IDW - Micronauts #3

Written by: Cullen Bunn

Art by: Max Dunbar

Colours by: David Garcia-Cruz

Letters by: Tom B Long

Editor: John Barber

Publisher: Ted Adams

Plot

The Micronauts are taken into custody by the Ministry of Science, with the Heliopolis and Biotron being placed into storage along with their specialist equipment. Baron Daigon explains that he wants Oz to help him to save the universe, and takes them towards the Entropy Cloud...

Meanwhile, on the perimeter of the cloud, Baron Karza is discussing with his wife Shazraella about the destruction of the research facility, and finds it strange how Daigon himself went to the site as well. Whilst they talk though, an assassin appears and attacks Karza, who easily kills his would-be killer, and Shazraella reveals that Daigon has found a Pharoid, and taken him into custody..

The Micronauts are in a holding cell, where Oz explains that he worked with Daigon along with several other Pharoids when the Entropy Storm first appeared to try and contact their close relatives, the Time Travelers, who vanished just as the cloud formed, but he claims to have found nothing when they communed with them..

Oz is taken to meet with Daigon in his office, where Oz calls Daigon a warlord due to his actions with the war, and using the current apocalypse scenario to gain power. Daigon explains that he knows that Oz has his people's powers, despite his claims to the contrary, and wants to know what he saw in the Entropy Cloud, and also wants to know what happened to the other Pharoids, who were found with the brains gouged out as they communed with the cloud, and Oz vanished.

Characters

Micronaut

Oziron Rael

Phenolo-Phi

Larissa

Microtron

Acroyear

Biotron Place in MOS Storage

Ministry of Science

Baron Daigon

Random Troops

Pharoid Trackers (Flashback) Dead

Ministry of Defense

Baron Karza

Shazraella

Shazraella's Attendants

Acroyear Guards Destroyed by Assassin

Other

Assassin Killed by Karza

Time Travelers (Mentioned) Missing

Notes

• Despite his sentience, Microtron is seen by the Ministry of Science as just machinery
• So the Acroyear II units are easily killed by the Assassin in this issue...are we sure the older models were retired for being weaker and not just for cost effectiveness?
• Shazraella is revealed to have been the "Mistress of Spies" and despite being retired, still has contacts everywhere.
• The Assassin's comments about Karza being a murderous traitor will be explain in the next issue.
• Oz explains that his species once had psychic powers and have a connection to a mysterious species known as the Time Travelers, who went missing when the Entropy Cloud appeared.