tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-80529443252416020652024-03-05T04:51:24.973-08:00The Crapbox of Son Of CthulhuThe Crapbox...Comic books found in the quarter bin or half-off store or the bargain box. The good, the bad and the really ugly. Get ready for a surprise. Updates EVERY Friday and Monday until the Crapbox runs dry. (never happen)SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.comBlogger602125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-86987376249347546312020-10-31T09:57:00.007-07:002020-10-31T09:57:46.431-07:00Journey Into Mystery #4<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 31</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Journey
Into Mystery #4</b></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGHpNbJLryZMeCeHhaH2ZUpWvzGTYP14Q5HPumWwwLbePDK7H6PCPWJMf3OIa6TbRM6TmNPLvNDEuawpw7i3oPDkNyWqY0pJHLxvwC2UJoFNwrU8vapt0X_Kq1qzJfv7_ZCOfwDH379E/s2048/JourneyIntoMystery4-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1366" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhlGHpNbJLryZMeCeHhaH2ZUpWvzGTYP14Q5HPumWwwLbePDK7H6PCPWJMf3OIa6TbRM6TmNPLvNDEuawpw7i3oPDkNyWqY0pJHLxvwC2UJoFNwrU8vapt0X_Kq1qzJfv7_ZCOfwDH379E/w426-h640/JourneyIntoMystery4-cover.jpg" width="426" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span><p></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> A
brief trio of tales kicked off by an HPL story</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Editor – Roy Thomas</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>June 1973</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Scattered throughout time there are comics that
adapted Lovecraft stories, like wrapped treats waiting to be found. Part of my
Halloween Crapbox “trick or treat” has been unwrapping these little candies to
find out if they are good or ill. Maybe the adaption will feature off-putting
art or attempt to say things story-wise that Lovecraft didn’t. I’m happy to
report that this Marvel story gets it right and features decent backups as
well. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s Halloween and I don’t want to belabor this, so
let’s take a look, shall we?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“The Haunter of the Dark”</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Ron Goulart</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Penciler – Gene Colan</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Inker – Dan Adkins</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Colorist – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The tale up to bat first is Lovecraft’s <b>The Haunter
of the Dark</b>, the last written of HPL’s known works. The story is a sequel
to a story called <b>The Shambler from the Stars</b>, a tale written by a
teenage Robert Bloch. Bloch was the person who gave us the prose version of That
Hell-bound Train story we spent two enjoyable issues on earlier this month.
Bloch was the youngest of the Lovecraft Circle, the group of writers who knew
and corresponded with the celebrated author.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">I’ve said something </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">before </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">about Bloch killing Lovecraft,
so I think it is proper to explain that here. In Shambler from the Stars, Bloch
erected a framework of himself as occult author Robert Blake and had himself
visit a thinly-veiled imitation of Lovecraft in the form of a New England
mystic who lives in Providence, Rhode Island…a mystic who doesn’t survive his encounter
with other-worldly demonic forces. Thus killing off a likeness of himself
proved quite impressive to the horror master. So much so that HPL does the same
thing here: he used the character of “Robert Blake” who lives at the very same
street address as Robert Bloch did at the time and then HLP…well, that would be
giving things away, wouldn’t it. Lets like the comic tell the story, shall we?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We begin with a creepy church with people huddled outside
worried that something might escape it. Across town a occult writer named
Robert Blake seems to be watching too.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCmwZgvE6qfBvLF3Trfmz6DdKAoLicnNU6d5KZ4tnnDpOu0Gwe1NUTsjK7JPNAnIAi8hcs8fSmG-ItpHtrsgCxThltPD_TJxuSlAMab2EyOFNwORmvStGK8NjqePMyasmvJTY0CWpBGA/s1146/JourneyIntoMystery4-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1146" data-original-width="838" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQCmwZgvE6qfBvLF3Trfmz6DdKAoLicnNU6d5KZ4tnnDpOu0Gwe1NUTsjK7JPNAnIAi8hcs8fSmG-ItpHtrsgCxThltPD_TJxuSlAMab2EyOFNwORmvStGK8NjqePMyasmvJTY0CWpBGA/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We flash back to Blake moving into town and
noticing the ancient dark church with it’s villainous aspect. He becomes a bit
obsessive about it, detecting a good story subject. Animals shun it and locals…well,
they don’t talk about it much.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSbNYXqgxvIMCq9tYp2t3rwx-OmrGuOIFfpOXWi6n5wn04AqPLT3o1VchatQoH-_u1TW1NqTzOlQH8DIYAY5Ch694ofR0JwZGUxwhfhdnHDxmivBImP0JAUWZ-mso2J-D9RKLQGGOiWM/s1230/JourneyIntoMystery4-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPSbNYXqgxvIMCq9tYp2t3rwx-OmrGuOIFfpOXWi6n5wn04AqPLT3o1VchatQoH-_u1TW1NqTzOlQH8DIYAY5Ch694ofR0JwZGUxwhfhdnHDxmivBImP0JAUWZ-mso2J-D9RKLQGGOiWM/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Or, like this officer, warn you away from it. Blake
is undeterred, of course. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeq4yGNlVeUuai1gpSOurDC1sh5ivcmOKDf2en5NWcNSrR9hdWztzgNmuwx0HO4CgDQtZAmnNiIwFemy0QnMFgrBld3jbqC5URDltqCszP_hNYQsVMkRaKazSqMRqI9n1uGvJkb0i9Co/s1230/JourneyIntoMystery4-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="833" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoeq4yGNlVeUuai1gpSOurDC1sh5ivcmOKDf2en5NWcNSrR9hdWztzgNmuwx0HO4CgDQtZAmnNiIwFemy0QnMFgrBld3jbqC5URDltqCszP_hNYQsVMkRaKazSqMRqI9n1uGvJkb0i9Co/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And his investigation of the hoary cult haven
uncovers copies of the Neconomicon strewn about like church hymnals, coded manuscripts,
and a dead body whose bones look burned.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwwyiQwQBcRYOh9aEHoW6cMLL4LO0u0-KuplMBSz2a5Qw-CgUmKwEGIhNzhpVcBoLv5lrbU0r6pu0Ndks-YKZw1sAW5mn7WG1WPMVW7gLQI__f0-e9-t8PYbG8a3zUjzGeJhQl2EBcH4/s1239/JourneyIntoMystery4-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1239" data-original-width="821" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgFwwyiQwQBcRYOh9aEHoW6cMLL4LO0u0-KuplMBSz2a5Qw-CgUmKwEGIhNzhpVcBoLv5lrbU0r6pu0Ndks-YKZw1sAW5mn7WG1WPMVW7gLQI__f0-e9-t8PYbG8a3zUjzGeJhQl2EBcH4/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But worst of all is this odd casket containing a
mysterious gemstone, something that catches the light in such a odd way that
Blake can’t stand to look at it. He closes the lid on it and rushes from the
place, scared out of wits.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsepvebmFJH4cdqB5s6kGMcTLkYVrzAuH44H5-KGqYACLrGV1bMrRwG4L_x16caa4mEasgzlmMrdHfDucqQjynAifu3KkokTrHik35zZfR9-rzgXKl4MalMBJaQl2VYChE_O6dTgOEOuM/s1230/JourneyIntoMystery4-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsepvebmFJH4cdqB5s6kGMcTLkYVrzAuH44H5-KGqYACLrGV1bMrRwG4L_x16caa4mEasgzlmMrdHfDucqQjynAifu3KkokTrHik35zZfR9-rzgXKl4MalMBJaQl2VYChE_O6dTgOEOuM/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The coded manuscript is written in the Aklo language,
an “ancient tongue of evil antiquity.” *smile* It gives the name of the cult
that took over the church as the Starry Wisdom cult and goes into describing a
demon that could be awakened by staring into the jewel he found. A history of
the jewel also follows…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhw4I9CmYlImNBUAChZXMEPdW7lf8-K-R93k4ZWbEPmdIJQiwTgIuG_NdngO9mVjf99RWYozsmNaxAWNdSc94wpPkm0PdOO8RHrO9XHWdwQBfMPN2Bccf6xFDd4qbh-UHGdG9289g054/s1234/JourneyIntoMystery4-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNhw4I9CmYlImNBUAChZXMEPdW7lf8-K-R93k4ZWbEPmdIJQiwTgIuG_NdngO9mVjf99RWYozsmNaxAWNdSc94wpPkm0PdOO8RHrO9XHWdwQBfMPN2Bccf6xFDd4qbh-UHGdG9289g054/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The notebook from the burned body comes from a
reporter who closed the jewel box the same way Blake did. And closing it was a
grave mistake. Grave.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJQb_8pb3KvEezFHrd7H6MjikSGUmy2HywXq3B1Diuy7wmZJkMAcc9mLtnYyvcsS3sB40MNI1N2SdtyC2u6JSRq07qqDRAX8FRiS_349Kr9y_G2JinDIQKjfKBvM8h-whqalySRu3m6c/s1218/JourneyIntoMystery4-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="830" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIJQb_8pb3KvEezFHrd7H6MjikSGUmy2HywXq3B1Diuy7wmZJkMAcc9mLtnYyvcsS3sB40MNI1N2SdtyC2u6JSRq07qqDRAX8FRiS_349Kr9y_G2JinDIQKjfKBvM8h-whqalySRu3m6c/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Blake swears to never return to the now haunted
tower, but his dreams start to bother him, getting worse each night. And the
locals start reporting stirrings in the tower of the old church, all of which
unsettles Blake all the more. He awakes that night as if under some kind of
spell, forced to the tower by some unholy summons. He barely resists going all
the way to the tower before breaking its control.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9B0oOY3YzdM-_Y-u0MxxtujSCX4g0SDKcwm-mIn8kiY38gsG0Lw6FT_jWmZePCUYhN8VVv3egbqwdx1YDPU21Jpr1EJ9xkVuvNQMHF_1U7LaKQFRxqU-fdBEyY2xkscBcp_HG_MYiO8/s1247/JourneyIntoMystery4-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9B0oOY3YzdM-_Y-u0MxxtujSCX4g0SDKcwm-mIn8kiY38gsG0Lw6FT_jWmZePCUYhN8VVv3egbqwdx1YDPU21Jpr1EJ9xkVuvNQMHF_1U7LaKQFRxqU-fdBEyY2xkscBcp_HG_MYiO8/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But according to the notes Blake has, light will
keep the presence at bay. He turns on all the blubs in his house, hoping to
ride out the night. Unfortunately a lightning bolt causes a power outage. The
shadow of the haunter leaves the tower and seeks out the prey that unleashed
it. Blake’s dead boy is found by a neighbor…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VsZCpAoGwnezgwVF2cieQ2NNaEBOKNkbikbc7O5LkJyAZRvME9XkCp0tMToxIvCqzBrVv22jHK7blKzVyE0MRAAt_xtK7El0-T-p3LeeJ4a4dY_-hAglNxwT-OmISVU6oY9otM6d_Ig/s1249/JourneyIntoMystery4-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1249" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi-VsZCpAoGwnezgwVF2cieQ2NNaEBOKNkbikbc7O5LkJyAZRvME9XkCp0tMToxIvCqzBrVv22jHK7blKzVyE0MRAAt_xtK7El0-T-p3LeeJ4a4dY_-hAglNxwT-OmISVU6oY9otM6d_Ig/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…and the third story is teased in the next issue
box, a story by Bloch that was an answer to Lovecraft’s story. This was a great
find and thrilled me to no end. I wish Marvel in the 70’s had mined all of
Lovecraft’s work more thoroughly. It would have been great to see these artists
interpret those pieces in this style. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Interesting aside, The Haunter of the Dark was dedicated
to Bloch by Lovecraft. Bloch was the only individual to whom Lovecraft ever
dedicated a story.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“The Price is Flight”</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Dan Adkins and
Steve Gerber</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Penciler – P. Craig
Russell</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Inker – Dan Adkins</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Colorist – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – John Costanza</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up is this amazing confection of a story by Adkins,
Gerber, and Russell that is just too sublime for me to spoil. Read on and ENJOY
this horror morsel.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X1AGbKNGFeeJOsJTq-1sw1TG2OqplWHDptKmbW6jZCeOVB-i3tGot2BR48dD024AoB6Qs5QzbIasMuUi-wbk3HBJk9fZMcJkyiNL_B5YphE8zQAdIiauPVzyNY4jnIxn3TSrh5v971c/s1233/JourneyIntoMystery4-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1X1AGbKNGFeeJOsJTq-1sw1TG2OqplWHDptKmbW6jZCeOVB-i3tGot2BR48dD024AoB6Qs5QzbIasMuUi-wbk3HBJk9fZMcJkyiNL_B5YphE8zQAdIiauPVzyNY4jnIxn3TSrh5v971c/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8YBWMkLdPMe41rOJPURKIBRI8pfvL1HqOPd2xChwzeZUapM_kBVmiOar3mz9jAUtIwJtpfN9ydfCpsirva9PBbFRcpBDjsX8amvHg0E9o_E2giJkAqOkGtDkHuYLz3oMttYr7WaBuLM/s1219/JourneyIntoMystery4-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR8YBWMkLdPMe41rOJPURKIBRI8pfvL1HqOPd2xChwzeZUapM_kBVmiOar3mz9jAUtIwJtpfN9ydfCpsirva9PBbFRcpBDjsX8amvHg0E9o_E2giJkAqOkGtDkHuYLz3oMttYr7WaBuLM/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p12.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFbgrN0nbWowE5fZ4-UExqGa4cyQCr7ZD2N-LE9HDFURsIPzszJ6GC32OcMKd9yQ4et_ABsezwgaLZ_rWhBGZhXB7WiJv0jLbHO7lvoQVlkFUyOZg_tncFLleKWiDzSyIBbxs_p1iF1w/s1234/JourneyIntoMystery4-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzFbgrN0nbWowE5fZ4-UExqGa4cyQCr7ZD2N-LE9HDFURsIPzszJ6GC32OcMKd9yQ4et_ABsezwgaLZ_rWhBGZhXB7WiJv0jLbHO7lvoQVlkFUyOZg_tncFLleKWiDzSyIBbxs_p1iF1w/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4v65Zd-fYsPN2gI1btYi7ovbMJsewDY0VQeSkCQoq9TN9U1S1JMA5bbCcAqeuaSZq84TLng7SA446aHMJeroD_qBZZpYIhajHYmbw5gSJgp9Y9prM4rJm3ItmL0ghPF-J5Zgug2L73w/s1234/JourneyIntoMystery4-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZ4v65Zd-fYsPN2gI1btYi7ovbMJsewDY0VQeSkCQoq9TN9U1S1JMA5bbCcAqeuaSZq84TLng7SA446aHMJeroD_qBZZpYIhajHYmbw5gSJgp9Y9prM4rJm3ItmL0ghPF-J5Zgug2L73w/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And that is how you do it, ladies and gentlemen. I
can’t think of a more perfect story. It mixes outstanding art with an understandable
premise and takes the story in a direction both unexpected and warranted. I
LOVED this one. Hope you did too. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><br /></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">On to the third, and sadly, final act!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>“the Man with Two Faces”</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Gardner Fox and
Donald F. McGregor</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Penciler – Winslow
Mortimer</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Inker – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Colorist – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Body horror is always a win with me. I’m never
secure enough in my own skin to not feel the neck prickles that start up when
you add elements of the bizarre to someone’s anatomy. Let’s see how I fair with
this tale, one that begins with a trip to the doctor. Note the story in the paper
on our patient’s way in. It’s easy to overlook given the shocking reveal in the
final panel, a much less friendly version of Kuato from Total Recall.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazPzwhAHzPOjByCQdUqJDAC_JyTVJlrZld2g4OcJ0P3r5Br_cWokb_XF_zelqv9sPs5KbjSpuJ1tCUqhY19zLcYlKGI39c12zjoTbCHI_Is_Q-vMSEYitOMmZ_xdyJfG_sqxIwZBhMjM/s1243/JourneyIntoMystery4-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1243" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiazPzwhAHzPOjByCQdUqJDAC_JyTVJlrZld2g4OcJ0P3r5Br_cWokb_XF_zelqv9sPs5KbjSpuJ1tCUqhY19zLcYlKGI39c12zjoTbCHI_Is_Q-vMSEYitOMmZ_xdyJfG_sqxIwZBhMjM/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Here we go, spinning out how this might have
occurred…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKfOPAsvk4AAXsyFgSWa78I7kPLS3herqkOlktCG_ucVvCkcDLme19W0bausuuqpa7ZU0Vmy3fjdSmciAk8KlzJUPYR2DbGvaD6GiRGkyEOzM0XFeAX0c9ZfoKYACVn0GYcby-r9Emio/s1238/JourneyIntoMystery4-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1238" data-original-width="829" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNKfOPAsvk4AAXsyFgSWa78I7kPLS3herqkOlktCG_ucVvCkcDLme19W0bausuuqpa7ZU0Vmy3fjdSmciAk8KlzJUPYR2DbGvaD6GiRGkyEOzM0XFeAX0c9ZfoKYACVn0GYcby-r9Emio/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So, he helps out this shaman of this unknown Siberian
tribe. That doesn’t sound particularly bad. And nicely the shaman shows the way
to a billion dollars worth of ancient treasure.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6jniUIC8qDFpvesTgJYssociyvSmVRtXtyckCaYY0ZvsEjLB1Q0LemqvISG3LL9mb110SDeY4e_otyYqwqdqIll7danmA6PZfJFMuY8pW7XRXFOESF19RwCCSBa4o0orqdaxT4EHkvQ/s1218/JourneyIntoMystery4-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhz6jniUIC8qDFpvesTgJYssociyvSmVRtXtyckCaYY0ZvsEjLB1Q0LemqvISG3LL9mb110SDeY4e_otyYqwqdqIll7danmA6PZfJFMuY8pW7XRXFOESF19RwCCSBa4o0orqdaxT4EHkvQ/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But of course the guy gets greedy when offered only
one measly diamond as repayment, and he shoots poor Nyokut Chsai dead. Then he
plunders the riches, but not before Chsai delivers one final curse upon him.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoci3tYxyrxriPT-Kcida9U0EvTgjRs9poqUVpsDPXq4MFTQrvFqu_RzeP0snQYNS22JQbOMdLU4l8bCupw3PYON0OgsqG_AkAytf3nl67b6pJQalzi-khO4yJrkX5EJmuJuVpPo19ww/s1232/JourneyIntoMystery4-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="827" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQoci3tYxyrxriPT-Kcida9U0EvTgjRs9poqUVpsDPXq4MFTQrvFqu_RzeP0snQYNS22JQbOMdLU4l8bCupw3PYON0OgsqG_AkAytf3nl67b6pJQalzi-khO4yJrkX5EJmuJuVpPo19ww/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our narrator spends as much of his ill-gotten gains
as he can buying cars, expensive suits and women…and then a few short weeks
later…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rXtkPWIjpu2l0BQ_sXVSJgpcLUeRmE_Vs2SI5ltB9AW0Sz7w6axw7ZbW5JfDLPGVPXX-E7BRdfSWIDi3kbtBTUpuSVQqbBCoudovLrM5hJYL8KH68sSzJlSk68Va6Eky7es76bPWBuM/s1230/JourneyIntoMystery4-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1230" data-original-width="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2rXtkPWIjpu2l0BQ_sXVSJgpcLUeRmE_Vs2SI5ltB9AW0Sz7w6axw7ZbW5JfDLPGVPXX-E7BRdfSWIDi3kbtBTUpuSVQqbBCoudovLrM5hJYL8KH68sSzJlSk68Va6Eky7es76bPWBuM/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And thus we are all caught up…which is sad because
the patient decides to end it all by leaping from a window. The face has
disappeared now, leaving the doctor the only witness to these strange events.
The newspaper story about the murder victim losing its identity isn’t properly
tied in, and the story feels like a muddle. I get it and I get where it was
trying to go, but it just never pulled it all together. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1dz3dYPWZ2Tz0AMsHDPKregjtKefNFThcJt6gjk4EXIyACdJmcThwpiTQJ-H1ReVPwH-mWS34_CfNpce9vzLnFeEfdVM2vadtsRsetEwt-C_0m0vmB4RkgJ8iyWm-F9MfjqtuC3B04Y/s1236/JourneyIntoMystery4-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="820" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgr1dz3dYPWZ2Tz0AMsHDPKregjtKefNFThcJt6gjk4EXIyACdJmcThwpiTQJ-H1ReVPwH-mWS34_CfNpce9vzLnFeEfdVM2vadtsRsetEwt-C_0m0vmB4RkgJ8iyWm-F9MfjqtuC3B04Y/s16000/JourneyIntoMystery4-p20.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sorry to end on such a sad note as that final story,
but glad I discovered this volume of Journey into Mystery. May have to seek out
issue number 5 to read the follow-up Bloch tale.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Until then,
mask up everybody and have a safe and socially-distanced Halloween!</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><br />SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-29751650097055485112020-10-30T03:04:00.005-07:002020-10-30T03:04:57.662-07:00The Haunt of Fear #28<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 30</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>The
Haunt of Fear #28</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHBmmUYRCvz3OcjlVIKd3j8xZpdNCJq7D_u2Tln1Odm7axmw15fur6Ge8pw84_tobHHLOsUFkKW8ljwXMaicVfFD3JCAfqPfwGjxAWCUYg25ZF4smQXTZxAI3aKnnNcYVa77IyiP2VKs/s2048/HauntFear28-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiHBmmUYRCvz3OcjlVIKd3j8xZpdNCJq7D_u2Tln1Odm7axmw15fur6Ge8pw84_tobHHLOsUFkKW8ljwXMaicVfFD3JCAfqPfwGjxAWCUYg25ZF4smQXTZxAI3aKnnNcYVa77IyiP2VKs/w414-h640/HauntFear28-cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Final
nail in the coffin</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> <br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Editor – Al Feldstein</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>August 1999 (Reprint 1954)</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In 1954, with public sentiment turning against the horror
and crime comic book genre and comic book publishers in general, William Gaines
threw in the towel. His company, EC Comics, folded up shop. Gaines threw all of
his efforts behind his new publication, a little title called MAD magazine,
that dodged around the newly created comic book regulations by being a
magazine, not a comic. And thus history was born.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is where the bomb landed. This is THE final
issue of one of the triumvirate of EC’s Horror line-up. Along with sister books
<i>Tales
from the Crypt </i><span> </span>and <i>The
Vault of Horror</i>, the EC books were directly in the crosshairs of Congress’s
Seante Subcommittee on Juvenile Delinquency. The harsh criticism that blasted
the books as being the source of all the evils known afflicting youth of the 1950’s
was as wrong-headed as it was pervasive. With the comic industry rolling over under
the scrutiny and doing things like banning the words “horror” and “terror” in
book titles while banning depictions of half the monster tropes from even
appearing in books…Gaines had enough. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He moved on to other things. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But he didn’t go quietly. Here is his one page goodbye
to the genre in this VERY special issue of THoF:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyQFkNiUatcM_N-9zz5jAVeFMVm0xsdakI1Uot7o7Q3FLSjoGsI1Y5uRfJz39ru8yQ94WPz9jRTdw9Am6wR5_D4CFFwlaXmtKDmf965oQruDhhinRqcXR6qNVKlalIsWBPVMQJET1anE/s1088/HauntFear28-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYyQFkNiUatcM_N-9zz5jAVeFMVm0xsdakI1Uot7o7Q3FLSjoGsI1Y5uRfJz39ru8yQ94WPz9jRTdw9Am6wR5_D4CFFwlaXmtKDmf965oQruDhhinRqcXR6qNVKlalIsWBPVMQJET1anE/s16000/HauntFear28-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So savor this one while you can. It’s a shame that
Gaines wasn’t allowed to continue, given how many things spun out of fond
remembrances of his books. Things like the movie Creepshow and the TV series
Tales from the Crypt being the most directly inspired. Lord only knows the
things unattributed that owe their existence to him and his books.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, he would find plenty to occupy himself
with his MAD magazine creation, a sign that you can’t keep a talented man shackled
no matter what.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for the stories in this issue? Oh, they are so,
so good. Buckle in kiddies, it’s going to be a thrill ride for certain…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Prude</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Carl Wessler</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Artist – Graham Ingels</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – Jim Wroten</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">If you thought the book was going to slide quietly
into the grave, you are sadly mistaken. Nope! Not a chance. So first out of the
gate is this tale of censorship and authoritarianism gone wrong. If Gaines was
headed into the grave, he was going to claw and scratch all the way down and drag
as many young minds over the line as he could. We should really thank him for
that. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We begin with powerful citizen Warren Forbisher, the
town prude, going all “super-Karen” on the town’s elected officials over a
perceived break in the moral code. Forbisher is upset because he has caught two
of the townsfolk kissing in public. Labeling it SIN, Forbisher uses his considerable
influence in an attempt to get the city official to make the public display illegal.
