WRITTEN BY PETER DAVID; ART AND COVER BY TODD NAUCK AND LARY STUCKER In stores July 3. Part 1 of the 4-part "Fighting MAAD." Things get serious when Empress's father goes missing. Now the team must go behind enemy lines in a foreign country to find him. This issue begins a story that will mark a major turning point for the team, and culminates in the action-packed 50th issue!