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I OVERSEE THE SCIENCE
WHY IS COMMISSION. I SHOULD
THIS pooR NEVER BE BARRED FROM
SEALED?! ENTERING THIS
EMPEROR
MARK!
I DIDN’T
KNOW YOU
WERE--

AM I SUDDENLY REQUIRED
TO KEEP YOU INFORMED OF
ALL MY ACTIONS, GENERAL
KREGG? I AM EMPEROR!
I DO AS TI WISH.

CAN’T YOU
SEE I WAS IN
THE MIDDLE OF
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ISN’T IT
10US?

HAPPENED?!
THE VERY PEOPLE WHO PROVIDED
MY ESCAPE FROM ANGSTROM
LEVY’S DIMENSION AND ALLOWED
ME TO BRING HIM HERE TO
HARNESS HIS POWER--HAVE
KILLED HIM AND TRIED
TO HALT OUR
PROGRESS! ONE OF THEM
ESCAPED WITH THE
TECHNOLOGY INTO
ANOTHER DIMENSION.
THIS PROJECT IS
NOW PRIORITY
ONE!
YOU WILL HANDLE
ALL OF MY DUTIES UNTIL
THIS PROVECT IS COMPLETE. I
WILL GO NOW, TO SEEK ANOTHER
WHO CAN PROVIDE US WITH THE
MEANS OF EXPANDING OUR
GLORIOUS VILTRUM EMPIRE INTO
COUNTLESS OTHER DIMENSIONS.

SILENCE!

I EXPECT
THIS MESS TO
Be GONE UPON
MY RETURN!
YOU COME
ANYWHERE NEAR
ME AND I SWEAR TI
WILL IGNITE THE
EXPLOSIVES THAT
LINE THE
STRUCTURE OF
THIS BRIDGE.

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DON’T
DO THAT,
PLEASE.
ROBOT,
JUST LISTEN
TO ME. I
NEED YOUR

I NEVER
SAW YOU
LIKE THIS...
BUT EVE
TOLD Me.

LIES! Eve NEVER SAW

ME LKE THIS. NO ONE
DID. THEY THOUGHT I
WAS A ROBOT. THAT’S
HOW I FAKED MY DEATH
AFTER YOU KILLED
THE REST OF THE
TEEN TEAM!

STOP! I’M FROM ANOTHER

DIMENSION. I’M NOT THE
ONE WHO DID THOSE
THINGS.

iE I WAS, I
FEEL LIKE THERE'D
BE A WHOLE ARMY
OF VILTRUMITES
HOVERING OUTSIDE
READY TO TRASH
THIS PLACE.

50 MAYBE
YOU SHOULD
LISTEN TO
Me!
EMPEROR, COULD
I PLEASE HAVE A CERTAINLY.

JUST
CONTINUEON
AHEAD, RUDY.
THE LAB
IS THROUGH
THAT DOOR.

YOU’RE
SURE
ABOUT
THIS?

WHO, OF ae
WHAT,|S Ja
THAT?

THIS IS
THE SCIENTIST
LI’VE BROUGHT
IN TO COMPLETE
THE WORK OF
DUPLICATING
ANGSTROM
LEVY’S

ASSUME THAT
IS A SUFFICIENT
EXPLANATION TO
ALLOW YOU TO NOT
PISTRACT ME
ANYMORE.

I TRUST
THINGS ARE
PROGRESSING
WELL IN MY
ABSENCE?
I’M WORRIED I MAY BE
LAYING IT ON ALITTLE THICK
WITH THEM. I FIGURE IF I’M
JUST A STERN JERK ALL
THE TIME THEY WON’T
QUESTION WHAT I’M
DOING.
EITHER
WAY, WE NEED
TO PO THIS AS
FAST AS POSSIBLE.
THEY'RE GOING TO
FIGURE ME OUT AT
SOME POINT.

I’VE ALREADY POWNLOADED

ALL THE WORK THAT WAS
PREVIOUSLY DONE ON THIS
PROJECT. AT A GLANCE, IT
SEEMS LIKE THEY WERE ,
CLOSE...SOTHIS , eS a ROBOT,
SHOULDN'T BE , aR rn : o- LET ME ASK
TOO HARD. Y SSF YOU...
I’D FEEL
SAFER WORKING
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I HAVE
EVERYTHING
I’LL NEED.
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ME CHECK A (
FEW THINGS
BEFORE
WE GO.

I TOLD YOU ONCE YOUR

TO CALL ME FATHER ENLISTED
RUDY. I CAN'T YOU... YOU ACTUALLY
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ALLOW YOU TO
REVEAL MY BUT YES. I
THOUGHT WE WOULD
HELP YOU TAKE OVER
. IDENTITY. SAW IT WITH MY THE PLANET. I’M SURE
~ ; OWN EYES. THE TWO EVE ACTUALLY SHE DIDN’T
OF YOU HAD GROWN CONSIDERED IT... BUT LOVE HIM LIKE
CLOSE, BUT YOU JUST AFTER YOU KILLED SHE USED TO...
WEREN’T HUMAN. YOU PES: BUT THE TWO
DIDN’T SEE THINGS THE OF THEM WERE
SAME WAY... SOMETHING VERY
WAS OFF. THERE WERE CLOSE.
LITTLE THINGS, BUT WE
MOSTLY IGNORED
THEM.

IT’S HARD...
TALKING TO
YOU LIKE THIS.
SEEING

even “Nf
THOUGH
YOU’RE NOT
DAYS LATER,
AT ROBOT’S
HIPPEN BASE.

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IS THERE
ANYTHING I ACTUALLY...
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LET ME FINISH.
ALL THIS SAID,
THERE IS ONE
PROBLEM THAT YOU
COULD HELP ME WITH,
THAT IS OTHERWISE
INSURMOUNTABLE AND
WILL DEFINITELY
PREVENT ME FROM
COMPLETING THIS

I HAVE
ABSOLUTELY
NO INCENTIVE
TO HELP
YOU.
YOU MEAN OTHER WHATEVER RELATIONSHIP I THINK I
THAN THE FACT OR REALLY... MY OTHERDIMENSIONAL SEE WHERE
THAT YOU’RE MY WERE MY FRIEND. COUNTERPART HAS OR YOU’RE
FRIEND AND I I NEED TO GET HAP WITH YOU IS GOING WITH
NEED HELP? BACK HOME SO I INCONSEQUENTIAL. THIS.
CAN SORT THIS
CRAP OUT. NOT ONLY PO I
HAVE NO INCENTIVE
TO COMPLETE THIS
TASK, IT’S ACTUALLY IN
MY BEST INTERESTS AND
THE BEST INTERESTS OF
EVERYONE ON THIS
PLANET FOR Me
NOT TO DO SO.

$0 YOU REALIZE
THAT WE HAVE BEEN
INVAPED BY THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE, AND
YOU ARE CURRENTLY
PASSING FOR THE
EMPEROR OF SAID
EMPIRE.
YOUR PRESENCE
HERE IS OF
TREMENPOUS VALUE TO
Me. TO PROVIDE YOU WITH
THE ABILITY TO ESCAPE THIS
DIMENSION COULD WELL MEAN
THE DEATH OF MYSELF AND
MANY OF MY ASSOCIATES, AND
IT WOULD ALSO MEAN LOSING
THE BEST OPPORTUNITY OF /
AVENGING THOSE S
ALREADY FALLEN.
THE ONLY
SOLUTION I CAN
CONCEIVE OF IS THAT
YOU OVERTHROW THE
VILTRUM EMPIRE FROM
WITHIN, CAUSING THEM
TO LEAVE THIS
PLANET. I ESTIMATE IT
WILL TAKE ME AT
LEAST FIVE MONTHS TO
COMPLETE THIS DEVICE.
DO YOU FEEL YOU GOULD
ACCOMPLISH WHAT I
REQUIRE OF YOU IN
THAT TIME?

PROBABLY
NOT... BUTI
THINK I HAVE
4 BETTER
IDEA.
DO YOU HAVE
MAULER TWINS
IN THIS
DIMENSION?
DID YOU
WANT TO TALK
WHEN YOU TORE
MY BROTHER’S
HEAP FROM
HIS BODY ?!

NOT--BUT THIS IS ¥
A DIFFERENT TIME!
BESIDES, I DON’T
MEAN TO BE
INSENSITIVE, BUT
CAN'T YOU JUST
CLONE ANOTHER
“BROTHER?”

I AM HOUNDED
BY YOUR FORCES
AT EVERY TURN! I
CAN’T REBUILD MY
EQUIPMENT... I CAN’T
FIND A PLACE TO
Be ALONE WITH
MY WORK.

YOU’VE RUINEP
EVERYTHING!

WELL--NOW Y¥
I’M Here To YOU’RE SMART ENOUGH
IT! TO KNOW THAT IF I SO
oa WANTED YOU DEAD, _—_LISTEN TO
YOU'D BE DEAD. ME--

IF THIS IS A
VILTRUMITE
PLOT--I’M AS
GOOD AS DEAD,
ANYWAY.
WHAT’S NOT TO LIKE?
HE’S GOING TO CLONE
AVERSION OF MY
BODY AND IMPLANT
YOU INTO IT. YOU’LL
Be BC
(Me OR RATHER,
YOU’LL BE THE
VERSION OF ME
THAT IS IN CONTROL
AX OF THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE.
YOU CAN FIX
EVERYTHING HERE.
YOU CAN DO MUCH
BETTER THAN I COULD--
YOU CAN LEAD THEM
LONG-TERM, USE
THEM AS YOU
SEE FIT.

YOU CAN
ACCOMPLISH SO
MUCH MORE THAN
I COULD IF I TRIED
TO FIGHT THEM.
THINK ABOUT THE
POSSIBILITIES.

VERY WELL. WE WILL PROCEED Keer W I’M HERE,

AS YOU HAVE LAID OUT... I WILL IT THAT I’VE GOT
COMPLETE YOUR DEVICE, BUT WAY. NOWHERE ELSE
YOU WILL HELP ME KEEP A TO GO. I’LL SEE
CLOSE WATCH ON THIS THROUGH
THIS ONE. WITH YOU.
SOUNDS LIKE
We’VE GOT A
DEAL.
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AND MONTHS WITHOUT INTERRUPTION... AND I’M . (V7 SUSPICIOUS THAT TH
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THE SCIENTIST WORKING ON
THIS PROJECT FEELS WE WILL
DOUBLE CROSS HIM ONCE
HE’S SUCCEEDED.

