(W) J. Michael Straczynski (A) Sid Kotian, Bill Farmer (CA) Ryan Sook. Alison Carter is a private detective. Her beat: the end of the world* or more accurately* preventing same. With an attitude of "shoot first and the hell with the questions*" she leads a life that would drive other investigators mad* filled with monsters* demons* trolls* mad prophets* zombie detectives* technomages* machine-gun toting imps and dead boyfriends. In the first action-packed installment of this new universe* Al is given her biggest assignment ever* one that will take her into the heart of Ultimate Darkness itself. The first of a four-issue miniseries* this issue contains 30 pages of story* unbroken by advertisements.