"One Giant Leap for Womankind"
Mantra Vol. 1 #6
December, 1993

Quote: "I'd like my life better if it were a lot duller." - Mantra, just after being transported to the moon

Credits: Mike W. Barr (writer); Terry Dodson (penciller); Andrew Pepoy (inker); Tim Eldred (letterer); Tim Divar (color design); Family Fugue (interior color); Chris Ulm (editor)

Cover: Terry Dodson (penciller); Gary Martin (inker); George Cox III (colorist)

Main Character: Mantra

Supporting Characters: The Entity, Mantra's mysterious guardian*

Point of Interest: A Break-Thru tie-in.

Story

Thinking the "moon madness" (see Break-Thru #1) to be a possible Aladdin trap, Mantra decides against going to the moon. Searching through a museum, Mantra locates a piece of lunar rock and unintentionally teleports to the moon. Inside a cave, a false Archimage promises Mantra a man's body, then attacks her. When she fights back, the creature becomes Boneyard, but Mantra detects no magic. It then becomes Marinna, Lukasz's first wife, and drains Mantra's energy. Finally becoming the faceless Entity, the creature states that it cannot be disturbed in its quest for knowledge, then it summons all the bitter souls Lukasz had displaced over the years. Mantra is saved by a mysterious apparition, who tells her to return to Earth. But Mantra's powers are weak, and she passes out (Continued in Break-Thru #2).

* Denotes First Appearance