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Manikin learns that he is a comic book character and spends much of his time trying to outsmart writer Bill Mantlo, who has planned to kill Manikin this issue by having Vindicator kill his past self, Proto when she comes to him seeking help at removing her out-of-control battle suit. Box suspects some mystical threat is attacking Alpha, while a rampaging Sasquatch discovers a fortune of gold in the Canadian wilderness and the Jade Dragon receives an ultimatum from China Force, who want him to join them or die. When Heather finally tracks down Manikin, Bill Mantlo threatens Manikin by telling him that if he does not die, then Vindicator or Box will be killed. While Box tries to calm Heather down, Manikin tries to avoid her further, but in the end Proto falls on Vindicator and eats her command circuitry, freeing her of the battle suits control. When Vindicator and Box leave, Manikin suddenly realizes that what he has recently been feeling reminds him of the Dreamqueen, who quickly makes him forget that thought, as she has been planning too carefully for her plan to be disrupted.