I AM NOW BEING
HELD HERE UNTIL
HE HAS FINISHED.

WHEN HE
IS DONE,
AFTER HE IS
ALLOWED To
RETREAT TO
ANOTHER DIMENSION,
I WILL BE GIVEN THE
DEVICE AND
RELEASED.
I AM, OF
COURSE, ABLE TO
LEAVE ANY TIME I
WISH, BUT NOT
WITHOUT JEOPARDIZING
THE PROJECT. WHICH
I REFUSE
I HAD BEEN PLANNING
| THEY'RE NOT TO KILL YOU BEFORE
| GOING TO LIKE THIS PROJECT
| THAT, BUT IT’S WAS OVER. YOU COULD
THE ONLY WAY HAVE SAVED
TO KEEP THEM ME ALOT OF
TROUBLE BY
TELLING

YOU’RE
NOT HIM--
ARE
YOU?

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BUT YOU | MYSELF TO ACCOMPLISH
SHOULD. A } THAT GOAL... BUT ONLY
, A BECAUSE I THOUGHT
I--WE COULD DO IT
BETTER.

SEEING THE
GOVERNMENTS
OF THE WORLD
OVERTHROWN,
SEEING ONE POWER
TRY TO MANAGE IT
ALL... IT JUST
DOESN’T
WORK.

WELL...
YOU’RE IN
THE RIGHT
PLACE.

ALL I WANT
TO PO NOW IS
STOP THEM--
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THINK THAT’D BE THE THING HE--YOU STRANDED
TO DO IN OUR ME HERE.
DIMENSION.

IT’S A DIFFICULT
THING, YOUR
COUNTERPART HERE
HAS DONE UNSPEAKABLE
THINGS... ANP HE IS YOU...
WITH JUST A FEW
DIFFERENT DECISIONS
MADE HERE AND

I SHUDDER
TO CONSIDER
WHAT EACH OF US
IS TRULY CAPABLE ARE YOU
OF GIVEN A READY FOR
PARTICULAR SET THIS?
OF INFLUENCES.

TRUTH IS, I’VE CONSIDERED ENDING WHAT’S A

MY LIFE MANY TIMES BEFORE. THE COUPLE MORE
PAIN I FEEL IN THIS FORM... I’VE HOURS? I
LONGED FOR AN ENP TO CAN’T THANK
THE SUFFERING. YOUR YOU
DEVICE \ ENOUGH.
IS COMPLETE.
I WELCOME THANK YOU FOR ITIS YOUT
THIS WITH OPEN STAYING AND SHOULD BE
ARMS. EVEN IF I HELPING THANKING. YOU
WEREN’T GOING TO WITH THIS HAVE SAVED
LIVE ON INA PROCESS. THIS WORLD...
DIFFERENT FORM, I IT’S ONLY A
WOULD STILL DESIRE MATTER OF
AN END TO THIS
HORRID LIFE.

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VERSION OF ME ON THIS
ALL SET. TABLE IN FRONT OF ME.
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IT’S AN INCOMPREHENSIBLE
AMOUNT OF DATA BEING
TRANSFERRED... STILL,
THIS WILL ONLY TAKE PROXIMITY
A FEW MINUTES. ALARM. IT’S
THEM.

y THANKS FOR
DOING THIS. I’M
SHOCKED THE
VILTRUMITES
ACTUALLY LISTENED
TO Me ANP
NEVER TRIED TO--

} NO! IT’S TOO

SOON! THIS PLAN
WON’T WORK IF THEY YOU’VE GOT
ATTACK BEFORE TO ATTACK THEM--
WE’RE READY! I CAN’T STALL THEM SO THIS
BE HERE IF THEY CAN WORK. CAN YOU
BREAK THEIR WAY BUY US SOME TIME?
IN--BUT I CAN’T {\ MAYBE IF I WEAR
LEAVE HIM HERE MB ONE OF THE ROBOT

THERE’S
NOTHING
WE CAN DO
Now.

THEY
BROUGHT THE
MONSTER.
OUR EMPEROR |S BEING HELD
HOSTAGE BY ONE OF THESE BUT THE LAST TIME We IT WILL HAVE
CREATURES. IF WE ALLOW UNLEASHED THIS BEAST ALONG PATH OF
THIS, WE WILL NEVER SEE IT WAS--I’M NOT SURE DESTRUCTION,
THE END OF IT. We’LL BE ABLE TO NO POUBT, BUT
CONTAIN IT. IT WILL TIRE,
AND IT WILL
PROJECT SLUMBER.
BE DAMNED--
WE HAVE
TO SENDA MARK
MESSAGE. GRAYSON WILL
SURVIVE THE
DESTRUCTION,
AND OUR
MESSAGE
WILL BE
SENT.

THIS IS
THE BEST [=
WAY. ‘
YOU'LL ¥
SEE.
OH, GOD--
HOW MUCH
MORE
TIME?!

IT’S DONE!
THE PROCESS IS
COMPLETE!

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IT WORKED!
I’M IN THIS

Be STERN
WITH THEM
AND THEY’LL
THINK YOU’RE
Me!

I TOLD YOU NOT TO ATTEMPT

A RESCUE! THE PROJECT IS NOW THERE IS
LOST, BUT IT FEAR THEY NEVER MUCH TO BE DONE...
INTENDED TO COMPLETE IT. I BUT IT DOESN’T
WAS BLINDED BY MY INVOLVE SO MANY
AMBITION FOR THE PEOPLE LOSING
EMPIRE. THEIR LIVES-- THIS IS
THE MONSTER THE PAWN
MUST BE OF A NEW
STOPPED! VILTRUM
EMPIRE!

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OKAY...
THINGS SEEM
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PROBABLY
“PROBABLY
MAD?”

I KNOW THIS IS GOING

TO SEEM exe ut BUT HE TOLD
WHERE’S # HAS HE Me YOU
HAT DID
DONE ANYTHING ne TELL DIED.
UNUSUAL? YOU ABOUT
ME?
DO YOU KNOW
WHERE HE IS
RIGHT NOW?
WHAT’S

SIX MONTHS,
MARK. YOU’VE
BEEN GONE
FOR SIX
MONTHS. DON’T Tf...
LOOK DIFFERENT
TO YOU? I COULPN’T
SLEEP... I COULDN’T
MAKE MYSELF EAT.
I LOST TOO MUCH
WEIGHT, TOO
I WAS IN
FAST.
THE HOSPITAL
FOR OVER A
MONTH. I
ALMOST...

I ALMOST
LOST THE
BABY,
MARK.

I COULDN’T HANDLE IT.

ROBOT TOLD ME WHAT
HAPPENED, HOW YOU KILLED
ANGSTROM LEVY BUT THE
OTHER VILTRUMITES I DIDN’T BELIEVE
OVERPOWERED YOU... IT AT FIRST. I
HE SAID HE SAW THEM THOUGHT MAYBE HE
KILL YOU. DIDN’T KNOW HOW
RESILIENT YOU WERE...
WHAT YOU COULD
SURVIVE. HE SAID HE
SAW THEM CRUSH
YOUR HEAD.

HAVE YOU
BEEN HEALING
ALL THIS TIME?
IS THAT WHAT
TOOK YOU SO
LONG?
I DON’T
CARE!

You/ve
GOT TO
LISTEN TO
Me--

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I REFUSEP TO
BELIEVE YOU THE THOUGHT OF LIVING BUT THEN I REALIZED...
WERE DEAD AT WITHOUT YOU... RAISING RAISING THIS CHILD
FIRST. AS THE DAYS ~—-THIS CHILD ON MY OWN... IT WAS TOO | WITHOUT YOU...
WENT ON... AS THEY HOW THE LIFE ITTHOUGHT MUCH, TI DIDN’T THAT’S THE ONLY
BECAME WEEKS... HAD... HAD BEEN KNOW HOW I SANE OPTION.
I STARTEP TO STOLEN FROM COULD GO ON...
ACCEPT WHAT Me... HOW I COULD
HAD RAISE THIS BABY
HAPPENED. ALONE.

NOT WEARING Je
YOUR RING.
I THINK ABOUT WHAT I
WENT THROUGH... AND I
REALIZE... ITCAN’T HAVE
OUR CHILD LIVING
THROUGH THAT.

HOW DO I
TELL THEM DADDY
ISN’T COMING HOME--
THAT I DON’T KNOW
WHEN... OR IF YOU’RE
EVER COMING
BACK?

I’LL BE
DAMNED IF I’M
GOING TO LIVE
THAT LIFE... I
WOULPN’T WISH
THIS ON
ANYONE.

YOU’RE RIGHT... ABOUT EVERYTHING. :

YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ANGSTROM,
TOO... I NEVER SHOULD HAVE GONE om ARE
AFTER HIM. AND I KNOW IT’S : YOU EVEN
NOT ENOUGH, BUT I’M : LISTENING
SORRY. YOU HAVE TO / Ye TO ME?
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I WANT TO
MAKE THINGS
RIGHT, BUT I
CAN’T RIGHT
NOW. THERE’S
TOO MUCH
HAPPENING.

YOU TO
COME WITH
Me AND--

I’M NOT ANGRY. I’M NOT

EVEN RAISING MY VOICE.
I’M JUST TELLING YOU
HOW THINGS ARE Now.
WELCOME HOME, MARK.
. I/MGLAD YOU'RE |
ALIVE, BUT...

I DON’T
EVER WANT
TO SEE YOU
AGAIN. ;

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BE A PART OF YOUR CHILD’S
LIFE... BUT I JUST DON’T ey oueMou
THINK THAT WOULD BE A I’M GOING TO Move.
GOOD THING... CONSIDERING t JUST DIDN'T WANT
HOW UNRELIABLE TO LIVE WITH MY
YOU ARE. PARENTS WHILE I was
we’LL FIGURING ALL THIS OUT.
OBVIOUSLY IF YOU COULD LET ME
HAVE TO STAY HERE FOR A FEW
TALK ABOUT WEEKS WHILE I GET
THIS THINGS IN ORDER,
MORE. I WOULD
APPRECIATE

PLEASE DON’T DO YOU CAN’T--2! HOW EVE, YOU DON’T

THIS. NOT RIGHT NOW. STUPID OF ME... OF UNDERSTAND... J
THERE’S SO MUCH COURSE YOU DON’T I CAN’T
GOING ON THAT YOU HAVE TIME FOR ME Be AROUND
DON’T KNOW ABOUT. TO BREAK UP YOU!
WE NEED TO LEAVE WITH YOU!
HERE... TOGETHER.
YOU COULD Be
IN DANGER. PLEASE...
JUST GO.

