Citizen V & The V Battalion Everlasting #2 (2002)

cover by mike deodato fabian nicieza(w)/lewis larosa(p)/jim royal(i) How can Citizen V defeat a man absorbing the living energy of every single man, woman and child in China? Who is the mysterious god, Marduk ? and to find him, why did John Watkins II seek the help of a familiar mutant telepath? Oh yeah, and a member of the V-Battalion is liquefied by... heavy breathing?