#247 – Memento Mori – Former villainess Solaris appears to have reformed, performing many heroic deeds. Warp and Araneae are moved to inactive status, and Typhon joins the team. Numerous robberies and thefts of a host of ordinary items, as well as money, chemicals, and diamonds, plague the D.C. area. Agent Charles of the U.S. government informs Majestic that the thefts appear to have been committed by criminals currently locked up in Minos, a secretive containment facility. At a celebration with family and friends for Kageryu and Majestic's baby Hoshi at Chandler’s, a news report shows Solaris fleeing from an attack at a Federal Reserve Bank. Titan, Kubera, Dreamer, Leech, Typhon, Paradigm, and Majestic fly in the Black Diamond to rural Virginia and visit the underground complex of Minos, where they question and scan prisoners and staff. They learn much information from the villain Ramses, eventually coming to suspect Carroll Shipley, a psychologist who sat on parole boards for each of the suspects. Solaris meets the group at a costumed nightclub, and an attack occurs at a nearby jewelry store. The Guardians choose to only observe, but Titan ignores orders and engages Leo, Albatross, King of Swords, and Sabredance. The heroes spot Time Thief and a janitor from Minos, but the villains attempt to escape through a time portal. Time Thief is knocked out, but the janitor (Memento) flees through the doorway, followed by Leech, Typhon, and Majestic. The remaining supervillains dissipate into nothingness, and the gateway disappears, stranding the three adventurers wherever (and whenever) they have gone!
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