SO MANY
VEOPLE COULD
Be IN

I’LL GO, BUT YOU

CAN’T STAY HERE.
GO SOMEPLACE
NEW, WHERE ROBOT
WOULDPN’T KNOW
WHERE TO FIND
YOU. HE CAN’T BE ¥
TRUSTED.

WHEN I
GET A CHANCE
TO EXPLAIN... I
CAN FIX THIS.
I CAN MAKE
THINGS RIGHT
BETWEEN US...
AND I
WILL.
I
PROMISE.
I LOVE--
I Love
YOU,
Eve.
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— \ "For You.
WHERE
HAVE YOU
BEEN?
NONE OF (i I DON’T HAVE TIME FOR
YOUR-- THIS. YOU KNOW OUR
Sh : MISSION HERE. WE ARE
TO VROCREATE, MAKE
MORE VILTRUMITE HALF-
BREEDS SO THEY CAN
APD TO OUR RANKS AND
PREVENT OUR
EXTINCTION.

THE MALES
OF OUR RACE ARE
PERFORMING
APMIRABLY. MANY
CHILDREN HAVE
BEEN CREATED
ALREADY.

I AM NOT
FULFILLING

FLATTERED, BUT NO...

I’M TAKEN. REALLY.
I’M NOT
INTERESTED.

g YOU ARE |
I REFUSE YOUNG AND YOU ANP I’ve
TO MATE WITH ARE WEAK... BUT GOT SOMEWHERE
i may THE CREATURES YOU HAVE VILTRUMITE ELSE I REALLY
THAT RESIDE BLOOD PUMPING NEED TO BE.
mae ON THIS PLANET. THROUGH YOUR VEINS.
I’M NOT GOING
TO FIGHT YOU I DON’T
RIGHT Now! WANT TO }
FIGHT, BUT YOU’VE
THERE'S A EITHER. BEEN GONE FOR
LOT AT STAKE MANY MONTHS AND
HERE, AND I’M I CAN’T STALL ANY
HAVING A HORRIBLE LONGER. YOUR
DAY AND I CAN’T FATHER IS NOT AS
DEAL WITH THIS-- FORCEFUL AS
NOT TODAY. THRAGG, BUT THE
ORDERS
REMAIN.

WE ARE TO
REBUILP THE
EMPIRE.

DO YOU HONESTLY THIS ISN’T

THINK I DON’T GOING TO
REALIZE HOW MUCH HAPVEN.
YOU’D ENJOY
I WAS TRYING TO DO
THIS THE HUMAN WAY.
I FIGURED YOU’D BE
MORE COMFORTABLE
WITH THAT.
Now I
SEE I HAVE
TO DO THIS THE
VILTRUMIT

I’M GOING
TO MAKE YOU
DO SO MUCH
MORE THAN
FIGHT ME.
YOU’VE
GOTTEN
STRONGER,
NES...

BUT YOU’RE
NOT GOING TO
Be ABLE TO
FIGHT YOUR
WAY OUT OF
THIS.
THIS ISN’T
SOME GAME! STOP
ACTING LIKE IT IS--
ANP LEAVE
ME ALONE!

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WHETHER YOU (= THIS
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WEARING--
NEVER MIND.
WHAT’S THE
STATUS?

WE’RE CURRENTLY
TRYING TO CONFIRM
REX’S LOCATION. I
BELIEVE HE’S ON THE
SOUTHERN ORBITER,
BUT HE BOUNCES
BETWEEN THEM SO

EITHER. YOUR STORY, BUT

I’/VE GOT TO TELL You,
HE HAS GIVEN NO
SIGNS WHATSOEVER
THAT HE’S PLANNING
ANYTHING. KNOWING
HIM LIKE I PO, HE
DOESN’T SEEM
LISTEN, ALLI/M CAPABLE--
SAYING IS... YOU
CAME HERE FROM
ANOTHER DIMENSION.
ARE YOU SURE
YOU’RE IN THE
RIGHT ONE?

JUST TRUST
: ME... I KNOW THIS
: y. : IS THE RIGHT
CECIL, yA DIMENSION. DID ROBOT
I JUST GOT DISAPPEAR TO THE
DUMPED BY THE FLAXAN DIMENSION FOR
PREGNANT EVE I ALMOST A YEAR? DID
ABANPONEP To GO THEY LATER INVADE
KILL ANGSTROM WHILE I’D LOST MY
Levy. BEFORE I POWERS?
LEFT, ANISSA
REX WAS
CORRUPTEP WHILE
HE WAS OVER THERE.
HE SAID HE WAS THERE
FOR ALOT LONGER THAN HE
TOLD US--HE AND MONSTER
GIRL LIED SO WE WOULDN’T BE
SUSPICIOUS. I DON’T KNOW IF
SHE’S INVOLVED OR NOT.
WE WERE IN THE FLAXAN YE
DIMENSION FOR NEARLY
A THOUSANP

WE DECIDED TO KEEP THAT TO OURSELVES, REALLY2

AS WE FEARED IT WOULD SEEM TOO STRANGE THAT’S
FOR YOU TO UNDERSTAND. MAYBE WE
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DID YOU SOMEHOW BEFORE THIS
SURVIVE THAT GETS ANY
INJURY? WORSE FOR
YOU.

SURRENDER
FOR WHAT?

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ON TAKING
OVER THE
PLANET.
YOU TOLD
ME THAT.

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A LONGER CONVERSATION.
REX, I WOULPN’T BELIEVE
A WORD OF MARK’S STORY
IF IT WEREN’T FOR YOU
RECENTLY DEMANDING
ACCESS TO ALL THE
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ACCUSATIONS IT RAISES
SUSPICION.

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MUCH MORE
PREPARED
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HAVE STAYED WHERE
YOU WERE. THIS
MAN’S PEATH |S
ON YOU.

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SORRY I
HAVE TO
DO THIS.
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FEEL TREMENDOUS

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SUITS AND
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IN THERE,
REX?

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BEHIND ME--
HURRY!
MARK... THIS IS YOUR
LAST CHANCE. Give ME . THIS WILL BE
THE SAME TRUST YOU BETTER FOR
GAVE DINOSAURUS. EVERYONE IF WE
NOT KNOW ME BE WORK TOGETHER.
THAN YOU KNEW I PROMISE YOU WE
HIM? CAN MAKE THIS
WORLD A BETTER
PLACE.
TELL ME YOU’RE
HAPPY WITH THE
WORLD AS IT IS. THE
HUNGER, THE POVERTY,
THE VIOLENCE, THE
MISERY... THIS WORLD IS
FLAWED. I CAN MAKE
IT PERFECT.

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IT BEFORE. I KNOW HOW
THIS SOUNDS, BUT I’VeE AND DON’T
SEEN IT. WITH A JUST RULER YOU KNOW Me
IN CONTROL OF EVERYTHING... TO BE A JUST
IT ELIMINATES SO MUCH PERSON? 4
POTENTIAL FOR HARM IN
THE WORLD.

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WOULD HAVE NEVER
GIVEN ME THE
OPPORTUNITY TO
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RESOURCES TO
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YOU.

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REX, DON’T
DO THIS. NOT
HERE... THIS IS
CRAZY. WE
DON’T HAVE TO
FIGHT.
GET OUT
OF HERE!

YOU HIT ME,

THE MORE
IT WILL HURT
YOU.
WHILE I’VE BEEN
ABLE TO INCREASE
THE STRENGTH OF THIS
SUIT, I KNEW IT WOULD
Be IMPOSSIBLE TO
CONSTRUCT ARMOR
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THAT WOULPN’T BE
ENOUGH...
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ALL THE PANELS TO
THE EXACT ANGLES
NEEDED TO PRODUCE
A HIGH-PITCHED
TONE UPON IMPACT
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DEADLY TO IF YOU HIT
VILTRUMITES. Me HARD
ENOUGH -- IT
COULD KILL
YOU.

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BELIEVE . - | | Oa, ( \ REX?!
I KNEW I COULDN’T
BEAT YOU IN A FIGHT, I
KNEW YOU’P EVENTUALLY
PHYSICALLY DEFEAT ME.
THAT’S WHY I LEFT YOU
IN THAT OTHER NOW THAT
DIMENSION. YOU’RE
HERE... THIS IS
THE ONLY WAY I
CAN HURT YOU...
THROUGH HER.
THROUGH YOUR
UNBORN
CHI--
EVE... YOUR
POWERS...
THE
BABY!
I
COULDN’T--
I HAD TO.

I’VE GOT
TO GET YOU
OUT OF
HERE.
| HIGH ABOVE THE EARTH.

HOW COULD I BE
SO FOOLISH... OF
COURSE HE’D FIND
HIS WAY BACK HERE. I
WAS MERCIFUL AND
IT’S ONLY GOING TO
GET MORE PEOPLE
KILLED.
NO WAY TO
KEEP THIS
CONTAINED NOW.
I KNOW WHERE
HE’S GOING. I’D
HOPED TO KEEP THE
VILTRUMITES OUT
OF THIS FOR AS
LONG AS
POSSIBLE.

I’M JUST
NOT READY...
I THOUGHT I’D
A HAVE MORE
TIME...

LET THE
SLAUGHTER
BEGIN...
YOU NEED
TO MAKE
YOURSELF
A FORCE
FIELD.

IF YOU DON’T
USE YOUR
POWERS AGAIN--
YOU’RE BOTH
GOING TO
I CAN’T... pie! (
THE
BABY. YOU HAVE
TO DO THIS, EVE!
Now! IT’S THE
ONLY PLACE HE
WON’T FOLLOW US!

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MUCH TO DO. TO SIT
DOWN?

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EVERYTHING
OKAY, REX?

EVERYTHING VS
IS FINE.

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EVERYTHING WILL
BE FINE. THAT’S
ACTUALLY WHAT TI
WANTED TO TALK
TO YOU ABOUT.

IT'S ONE OF
THOSE DAYS, IS IT? REX... WE SPENT THE
BEEN LOST IN YOUR VAST MAJORITY OF OUR
HEAD FOR A WHILE? VERY LONG LIVES THERE.
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TIME IN
SOME TRIALS... I CAN’T
ABOUT
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MIND. SOMETIMES
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WHAT'S HAPPENED
THERE SINCE WE
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WE SHOULD
HAVE GONE

NO. I THINK
MORE ABOUT
THIS DIMENSION,
HERE... OUR
HOME.

