pencil: Bryan Hitch

story: Warren Ellis

inks: Paul Neary

colors: Michael Garcia

Earth is attacked by unknown, extremely powerful aliens.
Authority is caught off guard, until the Doctor is informed by his predecessors that they are the original masters of Earth.

pencil: Bryan Hitch

story: Warren Ellis

inks: Paul Neary

colors: Michael Garcia

Tokyo and Africa are attacked by aliens, via the Moon.
The aliens had created Earth for themselves, but a collision with an asteroid diverted its orbit, making it hostile to alien life and favorable to human life.
Everything alien has survived inside the Moon, to this day.
Apollo sterilizes the Moon, while Engineer destroys spores in Africa.
While Midnighter tries to hold out in Tokyo, the alien flagship arrives in Africa.

pencil: Sean Phillips

story: Joe Casey

colors: Matt Milla & Wildstorm fx

Cole Cash wants to find Kenyan to know how Zealot died.
The only one who can help him is Lord Emp, but he has disappeared.
He asks Noir for help, asking him to break into Halo's computers.
Lord Emp meanwhile contacts Kenyan and challenges him.
Spartan notices Noir's attempt and tracks down his former companions.
Grifter convinces him to find Lord Emp.

pencil: John Cassaday

story: Warren Ellis

colors: Laura DePuy & Wildstorm fx

Planetary is contacted by a woman, Allison, who leads them to a secret base in the American desert.
Allison died in this concentration camp and was brought back to life by Dr. Randall Dowling, this universe's Mr. Fantastic.
The political prisoners held here have been subjected to all kinds of experiments, with the support of the Hark Corporation.
The monsters that were created here were used in the making of science fiction films of the 1950s.
Allison was brought back to life with a 50-year shelf life, which expires at the end of her tale.