Here's page 16 of Fusion #12, and things get kicked up a notch.
For more on Meltdown (and a bit of elaboration on what X-Pletive says), Humanity talked a bit about his and Captain Stupendous's encounter with Meltdown in his interview (in particular, refer to http://fusion.webcomic.ws/comics/362 ).
As for patterns, see also:
http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/191/
and
http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/223
and some discussion about the "phenomenon" on http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/252 (and the next page).
there's always hope. even if you want to commit suicide you can hope to get away with it cleanly, leaving other with less grief. you can hope your death is a worthy death (or peaceful). see there is always hope, so if you don't see it, then you should stop and think, as you should know you have a logic fault.
http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/119/ is there a pattern?
http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/191/
and
http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/223
and some discussion about the "phenomenon" on http://fusion.thecomicseries.com/comics/252 (and the next page).