WE FIXED
THINGS... WE
REALLY DID. THE
FLAXANS’ WORLD
WAS TRANSFORMED
BY US. WE REALLY
MADE THINGS
BETTER. WOULDN’T
WE TRY
TO DO THAT
HERE?
HOW WOULD
YOU EVEN GO
ABOUT THAT?
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CONTROLLING THE WHOLE
PLANET THAT WE COULD
ACTUALLY ACCOMPLISH
ANYTHING.

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FIRES... RUNNING AROUND IN
TEAMS FIGHTING THOSE WHO
MEAN TO HARM US. INSTEAD
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THEN... THERE WERKE
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TO KILL YOU.

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YOU. HE FOUGHT
BACK WHEN I TRIED
TO STOP HIM.

REGARPLESS, THE FLAXAN [a 1 ee

WORLD WAS FLAWED FAR MORE 4 j a DIFFERENT HERE.
THAN THIS ONE. THE PEOPLE —E ee: THE PEOPLE iS
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KNOW THAT.

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OF THAT, YES. HURPLE.
ANYTHING THAT COULD
POTENTIALLY STAND IN
OUR WAY WOULP NEED TO
BE PEALT WITH FIRST.
HOW I THOUGHT YOU
DIDN’T WANT THEM
KNOWING HOW LONG
WE WERE IN THAT
DIMENSION.
DO YOU
THINK YOU
COULD EXPLAIN
YOURSELF TO
THEM? I MEAN... ao <<
HOW WOULP YOU SIT
THEM DOWN ONE BY
ONE ANP SELL
THEM ON THIS
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THAT ABSOLUTELY
WOULDN'T WORK.
WE’D NEED TO TRY
SOMETHING ELSE.

I THOUGHT
WE WERE
FRIENDS.

WE WERE...
IT’S NOTHING
VERSONAL.
EVEN THOUGH I
WAS ABLE TO
INCORPORATE A
SUBSTANTIAL AMOUNT
OF D.A. SINCLAIR’S
REANIMEN TECHNOLOGY
IN THE CONSTRUCTION
OF MY NEW
DRONES--

NOT BE ABLE
TO WITHSTAND
THIS BARRAGE
FOR LONG.

LUCKILY, I
WAS ALSO ABLE
TO INCORPORATE
TECHNOLOGY FROM
THE BOMB THAT
VAPORIZED LAS
VEGAS.
WHAT I AM PROPOSING
WOULD PUT US AT ODDS
WITH OUR CLOSEST
FRIENDS AND ALLIES.

WHAT I NEED YOU TO

UNDERSTANP IS THAT
THE OUTCOME... WHAT
WE'LL ACHIEVE BY
DOING THIS... IT’S
WORTH IT.

IT’S WORTH LOSING

EVERYTHING...
BUT I NEED YOU BY
MY SIDE, AMANDA.

| TRUTH IS, REX... T HAVEN'T FELT I’VE BEEN LOST

LIKE I’VE BELONGED HERE EVER SINCE WE
| SINCE WE CAME BACK. I NEVER LEFT THIS
| FELTLIKE I BELONGED IN THE DIMENSION IN THE
FLAXAN DIMENSION EITHER. FIRST PLACE.

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I DON’T SEE THE PROBLEM.
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EVENTUALLY.

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UNDERSTAND WHAT
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SIPE WITH
HIM?

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TIGER NOT
ANTICIPATE.

YOU TRIED
TO KILL REX!
HAVE YOU
LOST YOUR
MIND 2!
BEST TIGER IS
UNPREPARED.
CONTINUE
THIS.

LET HIM
GO. HE
WON’T GET
FAR.

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2 a NOT FULLY. I DIDN’T REALLY THAN
YOU WERE PY Sa BELIEVE I’D BE ABLE TO CONVINCE PERMISSION.
TALKING ABOUT... \\ YOU HERE. MORE THAN
HOW THEY ANYTHING... I WAS
WOULD OPPOSE DISTRACTING YOU.
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ME WHAT YOU YOU DID HUNT DOWN
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HIM. ARE A...

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so YES, I KNEW
HOW DEEPLY YOU HAD
THAT'S BETRAYED ME, THAT
WHAT HE SAID, YOU’D FATHERED A
DIDN’T HE? T CHILD. I FORGAVE YOU...
KILLED THE ZAXALS, ANP I TRIED TO ERASE IT.
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WITH... ALL THE ALWAYS CAPABLE OF
OTHERS I COULD DOING WHAT NEEDED TO
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REALLY NOT
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CAN’T KILL YOU--
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YOUR FAMILY
WILL BE SAFE.

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BE STRONG
ENOUGH TO PUNCH
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THE BABY...
BUT PAST
THAT...

MARK... THEY’RE
NOT GOING TO BE
ABLE TO SAVE HER
LEG. IF SHE WERE
A VILTRUMITE, THAT
PROCEDURE IS
COMMON, BUT HER
PHYSIOLOGY
DOESN’T MAKE IT
POSSIBLE.

I JUST
WANT HER
TO LIVE.
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YOU HAVE NO IDEA

HOW SCREWED UP
YOUR LIFE IS
GOING TO Be.

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GOD. SHE’S GOING TO BE EVERYTHING
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SAVE HER.

DIP YOU
GET TO HER
I’VE COME HERE TELLING ME HER STATUS
TO TALK. TO... AVOID > WOULD BE A GOOD
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WHAT I’M
TRYING TO
ACCOMPLISH WILL
BRING ABOUT PEACE ON
EARTH... A SUSTAINABLE
PEACE, THAT WILL LAST
CENTURIES. I KNOW
BECAUSE T’VE DONE IT
BEFORE.

BECAUSE YOU MAY

NOT IMMEDIATELY
RECOGNIZE THE WISDOM
OF MY ACTIONS OR THE
REASONS BEHIND THEM...
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ARM!

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MYSELF AT A RATE OF
TWO PER WEEK WHILE
PERFECTING THE
DESIGN AND
CONSTRUCTION.

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AGREEING TO
MEET WITH ME,
MR. PRESIDENT.
OH, YES... I BELIEVE
YOU HAVE FOUND
YOURSELF WORKING
AT CROSS-
PURPOSES. YOUR MAIN
OBJECTIVE IS TO
LIVE HERE IN PEACE
AND TO PRODUCE
OFFSPRING WITH
HUMANS IN SECRET TO
PULL YOUR PEOPLE
FROM THE BRINK OF
AND YET EXTINCTION.
YOU WANT
TO STOP
Me.

I’M SURE
YOUR SCIENTISTS
HAVE ALREADY
POINTED OUT HOW
DIMINISHED YOUR GENE
POOL IS WITH YOUR
DWINDLING RANKS.

DO YOU
REALLY WANT
TO RISK LOSING ‘aR
MORE INAFIGHT @ae
WITH ME? }

WERE YOU TO OPPOSE ME, I HAVE

NO POUBT YOU WOULD SUCCEED. SO A FIGHT IS UNWISE
YOU COULD TAKE OVER THIS ENTIRE FOR BOTH OF US AND I
PLANET EASILY... BUT AGAIN, NOT HAVE NO DESIRE TO FIGHT
WITHOUT LOSING SOME : YOU. MY ULTIMATE GOAL
OF YOUR OWN. IS TO CREATE A UTOPIAN
SOCIETY ON EARTH...
TO DO AWAY WITH ALL THE
DANGER AND TURMOIL
THAT TAKES PLACE
$0 REGULARLY

TO CREATE
A PERFECT
BREEDING
GROUND.

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WE WORK
TOGETHER.
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TO LEAVE YOU.
I’LL NEVER DO
THAT AGAIN.

DON’T
MAKE ME OUT
TO BE SOME
SCARED CHILD I WAS MAD AT
WHO CAN’T BE YOU... NO, FURIOUS
ALONE. THAT’S THAT YOU WERE RISKING
NEVER WHAT YOUR LIFE TO FIND
THIS WAS. t’ve ANGSTROM LEVY,
BEENA BECAUSE HE “MIGHT”
SUPERHERO
ATTACK AGAIN. YOU
LONGER THAN
ABANDONED ME ON A a
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MYSELF.

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TRYING TO DO... ME AND 17M ' AND We’LL
GETTING BACK
THAT’S VERY STUPID? Never TOGETHER?
REAL. F GET BACK
TOGETHER.
YOU SIT
ON THE
SIDELINES
DURING
THAT...
YOU’RE
STUPIP.
I BELIEVE
WE ARE PONE
HERE.

I’M
AFRAID
SO...
WHAT
ARE YOU
DOING2!
THIS IS JUSTA
DRONE! WE NEED
TO DESTROY THIS ;
THING ANP GET § THERE’S
TO EARTH! NO TELLING
WHAT HE’S
DONE.
THIS DOESN’T
MAKE ANY
SENSE TO ME.
THIS... THIS
CAN’T BE
HAPPENING.

AS EMPEROR,
I HAVE A YOU DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENED. HE’S QUIETLY ELIMINATED
RESPONSIBILITY TO HE’S ASSUMED CECIL’S POSITION AS OR MARGINALIZED ANYONE
MY PEOPLE... TO OUR HEAD OF THE GLOBAL DEFENSE WHO COULD ASSIST IN
PEOPLE. I HAVE TO AGENCY, AND HE’S JUST STRUCK A ANY EFFORT TO
DO WHAT'S BEST DEAL WITH WORLD LEADERS TO OPPOSE HIM.
FOR THEM. GIVE THAT AGENCY MORE
CONTROL AND LESS
OVERSIGHT.

AND OPPOSING HIM

WOULD PUT TOO MANY
LIVES... HUMAN AND
VILTRUMITE,
AT RISK.

A PEACEFUL
EARTH ONLY
FURTHERS
THE VILTRUMITE
AGENDA.
I HATE WHAT’S I’VE KNOWN YW WE CAN’T REALLY
HAPPENING... IT HATE HIM LONGER TRUST THAT HE HAS
THE POSITION WE’RE THAN ANYONE... THE WORLD’S BEST f THINGS
IN. BUT YOU’RE REX WAS A GOOD INTERESTS IN MIND... l CHANGE
ALL ALIVE. MAN... BUT HE’S NOT AFTER WHAT . / we react
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HIS MIND.
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I’M OKAY
WITH ANYTHING
THAT KEEPS IT
THAT WAY.

NO WAY
IN HELL WE
JUST LET THIS
GUY GET AWAY
WITH WHAT ; IF YOU’RE
HE’S DONE. » TERS A\ NOT GOING TO
o, DO ANYTHING--
I’LL STOP
HIM.
COULD RUIN NO... HE’S
EVERYTHING. GOING TO
FIX YOUR
MISTAKE.

