pencil: Arthur Adams

story: Mark Millar

inks: Tim Townsend

colors: David Baron

Midnighter infiltrates Career the same way Seth did, posing as a pizza delivery man.
His first victim is Street, whom he runs over and kills with his scooter.
Teuton is killed shortly before he tries to rape Apollo, whom Midnighter helps recover.
Unbeknownst to anyone, Jenny Quantum regains control of Career.
Midnighter kills all other members of the team, including Machine, before Seth arrives.
Seth beats Midnighter to death before Apollo can intervene, then threatens to kill Jenny as well.

pencil: Roy A. Martinez

story: Warren Ellis

colors: David Baron

A group of fanatics take hostages in an Australian office and threaten to blow them up with them.
Two Global Frequency agents, an Aboriginal policeman and an English spy, are assigned to the mission.
The terrorists are all eliminated and the two end up bonding.

pencil: John Cassaday

story: Warren Ellis

colors: David Baron

Planetary arrives in Gotham City to capture a survivor of the Four's secret laboratories.
The man has killed several people because of his power, which he does not control.
When they track him down they are transported with him to a parallel world, where they meet Batman.
The team clashes with various versions of the Dark Knight, always due to the man's powers.
Eventually Batman, who has a tragic childhood like the killer's, manages to calm him down and agrees to hand him over to Planetary.