Newsstand edition cover by Hoang Nguyen and Bill Maus. A Fire Upon the Earth, Part 1 of 3. Written by Steve Stern. Art by Tatsuya Ishida.
A darker version of the Defend the Earth miniseries from Archies Zen series, featuring Steve Sterns interstellar ninja. In a timely plot, Lord Contaminous and his henchmen set fire to oil wells in the Middle East. Zen and his teammates head out to stop him; meanwhile, U.S. General Lorenz sets out to capture Zen so he can dissect him for science.
32 pages, Color. Cover price $2.25.
