Tron: Betrayal #2

Tron: Betrayal is a two-issue limited series published by Marvel in October and November 2010 to bridge the 1982 film Tron and the 2010 film Tron: Legacy. The story was developed with Starlight Runner Entertainment, written by Jai Nitz, penciled by Andie Tong, and covered by Salvador Larroca. Set in 1983, shortly after the events of the first film, the story finds Kevin Flynn having built ENCOM into the world's largest video game company while secretly constructing the Grid, a digital world of living programs where he can race light cycles and build and test environments limited only by imagination. As his real-world duties multiply, Flynn cannot be in both worlds at once, so he creates a digital double, Clu 2, to manage the Grid for him. This volume is issue #2, the finale: the Grid proves more complex than its creator can comprehend, new life forms begin to grow on their own—including the mysterious ISOs—and Flynn must turn to his old friend, the security program Tron. Meanwhile, Clu 2's hostility toward the ISOs takes shape, culminating in the blockade of the Sea of Simulation and Flynn's long exile. The story also sets the stage for the appearance of Flynn's young son Sam, and its ending overlaps with the opening of Tron: Legacy and the plot of the 2010 game Tron: Evolution.