"Body Building"
Mantra Vol. 1 #17
December, 1994

Quote: "I knew the instant I woke up that it had worked! The weight...the strength...everything...it was mine again! I was a man!" - Lukasz

Credits: Mike W. Barr (writer); Jason Armstrong (penciller); Jim Amash & Jason Moore (inkers)

Cover: Jason Armstrong (penciller); Terry Austin (inker)

Note: Continues in Godwheel #0

Main Character: Mantra

Supporting Characters: Roark*, Ebberson*, Lila, Warstrike, Evie, Gus Jr., Mrs. Freeman, Lukasz, Eden Blake

Villains: Thanasi, J.D. Hunt, Pinnacle*, NecroMantra*

Story

Mantra's search for a male body leads her to Aladdin's Groom Lake facility, where she ends up dealing with a prototype android that has run amok. She decides that Aladdin's security is to heavy to carry out her plan. Mantra then asks Warstrike for advice, and he tells her about NuWare. She goes to San Francisco and threatens J.D. Hunt, hoping he will make her a body, but Hunt's bodyguard, Pinnacle, fights to protect him. Mantra frees Pinnacle from Hunt's control, and the two women force him to make a body for Mantra. Lukasz enters his new body, but the trailing spirit of Thanasi takes Eden's, creating NecroMantra. Lukasz and Necromantra are then spirited away to the Godwheel.

* Denotes First Appearance
+ Character Dies