"The Outcast Chapter I"
Wrath #2
February, 1994

Quote: "She hovered in the air as though it was the most natural thing in the world, those terrific legs tucked under her. Then the energy happened. Countless brilliant tendrils, leaping through the walls, through the floor, through me. There are people at Aladdin who envy me my abilities. They should see her. She looks...beautiful." - Wrath, referring to Mantra

Credits: David Ammerman (plot, penciller); Mike W. Barr (script); James Pascoe(inker); Patrick Owsley (letterer); Tim Divar (color design); Dan Danko (editor)

Cover: David Ammerman (penciller); James Pascoe (inker); George Cox III (colorist)

Main Character: Wrath

Supporting Characters: Mantra, Colonel Carpenter*, Dr. Esquida, Kristen*, Dominique, GENIE

Villains: Hellion, Modeus, The Radicals*

Story

Wrath finds himself in a storage shed with Mantra, who had carried him to safety after his battle with Hellion. Distrustful of ultras, Wrath questions Mantra on her role in recent events. In Arlington, West Virginia, Dr. Esquida lobbies with Colonel Carpenter to end Project "W." Failing in this, Esquida authorizes Wrath's former classmates, The Radicals, to kill him. Returning to the Shadowood Nuclear Power Plant's sewers, Mantra uses her magic to locate Hellion, who is plotting revenge on the world that exiled him to Earth. Like Wrath, Hellion displays the ability to absorb and then return energy blasts and Mantra and Hellion fight. Mantra is knocked unconscious. Impressed by Wrath's devotion to Mantra, Hellion flies off. Unwilling to turn Mantra over to Aladdin, Wrath and she go their separate ways. The Aladdin super-computer, GENIE, informs Colonel Carpenter of Esquida's treachery.

* Denotes First Appearance
+ Character Dies