Messiah Complex

• Writer - Terry Kavanagh
• Penciler - Chriscross
• Inker - Bud LaRosa
• Editor in Chief - Bob Harras
• Editor - Jaye Gardner
• Colorist - Mike Thomas
• Lettering - Comicraft
• Lettering - Richard Starkings

Falling Star

Summary

  Nate has a nightmare: he is publicly lauded for stopping the terrorists (last iss.), then condemned for not saving the terrorists. He wakes, dumpster-dives for breakfast, then manipulates the angry crowd's minds to get back to the loft. He telepathically eavesdrops on his friends: they are worried because Bux is missing. He finds her, meditating: the Purple Man has used her as bait, and offers to ally with Nate, who attacks him but fails to make contact.

  Killgrave ends his illusions, including that of Jam's regenerated arm (iss. 34). He commands Nate to share his memories with him, then says all he wants is his family back. Nate creates a TK shield against Killgrave's pheromones, reads his mind, and finds not love of family but lust for power. He commands him to undo it all, but Killgrave can't raise the dead: he just points out the ruins all around them.

  Nate lowers his guard for a moment, and Killgrave disappears. Jam is disconsolate; Nate is a failure.