Morality Bites Back

Morality Bites Back is the 6th issue of the Charmed comic series published by Zenescope Entertainment. It is the first one-shot of the series.

Summary
Almost a decade ago, Phoebe Halliwell saw a future in which she was executed via incineration in a gas chamber for killing a mortal that murdered her friend. Now as the time approaches for her premonition to play itself out, what can she do, if anything, to stop it? Phoebe questions whether the events are destined to play out the way she saw them or if enough has changed to save both her friend's life as well as her own. Don't miss this shocking one-shot issue that will have you on the edge of your seat!

Introduced

 * Messenger Cherub

Returning

 * Cal Greene
 * Elise Rothman
 * Mika
 * Coop
 * Prudence Johnna Halliwell
 * Tamora and Kat Mitchell

Mentioned

 * Prue Halliwell
 * Elders
 * Nathaniel Pratt
 * Burns (crime reporter)
 * Henry Mitchell
 * Cole Turner

Powers Used

 * Premonition - Phoebe
 * Empathy - Phoebe
 * Pathokinesis (in a flashback) - Phoebe
 * Beaming - Coop
 * Molecular immobilization - Piper
 * Healing - Paige
 * Glamour - Paige

Locations

 * Halliwell Manor
 * Phoebe Halliwell's condo
 * The Bay Mirror
 * Cupid's Temple



A Glamour to Change One's Appearance

 * To ensure a future
 * preserved
 * Mask our friend
 * see justice
 * served.

Notes and Trivia

 * This issue discusses the events leading up to Phoebe's possible imprisonment, shown to her and her sisters in the Season 2 episode Morality Bites.
 * The close friend of Phoebe's that Cal Greene brutalizes is Elise Rothman; Phoebe's boss and editor at The Bay Mirror.
 * The power Phoebe uses to kill Cal Greene is explained as being an advanced form of Empathy. Phoebe uses his rage against him to kill him.
 * Elise finally discovers the that Phoebe is a witch.
 * It's the first time the Cupid's Temple appears.
 * This is the first issue that Hogan and Neena don't appear in, Hogan was killed by Neena in the previous issue.
 * In this comic, it shows that the Crime Reporter is now Burns, previously on the series, Kyle Donie was the Crime Reporter.
 * In this comic, Phoebe uses her powers of premonition and empathy, and in a flashback from the episode Morality Bites, Phoebe uses advanced empathy. She didn't use only her Levitation power.
 * Phoebe has a premonition without touching anything, however it wouldn't be the first time that being in a specific area triggered a premonition.
 * This is the first comic to not feature all sisters on the cover.Issue_6_-_scan-0016a.jpeg
 * This issue is a one-shot about Phoebe.
 * Cal Greene can be seen in the background in both covers.
 * The issue was released in February. The events of Morality Bites also take place in February; it's unknown if this was planned on purpose, or it was just a coincidence.
 * Cover A for this issue is the first issue of the series to have the title on it.
 * Screenshots from Morality Bites are used in this episode.
 * Elise explains to Phoebe in this issue that Cal Greene has brutally attacked another women before. The women looks like Carolyn Seldon, an innocent whom Paige helped in the Season 4 episode Charmed and Dangerous.
 * Cal Greene can be assumed to be a member of the San Francisco Giants baseball team, but if you look closely, the insignia on his jacket reads "SP" instead of "SF". The logos look very similar though, with the two letters interlaced. (This was probably done to not infringe on the team's copyright.)