He even pulls out the “Either for me or you’re for SIN” and I am LOVING all the
parallels this story must have held for those reading it at the time.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCJo6ION7ofD3uJRm3BYtEXBcZIWReXyXUGbqJnYhXH5aqBUHi_VNdHkFzePaAYINer9LS7iO7odvSlum8n292THvpX_bfKK9ZUfHElry7RmRwUEqQuSUVPODqsuQv00q227bfmLlwYU/s1130/HauntFear28-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1130" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdCJo6ION7ofD3uJRm3BYtEXBcZIWReXyXUGbqJnYhXH5aqBUHi_VNdHkFzePaAYINer9LS7iO7odvSlum8n292THvpX_bfKK9ZUfHElry7RmRwUEqQuSUVPODqsuQv00q227bfmLlwYU/s16000/HauntFear28-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Wessler only deepens those links by having reasoned
arguments for why there should be tolerance for those activities Forbisher
finds so detestable. Forbisher takes his case to the press, where he’s gotten
other measures passed that didn’t seem quite so outlandish, however this time
it doesn’t cut much ice. Appears the editor sees Forbisher now for what he
really is: a petty tyrant. Thus the prude is forced to appeal directly to the
people. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwq5hHlhHxqwCqinkR5Hf1QphB_pEyTqtssKDWXfftyS7aP1p3gnIK7r0vNj-MQIK8SZNQHwibYJyKal4gWlpDXRSl7XNuNsbOnjueVtOh5yNBAz8Z1hl2FtBGB37keV7YO84auSqpQs/s1148/HauntFear28-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1148" data-original-width="831" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghwq5hHlhHxqwCqinkR5Hf1QphB_pEyTqtssKDWXfftyS7aP1p3gnIK7r0vNj-MQIK8SZNQHwibYJyKal4gWlpDXRSl7XNuNsbOnjueVtOh5yNBAz8Z1hl2FtBGB37keV7YO84auSqpQs/s16000/HauntFear28-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And you’d think they would be smart enough not to
fall for it. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But you’d be wrong. Forbisher talks a good game and
appeals to the “good” and “morally righteous” and gets the councilman tossed.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmx84lYso2CCAQqL7YSePGgv4kveS-cYK_TcQz6HtCJrCUwftPc1_4Ct4_7x_4npMCWFCwcpPMBgc14xcs7gLCUBRHf_UGT0UVYXlwzgvDkDytbwr0mGF0ZG_rxNL8Ne0inVPYZCV3zw/s1144/HauntFear28-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1144" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbmx84lYso2CCAQqL7YSePGgv4kveS-cYK_TcQz6HtCJrCUwftPc1_4Ct4_7x_4npMCWFCwcpPMBgc14xcs7gLCUBRHf_UGT0UVYXlwzgvDkDytbwr0mGF0ZG_rxNL8Ne0inVPYZCV3zw/s16000/HauntFear28-p3.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And he doesn’t stop there. Soon he has all manner
of indiscretion vanquished to the point that men and women can no longer be
buried together…EVEN couples already buried. And thus the town sets about
erecting a new cemetery across the road and moving all the female bodies to it.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, the grave digger tells Forbisher that there’s
a dreadful problem. The women don’t like being separated…even in death. They dig
themselves out of their graves and haul their headstones back beside their
husband’s, and then bury themselves again. I love the “If the Dead can’t MOVE
why’d we separate them in the first place?” question here. This is just a
masterstroke. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUzzXnyZ507NhbkrOrK7Pg_4mlYR5jd5qFwH7WX-dBwbExhH03-X9rEwK-AgyxE1cHn0SVCl5OoOYorH54EUISelFo3ziZK5AkxR3QcdL8VKrqHyjz-nQ2O89jQ4IWVM9HCmWmY80FrM/s1142/HauntFear28-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1142" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZUzzXnyZ507NhbkrOrK7Pg_4mlYR5jd5qFwH7WX-dBwbExhH03-X9rEwK-AgyxE1cHn0SVCl5OoOYorH54EUISelFo3ziZK5AkxR3QcdL8VKrqHyjz-nQ2O89jQ4IWVM9HCmWmY80FrM/s16000/HauntFear28-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And of course Forbisher’s real issue with
everything stems from the fact that he was unfaithful to his wife. His mistress
gave him an ultimatum of divorce his wife or she’d down some poison.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Forbisher called her bluff and left her dead on the
floor. After that he couldn’t stand himself nor anyone else. He tried to make
up for his moral failing by enforcing ridged moral order on everyone else. Thus projecting his moral failings upon everyone else. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDIykuq7FFbGI8aeVtSffae9tFqn0EAGe99HVZAtkilUVN0xAwr0Q1pFQITcpqyoBLnijq7s6STpFV1m41tentSw_uuhYJ8X9m28yA5WyJTAr8htRke3vjJq8sEshBJps5b9rbTbCCvw/s1139/HauntFear28-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMDIykuq7FFbGI8aeVtSffae9tFqn0EAGe99HVZAtkilUVN0xAwr0Q1pFQITcpqyoBLnijq7s6STpFV1m41tentSw_uuhYJ8X9m28yA5WyJTAr8htRke3vjJq8sEshBJps5b9rbTbCCvw/s16000/HauntFear28-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This is where the story gets so good because the
metaphor is complete. The townsfolk who also had secret hidden guilts glommed
on to the prude to hide their own feelings of inadequacy. Exactly like the Senate
Subcommittee Members and the press and the populace at large. Gaines didn’t
tell any story that hadn’t already been told time and time again. He just was
singled out as a scapegoat to cover for the guilt everyone felt at not having a
real clue how to reach out to the next generation. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Story wise we have to see Forbisher get his
come-uppance and believe me, it is a doozey. First he keeps railing at the
gravedigger because the bodies are together again. Finally he decides to spy on
him and catch him in the act.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFZsPiqPy-Vf3qnsxZNi_kPMU1bOURvekABScEe_yc-vNx3NTQckYNVnWP0HIMAEfhk1Hb7XhbWgJnTAMdgZ4NEVpVSAVwiE-LSmdlhmNo0OwGfcSyedXVuYkXG6BAc4iqqWpmepNLn0/s1158/HauntFear28-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1158" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYFZsPiqPy-Vf3qnsxZNi_kPMU1bOURvekABScEe_yc-vNx3NTQckYNVnWP0HIMAEfhk1Hb7XhbWgJnTAMdgZ4NEVpVSAVwiE-LSmdlhmNo0OwGfcSyedXVuYkXG6BAc4iqqWpmepNLn0/s16000/HauntFear28-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Unfortunately the gravedigger isn’t lying. The women
do rise from the grave. Including Forbisher’s mistress Laura. And what she does
to him isn’t discovered until the next morning…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP_sNyayHKGqXPUqeucXoGONL4Wb1iAm6Ps3YqWM2OHD3g9B0GM6SsINB1eEZ0TJF8S8FTDUZSdAkVPV-nkcrk1lxH8-Xq1bbQLqQ98IjZOt5YQv3YKgx2bZufYu99BOEwnPWusR7Fy0/s1154/HauntFear28-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1154" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFP_sNyayHKGqXPUqeucXoGONL4Wb1iAm6Ps3YqWM2OHD3g9B0GM6SsINB1eEZ0TJF8S8FTDUZSdAkVPV-nkcrk1lxH8-Xq1bbQLqQ98IjZOt5YQv3YKgx2bZufYu99BOEwnPWusR7Fy0/s16000/HauntFear28-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">You have to love that last line from the
gravedigger. Perfection achieved. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 107%; margin-bottom: 8pt;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Numbskull</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Carl Wessler</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Artist – Bernie Krigstein</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – Jim Wroten</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">For all of you that loath big game hunters, this
next one is right up your alley. The story follows John Carvel…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGXoEmWPfPg-C_QCsYK0xXx9eyjaSm60KbQQapVwcjBerxwbnJg4s52exCfkVIZv8C8NnXsPSpfWn8Q9zG1CBJCwfL20XeUfqMkyhd9lV2VQ4i1-_KCjwipZvvBCxirFi7VgT8152srU/s1139/HauntFear28-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1139" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGXoEmWPfPg-C_QCsYK0xXx9eyjaSm60KbQQapVwcjBerxwbnJg4s52exCfkVIZv8C8NnXsPSpfWn8Q9zG1CBJCwfL20XeUfqMkyhd9lV2VQ4i1-_KCjwipZvvBCxirFi7VgT8152srU/s16000/HauntFear28-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> …a wild animal hunter with a difference. He prefers
to trap his animals and then torture them to death with a variety of sadistic
instruments.</span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaI2ut4Gc7CeGOAMS4l6W02QYDkqDR0HILzppxekjk8Wk0Vb-w8Fspe1Lq_XePxiOJt2tI1PAArX482A5GPanlTQVqXybpQis75tOgMpUPsP8AghzwykdSR5Iln0kPJe-bGY5g64k73M/s1163/HauntFear28-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1163" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihaI2ut4Gc7CeGOAMS4l6W02QYDkqDR0HILzppxekjk8Wk0Vb-w8Fspe1Lq_XePxiOJt2tI1PAArX482A5GPanlTQVqXybpQis75tOgMpUPsP8AghzwykdSR5Iln0kPJe-bGY5g64k73M/s16000/HauntFear28-p10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The sicko even goes so far as to light an African ant
hive on fire.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoyk8hh1aap-VSDVTHDX5ugFIrX5jiXtxiWGr5Wil07IElO93Mm-Yn0o4KNbrNXxx08dGgPW7kTfOKoYtmFKkJ9daJHsOLNR9iLbay2WxjpQj8MU1DzqvhBgEdqLF5e03wLG0sLbUk4s/s1164/HauntFear28-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiwoyk8hh1aap-VSDVTHDX5ugFIrX5jiXtxiWGr5Wil07IElO93Mm-Yn0o4KNbrNXxx08dGgPW7kTfOKoYtmFKkJ9daJHsOLNR9iLbay2WxjpQj8MU1DzqvhBgEdqLF5e03wLG0sLbUk4s/s16000/HauntFear28-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Before he can off an ant that emerges from the hive
still on fire, he hears the cry of an ape in one of his hole traps. He does his
worst to the poor trapped beast.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrz1wcFQgN6mToRaGJt1ptjlgeKPpGznM2lLMSIs4phw9ZY4ClZv2inPDh-pBosVQ2oL0F1WpZBXSvsbthyphenhyphenmkPlLuHueJ27P6qZE4_4bk2IPWjmoGC4inRvobhvzblv1Ca8p7Nj1O6k8/s1164/HauntFear28-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1164" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCrz1wcFQgN6mToRaGJt1ptjlgeKPpGznM2lLMSIs4phw9ZY4ClZv2inPDh-pBosVQ2oL0F1WpZBXSvsbthyphenhyphenmkPlLuHueJ27P6qZE4_4bk2IPWjmoGC4inRvobhvzblv1Ca8p7Nj1O6k8/s16000/HauntFear28-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He does the same to a black panther…and is prepared
to do more…when he suddenly falls victim to one of his own deathtraps. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzhjLJepphlKCE_4Joyw9Nahue_GE5_TGg9zEF7y145iL2y9l45pXuoJG5PswUBU4063L4ceT8rf8wPrBs8My92ndq7eXdTBNdGFmZxX78_cCJitMTwkwtsfCWJqX0rS8sQotjPY4UnI/s1156/HauntFear28-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1156" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhzhjLJepphlKCE_4Joyw9Nahue_GE5_TGg9zEF7y145iL2y9l45pXuoJG5PswUBU4063L4ceT8rf8wPrBs8My92ndq7eXdTBNdGFmZxX78_cCJitMTwkwtsfCWJqX0rS8sQotjPY4UnI/s16000/HauntFear28-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Caught, he can do little more than watch as animals
gather of the type that he spent is life so cruelly slaying.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But they don’t do anything but watch. The spectator
animals watch as the burned ant leads its legions of followers into the hole
where they devour the man alive in what can only be called a fitting punishment.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMcukp-8lxp2B_dQiVQ3lgZhGPRWESzqmJ7aLkFwT1DsSo8S6VF4ietmnSDQK3t9NVuoRXA9Cky5RYWwcjjDSOxBBRJiCpzRIw4dBMQSo_bvrKr1jVzKK5RDD0DdJf6_bvcjAfjnhI7Q/s1152/HauntFear28-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1152" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwMcukp-8lxp2B_dQiVQ3lgZhGPRWESzqmJ7aLkFwT1DsSo8S6VF4ietmnSDQK3t9NVuoRXA9Cky5RYWwcjjDSOxBBRJiCpzRIw4dBMQSo_bvrKr1jVzKK5RDD0DdJf6_bvcjAfjnhI7Q/s16000/HauntFear28-p14.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Gristly, ghoulish, and great fun. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <i> <br /></i></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> Audition</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Carl Wessler</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Artist – Jack Kamen</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – Jim Wroten</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Next up is Audition. No, it’s not that gross-out
Japanese film. Kiri-Kiri-Kiri to you, too.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Nope. It is about Mr. Vitale’s all girl orchestra.
A gig that is definitely hard to get into. I’m just gonna let this one roll on.
Be ready to give the performance of a lifetime…. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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Love these weird inventive takes on story endings. They really are great.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>500 Teeth</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Al Feldstein</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And another case in point…this little ditty about
some killer home protectors.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aJcDKiGc1cISM1Vzu0IKICpomTMJnRjLOz9vU9X9mVIR1PnT0udkj-RFoDvNfl7Myb3cWTngwZ2v5tnpfJOxb5CsJpQ0fHpzZfkRuwwo-UkVasImn_t8iE7cUpbmNrbDWgnnnUcdN7s/s1169/HauntFear28-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1169" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6aJcDKiGc1cISM1Vzu0IKICpomTMJnRjLOz9vU9X9mVIR1PnT0udkj-RFoDvNfl7Myb3cWTngwZ2v5tnpfJOxb5CsJpQ0fHpzZfkRuwwo-UkVasImn_t8iE7cUpbmNrbDWgnnnUcdN7s/s16000/HauntFear28-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>A Work of Art</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Carl Wessler</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Artist – Jack Davis</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – Jim Wroten</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And last up, the final story to cap off the EC
comics universe…a tale of a man deciding who should prepare his body after
death. And a tale of someone putting everything into their work, so much so
that it is like a museum piece, even if others do not truly recognize its
value. Much like Gaines contribution to the literary works we grew up with. He
produced true Works of Art. And he went out on his own terms. Enjoy...</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAj3_6avq8Kj1Taa_Ph7RyL6bfb9OuK4j2VvsOKmdX-GWEQM2E1iQXBK5gMXa3Zbms8wccWxo5lvlT_CAOuviZdyx_bPMMvCRXk35WArs47mV3w2AP7atnPm0-JmZHrX8tnO_smoRejk/s1174/HauntFear28-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1174" data-original-width="841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAAj3_6avq8Kj1Taa_Ph7RyL6bfb9OuK4j2VvsOKmdX-GWEQM2E1iQXBK5gMXa3Zbms8wccWxo5lvlT_CAOuviZdyx_bPMMvCRXk35WArs47mV3w2AP7atnPm0-JmZHrX8tnO_smoRejk/s16000/HauntFear28-p21.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkEMSTmMVWffhchGdqa4yyso_DriCjg9YVBr0-z7-c7fQVxFM3vAIweE835NfQv3L1SiJlLzQEFywhx9I-Cy_Mz7xoc20qNJs3jX3g4Smoj9zC83zwsElxK3IN6rIVknkCR4DKqELg5M/s1166/HauntFear28-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; 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</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-41931104375714290142020-10-29T02:56:00.001-07:002020-10-31T09:34:06.158-07:00Black Magic #3<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 29</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Black
Magic #3</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Some
old friends via reprints</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> <br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Editor – Joe Simon</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>January 15, 1974</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In the past I’ve harped a bit on Marvel “repurposing”
old horror stories for new anthologies, so I suppose I should do the same here
to DC. Even though this 1974 DC series pulls stuff from two legends for most of
its content. Namely Joe Simon and Jack Kirby. We have three tales of terror from
various issues of Vol 2 of Black Magic (this title being Volume 3 with that
name), so let’s hop to it…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Nasty Little Man!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writers & Artists – Joe
Simon and Jack Kirby</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We start this issue off with a train story and I’m
kinda wondering if I missed some sort of chance to have Horror on the Rails
week, what with all the terror train tales that have come up by chance this Halloween.
Regardless, we being with three hobos jumping a freight car only to find it
occupied…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1jXOqkk7gLErsTOloMZw7lPHnmz2f64bYV3NuCaH-PpgcWD6DKUp2sl3cGSI7EVuX4KqGmdWwFiTJ7IpWnsrKL4BY-n76jQxaCCnwlhdC_MQYrpV8zyBQDsxbi3kgTyN4FhcgRt59Co/s1110/BlackMagic3-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1110" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhI1jXOqkk7gLErsTOloMZw7lPHnmz2f64bYV3NuCaH-PpgcWD6DKUp2sl3cGSI7EVuX4KqGmdWwFiTJ7IpWnsrKL4BY-n76jQxaCCnwlhdC_MQYrpV8zyBQDsxbi3kgTyN4FhcgRt59Co/s16000/BlackMagic3-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">By Paddy O’Day, a midget Irishman with a horrible
temper and a lack of people skills. The tiny terror growls at the new arrivals,
who don’t take his threats to heart. Before they beat the little person senseless,
Paddy brags that he has the blood of wizards flowing through his veins, which
causes one of their number to ask him to prove himself.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4ZbWFTAMr-f7gqRQ2j6upFHxx4MpiCMPcHPo739km-INtOkk8I1Q6_QE7T9egMtVyYnuM4WpZ96y8pFKu9gwS5PGUFcV8ArBdisxGWCe2JmQ8YoBVS1_NbopSMF2uySMlgNwZzO3cnQ/s1233/BlackMagic3-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1233" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEil4ZbWFTAMr-f7gqRQ2j6upFHxx4MpiCMPcHPo739km-INtOkk8I1Q6_QE7T9egMtVyYnuM4WpZ96y8pFKu9gwS5PGUFcV8ArBdisxGWCe2JmQ8YoBVS1_NbopSMF2uySMlgNwZzO3cnQ/s16000/BlackMagic3-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Which, lo and behold, Paddy does, conjuring up a
mess of diamonds from his hat. The three interloper’s riches are short lived,
however. The gems turn to rocks as soon as the trio pick any of it up. Paddy demures
that what are diamonds anyway but lumps of carbon.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m7fLjzoj4l7toBNXYJpuMBrR9Hv7lp_lRMtaF3jIkXHI73r9zR2uu95oo4tQ0aS902RiAZQIdDX_meXiVDIVbMAp8sjd7CngytRx5gYLtE288bbdPeznb-rxQJsZ-4zY2atexTL9xzA/s1216/BlackMagic3-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5m7fLjzoj4l7toBNXYJpuMBrR9Hv7lp_lRMtaF3jIkXHI73r9zR2uu95oo4tQ0aS902RiAZQIdDX_meXiVDIVbMAp8sjd7CngytRx5gYLtE288bbdPeznb-rxQJsZ-4zY2atexTL9xzA/s16000/BlackMagic3-p3.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His trick doesn’t set well with the hobos though,
and they threaten to strangle the life out of him. Once hands are laid on the
little feller, a rumbling can be heard. As one of their number chokes the life
from the midget’s body, a massive avalanche hurtles down the mountain straight
at the train.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDdkPQDK3G7hbioOWqIqhFTSTmajSc05CRwpGjQyDMI0rvaSP3z0miWQGIMREd_zQclD6Lc6t1J5jU7FolSRwSf8Wh0g0Kosq9QNWjpQ1R6PCwdYe8MNs8Y6jZ7AhYguFh6-P5gZ0rbs/s1236/BlackMagic3-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwDdkPQDK3G7hbioOWqIqhFTSTmajSc05CRwpGjQyDMI0rvaSP3z0miWQGIMREd_zQclD6Lc6t1J5jU7FolSRwSf8Wh0g0Kosq9QNWjpQ1R6PCwdYe8MNs8Y6jZ7AhYguFh6-P5gZ0rbs/s16000/BlackMagic3-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Only two of the men survive the accident by jumping
from the car, but one is gravely injured. Prof and Lancy, his more healthy companion,
find themselves alone in the wilderness and pursued by the undead spirit of the
vengeful little leprechaun. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqcBrT2loxrrDagyVlxItRSx7aYJud7eLVM56IcfGCqykyiyRkaficYIISQ80kmggMW-ygV0EB0L4bR6IAJ5Dtk6w7pULTtbz6kPEGDx0N1bGNHGoRvHIamzbjhVoJoGtE-9iKTpyKoQ/s1218/BlackMagic3-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjpqcBrT2loxrrDagyVlxItRSx7aYJud7eLVM56IcfGCqykyiyRkaficYIISQ80kmggMW-ygV0EB0L4bR6IAJ5Dtk6w7pULTtbz6kPEGDx0N1bGNHGoRvHIamzbjhVoJoGtE-9iKTpyKoQ/s16000/BlackMagic3-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However, for all his fancy uninjuredness, Lancy can’t
outrun fate as a hand snags his running form and drags him to his death. The
prof runs on until exhaustion overtakes him and he collapses by a road. He
comes to in a hospital.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YM4-tOw93Dp5fCLJxVkpPGwTNRt7rSN3hFvimkVbFEePUHTsTwgBJaL6-pEieEDqIvnTbgyvcJHiC0iq2aCjnj8_hC04vlqwdRPlLWcpbJtHDbxifszII01t0tqGE4gs5sG88ELh3ms/s1232/BlackMagic3-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_YM4-tOw93Dp5fCLJxVkpPGwTNRt7rSN3hFvimkVbFEePUHTsTwgBJaL6-pEieEDqIvnTbgyvcJHiC0iq2aCjnj8_hC04vlqwdRPlLWcpbJtHDbxifszII01t0tqGE4gs5sG88ELh3ms/s16000/BlackMagic3-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His story cuts no ice with the doctor. As he is left
alone to rest, he notices a visitor in his hospital window…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FeOAwQ1PvIf5RSf13j8mnq4aTjhGlXvwDmYLL_Gx8JgfvERF88G5ewS2pqt3mnKzVhBYkUPEWElzAEih-BA4S9N4kH2vkjDddT2a4wm7XDOLWJQsaJ_-9VZ3TgMjEwelHROcYH1s3_Q/s1226/BlackMagic3-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7FeOAwQ1PvIf5RSf13j8mnq4aTjhGlXvwDmYLL_Gx8JgfvERF88G5ewS2pqt3mnKzVhBYkUPEWElzAEih-BA4S9N4kH2vkjDddT2a4wm7XDOLWJQsaJ_-9VZ3TgMjEwelHROcYH1s3_Q/s16000/BlackMagic3-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…But when prof turns to flee, he realizes the doc
had to cut off both of his legs to save his life. And thus he is in no
condition to get away from the nasty little man, who does him in at last.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPngSZtENNppgGQAGBR_8EvGw5rHBRjqVr11a5aax_FUgOlPTZpPDu_6-hXD3wpGsNpKdyl2TtSlNjX2dZ6Xa7OrJVMBt6b9pQPgWxhZ2xnWd7G-rQnCEmLOZ1xF2lD5BKf1vFxPSKsc/s1234/BlackMagic3-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1234" data-original-width="795" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKPngSZtENNppgGQAGBR_8EvGw5rHBRjqVr11a5aax_FUgOlPTZpPDu_6-hXD3wpGsNpKdyl2TtSlNjX2dZ6Xa7OrJVMBt6b9pQPgWxhZ2xnWd7G-rQnCEmLOZ1xF2lD5BKf1vFxPSKsc/s16000/BlackMagic3-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Angel of Death!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writers & Artists – Joe
Simon and Jack Kirby</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKieQGwGuOd5O6bquHq-ySb6hElBZ_XKwF-LT2FX8Yfmfv4fh5yBT5yue7cU6Jwr-8N4dlT-xhJJLE7HFS8hi-p26ZqJ7o_VL-HSVM8ZB9pNfjKplZvmyxiEHuWyYIaiR_R_ll-XkhlOE/s1217/BlackMagic3-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKieQGwGuOd5O6bquHq-ySb6hElBZ_XKwF-LT2FX8Yfmfv4fh5yBT5yue7cU6Jwr-8N4dlT-xhJJLE7HFS8hi-p26ZqJ7o_VL-HSVM8ZB9pNfjKplZvmyxiEHuWyYIaiR_R_ll-XkhlOE/s16000/BlackMagic3-p9.jpg" /></a></i></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now on to the pandemic part of our show…We have
Doc Jean Lescoux ministering to a deathly ill old man named Fernand. Through exposition
we learn that the wife despairs that Fernand will die the same way a girl down
the street did. Most of these fears are struck because both the girl and her
husband saw “an angel of death” before falling ill. Doc Lescoux is more hopeful
and measured in his assessment. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5ubd-3flaoGlC25NI6VWlVkQP219L_UOZT2FK-BW13tKy19iF7XkGxMZlRpqnpUjdlnmg3L7iE2ODcsvFQiYsgw7j25VCSLYA-AqHsAJlMd-2-8aurnGA8zZb0gPIhl8Yt0615zwZQE/s1208/BlackMagic3-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge5ubd-3flaoGlC25NI6VWlVkQP219L_UOZT2FK-BW13tKy19iF7XkGxMZlRpqnpUjdlnmg3L7iE2ODcsvFQiYsgw7j25VCSLYA-AqHsAJlMd-2-8aurnGA8zZb0gPIhl8Yt0615zwZQE/s16000/BlackMagic3-p10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With is wife, the doctor is more truthful though.
He worries about this malady shared by both victims that he cannot classify.
Just then a boy arrives stating that the “angel of death” is over his house and
his uncle Phillipe is sick. The doctor rushes to assist.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNY8jueAxbMtblVGCbTZEwwwpAn2xN8PKKmPjY8cicDzWsRNznVz_gd0vyppnQUd_CUYwVICx3uKTyp8DkFZ8U4_fL97-G7F1wb5qv_sDYIRHrBwOxdYWVG28qd2-raLNxSe5PqhEdeYM/s1210/BlackMagic3-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiNY8jueAxbMtblVGCbTZEwwwpAn2xN8PKKmPjY8cicDzWsRNznVz_gd0vyppnQUd_CUYwVICx3uKTyp8DkFZ8U4_fL97-G7F1wb5qv_sDYIRHrBwOxdYWVG28qd2-raLNxSe5PqhEdeYM/s16000/BlackMagic3-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Just then a cry is heard in the street. The group runs
out to find something large flying away from the man now injured. The doctor
states upon seeing this creature that he knows what the enemy is.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDi6NbJP6c7fU4W7TWxpomQN6PAxpDt3l9TwqSc8StzMEgD2_UTUWV3qTM9GQFCizojZ4glhYJtL2awf-FGwY7Qeq71XjRKAzo3YoQFmHqvcBL1Qv04WLbWW8m-evTv6eh6n9X7bz6zg/s1216/BlackMagic3-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEDi6NbJP6c7fU4W7TWxpomQN6PAxpDt3l9TwqSc8StzMEgD2_UTUWV3qTM9GQFCizojZ4glhYJtL2awf-FGwY7Qeq71XjRKAzo3YoQFmHqvcBL1Qv04WLbWW8m-evTv6eh6n9X7bz6zg/s16000/BlackMagic3-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With that, Lescoux arranges a meeting with Professor
John Langford, responsible for the digging up of the hills outside of town.
Seems the doctor recalls that the scientists there found fossils at their dig
site and certain this is the cause, he makes it known that one of their “living
fossils” (just go with it. We all know what’s wrong with that statement) is
missing. And certainly it is, although the professor thought it was stolen. The
doc lays it on him that the creature is alive.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq1rJ-00CeycfH7GjjcGUT-r02WfJd2Co8EwonfirggJjjXKc_8amZ3J4nzgIathHRr-qarFk1AETvzHQUF0UV6WzZJbRxC4pAfTuPRIlQnxIJKy6f9A2agUmkdZdPa3OGwNW16pvbVo/s1221/BlackMagic3-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZq1rJ-00CeycfH7GjjcGUT-r02WfJd2Co8EwonfirggJjjXKc_8amZ3J4nzgIathHRr-qarFk1AETvzHQUF0UV6WzZJbRxC4pAfTuPRIlQnxIJKy6f9A2agUmkdZdPa3OGwNW16pvbVo/s16000/BlackMagic3-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And thus the townsfolk track the flying menace,
burning houses suspected of harboring it.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyTtCelS4dmcxCkBS57TaA52z5ND8a5dT9-P80seLkEQIMXWbBVIreaJpRqQvq31L4mpASi4eZLpNW7UVCFt4DYGIOaeKbDN_SWYvfdfFC8A-dfYFcAehVTNj4G0-7uF4tggw7jJina8/s1218/BlackMagic3-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="806" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyTtCelS4dmcxCkBS57TaA52z5ND8a5dT9-P80seLkEQIMXWbBVIreaJpRqQvq31L4mpASi4eZLpNW7UVCFt4DYGIOaeKbDN_SWYvfdfFC8A-dfYFcAehVTNj4G0-7uF4tggw7jJina8/s16000/BlackMagic3-p14.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But it isn’t until Loud Marius brings a large
sackcloth bag into town that the nightmare ends. A package containing the body
of a huge insect that Marius emptied his shotgun into after surprising it in
his wood shed.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkuUSBldhqCb-A4RcmDJeqJk9Hjl-QDTWomZz2s4gGf9rhu7WsmxKgBJ_bf1mxF_e0o65KyG1hDt2jnzEV2Dsc74hYz8_JaEvWWlexV0uIsi-okNNRo9ofB0JrAw_ADvzfl7TeSc1bVc/s1219/BlackMagic3-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="813" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpkuUSBldhqCb-A4RcmDJeqJk9Hjl-QDTWomZz2s4gGf9rhu7WsmxKgBJ_bf1mxF_e0o65KyG1hDt2jnzEV2Dsc74hYz8_JaEvWWlexV0uIsi-okNNRo9ofB0JrAw_ADvzfl7TeSc1bVc/s16000/BlackMagic3-p15.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Courts of Sleep!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – N/A</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Artist – Bob McCarthy</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our final visual tale takes place in a hospital.
Silas Stone, an unscrupulous millionaire businessman, is harassing the nurses
ahead of his expected surgery.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xST8RcPc0EpmUD4dqCEioCGuxdq3uiLEPgpVo7EtGjTKegJ7_F4xSu808EtuuGirWY9BhJ1ACHc9vebTXJqZ_07vHGqIPVvCrdWQodfA7MzMSh5vSlxbcSi1kFqMbZSm5h4_dqdr8Ac/s1207/BlackMagic3-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1xST8RcPc0EpmUD4dqCEioCGuxdq3uiLEPgpVo7EtGjTKegJ7_F4xSu808EtuuGirWY9BhJ1ACHc9vebTXJqZ_07vHGqIPVvCrdWQodfA7MzMSh5vSlxbcSi1kFqMbZSm5h4_dqdr8Ac/s16000/BlackMagic3-p16.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even the doctor can’t talk sense into the terrible
old miser, but is able to rush him in to surgery to take care of his “condition”.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8nTMjGoFf0VFnTW7zSrfq0fKrO4mxkNiBBmB0mfwLJk-7RDawoJQGTyD4FtC60v9rvH7QGBzle8VnUYtWTBrey2Y926dt4rVtqMWrKshpNWE8IsUHKBffA0NXVDd6h_pYh0afVHOjDw/s1211/BlackMagic3-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8nTMjGoFf0VFnTW7zSrfq0fKrO4mxkNiBBmB0mfwLJk-7RDawoJQGTyD4FtC60v9rvH7QGBzle8VnUYtWTBrey2Y926dt4rVtqMWrKshpNWE8IsUHKBffA0NXVDd6h_pYh0afVHOjDw/s16000/BlackMagic3-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Silas drifts off to sleep on the operating table
and awakens back in his hospital room. He’s informed by the doctor that they
lost him on the table, but somehow managed to revive him. He’s been granted a
second chance at life. As with all these morality tales, Silas is then show
acting deplorably still, wasting the clear chance at being a better person. He bullies
his way out of the required hospital stay, accosts people begging on the street,
and instructs his drive to run over a neighborhood dog.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_TzypHPD85Jhj0cCYCoKYLKBDTe-HhlaIbMPEl8QipmwbaZH602eYCG6kiWaXyaDqT52stGk9gMt2hxuNnKxF-24UVyDhQXzqtjI8-6CnWuIRBjBdDmkIuHiArt5_c2AqcE8pBHzF3I/s1214/BlackMagic3-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="808" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF_TzypHPD85Jhj0cCYCoKYLKBDTe-HhlaIbMPEl8QipmwbaZH602eYCG6kiWaXyaDqT52stGk9gMt2hxuNnKxF-24UVyDhQXzqtjI8-6CnWuIRBjBdDmkIuHiArt5_c2AqcE8pBHzF3I/s16000/BlackMagic3-p18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In a subsequent meeting with his lawyer, Silas rips
the man for showing compassion to the people who owe Silas money. This action
causes the lawyer to go off on Silas, who has a heart attack in the next
moment.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDO9vh7t6zUERRpraqW5iAQRZEsBNV7Gi4mqFoazdIC9S7NYxtDI6iH_qaYuGCOL3xGnNUhPFOsNhijkdzAMGS_U0JvOEx6Ix2NxzOyRiGmuo9K54Vu4EvuV6GmFduA8f36Ce1ezYNvU/s1224/BlackMagic3-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiHDO9vh7t6zUERRpraqW5iAQRZEsBNV7Gi4mqFoazdIC9S7NYxtDI6iH_qaYuGCOL3xGnNUhPFOsNhijkdzAMGS_U0JvOEx6Ix2NxzOyRiGmuo9K54Vu4EvuV6GmFduA8f36Ce1ezYNvU/s16000/BlackMagic3-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Which Silas awakens from to find himself back on
the operating table, only this time not to a very sympathetic operating
theater. In fact, it ends up being a trio of quite devilish doctors set to
treat him.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_Op68N4N_TbuBJTGqaNZyrlxLQaUx22Bum2ann3HwnUeFjeYH5Hh7aTKJRrHw42mz3c4waxZLdHlHXiEwOQkvhwvIPwVAP2iXANODtTYI4wvKB8SvZ1ANXA_nAgekS0PA3szOl9_fQE/s1204/BlackMagic3-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhN_Op68N4N_TbuBJTGqaNZyrlxLQaUx22Bum2ann3HwnUeFjeYH5Hh7aTKJRrHw42mz3c4waxZLdHlHXiEwOQkvhwvIPwVAP2iXANODtTYI4wvKB8SvZ1ANXA_nAgekS0PA3szOl9_fQE/s16000/BlackMagic3-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a final goodbye, Black Magic throws in a one page ghost story in prose form. Give it a look.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pII2KMrRJ82ZscFQbVUf8TajolCLgVtwLbqeiF42NNs0d0CaME1Z1rWcMz88xPDL-1TQ5ZgvOxcDYfuGVaM8jTx9q3XCDOLYssbQ2GeqficjqM4idRLqZVGCnB5fVuVpGGRcBErYYSM/s1247/BlackMagic3-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1247" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg5pII2KMrRJ82ZscFQbVUf8TajolCLgVtwLbqeiF42NNs0d0CaME1Z1rWcMz88xPDL-1TQ5ZgvOxcDYfuGVaM8jTx9q3XCDOLYssbQ2GeqficjqM4idRLqZVGCnB5fVuVpGGRcBErYYSM/s16000/BlackMagic3-p21.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-51709356945227983642020-10-28T02:10:00.000-07:002020-10-28T04:59:18.062-07:00Adventures Into The Unknown #152<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 28</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Adventures
Into The Unknown #152</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB_gkh6xfRev9-KelieCFc-ctDTpM3eZujl9G69i1vwcgQWAhpf5SFOaRFtPpLlML4QtP1kW-dkv6CiYeCjLOJY1-LsBCqPk9voJzL5eLD29RcctX5Idb7eQd_01KBt0IgPAl9lUh0nA/s2048/AitU152-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1394" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjB_gkh6xfRev9-KelieCFc-ctDTpM3eZujl9G69i1vwcgQWAhpf5SFOaRFtPpLlML4QtP1kW-dkv6CiYeCjLOJY1-LsBCqPk9voJzL5eLD29RcctX5Idb7eQd_01KBt0IgPAl9lUh0nA/w436-h640/AitU152-cover.jpg" width="436"></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br> The
Crapbox secures a copy of the first
ongoing horror comic</b></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Editor – Richard E.
