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// Next time on Iota Force... 
// Story: Iota Force Issue #1: Baptism by Fire 
// by The Iguana Man 
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“Pleasure doing business with you!” Remarked the old, gray earth pony as he put the little filly’s bits in the register. “I hope you enjoy your purchase!”

As he adjusted his hat, he saw a shadow come up to the door window reading “Uncle Wing's Curios”. As soon as he noticed this, the door slammed opened and a terrifying looking pony rushed up to him.

“Have you sold any comic books recently?”

Wing was so startled by the question, he entirely forgot about the filly he'd just served. “Well, I... I don't know... so much comes in and out of this store, you see...”

“This is important!” The anxious pony grabbed him by his scarf. “I sell these things... enchanted comics, I... I shouldn't have let it go... I didn't realize it was that one I was selling. That one's dangerous! I tracked it to here, please tell me you still have it!”

“I... I can certainly have a look, young pony.” Said Uncle Wing, disentangling himself from the hysterical pony's grasp, doubting both his story and his sanity. “But I don't know that I'll find anything.

Neither of them noticed the filly exit the shop. Nor, alas, could they see into her saddlebag, where the comic they were searching for lay, a green tendril of hair slithering out from within its pages.