(Cover Date: October, 1987)

Summary: Agent Crock fends off an alligator in the sewer. He jiggles a wire in his head to remember when his mother flushed his baby alligator down the toilet. A CIA doctor & his associate discuss administering Project Reptile to Crock & Hazzard to make them more effective in combat. Hazzard's body lies on a table after having been shot by Black Widow. BW arrives at Matt's place with her outfit torn, having been attacked by Crock, who was sent to bring her in. BW blames herself for Hazzard's death & is haunted by the memory. Matt tells her she didn't kill Hazzard. He had pulled the trigger himself. Matt tells BW that she is going to fight & save Crock. Crock tugs a wire to recall when he tested his girlfriend's love on a cliffside. She had let him fall. He tugs another wire to remember when he kissed a girl & she embarrassed him in front of other kids. He confronts her now about why she wanted him to kiss her. DD & BW are in the sewer looking for Crock & are attacked by alligators. They find him, but BW gets clawed on the leg. While he is fighting Crock, DD tells BW to tackle him. While they are scuffling, BW touches the wire with memory of him & his girlfriend by the cliffside. As he falls in the memory, BW catches him from going off an edge in the sewer. BW says she's no longer dwelling on Hazzard's death & is ready to take the CIA doctor down who is responsible for this.


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This doctor is easily the most compelling Nocenti antagonist so far. Every single one besides him is a copy and paste exact same character, including the crock from this issue