Hughes</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>August 1968</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Luck.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It isn’t skill that causes the Crapbox. It is the
luck of the draw. In this instance, a very roughed-up $4 buy from Half-Price
netted me a copy of issue 152 in for what Wikipedia bills as the medium’s first
ongoing horror-comics title. Published by American Comics Group starting in
1948, the initial issue was written by none-other than Frank Belknap Long, one
of the early contributors to the Cthulhu Mythos. Unlike many American horror
comics, it weathered the public outcry of the 1950’s unscathed and ran for a staggering
174 issues, ending publication in 1967.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Can’t wait to crack open the cover after that
introduction? Neither can I. Let’s get to it.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Gravy Train!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk54508968"><i>Writer
– Kurato Osaki</i></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Art
– Johnny Craig</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span></span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The story out of the starting gate isn’t very
strong, but it does set some of the tone of these, which are much like the Twilight
Zone shows that had aired a few years before this was published. I don’t know if
this is a deviation or inline with the prior 151 issues. This story starts off
with the birth of Dexer, who it appears was born a bit mentally deficient. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvv52s2CRD-1znwH1FV4jHUZ-uDI1POvx6VLjxJqXdpHJgs5a6f6MDaWESPGVZvhTq-4piWXOCItN2jzMNKX-MHTRmiuJuL3T-1RjRxKIFwfB8DnsJoN3AZkh1w0RR2nIY2F8FozokNr0/s1268/AitU152-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1268" data-original-width="837" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgvv52s2CRD-1znwH1FV4jHUZ-uDI1POvx6VLjxJqXdpHJgs5a6f6MDaWESPGVZvhTq-4piWXOCItN2jzMNKX-MHTRmiuJuL3T-1RjRxKIFwfB8DnsJoN3AZkh1w0RR2nIY2F8FozokNr0/s16000/AitU152-p1.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Dexter had a bit of a troubled time in school, with
none of the other kids wanting to play with the poor lad. His father however
was a beam of pure sunlight, spending time with Dexter. He filled his son with
hope that there was a special train…a gravy train…that would stop for Dexter if
he was a good boy and if he was ready to hop on board when it did.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZD1M-quQv_GIn3JLw6q8TZ2W4LGG7WjR8jU3pjBFZgN-2Gtlh0pOVj4yVThRTuUvzRrFIJHNG6wtdxA_zPXnXzQaSQG9mJ9L94ut3WlvwE5SltoX2xsombBgiAov5WcTYQNLAHoQiSM/s1200/AitU152-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5ZD1M-quQv_GIn3JLw6q8TZ2W4LGG7WjR8jU3pjBFZgN-2Gtlh0pOVj4yVThRTuUvzRrFIJHNG6wtdxA_zPXnXzQaSQG9mJ9L94ut3WlvwE5SltoX2xsombBgiAov5WcTYQNLAHoQiSM/s16000/AitU152-p2.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As a child, Dexter became fascinated by trains,
even being allowed by the engineers in the roundhouse to help them move the
engines in and out. However, after Dexter’s parents passed, he was left destitute
and living on the streets. He got hung with the nickname Dopey Dex and forced
to take a street sweeper job. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAlwIFClJbksP8K2ZE15FwVZZvihRyj1sba13JCRWkA_1YYoa6R1zGKjABXpKGXfOVuYdWqlldREAgI1J9vnxOhlgJExrwCYHWcnGCjU7HoNDZOeOSK1W10mRNwoCFGlasCk48iF5VFM/s1224/AitU152-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzAlwIFClJbksP8K2ZE15FwVZZvihRyj1sba13JCRWkA_1YYoa6R1zGKjABXpKGXfOVuYdWqlldREAgI1J9vnxOhlgJExrwCYHWcnGCjU7HoNDZOeOSK1W10mRNwoCFGlasCk48iF5VFM/s16000/AitU152-p3.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But Dexter never game up hope of getting his chance
for the good life. He dreamed of having all the trappings of a good life, from being
pampered, to wearing nice clothes, and dining in finery. Nor did he give up his
love of trains, eventually falling in with the hobos that rode the rails. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjdIsIkQ4lcNpAjApAbavllOyTOcxeCtQxE9YYKkySIYYtTvYq9bJ49wIyLJhxhe6302V8CV5Y1EVefMr2fSRXQ-wdPDSzui1V-8cZt26Av_p_eWPWFovyoFbF90dJY61AAWnABrqYaM/s1220/AitU152-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTjdIsIkQ4lcNpAjApAbavllOyTOcxeCtQxE9YYKkySIYYtTvYq9bJ49wIyLJhxhe6302V8CV5Y1EVefMr2fSRXQ-wdPDSzui1V-8cZt26Av_p_eWPWFovyoFbF90dJY61AAWnABrqYaM/s16000/AitU152-p4.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He shared his simple-minded vision of the gravy
train that would come for him one day, and none of them disputed his version.
Yet several of them had plans for a gravy train of their own: robbing a million-dollar
cash shipment. A robbery that would involve Dexter by necessity. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRn-V541KS_wj2TvkeystzS6q5cJLq59e367Qdxr469JsQHkuYiI60NeesW2quqBxnZM-ycnWGRWTrl8mnkp-hvKF3Oj_YB5iBK16ZFs5FEMabpM_5XkZuCSPbEhoYDOKZ0oLlCrITyE/s1216/AitU152-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJRn-V541KS_wj2TvkeystzS6q5cJLq59e367Qdxr469JsQHkuYiI60NeesW2quqBxnZM-ycnWGRWTrl8mnkp-hvKF3Oj_YB5iBK16ZFs5FEMabpM_5XkZuCSPbEhoYDOKZ0oLlCrITyE/s16000/AitU152-p5.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And rooking the dear simpleton into helping might
have been child’s play…but they didn’t recon on Dexter being upset when they
kill the engineer. So upset that he confronts them and gets shot himself. As
the gang goes to murder the rest of the train crew, Dexter drags himself into
the engine room.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOWS-eRUsDlvtRdWOKVSGih3Khp3wOsHLn73EH32POgsWGnbF8BNVLBqu-Or7O2ZgbIxHpmHcEiZIt8eZuG08eCMe43h8SHhAcfOruRN84ZzaM-6yUIHBmNEJ3k_GhhXW8v0EHTgf8As/s1223/AitU152-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEOWS-eRUsDlvtRdWOKVSGih3Khp3wOsHLn73EH32POgsWGnbF8BNVLBqu-Or7O2ZgbIxHpmHcEiZIt8eZuG08eCMe43h8SHhAcfOruRN84ZzaM-6yUIHBmNEJ3k_GhhXW8v0EHTgf8As/s16000/AitU152-p6.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Remembering how to put the train in motion, Dexter takes
off before the gang can set a stick of dynamite to blow the cash car’s door
knocking them from the moving locomotive. Dexter gets far enough away from them,
stops the train and then falls prone himself.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLm78jwk88HRJTRHX9Y3UIx7GKeB7ny_ZwqijM_0gg366tA8o9dEqF48qdUZwpwv1CB0IRGtv-L3mTHK9UyBNAeR8aDIL4P7ACvjFTMEaNxirtyi9VHjjiUlDRbdhFQiOX1txG3QNDkY/s1221/AitU152-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDLm78jwk88HRJTRHX9Y3UIx7GKeB7ny_ZwqijM_0gg366tA8o9dEqF48qdUZwpwv1CB0IRGtv-L3mTHK9UyBNAeR8aDIL4P7ACvjFTMEaNxirtyi9VHjjiUlDRbdhFQiOX1txG3QNDkY/s16000/AitU152-p7.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">He awakes to find the train gone and the tracks
empty. He doesn’t see hurt by the bullet anymore, either. And then to his
wonderous eyes, the gravy train rolls up. He is ushered on and given every
courtesy…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXxj2XswiqMLB5461COJjYnF2XLCh3HcAfSgRA6P61Y7r1DXuZhLY1TVAkXLVt9pkOoDHuDnGOZYQdJNzOhSNjYUc2lO2cImfRb_gpnP0xRgW6hmjTOAhL7oqrXZ3gBvB6VvbONNlmHs/s1220/AitU152-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="827" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmXxj2XswiqMLB5461COJjYnF2XLCh3HcAfSgRA6P61Y7r1DXuZhLY1TVAkXLVt9pkOoDHuDnGOZYQdJNzOhSNjYUc2lO2cImfRb_gpnP0xRgW6hmjTOAhL7oqrXZ3gBvB6VvbONNlmHs/s16000/AitU152-p8.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…And of course this is his ticket to heaven, as the
bullet proved fatal. Not that Dexter has any cause to complain. His dreams have
finally come true.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4ZPJ63bJbx-sDA7LkKV1AS9isViL_9ClPhF9P-ggAVGMwjdu1ony72n3rt_zGW4L9kGbaLvsTBAicpIKdThus3P6IypXlRPtWlCT58RDBEXQPrPRMZjDthddtuUiXyPzplHBeI9NpIc/s1219/AitU152-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw4ZPJ63bJbx-sDA7LkKV1AS9isViL_9ClPhF9P-ggAVGMwjdu1ony72n3rt_zGW4L9kGbaLvsTBAicpIKdThus3P6IypXlRPtWlCT58RDBEXQPrPRMZjDthddtuUiXyPzplHBeI9NpIc/s16000/AitU152-p9.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Suspicious People</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Zev Zimmer</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Art – George Wilhelms</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our next tale takes a sci-fi bent, beginning with a
rocketship from Earth arriving to a cheering throng on the alien world Mauricia.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYG1GthAMuGUPWnZPpAItT5OQ4vcyMMCx5IleeEui7IDQyFV9JGDSpTdy_26-g9Pvu_FpAinzNbOwPFZBAaCZ16I4WiYdEceJMoYHYxQKLe2RbeTa2sy4rMJJjuSgKBrE53wC4J_Dhe0/s1228/AitU152-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrYG1GthAMuGUPWnZPpAItT5OQ4vcyMMCx5IleeEui7IDQyFV9JGDSpTdy_26-g9Pvu_FpAinzNbOwPFZBAaCZ16I4WiYdEceJMoYHYxQKLe2RbeTa2sy4rMJJjuSgKBrE53wC4J_Dhe0/s16000/AitU152-p10.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Soon the Mauricians send a delegation of their own
to Earth, something that worries the Americans at first, until the realize it
is only one ship. Notice that Americans suspicious about aliens is kind of a
common theme both in real world and in comics. Here though, they allow the
craft to land unmolested, which is a mistake. As soon as they touchdown they
release a vaccine! </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HPe781ut6Vl8KumMkBZ-BS5InEyZIzEY-DIijKFXEoZJDKi0r4t6xgW17U-w6Esq75L_rRW2Gs0PKzEin25qhSaxGFuZmNT1OQLy4UzHLx0dFrwaSpUkO4Xx2_l3TL7yrgAj9e-bgnk/s1213/AitU152-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6HPe781ut6Vl8KumMkBZ-BS5InEyZIzEY-DIijKFXEoZJDKi0r4t6xgW17U-w6Esq75L_rRW2Gs0PKzEin25qhSaxGFuZmNT1OQLy4UzHLx0dFrwaSpUkO4Xx2_l3TL7yrgAj9e-bgnk/s16000/AitU152-p11.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">(Note: this is not what a vaccine does) The alien gass
causes animals to grow to gigantic size and become obsessed with wiping out
humanity.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQKEhKpftue-eqosJyNoDGG1IuHudqXl63Sldp5k-42fgs0OWZYymWEugVcanFxpL2fRGeQWd7Cx7IPrKtq0QTjqW1pN9Rm6MtUwDijjFXEY7fBMXkQnvBz2UDujOSCqm9gAMi3agWdM/s1231/AitU152-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1231" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPQKEhKpftue-eqosJyNoDGG1IuHudqXl63Sldp5k-42fgs0OWZYymWEugVcanFxpL2fRGeQWd7Cx7IPrKtq0QTjqW1pN9Rm6MtUwDijjFXEY7fBMXkQnvBz2UDujOSCqm9gAMi3agWdM/s16000/AitU152-p12.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Which they do, toot-sweet, only to then fall victim
to their own rapid growth and die off as well.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1dA5UaDARksE8H7ze-mXMn5FQRXTcm9qOjIWmEuLDgdSIAU2U0SkzkenwMLt8v8jtIkSyEjKFdt2_1uwtuHdn0DWCIjRdAhM5CzV322IR7Bbh9DzdHyu_LsPL8pS4x_XDMouNfSs6WA/s1213/AitU152-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="815" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjP1dA5UaDARksE8H7ze-mXMn5FQRXTcm9qOjIWmEuLDgdSIAU2U0SkzkenwMLt8v8jtIkSyEjKFdt2_1uwtuHdn0DWCIjRdAhM5CzV322IR7Bbh9DzdHyu_LsPL8pS4x_XDMouNfSs6WA/s16000/AitU152-p13.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The Mauricians celebrate the death of humanity,
brought about by the act of visiting Mauricia and giving them humans to experiment
on to prefect their vaccine. The story ends with the Mauricians declaring this
was only possible because they are the most suspicious people in the entire universe.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8RNyVbdAiOXDiTD7TYP_VQRKPAyl65NgsZQiS-y0L6qGTVsbW_G9gTzX45dO3qYLl6mTEr28vcvQta9mcBEa4oubybRHMp-A-vOksrCFSDBeW5O1TaMOwNaf_MRkFD8yG5EEt0Hn-L8/s1213/AitU152-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgg8RNyVbdAiOXDiTD7TYP_VQRKPAyl65NgsZQiS-y0L6qGTVsbW_G9gTzX45dO3qYLl6mTEr28vcvQta9mcBEa4oubybRHMp-A-vOksrCFSDBeW5O1TaMOwNaf_MRkFD8yG5EEt0Hn-L8/s16000/AitU152-p14.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>The Ghostly Patrol!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – Pierce Rand</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Art – Hy Eisman</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And now a WWII tale about a Nazi submarine, shown
here taking down a freighter in the English Channel.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkgK1Tx73B2Rk0UH8M87lsmKZ7vl9wLFke-tBOC2Tv1AVM3uwwll4Lvgv7EV_Zn73QrmmQ6EZIt3NQT8UhW70fHj7sVZnnuLBddlTDjom8rE9bb09TYmkzi_FXu_JVdihPT-1CUM_FQo/s1218/AitU152-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="806" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDkgK1Tx73B2Rk0UH8M87lsmKZ7vl9wLFke-tBOC2Tv1AVM3uwwll4Lvgv7EV_Zn73QrmmQ6EZIt3NQT8UhW70fHj7sVZnnuLBddlTDjom8rE9bb09TYmkzi_FXu_JVdihPT-1CUM_FQo/s16000/AitU152-p15.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">When the u-boat surfaces to strafe the survivors,
they find this ghostly craft who has rescued this sole survivor. The semi-transparent
comes straight at the German war machine.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Wl38Y5YRuTwV9NcvuyH-hf-Ap0mdF-ICqc7Ah9yzxkd2octIvv26M3m-jmr4oDOgEVFf2GU8-bEaabzhs_yV_XAf8wtiZ7no7KwSeUXHQ6tDnnv6W8EgMYk0Coh6wME5g6zm-SX6CE/s1211/AitU152-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiR0Wl38Y5YRuTwV9NcvuyH-hf-Ap0mdF-ICqc7Ah9yzxkd2octIvv26M3m-jmr4oDOgEVFf2GU8-bEaabzhs_yV_XAf8wtiZ7no7KwSeUXHQ6tDnnv6W8EgMYk0Coh6wME5g6zm-SX6CE/s16000/AitU152-p16.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And the craft’s main gun sinks the sub. Later the crewman
taken aboard is found adrift by another naval craft. His story doesn’t check
out, as “The Sea Spite” was a ship sunk in the first World War. Woooah!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9b3EEfZRdUfq3sFccwshVCoG75ml_thcd7LU23YVtXbbkSCET6rIeQrR-lkowPbMDv_y4uXvLxC6jCmNOymDLbqZYTCp4JxAWdS06X6CtdkcYfX2LdydlSFi-fRtdqfug6f7g9mfJDVM/s1226/AitU152-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="830" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9b3EEfZRdUfq3sFccwshVCoG75ml_thcd7LU23YVtXbbkSCET6rIeQrR-lkowPbMDv_y4uXvLxC6jCmNOymDLbqZYTCp4JxAWdS06X6CtdkcYfX2LdydlSFi-fRtdqfug6f7g9mfJDVM/s16000/AitU152-p17.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Lucky Shield!</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writer – unknown</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Art – Pete Costanza</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i> <br></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Our final wrap-up tale is this one, with some dynamite
art by Pete Costanza. We begin with Davey pestering his uncle about his explorer
adventures.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiSoNABMAWT7cFx-19fqIWKNIvYa1j7ielcR0tm3zdVFeZLF5gxwQkRr-F7DPCeKv5qEYbgWN_hyphenhyphenyizGrOcBdcGPDXKgyH-AVmS-I5QabTGEOBiQEf15b-jvYHn-malMvbCD6fK8T0M/s1232/AitU152-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="820" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLPiSoNABMAWT7cFx-19fqIWKNIvYa1j7ielcR0tm3zdVFeZLF5gxwQkRr-F7DPCeKv5qEYbgWN_hyphenhyphenyizGrOcBdcGPDXKgyH-AVmS-I5QabTGEOBiQEf15b-jvYHn-malMvbCD6fK8T0M/s16000/AitU152-p18.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Which unwind into this tale of a shield called Luck
of the Zanubis. The Zanubis being an object held with almost religious reverence
by a tribe of dangerous warriors in Africa. Davey’s uncle visits them but finds
it impossible to be allowed to leave once there. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYrx1sFW-APR5BIhihv_NDoT5xr6aOydlVvJ-VAmmLldSKb0hFWwu6J0dvG01fXR8eaO0H57M5q_o_rac2OxjuXwuZcSjTAT8aAZPtAQj9V_6rbfjlOxt4XkCsaGw__dkcVvhzDDFmk4/s1232/AitU152-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGYrx1sFW-APR5BIhihv_NDoT5xr6aOydlVvJ-VAmmLldSKb0hFWwu6J0dvG01fXR8eaO0H57M5q_o_rac2OxjuXwuZcSjTAT8aAZPtAQj9V_6rbfjlOxt4XkCsaGw__dkcVvhzDDFmk4/s16000/AitU152-p19.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">However his uncle disarms the chief and takes the
shield from him, using reflective light to blind the tribesmen while they make
their escape. Thus the shield saved his life. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1514_oOSp1Qr-I0rx-udx-0ID56GuroWtiGzTFhX5BVpE6mAspD6f2UwnkfxKu9Ddt2ZvXVgdweGO-VLlM6LiaCwTPQ29h0vtr872g5tnC_zfi2g03igkE8fw1I6vFhRypMiAD2kRLOo/s1210/AitU152-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1514_oOSp1Qr-I0rx-udx-0ID56GuroWtiGzTFhX5BVpE6mAspD6f2UwnkfxKu9Ddt2ZvXVgdweGO-VLlM6LiaCwTPQ29h0vtr872g5tnC_zfi2g03igkE8fw1I6vFhRypMiAD2kRLOo/s16000/AitU152-p20.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Davey borrows the shield to play with (because he’s
a bit of a precocious shit) and loses it somewhere in the sea caves around his
hometown. From there he grows up to live an unremarkable life, regretting that
he lost his own personal luck when he lost the shield.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiQvM6R8LssvDhB-kjKwBS8jnreIptqIPdmvweAE68IDZAvXaTL7ttox1TvuqoqxBJxpvMC5pOUxiPYyDmgt-8sy3PsPdXGUe1dqa8RoUe29Ys-4zHC8NyoCsaD8XRPc5QHpM8XYLDew/s1235/AitU152-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1235" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNiQvM6R8LssvDhB-kjKwBS8jnreIptqIPdmvweAE68IDZAvXaTL7ttox1TvuqoqxBJxpvMC5pOUxiPYyDmgt-8sy3PsPdXGUe1dqa8RoUe29Ys-4zHC8NyoCsaD8XRPc5QHpM8XYLDew/s16000/AitU152-p21.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">His one redeeming moment is Hildy consenting to be
his girlfriend. She has him show her all the places he used to play as a kid on
a lark one afternoon…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqhcQN3ZNR6lqEU0bKsCDY6M9oipl2sWvGhI9-NlAoAm3_pzvcmcK8Z5n5weAaoi_KTnlQ8dSYp5n2u4BjFdhvKfk6Yhe8zwFmpDjDK0k6YY1T2pP0HJF6J_QfE16G2BwKd1OwzfI5Z0/s1210/AitU152-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUqhcQN3ZNR6lqEU0bKsCDY6M9oipl2sWvGhI9-NlAoAm3_pzvcmcK8Z5n5weAaoi_KTnlQ8dSYp5n2u4BjFdhvKfk6Yhe8zwFmpDjDK0k6YY1T2pP0HJF6J_QfE16G2BwKd1OwzfI5Z0/s16000/AitU152-p22.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…which leads to them getting lost in the caves.
However, a bright light shines in while they sleep forming into the ghost of Davey’s
uncle, who makes an arrow out of stones pointing to…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYY4F4abO4omWzQ3cFsDBJzCU1jhJkD-gLYw5GzvqngwYtrJiNSPD9jzxwD5IinQ5N75wvCDKOA_d0euJv3jYe0dFWiM0Xzbcj6mh_v_n1C1R_hI9100Ll3vWtEp_SPIYnvlzSz6aJlI/s1217/AitU152-p23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiYY4F4abO4omWzQ3cFsDBJzCU1jhJkD-gLYw5GzvqngwYtrJiNSPD9jzxwD5IinQ5N75wvCDKOA_d0euJv3jYe0dFWiM0Xzbcj6mh_v_n1C1R_hI9100Ll3vWtEp_SPIYnvlzSz6aJlI/s16000/AitU152-p23.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…the shield, hidden in the dirt. Hildy shines it up
and they use it to reflect light toward some fishermen…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo4gIeuvixwsb2uK0cWF2-3mTEvngf7cUMB9YY3LMz8KdnLqgAZZMMfaGHwYIZPS9bvjCiH6pImc57mw-vQ-6ddRVjOVAX80DazUbBENFrKx8fpGuBi6GfRwXZxOdr9ZitquCoKLmSrk/s1232/AitU152-p24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1232" data-original-width="820" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvo4gIeuvixwsb2uK0cWF2-3mTEvngf7cUMB9YY3LMz8KdnLqgAZZMMfaGHwYIZPS9bvjCiH6pImc57mw-vQ-6ddRVjOVAX80DazUbBENFrKx8fpGuBi6GfRwXZxOdr9ZitquCoKLmSrk/s16000/AitU152-p24.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…who ignore them…and then to a captain of a patrol
boat, who swoops in to rescue the pair. Yay! Now don’t be a shit, Davey, and lose
things.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhwQj1qml62JfbvI1l4mTQZxpcmlZWFDysy_3gIRRPrwGJlTLjf6JOLfvvQ0o_FzXAZWmgaN9-5nJl3k8p6uvx1xXAfhgvd_YL6-OZauoihfF3SgxOLNFRWIf0g9uz-DLH5yrbtQXwBQ/s1847/AitU152-p25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1847" data-original-width="1241" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIhwQj1qml62JfbvI1l4mTQZxpcmlZWFDysy_3gIRRPrwGJlTLjf6JOLfvvQ0o_FzXAZWmgaN9-5nJl3k8p6uvx1xXAfhgvd_YL6-OZauoihfF3SgxOLNFRWIf0g9uz-DLH5yrbtQXwBQ/s16000/AitU152-p25.jpg"></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">In all, these are diverting and a good value for
the money. I certainly will keep my eye out for more of them, if ever I stumble
upon them.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The
Invaders #31</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbMagBubJt8iSeobR8yRmrZbT_CLOVNv-v3etUQP_emHLuop-2ufU9v0xp0PsPeqY_Zo4XMavw2M-foy8IzpmVrvqp2aJKLZg8imUNWX5emH4EoQjNDm9TvED6-bLRAB0wDe9OnpTLqs/s2030/Invaders31-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2030" data-original-width="1337" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizbMagBubJt8iSeobR8yRmrZbT_CLOVNv-v3etUQP_emHLuop-2ufU9v0xp0PsPeqY_Zo4XMavw2M-foy8IzpmVrvqp2aJKLZg8imUNWX5emH4EoQjNDm9TvED6-bLRAB0wDe9OnpTLqs/w422-h640/Invaders31-cover.jpg" width="422" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> <br /></b></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Nazi
Frankenstein must be deployed!</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> <br /></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>“Heil Frankenstein!”</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Writers – Don Glut</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Penciled – Chic Stone</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Inker – Bill Black</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Colorist – George Roussos</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Letterer – Orz</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Editor – Roy Thomas</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>August 1978</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The Invaders, Marvel’s attempt to cash in on WWII
superhero comics two decades after that conflict ended, threw out the vampire
trope in issue number 7. They didn’t do a half-bad job of it either. Baron
Blood remains a great concept, a Nazi vampire with the cool look of a
supervillain.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">They don’t appear to have fallen down the werewolf
hole, but with this issue they pulled out Frankenstein, dressed him up in a
Nazi officer uniform, and walked him around a bit. And that sounds figurative,
but it actually is mostly literal. You’ll see, you’ll see.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We begin here, in the past for us but in the future
of the story the issue tells. The Invaders are taking a brief respite at Farnsworth
Manor, somewhere-somewhere. Speedster member Spitfire is cleaning the manor and
finds a giant Nazi hat. Before she can wonder who’s hat this is, in walks
Captain America, ready to lay down the story. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvap9WG5l67m53PqS_YCS9tQAdF2uewozKWfVWJGHbagji4z8YrRNTr4YJFG1StZwMnbofZQX8AH-qoIX2PUqelOK67XMZUgyFAxkVSMbKZ34R_o4oEmk1YH4XUvHHDu5-PdIqRsiHvBA/s1088/Invaders31-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1088" data-original-width="802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvap9WG5l67m53PqS_YCS9tQAdF2uewozKWfVWJGHbagji4z8YrRNTr4YJFG1StZwMnbofZQX8AH-qoIX2PUqelOK67XMZUgyFAxkVSMbKZ34R_o4oEmk1YH4XUvHHDu5-PdIqRsiHvBA/s16000/Invaders31-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Do that Wayne’s World time travel thing, Cappy! </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSEJTrGa9tDJSwwWHjiNv59WvE1Hvcmw_R6Qk5mnd_yfmKBYi4cRpVJPcadZkAFo7PB913ZvGaZkg1PZV7A0AdXg7C4jX19wH4iaUpScy6CAmElpK-ESvn_phnR2a18oFsPVKK_qwLpI/s1218/Invaders31-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifSEJTrGa9tDJSwwWHjiNv59WvE1Hvcmw_R6Qk5mnd_yfmKBYi4cRpVJPcadZkAFo7PB913ZvGaZkg1PZV7A0AdXg7C4jX19wH4iaUpScy6CAmElpK-ESvn_phnR2a18oFsPVKK_qwLpI/s16000/Invaders31-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And off we go to the Swiss Alps, where Cap, Bucky,
and Namor are accosted upon arrival by a torch bearing mob. Once introductions
are made, the villagers calm a bit, but what could have gotten them in such a
frevor? Why, none other than a “horror beyond all comprehension.”</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCGL_sRa710k7a7nmqylmtYpaQsrjIieJbjjTuOU8Db82xYJ94O6bKTOpV2L5_Jo_f1ph-o08zMyyY9hxFn-x8p3xmumlyy_Pvte-92Daonr93ApClE1kIKSj8kK5D90tmxoNuGwkA0Y/s1210/Invaders31-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVCGL_sRa710k7a7nmqylmtYpaQsrjIieJbjjTuOU8Db82xYJ94O6bKTOpV2L5_Jo_f1ph-o08zMyyY9hxFn-x8p3xmumlyy_Pvte-92Daonr93ApClE1kIKSj8kK5D90tmxoNuGwkA0Y/s16000/Invaders31-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4ttUgTK1RVXilEzObQqoNTG63atYESbcdyvOco3U-EA6KZIQtLRwRac7_IIRO-mwa9aMa8fFP_Pg1Qvy8TZWXfTuf8PSBxd4bxjizjLp-9SvklKF1hCAnNjd43CZii7RQULnGfxwOAA/s1216/Invaders31-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgu4ttUgTK1RVXilEzObQqoNTG63atYESbcdyvOco3U-EA6KZIQtLRwRac7_IIRO-mwa9aMa8fFP_Pg1Qvy8TZWXfTuf8PSBxd4bxjizjLp-9SvklKF1hCAnNjd43CZii7RQULnGfxwOAA/s16000/Invaders31-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">First they had to endure their dead being dug up. Then
the torches arrived and weren’t as social as cap and company, heading straight
for the cliched castle on the mountainside above the village. And lastly came visits
from a giant stalking humanoid monster, who killed several villagers. I’m only
gonna say this once, people: pack you crap up and get out of there! That would
have been my solution. This group decides to take the fight to the castle and
its new Baron Frankenstein occupant.</span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PO809MfNhQnLH5e-8nVzdnL9oKeuHvHW5IEB0mJ_Fdn_zekU7LJ47DydG2F5YOZXnbypMGCRA0hqFmwb2ffaRQpq5ggXApFU7JP3YBd_LWLyRtHeeu70d7iCpmtN9pCRzfdMclhB0Kc/s1204/Invaders31-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2PO809MfNhQnLH5e-8nVzdnL9oKeuHvHW5IEB0mJ_Fdn_zekU7LJ47DydG2F5YOZXnbypMGCRA0hqFmwb2ffaRQpq5ggXApFU7JP3YBd_LWLyRtHeeu70d7iCpmtN9pCRzfdMclhB0Kc/s16000/Invaders31-p5.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Cap and Bucky head to the castle in their stead,
leaving Namor to prevent the angry villagers from following. Leave it to this
book to utilize a horror trope right from the get-go. And splitting up appears
to be the wrong thing to do, as the pair runs into a squad of Nazi soldiers. Of
course this is Cap and Bucky, so the Razis are routed in no time. And then this
creature steps out of the shadows…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNGinimY9tgw6pzsD9lHLW-nMvQ4UzcYU-6mm0XYrjMCN5SelcYiV34yYJaSG2E6Rrrbmfjj-xoezIuHFVd9OAPiB2PLfFsS3v1u31ji-2D0Pa7i3emuu-rIG4pgDqbAkD6Coes8Z4bI/s1217/Invaders31-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="787" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmNGinimY9tgw6pzsD9lHLW-nMvQ4UzcYU-6mm0XYrjMCN5SelcYiV34yYJaSG2E6Rrrbmfjj-xoezIuHFVd9OAPiB2PLfFsS3v1u31ji-2D0Pa7i3emuu-rIG4pgDqbAkD6Coes8Z4bI/s16000/Invaders31-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeATJQeONOi88mYiA15MsCW-9d3ZYz53fGkrGrFpWvqqHdB23wbXSGkpLiXBdUvQgdz_0kdG-8JVd-RqnxGF8ymbc50hFD98JWdQhA7ULSZfpOV_BlBXdOHzgXwmpm7YfEh9cdmzReNE/s1219/Invaders31-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1219" data-original-width="803" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhCeATJQeONOi88mYiA15MsCW-9d3ZYz53fGkrGrFpWvqqHdB23wbXSGkpLiXBdUvQgdz_0kdG-8JVd-RqnxGF8ymbc50hFD98JWdQhA7ULSZfpOV_BlBXdOHzgXwmpm7YfEh9cdmzReNE/s16000/Invaders31-p7.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">That’s Frankenstein’s monster, make no mistake.