I HOVE FOR
YOUR SAKE AND
THE SAKE OF
YOUR CHILD THAT
YOU ARE
RIGHT.
IS EVERYBODY COMFORTABLE?
IF YOU NEED ANYTHING, DON’T
HESITATE TO LET JESSICA KNOW.
WE’RE TRYING TO MAKE THIS
AS EASY ON OUR FAMILIES
HERE AS POSSIBLE.

DONALD,
WHAT’S THE
STATUS?

BEST TIGER,
MONSTER GIRL,
THE IMMORTAL,
DUPLI-KATE... THEY’RE
IN THE WIND. NO ONE | ;
CAN FIND THEM. We’RE HAVEN’T
STILL AWAITING BEEN ABLE
CONFIRMATION ON TO REACH
SOME OTHERS. ACTIONEERS ARE WOLF-MAN.
: WORKING FOR ROBOT...
AS ARE PRETTY MUCH ALL
OF THE REST OF CECIL’S
STAFF AT THE GDA. THE
EMPLOYEES OF CAPES
INCORPORATED ARE
UNAWARE OF THE FULL
SITUATION.

we're NOT EVEN sure

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BE SMART ABOUT IT,
BIDE OUR TIME,
ORGANIZE, ASSESS
AND PREPARE FOR
THE WAR TO
COME.

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GOOD AS NEw
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ANY OF US! SURRENDER
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THE SECRET BASE OF THE GLOBAL PEFENSE
AGENCY IS ALREAPY BEING REBUIL
SOE

MARK, CAN
WE PLEASE
HAVE A CALM
DISCUSSION?
I DON’T
THINK
so.

THIS IS
DISAPPOINTING.

YOU’RE
NOT THIS
STUPID.

I CAN HAVE YOU

HAVEN’T EVEN
EIGHT MORE DEFEATED
DRONES HERE IN
LESS THAN FIFTEEN ONE OF ME
SECONDS. THIRTY YeT. STOV
SECONDS AND I CAN LETTING
HAVE ABOUT FIFTY YOUR EMOTIONS
HERE. GET IN THE WAY,
AND THINK.
YOU CAN’T EVEN

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I’M JUST
THINKING
KICKING
YOUR ASS!

THAT’S
SOMETHING
YOU JUST
DON’T
HAVE.

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LET’S
TRY THIS
AGAIN
I HAVE TO BEGIN BY POINTING
OUT THE HYPOCRISY OF YOU WE ONLY
OPPOSING ME. HOW IS WHAT DID THINGS TO
I’M DOING ANY DIFFERENT MAKE PEOPLE’S
THAN WHAT YOU AND LIVES BETTER.
DINOSAURUS ATTEMPTED WE DIDN’T TRY
TO DOF TO TAKE OVER
THE WORLD.

ANP THAT’S
WHY YOU
FAILED. YOU LEFT
TOO MANY VARIABLES
IN PLAY. YOUR
METHODS NEVER HAD
ANY CHANCE OF
BUT WHY
SUCCEEDING. WON'T YOU WORK
WITH ME THE SAME
WAY YOU DID HIM?
I’VE KILLED FAR FEWER
PEOPLE THAN
DINOSAURUS... OR YOUR
FATHER... AND YET
YOU VIEW Me
DIFFERENTLY.

IS IT REALLY
JUST BECAUSE
OF WHAT T
DID TO YOU
PERSONALLY 2

I STRANDED WOULD AN
YOU INANOTHER APOLOGY
DIMENSION. I WORK? I DIDN’T
RIPVED OFF YOUR THINK
GIRLFRIEND’S so.
LEG.

ey
aie
TRUTH IS, I COULD HAVE KILLED
YOU... COULD HAVE KILLED EVE, I DON’T WANT TO KILL YOU.
TOO. BUTI DIDN’T. I’M NOTA I LIKE YOU. I’D SEND YOU
DIFFERENT PERSON SUPPENLY. BACK TO THAT DIMENSION IF DID Y
I’M NOT A MONSTER. TI THE MACHINE I CONSTRUCTED FIGURE
DIDN’T KILL ANYONE I DIPN’T REQUIRE LINGERIN OUT YET?
DIDN’T HAVE TO. pS aaah CG scems THOSE
DOORWAYS
DIED WITH
HIM.

THIS MADNESS? MARK, I’VE ALREADY INCARCERATED

I’VE ASSUMED CONTROL TITAN, SLAYING MANTIS, MAULER
OF OVER ONE HUNPRED AND EMBRACE... CRIMINALS
LAW ENFORCEMENT WHO’D BEEN AT LARGE
AGENCIES IN THE SIX FOR MONTHS.
WORLDWIDE.
HOURS SINCE THAT
HAPPENED, I’VeE
PREVENTED OVER NINE
THOUSAND DEATHS.
I’VE ALREADY PUT
SYSTEMS INTO PLACE
THAT ARE CHANGING
. THE WAY CRIME IS
. FOUGHT.

JUST
STOP THIS
MADNESS.

STOVVING
“THIS MADNESS” \
WOULD COST LIVES...
NOT SAVE THEM.

$0 IT ASK
YOU... WHAT
ARE YOU
FIGHTING
\ AGAINST?
TAKE OVER
THE... DON’T
BE SO
CHILDISH.
I’M
FIGHTING A y
CRAZY PERSON ASSUMED
TRYING TO CONTROL... AND
TAKE OVER | : a THAT CONTROL
THE WILL EXPAND AS
WORLD. : NEEDED, TRUE.
: ‘ Z| BUT NOBODY
KNOWS WHAT
I’VE DONE.

THE PUBLIC AT LARGE,

THEY’LL ONLY EVER SEE
AN IMPROVEMENT IN
THEIR LIVES. THEY’LL
SEE A SUBSTANTIVE
CHANGE IN THEIR QUALITY
OF LIFE... AND THE
WAY THE WORLD
WORKS.

NOTHING
MORE.

I WON’T
VUT A FACE
ON THOSE
DIFFERENCES.
THERE WON’T BE
ANY ONE PERSON
TO RECEIVE
BLAME OR
CREDIT.

IN A WAY, I’ve IF YOU SOMEHOW YOU KNOW YF |1’5 A NEW WAY OF

IMPROVED ON FOUGHT ANP KILLED WHAT THIS = DOING THINGS, OF
WHAT I DID IN : ME... YOU’D BE IS2 IT FIGHTING EVIL, OF
THE FLAXAN * EXECUTED NEw. SAVING THE WORLD.
DIMENSION. 5 FOR WHAT YOU’D I’M THE AND IT’S MESSY AND
I’M FIXING DONE. GOOP GUY IT’S IMPERFECT,
THINGS FROM HERE, MARK.
BEHIND THE BUT IT’S
IE THAT'S EFFECTIVE.
CURTAIN. THE SIMPLIFIED
ee WAY YOU WANT
uf TO LOOK AT
THINGS.
DON’T
BE SCARED
OF THE
New.

EMBRACE
IT. WELCOME
IT. lara

BUT
MORE THAN
ANYTHING
ELSE...

PLEASE.
I’M BEGGING
YOU, MARK.
DON’T MAKE

I DON’T
WANT TO.

I WANT YOU TO LIVE ALONG,

HAPPY LIFE, SAME AS
EVERYONE ELSE ON THIS
PLANET. I WANT YOU
AND EVE TO BE HAPPY
TOGETHER.

I WANT YOU
TO RAISE YOUR
CHILD TOGETHER
AND I WANT THAT
CHILD TO GROW AND
LEARN AND BE
HAPPY... LIVING A
LIFE OF PEACE.
SO DON’T
MAKE Me
PREVENT
THAT FROM
HAPPENING.

WHAT YOU
DO NEXT
DECIDES
WHAT YOUR
FUTURE IS.

..WHAT’S
IT GOING
TO BE?
--THE GLOBAL
DEFENSE AGENCY.
WHAT IS THIS NEW
INITIATIVE THAT HAS
UNITEP ALL PEACEKEEPING
EFFORTS AROUNP THE
WORLD, ANP HOW HAS IT
RESULTED IN SO MUCH
POSITIVE CHANGE IN
SUCH A SHORT
AMOUNT OF
TIME?

WE’LL TAKE
YOU LIVE TO THE
PRESIDENT’S
PRESS
CONFERENCE
MOMENTARILY.
STAY TUNED.

I’M SORRY
IT HAP TO Be
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I’VE BEEN WATCHING

THE NEWS... THEY’RE NOT
1 SAYING ANYTHING ABOUT
REX--JUST THAT THE
WORLD HAS CHANGED
FOR THE BETTE
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BRIEF INTRODUCTION IS ATOM Eve. 9 WITH
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REX
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WE DEPART WE’RE
; THE TEEN SPLOPE OUT THE
TEAM. I’M ; TEAM.
AND
<<“,
YOU?

I’M M--
I MEAN, I’M
INVINCIBLE.

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I DID THIS FOR YOU, Y'KNOW. WHILE TRYING YW cop co Lone t Hap *
BECAME ITH YOUR PLIGHT,
WHICH MIRRORED MINE. IN GETTING TOKNOW = THOSE
LIVE LIFE THROUGH
MECHANICAL
Me one eg EYES--NEVER LONGING
INSPIRED ME. ’ FOR ANYTHING
UNTIL I METMORE,

YOU’RE q
NOT GOING TO
TELL ME YOU
LOVE Me,
RIGHT? I MEAN,
THAT'D BE
TOTALLY
CREEPY.

IN HONOR OF THIS FALLEN HERO,

I’VE DECIDED THAT I WILL TAKE
HIS NAME. I’M CHANGING MY
NAME TO “REX.” THAT MUCH di
7 OF HIM AT LEAST, WILL
LIVE ON. I ONLY HOPE
“OY LOLAW THAT
ICAN Live Ae
oO") Q uP To His saceirice.
HE DIED AS HE
LIVED--SAVING

WHY ARE CRYING--

YOU DOING I CAN TRANSMIT
IT LIKE MY THOUGHTS--
THIS? BUT NOT
TALK--
OH, HONEY,
I DION’T--
I DON’T WANT MZF WHAT HAPPENED... ALL OF IT... WAS MY I KNOW
§ YOU TO HAVE TO »~ FAULT. I DROVE US TO THE FLAXAN NOW THAT YOU
» DO ANYTHING \ DIMENSION, I TOOK POWER WILLINGLY, ONLY DID WHAT
I KEPT US THERE EVEN THOUGH YOU DID BECAUSE ‘
YOU DIDN’T BELONG. OF WHO I . 2 iy
I LET BECAME... AND
POWER I FORGIVE I WASN’T
CORRUPT YOU. MYSELF, HAVEN’T
ME. I LOST BEEN FOR A WHILE...
MYSELF. ; ji AND AMANDA... I
~ DON’T EVER WANT
TO BE THAT PERSON
soso
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g CLSE THAT

Youare * ine ae CONVINCED

THE FIRST nt YOU SHOULD
FEMALE TO ome BE. THE BEST
MAKE ME BLEED. mal
I THINK I’M I AM... ATALL
; Be "3 THINGS.
IN LOVE.

