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Fort Apache the Hulk!
The students of Gordon University are running frantically out of the auditorium where the Hulk has just gone on a rampage during a Dazzler concert. The students are panicking and the windows in the building are shattering behind them. One of the students yells that Dazzler remained behind to distract the Hulk and worries that she will be massacred.
In the midst of the stampede of students, Dazzler’s stage manager, Lancelot Steele. is pushing his way back toward the building, very confused. Lance thinks to himself how he only stepped out for a minute and everything went crazy. Lance comes across the members of Dazzler’s backup band, seeking shelter behind a tree to keep from being crushed by the crowd. Beefer is even taking time to munch on a sandwich. When Lance asks the others where Dazzler is, Hunch is so shaken up that he can’t get out the words to tell him. Marx takes over and lets Lance know that Alison stayed behind to distract the Hulk so that everyone else could escape.
Lance freaks out and says that it looks like he’ll have to save her butt again. So that only the band members can hear, Marx asks when he ever saved her before, but Hunch tells him to shut up as Lance marches off playing the hero. Confidently strides toward the auditorium, Lance talks to himself, saying that now everyone (especially Harry Osgood who pays his checks) would see what a real man was made of. Suddenly, a piece of debris flies straight at Lance, which he only barely ducks. The close call avoided, Lance loses his nerve and decides that Dazzler is a big girl and can take care of herself. Besides, somebody has to stay outside and keep the crowd calm.
Inside the buildings connected to the auditorium, Dazzler skates pasts large amounts of debris in pursuit of the Hulk. Despite her obvious fear, she continues to track the green goliath as she remembers the events leading to her current predicament. As Dazzler leaps over a pile of discarded filing cabinets, she thinks about how there is a human soul within the monster and she has to get through to him. She thinks further about how fortunate it is that most of the students were either at the concert or in their dorms and not in the Hulk’s path. Suddenly, she hears a scream coming from a lounge. She rounds the corner and yells for the Hulk to stop.
Inside the lounge, Hulk has a pool table lifted over his head in the center of the room while several students are cowering in a corner opposite Dazzler. Hulk yells that he does not stop unless he wants to and throws the table into other tables and pinball machines. Dazzler is relieved that she got him to throw the table away from the terrified students but realizes that he’s got a severe mad on for a terrified singer – herself! The students take this opportunity to rush for the exit. One worries about Dazzler’s safety but not enough to stick around. Dazzler takes a stand and begins to use her light powers against the Hulk but he isn’t fazed, saying that ‘Silver Lady’s’ light didn’t stop him before and won’t now.
The scene moves to a plush office in the World Trade Center:
Three men are gathered around a man, seated at a desk. The man in the middle of the three is dressed in a suit and cowboy hat and is twirling a lasso. He introduces the group to the man behind the desk as the Enforcers. He identifies himself as Montana, adding that he is a wiz with a lasso. The man to Montana’s right, a very bulky, red-headed man states that his name is Ox and he’s strong. The third and last of the Enforcers is balancing upside down on the desk supported by one hand and adds that he is Fancy Dan, a martial artist and acrobat. Fancy Dan flips to the floor while saying that the Enforcers are the best hired muscle in the business which the man must know already, since he sprung the trio from Ryker’s Island.
Fancy Dan is so wrapped up in his spiel that he doesn’t see where he’s flipping and smashes right into Ox, knocking the banana Ox was eating into his face. Fancy Dan mentions that they might be a bit rusty but Ox is enraged and threatens Fancy Dan with a very large globe. Dan’s pleading that it was an accident is abruptly cut short by the man in the chair. He warns the Enforcers that they are on his time and their petty squabbles can wait. The man in the chair tells them that the assignment he has for them should be easy enough even if they are rusty. Montana asks who he wants them to “off” and the man holds out a picture of the target. He answers that they are to kill a promoter… a manager of musical arts… and a mass murderer who’s evaded him for years. Their target’s name is Harry S. Osgood!
Back at Gordon University:
Dazzler is skating circles around the Hulk, trying to out-maneuver him and somehow “dazzle” him. However, Dazzler is starting to think that it’s no use, since Hulk won’t give her time to concentrate long enough to set off a powerful enough blast. Her light, though, has managed to blind Hulk. Enraged, Hulk yells that he can’t see but he will find Silver Lady anyway. Thrashing about without seeing anything, Hulk is causing even more damage to the building. Dazzler becomes frustrated that all she seems to be doing is making him angrier. Hulk continues swinging blindly and several times comes very close to clocking Dazzler. She decides that she needs to change her tactics. She skates quickly away, thinking to herself that she has an idea that just might work. Hulk tells “Silver Lady” to run and he will let her live.
Suddenly, Dazzler grabs hold of a building support that has been busted to the point of resembling a pole. She raises her feet in front of her and momentum swings her around 180 degrees and she hurls herself through the air at the Hulk feet first. However, this plan is completely ineffective, as Dazzler simply bounces off the Hulk’s massive stomach muscles. Dazzler is shocked at how little damage her shot did but then realizes that she is flying fast directly at the wall. Dazzler smashes against the wall and falls to the floor. Hulk takes this opportunity to rush her, saying that now she will pay for hounding him. Dazzler tries to buy time by asking Hulk to listen to her but Hulk disregards her request. He says she want him to listen after she tried to hurt him! “Shiny woman is stupid!” When all seems lost for Dazzler, Hulk is suddenly distracted by a sound he recognizes outside.
Outside the building, Hulk sees a company of soldiers marching with guns in hand accompanied by jeeps and tanks. Seeing the soldiers really puts Hulk over the edge, as soldiers have fought the Hulk on several occasions. The unit commander encourages his men by telling them they have Hulk cornered and, if they can destroy him, it will put Fort Pendergrass on the map. He continues that he has been through three wars and never lost a battle and he intends to keep his record intact. A couple of soldiers whisper about how they don’t believe the Hulk is real. One soldier says he’ll believe in Santa Claus if Hulk is real. Before the unit commander finishes his pep talk, he hears a crunching sound behind him and turns to see Hulk holding a giant piece of broken concrete wall above his head. Hulk challenges the soldiers, saying, “Go ahead! Shoot puny guns, Hulk will smash!”
Though well-trained, the soldiers break ranks and flee, dropping their weapons in their haste. The two soldiers who didn’t believe in Hulk are running side by side. One of them jokes with the other by asking what Santa is getting him this year and gets told to shut up. Hulk says that the soldiers are smart to run: they know Hulk cannot be beaten. Suddenly, from above gas canisters fall all around the Hulk who yells that he hates gas because it makes him sick. He looks up at the helicopter dropping the canisters and hurls a piece of rubble at it. From within the battle-torn building, Dazzler watches the cripple chopper land roughly but safely and worries that Hulk really is unbeatable. Outside, the battle continues as a fancy new tank called the Grappler rolls into view and instead of artillery fire, the turret shoots out titanium steel bands that wrap around the Hulk. The coils squeeze Hulk and bring him off his feet.
From a safe distance away, Lance and the band watch the action. Lance cheers the apparent victory over the Hulk but Marx states that he doesn’t think the battle is over yet. Beefer, meanwhile, remarks that all the action is making him hungry and pulls out another sandwich.
Hulk rages about how the wires would never have caught him if the gas hadn’t slowed him down. He yells that men can catch Hulk but men cannot hold Hulk, as he uses his enormous strength to snap the titanium steel cables like thread. Before the remains can be retracted, Hulk grabs the cables and starts swinging the Grappler in circles. The men operating the Grappler barely manage to bail out before the machine is airborne. Hulk swings the tank round and round and finally lets go, flinging it back at the soldiers who scatter. The tank collides with a statue and the soldiers finally give up the fight and run for their lives.
Hulk announces that he is tired of these stupid games and wants to be left alone. He walks into the Hall of Science so he can hide and think. Dazzler thinks about how horrible it is that he is going to possibly demolish the Hall of Science but also realizes that there is nothing she can do about it. She thinks that she is lucky to be alive right now but then wonders if there are students in that building. What if he kills somebody? Can she con herself into believing they were just unlucky?
Despite her reservations, Dazzler decides that she has to try to stop him again if she ever wants to look at herself in the mirror. She flashes bright again, thinking that, while her power isn’t in the Hulk’s league, she still has the best chance against him so she’ll have to give it her best shop and hope. As Dazzler skates out of the hall, the man who was seen following her last issue is again lurking in the shadows, watching her every move.
Meanwhile, in a laboratory in the Hall of Science:
A Student is working at desk on a chemical solution. He exclaims to himself that, after six months of work, he’s finally got the solution right! As he pours a liquid from one flask into another, he is startled by the entrance of the Hulk. The student is so shocked that he drops the flasks, which shatter on the floor. As he flees, Hulk tells him that he better run or Hulk will crush him with his fist. Hulk wants to be alone!
Hulk looks around the laboratory and recognizes it as a place where scientists work. Hulk considers scientists puny and weak… like Banner! Hulk pictures the face of his alter ego – Dr. Bruce Banner: the man he considers responsible for his tortured existence and whom he hates more than all others. Hulk rages and begins smashing things, screaming for Banner to leave him alone or he will tear the whole place apart. Dazzler enters the room and is startled to hear Hulk yelling at someone who isn’t there.
Hulk hesitates to throw a desk when he sees a set of cages containing some dogs. The sight of the dogs has a calming effect on the brute and he gently lowers the desk to the floor. He seems to relate to the little dogs saying the dogs are in cages just like soldiers want the Hulk. He states that he will let them out and opens their cages. Dazzler watches as the fierce monster starts cuddling one of the dogs very gently. She starts to wonder if he really is such a “monster.”
