Max Steel

Hey, lew! Who do you like Tuesday?

Mah, my money's on the hogs to go all the way...

You kiddin'?

No way they make the playoffs.

Not with russell at center.

You gotta admit, the kid's got some pep in his step, ah!

- - and cotton between his ears.

Huh?

Probably those sewer rats again.

They're almost as messy as you!

If only the boss'd pony up for an exterminator...

Whoa! I don't wanna see the rat that did that!

ahhhhhhhh!

Ugh!

Ahhhhh!

If you value your puny life,

Run!

- -

I am vengeance!

I am destruction!

I am extroyer!

Let's go turbo!

I'm max mcgrath.

Here's my buddy steel.

Yeah, he's an alien.

I generate the power,

Steel has the alien tech to control it.

Together, we combine into awesome turbo modes.

Take on the bad guys.

Save the world.

You know, hero stuff.

We are max steel.

Its eyes...

I'll never forget

Those eyes...

Like a demon's...

Tell me again how some rinkadink break-in

Is any of n-tek's business?

When the break-in's prime suspect looks like this...

What is that thing?

Whoa, what a mess!

A bit like your room.

Minus the smelly tube socks.

What is it?

I'm not sure.

It's not human...

But not animal either.

I can't match it to any living specimen in my data files.

Whatever it was, it was trying to get in here.

And completely clean it out.

Not completely.

Sweet!

It's a next-gen microprocessor!

This bad boy was in development at thi

Back when dredd was running the place

But it was never put into production.

So, how did it end up in a vault across town?

I can answer that.

Turns out dredd set up a bunch of shell corporations

To hide thi's assets.

This lab, paragon research, was one of these shells.

I'm sending you a list of the others I've found so far.

But what was dredd building in these labs?

That part's not so clear--

Whoa, check it out!

Most of these places have been hit in the past few weeks!

By the same thing that raided the paragon labs?

Uh, lemme just hack into the police digi-files...

And how.

So someone's coordinating these break-ins against dredd.

Whatever dredd was developing, he went to a lot of trouble

To keep it secret.

Which means it's bad news.

It could mean even worse news

If it winds up in the wrong hands.

Okay... So what's the game plan?

We hunt down these monster beasts?

Launch an all-out offensive?

Go turbo on their furry behinds?

No, we stake out the remaining labs and...

And?!

And...

We watch.

Wah...

We watch?

It's not all blasting lasers and kicking butt

In this job, kid.

Kale chips, check.

Nori crackers, check.

Roasted red pepper hummus, check...

Ah! You thoroughly disgusting me, check.

what? I've seen the movies!

This is what ya do on stakeouts.

No, what you do is stay quiet and keep a low profile.

- So shush! - Sheesh, fine, alright.

can I at least turn on the heat?

It's kinda chilly in here--

whoa! Da! Not the heat! Oops!

No! Turn it off!

Ah-ha! All better.

Heh-good! That gets us back to being perfectly miserable.

Miserable? Man, what crawled up your sprockets?

Sorry, it's just...

Looking out here at the stars...

I can't stop thinking about that spacecraft

Water elementaur was building ...

And his ultralink.

How am I connected?

Look, steel, I know it can't be easy

Not knowing where you came from.

Growing up like I did,

I had a lot of questions too--

- Quiet! - Hey, I'm just trying to relate here!

No, I heard something.

Is this our guy?

That's not the creature from the security footage.

Hey! You!

You!

I would advise not to interfere with me!

Have we met?

Whoa!

What is he doing?

Whoa! That is our man!

And I use the word "man" quite loosely.

Just another reason to... Always neuter your pets.

Ugh!

Whoa! Looks like someone skipped lunch!

Argh!

Save the wisecracks...

Before we get cracked!

Shall we?

Thought you'd never ask!

Go turbo. Strength!

Whoa!

No lying down on the job!

Who is this guy?

Troy winter?! And the ultralink!

Go turbo flight!

Ugh!

Dredd's a hard guy to get a bead on.

But his tech sure isn't.

Since I can't find him,

I'll just wait 'til he comes looking for me...

Then make him pay for what he did!

Argh!

You got another tip for me?

Yeah, 'nother one of dredd's labs.

On canal street.

He's gonna be taking delivery on some fancy new tech stuff

At midnight tonight.

I'll be there.

I hope whatever mr. Winter paid you

To turn on us was worth it...

But then again, is anything worth your life?

No!

No need to answer now.

You'll have a long, long time to think it over.

So, you're saying that troy winter

Has been behind all these break-ins?

That's right.

But not the troy winter we've come to know and love.

A new, gnarled up version of him!

He had what looked to be an ultralink embedded in his body.

My guess - it's the device he stole from you.

Hmph!

But all that surveillance footage we saw...

Right, that creature...

Yeah, well apparently the new troy winter has a--

Way with animals.

A way to become one.

To harness their strength and savagery.

- But how is he doing it? - We don't know.

I wouldn't have believed it myself unless I'd seen it.

And felt it.

Well. Umm,

The important thing is you're okay.

Uh, no, the important thing is that we get this guy, right?

Right, and find out exactly what's going on here--

You two have had a long day.

You're shaken up.

Why don't you get some rest.

I get the distinct feeling there's something

- They're not telling us. - Same as it ever was.

We know where he's going next, mr. Dredd.

Hmm, excellent.

And this time, we'll be ready.

Look, steel, I want answers, too.

And I know it's gotta stink not knowing

Where you came from or what you are but...

- - whoa!

Is shorting out the trash-bin really the answer?

It's making me feel better.

Okay, but isn't there something more...

Constructive you could do?

You know, write down your thoughts.