BY NOW,
ERASE ALL
DOUBT I
SHOULD
HAVE.

YOU HAVE, — HIS

MY Love. een im LOCATION IS
YOU HAVE. CONFIRMED.

IT IS CONFIRMED.
THRAGG IS ON THE
PLANET YOU NOW
ORBIT. YOU ARE FREE
TO ENGAGE, BUT I
WOULP APVISE YOU TO
WAIT. I’M LESS THAN
A CYCLE AWAY FROM
YOU...I COULD
ASSIST--__
ee aay
eaeentin’
I HAVE
DEFEATED
YOU
BEFORE.
' CONTACT?!
$0 SOON!

DEPLOY!
DEPLOY!

THAT CONTEST
BETWEEN US WAS
NEVER FINISHED.
YOU’P BE AFOOL
TO CLAIM
VICTORY.

— IT IS TRUE, I CRAVE BATTLE

BEFORE I KILL ae ; ABOVE ALL ELSE. I YEARN TO
YOU, I HAVE TO i A : \ NOT ONLY FIND MY EQUAL,
ADMIT... YOU ARE ft j . BUT ALSO MY BETTER...
POWERFUL, AND F Mh . ONE WHO CAN PROVIDE ME
I COULD P 2 WITH GLORIOUS
CERTAINLY USE : _ \ PEATH.
AN ALLY. \
BUT THAT
ee } + DOESN’T MEAN
IF BATTLE / : I HAVE NO
‘ ; HONOR. YOU
ASK ME TO JOIN
YOU?

MY ANSWER
WILL BE WRITTEN
IN YOUR INNARDS
ONCE I RELEASE
THEM FROM
YOUR--
I WAS
ASSURED MY LOVE J
THEY WOULP SORRY I
o W & WwW= W <q D wW o AM!

PROMISE
HIM, ALLEN
WHY MAPE ME.
HAVE YOU ALLOW YOU TO
BETRAYED bie I CANNOT.
TOO MUCH
YOU MEAN TO
Me.

T WILL
NOT BE
DENIED MY
GLORY!
THIS PLANET
WILL BE TORN
APART BY THE
FURY OF OUR LONGED
CLASHING... I WILL FOR THIS
ALLOW NOTHING DAY!
TO STEAL THAT
FROM ME.
PROTECT THE
MONARCH!

SHOW NO
MeKcy!

MORE
CREATURES
INTERRUPT
MY BATTLE!

THEY’RE
KILLING ALL
THE RAGNARS.
YOU NEED TO KILL
THRAGG NOW!
WHILE HE’S
INJURED AND
DISTRACTED.
AS : curt ADVANTAGE...
YOU WISH, q DISTRACTION...
MONARCH.
THAT IS
AN AFFRONT
TOALL TI
STAND
FOR.

WILL HAVE WY |i | YW Tq ,VA Vy hd

MEANING!
I WILL DO
I WILL,
AT LONG LAST...
PROVE I AM
WORTHY OF MY
GIFT! YOU WILL
GIVE ME THE

I Wilt
ACCEPT NO
ADVANTAGE.
HAVE YOU
LOST YOUR
MIND 2!

I AM THRAGG!
BRED TO BE
GRANP REGENT
OF THE VILTRUM
EMPIRE! I WAS
CREATED TO

gnge
RULE!
I WAS
VYEDO
“ys GIVEN
dZ'o wy uze
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Shen
YET YOU
TREAT
THIS LIKE A
GAME!

THIS IS NO
GAME! THIS
«
AW
/ I
7 SENSE MY
VICTORY
DRAWING
NEAR!

Pe
2 ae

SA
YOU FIGHT
FOR GLORY-- Wa
WHILE I FIGHT
FOR THE VERY
PM EXISTENCE OF MY
fl PCOPLE--WHOM I
A HAVE SWORN TO
BA. PROTECT AT ALL
No!
NO!

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Wy—
DH
s

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MAKE IT
STO / )
a Peni,
ce &
L Bea
IT’S ALL
OVER. YOU’VE
GIVEN BIRTH TOA
HEALTHY BABY BOY.
CONGRATULATIONS.

MONARCH
WILL BE
PLEASED.

-.PUT HIM
WITH THE
OTHERS.
YT
if aug we
OF
COURSE
I’M EXCITED!
IT’S A WHOLE
NEW WORLD
OUT THERE!

EVERYTHING
IS CHANGING
$0 FAST IT CAN
HARPLY BELIEVE
IT. LTMEAN... HAVE
YOU GUYS NOT
BEEN PAYING
ATTENTION#

HOW COULD
YOU NOT BE
THRILLEP WITH
EVERYTHING
THAT’S
HAPPENING?
IT’S ALL
GREAT!
WE’VE PULLED ALL
TROOPS FROM THE
VARIOUS WARS WE’VE
BEEN INVOLVED IN. IT’S
THE FIRST TIME IN
LIKE... FOREVER
WHERE WE HAVEN’T
P) HAD ACTIVE TROOPS
ey « ~ IN HARM’S
way.

THROUGH SOME KIND

OF TAX LOOPHOLE
DISCOVERED, ALL STATE
COLLEGES ARE NOW
FREE! CONGRESS IS
\ PASSING LAWS AGAIN...
THEY’RE CHANGING
THINGS FOR THE
BETTER.

OUR HEALTH N\
CARE SYSTEM
WAS CHANGED TO
PROVIDE FREE
UNIVERSAL
COVERAGE... FOR
EVERYONE.

CRIME HAS PRETTY

MUCH PROPPED
DOWN TO ZERO. THAT
INCLUDES BOTH
STREET CRIME AND
SUPER-POWERED
INCIDENTS.
THE DRUG WAR
FINALLY ENDED...
EVERYTHING HAS BEEN
DECRIMINALIZED BECAUSE
HARP DRUGS HAVE PRETTY
MUCH... PISAPPEARED...
LIKE PEOPLE JUST
STOPPED MAKING THEM.
THAT ee WEIRP M

NORTH KOREA WAS

LIBERATED. NOW THE PEOPLE
THERE ARE GETTING THE RESOURCES
THEY NEED TO SURVIVE, AND ALL TRADE
SANCTIONS HAVE BEEN LIFTED.

THEY EVEN
EXPANDED THE SPACE
PROGRAM. THEY’RE
CREATING NEWER SHIPS
THAT’LL TRAVEL
FURTHER DISTANCES...
IT’S PRETTY AMAZING.

LISTEN... I’M NOT

SAYING IT’S A UTOPIA
OR ANYTHING... BUT
THINGS ARE GETTING
BETTER. I MEAN... I
DON’T KNOW WHAT
HAPPENED, WE SWITCHED
OVER TO SOLAR POWER
AFTER THAT PLANT WAS
BUILT IN NEW VEGAS...
BUT AFTER THAT...
PROGRESS JUST SORT NOW
OF STALLED. THINGS ARE
IT HEAR YOU.
IT’S... HARD TO
ARGUE AGAINST
ALL THE GOOD
THAT SEEMS TO
BE HAPPENING.

OH, YEAH... :
“SEEMS?” WHAT'S NO. JUST IGNORE WHERE IS. SHE’S WITH MY W AREN'T THEY A
GOING ON HERE? US, REALLY. THAT LITTLE PARENTS RIGHT NOW. Mf COUPLE HOURS
YOU GUYS KNOW WE'VE GOT ALOT MONSTERZA WE’RE SUPPOSED TO Bl FROM HERE?
SOMETHING T GOING ON. BE PICKING HER UP YOU’RE NEVER
DON’T2 IN... WELL, WE’RE
SUPPOSED TO BE
THERE NOW.

OH, YEAH. I
FORGOT.
YOU GUYS <
Dp ON’T COME
m AROUND
B ENOUGH. I MISS

IL CALL XX
YOU. WE’LL GET
TOGETHER AGAIN
SOON. YOU GUYS
HAVE A GOOD NIGHT.
I KNOw...
IT’S LIKE A
PIECE OF US
HAS BEEN
RIPPED
AWAY.

HE ATTACKED SEEING
THEM HERE... THIS, I
HE DID THIS, JUST... I’M
HE DESTROYED SORRY, BUT...
OUR HOME. ARE YOU SURE SEEING
YOU PID THE THIS JUST
RIGHT ASSURES
ME I DID
THE RIGHT

ey
BE
SON

HE’S NOT
TRYING TO KILL
MARK OR ANYONE CECIL WAS MY
NOW. THINGS ARE FRIEND ONCE...
ee. WE’RE BUT HE WAS FAR
KEEPING THE FROM INNOCENT.
PEACE. TRUTH BE TOLD, REX
MY PEOPLE ARE
IS DOING SO WELL,
OUT THERE, RIGHT
CEGIL MIGHT HAVE
NOW, CREATING NEw
WANTEP THINGS
LIFE, ENSURING OUR
THIS WAY.
SURVIVAL. THEY CAN’T
DO THAT IF WEe’RE
BATTLING SOME MAD
MAN ON THIS
PLANET.
THESE “WY I HAVE TO DO MY DUTY WE WERE HAPPY
PROBLEMS... AS EMPEROR... THAT WHO WERE WE ALL THOSE @ THEN, BUT I THINK
THEY’RE IS MY PRIORITY. YEARS AGO? STANDING Bua WE’RE HAPPIER
SMALL... T NOT THE AFFAIRS HERE... THINKING BACK... NOW... DESPITE
CAN’T ALLOW OF THESE I HARDLY RECOGNIZE IT ALL.
MYSELF TO BE PEOPLE. THOSE PEOPLE.
DISTRACTED. ae

DEBBIE? OH, THANK HEAVENS.

