\M AT

MID-WESTERN
SPACEPORT WHERE TODAY
THE LAST GROUP OF COLONISTS
IS BOARDING THE SHUTTLE AHEAD LIES
FOR THE MAYFLOWER, A JOURNEY INTO THE
WAITING HIGH ABOVE IN UNKNOWN, A JOURNEY THAT
EARTH ORBIT. COULD LAST FOR CENTURIES,
PERHAPS A THOUSAND
YEARS.
COLONIST
BRUCE JAQUES,
YOURE LEAVING EARTH WERE SICK
FOREVER. WHY? OF IT, BOB. SICK OF THE
DEGRADATION AND VIOLENCE OF
THIS SICK SOCIETY. SICK OF THE
PA R T O NE
TYRANNY OF THE JUDGES, SICK
OF THE DEAD HAND OF
GOVERNMENT.

SOMEWHERE
OUT THERE IS A WORLD
WHERE WE CAN LIVE BY OUR
OWN RULES. A WORLD WHERE THE
AIR IS CLEAN, WHERE THE LAND
IS GOOD, UNCONTAMINATED BY
WARS AND DISEASE AND
POLLUTION, UNTAINTED BY
MANS HAND.

SOUNDS
SWELL FOR YOU,
BRUCE, BUT WHAT OUR
ABOUT THE REST OF SOLUTION
US? WERE STUCK IS OPEN TO
HERE. EVERYONE,
BOB.

SURE, IF
YOU HAPPEN TO BE A
MULTI-BILLIONAIRE.

KEEP
WORKING, BOB. AND SO
YOULL GET OUR MODERN-DAY
THERE. PILGRIMS SET OFF
IN SEARCH OF
THEIR NEW WORLD.
BUT THERE THE
COMPARISON
ENDS.

FOR THESE
ARE NO HUMBLE, SCRIPT
SIMPLE-LIVING JOHN
PURITANS _ THESE WAGNER
ARE FOUR THOUSAND art
OF MEGA-CITY ONES greg
RICHEST CITIZENS AND staples
THEYRE TRAVELLING letters
IN STYLE. ANNIE
PARKHOUSE
 NO EXPENSE HAS BEEN SPARED IN THE
CONSTRUCTION OF THE MOTHERSHIP, THE
MAYFLOWER. WITHIN ITS DOMES THE
FOUR THOUSAND COLONISTS WILL LIVE IN
EASE AND COMFORT, NOT TO SAY LUXURY.

THERE IS AMPLE ACCOMMODATION TO

CATER FOR A GROWING POPULATION,
FOR IT MAY BE MANY GENERATIONS
BEFORE A SUITABLE WORLD IS FOUND.

IN THE MEANTIME
BOREDOM WILL NOT BE
A PROBLEM. THERES A
FOREST COMPLETE WITH
WILDLIFE AND TRICKLING
STREAM. THERE ARE
EXCELLENT RECREATIONAL
FACILITIES, INCLUDING A
TWENTY THOUSAND-SEAT
SPORTS STADIUM.

VAST AGRI-DOMES
WILL SUPPLY ENOUGH
FOOD AND CLEAN
AIR TO SUPPORT THE
COLONY _ BARRING
DISASTER _ LONG
INTO THE FUTURE.

A BRAVE
STEP FOR ALL ABOARD NO
DOUBT, YET THE INESCAPABLE
IMPRESSION AS WE WATCH THEM
DEPART IS OF RATS LEAVING A
SINKING SHIP. FEW LEFT BEHIND
IN THE FESTERING REMAINS
OF A ONCE-GREAT CITY WILL
WISH THEM WELL.

AND IF THE COLONISTS FEEL THE NEED TO GET

AWAY FROM IT ALL, THERES EXCELLENT
HOLIDAY ACCOMMODATION IN THE AQUADOME.

