With Headcase out of commission, supervillains emerging from the woodwork in the wake of the Plutonian's absence, and pressure from the Paradigm to prove he's fit to be a true superhero, Max Damage is beginning to show cracks in his incorruptible exterior. And when a young supervillainess approaches him with an unusual proposition, will Max remain on the straight-and-narrow, or will the temptation of his old life in a post-Plutonian world prove impossible to resist?