Dazzler flashes back to when she was involved in an altercation with some thugs called Satan’s Creeps. She thinks to herself that she is no stranger to blind prejudice. She remembers how, when she used her light power to take out the thugs, the crowd in the subway station turned on her because she is a mutant. Dazzler associates the Hulk’s desire to be left alone with her own desire to not be hounded for being a mutant. She realizes that leaving him alone is the way to beat him. She sees that he is calm, almost serene and does not wish to disturb him. However, she then hears the footsteps of soldiers, who have regrouped to attack the Hulk again.
A small group of soldiers enter the room quietly with a weapon called a Lasertron and try to take advantage of the Hulk not noticing them yet. Dazzler thinks to herself that she knows such force is not the answer to stopping him. She decides to turn up her radio and…“Go For It!” The driving rock tune played over her headphones gives Dazzler the energy needed to create a powerful dazzle-burst which takes the soldiers completely by surprise.
Unfortunately, the Hulk mistakes Dazzler’s attack as another attempt to hurt him with her stupid lights. Dazzler attempts to tell Hulk what was going on but quickly realizes the attempt is in vain. Hulk lifts a filing cabinet up as a weapon to smash Alison, who thinks to herself that she has no more tricks left up her sleeve so this has to end now somehow.
Hulk taunts Dazzler by telling her she is like a bug to him and she simply replies that she knows that. Hulk responds that she should run or he will kill her. Remaining calm, Dazzler states that if he really wanted to kill her, running wouldn’t help. Hulk, still holding the filing cabinet above his head says, “Girl is stupid! Girl hounded Hulk! Hulk will kill her!” Dazzler stays her course by saying she guesses she deserves it but she is sorry. She continues telling him that when she hounded him she thought he was just a monster. She admits that a lot of people probably make that mistake but now she knows he is not a monster. She knows now that he can be kind and gentle.
To this, Hulk yells that he is a monster and will prove it by crushing girl! “Now is girl afraid?” Alison admits that she is terrified. This proves enough for the Hulk and he tosses the filing cabinet aside. He says he will let girl go if she doesn’t call him gentle again. Dazzler agrees to this deal and Hulk complains aloud that his head hurts from too much thinking.
Dazzler says that maybe she can help now that they are friends and begins to glow again. However, this time she doesn’t shine brilliantly bright but emits a mild, soothing lightshow similar to what she would use to accompany a slow ballad. The light show actually succeeds in calming the Hulk, much to Dazzler’s surprise and relief. Hulk says that the lights make him feel peaceful. The peaceful feeling is enough to slow his pulse and calm his mind, triggering his transformation back into the human form of Bruce Banner.
Fully himself again, Banner says aloud that the nightmare is over…for now. He looks around and recognizes Dazzler but doesn’t know where the Hulk has taken him this time. Dazzler tells him that she’ll explain everything later but first they better get out before someone finds them. They rush for an exit together but the man who has been following Dazzler is again watching. The man thinks to himself that Dazzler is a most talented woman and will be of much use to his organization. He must observe her further.
Sometime later outside the Hall of Science:
A soldier stands saluting the commander of the troops, saying that after they revived from the mysterious light flare, they found no trace of the Hulk. The commander tells him to continue looking. He considers the Hulk a menace that must be destroyed.
Nearby, Lance Steele thinks to himself that the soldiers have got to be dumb to lose something as big as the Hulk! He then turns his attention to the band members, who are in the process of loading the equipment back into the van. He pushes them to hurry, since they have a long drive back to the city. Marx comments that this would be a lot easier if that drifter Bruce were there to help. As they load a large case into the van, Beefer asks through huffs and puffs what is in the trunk anyway: rocks? Dazzler kids that she has the Hulk in there. Hunch tells her not to even mention that guy, as they finally finish loading the trunk. Lance tells them to get rolling and divides them among the car and the van. Beefer says he doesn’t care where he rides, as long as they stop to eat soon. Hunch says that for once he agrees with Beefer. Loading all that equipment gave him quite an appetite.
Fifty miles away at an all-night diner:
While the band is inside eating, the heavy case the guys lugged into the van opens to reveal it really was containing the Hulk, only in his Bruce Banner personae. Banner exits the van and thinks to himself that he hates to leave without saying goodbye to Alison but she’ll probably understand. He thinks to himself how nice it was of her to get him a new set of clothes, sneak him into the trunk and smuggle him off the campus undetected. But he realizes he can’t afford to get close to her so long, as he still has the danger of turning into the Hulk. Banner reaches into the pocket of his new jacket and is surprised to find a wad of cash and a note from Dazzler, saying, “Best of luck.” Bruce thinks to himself that if she ever needs a favor, he swears he will be there to help then turns and walks away without a backward glance.
Back in New York the following morning:
Alison is just returning home and is strolling the last few blocks to her apartment, thinking about how good the sun feels. Suddenly, she gets the strange sensation that someone is following her. She turns around but only sees a little man reading a newspaper and concludes that she must be getting jumpy from the fatigue of fighting the Hulk. However, the man is actually the same one that was following her at the university.
Alison reaches her apartment building and greets a neighbor before finally entering her humble abode. She thinks to herself that she is getting hungry again and checks in the refrigerator, only to find it completely bare. She realizes that she forgot to shop again and gave Bruce all the money she got from the gig but still thinks he needs it more than her. She wonders if Paul’s free for breakfast. She knows he always gets to work early and calls there, hoping she won’t have to talk to the ucky nurse of his.
At the office of Dr. Paul Jansen:
Paul is preoccupied with some paperwork and asks his “ucky” nurse, Ms. Collins, to answer the ringing telephone. She does and recognizes Alison as the girl Dr. Jansen is infatuated with. Clearly jealous, she thinks that he may not know what’s good for him but she does. Ms. Collins lies and tells Alison that Paul is in surgery and perhaps he can call her later. After she hangs up, Paul asks who was on the phone and Ms. Collins lies again and says it was a pharmaceutical salesman again. Disappointed, Paul says he was hoping it was Alison, while Ms. Collins thinks to herself that one day he’ll realize that she is the woman for him and not that foolish singer.
Back at Alison’s apartment:
Alison thinks to herself that it would have been nice to see Paul again but their schedules always seem to conflict. Suddenly, she is not so hungry anymore and dejectedly decides to concentrate on sleeping instead. Alison unfolds her old couch/bed and undresses thinking that she’ll be asleep before you can say… “Goodnight Dr. Jansen… wherever you are.”
Meanwhile, outside Alison’s apartment building:
The man following Dazzler over the past few days peers over his newspaper. He thinks to himself that she can definitely be of use but he has been careless. He fears that some faint suspicion may have been aroused in her. The man concludes that, if he is to make contact with her, it must be soon!


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Hell…Hell is for Harry!
In the office of Harry S. Osgood, Agent to the Stars, Lancelot Steele and Osgood himself sit late at night watching a video tape on an absurdly large screen television. The tape is of a performance featuring Alison Blaire – The Dazzler glowing brightly and singing her heart out. Harry slams his fist on the arm of his couch and tells Lance that, no matter how many times he watches the tape, he still remains puzzled. Lance says that he thinks Dazzler has some explaining to do.
Meanwhile, unaware of her impending turmoil, Alison Blaire is busy in her meager apartment, attempting to make a meal in the kitchen and failing miserably. Pots are overflowing and other containers have spilled all over the countertop. Alison is disappointed that she finally had time to buy some decent groceries and prepare a nice dinner for Paul, her doctor boyfriend, and now she ruins it.
At that moment, the buzzer goes off and Alison realizes that she’ll have to let Paul in, despite the shabby state of her kitchen. As she lets Paul in, Alison jokes that she hopes he isn’t hungry and Paul lightheartedly says that it smells like a disaster area happened there. Alison changes the subject and asks Paul to just let her hold him for a second. The two embrace, instantly relieving Alison’s stress. Paul and Alison enter the kitchen disaster area and Alison remarks jokingly that she thought she had found a great recipe for Veal a la Greque. “And it turned out to be research notes from the Manhattan Project,” finishes Paul. He then offers to take her out to eat instead. Alison admits that she’s a singer not a chef.
Suddenly, the phone rings and Alison answers the phone. It’s Harry on the other end. At first, she seems happy but abruptly her mood drastically switches, as she argues with Harry, trying hard to get a word in. Finally, she gives in and tells Harry that she’ll be right over. Alison hangs up the phone and tells Paul that was her manager on the phone; he needs to see her right away and he didn’t sound like he wanted to present her with a Grammy Award. She then apologizes and says that, between Paul’s hospital crises and her off-the-wall career, they never get any time together. Paul assures her with a comforting touch and tells her that one look at her can keep him going for weeks. He then offers to give her a ride to Harry’s office.
After a tension-filled ride, Paul drops Alison off in front of the office building while she complains about the butterflies in her stomach. Paul continues to comfort her by reminding her that Harry has always been fair to her in the past, so he probably has a good reason to insist that she rush over. Paul offers to stay outside and wait for her but Alison interrupts him midsentence to tell him not to, since Harry isn’t exactly a man of few words. She adds that she has a feeling that, after the meeting is through, she won’t be fit company for anybody. Paul complains that he is leaving tomorrow for a week-long convention in Vancouver. Alison apologizes and says that she’ll make it up to him when he gets back. As Paul’s car pulls away, Alison thinks to herself that, if he finds someone else, she only has herself to blame since she sent him away but she’s so upset by this surprise meeting that she couldn’t put him through that.
While Alison walks through the door, a taxi pulls up to the building. The driver tells his passenger that he tailed the car like he asked, so now he should make with the big tip. The passenger is revealed to be the same man that has been following Dazzler around for the past few days. He tells the driver to take the money but keep his voice down. The man thinks to himself that his employers have given him orders. Soon surveillance will be over and he will move in on Dazzler.
