The Past is the Key to the Future is the ninth Ben 10: Alien Force comic published in the Cartoon Network Action Pack series, published by DC and Cartoon Network. This comic appears in issue 41 of the series.
Plot[]
The trio finds temporal bomb that explodes in 60 seconds which requires a key. Ben remembers him having the key when he was ten. The gang travels in time, to retrieve the key from his ten-year-old self. Ben turns into Big Chill to retrieve the key from his sumo slammer box, his younger self sees Ben as Big Chill and attacks as Heatblast. Big Chill freezes Heatblast and retrieves the key. The trio go back to the present and use the key do deactivate the bomb.
Characters[]
- Ben Tennyson (15 and 10 years old)
- Gwen Tennyson (15 and 10 years old)
- Kevin Levin
- DNAlien
Aliens Used[]
By 15-year-old Ben[]
By 10-year-old Ben[]
Errors[]
- On the cover, Young Ben's Omnitrix has a second activation button.
- This story's use of time travel does not work with that of the episode Ben 10,000 - with characters from the future remembering the effects of the time travel before it is set in motion.
- When Young Ben transforms into Heatblast, the Omnitrix symbol is green.