While Daddy Frank watches from the shadows, the creature puts the smackdown on both
our heroes and then drags them off stage right. When next we see them, they are
strapped down next to Toro, who is being waterboarded repeatedly to prevent him
from flaming on. The Human Torch is no where to be seen. Oh, and we get the
final panel showing Frank and Frank, Jr. are both Nazis. Although this appears
to be all his scientist “daddy” has taught the creature.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N1sRlOG1iqJF1HX9k-vWI2lvWok_D1dw6EATtmiBVZyQJmWQI-ZqzhpbU6CXJyfXc7S-M6XmI3L8HUSOjE2uV60sQ58KtFZv5VyfP8WJo0ObT1b9AQCmmHbw1D666NxUCmaYso3-mNU/s1220/Invaders31-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj0N1sRlOG1iqJF1HX9k-vWI2lvWok_D1dw6EATtmiBVZyQJmWQI-ZqzhpbU6CXJyfXc7S-M6XmI3L8HUSOjE2uV60sQ58KtFZv5VyfP8WJo0ObT1b9AQCmmHbw1D666NxUCmaYso3-mNU/s16000/Invaders31-p9.jpg" /></a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Then ‘stein senior gets to monologuing about how
hard it is to be a Frankenstein, heir to the name and legacy of the monster
maker. He was forced into this line of work (instead of just moving away and
changing his name or something). But due to his paralyzed legs stiff fingers,
he has to have his Japanese lab assistant Dr. Kitagowa to do all the hard work…like
digging up bodies and lugging them to the castle, one supposes. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRJR5YPMxT2SyAjzUZ2I2QPXpyzqMXauwEqGQmu96QS9TeZxfQ4mlAvbnRvYX6yG9ug-oHd-s9M13BrpgIxIc-NvgXMPcRhcsy-raaTCK-ugJsJAWZSy24VGx7wQ2xDRkvchuq4b_eE8/s1226/Invaders31-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="804" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvRJR5YPMxT2SyAjzUZ2I2QPXpyzqMXauwEqGQmu96QS9TeZxfQ4mlAvbnRvYX6yG9ug-oHd-s9M13BrpgIxIc-NvgXMPcRhcsy-raaTCK-ugJsJAWZSy24VGx7wQ2xDRkvchuq4b_eE8/s16000/Invaders31-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Oh, and they have a master plan too. They are going
to make an army of Frankenstein soldiers for Hitler and put Basil’s brain in
Cap’s body. And we also find out the Human Torch is in a glass chamber with his
energies being drained to power the Baron’s experiments. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFb8ZTLIa57nsba0MWDR8gW25xs_MRvySpk26KYe8tZ7qlq-eb3Lj8h4nHnnlWbsKqtCkDpgPSPs0C8CwgKvfvjWIC3lNUtol_cU3I9ZPgyrL4Wz4no-DS0foKld7d9JC2vpK4aTrOR8/s1208/Invaders31-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsFb8ZTLIa57nsba0MWDR8gW25xs_MRvySpk26KYe8tZ7qlq-eb3Lj8h4nHnnlWbsKqtCkDpgPSPs0C8CwgKvfvjWIC3lNUtol_cU3I9ZPgyrL4Wz4no-DS0foKld7d9JC2vpK4aTrOR8/s16000/Invaders31-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">With that revelation, the bad Dr. switches on his
evil equipment making flashing lights outside. This enrages the villagers anew
and provokes a curious Namor to finally give up trying to corral them in town. He
takes off to the castle and catches a glimpse through one of the upper windows
of the doc’s mad scientist layout. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sKPbKck8dh-ZIB3-u2SJtkLSAt3JSdq-epUJEtbrCNSqmF4xmqLvO_oGw12VMnJTEnFXd32tHLbr-_0Hl1F_2ZIIQcLavpnU2MuWFoOyJn_RWGs_ip45gRCRc_YuN0bNZDTP7fExPw8/s1228/Invaders31-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1228" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2sKPbKck8dh-ZIB3-u2SJtkLSAt3JSdq-epUJEtbrCNSqmF4xmqLvO_oGw12VMnJTEnFXd32tHLbr-_0Hl1F_2ZIIQcLavpnU2MuWFoOyJn_RWGs_ip45gRCRc_YuN0bNZDTP7fExPw8/s16000/Invaders31-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Meanwhile, the Human Torch’s energy causes the
monster of Frankenstein t grow in size so much so that he bursts free of the bonds
holding him. The villages start to riot and rush the castle. Namor, meanwhile
has seen enough, and uses one of the giant electric pole thingies to smash both
the skylight…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmLn0b3Zosi_EDs3wuQyyMipKWse6eV12JTz03fCSn5fLV5mc6OODm_eMwrFSpU2H79qIZ2NgSe0Oo09lb4uL0Ls10DYI_6_hhSvnaelVEP9Zq73v4XZIHcDjCDwY0Fnwf1mjvGn6jp0/s1203/Invaders31-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPmLn0b3Zosi_EDs3wuQyyMipKWse6eV12JTz03fCSn5fLV5mc6OODm_eMwrFSpU2H79qIZ2NgSe0Oo09lb4uL0Ls10DYI_6_hhSvnaelVEP9Zq73v4XZIHcDjCDwY0Fnwf1mjvGn6jp0/s16000/Invaders31-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">…and the Torch’s enclosure. As he flames on, the
mob takes on the Nazis. This gives Torch time to burn Cap’s bonds through…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxjmaenNm81EA6C_3f3AkjA5ZJSXxIcGxSuLqkxwBuL2ZYsiTTBtFSbOfrcedXcxhbu2HvfGOGZCaZkadpXcRR9qOn0ZRDJQXlvcl-emfYfZHje51ffscyCBp2zTgGZMcOjE-URkFFCc/s1209/Invaders31-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1209" data-original-width="806" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPxjmaenNm81EA6C_3f3AkjA5ZJSXxIcGxSuLqkxwBuL2ZYsiTTBtFSbOfrcedXcxhbu2HvfGOGZCaZkadpXcRR9qOn0ZRDJQXlvcl-emfYfZHje51ffscyCBp2zTgGZMcOjE-URkFFCc/s16000/Invaders31-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">….which leads to a five-on-one dogpile on
Frankenstein’s monster (what? You though someone was gonna fight they guy in
the wheelchair? This ain’t an X-Men book, bubby.)…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt21hGw4ZsdP0xKovOfIXGUJdDXVXmOxorZLg2GCMz4PAZm8H3VaRgLkiltz52aEDhnt6eh1NQ7F_cAhhy3aZ6VqiSWVmrntKPddgircTj-sMtmpM9S_0m3QxYC_kytwFODufcS0BEP1I/s1215/Invaders31-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1215" data-original-width="794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt21hGw4ZsdP0xKovOfIXGUJdDXVXmOxorZLg2GCMz4PAZm8H3VaRgLkiltz52aEDhnt6eh1NQ7F_cAhhy3aZ6VqiSWVmrntKPddgircTj-sMtmpM9S_0m3QxYC_kytwFODufcS0BEP1I/s16000/Invaders31-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">…and our heroes make the monster cry. No.
Seriously. They make him cry. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoVJ9Qik_uvcuWIuxIi05EhgC6eb5VZxpeOi-0ISqSvxEG9zoHZZk0Hi1Hn9FrV_sy977ACURN8FWjI7WIdc8yXhp_qCrjRfVS48XiVJjZKhkOIt7yo70OAE7P0_ktBPAoF6d8Gk9V_M/s1221/Invaders31-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1221" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIoVJ9Qik_uvcuWIuxIi05EhgC6eb5VZxpeOi-0ISqSvxEG9zoHZZk0Hi1Hn9FrV_sy977ACURN8FWjI7WIdc8yXhp_qCrjRfVS48XiVJjZKhkOIt7yo70OAE7P0_ktBPAoF6d8Gk9V_M/s16000/Invaders31-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And he gets so sad that he nabs both of his
creators and hurls them and himself from the castle walls to their deaths. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1iEm1mOB9vhyFbJA14oVLTjqjhATANup1-M3m5oiYOUODNbrM8sYla7VC-vEgTDfH3Sl0qNSlTRZCF_QKFLzjzF2KUhuybczUsOurONLGN73DwD4OgHlEzxX6I7c9pXt0aLYrnN6KjY/s1220/Invaders31-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="795" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJ1iEm1mOB9vhyFbJA14oVLTjqjhATANup1-M3m5oiYOUODNbrM8sYla7VC-vEgTDfH3Sl0qNSlTRZCF_QKFLzjzF2KUhuybczUsOurONLGN73DwD4OgHlEzxX6I7c9pXt0aLYrnN6KjY/s16000/Invaders31-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The villagers want to burn down the castle after
all that has transpired, but the Human Torch won’t let ‘em because the monster
was a hero in the end or some balderdash. We have a one panel return to our
wrapper for this tale and a tease that Thor will be making an appearance next
issue…and we’re out!</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5bRVqM3EPgM16V1q3Ox7BJlpJHE8rpbeMygK4YbFIMRplCpXIuHTgPpQAUZrjD0O4oStyQK3XphmmhuouAK-FyXFuGiyWAQdIj7KStgxQ52-4b9zmcAUPfaHbpGXKsWHaYt1xhkcQXw/s1210/Invaders31-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="809" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw5bRVqM3EPgM16V1q3Ox7BJlpJHE8rpbeMygK4YbFIMRplCpXIuHTgPpQAUZrjD0O4oStyQK3XphmmhuouAK-FyXFuGiyWAQdIj7KStgxQ52-4b9zmcAUPfaHbpGXKsWHaYt1xhkcQXw/s16000/Invaders31-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seventeen pages! I was shocked at how flimsy this
issue was once I finished scanning and had to go back twice to recheck my
count. Not eeking out 20 pages is a cardinal sin in a book from the 70’s, and
this one couldn’t even muster 18. Still, it is a complete story, but there were
several fight scenes that appeared abbreviated and that ending might have been
performed in a rush (okay, Frank throws everybody off a cliff – The End! What
about the Nazis? Oh, uh…they jump after them – The End! Lolz). </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Still, you got to see Cap punching Frankenstein.
That’s worth a couple of bits.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-51607338128843856822020-10-26T02:33:00.000-07:002020-10-26T02:33:15.217-07:00Witchblade vs. Frankenstein: Monster War #3 of 4<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 26</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Tie-Ins
and Strange Team Ups </b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Witchblade
vs. Frankenstein: Monster War #3 of 4</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b> </b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rUlIiBYKgytJKVFVKDO9ecpK6NPVBWYBITZTc0LYPz_E4As9r0YSdlnNE4_mTRAQnCUF9jK1ojFjzJ1iEasfoNp8mQ6VNOptNxlzEB9Ok-luhO0vYJn7SnAHzvooVjfMBAipEGr-pHs/s2048/MonsterWar3-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1331" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-rUlIiBYKgytJKVFVKDO9ecpK6NPVBWYBITZTc0LYPz_E4As9r0YSdlnNE4_mTRAQnCUF9jK1ojFjzJ1iEasfoNp8mQ6VNOptNxlzEB9Ok-luhO0vYJn7SnAHzvooVjfMBAipEGr-pHs/w416-h640/MonsterWar3-cover.jpg" width="416" /></a></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /> </b></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b>Top
Cow “Universe” gets even crazier</b></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Writers – Christopher
Golden & Tom Sniegoski</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Penciled – Vitor
Ishimura</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Colors – Scott Kester</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Letterer – Troy Peteri</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>Editor – Jim McLauchlin</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i>August 2005</i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And…Occasionally the Crapbox spits out the rare
issue that causes me to go WTF in technicolor with sprinkles. The “Monster War”
series qualifies for that.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Now, pitting your heroes against movie monsters is
as old an idea as can be. I’ll even throw one out to you in just a day from
Marvel in the 70’s. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">That isn’t as surprising to me as the fact that
there is a “Top Cow Universe." I knew that The Darkness and Witchblade had
crossovers, what with Jackie Estacado having the hots for Detective Sara
Pezzini that goes pretty far back in their shared history. And I guess the
Magdalene was introduced in The Darkness, so that fits. What I hadn’t gotten to
in my read-throughs was that Lara Croft of the Tomb Raider video game franchise
somehow got glommed on to this as well. Then we add in the Universal classic
monsters and…I don’t know. Seems like a house of cards that is already got some
leaners in the mix. Let’s take a look.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We are approaching this at issue number three of a
four issue miniseries so the book isn’t wasting any time setting things up for
us. Our first page is the Platinum Kiss brothel, where beard-o and the sexy “model
for every woman in a Top Cow comic book” have just boned. He’s leaving and
making plans to return, when they inspect a noise heard downstairs.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy-IVuNkvQe9dABoK8IG2INlXmKkvc8XH5IYmw835XAATxRpEA08HGmk7MsTgYUVA1F3v_8hhxPCNMa-xhairQ1WRWVn5jPmpT-zRxd660jG7UdxSVdg5zuP2rtNItsR9PCAqMfwNInE/s1339/MonsterWar3-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgyy-IVuNkvQe9dABoK8IG2INlXmKkvc8XH5IYmw835XAATxRpEA08HGmk7MsTgYUVA1F3v_8hhxPCNMa-xhairQ1WRWVn5jPmpT-zRxd660jG7UdxSVdg5zuP2rtNItsR9PCAqMfwNInE/s16000/MonsterWar3-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Where the pair find Dracula is in the hiz-zouse,
and he’s killed all the other prostitutes. I’m not certain if I’m more upset by
the murdered females or by the fact that they all look like Victoria Secret
models. I mean, can’t one of them show a different body type? No? Fine. I guess
this is a high-dollar house of prostitution. Carry on.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbtd4Sl8ZpTccgJ8vjJoxuDNv-OcGogqOrGw3ZM_LkjbB1UZvwmwJjylqLZcxhrXBqWq9Z9GTXEwzr-_UnNHlcUiIWc6bB2AN_2H4HGXreMNBAmez7JOSBGLKqMWk_yHm2I_M0sbkweU/s2001/MonsterWar3-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2001" data-original-width="1317" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTbtd4Sl8ZpTccgJ8vjJoxuDNv-OcGogqOrGw3ZM_LkjbB1UZvwmwJjylqLZcxhrXBqWq9Z9GTXEwzr-_UnNHlcUiIWc6bB2AN_2H4HGXreMNBAmez7JOSBGLKqMWk_yHm2I_M0sbkweU/s16000/MonsterWar3-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Moving on, the book introduces detective Sara
Pezzini who is the current possessor of the mysterious supernatural gauntlet-slash-uberweapon
known as the Witchblade. She’s pulled in on the case of the “lotta dead
hookers”. All the while her icky romantic bad-boy love interest Jackie Estacado
watches from across the street. Jackie is also a holder of supernatural power,
being possessed by or the possessor of some kind of demonic force known as “The
Darkness.” </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHreV0e51CMhPU4dY1uYZOoj38o6cqX8W3ni1gzHcUPmOkF-slTb8oxRxYKqCynjyHlsHEtCAEwjKdT7gPa92uKbYu3XuS8l_UkHdIBIaqaQxgslhiagX3c13jPvD5OE7BJXAJNSWyAw/s1331/MonsterWar3-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVHreV0e51CMhPU4dY1uYZOoj38o6cqX8W3ni1gzHcUPmOkF-slTb8oxRxYKqCynjyHlsHEtCAEwjKdT7gPa92uKbYu3XuS8l_UkHdIBIaqaQxgslhiagX3c13jPvD5OE7BJXAJNSWyAw/s16000/MonsterWar3-p3.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Sara warns Jackie to stay out of this while his
crowd of demonic darkness entourage-creatures look on. Jackie steps out for 24
hours so he doesn’t make things messier for Sara, but warns that after that
he’ll be coming for answers because this threatens his protection rackets.
Which gives us our one-on-one battle in this book. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHwvGhrakSLl1plFO8KMycyUDbl9yWNiMBvGWoITA81dCmPpvess8f6SDDmo9n4-ilDPvCgKOqYLbPNfYip4wUWTobIC5t4ph4zcaFPr0OgejV4Z0ZerCobyaaxAUptTZ8bNI3NjYxBg/s1317/MonsterWar3-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1317" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjLHwvGhrakSLl1plFO8KMycyUDbl9yWNiMBvGWoITA81dCmPpvess8f6SDDmo9n4-ilDPvCgKOqYLbPNfYip4wUWTobIC5t4ph4zcaFPr0OgejV4Z0ZerCobyaaxAUptTZ8bNI3NjYxBg/s16000/MonsterWar3-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3N9RwgK72kLcDQ1zFUHXVBO6fpZG-yKYycLJ2c2Q5Uiz6k0FuiD27994itCEy_LUUmDpo2AjKwjiRA6fSN7xHZafNY9K3AA3FzbtbmNRweetAUtsTt1vqjUr_FVV2kUyyDR6RYlday0/s1319/MonsterWar3-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgF3N9RwgK72kLcDQ1zFUHXVBO6fpZG-yKYycLJ2c2Q5Uiz6k0FuiD27994itCEy_LUUmDpo2AjKwjiRA6fSN7xHZafNY9K3AA3FzbtbmNRweetAUtsTt1vqjUr_FVV2kUyyDR6RYlday0/s16000/MonsterWar3-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Then we flip over to Lara Croft and Dr. Henry
Jekyll who are trailing The Magdalena. Seems she got a little too close to the
vampire she was fighting in her part of this cross-over and now The Magdalena
has got herself all vampired. Our pair is hoping she leads them to Dracula, who
is conspiring with Jekyll’s subconscious Hyde persona. Hyde appears to have
been split from Jekyll….and I’m feeling like issue 3 was no place to walk into
this series at and I’m not even to the staples in the book. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vKafowDj-gMEKm9iJr8F4au1IRpj98UKGjw_4xWgbv2pkTKTZ9zKvdfdyIHfZTA2-1ccKTpReRHTvAkFRJ6PPu9QZmoDnGq2NMMQX5FwJVIln5OjVkydhwz163dthWZ0y-1qjLw70x4/s1346/MonsterWar3-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4vKafowDj-gMEKm9iJr8F4au1IRpj98UKGjw_4xWgbv2pkTKTZ9zKvdfdyIHfZTA2-1ccKTpReRHTvAkFRJ6PPu9QZmoDnGq2NMMQX5FwJVIln5OjVkydhwz163dthWZ0y-1qjLw70x4/s16000/MonsterWar3-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">But we have to keep plugging on in this mess that
is beginning to sound a bit derivative of something they stuck in the bastardized
movie version of League of Extraordinary Gentlemen: a formula from Hyde’s
blood. But never mind that, here is The Magdalena looking more naked than normal
(which is quite a bit anyway) as well as kinda of Fang-tastic. We are just
doing this to meet page count for mid-drift-baring women, because as soon as we
see she’s completely under Drak’s control…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GZBKXQDrI5U9-rDtZ-ltoG3hIF4FeURb2tmr8RRE3qS6VD1QzjFB5ZBUKGWmAl_S0lnjwzajhG6SmZFAdOT3C2D2AK8Uk0EBZJyDGgzHkjdc62vQsbza0H5YmRSc5ugsYHyy94mBxmA/s1307/MonsterWar3-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh4GZBKXQDrI5U9-rDtZ-ltoG3hIF4FeURb2tmr8RRE3qS6VD1QzjFB5ZBUKGWmAl_S0lnjwzajhG6SmZFAdOT3C2D2AK8Uk0EBZJyDGgzHkjdc62vQsbza0H5YmRSc5ugsYHyy94mBxmA/s16000/MonsterWar3-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…we switch back to Sara at the morgue. She’s with
this friendly morgue worker discussing the bodies and how they’ve been drained
of blood. He lets slip that they have a male John Doe too.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62H7OewqpCJxG0uDXTinYWsU-jzU6rmqLvVOJeMPify-uHT5f7CfERuosjxoqzQ7YVNbMS0fKObPA79VO4kw14Uq9Pb51kQwRhA1Dd-YIlSSE6DYXhZk0dI1y7Xb3F1Uk1ejg_A3xFhU/s1334/MonsterWar3-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi62H7OewqpCJxG0uDXTinYWsU-jzU6rmqLvVOJeMPify-uHT5f7CfERuosjxoqzQ7YVNbMS0fKObPA79VO4kw14Uq9Pb51kQwRhA1Dd-YIlSSE6DYXhZk0dI1y7Xb3F1Uk1ejg_A3xFhU/s16000/MonsterWar3-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6bekUB_k8BpLdQdu7U0HjSa9a33sCrFhoNyAqJWSYWffXaz2CwfVZtcWMYuhlozYWW9YqZAeQwx7_66iK9p5NOy6NzPbEDK6uX7dYL7OQxYvoVQfEiAIdkegzT82YDekfYscWYe1dJU/s1340/MonsterWar3-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhl6bekUB_k8BpLdQdu7U0HjSa9a33sCrFhoNyAqJWSYWffXaz2CwfVZtcWMYuhlozYWW9YqZAeQwx7_66iK9p5NOy6NzPbEDK6uX7dYL7OQxYvoVQfEiAIdkegzT82YDekfYscWYe1dJU/s16000/MonsterWar3-p10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And that turns out to be Frankenstein, who rips
through the wall and breaks the guy’s neck. Also notice they guy pees himself
and I don’t know what is wrong with him, because most of us don’t urinate tan
paint. What kind of pee soaks through dark colors in such a way that they make
the OUTSIDE of the pants turn orange? Frank killed the guy, but don’t kid
yourself. He would have been dead in a month from whatever is going on in his
kidneys.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoHOzYzWHqsOneZmiKqKbbHdzpK2mlgo8CKoSDYduwUYYJFBQmItjpOiMkOv3Fm1leVzo9WOUmDEJvkyh4q-fVAI2I2-R2SmMD2s71EEnm-KwHcnl3nWVF0YrLCytlZ0XG76otz5Cb1o/s1337/MonsterWar3-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCoHOzYzWHqsOneZmiKqKbbHdzpK2mlgo8CKoSDYduwUYYJFBQmItjpOiMkOv3Fm1leVzo9WOUmDEJvkyh4q-fVAI2I2-R2SmMD2s71EEnm-KwHcnl3nWVF0YrLCytlZ0XG76otz5Cb1o/s16000/MonsterWar3-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, Sara “Venom’s out” and we get four pages of
fight scenes…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQudqCfNx9KCvDLhXkvE4LZJmGOFat-gZbaH6ODkHtGDGucLAAwuzvxRDN1R_9AM2h8hxhCM7bMwrEqG8-yOzinMYtDscJv2nED9wfkc_AvvnKIJi_olMqONGu1OGISeD-Ylw75TEt9Q/s1342/MonsterWar3-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUQudqCfNx9KCvDLhXkvE4LZJmGOFat-gZbaH6ODkHtGDGucLAAwuzvxRDN1R_9AM2h8hxhCM7bMwrEqG8-yOzinMYtDscJv2nED9wfkc_AvvnKIJi_olMqONGu1OGISeD-Ylw75TEt9Q/s16000/MonsterWar3-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOkPpY6LcRV0Iewqi6hZ1x93FJSqo21URJ8mP6iffF3HyuiaWlQt6RXmhLdtcH85pGSeg6ZN6_uVZx-2Fp62CKzHWvjDV2XgZyZ2hdTixgX29LL19aig03oHkVfpxcd0vmhpb8-NlC3A/s1336/MonsterWar3-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtOkPpY6LcRV0Iewqi6hZ1x93FJSqo21URJ8mP6iffF3HyuiaWlQt6RXmhLdtcH85pGSeg6ZN6_uVZx-2Fp62CKzHWvjDV2XgZyZ2hdTixgX29LL19aig03oHkVfpxcd0vmhpb8-NlC3A/s16000/MonsterWar3-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0akdjg8BJUjmzmna38rFHHMxH1cUfShRx5xKqErytU5UeydVwbkWZV2NG1gEVMD4JmHSGMFsIvDnL57edsuMNLrM2-FQ7gRY_trc72Bho6vf02yf0kCo9Pz-pj3muwrurnB6hfeEFNc/s1342/MonsterWar3-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir0akdjg8BJUjmzmna38rFHHMxH1cUfShRx5xKqErytU5UeydVwbkWZV2NG1gEVMD4JmHSGMFsIvDnL57edsuMNLrM2-FQ7gRY_trc72Bho6vf02yf0kCo9Pz-pj3muwrurnB6hfeEFNc/s16000/MonsterWar3-p14.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgYoBLgdLxC0cymbtHgE3mD5Lj_WOlzOJ2TpWbJYCkjejIVId9Tvx67x-hpu7bPZIzkbQSIZUyFOblvSXiT7M9SeoOnMJBDSMINdlz81RPTXYHOSeP3qSBAN0SaRqtKmNuoQXkbgis2A/s1315/MonsterWar3-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikgYoBLgdLxC0cymbtHgE3mD5Lj_WOlzOJ2TpWbJYCkjejIVId9Tvx67x-hpu7bPZIzkbQSIZUyFOblvSXiT7M9SeoOnMJBDSMINdlz81RPTXYHOSeP3qSBAN0SaRqtKmNuoQXkbgis2A/s16000/MonsterWar3-p15.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And then Frank admits he just wants a bit of the
Witchblade, doing something to break a piece off. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr4BpQQnSYgV8d40FMfvFWli1vJLeOZx0VLCFuvQ6ljWCXtMpAZqrr0lRZkK4XJSszIB54vm9QFwDOPRieyRDqTReJM_LIwRt1BcdhVp29pRa-yBwzkDFwdiJzzcboSA_iKkOuMwCuW0/s1319/MonsterWar3-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQr4BpQQnSYgV8d40FMfvFWli1vJLeOZx0VLCFuvQ6ljWCXtMpAZqrr0lRZkK4XJSszIB54vm9QFwDOPRieyRDqTReJM_LIwRt1BcdhVp29pRa-yBwzkDFwdiJzzcboSA_iKkOuMwCuW0/s16000/MonsterWar3-p16.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">This creates a feedback response in Sara and she
curls up in pain. Frank takes his prize and meats up with The Vampire-dalena
and they stroll off into the moonrise to give Dracula his little present.