Upstairs in the reception room of Harry’s 39th floor office:
Alison enters the room and says to the receptionist sitting at the desk, “Hello Cassie. I’m here to see Harry. He…” At this point, she is cut off by the receptionist who tells her she knows very well why she is there because Harry has been fuming about it all day. She then coldly adds that her name is Cassandra. Alison thinks sarcastically to herself that Cassandra is as adorable as ever, as she walks into Harry’s office. She surveys the room from the door and notices that Lance is there too and they are watching her performance tapes. Alison announces her presence by clearing her throat and Harry makes a comment about the “secretive chanteuse” arriving. Lance chips in by saying it’s about time.
Harry, in his own longwinded manner, says that this meeting will be brief if she answers one question. Lance then asks abruptly how she uses those weird light tricks in her act. Harry says that they have a right to know, as he is the person who employs her to which Lance adds that he is the guy who does all the dirty work of lugging around her equipment. While the two men give their credentials, Alison is thinking about how she has dreaded this moment but knew it would happen eventually.
She tells them that she’s sorry but she can’t tell them. It’s a professional secret. She wonders to herself how she could tell them she’s a mutant with the ability to transform sound into light. She then remembers a recent experience when she used her powers in a subway station only to have an angry mob turn on her for being a mutant. Lance is upset by Alison’s reply and angrily tells her that she wouldn’t be a professional if it weren’t for them and asks how big of a deal it could be. Harry states that for once he agrees with Lance and, if she can’t speak her “professional secrets” to him, then she should seek stardom with a more callous consultant. Alison says that she does appreciate all Harry has done for her but then shows outrage of her own. She storms out of the office, completely ignoring Harry’s pleas to her while telling him if he is giving her an ultimatum then she says “Sit on it!”
To put an exclamation point on the confrontation, Alison slams the door so hard that papers fly off of Cassandra’s desk. Cassandra makes a comment about Alison having some nerve but Harry looks more worried than angry. Outside the door, Alison looks dejected and thinks about how she was more scared than angry but had to do something. She wonders if she can trust even Harry, who has always been wonderful to her with her secret and knows she doesn’t want to trust Lance with it.
Sometime later in Harry’s recording studio:
A struggling jazz act also managed by Osgood rehearses while Lance supervises. Lance sits and thinks to himself that Harry knows how to pick talent. He thinks this group sounds great and the female lead singer is a knockout.
Suddenly, the door to the rehearsal studio shatters from a very strong kick and a man in a purple suit flips into the room. He is followed by two more men, one very bulky and the other wielding a lasso. Lance is taken off guard by the trio of intruders and yells, “Holy spit!” The man with the lasso tells everyone to freeze while the acrobat doing flips and knocking over equipment introduces them as the Enforcers and says they are after a rat named Harry Osgood. Lance thinks to himself that Harry is due back any minute so he has to try to get rid of the Enforcers soon. He wonders if he can bluff them and walks confidently up to the Enforcers. He admits their entrance was impressive but tells them that if they want Harry to handle their act, they have to make an appointment like everybody else. Ox, the bulky Enforcer, is not amused by Harry’s bluff and tells him that he is stupid then lifts a water dispenser above his head and sends it crashing down, barely missing Lance. At this, Lance again loses his nerve and backs down.
Montana, the Enforcer with the lasso, announces that it is time for some redecorating and uses his lasso to fling an amplifier through the air and it crashes into the production booth above their heads. Montana brags about his inventive method of destruction to Fancy Dan, the acrobatic martial artist of the group. Fancy Dan admits the damage was not bad but says there is nothing like a little karate to really get things going and chops a piece of equipment in two. Ox then gets in on the destruction by slamming his hands down on the piano keyboard so hard that the entire piano crumples. The pianist from the jazz combo runs away, voicing his horror that Ox just wrecked a hundred year-old Steinway.
At that moment, Harry Osgood approaches the rear entrance to the studio deep in thought about his earlier argument with Alison. He thinks to himself that he hated tormenting her but it is a matter of principle and hopes to have a reasonable reconciliation. Harry, luckily, looks in the window before walking into the studio and sees the Enforcers wrecking things and is devastated, wondering why they would do such a thing.
Back inside the studio, Fancy Dan tells Ox, who is currently jumping up and down repeatedly on the smashed Steinway, to grab Lance. Ox quickly picks Lance up by his tank top and dangles him in midair in front of Fancy Dan. The acrobat takes a puff on his cigar and blows smoke in Lance’s face. He tells Lance to give Harry Osgood a message: that this is only the beginning and Techmaster sends his regards.
Outside the rear entrance, Harry is still watching from the safety of the back hallway. At the mention of the Techmaster, he is so startled that his cigar falls from his mouth. Fancy Dan asks Lance if he’s got the message and Lance stammers out that he does. Fancy Dan tells Ox to let him down which he does rather roughly. As the Enforcers make their exit, Fancy Dan tells Lance to make sure Harry gets the message because, if he doesn’t, they’ll have to come back and give it to Lance again. Once the Enforcers are gone, Lance thinks to himself that he can’t believe they trashed the entire studio in two minutes flat.
Outside the studio, Harry has decided to run from the area to make sure the Enforcers don’t find him. Inside, the lead singer from the jazz combo swoons over Lance, saying he was in such danger. Lance’s ego immediately begins to puff back up and he admits aloud that he was pretty heroic.
In a plush office within the World Trade Center:
The Enforcers stand in front of a desk belonging to the Techmaster, who remains unseen other than his gloved hand on the armrest. Fancy Dan reports to the Techmaster that they went to Osgood’s and since he wasn’t there they gave the place a first class going over. The Techmaster indicates that he is pleased with this and Fancy Dan asks if he wants them to check Osgood’s house. Techmaster says Harry is too smart to run to his house but time is on his side and he can afford to wait.
Techmaster begins to take off his gloves as he says he wants Harry to squirm for a while. The Enforcers are shocked at something they see when the Techmaster gets his gloves off. The Techmaster’s hands are not flesh and blood, but rather completely mechanical. He says that he wants Harry to suffer the same way Harry made him suffer for so many years. A shot of the Techmaster’s face reveals that he has been severely disfigured with skin hanging off his face in many places. In awestruck silence, the Enforcers await their employer’s next instructions.
Back in Alison Blaire’s apartment:
A despondent Alison sits in her pajamas, eating her botched meal from earlier in the day. She grumbles to herself about what a bad day it has been. Not only is she eating the “gourmet” meal, but she managed to alienate first Paul then Harry. In the middle of her meal, someone starts ringing her buzzer like crazy, making Alison wonder who it could be. She cautiously pulls the door open, leaving the chain in place and sees Harry standing outside her door looking very frightened. Alison asks what Harry is doing there and he excitedly tells her she has to let him in right away. Alison complies and lets him in but still seems overwhelmed by his erratic behavior.
She says that she appreciates Harry coming over to discuss their problem but Harry completely ignores her, as he rushes into the apartment. He mutters aloud to no one in particular that they’ll never think to look for him there, so he’ll be safe. Alison thinks to herself that something must be really wrong, because Harry is talking like a normal person instead of constant alliteration. Alison asks who Harry will be safe from, to which Harry explains that he will be safe from the most dangerous enemy he has in the world – the Techmaster. Alison tells Harry to slow down and suggests he tell her the whole story. Harry agrees and says that recounting the story will help him think things out clearly.
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Harry begins the story several years ago, during the height of the disco craze. He explains that he was promoting a spectacular New Year’s Eve concert in the Dreamland Disco in Queens. The chic Manhattan crowd thought it quaint to visit Queens for a party which promised to be the greatest one of all. Harry recounts that his lighting and electronics expert then was Billy Bitzer, who called himself the Techmaster because his “magic hands” were known worldwide. Bitzer was a very handsome man, drawing the eyes of all the ladies at the party.
Harry states that Bitzer was as much of a celebrity as those he did technical work for. The evening of the party, Techmaster came up with the idea to create artificial lightning bolts inside the disco to wow the crowd but he had never tested the effect before. Since he wasn’t sure of its safety, Harry told Techmaster in no uncertain terms to forget it. Bitzer argued with Harry that the effect would be the most spectacular display of all time. When the clock struck twelve, actual lightning would fly across the ceiling of the hall. Harry did not buckle and still remained resolute that the stunt was just too dangerous. Techmaster eventually caved in and told Harry he won but remained furious.
Harry recounts that the New Year’s Eve party was a huge gala, with the top disco singer Donna Gaynor as the headliner. The crowd was having the time of their lives and the party was becoming the greatest event Harry had ever promoted. Then midnight came and the Techmaster deliberately ignored Harry’s orders, releasing the artificial lightning bolts across the hall ceiling. Harry recalls that there was no denying the breathtaking effect of the display but, despite the crowd’s enthusiastic response, he was still furious for being disobeyed. But Harry’s anger quickly turned to grief as the Techmaster’s lightning went astray and killed one of the revelers.
More of the bolts went wild, striking parts of the building that had barely passed fire inspections and a raging fire soon raged through the hall. The crowd of party goers panicked, as did Billy Bitzer, who frantically tried in vain to shut off the lightning effect which had short-circuited. Techmaster assumed that Harry had sabotaged him because he wanted Bitzer to fail. Suddenly, a stray lightning bolt crashed into the control booth window and hit Techmaster full force. Harry says that he and his staff did everything to get people to safety until the fire department arrived but many died or were injured.
(present)
Harry is holding his head in his hands as he recounts that Techmaster survived the fire but his handsome face was disfigured and his hands had to be amputated to save his life. Harry says that Techmaster has always blamed him for his misfortunes, believing Harry had sabotaged the console so Techmaster would fail. Harry says that in the last few years, the Techmaster has recovered enough to start his own electronics consulting firm and even built artificial hands out of super-sophisticated components. However, Techmaster never stopped blaming Harry and now has decided to start getting even. Harry then tells Alison about the Enforcers wrecking the studio.
