Permanent

Permanent is an interesting Premium comic by Tom Reynolds. It's set in the world of X-Change. If that doesn't ring a bell, X-Change Life is a text-based, sandbox RPG created by Aphrodite. It's set in a universe where it's normal to take over-the-counter gender-swapping pills that last 24 hours (or longer!). There are a wide variety of these DNA-based gender-swapping pills, and they can give you any body you may want... either male or female!

Tom Reynolds played the game and enjoyed it thoroughly. Basically, he got in touch with Aphrodite and asked if it would be cool for him to set a series of comics in the world of the game. Aphrodite said it was all fine, so Tom has taken this idea and run with it.

The first X-Change pills were developed following a lab accident in Japan during the 1990s, a lab that was involved in nanobot research. X-Change has redefined the possibilities of gender expression and identity. Over the years, variants have been developed, including Basic, X-Tra Strength, Purple, Breeder, Resistance and Plus.

The focus of this comic is on the Breeder™ pill. You'll see a wonderful two-page ad for this pill before the comic kicks off (as well as the same ad as a single spread as a bit of bonus content in the back). The Breeder™ pill is intended for advances users only. Intended effects include full female transformation, exponential increase in fertility, insatiable sexual appetite, protracted periods of arousal, and inability to orgasm without being inseminated.

Permanent is a Tom Reynolds' comic that is set in the X-Change universe. Most of these over-the-counter pills are temporary, but under certain circumstances their effects can last for a lifetime!

Summer City is a metropolis in Florida and the unofficial capital of X-Change. The city has a focus on pleasure and individual happiness, and has employed advanced technology to facilitate and manage the city’s unique way of life. There's quite a bit of X-Change tourism here. People often come to Summer City so they can pop a pill and temporarily have a different body... and many come back again and again!

Alan Fielder is not one of these people. He's in Summer City on business, for just one night. He's dimly aware that the place has a risque reputation, but he's never really paid attention as to the reasons why, and pretty much has no idea what X-Change pills are and what they do.

But once he lands in a plane and arrives at his hotel, he begins to get a glimmer. There are so many beautiful women around... how many of them started the day as men? And Dan, a man who was on the same plane and comes regularly to Summer City as an X-Change tourist, explains the basics. And that it's the centerpiece of his love life.

As far as Dan is concerned, you've never experienced true femininity until you've been with a woman on X-Change. They can go all night, they're pretty much insatiable. And if he strikes out, that's okay, because he can pop a pill himself and get fucked!

Dan recommends that Alan give it a go. How can you come to Summer City and not partake in X-Change? And the Basic pill only lasts a day, so it's the perfect way to dip your toe in the water.

Alan declines. Changing genders seems overwhelming to him. He never knew so many people were doing it... and so casually!

He plans to stay put in his hotel room and focus on his sales meeting. But he is intrigued. And Summer City is the place for sun, sea, sand and sex. What if he...?

Permanent is intended be an anthology series. Each issue will be a separate story set in the X-Change universe and run about 30 pages. Each issue will depict a person who ends up becoming a woman on a permanent basis, even though the effects of the pills are generally temporary. Each issue will focus on a different type of pill, and the variety of ways and reasons for a man to permanently become female.

But all of that depends on how this first issue is received. The formula is pretty simple. If enough of you show your interest and enthusiasm by purchasing a copy of Permanent, Tom will make more comics. If not, we'll leave it at this one issue. And that's fine too, because the end of this issue is the end of this particular tale.

The comic is a straight-up Premium for the set price of $6.95. There's no PWYW option for this one.

If you like Tom's work you should buy this comic! If you've played X-Change before you should buy this comic! If you like simple stories of guys who make impulsive choices and get in over their heads, you should buy this comic! If you like TG transformations and guys who come to love having sex as girls, you should buy this comic!