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Aric returns to the present…with a present for Ken.
I have this issue.
Aric rises from beneath the south lawn of Orb Industries
after being in suspended animation for sixteen hundred years. The good news is
he’s completely healed and can leave the armor. The bad news is that he’s so
weak he needs Ken’s help to get home. The worse
news is that the X-O ring fell off Aric’s hand and is missing.
Over the next few weeks, Aric regains his strength – all the
while asking Ken if he’s found the ring, to no avail. Lauren stops by, mad as
hell at Aric for standing her up and demanding an explanation. He tells her the
whole story about being sent to the Lost
Land
That night, Aric wakes to Ken screaming at him and tossing
him the ring. There are also some Spider-Aliens invading his home. Aric
confesses that he knew Ken had the ring all along, and calls to the Good-Skin.
It comes in time to surround him, and Aric prepares to kill some more
Hard-Skins.
Notes of Interest:
1) It isn’t clear if Aric had the X-O armor call for Ken to
meet, or if the armor did that on its own.
2) When Aric dons the armor at the end of the issue, it
looks different.
WTF? Moment: Aric
managed to regain sixteen hundred years of atrophy in less than four weeks.
That’s got to be a record.
WTF? Moment #2:
I’m sorry to see Lauren go. It would have been cool for Aric to have a
contemporary woman keep up with him and for us to watch that relationship
develop.
WTF? Moment #3:
Anyone notice how Aric didn’t mention what
he was doing when he got bitten in half by the dinosaur?
WTF? Moment #4:
Aric’s relationship(s) with women needs to be addressed at some point. He fell
in love with Deidre, but was taken from her by the Spider-Aliens. He met
Lauren, but was taken from her by
Solar and the others to fight in Unity.
He “chose” Cayla but lost her during the dinosaur attack and was almost torn
apart.
This guy needs a steady girlfriend.
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