Suddenly, someone outside asks if somebody mentioned their name and punches a hole through the door. Harry can’t believe they found him there and starts to panic. The Enforcers crash through the door, sending pieces of debris flying into the apartment and busting the television screen. Montana tells Harry that they are professionals and, when they want to find someone, they find them. Fancy Dan adds in that they let him squirm like Techmaster wanted but now it’s time to take him in. Harry tells them that they have no right to do this but Fancy Dan tells Ox to show him their “right.” Ox grabs Harry and forcefully throws him against the wall, telling him that they are going for a little ride.
Dazzler cries out Harry’s name, prompting Montana to use his lasso to grab Alison and pull her toward him. Dazzler thinks to herself that Montana controls the rope as if it were a living thing. She attempts to struggle but to no avail. Montana warns her that, if she tries anything funny, she’ll get the same treatment, as Harry and throws her aside to the couch. Dazzler thinks to herself that these guys aren’t messing around. She has read about their battles with Spider-Man. They are cold blooded killers. Harry attempts to protect Alison and tells the Enforcers he will go quietly. As they are leaving, Montana gives a cue to Ox, who grabs Alison’s phone and crushes it with one hand and tosses it aside at her feet.
For long minutes Alison sits in stunned silence curled up hugging her knees on the couch. She worries to herself that the phone could have easily been her. But then she decides that she can’t just sit there and do nothing while Harry is killed. She has to get out to a phone and call the police. As she changes into her street clothes, Alison thinks about how badly she is shaking. She jokes to herself that her iron will must have forgot to tell her nerves to calm down.
Soon, Alison stands in a phone booth on the line with the police, who tell her they will send someone right over. Alison asks them if they would just give her theory a try and send someone to the Dreamland Disco. However, the police say that the Dreamland Disco burnt down years ago and now there is just a supermarket in its place. Alison realizes that the police will be no help and decides to switch tactics and try calling Lance. A dime later, Alison starts rapidly explaining the situation to Lance but then realizes she has only reached his answering machine. She leaves Lance a message but realizes that she will have to check out her hunch on her own.
As she flags a passing taxi, Alison thinks to herself that her theory sounds like the plot of a hundred old movies where the bad guy returns to the scene of the crime. Alison gets in the taxi and tells the driver to take her to the supermarket that is on the site of the old Dreamland Disco in Queens. The driver tells her that the store is closed by now and suggests a different one but Alison adamantly tells him to take her where she wants to go. The cabbie obeys and a frenzied ride later, they arrive at Food Dimension, closed as the driver warned.
Alison gets out and the cab pulls away. She thinks to herself that asking the driver to wait for her would attract too much attention, so she’s on her own again. She notices that it seems quiet but decides to snoop around anyway. Suddenly, a man with a gun appears behind her and tells her to freeze, which she does. The gunman tells her to stay quiet and come with him.
Inside the supermarket manager’s office, the gunman tosses Alison into the room where she sees Harry tied to a chair with Montana twirling his lasso in front of him. Harry is shocked and asks Alison what she is doing there. Alison looks around the room and sees the other two Enforcers sitting behind and on the manager’s desk. Fancy Dan tells Harry that she is about to be taught the lesson of her life. Ox chimes in by calling her a stupid broad. Fancy Dan tells Montana to hogtie Alison and wait for Techmaster to let them know how bad to mess her up. Alison thinks to herself that she was really stupid to come alone and wonders what she’ll do now.
Dazzler then notices a box on the desk beside her that she thinks controls the supermarket’s Muzak system which could generate enough sound for her to dazzle the Enforcers. She realizes that now is her only chance, before she is hogtied. Alison makes a lunge for the dial and turns the system up to its highest volume. Suddenly, Alison yells, “April Fool, suckers!” and unleashes a dazzle-blast that takes all three Enforcers completely by surprise, flooring them.
Alison flees the room, thinking to herself that Harry just got his answer about how she creates the lightshows for her performances but she’ll worry about his reaction to her being a mutant later. Alison quickly attaches her magnetic skates to the bottom of her shoes so that she can get away from the Enforcers faster. As she speeds into the darkened shopping area, she thinks that Harry should be safe because the goons won’t do anything to him until the Techmaster arrives. She hopes that she can get the cops to arrive before that happens.
Suddenly, Alison notices a couple gunmen ahead, one lighting the other’s cigarette. One of the goons wonders aloud why they turned on the music and the other says maybe the Enforcers like the song “You Light Up My Life” but then notices Dazzler and yells for her to hold it or… The man never gets to finish his sentence, as Dazzler turns her light powers on the pair of gunmen and sends them hurtling backward into a stack of canned goods.
Alison thinks to herself that she is doing well. She has managed to knock out the Enforcers and the two hoods so getting out of the supermarket should be no problem. However, a gunshot interrupts her silent gloating and she barely manages to duck in time. A man wielding a shotgun yells that next time he won’t miss but Dazzler thinks that she knows she can take this guy out. She tells the man that she’s going to try a new effect on him which she calls the “strobe.” Dazzler starts to flash so rapidly that the man instantly becomes so dizzy that he can’t see straight. The man starts firing wildly in all directions, causing bullets to ricochet all over the store and send the other gunmen scurrying for cover.
Dazzler uses this opportunity to skate around a corner and down an aisle toward the exit. Too late, she notices a barricade of shopping carts barring her path. Alison decides what she must do, builds up more speed, grabs a shelf to get some loft, and leaps over the barricade. In mid leap, Dazzler unleashes another dazzle-blast at the armed thugs and yells her catchphrase, “Go for it!” For a moment, the entire store is filled with astoundingly brilliant light and the last of the thugs is knocked out cold. Alison surveys the battle and thinks to herself that she did it all by herself with no police!
Suddenly, a muscular arm grabs Alison’s face and literally sweeps her off her feet. She looks up to see the burly Ox standing over her, flanked on either side by the other Enforcers. Montana gloats that a little light couldn’t keep them down for long. Alison tries to keep herself calm by telling herself that Lance is probably on his way right now.
However, at Lance’s apartment:
The egotistical stage manager is quite preoccupied by the lead singer of the jazz combo from earlier. The singer is still raving over how brave Lance was during the altercation with the Enforcers. Lance notices that he has a message but the singer tells him it can wait till tomorrow to which Lance wholeheartedly agrees.
Back at the supermarket battlefield:
Ox is manhandling Alison, despite her pleas for him to let go and calling him an animal. Ox thinks the animal remark is appropriate but is interrupted mid-sentence by a lower-intensity laser blast to the chin. Dazzler’s attack works and causes Ox to release her and complain that his head feels like it’s on fire. Dazzler starts to make her escape but is quickly cut off by Fancy Dan, who punches her hard in the gut. He tells her that he doesn’t know what trick she used on Ox but it won’t work on him and proceeds to land another blow to her face.
Dazzler is completely taken off-guard by Fancy Dan’s speed and finds herself on the floor before she realizes what happened. Ox rages toward her demanding revenge for hurting him. He lifts her up in the air by her shirt and says he’s going to mess up her pretty face. Dazzler hangs limply in Ox’s grasp and barely has enough energy left to weakly moan, “no.”
Dazzler struggles with the urge to just let things end this way and embrace the swarming darkness but somewhere beyond the pain and weakness she hears the Muzak system playing the Electric Light Orchestra’s “The Impossible Dream.” The Muzak stirs Dazzler back to her senses and she manages to create another extremely bright light blast that temporarily blinds the three Enforcers. The three hired guns start yelling for each other to find her but this time Dazzler isn’t running. She announces her presence to them by launching herself, knees first, into both Montana and Fancy Dan, knocking them out.
Ox, the last Enforcer left standing has regained his sight and tells her that he’s not going to let her take him by surprise again. Weak from the battle and Fancy Dan’s punches, Alison is on her hands and knees on the floor but grabs a can of peas and tells Ox that he should’ve killed her when he had the chance. Ox tells her he always has the chance and asks her if she thinks she can stop him. Alison simply replies, “Yep,” and Ox then asks her if she plans on hitting him with the can of peas. She says that she knows that wouldn’t hurt him but she has a better idea.
Suddenly, Dazzler whirls around and flings the can through the market’s front window. The results are immediate: the alarms start ringing like crazy and Ox is momentarily distracted by the unexpected move. Dazzler tells him that the police will be there any minute but, before they do, she and Ox have some unfinished business, sounding hard and bitter. Ox notices the glow dancing around her body as if her power is so great she can barely contain it and sees in her eyes that she has the will to use that power. Like a frightened animal, Ox reacts instinctively and suddenly lunges but Dazzler is too fast for him. She releases her strongest blast yet and taunts Ox by telling him that with all the sound pouring into her now, she could handle a dozen like him. The blast is enough to send Ox flying backward, out cold.
Suddenly, Harry enters the shopping area and yells Alison’s name. Allison asks if Harry is all right and he lets her know that he’s fine and managed to free himself. The two don’t talk much but Harry’s face is full of awe.
Outside, the police have arrived at the supermarket and are observed by the Techmaster from the back of his limousine. He thinks to himself that it is fortunate he arrived late, since the Enforcers did not live up to their reputation but there will be another time. He tells his driver to take him home.
At the police station, the officer is having a hard time believing Harry Osgood’s explanation of the events in the supermarket. Harry had told the officer that the Enforcers fought among themselves, knocked each other out and accidentally tripped the alarm. Harry tells him that is his best guess since he was tied to a chair at the time. The officer says it still sounds fishy to him but allows Harry and Alison to leave anyway. The two exit the station, silently ignoring the obvious issue of Alison’s powers.
