Meltdown in the Museum

	Meltdown in the Museum
Publisher	World International Publishing Limited
First published	Autumn 1985
Cover date	1986
Writer	Uncredited
Artist	Uncredited

Matt and A.J. spot Doctor Braxis sneaking into a wax museum and uncover a Renegade scheme.

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At a museum A.J.’s young nephew Sammy is disappointed that the wax figures in the museum aren’t the real things. With the brat demanding to do something more interesting Nick and A.J. leave to get some ice cream - only to notice a disguised Doctor Braxis carrying a black bag under one arm on the other side of the street. A.J. takes Sammy with her to alert Matt and the Guardians while Nick follows Braxis into the building. As a bell signals closing time Braxis makes his way into the exhibition room and hides in a broom cupboard, while Nick hides behind on of the statues of General Cluster and Chief Siting Bull. When the staff leave Braxis gets out and opens his ominously glowing case, placing tiny badges on all the statues. When Braxis gets to the statues Nick is hidden behind the boy is forced to keep bending down, until he brush against the statues headdress causing him to sneeze. Braxis is shocked to see him but quickly realizes he is no threat and gloats that he can’t possibly stop him or the Renegades.

Nick attempts to run away and alert the Guardians only for Braxis to activate the wax statues and set them to attack Nick. Nick is knocked to the floor by a wax statue of Queen Victoria and overwhelmed by a pirate. Braxis escapes to the roof to rendezvous with Cop-Tur. Grabbing a nearby mop, Nick shoves the pirate away - however the other statues begin close in on him. Within Cop-Tur, Braxis oversees the chaos below as the wax army pours into the streets. Bullets would be useless against the soft bodies of the wax dummies only the Guardians would be able to harm them, and if they try the Renegades will destroy them. However, one of the police cars surveying the scene is Hans-Cuff, who hurries back to the Command Center to alert Leader-1. Back at the museum, Nick has been tied up and left in one of the wax vats with the heat turned on. Matt and A.J. arrive and save him.

In Cop-Tur, Braxis suddenly finds that his control brief case isn’t working, and all the wax-dummies suddenly stand still. Leader-1 appears revealing that the humans had warned them of his plan and Scooter was able to intercept his control signal. Cop-Tur in his helicopter mode is no match for the Guardian and is forced to retreat. Leader-1 follows him until he suddenly receives a signal from Scooter who tells him Turbo has found the Renegade base which is broadcasting the control signal. He arrives at the abandoned warehouse, finding Turbo already fighting Crasher and Cy-Kill. He lands on Crasher and proceeds to punch Cy-Kill through the warehouses wall. Cy-Kill orders a retreat only for Scooter to appear in the doorway try to block the exit, when suddenly Cop-Tur appears behind him and slices the power lines plunging the building into darkness. By the time the lights come back on the Renegades are long gone.

A week later A.J. asks Sammy where he’d like to go. Having started studying history in school he doesn’t think history is so boring any more but suggests they do go somewhere quieter; like a fun fair.