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Synopsis

In 1985, AIDS activist Miguel Cruz is saved at a protest by Barbalien, who sheds his identity of police officer Mark Markz to do so. Later, the alien assumes a different face and follows Miguel to a gay bar, for reasons he is only beginning to understand. On Mars, the Emperor's son Boa Boaz declares his intention to travel to Earth and capture the traitorous Mark Markz.

Reprinted in

• Barbalien: Red Planet--From the World of Black Hammer #[nn]

Credits

Story

Jeff Lemire

Pencils

Gabriel Hernández Walta

Inks

Gabriel Hernández Walta

Colours

Gabriel Hernández Walta, Jordie Bellaire

Letters

Aditya Bidikar

Editor

Daniel Chabon

Assistant editor

Chuck Howitt-Lease

Story and script

Tate Brombal

Other printings & variants

• Phil Jimenez Cover