The next morning, Alison is back in Harry’s office and things are looking up. Harry tells her that, when he saw her last night, not just her powers but her courage and bravery, he gained a new respect for her. Alison thanks him but asks him to keep it a secret because she isn’t ready for the world to know she is a mutant. Harry asks her why, since it’s nothing to be ashamed of and it might even boost her popularity. Alison tells him that most people aren’t as understanding as him. He agrees to keep her secret safe and thinks to himself that she has a friend in him – forever.
Suddenly, in Harry’s reception area, Lance bursts through the doors in a panic. He yells to Cassandra that there is big trouble! “Harry has been kidnapped and Dazzler has gone to …” Cassandra cuts him off and asks him what he’s babbling about. At that moment, Harry and Dazzler come out of the office and Harry asks if someone mentioned their names. Lance is surprised to see them both and Harry tells him that he missed all the merriment. Harry kids Lance and tells him that he was cravenly kidnapped but Alison turned into the Hulk and beat the stuffing out of his kidnappers. Alison chips in that Harry is such a kidder but Lance thinks to himself that Cassandra will really think he’s a jerk now.
Later, Alison is leaving the building thinking about how Harry ordered Lance to leave her alone about the lightshows and even sprang for the repairs on her apartment. Suddenly a man gets her attention and asks if she is the Dazzler. She says she is and the man tells her that his friend in the nearby car is a big fan of hers but is really shy. The man then pulls back his suit jacket to reveal he is carrying a handgun and says his friend asked him to introduce Alison to him. At first Dazzler tells him to flake off and calls him a creep but then she notices the gun and agrees to go with him. On the way to the car, the man tells Alison not to bother trying to dazzle him, because he has specially filtered glasses. Alison climbs into the car as the man introduces his friend as Mr. Meeker – the same man that has been following Dazzler for the past several days.


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The Sound and the Fury!
A black limousine weaves its way through midtown Manhattan. Its passengers are two grim-faced men in suits and a very scared and confused Alison Blaire, sitting between them. Alison keeps thinking this is so weird. These guys kidnapped her in broad daylight – plus, they somehow know about her light powers, because they’re wearing special lenses to protect themselves from them. The men also carry guns but haven’t threatened Alison or tried to do her any harm. Dazzler wonders what’s going on.
Alison hesitantly asks them if they can, at least, tell her what this is all about. One of the men assures her she’ll find out soon enough. The man instructs the limo driver to continue on prescribed route 143R, incorporating modification X-23. Alison asks her other kidnapper, the bold man whose name is supposedly Mr. Meeker, whether they’ve been following her around for weeks. Meeker explains he attended several of her performances, as did hundreds of others. Dazzler retorts that those “hundreds of others” didn’t sneak into her rehearsal studio or shadow her in the streets. She should’ve trusted her instincts and call the police!
Meeker tells Alison she has misconstrued him: his intentions were strictly honorable. He also tells her they have arrived. Seeing the cloisters ahead, Alison wonders in amazement if they kidnapped her to take her to a museum. However, the limousine turns a corner and Alison sees an object definitely out of keeping with the cloister’s medieval setting: a jetcopter! As they all exit the limo, the other man informs Alison that she and Mr. Meeker will continue on this leg of the trip alone. Alison and Meeker enter the helicopter. Meeker politely asks Alison to put on her seat-belt. It would be a shame if she injured herself during their journey.
As the helicopter makes its way swiftly northward, Alison thinks that these guys aren’t normal thugs. They took her by surprise but she’s got to get herself together – do something! She thinks she could probably convert the noise from this chopper into enough light to dazzle Meeker even through his special lenses but then what? She doesn’t know to fly a helicopter! She’d better…
Suddenly, she sees they’re descending in the direction of a mountain below them. There’s some sort of city on top of it. However, they’re going so fact that Alison fears Meeker’s going to lose the city. In fact, she sees they’re heading straight into the side of the mountain! “Pull up, you idiot!” Alison screams. She realizes in horror they’re going to crash!
However, at the last instant, a door opens in the side of the mountain. The helicopter enters the passageway and Meeker completes a satin-smooth landing; the jetcopter’s wings and propellers fold neatly back and Dazzler finds that the flying vehicle they are in has adapted itself for travel along a strange, labyrinthine railway system. Several minutes later their journey ends as they are greeted by three men. One of the men notifies the others they’re here. Another one remarks they’re 7.2 seconds late.
Meeker tells Dazzler to get out of the helicopter. Seeing Ali boggled, one of the men assures her they will give her answers. He welcomes her to Mountain Athena, the home of Project Pegasus. He explains that Pegasus stands for Potential Energy Group / Alternate Sources / United States. They are a special research division of the U. S. Department of Energy. They’ve known about her mutant abilities to transform sound into light for some time now. They’d like to help her explore these abilities, their potentials, limits and so forth.
Indignant at them, Alison asks them why they couldn’t just have written her a letter! Did they have to go through all this subterfuge? Meeker politely reminds her that at no time did anyone threaten her with harm or force her to do something. Alison admits they didn’t – technically. Still, she insists that if they are such saints, they take her home now!
One of them tells Dazzler that it would be detrimental to her career if the fact she’s a mutant was leaked to the press. Alison argues that’s blackmail. The man insists they mean no harm. They simply want to investigate her powers. It’ll benefit Dazzler as much as them. Besides, regulations require them to pay her eight dollars a day! Alison assumes she has no choice.
Pleased to hear this, the man introduces her to the security chief, Wendell Vaughn – better known as Quasar. Quasar greets her with a smile. With Dazzler visibly impressed by the man’s handsomeness, one of the scientists of Project Pegasus reminds to his colleagues in a low voice what he told them: reason and logic are always iffy… but good looks can melt an iceberg!
Quasar admits to Alison he’s been anxious to meet her for a long time. He had read in Rolling Stone that she’s a great singer. He also informs her he has light-oriented powers, just like her. However, they can talk about that later. He’s been assigned to give her a tour of the project. He asks her if she’s ready to go. Ali thinks that despite his ridiculous outfit, Quasar’s cute. He makes Paul look like… a doctor.
Quasar and Dazzler get on the Loop – the project’s transit system. As the vehicle starts touring around the installation, Quasar acts as a guide for Alison. At first, he shows her the magnetic-gravitic research area. Alison is stunned to see some people floating in there. Next on, they pass by the Observatory. It’s is useful for discovering new planets and peeping through windows… in California! “Very funny, Quasar!” Alison replies. He urges her to call him Wendell.
Alison asks him what he meant when he told her that his powers are similar to hers. Quasar explains that, whereas she transforms sound into light, he absorbs energy from quasars – cosmic energy sources – and uses it as light, heat, or to even form solid objects. Impressed, Alison believes that surely outclasses her. Quasar argues they can decide that after the tests.
A little while later, Quasar explains he’s been saving this part of the tour for last. He’s aware she knows lots of super hero types, so he’d thought she’d find the Compound interesting. The Compound? Alison asks. Quasar explains it’s where they keep certain criminals with unusual energy-related abilities incarcerated, as a favor to the law-enforcement agencies and to aid their own research.
Getting off the Loop, Quasar and Dazzler walk along a line of cells that contain various super-villains. First, they get to see Solarr. Quasar explains he’s a human solar-energy generator. He warns Alison he’s a mean one: in the past he almost killed Captain America, the Avengers and even Quasar himself various times!
Next, they see a man contained in some sort of special cage. Quasar explains this is Nuklo. He’s not really a criminal. He’s just a mutant who possesses incredible radioactive energy and the mind of a two-year old child. Quasar explains that this energy-dampening “crib” is all that keeps from wrecking this place.
Finally, they stand outside the cell that contains one of their strangest and most dangerous inmates: Klaw, the murderous master of sound. He recently escaped but was recaptured by the Thing and the American Eagle. Klaw is actually composed of solid sound, that’s why they keep him in this soundproof vibranium-lined cell.
Suddenly, Quasar gets a call on his communicator and tells Alison to wait a bit. As he speaks with his superiors, Alison stares in fascination at the man called Klaw. Alison sees they’ve got a screen set up inside Klaw’s cell and another one outside, so that he can communicate with them without using sound. Klaw is gesturing for Alison to look at the screen. As she does, she reads a message he’s typing: DON’T TRUST THEM! SOON YOU’LL BE A PRISONER LIKE THE REST OF US!
Alison thinks that this place is creepy but surely they’re not going to lock her up like him… or would they? “No!” she tells herself. Klaw is a menace. She’s read about his crimes. But… Quasar interrupts her thoughts, telling her they’re ready for her in the lab. Alison hesitantly follows him while Klaw is pleased to see that the seed of doubt has been planted.
The various tests soon begin. Alison is connected with several wires. One of the scientists tells his colleague to increase sound level to factor sixteen. The machine operator is impressed to see she’s still absorbing the sound. Afterwards, Alison demonstrates laser penetration through six inches of concrete. Later, the scientists get to see how her light fog responds to an additional hundred decibels. On another occasion, Alison pushes herself to concentrate and broadcast her strobe over a greater area than ever before.
Meanwhile, in the shadow of the 59th Street Bridge, in Alison’s apartment, the phone rings almost incessantly. All those who care about Alison are concerned and puzzled by her absence; Dr. Paul Janson calls her yet again. He’s tried Alison during every break in this convention he attends but she’s never home. He misses her and hopes she’s okay. At Harry S. Osgood’s office, his secretary informs him there has still been no answer from Dazzler. Osgood thinks that Dazzler’s disappearance is wreaking havoc in her singing career. Alison’s grandmother, Bella, also calls her, worried since it isn’t like Alison to be out of touch for so long. Bella contemplates if she should tell her father. He’s disowned her since she defied his wishes and became a singer. Lastly, Human Torch also calls her since they were supposed to get together this week but she’s been totally unreachable. Johnny knows she’s a big girl but hopes she hasn’t gotten involved in something she can’t handle.
