is guarded by the Lliogor-possessed Captain Miracle, Ace Hart, Mr. Lion and Mr. Unicorn. At Axis Mundi, Mantra attempts to reason with Maximan but he kills her. St. John battles Maximan but is outmatched until the arrival of the rest of his allies, who have overwhelmed the Lloigir's forces on Alternative 230 and captured the bomb. Maximan attempts to ascend by sheer force of will until the heroes realise they can use the Chaostructor bomb to destroy Alternative 23, taking Maximan with it. Zenith is seemingly left behind in the explosion and mourned but when the survivors reconvene on Alternative 230 it is soon found that it was actually Vertex who died. Those left after the pyrrhic victory are returned to their home dimensions, while Zenith ponders what there is for the superhumans of Alternative 230 to do now. An interlude - printed in the 1990 2000AD Annual (with art by Jim McCarthy) - details in flashback St. John's refusal to have a child with Fox as part of Cloud 9's Grand Plan and subsequent survival of an assassination attempt by CIA Shadowmen. Phase IV Originally published in 2000AD Progs #791-806 (11th July - 24 October 1992) His music career booming thanks to cynically tapping into the dance music scene, Zenith visits St. John, showing him Chimera. St. John is now Prime Minister, having taken over from Margaret Thatcher as Conservative leader. Robot Archie also now lives in Alternative 230, carving out a career as a techno artist. Lux, Spook, Voltage and Black Flag survivors DJ Chill and Domino have formed the Horus Foundation and gone public with their Grand Plan. They confront Zenith and St. John in Downing Street, warning them to join them or be treated as enemies. They refuse. The United States is alarmed by Lux's proclamations and sends CIA Shadowmen to kill the group. Domino, who is now having cold feet about the plan, narrowly survives an assassination attempt but is then killed by Lux, giving the group a reason to devastate the White House. Zenith, St. John and Archie attack them but the latter is destroyed. The Horus Foundation finds Peyne and recruits Blaze (who has given birth to a son fathered by Zenith), though Voltage kills Shockwave to recover her genetic material. They wipe out the rest of humanity but spare Peyne in apparent recognition of his role as their creator. Aging in reverse,