▁Ob sc ura ▁science - h ero es ▁had ▁ever ▁died ▁in ▁battle ): ▁The ▁Black ▁T error , ▁Tom ▁Str ange ' s ▁side - k ick ▁Mike ▁Ell is ▁and ▁The ▁Ghost . ▁The ▁rest ▁of ▁S MA SH ▁were ▁enc ased ▁in ▁st asis ▁fields ▁orbit ing ▁the ▁moon . ▁Tom ▁Str ange ▁was ▁able ▁to ▁escape ▁and ▁ran ▁through ▁space ▁for ▁ 3 0 ▁years ▁in ▁order ▁to ▁reach ▁his ▁recent ▁acquaint ance ▁and ▁get ▁help . ▁ ▁Modern ▁Age ▁( T er ra ▁Ob sc ura ) ▁The ▁" Mod ern ▁Age " ▁stories ▁begin ▁when ▁the ▁two ▁Tom s ▁return ▁and ▁free ▁the ▁remaining ▁members ▁of ▁S MA SH . ▁ ▁After ▁they ▁had ▁been ▁fre ed , ▁the ▁remaining ▁members ▁of ▁S MA SH ▁po o led ▁their ▁efforts ▁for ▁a ▁final ▁attack ▁on ▁the ▁lun ar ▁al ien , ▁which ▁had ▁been ▁building ▁a ▁giant ▁construct ▁in ▁the ▁Ant ar ctic ▁over ▁the ▁previous ▁ 3 0 ▁years . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Tim ▁Roland , ▁the ▁Black ▁T error ' s ▁side - k ick , ▁initialized ▁a ▁system ▁which ▁Bent on ▁had ▁been ▁working ▁on ▁prior ▁to ▁his ▁death : ▁" T error ▁ 2 0 0 0 ", ▁a ▁computer ▁generated ▁version ▁of ▁Bent on , ▁able ▁to ▁combat ▁crime ▁using ▁his ▁complete ▁integration ▁into ▁the ▁world ' s ▁computer ▁networks . ▁ ▁Also ▁making ▁a ▁return ▁from ▁the ▁grave ▁was ▁the ▁Ghost . ▁Using ▁his ▁supre me ▁y og ic ▁powers ▁he ▁was