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The Chromium Man series takes place in GCY (GALACTIC CHRONOMETRY YEAR) 478.

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Chromium Man series
Chromium Man: Violent Past mini-series

Note: This issue takes place in GCY 475, three years before the start of CM #1.

Chromium Man and his wife, Candi, attack one of the Realm's deep-space antimatter refueling stations, which is surrounded by Realm troops. The Chromium Man has concocted a desperate plan to keep his former masters in the Realm from hunting him down: he'll detonate the antimatter core of the station, destroying it and everything around it for light years. He hopes that this will make the Realm believe him dead and stop pursuing him (presuming he survives the explosion). They blow up the station, and Candi is apparently killed. The Chromium Man survives, floats through space for months in his metal dormant state until an old freighter pilot named Kreg picks him up and agrees to drop him on a remote Realm world called Kaabari. He finds a cave to stay in while he scouts a nearby town and gets to know the people of Kaabari. After months of living in the cave he heads into town, takes the name Kaanar, and soon secures employment with a logger named Klaarok, who gives him a place to live and a good salary. Kaanar meets and becomes friends with Klaarok's daughter, Laayana. Sparks fly and the two begin to fall in love. The two eventually marry and purchase a nearby farm. Kaanar believes he has finally found the peace he has craved for so long.

In the wilds of Kaabari, Kaanar, once known as the Chromium Man, goes in pursuit of a wild Daathra beast that's been attacking the herds of Faatimers on the farm he runs with his wife, Laayana. Kaanar is forced to assume his chromium form for the first time in three years. Meanwhile Laayana, who believes that Kaabari should be free of Realm control, attends a protest in support of an independent Kaabari. While at the rally, Governor Tarsak calls in Riot Gear troops to disperse the crowd. Things get ugly as most of the crowd is slaughtered, and Laayana is captured along with her friend Haanok. Kaanar returns home to find that his wife is not there. Seeing the devastation on television, he journeys to Jaakinbah to rescue his wife, breaking into the Realm citadel and freeing the prisoners. Laayana, not recognizing her husband in his chromium form, shrinks away in terror. They are interrupted by the arrival of more Riot Gear troops, whom Kaanar kills. He is taken prisoner after a henchman of Tarsak's threatens to destroy the entire citadel. Taken to Tarsak's office, Kaanar persuades the Governor to destroy the Riot Gear commander, who is flying back to his starship, warning Tarsak that if the Realm learns that Chromium is on Kaabari, they will destroy the entire planet to kill him.

Tarsak is reluctantly persuaded to destroy the departing Riot Gear commander's shuttlecraft. The Chromium Man tells Tarsak that he'll remain in power, but he'll now answer to a committee of elected Kaabarians, with his aid, Tehroa, responsible for monitoring him. Tarsak grudgingly agrees to play along for now, but vows that someday get revenge on the Chromium Man. Kaanar and Laayana then decide that it would be safest for all concerned if they leave Kaabari for parts unknown. They board a passenger freighter and depart. They soon encounter a very rude Prince Vandal. Kaanar and Vandal nearly get into a fight, but Laayana intercedes. In a rare moment of quiet, Kaanar tells Laayana about the history of the Riot Guard and his own past. Soon after departing Kaabari, the freighter is attacker by Kovarian pirates. The Chromium Man and Prince Vandal both defend the ship. In the midst of fighting, Prince Vandal discovers that Kaanar is a former member of the Riot Guard. He makes Kaanar promise to fight him at a later date, but they join forces to defeat the Kovarians and destroy their ship. As a reward for saving the ship, Prince Vandal makes the ship's captain give Kaanar and Laayana his own personal flyer, and sends them on their way. Prince Vandal vows to encounter the Chromium Man again some day to collect on his promise.

As Kaanar and Laayana travel to the Landing, the mysterious bounty hunter Coil eliminates competing bounty hunters after the Chromium Man. A group of religious zealots called Phylenites monitor three bounty hunters closing in on the Chromium Man, and decide to intervene on behalf of Phylenore, their goddess, who has chosen Chromium to be her consort. Kaanar and Laayana sell their ship and seek shelter with Kaanar's old friend (and ex-wife) Candi, who he has discovered is still alive. The Phylenites stop a Mutha Fwa from attacking Kaanar. Kaanar and Laayana arrive at Candi's to a warm reception. The bounty hunter Breaker tracks them to the Landing and kills the broker who purchased their ship. Candi agrees to help Kaanar and Laayana disappear again, but Breaker and Coil interrupt, hoping to claim bounty placed on Kaanar's head by Governor Tarsak. Kaanar and Breaker fight, while Coil attacks Candi and Laayana, attempting to use them as hostages. To his surprise, he finds Candi to be much more dangerous than he had anticipated. The battle is interrupted by the arrival of the Phylenites, who attempt to apprehend the Chromium Man for their own purposes.

