Length: 56 comics, February 5, 2004 - April 1, 2004 () "The Helmeted Author continues his attack." Nate fuses with Helmut, creating H4T3, but is soon blasted by Proto Man's "Snow Cone maker", which destroys his George costume, as well as blasting Nate over the walls. Helmut then uses his powers to swap places with Proto Man, and is now in the ride armor, facing down a seemingly defenseless Light Bot, but in counter Proto Man merges with Nate to form Protean. Protean (a 16-bit Napalm Man recolor), blasts the guns off of Helmut's ride armor while his own arms are blown off, however, unlike the ride armors, Protean's arms regenerate and he once again faces off against a disarmed Helmut. Helmut climbs out of the ride armor, then asks Protean to blast him, claiming to be defenseless, but then,