Brofessor

1. As Rick 481 chokes Dana he has a flashback which shows Bowie holding a smoking Mospeada gallant H-90 presiding over a lot of dead bodies including Lisa’s. Dana seems to be aware of this event and flashback Dana is confused while remix timeline Dana attempts to explain and deny Rick 481’s mistaken impression. Jack Baker aims a staple gun at Rick 481 which bears some comedic symmetry with the gallant H-90.

2. Aurora Sterling knows intuitively this is not remix timeline Rick. She states he is “other.”

3. Dana refers to the pollinator on Aurora’s shoulder as a cha cha which may be the name originated in the Robotech novels.

4. Arminus Blanc returns to his ship and finds the Zombie Zentreadi wandering around. His superior technology is unable to identify the lifeforms.

5. Max and Miriya arrive separately at the Baker home. Miriya calls Max a hajoca.

6. Nova and Aurora greet their dad and seem to have a very close relationship with Miriya.

7. Aahna and Lisa share a shuttle from the SDF-3 to Earth. Aahna seems interested in news about Rick almost as if she is Minmei or a spy for Minmei. The name Aahna means inner light and immortal one among other definitions. The shuttle is attacked by the Zombie Zentreadi and Lisa suggests Max utilize a “concert defense” using Aahna’s music.

8. Aahna’s music is in English as well as some type of elvish alphabet like tengwar. The concert defense seems to consist of drones projecting holograms of Aahna.

9. The Zombie Zentreadi have Invid Plasma canons mounted on their shoulders.

10. Arminius Blanc uses his modified bioroid mecha to clear the timeline of the Zombie Zentreadi.

11. Rick is seen meeting Roy, Claudia, and their child on a sailboat.

1. Aahna breaks the fourth wall and addresses the reader of this comic stating her Rick Hunter would never choke Dana. She states she is watching this comic series as a television show. In Aahna’s timeline she is hosting an after show or wrap up television show commenting on the Remix comic television show. This somewhat recalls Kawamori’s metafictional explanation of Macross canon as fictional in-universe portrayals of unseen non-fictional in-universe events.

2. She explains Rick can see through spacetime and open portals to other universes. She explains Minmei died in a senseless accident that changed Rick’s life and unified Humans and Zentreadi. A portrait of Minmei’s funeral is seen showing full size Zentreadi and Rick in attendance.

3. She suspects this murderous Rick is a third Rick. The first scarred and gray haired Shadow Chronicles Rick from Dana’s timeline sent the SDF-3 back to a Macross Island on which Zor’s fortress never crashed beginning events for the second Rick in this splinter timeline who has gone missing in Remix.

4. Aahna speculates there may be multiple Ricks. One of them might be exploring Altira, but maybe his name is not Rick. She is not sure of his name because she cannot understand the movie as it never has any subtitles. (In her dialogue she makes a metafictional jump from in-universe Remix speculation to a DYRL? allusion by inconsistently blurring her Rick with Hikaru of DYRL? and blurring the Robotech franchise with the Macross franchise by sneakily swapping fictional settings in an attempt to achieve out-of-universe mockery.) Her television plays the final scene of Episode 36.

5. The metafiction comments on its own metafiction by destroying the framing device of this being an after show or wrap up show when the cameraman sets down his equipment, sits next to Aahna, and eats popcorn. He upsets Aahna when he states Rick marries Lisa in every universe so Aahna beats him up and destroys the room because she has a romantic crush on Rick.

To summarize, at first glance this comic appears to be a comic book. Next, the panels are portrayed as a TV show as Aahna defines the readers as viewers and comments on the comic’s events as if they are a TV show being broadcast in a universe shared by both her and the readers of this comic. Then the panels are portrayed as comic panels again or the readers’ first person observation of events when the cameraman sets down his equipment acknowledging the out-of-universe readers. Then the panels are reframed as Aahna records from a selfie point of view reframing the panels as a broadcast TV show. The inconsistency is in allowing the readers access to the panels in which the cameraman set down his equipment unless this is a television set within a television set and Aahna’s selfie footage is an in-universe scripted stylistic choice. Without this set within a set the inconsistency would be the out-of-universe comic readers have access to panels not broadcast to unseen in-universe television audience viewers. This is similar to out-of-universe viewers viewing the hand of a nonfictional live-action Misa turning the pages of Hikaru’s photo album in the closing credits for Episodes 1 to 36. Unless, the nonfictional events of the Macross franchise take place in a live-action universe and this live-action hand was an actress portraying Misa for a non-fictional live-action in-universe audience sharing the same timeline and universe as the still unseen nonfictional Misa, the metafiction of Episodes 1 to 36 becomes inconsistent.