The Phylenites inform the Chromium Man that their queen has chosen him to be her consort. The Chromium Man and Breaker find themselves working together against the Phylenites, but Breaker becomes too much of a liability, and Kaanar knocks him out with one punch. Candi and Laayana attempt to flee the battle, but are pursued by Coil. While Coil and Candi fight, Laayana is captured by the Phylenites. Candi defeats Coil and sets off in pursuit of the kidnappers. Meanwhile, the leader of the Phylenites informs the Chromium Man that they have captured his wife, and that if he does not help them, she will be tortured and killed. Kaanar agrees to help them temporarily until he can find a way to rescue his wife. Candi infiltrates the Phylenites' ship, and is about to free Laayana when she is again interrupted by Coil. The Phylenites' leader orders the Chromium Man to kill a group of several thousand prisoners whom they have captured. Kaanar refuses, knowing that it probably means his wife's death.

The Chromium Man, believing his wife to be as good as dead, goes on a rampage, killing every Phylenite he can find. Above, inside the Phylenite ship, Candi and Coil continue to fight, becoming more and more vicious towards one another until Candi finally electrocutes him through his metal coils. Candi and Laayana flee the ship just as the Chromium Man arrives. He destroys the entire ship by smashing their reactor with his bare hands. High above the Landing, the ship blows up, and Kaanar falls to the ground, his metallic skin white-hot from the blast. Kaanar and Laayana are reunited. The Phylenite leader informs them that their goddess has died and that there will be no further conflict between them at this time. The Phylenites depart to await their queen's return, promising that when she returns, they will be back to make the Chromium Man their king. Kaanar, Laayana, and Candi head to Candi's home to rest.

At Candi's home, Kaanar and Laayana relax from the recent chaos. Meanwhile, Candi visits her "Aunt" Marge and informs her that she has found a "courier" for her. Marge expresses great relief, and then asks Candi to cut off her head, which she does. Later, Candi asks Kaanar to deliver her Aunt's head for him. After learning that "Aunt Marge" is actually a Rennian in desperate need of a new body, Kaanar agrees to become her courier. That night, unable to sleep, Laayana goes for a walk to find Candi sparring with robots. The two girls begin to talk, and end up bonding. Laayana, tired of being the weak link in her marriage, asks Candi to train her to be a warrior like her. Candi reluctantly agrees, and the two begin training heavily. Candi warns her that her relationship with Kaanar may change once he sees her as a warrior and not a helpless damsel in distress, but Laayana continues the training anyway. Meanwhile, Kaanar arrives at his destination in sector 1214, and is immediately accosted by a gang of young street punks.

Wurm and his gang attempt to mug the Chromium Man, but are no match for him. Their battle is interrupted by a cybernetically enhanced rival gang, which kills all of Wurm's friends and attempts to eliminate Wurm himself. Kaanar and Wurm join forces to defeat them. The Chromium Man saves Wurm's life and helps him flee. They agree to a business arrangement: Wurm will help Kaanar deliver his package if he'll help Wurm escape from sector 1214. The two journey to the Rennian enclave known as Parafestus, and deliver Marge's severed head to her husband Geddie. Kaanar bribes an official to get Wurm out of sector 1214. The two part as friends, and Kaanar returns to find Laayana a very changed woman.

Kaanar and Laayana bid a tearful farewell to Candi as they leave the Landing to try again to build a peaceful life. They depart with a man named Krane Jammer, an intergalactic freebooter. Jammer agrees to take them to the remote farming planet named Islandia. Krane warns them that Islandia is attempting to secede from the Realm and join the Planetary League, but they decide to journey there anyway. On Islandia Kaanar and Laayana purchase a farm and develop a friendship with several of their neighbors. Two of them, Oddsley and Uriah, are themselves superhuman outcasts, so Kaanar decides to reveal his origins and abilities. The farmers accept him as he is, and for a time their lives are peaceful and happy. Uriah's anti-Realm sentiments attract attention to him, and Realm troops are sent to arrest him for treason. Kaanar and his friends make a stand, and Laayana is forced for the first time to use her new skills as a warrior. After defeating the Realm troops, Kaanar realizes that he cannot escape his past as the Chromium Man, and decides to return to Kaabari to make a stand against the Realm. Laayana agrees to stand by him.

