Clicking on the eBay link and making a purchase may result in this site earning a commission from the eBay Partner Network.
| Publisher |
Malibu |
| Series |
Hardcase |
| Published | January 1995 |
| Artist |
Greg Horn |
| Artist |
Keith Conroy |
| Cover Artist |
Keith Conroy |
| Inker |
Saleem Crawford |
| Inker |
John Lowe |
| Inker |
Craig Gilmore |
| Colorist |
Moose Baumann |
| Colorist |
George Cox III |
| Colorist |
Lydia Nomura |
| Letterer |
Roxanne Starr |
| Writer |
James Hudnall |
With Hardcase disappearing immediately after defeating NM-E, to the surprise of everyone, Prime tries to assess the situation he's now placed in. The Alternate, also at the scene, tries to figure a way to steal NM-E from under Prime's attention. Shape-shifting into the likeness of Mantra, a superheroine that Prime has an attraction to, The Alternate is able to take NM-E's robotic parts and then disappear with them. Prime tries to give chase, but soon loses her. Rex Mundi, the creator of NM-E, gets frustrated when he sees his arch-nemesis steal his greatest creation stolen. He arrives on Earth to gather his 'bugs', things he created to spy on Hardcase. Meanwhile, the Operator, one of Rex Mundi's associates, is a powerful woman on the West Coast that keeps observation on several operations. She gathers a meeting with her crew when she reveals that she knows one of them are betraying her. She then introduces her group to Trauma, a new ultra that has helped reveal the subterfuge.