1. Karen Penn pilots the mecha of the inter-dimensional fugitive to save Jack Baker from the Zombie Zentreadi. Three Zombie Zentreadi chase the mecha but it has a shadow technology cloaking device which evades the Zombie Zentreadi. They land at Jack Baker’s house.

2. Miriya recognizes Frudah Arminius Blanc but he knocks her unconscious before she names him (likely as Zor?). In an allusion to DYRL? he admires her bloodied and prone body and he utters the word beautiful.

3. Dana is a captain.

4. Vince and Jean Grant call from space to speak with Bowie but he is not home. Dana has a flashback to her original timeline in which Bowie references Musica.

5. Bowie makes a reference to Joe Hisaishi who composed music for MOSPEADA.

6. In the previous Titan series a character named Persy Satori replaced Ben Dixon after his death. The character cast page of this Remix series lists twins named Nova and Aurora Sterling identified as Max’s children. The mother’s name is blacked out. Aurora is female which is consistent with Robotech canon. However, Nova is a male. It can be suspected Max and Persy have had children and in this splinter timeline Nova is now male. An element of protoculture mysticism is implied as a pollinator is constantly perched on Aurora. However, with two human parents she should have no mystical powers as Miriya is not her mother.

7. Dana arrives at the Baker’s house looking for Bowie. She finds Rick injured who musters the energy to attempt to choke Dana to death as he yells how Dana “killed them all.”

1. The new pop idol Aahna is a glamorous professor giving a lecture.

2. She explains not only can the SDF-1 fold space for faster travel, it can also travel through time as well as space or distance. However, if you travel to your past you may alter your own future and create a splinter timeline.

3. A scribbled Orguss mecha is shown in one panel.

Spoiler Alert for Robotech Remix Issue 2 December 2019

1. Rick has lost his protoculture powers and x-ray vision.

2. Rick believes Minmei is alive and is searching for her.

3. I believe this comic has confused a member of the Hayes family named Nicholas Hayes with Lisa’s father Donald Hayes. wink

4. The Zor-like character Frudah Arminius Blanc buries his craft to hide it. The name Arminius implies the historical context of a German hostage raised by Rome to later lead Rome to victory in Germany but then betray Rome and lead Germany to victory over Rome. He was later assassinated by Germans.

5. Sammie has been macronized and is the foreman of a construction site where a micronized Miriya is employed.

6. Miriya stumbles upon Frudah Arminius Blanc stealing supplies to repair his ship. He wins a fight with her.

7. Miriya has been in Dana’s custody since the events of the last series and Bowie is in Dana’s care.

8. Jack Baker and Karen Penn are scavengers and head out to the inter-dimensional crash site of the fugitive Frudah Arminius Blanc was pursuing. (There is some graffiti in a panel referencing the Macross franchise song Zero-G love and a Wolf Pack Robotech reference. There is also an allusion to the Macrossnald’s fast food franchise from the Macross franchise.)

9. The crash site has a malfunctioning shadow technology field causing the craft to sink into the ground. The ground is a Zentreadi burial site.

10. Karen and Jack discover the injured fugitive who has identification stating he is Rick Hunter 481 possibly implying he is from the 481st protoverse splinter timeline.

11. They decide to fly the craft back to New Macross City and bring the fugitive along for first aid.

12. A giant Zombie Zentreadi hand comes out of a grave.

Note: These two Titan series take place in a splinter timeline of the protoverse. The last series began with the events of the End of the Circle novel and Rick sending the SDF-3 back to a version of the Macross Island in 1999 in which Zor’s ship never crashed. However, somehow the Zentreadi were still in pursuit of Zor’s ship in this timeline but have stumbled across the SDF-3 from the original timeline. The Regis is likewise still seeking revenge however she may be more aware this is a splinter timeline as she seems to be able to access all timelines. Thus, from an out-of-universe perspective, Lisa is in the SDF-6 and Max is in the SDF-3.

Another Note: There is an excellent article in the back of this issue written by Jennifer de Guzman titled Of Foot-races and Veritech Fighters. It contrasts the Greek myth of Atalanta with the Miriya character of Robotech.

Spoiler Alert for Robotech Remix Issue 1 November 2019

1. A pop star named Aahna is interviewing Dana on an MTV-like television show.

2. The scene cuts to Dana's private quarters and Dana has a hologram locket from a married Bowie and Musica of her original timeline. Bowie and Musica play an ancient Trirolian song. In the hologram Bowie explains there are secrets to be discovered inside this alien song.