Kaanar and Laayana return to Kaabari aboard an escape pod from Krane Jammer's ship. Once there they find that Governor Tarsak has become even more of a dictator than when they were last on Kaabari: he has increased the number of Realm troops on the planet and forced a large portion of the population into work camps. Kaanar and Laayana take up residence in the cave where the Chromium Man lived when he first came to Kaabari. Laayana sneaks into the city early the next day to gather information. While there, she speaks to an old friend who informs her about Tarsak's latest abuses, including the internment of his former assistant, Tehroa. Kaanar continues Laayana's combat training as they organize the resistance that has developed to fight Tarsak's rule. Their first mission is to liberate one of Tarsak's work camps. From there they began to dismantle Tarsak's operations, hitting munitions dumps, work camps, prisons, and other targets. Finally, Kaanar leads his troops in an attack on Tarsak himself. After battling his way through hordes of Realm troops, the Chromium Man came face to face with Tarsak, who threatened to blow up the planet to destroy him. His assistant, Ralmon, seeing Tarsak as insane, deactivated the Planet Cracker and joined the Rebellion. Tarsak, in a rage attacks the Chromium Man, who drops him out a window into the hands of an angry mob, which tears Tarsak to pieces.

Kaanar and the people of Kaabari realize that with Tarsak dead, the Realm will annihilate the planet as an example to other rebels: Kaabari isn't valuable enough to fight for. They decide that they must free Tehroa from the last remaining Realm military base under Realm control and get his advice about what to do. Kaanar singlehandedly enters the base and wipes out all of the soldiers there, but not before they are able to send a message out to the Realm fleet. Tehroa reveals that there is no hope, and plans are made to evacuate a small portion of the population before the Realm fleet arrives. Ships arrive from neighboring systems, including their old friend, Krane Jammer, in order to evacuate the people of Kaabari. Laayana visits her parents' graves one last time, and promises them that she will keep Kaabari alive in her heart forever. That night, under the full moon, Laayana wakes Kaanar and takes him into the forest to perform a ritual known as the Chaakara, which binds people together closer than any marriage. The next day, the Realm troops arrive and Kaanar and Laayana flee aboard Krane's ship. As they fly off into space, the people of Kaabari ignite the Planet Cracker that Tarsak had installed into the core of Kaabari, preferring to destroy their own world rather than let the Realm do it for them.

Chromium Man: Violent Past was a two-issue mini-series covering Chromiumâs background. It takes place in GCY 283, almost 200 years before the regular Chromium Man series, which takes place in GCY 478.

The Chromium Man and his wife, Candi, are searching for some clue as to Candi's past. They then journey to a remote planet called Feltch, where Candi has sporadic memories of meeting a man called Doctor Trew. While on Feltch, they are discovered by several bounty hunters hired by the Realm to track down escaped Riot Guard members. The Chromium Man and Candi easily mow through the Realm troops and the bounty hunters, until the commander of the Realm troops calls in the Riot Guard member known as Light, one of the few Riot Guard members who have not betrayed the Realm. Light defeats the Chromium Man by impaling him and burying him alive. Candi flees into the city, looking for some way to rescue her former husband.

Candi continues to flee the Realm troops while the Chromium Man regains consciousness and futilely tries to dig to the surface. The commander of the Realm troops orders Light to kill everyone on the planet in order to contain the Chromium Man. Light refuses and leaves the planet, perhaps finally shaking off the mind conditioning of the Realm. Candi is finally caught while fighting several Realm troops, and is apparently killed. Several months later the Chromium Man finally digs himself free, only to find that the Realm has indeed killed everyone on the planet, even without Light's help. He finds Candi's body and buries it. He wanders through the ruins until he finds a bar where he begins to drink himself to oblivion. He runs into a recovered Candi, who tells him that she somehow escaped, even though she doesn't remember how, and woke up in a laboratory on a planet called Iopi. The two leave Feltch together.