Jet Marshal (2018 Comic)

Jet Marshal (2018 Comic) is an Ink Bath 2018 eight-issue short series centered around an older and more gruff Zaffer the Jet Marshal. It is an alternate timeline story; after the annihilation of OUTLAW and the entirety of the Lavistar Federation by a mentally-poinsoned Vayla(depicted in this story as a real-life event, not a dream as in the mainstream canon), Zaffer manages to escape certain death, but not before sustaining burns that bind him within his Jet Marshal armor. He flees into Outer-Federation space, and finds work in the Corporis Sector(now beginning to blossom with the fall of Lavistar).

The series' main antagonist, at first, appears to be Corporis zealot, Commander Merk(a corrupted, mentally-enslaved Captain Mercer), but later a resurrected Saber Man, imbued with the energy of the Dark Obsidian, proves to be the real threat.

Zaffer must prevent an all out-clash between this Saber Man, and an enraged, destructive Vayla, which threatens to wipe out most of the universe.

Amidst the final conflict between the former and the latter, Tivithius the Gatekeeper arrives, sending Zaffer back to the "present time", telling him he is not ready to bear witness to the battle before him.

The arc ends with the future version of Zaffer greeting his younger, more naive and eager counterpart. OUTLAW now has two Jet Marshals.

The last page of the final issue introduces a young woman named Norealla Brenner, who is learning that her past was a purposeful deception by her adopted father to hide her from her true origins.

This series marks the last in the original Ink Bath Universe before the introduction of The Dark Blood Chronicles(the original Ink Bath flagship series) Universe into the greater EU.