Solar #26

A Town Called Malice – Phil and Gayle travel to a rural town where the mayor is secretly a Spider Alien. The alien, Rusk, is an old nemesis of Solar who has revitalised the town economy with alien technology. Solar realises that if he kills Rusk, he will ruin the livelihood of the townspeople. In the end, when they learn the truth about the mayor, it’s the townsmen who kill Rusk.