"A Tale of the Troublemakers" - Accidentally shot in a drive-by shooting, a Troublemaker is dead. How did it happen? And most important of all -- what happens next? A major turning point in the lives of the Troublemakers, and the understanding of their powers.

There's a new teen team in town and they're looking to kick some Troublemaker butt! It's the dynamically dangerous debut of the Rabble Rousers! But where did they come from? And how does their existence tie in to Galloway & Galloway?

"Psigns of Things to Come" - XL is sent to a science-research facility in Waco to investigate a comatose patient with extraordinary power. She becomes seduced by the strength of his will and abilities. Can she control excelling such a forceful, violent person? How does she react to meeting a Harbinger now that she has learned she's not pregnant -- she can't get pregnant -- ever -- because she's not even human?

XL and Rebound go where no Troublemaker has gone before -- into outer space! NASA needs G&G's help to fix a communication satellite which is suffering orbital decay. But what starts out as an incredible adventure turns into a shocking -- and deadly -- encounter with an alien life form very familiar to old-time Valiant readers!

"Human Interest" - Reporter Andrew Chase's determination to discover the truth about the genetically engineered Troublemakers leads him to a confrontation with G&G. The decision Chase makes on whether to run his story or not sets in motion a chain of events which will radically affect the Valiant Universe.

A Cure for the Common Cold" - Zach befriends a boy who has terminal leukemia. He attempts to help him by trying to find a cure at Zeus: Control. If G&G can create such incredible powers, why can't they cure his friend?

For seventy years, Galloway & Galloway has dominated the pharmaceutical field. From band aids to cough syrup, G&G made life easier for all of us. Then they decided to make life itself. In the early '80s, G&G created the next step in evolution -- a race of genetically engineered superhumans, each bred with specifically endowed enhanced abilities. But the company -- and the G&G employees who volunteered to be the test subject's parents -- never took...

"Accidents Will Happen" - How hard could it be to run an errand? When the person fetching the groceries is Calamity Jane, you don't want to know! One chaotic event leads to another, and pretty soon, the fate of the planet hinges on a blue poodle and a can of Lemon Pledge. Don't ask...just read it and find out!

"To All Things, an End...and a Beginning..." A cabal of humans has empowered itself to defend humanity from the increasing superhuman problem, and the first strike is against the "neohuman" Rabblerousers created by G&G renegade Katherine Desmond. When they turn to the Troublemakers for help, what do the kids do? What marks the measure of humanity? On what side of the scale do the TMs fall on? Will they, too, be targeted as part of...the final solution?!...

What if you could go back in time and fix a mistake you made? Would you? Strange energy readings are discovered in a remote region of Asia. XL will soon find out when G&G decides to investigate by sending the Troublemakers on their first field mission. Madness ensues when XL, Blur and Rebound accidentally release the insanity that is Crunchtime! Can the kids stop the temporal displacing wacko as he traverses wildly throughout time? Will XL fix what...