- Script
- ?
- Pencils
- Peter Krause
- Inks
- Peter Krause
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse
- Letters
- ? (design); typeset
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Hornet; Sarah [The Hornet's daughter]; Qubit; Samsara; Kaidan; Gilgamos; Volt; Bette Noir; Scylla; Charybdis; Modeus
The inside front cover has head shots of cast from previous issues and recap of story so far, plus logo, credits, and indicia set against negative red-&-black detail of #1's Cover A.
- Script
- Mark Waid (credited)
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-12); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (credited) (pages 1-12); Peter Krause (credited) (pages 13-22)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse (credited)
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire (credited)
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- Orian (see Notes); The Paradigm [Bette Noir; Gilgamos; Kaidan; Volt; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Qubit]; The Plutonian; Modeus; Samsara (body only); Anita Daniel (introduction); Loren Daniel (introduction); Joey Daniel (introduction)
- Synopsis
- Bette Noir tells Orian of her affair with The Plutonian and how they were able to be intimate despite his powers. Modeus, in the guise of Samsara, is taken by "Tony" to visit the Daniels, Tony's first foster family. The Paradigm tracks Orian to a military base.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First line of dialogue: "This is gonna be good." // Orian first appeared in #9 but was not named until this issue.