Last time, Jack Metzger’s armor was taken away “for examination” and he was tucked away in a nursing home for the disabled, seemingly forgotten.

An awkward possibility during a cosmic quake is that elderly people come face-to-face with themselves…who fell through a dimensional fissure when they were much younger. Even more awkward is when “anti-Establishment activists” discover they’ve been working for the Establishment all along.

Apologies if the wonky dialog balloons and tails are bothering you. They get better in later pages/panels. The plan is to get all that squared away before the graphic novel goes to print.

You’ll see Pavarti and Kubera again, but prepare to meet somebody very different next.