NOW
BACK TO THE
STUDIO _
THE HOUSE STANDS ALONE, STRANGELY \ HAVE
UNTOUCHED, SURROUNDED BY THE WHAT
DO YOU BUSINESS WITH
DETRITUS OF THE CHAOS PLAGUE AND WANT? THE MASSTER
THE OPEN WARFARE ON THE STREETS. OF THIS
HOUSE.

THE MASTER
DOES NOT HAVE
BUSINESS WITH
THE LIKES OF
YOU. GO AWAY.

THINGS WILL
GO ILL FOR
YOU WOULD YOU, BUSTER.
DO WELL NOT TO INCUR GO AWAY OR
MY ANGER. LET ME IN OR \LL CALL THE
THINGSS WILL GO ILL JUDGES.
FOR YOU.

TROUBLE,
MONTY?

ANOTHER
NUISANCE
CALLER,
SIR.

APPARENTLY
HE HAS NOT TAKEN
THE HINT, SIR. HE
IS CLIMBING
THE WALL.
 HE CAME
THE GUNS, IN THE GUEST
MONTY! ROOM!

SSURPRISSE! H-HEY, WHERE

EASY ARE THEY?
THERE _

WH-WHERES
WHAT?

MY
BROTHERSSS!
TAKE ME TO
THEM!
 NORMAL
THE MARK VOICE RECOGNITION
THREE LAWGIVER AND OPERATION.
PROTOTYPE. RESPONSE TIME IS EIGHT
HUNDREDTHS OF A SECOND
QUICKER THAN THE
MARK TWO.

CAPACITY FOR
SIX TYPES OF BULLET.
STANDARD EXECUTION _
ARMOUR PIERCING _ RICOCHET _
HI-EXPLOSIVE _ INCENDIARY. WEVE
REPLACED THE HEAT-SEEKING BULLET YOU CAN
WITH AN ELECTRO-SHOCK STUNNER HAVE IT AS A
_ FEELING IS THE HOTSHOT REPLACEMENT ROUND,
WAS JUST A LITTLE TOO ALONG WITH MARKER,
INDISCRIMINATE. STUN OR TRACER.
CHOICE IS
YOURS.

ARMOUR
PIERCING.

ARMOUR
PIERCING WILL
FRAGMENT INTO FIFTY
MINIATURE PROJECTILES. ONCE
THROUGH THE SHELL THATS
ENOUGH TO GIVE ANY
ROBOT A GRAND MAL
MALFUNCTION.

THE CHARGE
IN THE GRIP IS THE
SAME AS MARKS ONE AND
TWO _ ENOUGH TO BLOW
ANY UNAUTHORISED USERS GOOD
HAND OFF. WE THOUGHT BALANCE. NICE
THAT WAS QUITE HEFT.
SUFFICIENT.

WE HAVE
PERMISSION FOR FIELD
TRIALS. \D APPRECIATE
IT IF YOUD TRY IT OUT,
LET ME HAVE YOUR
COMMENTS.
 THAT SAME DAY. MED BAY, AT FIRST IT
GRAND HALL OF JUSTICE _ WAS JUST THE COLDNESS,
THE SENSE OF DECAY, THE REVULSION.
THERES NO SIGN OF FRESH NECROTIC
FLESH BUT HES GRADUALLY LAPSED
INTO THIS STATE OF NEAR DELIRIUM...
MUTTERING TO HIMSELF,
CRYING OUT.

THE
TOUCH OF
MORTIS...

\M GLAD
YOU COULD COME,
ANDERSON. \VE BEGUN
TO FEAR WERE
LOSING JUDGE
LOGAN.

THE PSI-DIVISION TELEPATH NEEDS

LITTLE IMAGINATION TO CONJURE IMAGES
OF LOGANS ENCOUNTER WITH THE FIEND
FROM THE DARK DIMENSION _

LOGAN _
ITS ANDERSON. \M
GOING TO TRY TO
HELP YOU...

GET OFF
ME! NO...NO!
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