pencil: Travis Charest & Ricard Friend

story: Scott Lobdell

colors: Ted Ehrlich & Justin Ponsor

Cole Cash, aka Grifter, is tracking some arms dealers in Venice, to steal their money.
The leader of the traffickers is called Noir and has an appointment with Spartan.
When Grifter finds out, he gives up on the robbery and helps his former colleague.
Spartan takes Grifter back to the Halo, where Lord Emp convinces him to help them hunt down Kenyan.

pencil: John Cassaday

story: Warren Ellis

colors: Laura DePuy

Jakita Wagner contacts Elijah Snow at his desert hideout.
Jakita convinces him to join Planetary, a secret organization that investigates mysterious events.
The group also includes The Drummer, who has the power to speak to machines.
Planetary sets out to find Doctor Axel Brass, an adventurer scientist who disappeared in 1945 and became immortal thanks to his discoveries (the Wildstorm version of Doc Savage).
They found him in the heart of a mountain, seriously wounded, where he had remained since 1945.
He and his group of heroes were looking for a way to end the war and to do so they built a quantum computer, capable of analyzing the multiverse for answers (the only one I managed to recognize was Lord Greystone, aka Tarzan).
After activating the computer, another group of heroes crossed the dimensional portal and attacked them (a distorted, yet recognizable, version of DC's Justice League).
All his companions died, but they managed to stop the attackers, while Axel remained in the room to guard the dimensional access, seriously impaired.
Planetary saves Doctor Brass and takes their computer.

pencil: Gary Frank

story: John Arcudi

inks: Cam Smith & J.D.

colors: Martin Jimenenz

Gen13 is training under the guidance of Alex Fairchild, with some internal problems within the group.
John Lynch is trying to relax, away from his problems, but ends up on a movie set.
Ivana Baiul is capturing young Esps with a mysterious new ally.

pencil: Art Adams

story: John Arcudi

inks: Scott Williams

colors: Wildstorm fx & Matt MIlla

Caitlin finds a lost little girl at a fair.
She wants to help her find her mother, but the little girl refuses to tell her her name.
To distract her, she takes her around the fair, but to no avail.
When they finally find her mom, the little girl continues to cry because she doesn't want Caitlin to go away.