds the hidden issue of 9th Wonders.
Image:ClaireRooftop comic.jpg|[[Claire]] waits for [[Hiro]] in the [[Charles Deveaux's rooftop|Deveaux building rooftop]].
Image:Hiro Pole comic.jpg|[[Hiro]] hangs in a flag pole after being [[telekinesis|thrown]] by [[Arthur]].
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==See Also==
==See Also==
* Fro a gallery of images of ''9th Wonders!'', see '''[[9th Wonders! gallery]]'''.
* For the official/unofficial fan site containing [[Heroes Evolutions]] content, see '''[[9thwonders.com]]'''.
* For the official/unofficial fan site containing [[Heroes Evolutions]] content, see '''[[9thwonders.com]]'''.
* For a side-by-side comparison of the ''9th Wonders!'' comics and the realization of those (and other prophecies), see '''[[prophecy]]'''.
* For a side-by-side comparison of the ''9th Wonders!'' comics and the realization of those (and other prophecies), see '''[[prophecy]]'''.
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* For other ''9th Wonders!'' comics covers drawn by artist [[Tim Sale]] for promotion use only, ''see [[Helix Comics]]''.
* For other ''9th Wonders!'' comics covers drawn by artist [[Tim Sale]] for promotion use only, ''see [[Helix Comics]]''.
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9th Wonders!

Tommy is a fan of 9th Wonders!
First mentioned: Genesis
Current status: Issue #31 published, final complete issue
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9th Wonders! is the name of a prophetic comic book, created by the New York, NY artist Isaac Mendez. For a gallery of images of 9th Wonders! (including covers and panels from inside the issues), see here.

About

Season One

For an episode-by-episode summary, see 9th Wonders!: Season One History.

Kindred

Bob reads an issue of 9th Wonders! in Isaac Mendez's apartment just before briefing Mohinder on his new lab.

Fight or Flight

Micah shows Monica issue #10 of 9th Wonders!; on the cover is the picture of a muscle woman called St. Joan, and Micah compares her to Monica, saying they are both "muscle mimics".

Four Months Ago...

Micah's birthday cake is decorated with the cover of issue #10 of 9th Wonders!; on the cover is the picture of a muscle woman called St. Joan.

Season Three

For an episode-by-episode summary, see 9th Wonders!: Season Three History.

Upon This Rock

Hiro thumbs through Issue #5.

The Wall

Trapped in a nightmare for what seems like years, Sylar gives Peter a copy of 9th Wonders!, Issue #13, with Uluru on the cover. Peter, angry with Sylar, tosses the peace offering off the roof. Later, Sylar wonders how Matt could have created the world in which he trapped Sylar--especially books. Peter suggests that perhaps Sylar read the books and retained their words in his subconscious, but Sylar counters that he never read 9th Wonders! Peter says that he did read the comic.

Brave New World

When Tommy's mother drives their car away from the border patrol staff, a stack of Tommy's 9th Wonders! comics falls over, with Issue #31 at the top.

The Lion's Den

Inside Dennis Collins's room, there are multiple 9th Wonders! comics lying around and even a St. Joan poster on the wall.

Game Over

In Paris, France, Emily Duval goes through comic books at a stand to show Tommy Clark how important it is for him to accept his responsibility to accept his destiny since he has powers and has been told he has to save the world. In the stand, Emily finds a French copy of Issue #31 of 9th Wonders! with a title that translates to Nathan Visits the Future showing Tommy standing next to Erica Kravid in the future. Emily comments on how the Tommy on the cover looks like him and Tommy excitedly tells her he's been looking for that issue of the comic for years. Tommy tells Emily that there are rumors on message boards that the artist was an evo and that the drawings in 9th Wonders! came true. Emily takes the copy of 9th Wonders! with Tommy on the cover as a sign that she was right and saving the world is his fate. Tommy agrees that he's now ready to go back and face his destiny after seeing 9th Wonders! and Emily's belief in him.

June 13th, Part Two

Before Nathan teleports his mother and Caspar to safety, Hiro gives him the 9th Wonders! that once guided him into finding his destiny, hoping that one day it can do the same for his son.

Send in the Clones

After teleporting away with the Miko Otomo construct, Tommy Clark realizes that their conversation is in the 9th Wonders! he picked up in France. Tommy remembers what his mother said about how 9th Wonders! once guided Hiro Nakamura and realizes it could do the same for him. Needing to know what mission Hachiro Otomo wants Tommy to send Miko on, they check the comic. On the last page, Miko and Tommy find Miko facing off against M. F. Harris who Miko recognizes as the man who kidnapped her father and stole her sword. Miko realizes that her final mission must be to face Harris and Tommy finds out the location as Sunstone Manor from a caption in the comic. After promising to tell Ren Miko loves him if he sees Ren, Tommy sends Miko to Sunstone Manor in the present. Miko eventually faces off with Harris Prime as depicted in 9th Wonders! and ultimately kills him.

