Vulcan fights the Imperial Guard, slaying several of them before he is defeated by Gladiator, who puts out his left eye. The captain of the ship Vulcan had commandeered communicates with the Vice-Chancellor, who places Vulcan in a particular cell so that when a member of the Shi'ar "secret army" helps him escape, he meets someone unexpected.
Characters: Vulcan [Gabriel Summers]; Shi'ar Imperial Guard [Gladiator; Astra; Cosmo; Electron; Flashfire; Hobgoblin; Impulse; Manta; Mentor; Neutron; Nightside; Oracle; Plutonia; Scintilla; Smasher; Starbolt; Titan]; Vice-Chancellor K'Tor; Deathbird [Cals'yee Neramani]
Script: Ed Brubaker
Pencils: Clayton Henry
Inks: Mark Morales
Colors: Frank D'Armata
Letters: Virtual Calligraphy; Joe Caramagna