HAVEN’T SEEN YOU AROUND
MUCH, BUT AFTER THE HOUSE
COLLAPSED I WAS
WORRIED YOU’D--
YOU’RE TOTALLY FLYING
SLOW. IF I KNEW YOU’D
FLY THIS SLOW, I WOULD GUILTY AS
HAVE JUST FLOWN CHARGED. YOUR
MYSELF! PARENTS ARE AT
THE END OF THIS
TRIP. CAN
YOU BLAME
Me?

I’M SORRY, I NO, IT’S OKAY. IT’S...

DIDN’T KNOW THAT FINE. IT’S... WEIRP,
WAS STILL... I’M Y'KNOW? I CAN
JUST CURIOUS. FEEL IT... AS IF IT
HE Al MEAN WERE A REAL LEG.
Om BUT IT’S COLD, IT
DOESN’T FEEL...
RIGHT.

IT’S JUST
A CONSTANT
REMINDER,
Y’KNOW2

AT LEAST
WE’RE HERE.
IF DINNER WITH
MY PARENTS
WON’T TAKE MY
MIND OFF IT...
I DON’T KNOW
WHAT WwiILL.
ag b iy |ae
SS
/ ps
HAVE THE I/ NO, MOM. AND ASKING
TWO OF YOU OVER AND OVER AGAIN
DECIDED Bea ISN’T GOING TO MAKE US
ON A NAME gi DECIDE FASTER.
YET? ‘ i

I JUST DON’T MAYBE NOT, MOM. \ : Bre: EVE |S COOL...

UNDERSTAND WHY WE'RE GOING TO. | S Eft YOU AT LEAST
YOU’RE WAITING. IT’S WAIT UNTIL] . GOT THE
NOT ENOUGH YOU Have THE / ANP JUST I’M SORRY, Ce Ne
DIDN’T HAVE YOUR Geerect J WHAT IS $0 BUT IT’S A
PARENTS COME TO
THE HOSPITAL... YOU 49 WRONG
WITH YOUR TERRIBLE
NAME. IT’S
ALSO CAN’T MAKE Ph F- COMPLETELY
UP YOUR MIND f ee BORING.
ABOUT A HAVE ANOTHER ) ale
NAME? A “samanTtHa” /|
SITUATION.
CAN YOU ~
DO ANYTHING
\ TRADITIONALLY2

WHAT ARE OH, COME

YOU--?! ON, DAD--
GROW
UP!
OH, HELL No! a
A. NO PAUGHTER O JUST
Y tace Her. Yee NONSENSE,
SHE'S
MINE IS GOING TO
JUST POP HER
LOOK THE
OTHER
r\ YOU GUYS |
\. CAN EAT. / PROBABLY iii BREAST OUT WAY!
JUST HUNGRY
HERSELF. IT’S
I} AT THE DINNER
TABLE.
ABOUT THAT / |

TLL STILL H APPETITE! THIS

KNOW IT’s DINNER IS
HAPPENING! RUINED.
THESE TIE AT LEAST THEY’RE NOT
STILL HARPING ON THE
Ap pete eS WHOLE UNMARRIED
CAN’T TACE PARENTS THING. WE COULD
MUCH MORE OF GET A HOTEL... OR S
THIS. WITH WILLIAM AND
; RICK OR...

I WISH YOUR FATHER. NOT

NEIGHBORS : AFTER THIS.
WOULP ALL GO O05) NOT AFTER
BLIND SO I COULD PECs ert
JUST REBUILD OUR
HOUSE. COULDN’T

HOW MANY
FUNERALS
TOMORROW 2
-F APILLAR OF THE LOCAL
COMMUNITY, MARKUS
GRIMSHAW, WHEN HE WASN’T
SAVING THE WORLD AS
BLACK SAMSON, WAS
HERE... HELPING PEOPLE THIS ISA
IN ANY WAY HE TRAGEDY THAT
COULD. WILL LONG BE
REMEMBERED BY
PEOPLE AROUND
THE WORLD...

WE CAN FINP soLace \/

IN THE FACT THAT THEY Se ene ee
FOUND EACH OTHER THEY SHARED, WITH
BEFORE THEIR TRAGIC =EacH OTHER, ANP ALL
DEMISE, AND IN THE
END,TOGETHER.
THEY WERE Marked orl tag

NOT MUCH
WAS KNOWN
ABOUT CECIL
STEDMAN. HE WAS
A SIMPLE MAN, WHO
LED A SIMPLE LIFE,
AND HE WILL Be
MISSED.

/ AT LEAST REX HAD

THE DECENCY NOT
TO SHOW UP TO
THIS ONE.

BELIEVE HE’S
GOTTEN AWAY
WITH IT ALL.

WE’LL TALK
ABOUT IT LATER.
I’/LL Give YOU
SOME TIME.
SEE YOU AT
HOME.
I DON’T KNOW. I THINK KNOWING
THAT YOU’D PROBABLY WORK WITH
REX... EVEN AFTER EVERYTHING HE’D
DONE... FOR THE GOOD OF MANKIND IS THE
ONLY THING KEEPING ME FROM PUTTING
EVERYTHING ON THE LINE TO TAKE
THE BASTARD DOWN.

THERE. TFEELLIKE I COULD I HAVE?

HAVE CRUSHED HIS SKULL
BEFORE ONE OF HIS DRONES
ATTACKED ME. WHY DIDN’T L2
THIS IS
TEMPORARY.
DON’T WORRY
ABOUT IT.

HAVE YOU LOOKED AROUND YOU CAN’T BE Y OUR FORMER FRIEND

EVERYONE IS HAPPY. THEY SERIOUS. WE HAS BECOME A
DON’T KNOW REX HAS TAKEN CAN’T LET THIS TYRANT. HE’S KILLED
OVER... BUT IF THEY DID, STAND. WE OUR FRIENDS, HE
THEY’D GIVE HIM HAVE TO TRIED TO KILL US. WE
REVOLT. HAVE TO FIGHT
BACK.

KATE AND
I CAN’T DO
IT ALONE.
I KNOW ALL THAT, AND I AGREE
WITH YOU... BUT THE THING IS...
ROBOT DIDN’T GO BAD. HE’S NOT
TAKING OVER BECAUSE OF EGO,
OR AN INTENT TO CONTROL, OR
DO WRONG. HE’S A GENIUS,
MIGHT BE THE SMARTEST
PERSON ON EARTH.

AS MUCH AS I
HATE IT... WHAT IT
COMES DOWN TO IS
COLD HARD INTELLECT.
HE’S DOING WHAT IS
LOGICAL IN ORDER TO
MAKE OUR LIVES
BETTER.

THE WORLD ISN’T

LOGICAL, MARK. ALSO,
TRUST ME, THIS MAY
START NICE, BUT IT’S NOT ;
HEADED ANYWHERE I'VE BEEN
GOOD. LOGICAL NOW AROUNP A LONG
MEANS NO WAR, WORLD ripal Bal ;
PEACE, EVERYONE BUT WHAT Fe peea UPI
HAPPY. HAPPENS WHEN IT A ee
ISN’T LOGICAL TO ANDSTAY
IT NEEPS ws
KEEP THE ELDERLY THAT TO
ALIVE, OR SICK WAY.
CHILDREN? WHAT é
HAPPENS WHEN IT ISN/T
LOGICAL TO HAVE SUCH
A LARGE WORLD
POPULATION?

I GET WHAT YOU’RE SAYING, BUT

THERE’S JUST TOO MUCH AT RISK.
HE’S ALREADY GONE AFTER EVE
ONCE... I CAN’T PUT HER IN
DANGER... NOT BEFORE I KNOW
IT’S NECESSARY.

I’M WILLING TO
WAGER I’VE LOST
MORE THAN YOU IN
MY TIME ON THIS
EARTH. WE HAVE TO
MAKE SACRIFICES
FOR THE GREATER
GOOD. THAT’S WHO
WE ARE.

I KNOW KATE
WOULPN’T ALLOW ME TO
USE HER AS AN EXCUSE NOT
TO DO WHAT I KNOW IS RIGHT.
BUT HE’S NOT Ta
EXPECTING IT. WHAT
IF WE TOOK OUR TIME,
ORGANIZED... MOVED
OUR FORCES AGAINST
HIM SLOWLY AND
THEN STRUCK AT
THE RIGHT
TIME?

I COULD
ORGANIZE THE
TEAMS ON EARTH, LISTEN ANP REALLY
THOSE STILL ALIVE... HEAR ME, SON. YOU
YOU COULD GET CAN HATE ME FOR THIS
THE VILTRUMITES iF YOU WANT, I CAN LIVE
INVOLVED WHEN WITH THAT... BUT I’M NOT
We NEED GOING TO LET YouR
HUMAN NOTIONS OF
FREEDOM AND JUSTICE
GET IN THE WAY OF THE
SURVIVAL OF OUR
PEOPLE.

LESSER BEINGS
ARE SOMETIMES .
BETTER OFF WITH SOMEONE
MORE INTELLIGENT BEING IN :
CONTROL. A DOMESTICATED DOG NS
IS BETTER OFF THAN A WILD ONE... :

DOING NOTHING IS
WHAT’S BEST FOR
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difficult to take to a con and get them all signed. Is there
any way we can use lighter weight paper so we don’t
hurt our fans’ backs?

ROBERT KIRKMAN: Ryan, Ryan, Ryan... let’s take lemons

and turn them into lemonade! We could see Invincible
carts, or Invincible backpacks with which to carry your
hardcover collection. | think there’s a tremendous
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are we so awesome?

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with the amount of Wheaties we collectively
eat. But! could be wrong about that. We
are pretty damn awesome, though. | can’t
wait until we get to volume 50. That’ll be
RIDICULOUS! VOLUME 50!

RYAN: If you follow me on social media you’ve

probably seen some of these shots of this TPB
cover. While drawing this |posted progress
shots so people can see a little of my process.
Digital layouts, pencils, then inks!

ROBERT: Oh, yeah... definitely follow Ryan on

social media. You can see how bitter he is
about all kinds of different topics, and every
now and then he posts art. Don’t follow
me on Twitter or anything... all | do is plug
various projects and post pictures of Andrew
Lincoln’s feet... it’s all pretty dull.
_ RYAN: This cover to 109 took
_ a few tries to get right. Loved
drawing this gnarly baby
again. SO cute.

ROBERT: Gotta love the

original Robot. | think the
coolest aspect of this series
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_ later, we can bring things
like this back. Troll Robot
might not have ever been
seen again... and then BAM,
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quick cover like this one. Two hands, that’s it! |draw TONS
of stuff, and I love drawing giant crazy scenes, but to bust
out a cover in a couple hours can be pretty refreshing at
times and a most needed break. Like when Robert asks for a
double-page spread of a dude’s head. That’s when | feel our
relationship flourishes. Then he asks for a ten-panel page
with 50 figures fighting in each one and that’s when other
writers start to look more attractive. (Just playin’, Robert, you
know I only have eyes for your writing!)