Appears they are working toward making the night eternal or some such.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rO6A_r5hc5xmPla9JmKC8KFYTw1o5VCDJVjaFX0S8205Cx8JRPiYSM0hOTEtNX6ryJgRxS9tcYoeioD1ixtq2J9oUcDujYx_Ul5KPuHijc5gs4jOQ-0uZJk1ZRdUznsOEh6k0oECpXo/s1337/MonsterWar3-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi2rO6A_r5hc5xmPla9JmKC8KFYTw1o5VCDJVjaFX0S8205Cx8JRPiYSM0hOTEtNX6ryJgRxS9tcYoeioD1ixtq2J9oUcDujYx_Ul5KPuHijc5gs4jOQ-0uZJk1ZRdUznsOEh6k0oECpXo/s16000/MonsterWar3-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Meanwhile Sara comes to just in time for our band
to start getting together. Lara Croft and Jekyll pop in to hear Sara’s tale of
how a dead guy took a chunk of her superweapon, which allows Jekyll to be all
cryptic and stare out from the corner of the panel. All the while musing…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKoDnXB7cnGYaYz2nfQFRTtmLGrL6STpkN0rkrvLlmwLJ7VS-bCKaQr54l5HhvSvr8M_VPoxnlWs2YjXpNkLQi4HJocgeOs9PNZ1Hv-Uk_TFfsL0p6bNsJzdSirfcfemVIz-A4aqOfyk/s1324/MonsterWar3-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrKoDnXB7cnGYaYz2nfQFRTtmLGrL6STpkN0rkrvLlmwLJ7VS-bCKaQr54l5HhvSvr8M_VPoxnlWs2YjXpNkLQi4HJocgeOs9PNZ1Hv-Uk_TFfsL0p6bNsJzdSirfcfemVIz-A4aqOfyk/s16000/MonsterWar3-p18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNsAMhTpwpZbAU2mIt2vnXiEtIBUulc7oMCJVaXHxHoKvBkYiurVbxycALQuHo01Q0AVn5PD7FQXTZQWx0Kr0qIULisbFIj_C7h60E9hbLUqQ5IGmT0bUdZFS10x4bgYjufbi902fOlU/s1338/MonsterWar3-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJNsAMhTpwpZbAU2mIt2vnXiEtIBUulc7oMCJVaXHxHoKvBkYiurVbxycALQuHo01Q0AVn5PD7FQXTZQWx0Kr0qIULisbFIj_C7h60E9hbLUqQ5IGmT0bUdZFS10x4bgYjufbi902fOlU/s16000/MonsterWar3-p19.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…as a lead in to the exposition from our Dracula
and Hyde about what their true plans are and what stakes are being set (before
stakes get stuck through hearts, I’m certain) in the next conflagration-ending
issue. Appears Hyde is using all these elements to create a potion that makes
vampires…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8RLB1iVf8svYd59M68KKGeRObBBQosGFdaRXXyDdY0fi3ZdX3ve35btAM9fqGRFH1tFexL9RgHjfymKXilgf_v7yEtcxhYOs8fMQ3fZs1L4jtrE6VSMEIjpS2-RA9cVYgCiVO0o4KhU/s1299/MonsterWar3-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1299" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin8RLB1iVf8svYd59M68KKGeRObBBQosGFdaRXXyDdY0fi3ZdX3ve35btAM9fqGRFH1tFexL9RgHjfymKXilgf_v7yEtcxhYOs8fMQ3fZs1L4jtrE6VSMEIjpS2-RA9cVYgCiVO0o4KhU/s16000/MonsterWar3-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CNoQpJRa-Yjl5YODv1b6aNvraXjY0MzVCb0_V6QxR-73qDTbrwl76gER0CS0MlZnwTyjhYTRTLxcAYZR8Ih0ZMbxgHUM11nMDNfBeMXU8FFl8gqIU26SdTgb1jgb43EWYuxa32Axj-s/s1315/MonsterWar3-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6CNoQpJRa-Yjl5YODv1b6aNvraXjY0MzVCb0_V6QxR-73qDTbrwl76gER0CS0MlZnwTyjhYTRTLxcAYZR8Ih0ZMbxgHUM11nMDNfBeMXU8FFl8gqIU26SdTgb1jgb43EWYuxa32Axj-s/s16000/MonsterWar3-p21.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidercCoJt0gC0Pm6JBIYR_c3z3jCfZ93w_QD_vU6gfxdRbwesW6z10CqlwH0p4rqfK8-Z2wiOanxl44L74n5H4IGXg8ZrN9oL1NPpMqH-HEW7Coe3xxQ8dwiTDJP4tZ12gaoiOkRRshIo/s1327/MonsterWar3-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1327" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEidercCoJt0gC0Pm6JBIYR_c3z3jCfZ93w_QD_vU6gfxdRbwesW6z10CqlwH0p4rqfK8-Z2wiOanxl44L74n5H4IGXg8ZrN9oL1NPpMqH-HEW7Coe3xxQ8dwiTDJP4tZ12gaoiOkRRshIo/s16000/MonsterWar3-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…Do THiS…wtf? I guess it splits people into an evil
vampire and a…bald, hairless Captain Picard? What. Does. This. Do? I can only
make assumptions as I am NOT digging more of these out of the discount bin. My
thought is it’s transporter-failure Kirk: one side emotional and a vampire, the
other side logical and a human. Hyde’s final words support that conclusion.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyway, that’s the end of this one. I believe The
Darkness was up next to face some classic monster, but no matter who got next
shift there was certain to be a lot of side battles with the other “Top Cow
Universe” characters. Lolz. Later for you, Top Cow.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-31549712715048571092020-10-25T07:06:00.002-07:002020-10-25T07:07:01.874-07:00Fistful of Blood #1<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 25</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Fistful
of Blood #1</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ncoXgRBhUIwrJYgCr_XuQsjkl0TAykgEZ83u9YGZa71VtzpEPRt1xL0xYtninBDlkCnxV_zjXWdhiXxJs-roIurguTVb-2cVlid-CkYdNSPVTjrSWTu7w4s5EIt07XWc2iQBJadR3L8/s2048/FistfulOfBlood1-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1323" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-ncoXgRBhUIwrJYgCr_XuQsjkl0TAykgEZ83u9YGZa71VtzpEPRt1xL0xYtninBDlkCnxV_zjXWdhiXxJs-roIurguTVb-2cVlid-CkYdNSPVTjrSWTu7w4s5EIt07XWc2iQBJadR3L8/w414-h640/FistfulOfBlood1-cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">A
refreshing little break</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Story – Kevin Eastman
& Simon Bisley</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colors – Tomi Varga</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – Nate Piekos</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Bobby Curnow</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">October 2015</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Occasionally the Crapbox spits out the rare issue
that surprises me with its inventive take of things. Fistful of Blood
qualifies. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Originally based on a Heavy Metal story by Bisley,
the tale was seen by Keven Eastman of “Turtles” fame. Eastman wanted to expand
the story out into a four issue mini series and got Bisley to sign on. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There is a bunch of confusion as to who did what on
this. The first issue afterward makes it sound like much of the art was
Bisley’s originally but then Eastman jumped in and redrew it and expanded the
story. I am not certain how it all went down, to be honest. The panels look to
be bits of both artists, in a good way.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As for the story, well it is bat-shit crazy with a
side of a Fistful of Dollars/ Yojimbo. It opens in an odd perspective flyover
of an old west town…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_n0tv7qcnxdKtU0YqNBFdFoOhBcl6o8XR1cOXMo8UA-zyus8jyo9aY-EQgOu6pf8inDkVXZuJDoTqQrRrVWaHyRJhb_u89Y9v2Cy3yZAb6j8j-xI-K4UF23ocN11Fv2hAj238ADJAug/s1348/FistfulOfBlood1-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiX_n0tv7qcnxdKtU0YqNBFdFoOhBcl6o8XR1cOXMo8UA-zyus8jyo9aY-EQgOu6pf8inDkVXZuJDoTqQrRrVWaHyRJhb_u89Y9v2Cy3yZAb6j8j-xI-K4UF23ocN11Fv2hAj238ADJAug/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…only we are told this is in the distant future,
instead of the wild frontier past. Out of the desert walks a beautiful blonde
in fishnet undergarments and nothing else in the Clint Eastwood role of the Man
with No Name.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxf6dPgp0mjBaYoY0NbBY5nsv246tdYerO6D6w_1ILT5Havg4EzMFQa24IMM5bjByGG41mu9n6XKXYlAMDH_JNh8zG5ahuXofqXMZYlizilbEqqqg0yYvvaTIJy83W2Pi0813Je0DfU8/s1336/FistfulOfBlood1-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyxf6dPgp0mjBaYoY0NbBY5nsv246tdYerO6D6w_1ILT5Havg4EzMFQa24IMM5bjByGG41mu9n6XKXYlAMDH_JNh8zG5ahuXofqXMZYlizilbEqqqg0yYvvaTIJy83W2Pi0813Je0DfU8/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She stumbles into town and passes out in the
street. A gaggle of townies go out to see if she’s alive…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLIhA6K-zOxSAmn9oVSqsbUWeLt25vPujZKvKr6xFg7G9E7-QeG2skEtiMIT9ZudNPQ-s_jlK9PqVgYJwkh5eOlV_LKGP39I6hscMrtfEW32OlU_N-N659R7a2av_YiN1VBLyBKUbxIU/s1348/FistfulOfBlood1-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicLIhA6K-zOxSAmn9oVSqsbUWeLt25vPujZKvKr6xFg7G9E7-QeG2skEtiMIT9ZudNPQ-s_jlK9PqVgYJwkh5eOlV_LKGP39I6hscMrtfEW32OlU_N-N659R7a2av_YiN1VBLyBKUbxIU/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…only they seem a bit off. While they mention doing
the unmentionable to her (and the bottom panel after they’ve pulled her into
the saloon shows rape is on their minds), they also appear to want to eat her.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSFMuEdimqGfwzNwvuMAGibf-H0vweNQYWaAFuwuQsoFSDWqeeb8lQ8ApE0j5SOCnMr38YEZ7SFhPBieqAQ62ebEhX5jzwNwLJT_mvyhyDg6HW94AEguejm0Pf8dtsqLdfQPnLpibyhI/s1347/FistfulOfBlood1-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjBSFMuEdimqGfwzNwvuMAGibf-H0vweNQYWaAFuwuQsoFSDWqeeb8lQ8ApE0j5SOCnMr38YEZ7SFhPBieqAQ62ebEhX5jzwNwLJT_mvyhyDg6HW94AEguejm0Pf8dtsqLdfQPnLpibyhI/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She wakes in time to pull one of their guns and
prevent both things from happening, although…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXloaKe-L3SquEfZWMlD2m2aDI3oleRsqpWA5rPHNHNWEvrsXsMwJVFPfVBrQATXdmoScn8NtlB8zHkym0hp-xPbCG1dvZXxvBn1pcsfxDLYj7HsfpkRQaEM2fLumYoktHBczq9s_olw/s1356/FistfulOfBlood1-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoXloaKe-L3SquEfZWMlD2m2aDI3oleRsqpWA5rPHNHNWEvrsXsMwJVFPfVBrQATXdmoScn8NtlB8zHkym0hp-xPbCG1dvZXxvBn1pcsfxDLYj7HsfpkRQaEM2fLumYoktHBczq9s_olw/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…blowing holes in these folks isn’t what stops
them. They don’t quit coming until she puts one in each cowpoke’s brainpan.
That makes them zombies.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-dFet_AQNkMVX-fDWULSG_d_ZVkvplWGRxjJ0EJ6HC5nsDvU6909FVJ4HdQoY-8sOsHzkoZx_M5iWZej9ze6eU905F-CH3cbtnamP8Y6IrYSlHCWl7-wgikcFepU_qXA3Rppzmm3Eis/s1340/FistfulOfBlood1-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQ-dFet_AQNkMVX-fDWULSG_d_ZVkvplWGRxjJ0EJ6HC5nsDvU6909FVJ4HdQoY-8sOsHzkoZx_M5iWZej9ze6eU905F-CH3cbtnamP8Y6IrYSlHCWl7-wgikcFepU_qXA3Rppzmm3Eis/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Now packing dual pistols, our supple young thing
wanders down to the town hotel. She is being watched by person or persons
unknown. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL3Ud6aji-i8akjb2qqhGKFsquSAekazbe_DqDA_9Pg8j_7cm5mnKoH3PGpl10plMXPigS_y4WTXDgRzT5cIYBwY0rKdOVOsZSbRAp0NUHpvYDf-bVJXBm1NYb3wFCZeXj9IYyUFkQjc/s1345/FistfulOfBlood1-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXL3Ud6aji-i8akjb2qqhGKFsquSAekazbe_DqDA_9Pg8j_7cm5mnKoH3PGpl10plMXPigS_y4WTXDgRzT5cIYBwY0rKdOVOsZSbRAp0NUHpvYDf-bVJXBm1NYb3wFCZeXj9IYyUFkQjc/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Once she gets there she encounters the one kind
face in an two full of zombies, it appears. He chucks his hotel’s lost and
found at her…</span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjr9Ol3Fs8QxnRU_gN6czF2-dxG74nMTCo6kVhuKM2CcLcjuWcltSi8yKiTj1IILejWj1AfRzYghQ0ouhEJ7bFVbn45n6bUXYp5ea-WbMgbMObyWOHJxtCJ582BWx-klpvGTozGUPuGM/s1351/FistfulOfBlood1-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifjr9Ol3Fs8QxnRU_gN6czF2-dxG74nMTCo6kVhuKM2CcLcjuWcltSi8yKiTj1IILejWj1AfRzYghQ0ouhEJ7bFVbn45n6bUXYp5ea-WbMgbMObyWOHJxtCJ582BWx-klpvGTozGUPuGM/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0zKqsgiX8uH9uBHYaOLS_oc7kajZCBWyPVRcoSM3W3D2TGzkMPiwAAYSRbfl8Q1ZU4vipuQFu7JDrSaAxApQF5FSNSq3tCCsdNZRHEyyuwDq1wkFZTSGHoM_pJ-3667X0XIKgoeS2eY/s1344/FistfulOfBlood1-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgG0zKqsgiX8uH9uBHYaOLS_oc7kajZCBWyPVRcoSM3W3D2TGzkMPiwAAYSRbfl8Q1ZU4vipuQFu7JDrSaAxApQF5FSNSq3tCCsdNZRHEyyuwDq1wkFZTSGHoM_pJ-3667X0XIKgoeS2eY/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p9.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and watches as she suits up. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_4Okdray5uS4_0yxfyOG029WofQSBAm5WOvLS-hKe_QZonluTEKH5ty-0c5Y4aUJMQcpnwMJY6MIi4bBP0txubAoQOeXRIaYeq1kvysmudbhpFaq9iMSIp7vceWu-Y4lJ8fPALMps0g/s1354/FistfulOfBlood1-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhs_4Okdray5uS4_0yxfyOG029WofQSBAm5WOvLS-hKe_QZonluTEKH5ty-0c5Y4aUJMQcpnwMJY6MIi4bBP0txubAoQOeXRIaYeq1kvysmudbhpFaq9iMSIp7vceWu-Y4lJ8fPALMps0g/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Once our butt-kicking broad has moderately more
clothes on, the hotel proprietor tells her tales of how this backlot of a movie
studio they are in was used in all the big budget westerns of the past.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyPVku6_WjjldUSl-99-Q92Vn36VZbuKLmAsBkP1eAYTT8XTus2agTjeuBd7zpnDYfI6fZtFoYdukP8msAXR5DzQWf9OqLWZNxQIjbMPEn00gUn1XzgwM56kEqszo65KFPv4f-A_3Z6Y/s1352/FistfulOfBlood1-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfyPVku6_WjjldUSl-99-Q92Vn36VZbuKLmAsBkP1eAYTT8XTus2agTjeuBd7zpnDYfI6fZtFoYdukP8msAXR5DzQWf9OqLWZNxQIjbMPEn00gUn1XzgwM56kEqszo65KFPv4f-A_3Z6Y/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And as they are waiting on the porch, more zombies
show up to offer the chick a truce and a job opportunity taking out the
competition. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKVIqbQdbwroesjexx1gSbDPvUSSGC_XemCHN8Kb1-M6-bd2L6lusExw__Ni7F1W0eFVsiJRCcAhwKI4jWGH_V5Q_hfSRCsVLxm4AULM-ubM-tBuEfbHtsdHLvN94GHb5vO2uHYfbn7M/s1323/FistfulOfBlood1-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxKVIqbQdbwroesjexx1gSbDPvUSSGC_XemCHN8Kb1-M6-bd2L6lusExw__Ni7F1W0eFVsiJRCcAhwKI4jWGH_V5Q_hfSRCsVLxm4AULM-ubM-tBuEfbHtsdHLvN94GHb5vO2uHYfbn7M/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-kuWiU3nRPCSlmuboHWz005uPejECBM65HWoP-WOCcIGz0t60jugJUc2SOQbcvvRPAjWogKr5GDfLG1gftVBglOcFRz8M4up-Gz68jEwsF1RgRxJwyhCa0wDylg95wGEIhINU79PEYo/s1347/FistfulOfBlood1-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEid-kuWiU3nRPCSlmuboHWz005uPejECBM65HWoP-WOCcIGz0t60jugJUc2SOQbcvvRPAjWogKr5GDfLG1gftVBglOcFRz8M4up-Gz68jEwsF1RgRxJwyhCa0wDylg95wGEIhINU79PEYo/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOBcgXCG5M7b1624ndi8rUYbzIeMJFqoT2fCoXQpB-qaZoKbfrRa0a8ZtlHG5f9IPPjkQMSNun_eoVaSBaacYrWiF4TxAbA1D5p5r6YL9jChGlGlNJ9MvIowNa9_iCrlCeeAzudBx7hM/s1340/FistfulOfBlood1-p14.jpg"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTOBcgXCG5M7b1624ndi8rUYbzIeMJFqoT2fCoXQpB-qaZoKbfrRa0a8ZtlHG5f9IPPjkQMSNun_eoVaSBaacYrWiF4TxAbA1D5p5r6YL9jChGlGlNJ9MvIowNa9_iCrlCeeAzudBx7hM/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">When our silent siren doesn’t answer in time, one
of the zombs decides to challenge her to a duel.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSn68xbLzFSGJeIntQK9YBXjirWA6rnIJqyr5owqUE923mhmlqKba41wyeWet5qsARGNvbNzACgnnelyAfeDGaFAPrD9r-wjQaaVtaW67yS0bi_kgEDgeTjuwJcVrGjNEzKMAd3CJ78Q/s1347/FistfulOfBlood1-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxSn68xbLzFSGJeIntQK9YBXjirWA6rnIJqyr5owqUE923mhmlqKba41wyeWet5qsARGNvbNzACgnnelyAfeDGaFAPrD9r-wjQaaVtaW67yS0bi_kgEDgeTjuwJcVrGjNEzKMAd3CJ78Q/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre1UJvRTn-SGWTLTtAFv1oiBo_kBOKvSvYXheRPj_exzoCNGKr-ssAhhbRJzoCi3I95q7I92PERaLUxVzuUCQy0alERAoy3HZEqrwpFyGLDAADvVekO9hKgGPlLQ-rDbKEtYK-Cl7tYc/s1350/FistfulOfBlood1-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhre1UJvRTn-SGWTLTtAFv1oiBo_kBOKvSvYXheRPj_exzoCNGKr-ssAhhbRJzoCi3I95q7I92PERaLUxVzuUCQy0alERAoy3HZEqrwpFyGLDAADvVekO9hKgGPlLQ-rDbKEtYK-Cl7tYc/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p16.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hOhM11WMZL4X1qYxXNg-8hQhyphenhyphenoledsC8To_TwTj3uCA5zqbj6m5sXH-FC0a1UsZnJmzXTUId2imy19ed9F0wDoCAj3gdM4rJlGJHZcgmuDXQt0w5XH_0f-g12n-Md_f-Lccja78sx34/s1356/FistfulOfBlood1-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3hOhM11WMZL4X1qYxXNg-8hQhyphenhyphenoledsC8To_TwTj3uCA5zqbj6m5sXH-FC0a1UsZnJmzXTUId2imy19ed9F0wDoCAj3gdM4rJlGJHZcgmuDXQt0w5XH_0f-g12n-Md_f-Lccja78sx34/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Worst idea this undead flatfoot ever had. She hands
him a serving of lead between the eyes.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TUlfcyymvlVs5ybfVyTVitARduNt_6vnbIFdb3KU0ta0C7L0Ozz6qAfaxvlpJCr9ZoXxhsyFqXZ7RlXfqNPDcNufl-Yq5_9lHFGJUhDYaB9WfQAmLJs4nW-dje3kVlZ0gnrfpbSyK7w/s1349/FistfulOfBlood1-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8TUlfcyymvlVs5ybfVyTVitARduNt_6vnbIFdb3KU0ta0C7L0Ozz6qAfaxvlpJCr9ZoXxhsyFqXZ7RlXfqNPDcNufl-Yq5_9lHFGJUhDYaB9WfQAmLJs4nW-dje3kVlZ0gnrfpbSyK7w/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And is ready to do more, but his stopped by the
zombie leader, not looking to end up more dead than he is already.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAx2uH3BvLowHpIqj4Y52rUpehiP1cY-JEzPyS3jRGpqVx0-WF1iUTcBMVjjTHef2JRbfl8Xerk4fEpDasfPMn_cWJNPS0nhjeFereEW9lxH6FF5KUzKU3a0AGH9xOlX-cOQxw8UtJSs/s1336/FistfulOfBlood1-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="844" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxAx2uH3BvLowHpIqj4Y52rUpehiP1cY-JEzPyS3jRGpqVx0-WF1iUTcBMVjjTHef2JRbfl8Xerk4fEpDasfPMn_cWJNPS0nhjeFereEW9lxH6FF5KUzKU3a0AGH9xOlX-cOQxw8UtJSs/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wvndFS8cxflB_DUgEOxYrEbLvVFRBLi0hFDltCgA2-iuvyeoJCeJ7Yj47f0fKfRFeD2O2UnN17BqFxa6B8F5W703wq_FAWlbhCJgwA_PCcBukAFJI0V3PYImznF3QvBUvhUnn-KKIA/s1345/FistfulOfBlood1-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="881" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgX5wvndFS8cxflB_DUgEOxYrEbLvVFRBLi0hFDltCgA2-iuvyeoJCeJ7Yj47f0fKfRFeD2O2UnN17BqFxa6B8F5W703wq_FAWlbhCJgwA_PCcBukAFJI0V3PYImznF3QvBUvhUnn-KKIA/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p20.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So the hotel manager puts her in a room for the
night…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xaFDFW2N2Xbbu10U5ywSjtFIwLtR5QqrPFNot1RcCnC7QzcRyGMewNyAzeffp0Eqx2AAssNWQCxUyD0REgQRDuzFigIbmKnSAM_Yp7LgQSg7vSMt_VNb7EKqbMrmhtKq6U8ZjYP1Z_Q/s1342/FistfulOfBlood1-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1xaFDFW2N2Xbbu10U5ywSjtFIwLtR5QqrPFNot1RcCnC7QzcRyGMewNyAzeffp0Eqx2AAssNWQCxUyD0REgQRDuzFigIbmKnSAM_Yp7LgQSg7vSMt_VNb7EKqbMrmhtKq6U8ZjYP1Z_Q/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gAx-gw-rGhrcEVfXYtBx9T1oqeP12bOpsQ_dMIsTajsecJY3TEJ1UliP1eFHPn5kYxYkvJhAvz3NRur0u5NLftuI9g1T16Unz7mBiGqmQko6GSlxLrhOJETLdJqkhtE1aEHplpcIU2A/s1340/FistfulOfBlood1-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3gAx-gw-rGhrcEVfXYtBx9T1oqeP12bOpsQ_dMIsTajsecJY3TEJ1UliP1eFHPn5kYxYkvJhAvz3NRur0u5NLftuI9g1T16Unz7mBiGqmQko6GSlxLrhOJETLdJqkhtE1aEHplpcIU2A/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and we await the other gang terrorizing this fake
western town. This one is decidedly “fang-tastick”.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU7KZrRMR-AWptLCpVZW0quv-QIucJOvbdHbJv12pjWYBkMHHBTGJVEcKmCLcFFNjObE3_dHIOm828Hpm2I3YGMah73pclRBQyrPYBKMHS64Iv-IaFpkyZijhcgVbQdxazsWl45vSVv0/s1343/FistfulOfBlood1-p23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrU7KZrRMR-AWptLCpVZW0quv-QIucJOvbdHbJv12pjWYBkMHHBTGJVEcKmCLcFFNjObE3_dHIOm828Hpm2I3YGMah73pclRBQyrPYBKMHS64Iv-IaFpkyZijhcgVbQdxazsWl45vSVv0/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p23.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9SjDjIH7jzMO7zNzNQnvLsWAms95k0jaRFFsNBzYrSiBKmXrKXn2-a290elNlEZvUMq-enYfz0XKM2dbkd-adoDoLdsoBigwZpAPvr1AMT2Wie2VI7nIKw8dTpZ5FLnoEMHByH6yYRo/s1351/FistfulOfBlood1-p24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgC9SjDjIH7jzMO7zNzNQnvLsWAms95k0jaRFFsNBzYrSiBKmXrKXn2-a290elNlEZvUMq-enYfz0XKM2dbkd-adoDoLdsoBigwZpAPvr1AMT2Wie2VI7nIKw8dTpZ5FLnoEMHByH6yYRo/s16000/FistfulOfBlood1-p24.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I love this idea and am now actively looking for
the rest of these. Eastman and Bisley make astonishingly great graphical sense
together and you couldn’t crib a better story to rework. Kudos all around. Look
for these, folks!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-21228552922394110372020-10-24T01:18:00.002-07:002020-10-24T01:19:02.365-07:00The Strain: Mister Quinlan – Vampire Hunter #1<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 24</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Tie-ins</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The
Strain: Mister Quinlan – Vampire Hunter #1</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SCAnkX9068bm7i9cv3SWJO6NhrG6MSWsOU_h87nEpY25IJ_05XPKK1OpAeFjuETbRNoTrU_WXxHGqKF-oS4bON1FSR4rrMo0BS-M1dCMyORVlOzFN9kQ6WjtNMvTNQkCZkQgFRrIJls/s2048/TheStrain1-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5SCAnkX9068bm7i9cv3SWJO6NhrG6MSWsOU_h87nEpY25IJ_05XPKK1OpAeFjuETbRNoTrU_WXxHGqKF-oS4bON1FSR4rrMo0BS-M1dCMyORVlOzFN9kQ6WjtNMvTNQkCZkQgFRrIJls/w420-h640/TheStrain1-cover.jpg" width="420" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /> </b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Not
what I thought this was about</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Story – Guillermo Del
Toro & Chuck Hogan</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – David Lapham</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Penciller – Edgar
Salazar</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker – Keith Champagne</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colors – Dan Jackson</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – Nate Piekos</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Assistant Editor – Kevin
Burkhalter</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Spencer Cushing</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">September 2016</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It’s on the shelf. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">That’s what I say when some property comes out that
looks promising or is by a writer/director/actor that I enjoy. It’s on the
shelf. I’m going to get to it. Eventually.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Strain TV show is one of those, although this
comic did dampen my spirits for it greatly. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And by on the shelf this time, I mean that
literally. Season one was on sale last Black Friday and I picked it up for a
song. And there it sits. On the shelf.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I like del Toro’s works. He has a few misteps (not
a fan of say... <b>Crimson Peak</b>), but his hits are far and away good enough to keep
blind-buying his horror properties. And The Strain looked like some kind of
weird Slither meets Contagion type thing. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then I pick up this book and find out it is
vampires. Again. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Now there is nothing wrong with a good vampire
story…I just had hoped for the other. (course now that seems like we got the
“live action version”, I’m pretty much virus-storied out.). </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this book (like one of my other tie-ins that didn't make the cut this time: <b>Grimm</b>) doesn’t really deal with the television series much at all. It
deals with one person on the series, who I assume is like Blade, some kind of
half-vampire that hates them and tries to kill them. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin in the Roman empire under Caligula. Seems
Caligula had this boy called THRAX…(just like that, in all capitals and
everything). </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk5nMVyfaaFKJZvs3Jxp3FPEg6NDMgR60GLGXoh5_AK56_6oTs-v0t6nWHBpvvFksKw9cgLkEVbDVi6qLPtLUAzbD-cUTWAsPC9f5o6lOar24wB-v7zgdZfb-O_nrYxOMP5HHAf_PCgU/s1344/TheStrain1-p1jpg.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjuk5nMVyfaaFKJZvs3Jxp3FPEg6NDMgR60GLGXoh5_AK56_6oTs-v0t6nWHBpvvFksKw9cgLkEVbDVi6qLPtLUAzbD-cUTWAsPC9f5o6lOar24wB-v7zgdZfb-O_nrYxOMP5HHAf_PCgU/s16000/TheStrain1-p1jpg.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Thrax…er, sorry…THRAX was carrying the vampire
known as the Master inside him and he was a favorite of Caligula, so nightly he
got seven virgins to suck dry.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARBzeBHz-SMs0ZSc9vP9XCXohVRyuE0uRdg3T3cxbmH6pQCsHQVhuWslSyQAt3N9jmOhNjkJmRoGO28hohi8F6ZLP4Y_1hoO-nYG881S2cFi7pUqgAP1PJCEGQ_49-TWCRhhBXiNUWQ/s1344/TheStrain1-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiARBzeBHz-SMs0ZSc9vP9XCXohVRyuE0uRdg3T3cxbmH6pQCsHQVhuWslSyQAt3N9jmOhNjkJmRoGO28hohi8F6ZLP4Y_1hoO-nYG881S2cFi7pUqgAP1PJCEGQ_49-TWCRhhBXiNUWQ/s16000/TheStrain1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Only one night, one of the girls wasn’t a virgin.
