Waxworks can make somebody's body stop holding its shape. Even beside the rest of the Technet, that is a difficult power to shrug off.

Waxworks can make somebody's body stop holding its shape. Even beside the rest of the Technet, that is a difficult power to shrug off. The tentacled creature has very little interest in fighting according to the target's expectations. A touch can leave an opponent limp and unable to move with any useful control. The ability turns the most basic assumptions of a fight against the person trying to have one. Before anyone can block a punch or run away, their body has to cooperate. Meggan is caught by it in The Sword Is Drawn. Her own changing appearance is normally something the story associates with her abilities and emotional responses. Waxworks forces a different change onto her, and the loss of control is what makes the moment threatening. It also affects the people around her. Brian sees Meggan in trouble and reacts. The hunters don't have to defeat every hero in a separate, orderly contest. What happens to one person can create an opening against someone trying to help them. Waxworks has a design that belongs comfortably in this part of Excalibur. There is no need to give the creature a human-looking body just to make the encounter easier to stage. The oddness is part of the point, and the power follows through on what the appearance promises. The temporary nature of the effect doesn't make the predicament harmless. Being unable to stand or defend yourself for the duration of a capture is plenty of time for a bounty hunter to get what they want. This is the quality that makes the launch crew work as a group. Their methods are varied and frequently ridiculous to look at, but nearly all of them give somebody else control over what happens to the target next.