Issue 29, Page 35
Transcript
1: A black panel with just an intercom message:
Intercom: Xijo! C-20, it’s…
Moving! It’s hatching!
2: The empty hall of the science facility is seen.
3: A cart quickly skids around a corner.
4: Xijo is driving as fast as the little thing can take him.
5: He skids to a halt outside a black mass testing room.

Poor martian daddy 💔
Get ya hazmat suits on, because we got some freaky shit to see
My guess: One of the heroes uses the black mass sword there to cheat death in a way we don’t need to understand because it allows for a happier ending.
What do you mean by “sword”? Did I miss or forget something (in the comic), or are you making a pop culture reference that I obviously don’t get?
Typo.
“One of the heroes uses the black mass STORED there”
It could even be a semi-literal Deus Ex Machina, a payback from the Black Dog for Mel’s service. Transport the ‘soul’ of Mel into another existing black mass, regenerate into Mel. If everyone is black mass anyway, soul migration should be possible!
I sure hope so.