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hey, Charlie! where the hell are you?I need you on the

floor ASAP.

My feed’sdelayed!

I am on thefloor, sir. I just

can’t get throughthese cro…

I don’tcare, Homme.

You’re paidgood moneyto do a job.

and right now thatjob is getting mygoddamn feed upso I can do mine!

BUY!BUY!

SELL!SELL!

two hundred!two hundred!

Now do it! orI’ll find someone

else who will.

yes,sir... ...@$$#*!&.

awesome…my first “you’refired” threat of the day,and the bell only rang

five minutes ago.

BUY!BUY! buy?

BUY! BUY!

of course...allhas been preparedfor. I know howvital this is toour mission.

you arecertain he is

the one?

yes. wehave bothforeseen it.

then it is time.a new worldorder will beestablished.

indeed. maintainyour illusion. weshall take care

of the rest.

as ourpower created

you...

...so tooshall it create

him.

that’s funny...Ifeel like I’m...

what’sthe status,charlie?!

HUH?!What??

Oh, uhh,sir...

...I foundthe problem

it’s…

floatingskull!?!

that’s it, homme! I’m tiredof your $#!*! you’re fired!

do notfear, charles

homme.

youhave beenchosen…

…you aremeant forbiggerthings.

OH MYGOD!!

anexplosion!?we’re under

attack!!

that betternot be myserver!!

bill, cancel thatorder. investin weaponscontractors!

it isdone.

haliburton! buynow! NOW!!

southold,long island

I love this place.Our father used

to take us out hereevery summer.

When Dad died and left randalland me soltech--and all that

money--buying this place seemedlike the right thing to do. Like a

way of staying close to him.

I remember tryingto tell Randall thatI bought this place.I was so excited.

thank god for my brother’ssingle-mindedness.

*see last issue

I get to rememberhow things used to be,

and he doesn’t know I’veset up my own lab.

I couldn’t havedone it without myfriends, though.

newton sent over that truckloadof surplus equipment from

curtis-michaels the second heheard I was fired from soltech.

and Then Yoma hooked meup and Got me on my feet

with some tech, so I couldcomplete this armor.

all he asked for in return weremy notes from the theoreticalwork I did into wormholes andsuper-luminal quantum fields.

I wonder what he’sdoing with that?

He cut me off, told me whatevernonsense I was worked up about

wasn’t important and that heneeded trials completed ASAP.

now that randall took my halfof soltech*, I’m glad I neverhad the chance to tell him.

I owe himbig time. once I get the

pressurizationissue worked out…

…I’ll fly tojapan and thank

him in person.

lower manhattan hospitalMr. Homme, theresults of yourtest are in, and

other than a minorconcussion,

you seem fine.I’d avoid driving

and doing anythingtoo strenuousfor a few days,but you’re free

to go home.

your wifedidn’t answer, is

there anyone elsewe can call topick you up?

I…don’tthink so.

I’ll be fine.

What the hellhappened today?They tell me Ican go home…

Sorry.

…Tell me I’m fine. Ican’t even remember

anything fromthis morning.

excuseme.

watch it,@$$#*!@! I just

need to getsome rest.

did I get firedtoday? I should

be happy.

Because noteverything that

goes around comesback around,

you know.

god, Ihate this

city.

Where the hell isJessica? Everything Ido for her and shecan’t pick me up? instead I have to

stand here listeningto this idiot singing

and chewing hergum like a cow.

One thingthat is clear,it’s all down

hill fromheeeere.

lower manhattan hospitalMr. Homme, theresults of yourtest are in, and

other than a minorconcussion,

you seem fine.I’d avoid driving

and doing anythingtoo strenuousfor a few days,but you’re free

to go home.

your wifedidn’t answer, is

there anyone elsewe can call topick you up?

I…don’tthink so.

I’ll be fine.

What the hellhappened today?They tell me Ican go home…

Sorry.

…Tell me I’m fine. Ican’t even remember

anything fromthis morning.

excuseme.

watch it,@$$#*!@! I just

need to getsome rest.

did I get firedtoday? I should

be happy.

Because noteverything that

goes around comesback around,

you know.

god, Ihate this

city.

Where the hell isJessica? Everything Ido for her and shecan’t pick me up? instead I have to

stand here listeningto this idiot singing

and chewing hergum like a cow.

One thingthat is clear,it’s all down

hill fromheeeere.

Three morestops and my shift’s

over. gotta stopoff and get Janie’s

medication.

Martin, youbetter have gottenthose tickets to theplay today. I am not

missing anotheropening night.

thank godI got a seat onthe train...evenif it is next tothis fat slob.

I justwant tosleep.

There is no wayI’m walking home.Jess is gonna have

to pick me up.

I don’t care ifit’s in the middle of

the freaking bachel…

Martin,you betterhave...huh...

gotten...hu...

Umm...EXCUUUUSEme, sir! YOU are

all over myshoulder!! tickets.

Tickets,please!

not missinganother...

opening night…huh huh...

huh?!?

it’s ok!I don’tmind!

you canhave the

whole rowof seats!!! wh...What’s

Happening?!?

if you seesomething, say

something...

I definitelysee something!!

Oh mygod!

who yousupposed tocall whe...