Lies and Deception

• Writer - John Francis Moore
• Inker - Mark Morales
• Penciler - Adam Pollina
• Lettering - Richard Starkings
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Lettering - Emerson Miranda
• Colorist - Marie Javins
• Editor - Mark Powers
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras

Summary

  Richie has Bobby, Danielle, and Tabitha back him up when he meets with Blackshear; they tussle with his thugs until they learn that Richie had borrowed money from the mob. They quit, but he begs them to come back. He explains he's really a film maker who just needs a little time to finish his movie.

  Theresa drives James to Nebraska and helps him catch Whitecloud, who is drunk and living as a transient. He explains that he had investigated Project: Stepladder, which involved mutagenic viruses in animals and humans. He brought his sources, DeWitt and Thorpe, to Camp Verde for safe-keeping, so the Project burned it down, killing everyone. Whitecloud has been drunk and on the run ever since. He gives James a key to a bus locker, but his head explodes (from an implant) before he can say more. The authorities investigate, and a mysterious villain is trailing Bobby.

  Domino opens her safety deposit box and retrieves yet another false passport. Just then, there's a stick up, and she is forced to intervene.