The Five Fists of Science

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Creative team
The Five Fists of Science
Cover of The Five Fists of Science graphic novel by Steven Sanders
Publisher	Image Comics
Date	May 2006
Main character(s)	Mark Twain Nikola Tesla Baroness Bertha von Suttner John Pierpont Morgan Thomas Edison Guglielmo Marconi Andrew Carnegie Elihu Root
Writer(s)	Matt Fraction
Artist(s)	Steven Sanders
ISBN	ISBN 1-58240-605-7

The Five Fists of Science is a steampunk graphic novel created by writer Matt Fraction and artist Steven Sanders. It was published in 2006 by Image Comics.

[edit] Plot

Nikola Tesla and Mark Twain 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 and John Pierpont Morgan. The inventor and the financier are collaborating on a bizarre new skyscraper, on whose building site many construction workers have already died in mysterious accidents.