Story: "Standing Up" (22 Pages)

Credits:

Judd Winick (plot, script)
Dale Eaglesham (pencils)
Rodney Ramos (inks)
Kurt Hathaway (letters)
Moose Baumann (colors, color seperations)
Bob Schreck (edits)

Feature Character:

Ion

Supporting Characters:

John Stewart (also in flashbacks throughout his life, most notably to age 15)
Merayn Dethalis

Other Characters:

Dr David Nephew, MD (John's psychotherapist)
Damon Stewart (John's younger brother; in flashback)
Loretta Stewart (John's aunt; in flashback)
Rose Stewart (John's sister; dies in flashback)

Synopsis:

John stewart visits his psychotherapist as he tries to work out why it is that he is still confined to his wheelchair when Fatality and Ion have both confirmed that there is nothing physically wrong with him. Under hypnosis, he revisits all the scenes of failure in his life, until finally the key is unlocked and a repressed memory breaks through. When he was fifteen, he took his aun't car for a joyride, but crashed it, killing his little sister. Finally able to face up to the memory, John begins to deal with the guilt, and when he next sees Merayn he is standing up.