Project Reborn

While viewing his memories inside the Eternal Fortress, Tommy Clark sees several images of 9th Wonders! including when Hiro handed him a copy of the comic that shaped his own future and his mother telling him that Tommy had the exact same powers as his favorite 9th Wonders! character, Hiro Nakamura.

Heroes Evolutions

Saving Charlie

  • Hiro, bored during his long road trip through New Mexico and Texas, says that he has already read all his manga "a million times" and that his 9th Wonders! was in tatters. (Chapter 2)
  • After teleporting to Times Square, Hiro's attention is grabbed by a 9th Wonders! comic book prominently displayed at the front of a comic book rack. The cover of the comic book was Hiro Nakamura in the middle of Times Square. Hiro went to look for help from Isaac Mendez, the writer and artist for 9th Wonders! (Chapter 3)
  • Hiro recalls that he almost walked past the issue of 9th Wonders! that revealed his destiny, but something caught his eye and made him pick it up. On the cover was an illustrated image of Hiro himself in "perfect four-color detail". The image was of Hiro standing in the middle of Times Square with his arms outstreched. This is what made him realize he had a superpower. He was riveted to the comic, each panel of which showed Hiro's journey, from the clock at Yamagato to the karaoke bar. Hiro was too afraid to look at the next page, so he flipped the graphic novel over and looked at Isaac's address instead. He then worked up the courage to look at the next panel which would tell him how to get to Isaac Mendez's loft. He paid the newsie for the comic and left. (Chapter 17)
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Brave New World

In the eBook Brave New World, Tommy returns home at dawn from the evo support group meeting in Chicago. His mother hears him come in and bursts into his room with a 9mm Glock, but by the time the lights go on, Tommy is already reading the latest issue of Ninth Wonders.

Gemini: Heroes Reborn

Cassandra Hays finds three issues of 9th Wonders! inside the Quarry. They feature Hiro, Claire, and Nathan on the cover.

Notes

  • Many covers have alternate versions, alternating between showing an icon of the Helix or an icon of Uluru in the publisher stamp, showing nor not showing the issue #, and many having alternate versions published under the promo title Helix Comics.
  • Three issues bear the Uncle Burk's Fine Comics publisher stamp, but have not appeared in any episodes.
  • Issue #5 of Nathan flying is the only issue that varies in artwork and coloring.
  • It's interesting to note that Issue #14, on newsstands five weeks in the future, contains events from both the present and future timelines. Therefore, depending on when Isaac drew it, it's possible that he accurately depicted both past (or at least present) and future events. Simone does mention that the comic is late; she must mean Issue #14, because #13 is already published and Isaac later tells Hiro #14 hasn't gone to the publisher. Therefore, the issue does in fact depict both present and future events, and Isaac's power is perhaps broader than imagined.
  • It's also unclear whether Isaac realizes the comic is predicting future events, or whether he uses heroin when he produces it.
  • In multiple interviews, the writers Joe Pokaski and Aron Coleite have said that 9 is an important number in the world of Heroes.
  • The name is also used by 9thwonders.com, "The Official/Unofficial Fan Site for Heroes".
  • As Micah chats with Hana, one of the tabs on his computer says "9th Wonders" (The Death of Hana Gitelman, Part 2). Jason Badower has said that this was to pay tribute to the 9thwonders.com message board posters who help keep his spirits high.
  • The graphic novel The Trial of the Black Bear is listed as being presented by "9th Wonders! Manga Classics".
  • A French version of the comic, entitled Les 9èmes Merveilles!, can be found in Paris.
  • A Japanese version of the comic, entitled 9つめの不思議!, can be found at Sam's Comics in Tokyo.
  • Isaac told a courier that he wrote his final issue (.07%). The final issue's number is currently unknown. It should be noted that months after Isaac talked about his final issue, Issue #16 was found in Tokyo. Later, Issue #31 arrived at Sam's Comics in Lawrence, Kansas. Another version of Issue #31 appearing to contain a completely different plot later appeared in Paris in 2015.
  • The cover of the version of Issue #31 found by Tommy Clark in 2015 gives the first clue to Tommy's real identity: in English its titled "Nathan visits the future!" Nathan is Tommy's real name as revealed in June 13th, Part One.

Trivia

  • In a forum post, Tim Sale said that, in general, he draws the 9th Wonders! comic panels from screen captures of scenes that have already been filmed.
  • At least four issue covers have appeared within (or on the cover) of 9th Wonders! issues. Issue #14's cover is shown within Issue #14 and within the Final Issue; Issue #16 is shown within Issue #16, and Issue #31 is shown on the cover of Issue #31.

See Also


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