Optic City, the 1980s. A frightened orphan, a city on fire, and a glimmer of light spraying from the switchblade of a golden warrior emerging from a legion of scum. The heroes: Justice, Crime Destroyer, Bullwhip, Atlas! The villains: DLST Killer, Rain God, Beggar, Zerosis! And who are Red Maniac and Time Vampire Scientist? Where do their loyalties lie? Who is this strange alien on a faraway planet a trillion dimensions, light years and time zones removed from our own? What is this power cube of mysterious origin, containing power of infinite magnitude? What is Atlas's friend Toby Whey doing, exactly?