At Mt. Athena, staff scientists evaluate their reams of data while a weary Alison takes a much needed rest from her taxing ordeal. She hopes these guys hurry up and let her know what they’ve found out. This has all been sort of exciting but she has a life to get on with.
One of the scientists informs her they’ve discovered two major properties of her abilities which she should be aware of. First, there is no limit to the amount of sound energy her body can transduce into light. Secondly, they theorize that if a given sound is powerful enough, she can store its energy, even when the sound has stopped. What effect such storage would have on her is as yet unknown, but some further tests should…
“Further tests!!” Alison exclaims in fury. She tells him to forget it: she’s had enough tests this past week to last her whole life. As the scientist is about to blackmail her again, Alison urges them to go ahead and tell the world she’s a mutant. Who cares? Her life’s already a mess from all this mad scientist nonsense these guys have gotten her into!
The scientist presents her with a document she signed that pledges her to stay until the completion of all tests. Alison is surprised to hear that; all she ever signed was what they called “a standard registration form.” The scientist assures her this is a perfectly legal and binding document. Upset, Alison decides to go to her quarters as she needs some time to think.
Later that night, in her room, Dazzler thinks that these guys will keep coming up with excuses to not let her leave. She realizes the only way she’s going to get out of here is to sneak out. Indeed, she decides to flee at once. If her memory serves her well, all she has to do is follow the Loop track around and she should come to an emergency exit leading to the surface.
Indeed, Alison soon reaches the emergency exit where she sees the guards having their tape deck blaring which is all the noise Ali needs to go for it! Dazzler instantly causes the guards to black out with her light blasts and then opens the door leading to the outside world, longing for freedom. Suddenly, though, someone grabs her hand: it’s Quasar! The docs had warned him she might try something like this. Quasar calmly suggests they talk this over a hot cup of… Dazzler interrupts him: she tells Quasar she likes him but she won’t even let him stop her now.
Alison unleashes a formidable dazzle-burst against him but Quasar merely absorbs the brilliance she musters. He assures her they can do this all night if she likes but it seems such a waste of… In response, Ali destroys the floor under Quasar’s feet; the man however floats above the floor, telling her he knew she wouldn’t hit him with her laser… and cutting the floor out from under him is a waste of time. Dazzler herself feels exhausted as that blast took all her energy. Quasar tells her to cut this out before someone gets her. Alison miserably confesses she’s too wasted from that blast to fight any more. Quasar decides to taker her back to her room.
In the next morning, in the Project Pegasus hall, Quasar and Dazzler are having breakfast. Seeing Ali all dressed up, Quasar jokingly asks if she’s going to put a show for them today. Dazzler explains she thought she might cheer herself up by wearing her performing duds and asks him if he minds. Quasar insists she should give this place a chance: good people work here. Dazzler retorts if that’s why they keep other people trapped in cages. Quasar explains it’s only dangerous menaces they keep in cells. They’re guys who could literally destroy the world. Ali believes they’ll also decide she’s a menace if and when it fits their purposes. Quasar assures her she’s getting paranoid. “Paranoid?!” Dazzler furiously exclaims. She reminds nobody tailed him for weeks and then abducted him! The meal continues on a decidedly sour note.
A little bit later, Dazzler walks around the base, thinking it took a lot of fancy footwork on Quasar’s part to convince his bosses she didn’t need a 24-hour guard to keep her in line. She owes him for that but that doesn’t mean…
Suddenly, she realizes she’s standing outside Klaw’s chamber where it looks like they’re about to run some tests on him, too. Dazzler bitterly wonders whether these guys have no other way to get their jollies. She also wonders if Klaw is as bad as Quasar says. She’s got to talk to the “murderous master of sound” some more and now seems as good as time as any. There’s enough security here to make her feel safe.
Klaw spots Ali and types a message for her to see. It reads: YOU SHOULD LEAVE THIS AREA. WHAT THEY’RE ABOUT TO DO TO ME IS TOO HORRIBLE FOR ANYONE TO WATCH. “That poor creature” Ali thinks. To her, he seems so sensitive, so full of pain – just like the Hulk was. She’d always heard he was a menace, too, but he turned out to be a gentle, misunderstood soul. Ali doesn’t know who to believe anymore. Quasar’s a decent guy but everyone else here seems so…
Suddenly, she freezes as she sees two technicians poking some poles into Klaw’s cell. One of the technicians announces the soundproof access ports are open: they should make contact. Klaw is instantly blasted by two beams. Horrified, Dazzler sees they’re hurting him – he’s in terrible pain! Unbeknownst to her, Klaw barely feels these sono-probes but Dazzler doesn’t know that. “Come closer,” he thinks in amusement as his ruse works.
Alison realizes she can’t stand by and watch this. She urges the technicians to stop it: can’t they see how much pain he’s in? One of them assures her Klaw’s the resident Laurence Olivier: these probes couldn’t hurt a baby! Unconvinced, Alison proclaims she will make them stop: the shrilling whine of the sono-probes provides all the sound she needs to dazzle the technicians senseless! The sono-probes fall from the unconscious technicians’ hands, rattling in their access port. The abrupt motion tears the tiniest rift in the delicate soundproofing membranes inside which allows a whisper of sound to seep into the cell.
Klaw seizes the opportunity and absorbs this bit of sound, instantly causing his cage to explode. Finally free, he swears none shall ever imprison him again. Dazzler realizes she made a big mistake. Klaw gives her a taste of his sonic might as a “reward” for making his newfound freedom possible. Alison screams, feeling overwhelmed by his powers. However, she also wonders what’s happening to her as she’s glowing. One of the guards shouts Sound the alarm! as he sees Klaw fleeing. Seconds later, several guards have surrounded Klaw. However, Klaw makes their bullets vibrate into dust before the guards even get near him.
Quasar appears, ordering the guards to fall back: he’s the only one who can stop him now. Klaw mockingly suggests only trickery allowed Quasar to defeat him in the past – this time he hasn’t a prayer! Quasar tells him he’s a menace and as he himself is the person responsible for security around here, he’s going to make sure he’s returned to his imprisonment. Indeed, Quasar traps him in “cage” made of solar energy. Klaw tells Quasar he has admirable intentions but they will do him no good – for he’s spent his time here wisely, studying Quasar’s powers, calculating the precise range of vibrations needed to counter each of them, including this ordinarily formidable solid light cage!
As Klaw’s set of vibrations disrupts the cage, the villain unleashes another set with which he pelts Quasar with a barrage of lethal ultra-frequency sound particles. Quasar erects a light shield to deflect them but he can still feel them passing through, hitting him… weakening him. Quasar quickly ducks under Klaw’s attack and then comes back at him with a maximum blast of quasi-stellar energy.
However, when the smoke has cleared, Klaw is still on his feet. He asks Quasar if he can see this is not a question of raw power. Klaw’s strategy and planning have virtually neutralized Quasar’s powers and now enable Klaw to destroy him!
Nearby, Dazzler still feels woozy from Klaw’s attack but she’s got to see where he’s gone – find out how Wendell and the others are faring. After all, it was her own naïveté which allowed that madman to escape. Ali frenziedly searches the compound, until she finally finds what she wanted: Quasar is lying still on the floor with Klaw triumphant above him. “Wendell!” Ali screams. How quaint, Klaw remarks – that she and the young man are in a first-name basis.
Dazzler feels Quasar’s pulse and is relieved he’s alive. Klaw orders her to stand back: Quasar’s time has come. He’s going to terminate his miserable existence. Ali reminds him he’s got his freedom: why can’t he just leave him alone and go? Klaw admits that a short time ago he’d have been very glad to merely escape. But he can see now that Quasar would forever be a thorn in his side. He must die. Clenching her teeth, Dazzler tells him that he’ll have to kill her first.
Klaw tells her not to be stupid: if she steps aside he’ll let her live. If he tries to stop her… he’ll kill her! Dazzler realizes he sounds so confident – and why not? If Quasar couldn’t stop him, what chance does she have? Despite feeling scared, though, she knows what she’s got to do. Drawing power from the blaring alarms and the hum of machinery ever-present inside Pegasus, Dazzler hurls a searing light-barrage at Klaw.
It has no effect, however. Klaw triumphantly informs her that his body is composed of solidified sound waves. Her light-energy blasts have no more effect upon him than a flashbulb would have on the sound of a siren. Ali tries a rapid-fire barrage at point-blank range and then a maximum-flash but both have no effect. Klaw insists she’s wasting his time. Ali has one more trick: she hopes her laser blast can maybe stun Klaw, since it can slice through a foot of concrete. However, this also fails.
Klaw assures her he will end her life swiftly – painlessly – by vibrating her brain into paste before she can feel anything. Quasar’s death will be less merciful. Dazzler angrily urges him to go ahead and do it. He’d better make sure she’s dead or else she’ll find him again someday and somehow she’ll make him pay! Klaw acknowledges these as brave words; he’ll remember them for at least a week!
As Klaw bombards her with a lethal quantity of sonic energy, Ali doesn’t fall but instead begins to glow brighter and brighter while Klaw, showering her with more and more energy, seems to grow weaker. Alison realizes it doesn’t hurt; in fact it feels terrific! She’s actually absorbing the sound energy he’s pouring into her! Klaw finds it impossible: no human could stand this great a concentration of sonic energy. Dazzler retorts she’s not an ordinary human: she’s a living transducer! She can take sound – apparently, even raw sound energy like his – and transform into light. Klaw’s energy is flooding into her, feeding her raw power. As Klaw’s sonic substance is sucked out of him, he pleads her to stop but Dazzler can’t resist to the flow: it’s too strong!
