Written by MIKE CAREY & ALEX ROSS Penciled by PATRICK BERKENKOTTER Cover by ALEX ROSS The Torch is dead - buried with full military honors. But what does death mean for an artificial man? The Mad Thinker is determined to find out, with the reluctant help of the Torch's best and oldest friend - Tom (Toro) Raymond. But the Thinker's true goals go far beyond his brief, and in his hands, all knowledge is power. Collecting THE TORCH #1-8. 192 PGS./Rated T+