Cut from the final story page of Issue 10, an extreme close-up of The Head — the Organiks' cable-wreathed master intelligence, as its eye flares with menace. The cut captures the glowing green-and-yellow eye with radiating energy lines, the red crest of its faceplate, and the opening sliver of its chilling directive: "ONCE THEY ARRIVE… SCRAP THE ROBOT." The issue's closing threat, and the cliffhanger that sends the series past its final page.
Cut from the penultimate page of Issue 10, spanning two adjacent cockpit panels as Rare Robot's escape ship peels away from Burn Island. Atom Slipps registers alarm at the unexpected heading while Meg-9X7 grins with the satisfaction of her defection — her "YEAH, I HELPED!" clipped to just its final syllables at the panel seam. A connected clipping to this issue's escape-sequence pages, capturing the exact moment the trio's uncertain new alliance kicks into gear.
Extreme close-up of Atom Slipps inside his bubble helmet, eyes wide — "UH… …WHAT THE FRIG?" — his reaction to Rare Robot's pitch to help save the universe. Closing panel of the "wanna help me save the universe?!" page.
MARQ-44B and MEG-9X7 flank Rare Robot as A-EYE hovers above, the red signal zigzag cutting through the panel — "ACROSS TIME?" From the analysis page where A-EYE reveals the distress signal is transmitting across timelines via quantum communication.
Theme song lyrics cascade over the starfield and dome — "A MACHINE~ WITH NO NEED FOR GASOLINE~ / A DESIRE TO CARE~ BUILT INTO ITS SOFTWARE~" — from the full-page musical escape finale. Second cut from that page, companion to "It's a Rare—".
The purple-haired woman and boy on the park bench beneath flying cars, "Heck, they even finally got FLYING CARS!… Humans decided to rebrand the Earth itself… as UTOPIA." From the bottom panel of Rare Robot's 555-years-ago history lesson.
MARQ-44B punts Rare Robot's head clean off his body — THONK! and KZAK sound effects flying — to stop the "propaganda." From the top panel of the shutdown-attempt page, mid-kick.
MEG-9X7's wide-eyed close-up as she decides where she stands, "I think we're STOPPING you." The turning-point panel where she sides with Rare Robot against her own orders.
BA-BOOM! rocks the Head Management office as the Manager and MARQ-44B spin toward the blast, "What was that?! An explosion inside?!" From the page where the Head orders Rare Robot destroyed.
A tiny figure points at the swirling cosmic viewport — "The dome's outer hull is breaching!", as Atom Slipps's ship punches through. Top panel of the attack page, dominated by the galaxy view.
A-EYE projects its scan of the incoming ship, "INCOMING VESSEL IDENTIFIED: HUMAN ORIGIN. SHINODA CLASS." A direct Issue 7 lore payoff: Renji Shinoda's company is building humanity's starships 555 years on.
Close-up of Atom Slipps inside his bubble helmet, purple suit with orange flame emblem, mid-declaration during his crash-in rescue of Rare Robot. The 13-year-old human proof that Earth survived.
Cut from the top-left of DJ Coffman's Cover A: the "ISSUE 10" box with the black cat logo against the purple explosion sky, beside the giant "V" of the VEEFRIENDS logo. Companion piece to the "DS" logo cut.
Extreme close-up of Rare Robot's face and chest panel blazing a red heart-burst, from the full-width closing panel of the rescue-refusal page. One of THREE cuts from this single panel.
The speech bubble that names the mission, "…I'M HERE TO HELP!", with Rare Robot's white hand open below, on the dark green spotlight background. Second cut from the same closing panel as "Heart on Display."
Rare Robot's raised arm throwing the peace sign, red wristbands against the circuit-doodled dark, with his red ear-dial at the corner. Third cut from the same closing panel, the first confirmed same-panel trio in the catalog.
Rare Robot stands over the zapped, smoking Atom Slipps with laser drawn on MARQ, "That wasn't nice! He was here to help!" / "Violence is never the answer to solving your dilemmas." From the stun-blast aftermath panel.
The theme song takes over the sky, "IT'S A RARE- IT'S A RARE- IT'S A RARE-" cascading in music notes over the VEEOOOM escape from the dome. From the full-page finale where the ship blasts off mid-chorus.
Atom Slipps wakes aboard the escape ship, hand to his bubble helmet, "UGHH~~ WHAT THE HECK HAPPENED?", from the opening panel of the getaway page, moments before Rare Robot cheerfully explains the imminent dissection he was saved from. Third confirmed cut featuring Slipps.
Rare Robot skips away flashing a peace sign, "Sorry, Mr. Slipps there must be some mistake, I don't want to GO…", declining his own rescue. From the escape-corridor chase page.
The "DS" closing letters of the VEEFRIENDS cover logo in orange-edged white, over the purple mushroom-cloud sky with a sliver of the "ROBOT" subtitle below. Adjacent companion to the Issue 10 corner cut, the logo-pair pattern returns one last time.
MARQ-44B kneels with palm out — "MEG-9X7, this is pointless without a POWER SOURCE!" — as the Organiks play dress-up with the rebuilt but lifeless robot. From the top panel of the reassembly debate page.
MEG-9X7 recoils in shock as the newly awakened Rare Robot deflects her power question, "Sorry, that's TOP SECRET info!" From the first-boot page where he offers conflict resolution, yes or no.
MARQ-44B erupts, "NO! I told you it was just some kind of toy!", refusing to believe the distress-signal claims. Opening panel of the page where Rare Robot announces his assistance is needed in 2025.