3. In the main timeline of Remix Dana is now Bowie's guardian and he is a small child.

4. Vince Grant is the commander of Vermillion Squadron.

5. It seems an inter-dimensional fugitive enters this timeline and is pursued by pursuers from its own timeline. The pursuers seem like Zor and Tirolians. The Zor like character is named Frudah Arminius Blanc. He knows Dana.

6. Lisa is Captain of the SDF-3 in space and Max is the Captain of the SDF-1 on Earth. (However, in the previous Titan issues Rick sent the SDF-3 back to Macross Island with Dana which 1999 inhabitants experienced as the SDF-1. Therefore, in this issue, form an out-of-universe perspective, Max is in the SDF-3 and Lisa is in the SDF-6. ??? What happened to Zor's original battle fortress? It should have crashed with the SDF-3 in 1999.)

7. Bowie from this timeline stole the melody from Dana's hologram locket performed by him in Dana's original timeline. Bowie gives the melody to Cameron Baker, younger brother of Jack Baker.

8. A pollinator is shown but the spores were never released on Earth in this timeline.

9. The inter-dimensional fugitive crashes and his orders are to kill Dana.

10. Rick Hunter is AWOL.

1. The Minmei hologram ends.

2. The hologram was a distraction for computer data theft.

3. A note is left on the hologram projector reading “She’s Alive!”

4. Rick regretfully decides to inform Lisa he wishes to stay on Earth and find Minmei.

5. Lancer is shown speeding away from the SDF-1 in Macross City Lake. He was the computer hacker downloading files from the SDF-1.

6. Dana hopes the unknown hacker can help Rick find Minmei and return her to her own timeline.

1. The comic opens with a flashback to the first investigations of the crashed space fortress on Macross Island. It shows Captain Gloval, Admiral Hayes, and Roy putting a 45 year old Rick into a body bag. They hope to change the imminent future with this knowledge.

2. Roy is injured and in a medical unit.

3. Lazlo Zand has gone missing.

4. Breetai is micronized and is part of a covert operation to penetrate the Regis’ hive. Minmei is also part of this team.

5. Azonia arrives in Optera space to assist the SDF-1.

6. Minmei uses pychic powers to stop Invid enemies.

7. Roy arrives in a super veritech to assist the covert operation.

8. Khyron also arrives to assist the SDF-1.

9. Rick and Minmei face the Regis and use their protoculture powers to transport characters from across the Robotech franchise to assist them against the Regis.

10. Minmei commands the Over-Mind/Invid Brain to provide its information about the Flower of Life and Shadow Technology. She commands the Over-Mind to send its forces to a distant reality.

11. Minmei disappears along with the Invid.

12. Roy seemingly saved Rick from his time loop destiny. Miriya was in a prison cell on the SDF-1. Rick, Lisa, Roy, and Claudia get married.

13. The backup comic titled Curtain Call implies Minmei is dead. However, in a final panel of this comic Dr. Lang, Karl Riber, and Minmei are shown informing all the displaced Robotech franchise characters they have the option of returning to their timeline or joining the REF. Showing Minmei in this panel is most likely an error.

(14. Merry Christmas!)

1. Max is captain of the SDF-1.

2. Minmei is dead in this timeline. Dana from a future timeline is present in this comic’s current timeline. In the timeline Dana is from, Minmei is alive and about 38 years old. The Minmei from this streaming concert footage is about the age of the deceased Minmei from this comic’s timeline.

3. Rick searches the SDF-1 and finds the source of the streaming concert footage. It is a hologram of Minmei. She acknowledges Rick’s presence.

1. The introduction summary at the front of the comic incorrectly states the SDF-1 belonged to the Zentreadi when it really belonged to Zor and the Robotech Masters. This introduction also states the Regess is using shadow technology to steal protoculture from multiple realities. However, it was originally the REF returning from Tirol who used shadow technology to liberate Earth. In this series I do not recall anyone weaponizing shadow technology. However, in the first panel it is explained the RDF developed shadow technology and the Invid stole it.

2. Miriya appears from hiding to murder Max in the last comic but Dana knocked her out. The Invid have invaded and Miriya joins Dana and Max as allies in the face of the Invid threat.

3. Dr. Lang had been containing the space time rift left by the missing fold generators using shield harmonics and now adapted it to close the Invid shadow portals. This mysteriously returned the missing fold generators.

4. Rick and Minmei hold hands to generate a vision. They see cyclones, Praxians, Robotech 3000 soldiers, and E.V.E.

5. The crew discovers Lazlo Zand’s secret dimension. Claudia finds Roy alive.

6. Lisa folds the SDF to Optera using the recently materialized fold generators.

7. Breetai implies he asked Exedore to request Azonia join them at Optera.