No. 01The First Flame
The Man Without A Price
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Issue No. 1 · The First Flame
The Man Without A Price
They made an offer. He answered it years ago.
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An Original American Folklore
The Folklore ofNick Reynolds
They controlled the money. He controlled the fire.
You cannot buy a man who already knows what makes him rich.
The Official Home
This is the official home of The Folklore of Nick Reynolds — an original fictional comic saga about Mr. Delco, a builder whose fire comes from a backyard stone pit, set in a heightened world inspired by Delaware County, Pennsylvania.
All 24 issues are free to read in order, told across three arcs. Nick and his crew — Tiny, Vance, Spark, Shh and Boochi — stand between their block and the Keepers, an invented faction that collects other people's stories and files them away. Everything in the comics is fiction.
Arc 1 · Issues No. 1–8
The First Flame
The fire pit wakes, the crew finds each other, and a quiet builder learns that the thing nobody can buy is the thing everybody wants.
Arc 2 · Issues No. 9–16
Roads of Delco
The saga moves onto the blacktop: storms of living glass, a market that trades in memories, a false sunrise, and six lanterns that teach Nick to share the weight.
Arc 3 · Issues No. 17–24
The Keeper Vault
The Keepers open their tower, the crew opens their own history, and the fire finally decides who it belongs to.
The Crew
Six Around The Fire
Nick Reynolds
Father of six. Husband. Builder. Reluctant folk hero.
Controlled fire drawn from family, faith, grief turned to purpose, loyalty, courage, truth, rebirth and protection.
Tiny
Scout. Tunnel-runner. The one who goes first.
Fearlessness in the dark. He finds what evil tries to hide.
Vance
Anchor. Line-holder. Last man standing.
Immovability. Discipline. He does not negotiate with pressure.
Spark
Nick's brother. Force multiplier.
Nick carries the flame. Spark makes it spread.
Shh
Excavator. Machinist. Keeper of the underground.
She owns everything beneath the town, and she built The Red Devil.
Boochi
Sent when failure is not an option.
Total commitment. He finishes what the crew starts.
No. 01The First Flame
The Man Without A Price
Name your number
Issue No. 1 · The First Flame
The Man Without A Price
They made an offer. He answered it years ago.
Eleven silver-suited figures invite Nick Reynolds to a glass table and open a ledger with his name at the top. They have bought quieter men for less. What they have not accounted for is a builder who already knows the exact size of his own life, and a backyard fire that has been keeping score.
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No. 02The First FlameThe Fire Pit Awakens
It knew his name
Issue No. 2 · The First Flame
The Fire Pit Awakens
The last surviving flame recognizes him.
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Tiny's Beam
If it's buried, it's mine
Issue No. 3 · The First Flame
Tiny's Beam
The smallest one goes first, because he always has.
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The Machines
Steel That Answers
The Black '75
Announces itself before Nick says a word
The White Shield
Carries the whole crew and then some
The Red Devil
Heavy excavation and demolition in truck form
The Oath
I do not fight because I hate what stands in front of me. I stand because I love what is behind me.
Come to the fire pitThe Folklore of Nick Reynolds is a work of fiction set in a heightened, fictionalized world. Antagonists, supernatural events, organizations and story conflicts are fictional.