Within seconds, al that remains of Klaw is his prosthetic sonic device which falls to the cold metal floor. Horrified, Alison realizes Klaw’s gone! She absorbed him – devoured him alive! Ali feels sick. She sees Quasar and the scientists rushing towards her and thinks they will help her. As she pronounces Wendell’s name, Quasar assures her he knows: he saw what happened. He urges to calm down; everything will be alright.
Dazzler exclaims she’s a murderer and insists she didn’t mean to; couldn’t help it! One minute he was standing there and then… She feels horrible, like a vampire; his energy is churning inside her! Fascinated, a scientist informs her that, apparently, the energy she has absorbed from Klaw has put her past the threshold level beyond which her body can store power. The blinding glow around here now is evidence of the awesome charge of energy in her cells!
Dazzler asks him how she can get back to normal. For the scientist that’s elementary: under controlled conditions back at the lab. Ali disagrees, however, declaring she wants it out of her now! She casually releases a small power-burst on the wall that blasts away tons of steel, concrete and earth – clear through to the outside! The scientists are impressed. Meeker believes that’s a rare opportunity for them – for science! Even the Nobel Prize is a distinct possibility. The scientists can’t wait to get back to the lab and begin work. One of them tells Ali they’re wasting valuable time!
Furious, Ali realizes that, for them, this is just another big, happy experiment. They can’t understand that a man is dead because they brought her to this stinking place for their stupid tests! Klaw was right about them: they are evil – far worse than he was. Ali propels herself in the air using light energy and flies outside the opening on the wall. Quasar begs her to stop. Dazzler explains she can’t control the power; she’s radiating involuntarily! In despair, Alison believes that everything she cones near, she destroys. She’s a menace – a monster! She always used to wish she had more power but not like this! Saying this, she collapses on the soil of Mount Athena.
In a spacecraft, billions of light years from Earth, a robot watches her from a monitor. It knows she is the one in all the universe with the power his master needs. Soon, though it will cost her very life, she will do his bidding!


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In the Darkness… a Light!
The robot known as Drone R-11 reports to its master, Galactus, on its recent discovery. The robot informs him that its ship’s computers are homed in on the being its master seeks. The subject in question is located on the third planet of sol system, Earth. She is called Alison Blaire. Also… the Dazzler. The subject is virtually exploding with a quantity of energy so great it alerted their scanners to her presence. This energy destroys or disrupts everything it comes near, and the female is too emotionally distraught to control it. Nonetheless, in all the universe, she is the only one with the power to aid Galactus – and though it cost her life, she will aid him.
The robot and Galactus observe Dazzler on monitor, while she’s atop Mount Athena, releasing uncontrollable quantities of energy. The image on the monitor changes: it’s a much younger Dazzler blasting some men with her light beams. Drone R-11 explains that the female is a genetic mutate. Her ability to convert sound energy into light was made manifest at an early age when she used it to subdue a band of earthly miscreants. Her interests, however, were not in law enforcement but in providing auditory entertainment for her fellow humans. She became a “singer” and used her mutate abilities to visually enhance her performances. The screen image demonstrates that, by showing Ali performing on stage.
The screen images change rapidly, demonstrating how Ali has been forced in recent months to use her powers both offensively and defensively in several occasions; first, alongside the X-Men, they battled the Hellfire Club; then, she defended herself from the wrath of the Asgardian Enchantress. Later, she became the pawn of Victor von Doom, who dispatched her into the Nightmare dimension, where, in the course of her mission, she successfully battled a negative version of herself. Shortly thereafter, the Hulk coincidentally bumped into a performance of hers where she diverted his attentions from a panicking crowd of humans.
Finally, mere minutes ago, she engaged in combat with the entity known as Klaw, whose very body was composed of solidified, living sound. This creature directed his sound power against her, seeking to destroy her. He had not reckoned, however, with her unique abilities; she absorbed the energy and unintentionally consumed the physical totality of Klaw! The energy exceeded the threshold level at which her body begins storing energy. Never before has she possessed such power. However, the realization that she’d destroyed a living being wreaked havoc with her human emotions. The robot then proceeds to demonstrate Dazzler’s stats, complete with detailed descriptions of her light-based abilities, on screen.
After listening to all this info, Galactus finds it ironic that he should have need of such an insignificant being. He congratulates the Drone on a job well done. Unlikely as it seems, this female human is the one in all the universe who might solve his present dilemma. The Drone agrees, adding that the earthlings are backward but it is said that of all the races of the universe, the greatest potential lies in them. Galactus coldly replies that such thoughts are for those who indulge in the luxury of compassion but not for him who is eternally cursed. He orders the robot to set the course for earth.
Light years away, in upstate New York, Mt. Athena, site of the technological beehive that is the U.S. government’s energy research facility, Project Pegasus…
Following Dazzler’s confrontation with the murderous Klaw and her fleeing the base, security chief Wendel Vaughn, code-named Quasar, now leads a task force in pursuit. Quasar orders the security guards to follow him. The energy Dazzler’s been radiating has left a trail of debris that a blind man could follow. The guards should get their energy dampening devices ready but remember she’s not to be harmed.
Quasar hopes she doesn’t unwittingly destroy them first: she’s filled with energy she doesn’t know how to control! One of the guards interrupts his thoughts, pointing him at a very bright light ahead of them: she must be nearby. Quasar flies ahead to see what’s up. As he departs, he again urges the men not to get trigger-happy!
The guards think otherwise, though. One of them admits to the others that Quasar can’t fool him. He saw the hole Dazzler blasted clear through the mountain. He believes they couldn’t hurt her even if they used all the firepower this place has got. Another guard admits that it would’ve suited him if Dazzler and Klaw had destroyed each other and all the other super creeps out there! A third guard orders him to shut up. If Quasar hears that, he’ll be pounding the pavements tomorrow! The exact following moment, though, all three guards are astonished by the sudden change in the sky: it was perfectly clear a second ago but now it’s cloudy.
What has covered the sky, hovering over Mt. Athena, is the enormous spheroid starship of Galactus. A beam of light issues forth from the huge vessel, seizing Dazzler, carrying her inexorably upward. Witnessing this, Quasar flies towards Alison and decides to use his bracelets – capable of absorbing energy from quasars out in space – to siphon energy from that light beam, hoping this will free Dazzler from its grip. Quasar concentrates hard to accomplish this, however his attempt to absorb the beam fails, due to some built-in defense on the beam’s part.
As Dazzler disappears inside the ship, Quasar again desperately rushes towards it, telling himself he can’t quit now and fail Dazzler. Quasar’s bracelets glow with virtually limitless energy he brings forth from the distant quasi-stellar bodies. He directs that energy at the hull of Galactus’ craft – to no avail. In despair, Quasar starts hammering the hull of the ship with his fists, shouting at Dazzler’s unknown abductor to let her go, even though he knows he has no chance against the alien technology of this ship.
As the ship leaves the Earth’s atmosphere, the port through which Ali entered seals with a crackle of energy. Deep within the vessel, Alison wonders where on “Earth” she is. One second she’s freaking out in the woods outside Pegasus, the next she’s transported onto this weirdo ship. She wonders what’s going on.
Drone R-11 is pleased to see she has arrived. Apparently, the tranquilizer beam incorporated in the levitator seems to have enabled her to gain control of her current high-energy state.
Dazzler asks the robot where she is and what it wants with her. Drone R-11 introduces itself and explains to her that it has been assigned to prepare her for her coming ordeal. Assigned by whom, Dazzler asks. By Galactus, the robot replies. It explains that this is his starship in which she stands.
Hearing Galactus’ name, Dazzler asks him if he means the guy who – supposedly – eats planets. “You mean he exists?!” she adds in amazement. “Most assuredly,” Drone R-11 replies. In panic, Alison insists this must be some mistake. The robot may as well zap her back to earth: she’s obviously not the one Galactus wants. She begs the robot to send her home. Drone R-11 appreciates her trepidation but insists there’s no mistake. She has been chosen. She must serve.
Dazzler insists she won’t. There’s got to be a way out of here and she’s going to find it even if it kills her! The robot assures her she’s merely wasting time. There is no way out. They are already six trillion Earth miles from her planet. Horrified, Dazzler realizes the Drone’s not kidding. She tells the robot she has to speak to Galactus – tell him what a mistake he’s made! The robot explains that no human speaks to Galactus. Ali insists she’s going to find him and make him let her go!
Drone R-11 urges her to search all she wishes. Regardless of whether she finds Galactus, she will do his bidding. Galactus’ word is living law itself and he has decreed that, in all the universe, she alone can aid him.
As Dazzler starts running frantically around with the robot following her, she suddenly pauses at the sight of various creatures of enormous proportions being kept in cages. Drone R-11 explains this is Galactus’ zoo. It is here he keeps – for observation and research – specimens of the creatures he encounters on his many journeys. It is nothing compared to what he maintains on his home planet.
As they advance in the ship, Drone R-11 shows her the weapons its master has collected in his endless voyaging. After Galactus studies them, they will be adapted for his use or simply melted down for scrap. The robot shows her a specific weapon which is capable of destroying an entire armada – in another universe! Dazzler wonders what Galactus needs with her if he’s so powerful. The robot assures her this will be made clear to her soon enough. However, it also informs her that her frenzied locomotion has finally brought them to its master’s laboratory. It is here that Galactus ponders the mysteries of existence and seeks the answers to the eternal enigmas.
Shocked by Galactus’ gigantic proportions, Dazzler exclaims that no one’s that big. Drone R-11 agrees he’s awe-inspiring and believes it will be an honor for her to serve him. Dazzler argues it will not be an honor; the only honor she wants is a gold record!
