True Believers #2
In "Payback Is a Bitch Part 2: Daddy Issues," writer Cary Bates and artist Paul Gulacy deliver a sharp, character-driven installment where the True Believers confront a web of deception after a viral video implicates Mr. Fantastic in a DUI. As Payback digs into the truth, she uncovers a scheme involving a desperate wannabe hero and a shocking connection to her own past—leading her to share a deeply personal story with Dr. Worth and hint at a bond with a mysterious symbiote. The cover by Paul Gulacy captures the tension with striking precision.
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The True Believers help spread a video of Mr. Fantastic being arrested for a DUI while operating the Fantasticar. Payback goes to see the Fantastic Four for herself and by comparing notes they reason Mr. Fantastic had been drugged by Surge, a wannabe super hero trying to blackmail his way into the Fantastic Four. Payback helps run a sting operation to catch Surge and the Fantastic Four and True Believers bring him to justice. Mavis tells all of this to Dr. Worth along with the story of how her father Max died, then promises to explain how she bonded with a symbiote.
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