She was pregnant. THRAX had to kill her kid before it could be born
because…something, something …it’s a problem. Or I don’t know. It’s Blade. He
had to or the kid would be Blade. But then the guard broke in because someone
tried to assassinate Caligula, so THRAX left the girl guarded by humans and she
“transmorgrofied” (don’t ask me, it’s on the page) it a killer vampire, and overpowered
her guards.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgtaVy-ABQH_ZUs4vRiXGP_6KywaSkpMg4Ro4rOf6GEricbmCp_X1WAKPy3lyMGQ6XkPRGym82H4KY7uAZxQ2Jp6othHLMoSI_yXEeEKdauAJ_YYubSDAkSgkuVXC7Iu5Zjr-lU_XPPg/s1348/TheStrain1-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjhgtaVy-ABQH_ZUs4vRiXGP_6KywaSkpMg4Ro4rOf6GEricbmCp_X1WAKPy3lyMGQ6XkPRGym82H4KY7uAZxQ2Jp6othHLMoSI_yXEeEKdauAJ_YYubSDAkSgkuVXC7Iu5Zjr-lU_XPPg/s16000/TheStrain1-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She gave birth in the Roman sewers to a bouncing
baby vampire.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iGVQh9vNnwsHlHQYbQ33szEX0XD8B8wxBYQUrmBHHB8HOreXy3fdN8MlwzEK4i39bO-2FWsIqNEc07AOyj27rctfRmgIQfZL4ghYpJKYpWVbVY72xsPvuxy0zV9y7ahSe912bJov9KY/s1332/TheStrain1-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6iGVQh9vNnwsHlHQYbQ33szEX0XD8B8wxBYQUrmBHHB8HOreXy3fdN8MlwzEK4i39bO-2FWsIqNEc07AOyj27rctfRmgIQfZL4ghYpJKYpWVbVY72xsPvuxy0zV9y7ahSe912bJov9KY/s16000/TheStrain1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">They lived off stray people who got too close to
the sewers, mother caring for her child. Meanwhile, Caligula was finally killed
and Claudius chased THRAX away with some silver weapon carrying warriors. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCpMsY_aGdwBkkiVzwBH8YJ4obpkJ88bYejEEu3IkaxH7VlhyCsjwBJxqYuVZPv-ow7cAHnmNeuKUaj8PlTljugZFDrGpMgfwIhyphenhyphenSgNoGx1yfOAQloP-sEseMotRffsUln-iY3-c1otE/s1348/TheStrain1-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXCpMsY_aGdwBkkiVzwBH8YJ4obpkJ88bYejEEu3IkaxH7VlhyCsjwBJxqYuVZPv-ow7cAHnmNeuKUaj8PlTljugZFDrGpMgfwIhyphenhyphenSgNoGx1yfOAQloP-sEseMotRffsUln-iY3-c1otE/s16000/TheStrain1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This allowed our nascent Mister Quinlan to mature
for the next decade…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqEnpMo60dxaPwBRV6btJPsmfeDXalkaAn7_7Ms8myRUPsKDoNjhEWxaXfaXt20jB39ElSnZ1z-N_NngO73G3elCls0tQObKfJMJNWDjx3yt-cTBLH7yEMGn4qRUlXSh_ZRiijGUMSA8/s1349/TheStrain1-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiCqEnpMo60dxaPwBRV6btJPsmfeDXalkaAn7_7Ms8myRUPsKDoNjhEWxaXfaXt20jB39ElSnZ1z-N_NngO73G3elCls0tQObKfJMJNWDjx3yt-cTBLH7yEMGn4qRUlXSh_ZRiijGUMSA8/s16000/TheStrain1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…however, he still had to feed. He wasn’t injured
by the sun like his mother because the writer of this mess had Blade comics as
a child. Oh, dear god this is such a rip-off. Ha!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But he did get cornered by some warriors and then
his mom had to come save him.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioblE3RQCiQ8WbrLpbduKHl8Rycd6Vrk5UhZu8BkuWy8rQrtuF73l108fQuIK-XqZCW5JXxiDy2m7BzDnKYrEN3P8mxf2fEkWqv4C2t37HhUxxSwbCFm92gh7v6sj5xXvLUunVnXSH8Js/s1349/TheStrain1-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioblE3RQCiQ8WbrLpbduKHl8Rycd6Vrk5UhZu8BkuWy8rQrtuF73l108fQuIK-XqZCW5JXxiDy2m7BzDnKYrEN3P8mxf2fEkWqv4C2t37HhUxxSwbCFm92gh7v6sj5xXvLUunVnXSH8Js/s16000/TheStrain1-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTXEYPOzIhhq_TZxRX37ZRI1pmnA_vbvx9Ef_cn1By3fq3oY86Uz_aNfH7GTHH4qCEhAQ2V5ZlUCsgJ1ApgqF32fEbdUrWVVIpi5BsXw-t8uq7OjqXreP389WhwM5FjlbTSPtVd2saJY/s1344/TheStrain1-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmTXEYPOzIhhq_TZxRX37ZRI1pmnA_vbvx9Ef_cn1By3fq3oY86Uz_aNfH7GTHH4qCEhAQ2V5ZlUCsgJ1ApgqF32fEbdUrWVVIpi5BsXw-t8uq7OjqXreP389WhwM5FjlbTSPtVd2saJY/s16000/TheStrain1-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Only she did this at the cost of her own life but
he did learn how to chuck a spear. (so, yay?)</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagGj6D0_NOD_oxp6MOe1wApqteZMSR8ks7T3w9_kjeUlRYv1Gkd2SsxV8pKBVJIqbd4lsMDLXaglw1N3oIU00u4svmjgkd9PTkli7for_SGd7TNVcBfj-Xic-f8m0s9fbocnQ4rTLSzI/s1348/TheStrain1-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiagGj6D0_NOD_oxp6MOe1wApqteZMSR8ks7T3w9_kjeUlRYv1Gkd2SsxV8pKBVJIqbd4lsMDLXaglw1N3oIU00u4svmjgkd9PTkli7for_SGd7TNVcBfj-Xic-f8m0s9fbocnQ4rTLSzI/s16000/TheStrain1-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Thus, his dying mom sends him away to bring back
blood from the unknown eastern realm. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdor39i8ODP1OEJ-AzQJ1u7veHJ6L-zH4kOYwSETAfyJbr0W2MHr0WWjhIKa3rWUkmFllSQOp2bB0lZx_8dCgIR-9oMF2uE-p1FEAkJSE913mTB_kLC3coYaOi6-s7BVdUoO5FFv_4ls4/s1344/TheStrain1-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgdor39i8ODP1OEJ-AzQJ1u7veHJ6L-zH4kOYwSETAfyJbr0W2MHr0WWjhIKa3rWUkmFllSQOp2bB0lZx_8dCgIR-9oMF2uE-p1FEAkJSE913mTB_kLC3coYaOi6-s7BVdUoO5FFv_4ls4/s16000/TheStrain1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What our protagonist doesn’t realize is that his
mom sends him away because THRAX is BACKX! And he is stalking her so he can rid
the world of another rival.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfH2rJXzyKNbKj4C78yohhIWJMSjeniGitLhK5mko7Pe47jlxCfE5gkUVLY6kQepyrtbYNdQHOLM2ryIDjGu_jg8mEXEk7J66yS4XZfvAWTTrcWc2tWYJDjD4ELJPw9Eg71OcgXVGihM/s1348/TheStrain1-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="871" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsfH2rJXzyKNbKj4C78yohhIWJMSjeniGitLhK5mko7Pe47jlxCfE5gkUVLY6kQepyrtbYNdQHOLM2ryIDjGu_jg8mEXEk7J66yS4XZfvAWTTrcWc2tWYJDjD4ELJPw9Eg71OcgXVGihM/s16000/TheStrain1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">When Son makes it back with lunch, THRAX has
decapitated his mother, but due to the daylight, he can’t snag the son. Sonny
gets away </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAEmHWEQ2MRA1Y8XV3ndB2z3YGBNpEsqvrIEKF1Gl15tsSzRenWfSqFres-GgtipR6HBboPLka3Kg2TtJ35bbL87Xiq9095YFlYuvbRl67Qha1XaeqBUuxTKsvVsZ4O3gjNjPtUms4ZY/s1338/TheStrain1-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgtAEmHWEQ2MRA1Y8XV3ndB2z3YGBNpEsqvrIEKF1Gl15tsSzRenWfSqFres-GgtipR6HBboPLka3Kg2TtJ35bbL87Xiq9095YFlYuvbRl67Qha1XaeqBUuxTKsvVsZ4O3gjNjPtUms4ZY/s16000/TheStrain1-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But stops to snack on this small child. Not much of
a meal, if you ask me. More like a lite snack.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJLJfvdoLS47ZD8Ew63VGJjfanD7WL86bxRJxe6mv0ck8p0V5nqtwWtf29P3gL0yh6h2tIvhM5mkq-VwY57Tp4i_xSug1qFSwdIHyqVFaYFbz6pMdnG7y7GJk1UaFCIDRmKKycHCCyOM/s1344/TheStrain1-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiUJLJfvdoLS47ZD8Ew63VGJjfanD7WL86bxRJxe6mv0ck8p0V5nqtwWtf29P3gL0yh6h2tIvhM5mkq-VwY57Tp4i_xSug1qFSwdIHyqVFaYFbz6pMdnG7y7GJk1UaFCIDRmKKycHCCyOM/s16000/TheStrain1-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Anyhoo…this gets Sonny caught…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydfqWtENGQWgAXBzAYMeW1cJ9hjQU_AuBuGFwK15ZnmO3kLiFpvnkwvnNXY0J58FOEt0HifyRR8BR0AC8tItseBYISkZlavboxj19fb5Apvbc7SYZBQHjcbdN-I1JtlFMsj7q6z-ew98/s1349/TheStrain1-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiydfqWtENGQWgAXBzAYMeW1cJ9hjQU_AuBuGFwK15ZnmO3kLiFpvnkwvnNXY0J58FOEt0HifyRR8BR0AC8tItseBYISkZlavboxj19fb5Apvbc7SYZBQHjcbdN-I1JtlFMsj7q6z-ew98/s16000/TheStrain1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And naturally he is sent to the arena to train at
fighting alongside the other X-Men. Or whatever you call these freaky looking
guys. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP6X7cennk64tIfo_RQXeXDVCs-ApKWrZ7OsUl9RmQuufrNzhZh1XuDiv8MMdzhauaglkuvQqRshFCQhxY2H8xyQucRh7LZ9SpBDRR86VvjwsyWfh961KbndGobF0HC_49EHxr8c2cY8/s1347/TheStrain1-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXP6X7cennk64tIfo_RQXeXDVCs-ApKWrZ7OsUl9RmQuufrNzhZh1XuDiv8MMdzhauaglkuvQqRshFCQhxY2H8xyQucRh7LZ9SpBDRR86VvjwsyWfh961KbndGobF0HC_49EHxr8c2cY8/s16000/TheStrain1-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sonny makes friends with the super tall NBA player
that wandered on set that day…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsOa_8ybgy2-qXxjkCvtlMPgUxQP1dRXFp1X6H9YlFF99xIlPE9A_XMjIfHlDTQplgexWcAFJhH2XUjlcPIa_7U2oow2_HdDN0uaVrLQnHC0i0QkTppAS7XYs64V5Gc_hLQAvW-TF-Qg/s1338/TheStrain1-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXsOa_8ybgy2-qXxjkCvtlMPgUxQP1dRXFp1X6H9YlFF99xIlPE9A_XMjIfHlDTQplgexWcAFJhH2XUjlcPIa_7U2oow2_HdDN0uaVrLQnHC0i0QkTppAS7XYs64V5Gc_hLQAvW-TF-Qg/s16000/TheStrain1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…who trains him well enough for our boy to become a
super slick arena champion. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrHN0Fpsfxpe2xSuwhlf_XHAjzw2eGabHfTslXyqDVJ4wSpgEgjVrWuXVBwTe7rQ-l4zxkXheVobxf1Xv2bDr0ICwznALmzy02A6dvNZU-1ww7kiGFxmpupI5iOAfpxqj_I0Y2RKVJ-o/s1348/TheStrain1-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcrHN0Fpsfxpe2xSuwhlf_XHAjzw2eGabHfTslXyqDVJ4wSpgEgjVrWuXVBwTe7rQ-l4zxkXheVobxf1Xv2bDr0ICwznALmzy02A6dvNZU-1ww7kiGFxmpupI5iOAfpxqj_I0Y2RKVJ-o/s16000/TheStrain1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Thus, it should come as no surprise that THRAX hears
about this pale-skinned gladiator, and pays his fellow freaks a visit. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn76HE8Wyj3giEJYdiCAVfaMhFdjH1lthzWyPvxBm_qsZ6TvAtCKu8pV2s3f3HrKDsObqTpYmG8pScy-8atkqqa-OOwrzXXTDxunsDJkFYIpFTb5azCupiluOtV0xJpIO6r1DJJPsmMzc/s1349/TheStrain1-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjn76HE8Wyj3giEJYdiCAVfaMhFdjH1lthzWyPvxBm_qsZ6TvAtCKu8pV2s3f3HrKDsObqTpYmG8pScy-8atkqqa-OOwrzXXTDxunsDJkFYIpFTb5azCupiluOtV0xJpIO6r1DJJPsmMzc/s16000/TheStrain1-p20.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sonny and Basketball Jones are awakened by the
ruckus and step out to find the cast of the first four Resident Evil games
populating the arena hallways. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQTr5fT3c-aupX6VUehvi_kNqasYsQXhGV6DpFOCS8teEcHceMtmRr8EgMdOLLAOmdVKhLgo3twUocA9Xq2IAZaWnLqXG0V0ip-dMXFShg9pG5xwqQeGI9NY5ut662j1nxbEn1enjARw/s1348/TheStrain1-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgWQTr5fT3c-aupX6VUehvi_kNqasYsQXhGV6DpFOCS8teEcHceMtmRr8EgMdOLLAOmdVKhLgo3twUocA9Xq2IAZaWnLqXG0V0ip-dMXFShg9pG5xwqQeGI9NY5ut662j1nxbEn1enjARw/s16000/TheStrain1-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEAwEgWdU2rkOnXcuHnygTQhx131I8MxzeA9Tqd-ZPo9NDLdxMHDJpBfDgPrxDaZbO4q4b8sxeUNSd6ybjtONwNioYdtJpXaOxryvFUXLWn_PkPrJuLOEYy1dxREse-Ht-xqnrXr71IE/s1350/TheStrain1-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="871" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBEAwEgWdU2rkOnXcuHnygTQhx131I8MxzeA9Tqd-ZPo9NDLdxMHDJpBfDgPrxDaZbO4q4b8sxeUNSd6ybjtONwNioYdtJpXaOxryvFUXLWn_PkPrJuLOEYy1dxREse-Ht-xqnrXr71IE/s16000/TheStrain1-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And that’s where our prequel’s first issue ends. I
made fun of this, but truly it is a solid story. Just not very original. Enjoyable
and has me looking to check out the show now. Once I can find which shelf I put
those blu-rays on. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-84661910567034252192020-10-23T02:15:00.003-07:002020-10-23T02:15:41.702-07:00Patrick The Wolf Boy – Another Halloween Special<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 23</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Patrick
The Wolf Boy – Another Halloween Special</span></b></span></span></p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QQUmNmBM5gQpJyDcJwo_YMujTTQDbgzbq1dZ3j8cEQMVUktN1GlrSkhFDBIjtp62-Cam624TQLTHWXFYWkb2X4If33BoCT7pb2Mp4TjhzXwRbbiM-aMEzBT4Fx-qEcPcttADc-DPlyE/s2048/PatWolfBoy_AHS-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1321" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0QQUmNmBM5gQpJyDcJwo_YMujTTQDbgzbq1dZ3j8cEQMVUktN1GlrSkhFDBIjtp62-Cam624TQLTHWXFYWkb2X4If33BoCT7pb2Mp4TjhzXwRbbiM-aMEzBT4Fx-qEcPcttADc-DPlyE/w412-h640/PatWolfBoy_AHS-cover.jpg" width="412" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">This
isn’t for me</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – Art Baltazar
& Franco Aureliani</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Penciller – Art Baltazar</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker – Joy Baggins
& Taki Bekket</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – Domingo
Flamingo</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Dr Luis
Flamingo Jr.</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">October 2002</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">If I was going to pick up a book to get Art
Baltazar’s comic stylings, this probably wasn’t it. Balthazar is the guy behind
Itty Bitty Hellboy and the Eisner Awarded Tiny Titans. Those would have
probably been better to get. Or even an issue of DC Super-Pets or Superman
Family Adventures. Something where the fandom of it could soften the blow a
bit.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Instead the Crapbox delivers Patrick the Wolf Boy
and watches me twist in the wind.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Why? Because my grown-up sensibilities dislikes
this magazine very much. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I find nothing in the books entire length that
satisfies the need for paper or ink to be wasted on its creation. I found
myself bored throughout. To me, at fifty-three years old, there is nothing to
recommend this book. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">However, if you asked an 8 or 9 year old SoC…that
same kid who was completely less discerning with what he thought of Patrick, he
would probably say he liked him. This was the same kid that re-read the Peanuts
paperbacks from the library about 6 to 8 times each. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And that’s not to say that Patrick the Wolf Boy is
Peanuts caliber. That’s to say that Patrick the Wolf Boy is just as </span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">bland</span></i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> as a
Peanuts strip. There is literally nothing to be offended by in this book. The
jokes, what few there are that have punchlines, are like being hit with a
feather. None of them made me laugh. Or groan. None of them made me groan. They
just … were. And I turned to the next page. Waiting for something to strike me
as humorous. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Take the first “joke”…a two-page strip where the
school is having a student costume contest showing a few kids on page one…and
then Patrick as a regular boy first…then transforming into a werewolf …and then
everyone clapping…mystified me. I think it is the character design for Patrick the
human and Patrick the Wolf Boy are too similar. Both have pointy teeth and the
same shape. Only the shading on his hair changes. The subtly is too great in
this instance for the joke to land. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDxUX7IMHTN2sdfjl4CeKSZghU9Ozmc9pd4zRCRLcWlwvLcv9dyNzdwqKspwcyhMkacOEbCBhrr5toaJwVYk8SZq6qpZEaZipyv37-5JFiyoH7fARkMZPNgmnXRMqlndjvOhP45S-W94/s1363/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYDxUX7IMHTN2sdfjl4CeKSZghU9Ozmc9pd4zRCRLcWlwvLcv9dyNzdwqKspwcyhMkacOEbCBhrr5toaJwVYk8SZq6qpZEaZipyv37-5JFiyoH7fARkMZPNgmnXRMqlndjvOhP45S-W94/s16000/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjx1vI4wX9sxrirR1XKQ8WUrG0bwDAS5j-7el_hmV-aSX2SDs6dYsYwLGyMgVQmgUSFlvzNlxk89H-Q-TmgtXzF0PTQq4xGOl9nVMj6VwQHuz3IYAZclXi7GCkPtFIR7ynblST26HP5o/s1347/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkjx1vI4wX9sxrirR1XKQ8WUrG0bwDAS5j-7el_hmV-aSX2SDs6dYsYwLGyMgVQmgUSFlvzNlxk89H-Q-TmgtXzF0PTQq4xGOl9nVMj6VwQHuz3IYAZclXi7GCkPtFIR7ynblST26HP5o/s16000/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I’m on page three an I’m scratching my head at what
I’m supposed to find funny. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I move on to the next one, where we spend three
pages of Patrick in a wax museum for the joke to be “he thinks they are like
candles so he climbs up and looks for a wick on their heads.” Which falls three
panels from the final and the joke is under cut due to it. But also the lead in
is far too long and we are bored well before the punchline. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd_X1Fr71JHJSuFlW6C5vxPaQxAdHqeGD8PZ9e7Boj1RckpSta8iivKMFJ-4XvJ56aLg88qKsolSVsGhk2Y4mC5cbn56xsyxaFfoj5l40j2KZndJOJLtq2ymCcLq4KZPRDXnuvXUvmEs/s1340/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKd_X1Fr71JHJSuFlW6C5vxPaQxAdHqeGD8PZ9e7Boj1RckpSta8iivKMFJ-4XvJ56aLg88qKsolSVsGhk2Y4mC5cbn56xsyxaFfoj5l40j2KZndJOJLtq2ymCcLq4KZPRDXnuvXUvmEs/s16000/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmVpueI7At0RXGbnUrcQ_meAwycUFGxpJnsqm0pURHW1bv8xE7hyphenhyphen5VfODQcw3LRkSkxfIsMr67iXz75zszSoLlL5ZyXJlLO_3WWo4XIcpjmdvtpX1pItUj3jYC1vGwUCoPwQ0GDYgxjo/s1346/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXmVpueI7At0RXGbnUrcQ_meAwycUFGxpJnsqm0pURHW1bv8xE7hyphenhyphen5VfODQcw3LRkSkxfIsMr67iXz75zszSoLlL5ZyXJlLO_3WWo4XIcpjmdvtpX1pItUj3jYC1vGwUCoPwQ0GDYgxjo/s16000/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p5.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9nCtHIYGjNMGmKbZSX7K5TyJ4XGiXz-pFsQNWxau3P9np6HwvMjPS-doaQLtHXyMehiVRt9pSwwn03AmtKxVGWEZ7syChVBYB4DTZTle4cGJDF7rEedpYCrDwdGsFot7_OJ5orDG7pU/s1340/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY9nCtHIYGjNMGmKbZSX7K5TyJ4XGiXz-pFsQNWxau3P9np6HwvMjPS-doaQLtHXyMehiVRt9pSwwn03AmtKxVGWEZ7syChVBYB4DTZTle4cGJDF7rEedpYCrDwdGsFot7_OJ5orDG7pU/s16000/PatWolfBoy_AHS-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It’s not for me. Not at all. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There are more short funnies in the book, but this
thing is wolfsbane to me. Get it away. Now. Please. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-66658343682928584872020-10-21T03:19:00.001-07:002020-10-21T03:20:12.930-07:00Underworld Unleashed #3<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a name="_Hlk52120341"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 21</span></b></a></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Underworld Unleashed #3</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFRxqkni8VIIJsxOxXYjyJT6UuxAqmstIgIsyoyQrtWG7DERYsFspBOfDipTwcZhRtDlgP0Tl2OiSFAgMi166iuGk52Ew7yaS25FjMPvCTQXmFhyphenhyphenF4VNzerTEi8zn6WmjTL16PZMlTZs/s2048/UnderworldUnleashed1-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1337" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzFRxqkni8VIIJsxOxXYjyJT6UuxAqmstIgIsyoyQrtWG7DERYsFspBOfDipTwcZhRtDlgP0Tl2OiSFAgMi166iuGk52Ew7yaS25FjMPvCTQXmFhyphenhyphenF4VNzerTEi8zn6WmjTL16PZMlTZs/w418-h640/UnderworldUnleashed1-cover.jpg" width="418" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Not as good as it should be</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">“Seduction
of the Innocent”</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer
– Mark Waid</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Penciller
– Howard Porter</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker
– Dennis Janke</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colorist
– Rick Taylor</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer
– Chris Eliopoulos</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Assistant
Editor – Alisande Morales</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Associate
Editor – Ruben Diaz</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor
– Brian Augustyn</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">December
1995</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Underworld
Unleashed sounded like a pretty good idea: Use the supernatural Devil stand-in
that existed in the 90’s DC universe for a company-wide crossover that would
breathe new life into stale villain concepts by upgrading their powers to
things that fit the 90’s esthetic of flashy action. In addition, milk the story
potential of tempting the heroes with bringing back dead characters that might
be fan favorites. Oh, and sell a short couple of mini-series to go along with
it.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I have no clue how sales for all this racked up and
can only guage based upon impact in the DC universe that I remember. And that
memory is flawed with age. However, I don’t think Underworld Unleashed
did….anything of permanence. The villains were all depowered at some point. The
heroes that died were brought back to life in short order, somehow. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">More DC savvy minds may intervene and tell me I’ve
missed a thing or two.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So Underworld Unleashed? Utter failure. Story isn’t
even good upon first read through, and I typically like Mark Waid and Howard
Porter’s stuff. What fell into the Crapbox is the ending issue of the limited
series. Neron is near causing a total meltdown on Earth of all society. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Supervillains have died or had their powers supremely tweaked. Hero’s wills and
moral centers have been tested. Neron has been monologuing about needing a power,
innocent soul. The audience’s patience is at an end as we know the
bait-n-switch Superman for Captain Marvel moment is coming.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And here it is:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We start off with a masked gunman shooting traffic
lights to cause panic. Call him “Stuck in Traffic-Man!”</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThj6wotolrB6mwY7ji9V51XuVnW8cNbLl1j9A01fZjTBkqIvkoujZLR-FsPMfGXviehp2IiKlpovIDRGJ5___v8vc9bOB3M_Y91lKajP6_QWjVzJlzVzZDKGYXsw9XSR06q8z6qIv0Hs/s1212/UnderworldUnleashed1-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="839" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiThj6wotolrB6mwY7ji9V51XuVnW8cNbLl1j9A01fZjTBkqIvkoujZLR-FsPMfGXviehp2IiKlpovIDRGJ5___v8vc9bOB3M_Y91lKajP6_QWjVzJlzVzZDKGYXsw9XSR06q8z6qIv0Hs/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The heroes, some guilt of siding with Neron and
some still holding on to their values, arrive in hell and start battling
demons. In truth all of these pages are just a lot of recycled flash and crap
from Image comics. I’m so disappointed in this book.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ijCC5VY9uvItzx2YdU2M0VuL53m9_mj7fledZHOJDS_v3dEUIA5FQnT3IMPrjgRDCJnVbCIykTge3-6Y9PRsBmiV3WziyZZaNONfRtITG7zA8siSz8imTvIeBBg5Z52srkmDTx3L9iQ/s1331/UnderworldUnleashed1-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6ijCC5VY9uvItzx2YdU2M0VuL53m9_mj7fledZHOJDS_v3dEUIA5FQnT3IMPrjgRDCJnVbCIykTge3-6Y9PRsBmiV3WziyZZaNONfRtITG7zA8siSz8imTvIeBBg5Z52srkmDTx3L9iQ/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And the book shows us after three pages of this
crud that there will be more and more of it to come as the JLA fights its way
through all nine layers of Hell. Settle in folks, this is gonna be one long
ride…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiafNZJTAITf7XJuvFcjN90SMSy7MJehGAo1f2d2QRrgjvEbuf_3kQy9_9gsgDgChRz2mmfnRdxS2aRjv8l5tVFTRsmZgMQ-FV2jAMVJXsEAZfomGYwrxTyOBcntnLUrXfNUR62fjU3Bk/s1347/UnderworldUnleashed1-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiiafNZJTAITf7XJuvFcjN90SMSy7MJehGAo1f2d2QRrgjvEbuf_3kQy9_9gsgDgChRz2mmfnRdxS2aRjv8l5tVFTRsmZgMQ-FV2jAMVJXsEAZfomGYwrxTyOBcntnLUrXfNUR62fjU3Bk/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEPpADOapuFyzxY1MihtDP7cTojQjh6EfYW05lCt7jeWx6lenQHtePQtctMccZexyPyHtz6Pa1JY3Oeg3W0sbcpm1vwTg0CXJGVAemKhyso84BBScwVCUi8rn_hC9Gvf0vTsWjg-MbJg/s1344/UnderworldUnleashed1-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVEPpADOapuFyzxY1MihtDP7cTojQjh6EfYW05lCt7jeWx6lenQHtePQtctMccZexyPyHtz6Pa1JY3Oeg3W0sbcpm1vwTg0CXJGVAemKhyso84BBScwVCUi8rn_hC9Gvf0vTsWjg-MbJg/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p4.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Meanwhile, Satanus (another DC Devil) is pledging his momentary loyalty
to Neron while the Trickster (Flash rogue) watches from the wings, giving exposition bon mots
about how Neron needs one pure soul to send him “over the top”. Then we watch
as Neron inspects a caged Blaze, Satanus’s sister-demon. Seems she was the coin
Satanus used to get on Neron’s good side. But that good side isn’t all that
good as Neron blasts Satanus into dust. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpNPRaJKLqQW60sY0tJNraZzYK6Bu_jKpN6rb0jloItLmsPamFgD2OUVbc-f6ji-5oQtB-qm2s32TtNZ93q0sVOegWhKWhSjeOZt-etW7efYYLv8Fg2zHqV5zQm6rmdA8pXbFYYXKl28/s1340/UnderworldUnleashed1-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZpNPRaJKLqQW60sY0tJNraZzYK6Bu_jKpN6rb0jloItLmsPamFgD2OUVbc-f6ji-5oQtB-qm2s32TtNZ93q0sVOegWhKWhSjeOZt-etW7efYYLv8Fg2zHqV5zQm6rmdA8pXbFYYXKl28/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvq8tzXff-aTtucii1GwIW8yn7JWbvrp-2UMle6p-wK8xxQYGYlhMlGP7V10cLwjGK4bbIRozo0SggA5lNQqwFaKVLMuC3nr3qURcOJi852xuwE0GcyN1IZNnJ6ink5X-9WarMUSP1nk/s1342/UnderworldUnleashed1-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmvq8tzXff-aTtucii1GwIW8yn7JWbvrp-2UMle6p-wK8xxQYGYlhMlGP7V10cLwjGK4bbIRozo0SggA5lNQqwFaKVLMuC3nr3qURcOJi852xuwE0GcyN1IZNnJ6ink5X-9WarMUSP1nk/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And while her helm rolls toward Trickster, we get
back to more zappy-zap-pow with the Justice League. Fights that quickly become
one panel cameos of everyone in the DC universe because there is no actual plot
to this part of the book. The heroes' big plan is to get close to Neron and
punch him, I think. Let’s hope they get that over with quickly.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrGvU6vpS78Zna7TCscVB_uIuz5ejTwJj16xkQlykvkueX6EGViNT7XVyCGnel8-zjtebaC6lQD5cJVW_X8WCqy0OgQWmpVhExHGmm6lTuEGsZ3lKJuM2nv_ztuKfO9ncwVF69ugLBX4/s1340/UnderworldUnleashed1-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcrGvU6vpS78Zna7TCscVB_uIuz5ejTwJj16xkQlykvkueX6EGViNT7XVyCGnel8-zjtebaC6lQD5cJVW_X8WCqy0OgQWmpVhExHGmm6lTuEGsZ3lKJuM2nv_ztuKfO9ncwVF69ugLBX4/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0ER-SbFY9gl8XrnM5OIhyR2dwn6xZgyJTH0u_uKev1R4HT3vfPhhbP2zN4IoRfTAfyQNc94PRMNXrr-u48J0etoM8rRVM5-96uGV1n7EdeljqkyO9zu4Wf7R1bxMUiVGIAaer5wI1m8/s1348/UnderworldUnleashed1-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="756" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0ER-SbFY9gl8XrnM5OIhyR2dwn6xZgyJTH0u_uKev1R4HT3vfPhhbP2zN4IoRfTAfyQNc94PRMNXrr-u48J0etoM8rRVM5-96uGV1n7EdeljqkyO9zu4Wf7R1bxMUiVGIAaer5wI1m8/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNyKTRuY0ugQR27q1MsEylFnXMSaHEUgu6ihyphenhyphenXCwa_BhJ4ShKZ4MU2_WNePRwlEH4uhg4_yMXF9YRkW_gE86xd_79jXShADPIAoBxP7R2FNPxK01GGrTemyJknyVXUgGchWBDPFTbemQ/s1356/UnderworldUnleashed1-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCNyKTRuY0ugQR27q1MsEylFnXMSaHEUgu6ihyphenhyphenXCwa_BhJ4ShKZ4MU2_WNePRwlEH4uhg4_yMXF9YRkW_gE86xd_79jXShADPIAoBxP7R2FNPxK01GGrTemyJknyVXUgGchWBDPFTbemQ/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p9.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">In a battle that does get a little choreography,
Batman, Robin, Huntress, and Black Canary take on Blockbuster, Gorilla Grod and
Brainiac, in what has to be the most one-sided battle in DC history. The heroes
somehow get the villains to retreat by blowing them off the bridge, but this is
just some ridiculousness. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3KSeetF9aa5_0VnnxE5HJvoUZhu3YjaQP_YOVVnv0H_ut3AMOm3XEHhIWqTQq0JC6hQrI9mplMmNrNKRbOVFTifNW55VGfTdO6MCIqH1wDqjSc0zqnJ3DeU71FexvqtmgWmEQSuVTXE/s1350/UnderworldUnleashed1-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="825" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgp3KSeetF9aa5_0VnnxE5HJvoUZhu3YjaQP_YOVVnv0H_ut3AMOm3XEHhIWqTQq0JC6hQrI9mplMmNrNKRbOVFTifNW55VGfTdO6MCIqH1wDqjSc0zqnJ3DeU71FexvqtmgWmEQSuVTXE/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4T8Re6odNXQ8aMOGpPBSpRoDXNfN4O36MDzMCtNlsFWpaPzFy2R1j5CVnKX-c_DI3l1xIw04uiXm38wQipbF7RflUljycmoxfOPnBwgsqh3RXJ5XqYNOvntLb53GC9l0C2Xtqy0LKCI/s1342/UnderworldUnleashed1-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhq4T8Re6odNXQ8aMOGpPBSpRoDXNfN4O36MDzMCtNlsFWpaPzFy2R1j5CVnKX-c_DI3l1xIw04uiXm38wQipbF7RflUljycmoxfOPnBwgsqh3RXJ5XqYNOvntLb53GC9l0C2Xtqy0LKCI/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p11.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinskLILRXYNPmDjE2Ti33P6o3Dvdcc74x2v5-N2Fwr3-uCwt0bbKUFcxFgKCwmLxyzsFqoBmYQZeO8MBASCdpC2J-WSMKFuzPym48lJ5ix7tci1gQ_phm2sBBpiH4JXx3vCw0B7i0CjQ0/s1346/UnderworldUnleashed1-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEinskLILRXYNPmDjE2Ti33P6o3Dvdcc74x2v5-N2Fwr3-uCwt0bbKUFcxFgKCwmLxyzsFqoBmYQZeO8MBASCdpC2J-WSMKFuzPym48lJ5ix7tci1gQ_phm2sBBpiH4JXx3vCw0B7i0CjQ0/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then we jump back to the JLA, with Martian
Manhunter getting all spooked by who they are facing and Captain Marvel seeing
his late parents trapped in Hell…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6a5OA-g7wh-uS8-fVpJREKHQSCDH1fL_mVlIuXWTk711L6ru4tuHqpVhnXos2yx9KLnF5Du5WsCMlQAnlzXf28l_gh1UP1OZlf3PJAajdZOqkhsEk633oKfW17t8JsxM4RY6KR30yb8/s1335/UnderworldUnleashed1-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEga6a5OA-g7wh-uS8-fVpJREKHQSCDH1fL_mVlIuXWTk711L6ru4tuHqpVhnXos2yx9KLnF5Du5WsCMlQAnlzXf28l_gh1UP1OZlf3PJAajdZOqkhsEk633oKfW17t8JsxM4RY6KR30yb8/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwLdMChxmdykxCBek390L3n9dIcG3E62YrVd4KM1Sqj4p3GayGBp3wkM9PxQ8a5td4Y_GMxj93x5SQ_1ZtnuqFHuT4QbKQBpEfQ34O_PYwZ7OkaE7TfQAzN-rGLgd8g9dbEHTnhxmHGg/s1349/UnderworldUnleashed1-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhEwLdMChxmdykxCBek390L3n9dIcG3E62YrVd4KM1Sqj4p3GayGBp3wkM9PxQ8a5td4Y_GMxj93x5SQ_1ZtnuqFHuT4QbKQBpEfQ34O_PYwZ7OkaE7TfQAzN-rGLgd8g9dbEHTnhxmHGg/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p14.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then all of a sudden, the band of heroes is
through and the ultimate battle with Neron starts. Yay, maybe this will be over
soon!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HRkLpyQ-4aYFVL1t_KMjFk8jyb1Zpd2vd_KVVP5M1-DgZSn8U6x-JjX1mZzbZIpTK4GufuqOPCtRd6ulfjxmzpYUJHBFNWzDbIlzm-g7iaTSObHop28kaCbjxnbZ_W72Qvd9yzvytvg/s1343/UnderworldUnleashed1-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi4HRkLpyQ-4aYFVL1t_KMjFk8jyb1Zpd2vd_KVVP5M1-DgZSn8U6x-JjX1mZzbZIpTK4GufuqOPCtRd6ulfjxmzpYUJHBFNWzDbIlzm-g7iaTSObHop28kaCbjxnbZ_W72Qvd9yzvytvg/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Blue Devil, who traded blowing up a power station
for fame, is first out the gate. That power station killed his long-time flame,
so all that pent up anger at being tricked by Neron flows out of him…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlEV0J6Mi0and5gebf36RQePbUnI66WhyMHX7Xk8hLTYZZLcsPvO8wVyZYMgNVBqdYXiLzIis1qzQFatcgabM25nwuMlrbATUg4-QtfNbOZA74ruIRihVe8SkPkJ69jSrTZwxwdqSo0o/s1339/UnderworldUnleashed1-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwlEV0J6Mi0and5gebf36RQePbUnI66WhyMHX7Xk8hLTYZZLcsPvO8wVyZYMgNVBqdYXiLzIis1qzQFatcgabM25nwuMlrbATUg4-QtfNbOZA74ruIRihVe8SkPkJ69jSrTZwxwdqSo0o/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and does great at disabling him for a moment, if
yah know, he’d had some backup…but instead the rest of the JLA just let him get
fried by Neron while they stand with their mouths agape. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWrCAfO3aqYQPAY35YXpegvl_B4AoPzeESYmaoX3LDsyk7dkP9vRat-q-7Zmd8n_FrHSkyHk0FO0z8YGuKsIXnOUC-lZmCcx0GtQ_IAxU4X1n8x42cJCsquT2NbsNwjoR-VkbAfHGAFY/s1349/UnderworldUnleashed1-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUWrCAfO3aqYQPAY35YXpegvl_B4AoPzeESYmaoX3LDsyk7dkP9vRat-q-7Zmd8n_FrHSkyHk0FO0z8YGuKsIXnOUC-lZmCcx0GtQ_IAxU4X1n8x42cJCsquT2NbsNwjoR-VkbAfHGAFY/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">While Neron fades away…the heroes break through to
his …other throne room? Who designed this level of Hell? </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrduu-Q4KpnK0lneSQVeHmSQ0GI4OypIfWHnaoEwAW5P5NMjkXC12HQdNXXpRZFzK39fyCwwWiPIRbG7T1X1fvJkJDYte5sX04x04YEA2DXAehYloXp2kB0OabgAkAm7uF7giMjlm_GE/s1341/UnderworldUnleashed1-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqrduu-Q4KpnK0lneSQVeHmSQ0GI4OypIfWHnaoEwAW5P5NMjkXC12HQdNXXpRZFzK39fyCwwWiPIRbG7T1X1fvJkJDYte5sX04x04YEA2DXAehYloXp2kB0OabgAkAm7uF7giMjlm_GE/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Anyhoo…the next room causes all the JLA’ers present
to become temporarily evil and attack Captain Marvel (in hopes he kills one of
them while fighting back, thus sullying his soul enough for Neron to possess it.
