Pent-M Issue 7-8: Shadows and Imagination (Pent-M / The Means)

'Pent' means Five. '-M' stands for 'Mutants'.Blaire Damon, Thomas Clackette, Brian Wattson, Chris Bradsvord, and Dr. Eugene P. Brightwater arrive in Cairo, Egypt at the behest of their computer system, the Computer of Mutant Amnesty (C.O.M.A.), to track down a mutant with some very unusual powers.The first is a young female who is heir to the ancient throne of Egypt who doesn't even know her own real name. The other is an English archaeologist-turned-treasure hunter out to find the young heiress' family fortune - a fortune she doesn't even know exists.Abdan Nashur (translated as "a Man's Thorn"), also known as "Shadow" is eighteen years old (or so) and has the ability to become two-dimensional. The man hunting for her and the fortune is Mike Niel, referred to by his codename "the Imaginator", can transfer parts of his life essence into inanimate objects, bringing them to life to do his every bidding.Included in this volume are pages from Issues 2, 4, and 6, which lead up to issues 7 and 8, where Shadow becomes a member of Pent-M, and Brian Wattson leaves the team to find himself while Pent-M tracks down Shadow's family fortune and defend it against the Imaginator.Pent-M was created by Jeremy Shorter, Jeff Russell, Patrick Holloway, Nathan Whisenant, Sean Dawson, and Travis Taylor in 1992. The first three issues were released in Gravette High School, Gravette, Arkansas, from February to April 1994. Prelude was released with the first three issues in May of 1994.The two issues contained in this volume were never released or issued.This 20th Anniversary Edition collects the original material from issues 7 and 8, with original artwork from the same era.Welcome to the World of Pent-M (later called 'The Means').Jeremy Shorter - Creator, Writer, and Artist