Story: "Saints and Sinners" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Brian Augustyn (plot, script)
M.D. Bright & Tom Grindberg (pencils)
Ken Branch (inks)
Phil Felix (letters)
Adrienne Roy (colors)
Eddie Berganza & Kevin Dooley (edits)

Feature Character:

Firebrand III

Supporting Characters:

Leo McCloskey (no further appearances to date)
Eve Tanner
Javier Sanchez (next in #8), Christina Sanchez (as a spirit, between #1 and #9)

Villains:

Max the Knife (dies)

Other Characters:

Jim Duncan (no further appearances to date)
Father Robert Jordan (a fellow priest of Javier Sanchez)
Esme (their 'servant'; first and only appearance of both)
Laurel (friends of Kathy Kanowski, first and only appearance of all three)
Dexter (a hospital orderly under Kern's control; first and only appearance)
Mrs Kanowsky (behind the scenes, no further appearances to date)

Synopsis:

Despite the capture of Alan Plank, the Max the Knife copycat killings increase, with several men beginning identical killing sprees. Javier Sanchez fears that somehow Max Kern, from his hospital bed, is causing this evil, and heads to the hospital to confront him. Warned about this by the spirit of their sister, his brother, Firebrand, follows close behind. Kern admits to Javier that he can control the weak-willed easily, and plans to spread his evil influence far and wide. As crowds of people attack Firebrand, Javier brings an end to Max's evil the only way he can, by pulling the plug on his life support machine. Firebrand takes the blame for this action, but Javier must live with what he has done.