Blaze gives CM back a connection to the Shazam-force, or whatever and the big
red cheese starts dishing things out on the evil JLA.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRCrFQ4D0ESPydI06pJ9OCnEDE-Pix3Sz0y7YKeaVzalhtw3KHjpTh9zhSbXf1t-tXxzrjQwpiOGHTt6t4Ip8g2op1VfflRI-DjzN76oK_Hja6aEe54X2OBMNx9MmJ8MeVR0NI2I0GNA/s1336/UnderworldUnleashed1-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXRCrFQ4D0ESPydI06pJ9OCnEDE-Pix3Sz0y7YKeaVzalhtw3KHjpTh9zhSbXf1t-tXxzrjQwpiOGHTt6t4Ip8g2op1VfflRI-DjzN76oK_Hja6aEe54X2OBMNx9MmJ8MeVR0NI2I0GNA/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi4z0JrV54_H-0krsztPHYj_VOoXIzldGNNBNPRQeeki7PZSiSjS_lFR94LBNf5HokQPOF0XrT2SP2YK_L5UmutNPLu4gQrMXfq0R_dYakANzb6aNIaVpXn6H6I75f5yuLlw_aIbFj78/s1319/UnderworldUnleashed1-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSi4z0JrV54_H-0krsztPHYj_VOoXIzldGNNBNPRQeeki7PZSiSjS_lFR94LBNf5HokQPOF0XrT2SP2YK_L5UmutNPLu4gQrMXfq0R_dYakANzb6aNIaVpXn6H6I75f5yuLlw_aIbFj78/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p20.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6Ou_KLHvx4vqk2Dm2jhQ0vYvWeeD2fjZqphyphenhyphenQoiwWDHcqNUnGe6t1fE_YT9FGY6tLtfiAxvlgzuz2KRTcYYgA7CDURNiJudq1HCilbDRyKs3prj1lS9VAhtaQHP3u1iH1p8mX8E-3io/s1335/UnderworldUnleashed1-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo6Ou_KLHvx4vqk2Dm2jhQ0vYvWeeD2fjZqphyphenhyphenQoiwWDHcqNUnGe6t1fE_YT9FGY6tLtfiAxvlgzuz2KRTcYYgA7CDURNiJudq1HCilbDRyKs3prj1lS9VAhtaQHP3u1iH1p8mX8E-3io/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHuNLaVYXkcKyZa0KF5ftaRIALY-FY0P7hwuMas1U_J_h-FVorQqPFxfB5xtywmXknKNT8EsV5DQmb3U0u0agjTqAeA89LcskNuhEnrSpuJL1EYt9YPncFqhZH00m3U_6I6vbtKwKRqs/s1340/UnderworldUnleashed1-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNHuNLaVYXkcKyZa0KF5ftaRIALY-FY0P7hwuMas1U_J_h-FVorQqPFxfB5xtywmXknKNT8EsV5DQmb3U0u0agjTqAeA89LcskNuhEnrSpuJL1EYt9YPncFqhZH00m3U_6I6vbtKwKRqs/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Almost too well as he gets Martian Manhunter pinned
with Neron rooting for Billy to kill him. When suddenly…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfwd-Y7RP_r-8Xf3zhkwmBjlmaUA_kinRU6XjwYULgn_9tBihaxGMmEJlP9dwdyIDeoPLK4Q01etYRQBstxYZPnoeIYJl7erJluvd6SQDOvegYjL9dTwM1EQeRe4LOA5uSEPFHnu9oAw/s1342/UnderworldUnleashed1-p23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiGfwd-Y7RP_r-8Xf3zhkwmBjlmaUA_kinRU6XjwYULgn_9tBihaxGMmEJlP9dwdyIDeoPLK4Q01etYRQBstxYZPnoeIYJl7erJluvd6SQDOvegYjL9dTwM1EQeRe4LOA5uSEPFHnu9oAw/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p23.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…Blue Devil reconstitutes and pops out of the floor
to deck Neron. Note the new Blue Devil costume which are also stylistic overdone duds.
*sigh* 90’s!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0gdZsDA1Nx59imBbtViH51Et2F5q-wleFgcrsGZeijl5BIiK2ej0X68qX1pt9WqHjw1Fk-MgxwzYqQGQBglWadcDuMSiiKHdxeKSDIAYn1khwoIv3ECwdKL2l4C5wWGs0LAPSGc7Y_Y/s1340/UnderworldUnleashed1-p24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjh0gdZsDA1Nx59imBbtViH51Et2F5q-wleFgcrsGZeijl5BIiK2ej0X68qX1pt9WqHjw1Fk-MgxwzYqQGQBglWadcDuMSiiKHdxeKSDIAYn1khwoIv3ECwdKL2l4C5wWGs0LAPSGc7Y_Y/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p24.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Trickster gets a chance to urge Marvel to stop and
to use “the special word that Blaze says will hurt Neron” even though Trickster
doesn’t know what she is talking about. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0tblt21SDlT2c0c4V_xg3wRrTYzjgVHVibzn7RrkFATwRzyjPLoYCVmllMv9RFLIu3leWmHzRU1qN_KGb1YUxN_lQmchNnYoREo4FC-AJGpoS-Iea-G3oWbDxjjiZRftcZ8RRg6Niqs/s1344/UnderworldUnleashed1-p25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ0tblt21SDlT2c0c4V_xg3wRrTYzjgVHVibzn7RrkFATwRzyjPLoYCVmllMv9RFLIu3leWmHzRU1qN_KGb1YUxN_lQmchNnYoREo4FC-AJGpoS-Iea-G3oWbDxjjiZRftcZ8RRg6Niqs/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p25.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So Marvel Shazam’s the JLA back to good guys…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3vGPWvbpcDKz1-S9TC6lvsLTP_MwGEqfZfiEbKsY6liQXpzskjVDshBs3N6al-qK4Yg-QSroYd73TFwCWGi5sPGbjdTZ0Kqp9qlZ1hPAUX-gdRyTMqY6fsdh0NszxSDoy-3lHAG37Us/s1343/UnderworldUnleashed1-p26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif3vGPWvbpcDKz1-S9TC6lvsLTP_MwGEqfZfiEbKsY6liQXpzskjVDshBs3N6al-qK4Yg-QSroYd73TFwCWGi5sPGbjdTZ0Kqp9qlZ1hPAUX-gdRyTMqY6fsdh0NszxSDoy-3lHAG37Us/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p26.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…they start punching Neron…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyT_f3Ss-feOM9AN9MP20SsHkoIt-b3p_jEYo8kkALR5904GKjGY-ODjHH-JZukTTZ1RlqqlGS17PeiLmp_QEvvYxhce-Qt4U0GcNppPm42_Og0A3nkVE3YIn5aUD-SVO4TQCOnrvbQm0/s1340/UnderworldUnleashed1-p27.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhyT_f3Ss-feOM9AN9MP20SsHkoIt-b3p_jEYo8kkALR5904GKjGY-ODjHH-JZukTTZ1RlqqlGS17PeiLmp_QEvvYxhce-Qt4U0GcNppPm42_Og0A3nkVE3YIn5aUD-SVO4TQCOnrvbQm0/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p27.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And their punches free Sentinel a/k/a Green Lantern
#1, who punches the crap out of Neron…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ER3Jfds3DjD2liJ9CZb-ugyMJZo9ptfLvzKfA0fR74Cknv_N2r8gYksHAUXMBWUQ_ntwTfbt51NovDaQLpv3WjaddJjmFuGduVgC1Y28SPhU3Aif5WJO_psjxmCj4j4-XdhtlpLgdP0/s1336/UnderworldUnleashed1-p28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9ER3Jfds3DjD2liJ9CZb-ugyMJZo9ptfLvzKfA0fR74Cknv_N2r8gYksHAUXMBWUQ_ntwTfbt51NovDaQLpv3WjaddJjmFuGduVgC1Y28SPhU3Aif5WJO_psjxmCj4j4-XdhtlpLgdP0/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p28.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzFWNl2EHohJAcg9ldOlcbM7tcUmG18pXJnOuwH_kY9caMKEbDQiziAKI26DniFZN-h-kK0HRa9Vm6kMXVry3NMWKEoTvOYsKQNOMOGniJQ7aTLbzmFSjeImDlHRYxcxGNjEZiy6MV4I/s1319/UnderworldUnleashed1-p29.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="868" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQzFWNl2EHohJAcg9ldOlcbM7tcUmG18pXJnOuwH_kY9caMKEbDQiziAKI26DniFZN-h-kK0HRa9Vm6kMXVry3NMWKEoTvOYsKQNOMOGniJQ7aTLbzmFSjeImDlHRYxcxGNjEZiy6MV4I/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p29.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…but it is all for naught, as he knocks everyone’s
lights out, being the personification of pure evil and all. Thankfully
Trickster has one more up his sleeve. He whispers into Marvel’s ear…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDDnnOb1NrW2sQGBzftovyl3laxlkjYmXLDLys7cBoQftjRac21j91K1GPjBn4Ei88PNwblZ5kjBclfp4-HB5pfWoGy9McsaCv3LOblhqzp_egvqbXdRmKYOQLa1pkRAO_wduLuI0NM4/s1336/UnderworldUnleashed1-p30.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="809" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdDDnnOb1NrW2sQGBzftovyl3laxlkjYmXLDLys7cBoQftjRac21j91K1GPjBn4Ei88PNwblZ5kjBclfp4-HB5pfWoGy9McsaCv3LOblhqzp_egvqbXdRmKYOQLa1pkRAO_wduLuI0NM4/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p30.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And Marvel ends up offering a deal to Neron: his
soul for his friends lives. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm82gLH7My5ETy05sBk-nOPplFIWZUZro8XWhdBLvu-Tf_leC6VX6Me2X5Xn3KsOKZdP6HQ1JtQPG0k1Yaqbhe8U7yP18ePZl53pDSc-IhZO4lkytttKNHosD4-NAoJ_WHrhNvNXBTZ-U/s1337/UnderworldUnleashed1-p31.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhm82gLH7My5ETy05sBk-nOPplFIWZUZro8XWhdBLvu-Tf_leC6VX6Me2X5Xn3KsOKZdP6HQ1JtQPG0k1Yaqbhe8U7yP18ePZl53pDSc-IhZO4lkytttKNHosD4-NAoJ_WHrhNvNXBTZ-U/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p31.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Neron agrees, as his one fault is he can’t say no
to a deal…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxvvxJkGzuU0MLbKOJk_tBjfB2SVQ4n508FiTjUgBuJZ7giZXN5HsJPrRxqToaQSbm0rFocMfgxEasYp2mW_mKIYYdNkOF9I-f8iFzAYIa1M1h3-HxPIIJ2Tj6lJGPJMZyCfLaQrMPlk/s1336/UnderworldUnleashed1-p32.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTxvvxJkGzuU0MLbKOJk_tBjfB2SVQ4n508FiTjUgBuJZ7giZXN5HsJPrRxqToaQSbm0rFocMfgxEasYp2mW_mKIYYdNkOF9I-f8iFzAYIa1M1h3-HxPIIJ2Tj6lJGPJMZyCfLaQrMPlk/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p32.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Thus he gets Marvel’s soul but it is pure and
offered in an altruistic way, as Trickster does the narration of Neron’s end…which
is a big green snotball of a bang…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4I3tdhI_dHTJMQ7ehfOVL-KAK17ediWXxNFvhKw5wxOa7nLBNLYuPGzEVosfXCQjDE7V7EukqFuoxYY4ejgmVhlujYTUhJyowlXM2NM6mTQE2Fx0kisesT__rt_LfsLbaHj9gwL9bOw/s1336/UnderworldUnleashed1-p33.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI4I3tdhI_dHTJMQ7ehfOVL-KAK17ediWXxNFvhKw5wxOa7nLBNLYuPGzEVosfXCQjDE7V7EukqFuoxYY4ejgmVhlujYTUhJyowlXM2NM6mTQE2Fx0kisesT__rt_LfsLbaHj9gwL9bOw/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p33.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and then everyone, including Captain Marvel is
back on Earth, none the worse for wear. Okay, maybe Blue Devil is, because that
forced costume change is the shit. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdQaTBynq_A0cMQfR-jAK3kry4KJwX1HnFPMWHHEScAFAWt7r2RwnH7S4ahXvJ1wuXWTCWew4YpDBhW_JBg8vZprPYMG2Yk88vk64JCmFsVnJjeQ9LcAalHrmHq77qAOwCKPHLCga7hQ/s1302/UnderworldUnleashed1-p35.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmdQaTBynq_A0cMQfR-jAK3kry4KJwX1HnFPMWHHEScAFAWt7r2RwnH7S4ahXvJ1wuXWTCWew4YpDBhW_JBg8vZprPYMG2Yk88vk64JCmFsVnJjeQ9LcAalHrmHq77qAOwCKPHLCga7hQ/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p35.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And we get two pages of Trickster patting himself
on the back and deciding to not be a villain anymore…and Major Disaster finding
he’s got the number of the beast now tattooed on his forehead.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3zJuNoyO3_GvHmzH6xjhlRp-lAPv__I_dsGq0C02Wwgob3RyXER44N4hv_BpZiFROH1aAJ_bbC-PRbSCvCiZQ6FsjEWMm2jIbkFi2Hf1vRLOk7LA9687RatrARhiVAnv3QsTMTYiOXI/s1333/UnderworldUnleashed1-p36.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhb3zJuNoyO3_GvHmzH6xjhlRp-lAPv__I_dsGq0C02Wwgob3RyXER44N4hv_BpZiFROH1aAJ_bbC-PRbSCvCiZQ6FsjEWMm2jIbkFi2Hf1vRLOk7LA9687RatrARhiVAnv3QsTMTYiOXI/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p36.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8YnU0g2nVBFdKWLl_cO-FHg0Wkzh1vH4MZRrXfVYxfeJkIcn7bHcPgkpt3Vyhs0zlAi9B4bwNkLbSHzCH2GGgRYs_wGc4ElgxFO08ne5U7s6UOoAjxtrMV0IQ4j6Hq5b1Zjb8Rbfkv4/s1352/UnderworldUnleashed1-p37.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjR8YnU0g2nVBFdKWLl_cO-FHg0Wkzh1vH4MZRrXfVYxfeJkIcn7bHcPgkpt3Vyhs0zlAi9B4bwNkLbSHzCH2GGgRYs_wGc4ElgxFO08ne5U7s6UOoAjxtrMV0IQ4j6Hq5b1Zjb8Rbfkv4/s16000/UnderworldUnleashed1-p37.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This was 90’s excess at some of it’s worst. Even
with good writers and artists, the story for this was claptrap. And I liked
Major Disaster pre-serious villainy. Trickster gets the only good bits out of
this, but it is Waid writing a Flash villain so that’s pretty easy thing to
accomplish. Sad note to end on, but we have earned our way out of Hell…and on
to better books, I hope.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-79168514258400228322020-10-19T01:31:00.000-07:002020-10-19T01:31:42.603-07:00Blood Blister #1<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 19</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Blood
Blister #1</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgespz3QL3e7bul-7r6eRpt3dsGK0TMoGrzFqYYq8m_Q2gq6T9eFC5r4G5Mb-PxixxGc9RkX8iYnYxlmLNlhDCddCrnvW_kqmOh8vBGpG6EulVi8r1uahj7HZEUV9UJhivHxDGmgkK50k/s2045/BloodBlister1-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2045" data-original-width="1327" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgespz3QL3e7bul-7r6eRpt3dsGK0TMoGrzFqYYq8m_Q2gq6T9eFC5r4G5Mb-PxixxGc9RkX8iYnYxlmLNlhDCddCrnvW_kqmOh8vBGpG6EulVi8r1uahj7HZEUV9UJhivHxDGmgkK50k/w416-h640/BloodBlister1-cover.jpg" width="416" /></a></span></b></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"><br /></span></b></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Get
ready for a ewwy trip to Hell</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">“The Lusts of Your
Father”</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Creators – Phil Hester
& Tony Harris</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – Phil Hester</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Penciler – Tony Harris</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker – Eric Layton</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colorist – Guy Major</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – Dave Sharpe</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Mike Marts</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">January 2017</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I’ve become something of a fan of Phil Hester and
everything he touches. From his early work with DC and Marvel to his later
stuff with the independent publishers, Hester really knows both ends of a
story. He’s a great artist and he’s a decent writer. I’m still an ardent fan of
his Mythic series and if I see one of his titles in the discount bin it
automatically jumps into my “to buy” stack. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I wish there and been more issues of this one in my
local store. Blood Blister certainly has a unique premise and I’d love to see
where the rest of this tale goes. Is it redemption or just a study of evil? I’ll
likely never find out, but maybe it will intrigue enough of you to plop down
hard-earned coin to find out.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin with some fantastically stylized character
art from Tony Harris and inker Eric Layton done up in vibrant colors by Guy
Major. Seriously, the look of this comic sells much of the concept it contains
and even though most of this is cartoonish, the vibe works well with what
Hester is putting down. Here is Brand Hull, an attorney working for an unnamed
firm signing on locals “the Travis’s” to a “class action” lawsuit against the
state.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyvGtHrjsAXS4CEhCFVU_U-1lux_8JkeeNEpTGYvK9iNVxiIXvjs_S0zrWvYzoinW8Wxq8Co20MOVtYZl7nalDdmZbUkk57D4Di1tV6yveRwrP9vOo5XB-foV5xYOPrFUJ8VGj3JzuGc/s1342/BloodBlister1-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFyvGtHrjsAXS4CEhCFVU_U-1lux_8JkeeNEpTGYvK9iNVxiIXvjs_S0zrWvYzoinW8Wxq8Co20MOVtYZl7nalDdmZbUkk57D4Di1tV6yveRwrP9vOo5XB-foV5xYOPrFUJ8VGj3JzuGc/s16000/BloodBlister1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Neither of the parents have long to live, but their
brain-dead daughter might benefit from the proceeds, since she was a preemie
who got too much oxygen and now lives in a vegetative state. That’s her
grotesque bloated form in the bed there. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Q9SFBWcEEGbvWDuJnc6MdaJ2bjrftDOkCcCdEUndWSXRdb2EbB_W-j8eY1dVy2vfqU12UERI-HpDZTCnNc1DDI_zmyhgDcfGb5FzWm1N4vYtBtTXN2uuXHygBI8qfkUtxYSFuz3K6c/s1337/BloodBlister1-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEir7Q9SFBWcEEGbvWDuJnc6MdaJ2bjrftDOkCcCdEUndWSXRdb2EbB_W-j8eY1dVy2vfqU12UERI-HpDZTCnNc1DDI_zmyhgDcfGb5FzWm1N4vYtBtTXN2uuXHygBI8qfkUtxYSFuz3K6c/s16000/BloodBlister1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Travis is just about to sign off on the suit at Hull’s
wily words, when daughter Lexi raises up out of the bed and calls Hull a son of
the Devil!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_Y-LZWvNI2t8JK08Md4w3xk_CTmCE-MqJGqTUtmuZJdFI1TGMb4nExMKCssCPhWxducGlPaQX6Nl8vK6DrqYBnIP7IM5amUPKk0ZIZhw5xVskw6vedHeREXPrpvqgqKp3aAaI5ATNzk/s1350/BloodBlister1-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjO_Y-LZWvNI2t8JK08Md4w3xk_CTmCE-MqJGqTUtmuZJdFI1TGMb4nExMKCssCPhWxducGlPaQX6Nl8vK6DrqYBnIP7IM5amUPKk0ZIZhw5xVskw6vedHeREXPrpvqgqKp3aAaI5ATNzk/s16000/BloodBlister1-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then she quotes scripture. Needless to say this
surprises her folks out of signing.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqkbdMy0nbde5AWtsG_rySaqV5e-3uIqLqSDdGr2mpZzb2mtUAMTYwHdPW_dglrlpzVxzt-3sRs7zY2GlRnd_Ol4hZbGDkC1N61lwME9vyLrTB01VyQzC92MNJMEL1-xIS8rNfxS-_cE/s1340/BloodBlister1-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheqkbdMy0nbde5AWtsG_rySaqV5e-3uIqLqSDdGr2mpZzb2mtUAMTYwHdPW_dglrlpzVxzt-3sRs7zY2GlRnd_Ol4hZbGDkC1N61lwME9vyLrTB01VyQzC92MNJMEL1-xIS8rNfxS-_cE/s16000/BloodBlister1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Hull is frustrated by this, as he was trying to get
sign off on everyone for his employer, whom we will see in just a moment. For
right now, however, we find him literally shoving a homeless man out of his way
as he strides off. The implication of this is that Hull isn’t the do-gooder he
seems, a point already made.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZisadFFPcPb0BPVNPNkMaoLxnLBjozZublMz_ULU_hY5CToKaG-d3OotPnzpn31J8aGc3XmobxpkZtDp92KGxosoq-uK3yjbg_mwgQaQv2jjRWaeSgowFuYYJHAvkCEw1sHrxCJAm9Q0/s1338/BloodBlister1-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZisadFFPcPb0BPVNPNkMaoLxnLBjozZublMz_ULU_hY5CToKaG-d3OotPnzpn31J8aGc3XmobxpkZtDp92KGxosoq-uK3yjbg_mwgQaQv2jjRWaeSgowFuYYJHAvkCEw1sHrxCJAm9Q0/s16000/BloodBlister1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But to continue along this path, he chats up his
secretary and hits the third level of strike-out: Hull is a deadbeat dad too.
While he accosts the hobo with a revolving door, Hull also arranges for his
secretary to drive his car and park it within sight of his son’s ball game so
he can claim to have watched from his car.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnVErljfIFqOKpvzUfB5m7jBs_qOcSA8RgjqggmZYEYYGeQ6CxV21kHLaHkicjPUhc_ImP-vb_sA_JbRn3f18IMepscAnk6GNLk3jx6kvqgYWezVtgvZUc7eInLiqbjhBedfmPDYNJQ8/s1340/BloodBlister1-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfnVErljfIFqOKpvzUfB5m7jBs_qOcSA8RgjqggmZYEYYGeQ6CxV21kHLaHkicjPUhc_ImP-vb_sA_JbRn3f18IMepscAnk6GNLk3jx6kvqgYWezVtgvZUc7eInLiqbjhBedfmPDYNJQ8/s16000/BloodBlister1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">During this he’s meeting with his employer, the
petroleum company that caused the environmental spillover and the public health
hazard. Appears the class action suit is a ruse to tie up people’s time and
effort suing the state while the real culprit walks away scott-free. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLyxSnijKLVDjv_hnr9KwqA4gYPUfI9GXb4RIxWZBtdu75yTClgdiT5LYrFnZ2DZY_BU75yM8IYCnLsfRRD8sEJhFQyFbkAzapqf61S-FiHtu4S-e-RGdN8goknZsK6be05mGP6OWsZo/s1340/BloodBlister1-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheLyxSnijKLVDjv_hnr9KwqA4gYPUfI9GXb4RIxWZBtdu75yTClgdiT5LYrFnZ2DZY_BU75yM8IYCnLsfRRD8sEJhFQyFbkAzapqf61S-FiHtu4S-e-RGdN8goknZsK6be05mGP6OWsZo/s16000/BloodBlister1-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC60Ta2NVIAwKbFX3AproJnOHRYE_bXvXnXPhxwiIR1fmyOJ5KF_iSNpA1l-U-5__-pfhXPzJK80nEs6ePEb0W12BO7Dp0RwuunWvGI4mmz7Op8WLTD57cMkdeJpc-OX9kD8AeYRq52Q/s1333/BloodBlister1-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYC60Ta2NVIAwKbFX3AproJnOHRYE_bXvXnXPhxwiIR1fmyOJ5KF_iSNpA1l-U-5__-pfhXPzJK80nEs6ePEb0W12BO7Dp0RwuunWvGI4mmz7Op8WLTD57cMkdeJpc-OX9kD8AeYRq52Q/s16000/BloodBlister1-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">After this dastardly deed is paid for, Hull’s
secretary gets in a bit of pickle because Hull’s son hits a homer right into
his dad’s car windshield. Unable to step out and congratulate the boy, Hull’s
secretary can do no better than to drive off before the boy discovers his dad’s
duplicity. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZXSGe0g22d2aR8o92YR3lML1LVMvtUPI_J8jt6hil-yJBVx3fX3ANwmSyuts8NaU-jKmJL215S3vkgIJvAnXCEGTgJGiO49KjDlBV1RlAtLxDc8BMJE_cgDPdTAyybS6LpqB8Xlm-ww/s1343/BloodBlister1-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3ZXSGe0g22d2aR8o92YR3lML1LVMvtUPI_J8jt6hil-yJBVx3fX3ANwmSyuts8NaU-jKmJL215S3vkgIJvAnXCEGTgJGiO49KjDlBV1RlAtLxDc8BMJE_cgDPdTAyybS6LpqB8Xlm-ww/s16000/BloodBlister1-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUKr36YgD3xBYexRWxq7IHR9MLMaWyNntLmgRhu0mDwtVYxS74UL14cRb5yAw1uD9odmDrkb7PLzUP5YMAQbYW78lIMVNWrCj-UKfaV0p1CyHlJWeSZuwhq3-ZjxWBjYtXBZcUOP9nOM/s1344/BloodBlister1-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjeUKr36YgD3xBYexRWxq7IHR9MLMaWyNntLmgRhu0mDwtVYxS74UL14cRb5yAw1uD9odmDrkb7PLzUP5YMAQbYW78lIMVNWrCj-UKfaV0p1CyHlJWeSZuwhq3-ZjxWBjYtXBZcUOP9nOM/s16000/BloodBlister1-p10.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Later Hull is popping a blood blister while being
chewed out by his wife for not stepping out of the car and seeing his son. Hull
tries to cover by saying he’ll pick up his son after his shift at the local church
haunted house.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKrkfSFeeP-w8vci6bHv1qI59L33AuY-EkKQVHCSBLz4yMsetUSN0rFf-jTBABfS7ZUXifc3EarFdzWOexugCuBlA6nlcWZFHOpwNht_Syjzkx5oL8xSewO4r6pmCZFPHO19zHNESBdY/s1323/BloodBlister1-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKKrkfSFeeP-w8vci6bHv1qI59L33AuY-EkKQVHCSBLz4yMsetUSN0rFf-jTBABfS7ZUXifc3EarFdzWOexugCuBlA6nlcWZFHOpwNht_Syjzkx5oL8xSewO4r6pmCZFPHO19zHNESBdY/s16000/BloodBlister1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0k7861mOBryj-6bZ0kbPKlaH4grNqbqKFdqxekNaprW2RaKeTUxM3lEKl0Xo6qoV9LAPNZP9AhWcvgdwsCGt3zg9XDI0YZnYp5xpm52_Nm8MuSJ_rQlsLxxaaieUqDUa9FTTfDR60e4/s1342/BloodBlister1-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz0k7861mOBryj-6bZ0kbPKlaH4grNqbqKFdqxekNaprW2RaKeTUxM3lEKl0Xo6qoV9LAPNZP9AhWcvgdwsCGt3zg9XDI0YZnYp5xpm52_Nm8MuSJ_rQlsLxxaaieUqDUa9FTTfDR60e4/s16000/BloodBlister1-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So our next scene is Hull going to pick up his son
and having to walk through the haunted house to find him. Which starts off
tame…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4sOYegBuzqhIK8fSSerpNmSS-A64ROE8VHadtTVc6yGWPbj8eZi9s5vvTFX6VWrVJujSeowCAJiCYb81WS5TqWFEUgByIkC-rzZzErbuO8B0c2jxU5yoRJKwZXOH1DNP3_l5FKytyyw/s1342/BloodBlister1-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG4sOYegBuzqhIK8fSSerpNmSS-A64ROE8VHadtTVc6yGWPbj8eZi9s5vvTFX6VWrVJujSeowCAJiCYb81WS5TqWFEUgByIkC-rzZzErbuO8B0c2jxU5yoRJKwZXOH1DNP3_l5FKytyyw/s16000/BloodBlister1-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AuJiETxrgw0FC5gpqnO61tXEVCb0txRfT7bcMfda6XJupxQiPjA4UR9gNF45wmz_-u1oKL3pmxxp-F_9qlEqIKDlNdwBfZo8y6IkTwfoAeEIED0OG0ZLRX3piR7-jWbBnexmbtpZJHk/s1340/BloodBlister1-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8AuJiETxrgw0FC5gpqnO61tXEVCb0txRfT7bcMfda6XJupxQiPjA4UR9gNF45wmz_-u1oKL3pmxxp-F_9qlEqIKDlNdwBfZo8y6IkTwfoAeEIED0OG0ZLRX3piR7-jWbBnexmbtpZJHk/s16000/BloodBlister1-p14.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…until it isn’t anymore. Hull encounters a couple
who can’t find their way out and claim they have been wandering the haunted
maze for weeks. He discounts them.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GpD0mkYx4NgSr2rHHmpOuCG1CHxdkeoBxcaKgNxMk4mGk2e8xtbVVZWx7tYft9O8ORpMWT1aetVkIje-fZkfMRLaNIGU_0KLflu-IzKePEabJW9iYQ0QwWIpehB-UT-vEaivLBZQPPo/s1345/BloodBlister1-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1GpD0mkYx4NgSr2rHHmpOuCG1CHxdkeoBxcaKgNxMk4mGk2e8xtbVVZWx7tYft9O8ORpMWT1aetVkIje-fZkfMRLaNIGU_0KLflu-IzKePEabJW9iYQ0QwWIpehB-UT-vEaivLBZQPPo/s16000/BloodBlister1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What he can’t discount is what happens next, when
they are surrounded by babies…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0Hc9TugU1obvvHLCntDcPMDg16iICK1ALcWPXv3S4zakwzpobYNl_qfjOeVoS5Hb2J71VkC4gAY2OoUgli5MO621jnRZxy3q_xytokSOlbehAc0dEFlTWXVfeDP0jMY-SNk0a6i0gfI/s1346/BloodBlister1-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjE0Hc9TugU1obvvHLCntDcPMDg16iICK1ALcWPXv3S4zakwzpobYNl_qfjOeVoS5Hb2J71VkC4gAY2OoUgli5MO621jnRZxy3q_xytokSOlbehAc0dEFlTWXVfeDP0jMY-SNk0a6i0gfI/s16000/BloodBlister1-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…two of which grow to gigantic size…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40vBKJTti9d5Qfp6bxDX0Jt_G_nI2q315joZT00H_-DF6VJ9-uOvWtnK46sYCc0KH9lzzFGEMuVGp3TKgCyHNoMAN66SxkfI5nNwCqnJELsHh6YUHjhMPCI95bUAOR8qh5zbqDaSvWeM/s1335/BloodBlister1-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg40vBKJTti9d5Qfp6bxDX0Jt_G_nI2q315joZT00H_-DF6VJ9-uOvWtnK46sYCc0KH9lzzFGEMuVGp3TKgCyHNoMAN66SxkfI5nNwCqnJELsHh6YUHjhMPCI95bUAOR8qh5zbqDaSvWeM/s16000/BloodBlister1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and start ripping apart the pair of guests he just
found. In a very realistic manner. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mxug926JmXz53OsNSwqwT8V17BaI2f6mEyWgkBs5HHlHca1IGSGA9B2MrvFt71PcGpgrXLU2HXryYEIFiVZ9SdtLU72K-m3SZSd5yYUcoW5sE6xF1SsthNS5DUmoFHDShWB-rCMJUkk/s1346/BloodBlister1-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_mxug926JmXz53OsNSwqwT8V17BaI2f6mEyWgkBs5HHlHca1IGSGA9B2MrvFt71PcGpgrXLU2HXryYEIFiVZ9SdtLU72K-m3SZSd5yYUcoW5sE6xF1SsthNS5DUmoFHDShWB-rCMJUkk/s16000/BloodBlister1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">They claim Hull has done worse. And then the body
parts and assorted devils surround Hull, claiming he’s different…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsRRqHrLUDqhs2e50WlgBb7ZHLzrGV2jwVfuhwXcPg45xMi5jMyZg4RPCjd1rUtrUP_9wVvBHQdS_iOT9qe6tdf7wn61HyTrZxbkTs-kPvnTBcwPX2IGQ94MrVuLYzwMHXktAdymK65U/s1340/BloodBlister1-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="841" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXsRRqHrLUDqhs2e50WlgBb7ZHLzrGV2jwVfuhwXcPg45xMi5jMyZg4RPCjd1rUtrUP_9wVvBHQdS_iOT9qe6tdf7wn61HyTrZxbkTs-kPvnTBcwPX2IGQ94MrVuLYzwMHXktAdymK65U/s16000/BloodBlister1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and claiming this hell he’s in is his home…</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGaweiRYWD0cqBwln6efuTvZj3f2IUBgOdEN65zGn5x4h672NB4L8ytOQFLU7lDCbrvsOyokMCDqItuwX5tjYaex33mmRPLf_af32KZQ08e5QxCHGySvkxYWX8xeQZLEq12kr54xH7QI/s1345/BloodBlister1-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="871" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjHGaweiRYWD0cqBwln6efuTvZj3f2IUBgOdEN65zGn5x4h672NB4L8ytOQFLU7lDCbrvsOyokMCDqItuwX5tjYaex33mmRPLf_af32KZQ08e5QxCHGySvkxYWX8xeQZLEq12kr54xH7QI/s16000/BloodBlister1-p20.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And that’s where it ends for issue one. It’s
effective with a good hook. Like that it feels a bit Twilight Zone ish and
would certainly pick up more if they came my way.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-88105301399283871382020-10-18T08:20:00.001-07:002020-10-18T08:20:36.038-07:00Superman #236<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 18</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Superman
#236</span></b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_IPhlCDwFw_exT6Jj7Qu4AA2-DWKreGMrCZtboAouNPg47V3f6ccB4yigSxykCKrMOZcX9NPpvxxClyzq917n3HUuwlb78rg2NQdfgw-EGrcMPF6jCBmILGE9MTt3Q3iau_yUw5xNhU/s2048/superman236-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1377" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjv_IPhlCDwFw_exT6Jj7Qu4AA2-DWKreGMrCZtboAouNPg47V3f6ccB4yigSxykCKrMOZcX9NPpvxxClyzq917n3HUuwlb78rg2NQdfgw-EGrcMPF6jCBmILGE9MTt3Q3iau_yUw5xNhU/w430-h640/superman236-cover.jpg" width="430" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /> Get
ready for the old bait-n-switch</b></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – Denny O’Neil</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Penciler – Curt Swan</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker – Murphy Anderson</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Julius Schwartz</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">April 1971</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Time for some silver-age Superman fun with
none-other than Julius Schwartz at the helm of this one…meaning that cover
image is going to work out to be some part of an interestingly told lie.