Standing next to his foot, Dazzler asks Galactus if he can hear her; she’s got to talk to him! Galactus apparently ignores her, though. Realizing he’s her only chance to get out of there, Alison thinks of a way to make him notice her. Since she’s still pulsing with all the energy she absorbed from Klaw – she even shattered a mountainside with this energy – she decides to use her powers on Galactus, assuming that this is a level of power even this guy will understand. “Hey, you! Galactus!” she shouts as she releases some light beams against his back. The robot warns her to stop, otherwise she’ll only make things worse for herself.
Ali retorts that she couldn’t see how things could be any worse. In addition, much to Ali’s irritation, Galactus still doesn’t even acknowledge her existence, despite the beams she released against him. Summoning the vast quantities of energy still stored up within, Ali focuses all of her power on the towering titan.
Finally, Galactus seems to take notice of that and asks the Drone why his work has been disturbed. In frustration, Alison realizes that Galactus is not even deigning to talk to her. It’s like she’s not even here. How can a guy this powerful possibly need her help?
Back on Earth, in midtown Manhattan…
Outside a prestigious metropolitan rock club, a group of downcast men watch dejectedly as a marquee which had filled them with pride – Dazzler – is disassembled. These men are Dazzler’s manager, Harry S. Osgood, her road manager, Lancelot Steele, and her band, Beefer, Hunch and Marx. Harry declares this is a sad moment. This was Dazzler’ dream: to have a show at the Flash Club. He heartily hopes she hasn’t run into any trouble. Lance insists it’s her own fault. She ought to know better than to drop out of sight for a week, without a word. The band members admit also being worried. They’ve backed up Ali long enough to know something is wrong.
Harry is certain that something is definitely wrong. He wonders whether Techmaster could have discovered Dazzler’s role in foiling his plans to do him harm and decided to take his revenge against her.
At Kennedy International Airport
A 747 from Vancouver sets down on Runway Eight and discharges its passengers, one of whom rushes to the nearest phone booth. The man is Dr. Paul Janson. Paul calls Alison’s apartment but gets no answer. He hasn’t been able to get through to her the whole week he was away. He calls his office, thinking she may have left a message there. Nurse Collins picks it up and Paul informs her he’s back and asks of any messages from Alison Blaire. The nurse replies she hasn’t called him since he left town. Extremely worried, Paul thanks her and hangs up. Back at his office, Nurse Collins contemplates how it is possible Paul doesn’t see it’s her he should love and not that showbiz tramp. Still, she hopes Dazzler is far away but alright.
In Gardendale, Long Island
Judge Carter Blaire and his mother, Bella are arguing. Carter accuses his mother that something’s wrong and she’s not telling him what it is. Knitting nervously, Bella assures him that nothing’s wrong. Carter realizes it’s Alison; he believes Bella has been defying his wishes and keeping in touch with her. Bella is as stubborn as Alison’s mother is – was. He asks her to tell him what sort of trouble his daughter is in.
Bella insists she doesn’t know. She usually speaks to Alison every few days but she hasn’t been in touch for over a week. Carter insists that he knew that when she decided to forsake her law studies and become a… performer, no good would come of it. He wonders what horrors her “show business” friends have exposed her to. He tells Bella that Alison is on her own now. He has no daughter! As he strides into the yard, a great sadness weighs on him, as he recalls the tragic loss of his wife many years ago as well as his recent falling out with his daughter.
In Galactus’ starship, Drone R-11 begs his master to have mercy on Dazzler. She is confused, scared, so far from home – though the robot can make no excuse for her physical assault upon its master. Still, Drone R-11 reminds him they have need of her.
Galactus urges the robot to be silent; its words are wasted. Does Galactus need to exact revenge on a flea? They have brought the Earth woman for a purpose and the purpose shall be served. Is it not ironic he should need the aid of so insignificant a being? Galactus recalls that is has been eons since he, himself, was a mortal; eons since a plague-infested ship from the dying planet Taa crashed headlong into the heart of a blazing sun. All aboard that doomed ship perished – all save for himself! He emerged from the cataclysm with power unparalleled – and with a hunger which only entire planets could satisfy. Since that day, the very universe has trembled at the sound of his name. Planets have despaired at the sight of Galactus’ heralds, who have been chosen to announce his coming.
First among them was the Silver Surfer but his rebellious nature caused him to turn against Galactus, and let Galactus to forever condemn him to the planet Earth. There have been others honored with the title “herald”: Gabriel, the Air Walker; the Asgardian-built Destroyer who was stolen by Galactus’ service by the conniving Loki and the flaming entity called Firelord. Worthy servants all, but all eventually lost to his service, for they have all been men of morality and their principles led them to leave Galactus.
Therefore, as his current herald, Galactus chose a truly evil one, Terrax the Tamer, whose nature wouldn’t find repugnant his task of seeking out planets to sustain Galactus’ existence. Terrax truly possessed the mercilessness Galactus had been seeking, perhaps too much of it. Though his motives weren’t the pure ones of his former heralds, he did betray Galactus eventually!
Before he became his herald, Terrax was lord of the planet Terran, a world he ruled with a mailed fist and a hard heart. It was inevitable that, after searching out countless planets for Galactus’ sustenance, Terrax would succumb to his former empire-lust and claim one for his own. Employing the Power Cosmic granted by his master, Terrax easily overthrew the rulers of a peaceful world and put its inhabitants to the most arduous labors. They built him great cities, weapons and temples – with Terrax as their only deity! Those who survived the labors became fodder for the armies of what Terrax saw as the beginning of a vast intergalactic empire.
Naturally, Galactus came to know of all these and unleashed a shattering telepathic bolt against his herald to remind him where his destiny truly lay. Galactus gave him a menacing telepathic message, in which he told Terrax his treachery was as blatant as his stupidity and commanded him to return to him and face the Day of Reckoning! Seemingly in fear, Terrax assured him he would depart at once. However, in truth he had no intentions of returning and decided to flee, wanting to avoid his anger.
Using the power Galactus gave him, Terrax called forth a massive boulder and took once again to the spaceways. He knew there was only one place in all universe Galactus could not follow him: a black hole! Though no man has ever returned from one, he chose to risk its perils rather than face Galactus’ wrath.
Turning to Drone R-11, Alison realizes in shock that she just saw that whole story in her head. Drone R-11 explains that Galactus does not rely on words alone to convey his thoughts. When Alison wonders why Galactus doesn’t go into the hole and get Terrax, the robot explains that a black hole is the remnant of an imploded star. It creates a virtual vortex in space, a suction so great even light itself is absorbed. It is the ultimate destructive force. Galactus could easily survive entrance into such a space but the introduction of so energy-intensive a being as himself into the black hole would destroy it – and Terrax with it. It’s not Galactus’ wish to end Terrax’s life – yet.
Dazzler wonders how is Galactus going to get Terrax out of there. Drone R-11 replies that he will send her into the hole. Alison protests that she can’t get into a black hole: she will die! The robot explains that, in all the universe, none is more suited than her to combat the force of a black hole. The black hole is a dimension of anti-light whereas she is capable of radiating unlimited luminescent energy. Such energy would enable her to see and maneuver within the hole. In addition, their studies have shown her to possess the heart of a true warrior. Alison argues that right now her knees feel like Jello. The robot insists that she has ever shown courage when the moment called for it.
Galactus commands the Drone to prepare the “mutate” for her mission. Dazzler is sickened by the fact Galactus won’t even talk to her directly, as if she were an object… a flashlight! The Drone tells her to follow it. “And if say no?” she again protests. The robot assures her she has no choice.
A little bit later, they have finally reached the energy bombardment chamber of the ship. Drone R-11 tells her it must leave her now and wishes that all goes well with her task. Alone and panicky, Ali wonders what’s going to happen now. The answer to that comes almost immediately, as the chamber is suddenly flooded with explosive sound. Exposure to such sonic bombardment would shatter any other being into free-floating atoms. Alison, however, is not shattered but instead rapidly absorbs the pulsing sound energy around her and begins to glow brighter and brighter.
As the tremendous power crescendos within her, she feels tempted to embrace it and succumb to it. For a seeming eternity she trembles on the brink of insanity. She then focuses all her senses on the energy now feeding into her and conquers the power within her, as well as her own fear. She is determined to survive.
Suddenly, she hears Galactus’ voice urging her to turn and face him. He tells her that only now that she possesses power on the cosmic scale is she worthy of his notice. He instantly coats her body with an invisible layer of cosmic energy that will protect her from the bone-crushing force of the black hole and supply her with oxygen to travel.
As Galactus gestures, Alison suddenly finds herself floating in space and hearing Galactus’ voice in her brain! Ali sees a string floating next to her and Galactus’ voice informs her this is her life-line. He tells her to wrap it around herself as this will be her only connection with his ship while she carries out her mission. Alison quickly finds herself drawn into the black hole, as Galactus’ voice urges her to stop fighting the pull of the hole and let it draw her along on its currents, so that it will lead her to his herald.
In Galactus’ ship, the Drone believes this woman will surely bring Terrax back as she is indeed possessed of great courage and valor. Galactus, however, declares that matters of far greater consequence than meting their punishment to Terrax demand his attention. In truth, he cares little about the outcome and orders the Drone to never disturb him with the Earth woman again.
In the depths of the black hole, Alison is amazed by the fact this hole absorbs light as fast as she can generate it. She’s giving off huge quantities of energy but it barely lights up the immediate area.
Suddenly, up ahead, she sees someone else. As she approaches, she finds out it’s Terrax. However, she wonders what to do now, since Galactus never told her how to get Terrax to come back with her. Now standing in front of him, Alison gestures to indicate she means no harm. Terrax, however, responds telepathically, telling her he knows she does not come in peace: she came to take him back to his master… and that she will not do! With his axe, he cuts off Dazzler’s life-line. Alison realizes she’s stuck there forever… which looks like it’s going to be a very short time!