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She labours to understand, to remember what had come before this moment, to regain what she had lost. To recall what he had done to her. Before she can remember, the train comes to a halt, and the doors open. She steps out into a busy street. Tokyo, surely? Were the Trials to be withstood here? Was he here as well? She steps off the train, and immediately feels pain, as if her very soul is being pushed and pulled, at war within her. She sways, almost swoons; the pain lessens, then returns as she steadies herself. She walks forward, and realises that, in some indefinable way, the pain seems directional, always clawing at her from the left. De

Warren Ellis is well known for his superb writing style, blending wit and non-sequiters with intruiging story-lines. Nextwave has been described by him as a "pure" comic: no plot, no character development, no issues involving nothing but standing around; a comic that both satarises comic-book clichés and conventions, while simultaneously celebrating them; in short, a comic with lots of explosions. And it's true. And glorious. The main plot (yes, there is one, despite what I said earlier) revolves around four of Marvel's most neglected heroes of recent years: Monica Rambeau, aka Photon, Captain Marvel and others, an ex-member and ex-lead