Two Faces of Tomorrow (1997) comic books 1997

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. How do you tell if the computers you've put in charge of civilization are trustworthy? How about giving one a few weapons . . . then attacking it with everything you've got? If it doesn't fight back, great. But what if it does? And what if it turns out to be a lot better at it than you . . . ? Mankind fights for survival in one of the best "man versus machine" stories ever written! 32 pages, B&W. Cover price $2.95.

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. A near-disaster has everyone concerned about the TITAN computer network. Switching it off could plunge civilization into chaos, as every aspect of society depends on the vast network; leaving it on could lead to the destruction of mankind, as the machine begins to view humans as an irritant. It's up to Ray Dyer to come up with a solution, before TITAN does. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. The solution to a computer gone out-of-control? A smarter computer. But how can we know that it won't take over, that it won't develop an instinct for survival, learn how to keep man from "unplugging" it? On an experimental space station housing 10,000 Marines, Dr. Ray Dyer begins a dry run of that smarter computer, Spartacus, to answer that question. And he can only hope the answer won't be punctuated with casualties. 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. The battle between man and machine has begun . . . quietly. When Dr. Dyer switched off one of Spartacus' primary power supplies, the super-computer found a new pathway to the power. Dyer closed off the pathways, and Spartacus built more. Now he's physically disconnected the system, and Spartacus has sent drones to fix the connections. Spartacus was programmed to learn how to solve problems, and is performing well. So what happens when the computer learns that you can prevent problems by stopping the source of the problems? 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.

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Story and art by Yukinobu Hoshino. The supercomputer Spartacus has found a way to recover from every move Raymond Dyer and his team of scientists made to disable it, and now Spartacus is actually stronger than ever! Using its army of drone robots, Spartacus has tapped directly into the fusion reactor which powers the Janus space colony. The Marines are watching the drones, prepared to "neutralize" them. The man-machine conflict is primed and ready to blow . . . 48 pages, B&W. Cover price $3.95.