ROBERT: You should have quit while you were ahead. | might
have never written another 10 panel page with 50 figures in
each panel. You blew it, man. Wait until you see the script
for issue 125.
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RYAN: So issue 111, that’s my 100th issue of INVINCIBLE. | never thought I'd stay on a book for this long. But | couldn’t help it. 1
love INVINCIBLE!

ROBERT: What do | have to do to get rid of you? Oh, well... |guess I’ll write more 10 panel pages with 50 figures in each
panel.

RYAN: The pencil variant to 111 was done because Sean and Robert asked me to do a variant to celebrate me doing 100 issues.
Which is a funny way to celebrate. “Hey, no breaks, draw MORE to celebrate you drawing 100 issues!” But seriously, | didn’t
mind. It’s pretty nice when they ask me to draw whatever |want. | figured I’d make the cover all pencil only. | thought that'd
be neat and something we haven't done for the series before. So, to you fans, thanks for reading the book! I’m pretty lucky I
can make a living out of drawing pictures, and at the same time it’s pictures | WANT to draw and have tons of freedom doing it.
i And Robert, thanks for writing awesome things for me to draw. Keep doing that!

ROBERT: Stop being so positive. It sounds like | didn’t like what you wrote and rewrote it all to sound more positive. No one
is that happy, Ryan. No one. That said... I’m glad you’ve enjoyed your 100 issues as much as | have. You’re the best! And
really handsome, too.
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artist fans who might be
interested, so here we go.
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the paper, which obviously
takes quite a lot of time.
But now with digital layouts
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grid and pull it to form
almost any perspective |
like. You can see for this
113 cover that I didn’t do
much penciling for that
Viltrumite ship. The grid
is the most important part
so all those tiny windows
line up perfectly. | did all
the line work in the inks on
the physical paper. Try it at
home, kids!

ROBERT: That’s amazing!

RYAN: Another cover that was refreshing and
not so time-consuming. Drew this on the
smaller 9x14 Bristol board. Broken stuff is
always fun to draw.

ROBERT: Smashed Robot head... can’t go

wrong there... and so misleading for what
actually happens in the issue. So it’s the
BEST kind of cover.
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RYAN: Here’s a process shot of a
commission: pencils, then inks,
then colored with markers. | love
that someone asked for the blue
costume. That’s rare actually.
Drawing Invincible beat-up? Not
so rare, but that’s fine with me.
Invincible beat-up is always good
times.

ROBERT: You always forget the

blue pants! That’s what makes
the blue costume so cool... he has
blue pants as part of it! Blue pants,
black boots!

RYAN: Aw dammit. | do always

forget the blue pants.
RYAN: Welcome to the wonderful world of
INVINCIBLE sketchbook section area place
zone! Thanks for stopping by! And thanks
for reading this far! 120 issues?! 21 trade
paperbacks?! 10 hardcovers?! |mean come
on, that takes commitment. Thanks from the
deepest area place zone of my heart.

ROBERT: And the darkest area place zone

of mine.

RYAN: So about this cover here, | got paper,

pencils, and ink, and totally drew this
drawing. Yep. Ain’t no thang.

ROBERT: Ryan makes it sound easy but it’s

a little known fact that drawing the cover of
an INVINCIBLE collection is the equivalent
of building three brick houses by hand. Big
houses, not those little things poor people
live in, either.
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he was born. Robert asked me to design
some villains for Machine Head’s gang
for INVINCIBLE # 19, and one of them was
Battle Beast! He asked for a lion dude from
a different dimension. Give him some Jack
Kirby armor or something, he said. Not sure
if |succeeded with the Jack Kirby armor
part, but | got the lion head part right! He’s
evolved a little over time. Basically | try to
make him more badass every time | draw
him. Love this guy.

ROBERT: Yeah, Battle Beast is one of those

fun characters that | really didn’t have
a plan for whose role evolved over time
into what it was. Linking him up with the
Coalition of Planets and the Viltrumite War
and all that cosmic stuff definitely wasn’t
part of the plan from Day One. | love that
guy. | hope we never kill him off.
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ever drawn. Can’t all be fun! | fought
Robert on this idea, but he wouldn ’t have
it. Can ’t always draw whatever |want!

ROBERT: | feel like there was a graphic,

artsy way to make this cover cool... but
you just fell short. Punk.
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RYAN: Nice serene shot of a happy family flying into space! And then there’s Mark’s
butt shot. So |changed up the composition a bit. Now it’s an Eve butt shot.

ROBERT: Dude butt would have been more unique. We need to do more racy stuff
with Mark. Noted.
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look at babies more often. | added the kanslok in a container. Maybe the
baby is too young for kanslok and this is Mark’s snacks? They must be
yummy. These poor little creatures. Kanslok might be my favorite thing
I’ve designed for INVINCIBLE! (Sorry, Battle Beast!)

ROBERT: They’re definitely my favorite thing. | want to do a whole issue

about kanslok. Noted.
RYAN: Robert called me and told me
about what he wants for this cover.
He said he wanted Mark and Eve in an
emergency room, and their daughter
is sick. | thought he was kidding. |
thought it was another 116 cover!
BORING! But then he told me it was on
the alien planet with aliens and stuff.
Then | was like, “Oh yeah, that sounds
cool, | can do that. Ain’t no thang.”

ROBERT: And | have to hand it to you,

this is one of my favorite covers. It’s
so dense and the character work with
all the aliens is stunning. And Jean
did an amazing job on the colors.
Really great stuff.

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drawing this and thought, “Hey, what if
his eye was popped?! I’ve never drawn
that before!” And so | drew that. It’s
been very effective in grossing people
the hell out. Many have asked if | looked
that up, like if an eye really does that
when it’s cut. Even thinking about that
grosses me the hell out! But drawing it
is fine. For some weird reason.

ROBERT: So... did you look it up or not?!

You didn’t answer!

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cover to 116.
RYAN: So this panel is how the issue ends,
poor Eve found her daughter presumably
dead. In the script Robert said to make the
baby look dead. He didn’t like this for some
reason and made me re-do it. | don’t know
why.

ROBERT: No comment.

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RYAN: BOOM! BATTLE BEAST

VS. THRAGG! I’ve drawn this
kind of composition a few
times; you might remember
the Conquest vs. Invincible
splash page, or the Invincible
vs. Powerplex cover. |just
really like seeing the energy
of two forces right before they
explode! More like this as
soon as | get the chance for it!

ROBERT: You’re in a rut! Hey,

stick to what works. I’ve been
writing the same four comics
for 15 years at this point.
RYAN: I....1 don *t wanna talk
about it. R.I.P. B.B.

ROBERT: Yeah... that one was

really rough on me, too.
ROBERT: The design for Haluma was inspired. | wanted her to look
like a monstrous bug thing and you really delivered. She’s so sexy.
RYAN: Here’s some commissions for you. First
up is what I think Lord Argall looked like. The
rest is a few con sketches I’ve done recently.
Thanks for reading the wonderful world of
INVINCIBLE sketchbook section area place zone!
Until next time! See ya!

ROBERT: Later!
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books, includin ner Award-winning The Walking
Dead, long-running Invincible, all-ages Super Dinosaur,
and the exorcism comic, Outcast by Kirkman & Azaceta.
In 2008, Kirkman became a partner at Image Comics, and
in 2010, he opened Skybound, his own imprint at Image,
which publishes his titles as well as other original work.
That same year, he became a creator, executive producer
and writer on The Walking Dead television show. Kirkman is
also the executive producer of AMC’s Fear the Walking Dead
and Cinemax’s Outcast.

Starting with issue #8, RYAN OTTLEY has not only made
Invincible his home, but he has made it his own as well. For
years, the artist has joined forces with Robert Kirkman in
detailing the ongoing adventures of young Mark Grayson.
Not only is Ottley a talented storyteller, but he also boasts
an unparalleled work ethic. He’s drawn over 100 issues of
Invincible, becoming one of the best artists in the business,
while still having time to create Sea Bear & Grizzly Shark
with Jason Howard.

CLIFF RATHBURN has inked Invincible since #52. He also

tones The Walking Dead every month, and previously inked
Super Dinosaur and created, wrote and illustrated Reaper
for Image Comics.

JOHN RAUCH is an American comic book colorist whose

credits include Invincible, The Darkness, Teen Titans: Year
One, Patsy Walker: Hellcat, and a bunch of other stuff not
worth bragging about. He enjoys speaking about himself
in the third person and pretending he is more talented and
relevant than he really is in order to help fight off bouts of
depression.

JEAN-FRANCOIS BEAULIEU is a Canadian comic book

colorist whose credits include Invincible, Rocket Raccoon,
Marvel's 0z series, and | Hate Fairyland.

Anyone who looks at the credits of their favorite comic

books is likely familiar with the name RUS WOOTON.
With his work on Invincible, The Walking Dead, Outcast by
Kirkman & Azaceta, Black Science, Manhattan Projects and
more, a case could easily be made for Wooton being the go-
to letterer for creator-owned comics. But Wooton's work
can also be found in abundance at Marvel Comics, where
as a member of Chris Eliopoulos’ Virtual Caligraphy group
he has lettered countless series including Fantastic Four,
newuniversal, Uncanny X-Men and more.

The co-creator of Invincible, CORY WALKER was also the

series’ original artist, drawing issues #1-7 and setting the
tone for the title. Since then, the talented artist has performed
art duties on numerous titles at both Marvel and DC Comics,
including issues of Marvel Team-Up, The Irredeemable Ant-
Man, Punisher War Journal, and Shadowpact in addition to
acting as sole artist on the critically acclaimed Destroyer
MAX, alongside writer and Invincible co-creator Robert
Kirkman. Walker has never forgotten his creation however,
and has contributed frequent guest spots on Invincible
issues, covers and back-ups,

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SEAN MACKIE} e Editorial Director of Skybound
Entertainmen g his favorite. title to work on is
like picking te child...if all your children were
covered in bl y
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COLLECTION OF WHAT
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SUPERHERO COMIC BOOK IN
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Everything changes as Invincible
is betrayed by one of his closest
allies. Now everyone in Mark
Grayson’s life must choose sides
and suffer the consequences.

This volume contains issues

109-120.

$39.99
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INVINCIBLE, ULTIMATE
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