- 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
- Pencils
- Diego Barreto (pages 1-4, 9-12, 20-22); Peter Krause (pages 4-8, 13-19)
- Inks
- Diego Barreto (pages 1-4, 9-12, 20-22); Peter Krause (pages 4-8, 13-19)
- Colors
- Andrew Dalhouse
- Letters
- Ed Dukeshire
- Genre
- superhero
- Characters
- The Plutonian; The Paradigm [Gilgamos; Bette Noir; The Survivor [Charybdis]; Kaidan]; Orian; Modeus; Samsara (body only)
- Synopsis
- Gilgamos confronts Bette Noir over her past relationship with The Plutonian, but their talk is interrupted by the alien hunter Orian. Tony recounts for Samsara a tragic incident from his childhood that explains his hatred of guns.
- Reprints
Story is untitled beyond series title. First line of dialogue (on second page): "I don't know why you insisted on coming back."