Schwartz either pioneered or perfected the art of the bait-and-switch cover,
depending on who you ask. To me it matters little if he did it first or best,
the fact that the covers he placed on DC books during his tenure are some of
the most thought-provoking and outlandish in all of comic history makes them
worth collecting.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this one apparently spoke to me so much that I
bought the damn thing TWICE! That’s right, I selected this cover two times from
Half-Price’s premium bins. Must have something to do with Superman vs Devils,
which typically makes for interesting stories, in my humble opinion. Not good,
mind you, but interesting. Supes weakness to magic coupled with his upstanding
moral character make a story where his enemy challenges him on both fronts to
be better than average. Let’s see if this one passes muster or not.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin with the Superman and Batman team take
down a pair of robbers, and while Supes is still revved up and raring to go,
Bats is beat tired. So, the pair part ways.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrG_yUz4O-9MsHhehP2A19BI6OvsvT6A9THueSYwhCos-uAFtQ8AiV9uyYKTcrecfFT6S-MNysONK07_blZIcCpk0b-Wig1wP7IYBmOo-0xywhcP6tnZNioVOkxapqsNQZXSyQuJTn2U/s1071/superman236-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1071" data-original-width="821" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxrG_yUz4O-9MsHhehP2A19BI6OvsvT6A9THueSYwhCos-uAFtQ8AiV9uyYKTcrecfFT6S-MNysONK07_blZIcCpk0b-Wig1wP7IYBmOo-0xywhcP6tnZNioVOkxapqsNQZXSyQuJTn2U/s16000/superman236-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGn_MvxA6jL2bKHZSgkSEcC5iMZVrznxl3gEkY_2snYEKaE4VvDTjdZYTbj6VyJ3uM-j9q1zoCJtASG0jyP4wjShMKxD0X0LSxoSyEeOGsKNiagJ8CUC13nKsiBN30ZiNKLR3CBPCFK4/s1236/superman236-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1236" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEicGn_MvxA6jL2bKHZSgkSEcC5iMZVrznxl3gEkY_2snYEKaE4VvDTjdZYTbj6VyJ3uM-j9q1zoCJtASG0jyP4wjShMKxD0X0LSxoSyEeOGsKNiagJ8CUC13nKsiBN30ZiNKLR3CBPCFK4/s16000/superman236-p2.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Our bored Ubermench heads back to the Fortress of
Solitude to work on a project where he is mapping his Kryptonian brain pattern.
The machine creates an odd effect on Supes though, sending our caped hero to
Hell.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8_kE0KPlTivtbhMM-z8bT6DbfTTz02BaE39WmPHja7wcyXgYS_aTe7U8hpfkttqAH4_zzjylkYc4MRHLVPbmKIoM2CVT1ueEBBtOkfZukEDNp5-YqilAoiFH9MJQrGbn4UiUUDIrg44/s1206/superman236-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhA8_kE0KPlTivtbhMM-z8bT6DbfTTz02BaE39WmPHja7wcyXgYS_aTe7U8hpfkttqAH4_zzjylkYc4MRHLVPbmKIoM2CVT1ueEBBtOkfZukEDNp5-YqilAoiFH9MJQrGbn4UiUUDIrg44/s16000/superman236-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">He runs a foul of a hoard of devils while down
there, who poke him with pitchforks. Oddly, these seem to have no more effect
on him than ordinary weapons would, so already I’m getting the “all is not what
it seems” vibe going here. After he tosses a few of them around, the horned
foes race off at the arrival of an off-panel guest.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGeOgyzels-s7VLGSDruy7f0hMwV1_5ZnBmgXCqjm7POVX7PpZ1V4LAMI7uz0sXhZssXhBL5IOQ7zP2-ZpWbQgqArPtjG3TLLW_h_aAzidBS6IhlqaaEYc5ar43Y0QTvmrPj6_a5O0Us/s1218/superman236-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxGeOgyzels-s7VLGSDruy7f0hMwV1_5ZnBmgXCqjm7POVX7PpZ1V4LAMI7uz0sXhZssXhBL5IOQ7zP2-ZpWbQgqArPtjG3TLLW_h_aAzidBS6IhlqaaEYc5ar43Y0QTvmrPj6_a5O0Us/s16000/superman236-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Or guests, I should say. Superman bumps into three
angels named after the only ones I remember being mentioned in the good book.
They let on that Superman is at the divide between Heaven and Hell. Supes is
upset that he appears to have died, but angel Gabriel states he just has to
prove himself worthy to be allowed to stay in Heaven. Which begs the question
that if silver-age Superman ISN’T worthy of Heaven, aint none of us folks
getting in, right?</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0utR-RZOXYEHV6HUHvrdi_Tl6g1zvY6ImBfkIHta9sybSKzyz59mGp2rjcOu262VBZ3AYOj3-wuZPqcKE_RQjfyD6MsNSBCntYUb3rFQWqbfRchE9lZ56UJ3Srlmyqokt7f_IF8_cz8/s1207/superman236-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="821" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhK0utR-RZOXYEHV6HUHvrdi_Tl6g1zvY6ImBfkIHta9sybSKzyz59mGp2rjcOu262VBZ3AYOj3-wuZPqcKE_RQjfyD6MsNSBCntYUb3rFQWqbfRchE9lZ56UJ3Srlmyqokt7f_IF8_cz8/s16000/superman236-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Anyway, Supes’ task is to travel into “the pit” and
break the lock on a door to prove the might of the angels and so they can slay
all of them. Superman takes off and arrives at the steel-doored gate…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGopek5lYWpFxKuT_8F3SlzpliiofEEFpu0PiYL3W_5Ekckbw1-2BT0ecjflvvoqjkaUeblza3FP0lBpfFhL7GdiZ-EZbxCeXe2unaiAScACgPy1fHejXIo90JzG55_rkLTEHZ07JmpBQ/s1225/superman236-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGopek5lYWpFxKuT_8F3SlzpliiofEEFpu0PiYL3W_5Ekckbw1-2BT0ecjflvvoqjkaUeblza3FP0lBpfFhL7GdiZ-EZbxCeXe2unaiAScACgPy1fHejXIo90JzG55_rkLTEHZ07JmpBQ/s16000/superman236-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and he’s about to tear it open, when sinister
images of Jimmy, Lois, and Batman appear in the flames, grinning at the man of
steel. He tries to get them to speak, but the figures vanish before he can…and
in an act of rebellion, Superman decides to tunnel under the gate to find out
what’s on the other side before ripping it open. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXv-MPUV1Bgo2wygqKqs5TcnSbVoYvQAuoKkI3HKNHgGHGLRUAYxFmDA9X5UHNu4XYU8888VBWVEpRZlXKvml0jHltryO5bBHO5Tr0AuH4UARzP7Zopqol_ATCDlUWf8uY3lbLCMCuOw/s1218/superman236-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaXv-MPUV1Bgo2wygqKqs5TcnSbVoYvQAuoKkI3HKNHgGHGLRUAYxFmDA9X5UHNu4XYU8888VBWVEpRZlXKvml0jHltryO5bBHO5Tr0AuH4UARzP7Zopqol_ATCDlUWf8uY3lbLCMCuOw/s16000/superman236-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What he discovers is a horde of devils cowering
behind the defenses. They attack him, but again their weapons don’t seem to
pack the magical might to do him any harm. Supes trounces them without working
up a sweat.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6u8Z0N-in6oKB7SghQk0WW0Qe6JRKE1SCIvAri3XirVXUpFzlH7UA4LgUXmJUfOVqoXCPPlMN5tFB8tI9yyD3DKAfg6Qt1XyhnQV8p-SNi7KfTk0ghUY1DAU1U9qwiUVyQMjsU_BZBM/s1224/superman236-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiD6u8Z0N-in6oKB7SghQk0WW0Qe6JRKE1SCIvAri3XirVXUpFzlH7UA4LgUXmJUfOVqoXCPPlMN5tFB8tI9yyD3DKAfg6Qt1XyhnQV8p-SNi7KfTk0ghUY1DAU1U9qwiUVyQMjsU_BZBM/s16000/superman236-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">While I’ve been focusing on this one facet of the
story, Supes has been mulling over things like angels who talk of killing,
people who aren’t dead yet showing up in “Hell,” and the dirty robes of the
angels.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfht5vrzj_Cu2_SLbCYPFVgXXY2vX3cWLPRe-LuM2_IPMruHR-qnDsED8xT5bHoOb2nRmi6K9BCDY9VdQQ2dG60q5Ia8MJJRGg9NmQ12iT6Xfcm2AwbrfY3OXwhvKLVE2Nth1T6mdv_rE/s1207/superman236-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1207" data-original-width="828" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfht5vrzj_Cu2_SLbCYPFVgXXY2vX3cWLPRe-LuM2_IPMruHR-qnDsED8xT5bHoOb2nRmi6K9BCDY9VdQQ2dG60q5Ia8MJJRGg9NmQ12iT6Xfcm2AwbrfY3OXwhvKLVE2Nth1T6mdv_rE/s16000/superman236-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The head devil gets Superman to focus on him and we
find that he is an alien, not a pit fiend. Superman has been mind-controlled.
The angels are actually criminal-murderers (which are the worst kind of
murderers) who have trapped their jailer’s transport on a planet while they
plot taking over the ship to escape. The “wall” is actually a circle of nuclear
flam around the ship that keeps the bad angels at bay. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRw0ZbKDJ7FZKh8Sd1ArBfElUCU1pHL1_ITW8CnUJe4M6y9_2bxSPLh1ENUyHHXZs-4zuwFCt5BRdrYulgsNLdQjcAvrn04u8DnocWLms_izUFV4UKmXjLeGz-ApeMvIsPNLEZ3HLad9k/s1216/superman236-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgRw0ZbKDJ7FZKh8Sd1ArBfElUCU1pHL1_ITW8CnUJe4M6y9_2bxSPLh1ENUyHHXZs-4zuwFCt5BRdrYulgsNLdQjcAvrn04u8DnocWLms_izUFV4UKmXjLeGz-ApeMvIsPNLEZ3HLad9k/s16000/superman236-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Superman has heard enough, he takes off to confront
these criminals, only to find the “angels” holding actual swords over the heads
of his friends. Supes is wise to them now, though. This is all bullshit and
mirrors, and he ignores it, going straight for one of the angels.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt4soJHFgo2g36Ksent8FKTBK2SUCo6UCgMNEBE8Y0MqEKx07aWOAP0w_bDZz5zijJjK_ButDr424kXcUr3lB4q9-eRKSKpU7v-dlUDkmhCF96RyjnzguYOZMQsDLFqxU8Ra4B7YXD_8/s1216/superman236-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="824" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkt4soJHFgo2g36Ksent8FKTBK2SUCo6UCgMNEBE8Y0MqEKx07aWOAP0w_bDZz5zijJjK_ButDr424kXcUr3lB4q9-eRKSKpU7v-dlUDkmhCF96RyjnzguYOZMQsDLFqxU8Ra4B7YXD_8/s16000/superman236-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And here we have a couple of panels of Supes
kicking angel’s butts, which is way more satisfying than it should be. However,
the Gabriel angel is about to get revenge on the man of steel by destroying
life on Earth with a bomb of some kind…and he space warps there…and wait, wait,
WAIT book!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJHnPspeMTdom9pvDynzBwFSObAkF9H_OAQMm69zTKK0pLPSkctmOPWlyBqAmZ22zkCU-qpjeQ7iKlvKFl_82yiUWbvXrFmECMiLCQtY6Yc542iPLbth7yS62nSxy4oO5862DSmGk91k/s1216/superman236-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="799" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpJHnPspeMTdom9pvDynzBwFSObAkF9H_OAQMm69zTKK0pLPSkctmOPWlyBqAmZ22zkCU-qpjeQ7iKlvKFl_82yiUWbvXrFmECMiLCQtY6Yc542iPLbth7yS62nSxy4oO5862DSmGk91k/s16000/superman236-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiPP-j3loSFuYLAPywOBB3yHEwpFklctz4tT5wWvO39a0nVC4mxN7x9uW8-NMnEccNl9fQ8J8VNNfj-r6vkzHhB_9MQJ7SVDC7RJ0-yb9HxXt0DpTu-nspQ9Nrd44rBuhe9j8eEjQ3ts/s1222/superman236-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGiPP-j3loSFuYLAPywOBB3yHEwpFklctz4tT5wWvO39a0nVC4mxN7x9uW8-NMnEccNl9fQ8J8VNNfj-r6vkzHhB_9MQJ7SVDC7RJ0-yb9HxXt0DpTu-nspQ9Nrd44rBuhe9j8eEjQ3ts/s16000/superman236-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRHNPJBR5r-HrceaDfW3YCukojBnFdbBkxg6T0XyYgjfwnJ79Zl2RtlPW6iLoxEYrfXaJxY_nPQLModyIhbcLelP-JGKrdu1Die3ZhI1q4ghgApLGLtAkJeNb2PttTz-bhOotxvhESOU/s1208/superman236-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1208" data-original-width="826" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjfRHNPJBR5r-HrceaDfW3YCukojBnFdbBkxg6T0XyYgjfwnJ79Zl2RtlPW6iLoxEYrfXaJxY_nPQLModyIhbcLelP-JGKrdu1Die3ZhI1q4ghgApLGLtAkJeNb2PttTz-bhOotxvhESOU/s16000/superman236-p14.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yeah, Superman saves Earth…but if the angel could
warp TO EARTH couldn’t they other angels have just left anytime they wanted?
Why did they need the ship? How does this make any sense? </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rE8sh6OvktZUoibFbUOgOlmC3QvzKnxHw8-i1YZYSEi2f-dpLUKjB4_-TweYZK2nsPdUAtWeQgC8bmjxHN5xTAMwMAeDvjr9UxvuAfMFjidt6W2bP3BmwFeatIhR0j5Ae59n-G57yNA/s1211/superman236-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1211" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1rE8sh6OvktZUoibFbUOgOlmC3QvzKnxHw8-i1YZYSEi2f-dpLUKjB4_-TweYZK2nsPdUAtWeQgC8bmjxHN5xTAMwMAeDvjr9UxvuAfMFjidt6W2bP3BmwFeatIhR0j5Ae59n-G57yNA/s16000/superman236-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Bah! It’s silver-age. Just go with it, I suppose.
Especially when you get scenes of Superman chasing angels and then punching
them on the chin. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Until our next meeting, sliver-age Supes! I just
hope I can avoid buying yet a third copy of this book.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-35109755172661633382020-10-17T15:21:00.003-07:002020-10-22T03:03:43.002-07:00Doctor Strange #16<p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Inker – Tom Palmer</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colorist – Tom Palmer</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – John Costanza</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Marv Wolfman</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">July 1976</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Steven Englehart is a toss-up for me. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There are stories of his that I read as a kid that
I felt were the epitome of great comic writing. Works like Marvel Premiere #13,
featuring the same character Englehart has his hooks in here, Dr. Strange. That
book is one of my favorites and I’d much rather be reading that issue than
this one. Maybe it’s the addition of Frank Brunner’s pencils accented by Neal
Adams’ inks? Certainly Gene Colan and Tom Palmer are no slouches, but this
issue doesn’t have the crispness of MP 13. It looks muddy and Palmer’s colors
don’t do it any favors. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But I think it’s more than that. I think it is the
story. I believe this is a muddy mess, where MP 13 was a wonderful Escher puzzle.
The two don’t compare. Not certain how artists can make THAT much of a
difference unless they are substantially changing the story. But there it is. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Englehart fails to pull this one off and I’m left
confused and a bit mystified…and not in the “it was a great, mystifying Dr. Strange story”
kind of way.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Let’s wander through Hell with the good Doc and
Clea. Without the prior issue, I have no idea how they got here, but they are
facing one of the baddest bad guys of them all. SATAN! *cue lightning*</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNc_3Ubj_FqIHOfpVvwMMMq_rIRbYC67qP5f8cGmoTeDu8M2quaoqdjhTKrRvzBaQb2WA5Y9oBFo93pY93AIaWjzxCbK2PJmnbRN25Vb0PfJuyPVah67LMspPNCnb4bC0MeV9AEZqqro/s1129/DrStrange16-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1129" data-original-width="790" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjdNc_3Ubj_FqIHOfpVvwMMMq_rIRbYC67qP5f8cGmoTeDu8M2quaoqdjhTKrRvzBaQb2WA5Y9oBFo93pY93AIaWjzxCbK2PJmnbRN25Vb0PfJuyPVah67LMspPNCnb4bC0MeV9AEZqqro/s16000/DrStrange16-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yup! I know where the rest of my Marvel friends are
going. Satan doesn’t exist in the Marvel 616 Universe, right? Don’t you mean Mephisto?
</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Nope. The good Doc has faced off against Marvel’s
stand-in Devil too many times, I suppose, and Englehart had the ACTUAL Devil
show up to…um….bedevil the good Doctor. Yeah, I don’t get it either.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Also things haven’t been going so good for Stephen
Strange. Appears he just lived through the death of the Earth and had fought Eternity
for its recreation. Satan brings that point up to him.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElOqrpJeuKPdESE9TGUZenKNfFk7FKHErEYEXlwTHLvL70cLeBN7q9ncRppe7La09CxyzZ1JVYDgDEdtwRV1qRu6ZBkmAIE6YNNzxBvTUVTWYAq7JiQtLwHCI2jhTvw2ePoD74zQw5bg/s1210/DrStrange16-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiElOqrpJeuKPdESE9TGUZenKNfFk7FKHErEYEXlwTHLvL70cLeBN7q9ncRppe7La09CxyzZ1JVYDgDEdtwRV1qRu6ZBkmAIE6YNNzxBvTUVTWYAq7JiQtLwHCI2jhTvw2ePoD74zQw5bg/s16000/DrStrange16-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">After watching the Earth fall apart and then come
back together, the sorcerer had to battle Dracula and that went badly. Just how
badly? See for yourself:</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOfqdavLInZbVmYCDKm4zVadj4ft0g4m0XmBa60BcPQYHVCXcfIBmVIXDUVSfMtpLwqPCUhxSqA_AMHUiyfqQdqdhcy36RQicmIvRPCe-l99Cxuih_BMA8mWFzeKkqmA9fHzSVgMlAyA/s1199/DrStrange16-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="794" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOOfqdavLInZbVmYCDKm4zVadj4ft0g4m0XmBa60BcPQYHVCXcfIBmVIXDUVSfMtpLwqPCUhxSqA_AMHUiyfqQdqdhcy36RQicmIvRPCe-l99Cxuih_BMA8mWFzeKkqmA9fHzSVgMlAyA/s16000/DrStrange16-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbfF7UxkmyJNTzlwRS4cxXe_bmczORdAn2Emu7WEiRVoZgEMrdsFUAosnuHwmf1q_qiMzuP61mlPRFQqFJAvjQtSvkpXCojGfD9Edyhj1dp1JHLAhj5sCybbNXewxG0RJ6EkMjThHkeQ/s1196/DrStrange16-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1196" data-original-width="817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZbfF7UxkmyJNTzlwRS4cxXe_bmczORdAn2Emu7WEiRVoZgEMrdsFUAosnuHwmf1q_qiMzuP61mlPRFQqFJAvjQtSvkpXCojGfD9Edyhj1dp1JHLAhj5sCybbNXewxG0RJ6EkMjThHkeQ/s16000/DrStrange16-p4.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yup, Doc got him a slight case of vampirism. And
Satan isn’t below using it against him. I’m not even sure how this fits in with
anything in the ongoing because I never see Doc get cured of it. It just
mysteriously vanishes on the next page. Meanwhile Wong, along with extras Rama
Kaliph and Lord Phyffe, work to exercise…er…exorcise the Satan out of Doc
Strange.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We will check back on their progress in a bit. Stephen
has to deal with saving “The Spirit of the Earth” from drowning in lava, which
ends up being a devilish trick.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgE7hRRB7X5KPyBaWt5QxSEEHOfTvieS4geq6g8UyAiZw8toiFTQfbYq74Gmp-bJAeQNN7qWm5MoTYiZgmnFYgbFlHxy86QgZBegqpkGCuYcLn_NoLk_vQKuw6LaiD79V2butAvPB7BSU/s1199/DrStrange16-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1199" data-original-width="785" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgE7hRRB7X5KPyBaWt5QxSEEHOfTvieS4geq6g8UyAiZw8toiFTQfbYq74Gmp-bJAeQNN7qWm5MoTYiZgmnFYgbFlHxy86QgZBegqpkGCuYcLn_NoLk_vQKuw6LaiD79V2butAvPB7BSU/s16000/DrStrange16-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2rrpQKb5EArCkRXoovNu40SnLMPwenfKeCAh2V14d8QVN3V0sKFiBgtilM__xB0yhuhnmrJ8Akdk54E4dWyX8e0jrwi1HyxHVxa1WICKY8nUcDgfkXDjCFFGc7km3RTeVscxoyKVpjs/s1188/DrStrange16-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1188" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEju2rrpQKb5EArCkRXoovNu40SnLMPwenfKeCAh2V14d8QVN3V0sKFiBgtilM__xB0yhuhnmrJ8Akdk54E4dWyX8e0jrwi1HyxHVxa1WICKY8nUcDgfkXDjCFFGc7km3RTeVscxoyKVpjs/s16000/DrStrange16-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And after falling face-first into lava, the Sorcerer
Supreme is next tasked to reach Clea, who is chained to the top of a high pillar.
Note too that Satan keeps changing into really hammy dumb voices, like Mick
Jagger and Mae West. Never thought the devil would show up as some weird form
of Rich Little.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqOgRgYr-lTZr4z6e3-MCwlM7tDFM4CThel1oTwlFGy5-YjHZS9o4O0uyqCtzxbPYwWNrx821FrmgbcKkhjyE2RbeMBnUkAU3BnpLYZ8NKq8NmUgWzZceAp-VZkVV3rU7lImGWOrV2s8/s1200/DrStrange16-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1200" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmqOgRgYr-lTZr4z6e3-MCwlM7tDFM4CThel1oTwlFGy5-YjHZS9o4O0uyqCtzxbPYwWNrx821FrmgbcKkhjyE2RbeMBnUkAU3BnpLYZ8NKq8NmUgWzZceAp-VZkVV3rU7lImGWOrV2s8/s16000/DrStrange16-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Oh! Back to the comic, which finally gives us
something that might end in a payoff: Baron Mordo shows up.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyZGumUNaIlzuu1nJLS-RGVfjlg8BAq7B2bWJrGDtKZNfXJKLECLV28hZH1-0hNZZv434B53eFjR8r6klXjXn6rfCMP4qPkLyROQTWFy8npvULBgWLYp_1PpnICoago7Ezbg2SykRO74/s1206/DrStrange16-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkyZGumUNaIlzuu1nJLS-RGVfjlg8BAq7B2bWJrGDtKZNfXJKLECLV28hZH1-0hNZZv434B53eFjR8r6klXjXn6rfCMP4qPkLyROQTWFy8npvULBgWLYp_1PpnICoago7Ezbg2SykRO74/s16000/DrStrange16-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Make that LOTS of Baron Mordos show up. Where the
hell is this going. Oh, riiiiiight. Hell. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_Sy0HfxX5PUiaf-B5YAiX4hgxjY_CWdgiJ9MQ_0bH2C2iVUig0TQN2VeUKmAvrTPezEsa4sgkXrzM7ydfLJNpJk5pztWY5u5BbL_Y3gBrhRY1mHxF17L2nVFA50i4AAWWm8zcxA5lCQ/s1210/DrStrange16-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="801" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgd_Sy0HfxX5PUiaf-B5YAiX4hgxjY_CWdgiJ9MQ_0bH2C2iVUig0TQN2VeUKmAvrTPezEsa4sgkXrzM7ydfLJNpJk5pztWY5u5BbL_Y3gBrhRY1mHxF17L2nVFA50i4AAWWm8zcxA5lCQ/s16000/DrStrange16-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLR5FeBn4JHppOEhAKTnGON497E925itPEe_4rrxj2PZdosY9QZiLwtnELmvLKCLz28P7t6pugE4Vnu0Sd2zFn3h8-89kZMp_CNqPAuxiS_7gDO8WKACkHagOU2XF1ipMS6aGwMQjTuE/s1203/DrStrange16-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1203" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwLR5FeBn4JHppOEhAKTnGON497E925itPEe_4rrxj2PZdosY9QZiLwtnELmvLKCLz28P7t6pugE4Vnu0Sd2zFn3h8-89kZMp_CNqPAuxiS_7gDO8WKACkHagOU2XF1ipMS6aGwMQjTuE/s16000/DrStrange16-p10.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Or down the toilet. The visual metaphor is not lost
on me. Anyways, Strange reaches the tower…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmE2R9y7VUYyL71oK0N3OuDVfFQswd3Mh7_nRIH5KcJFMPyC395IWDg80yjH4cPvQy2UFWZaLeLw6I7b8PJYrkfK8k3gg82tc7bw-yUCxKr98i2u29iLn4MLXqq4mjGHcHvzZkMcBdHY/s1206/DrStrange16-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1206" data-original-width="795" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhUmE2R9y7VUYyL71oK0N3OuDVfFQswd3Mh7_nRIH5KcJFMPyC395IWDg80yjH4cPvQy2UFWZaLeLw6I7b8PJYrkfK8k3gg82tc7bw-yUCxKr98i2u29iLn4MLXqq4mjGHcHvzZkMcBdHY/s16000/DrStrange16-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…only to have a giant Satan snake try to kill him…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3amJzWT0waAcHnqUYxIE4syMucdrzXl7LHAJEWkzzmKrUCLnmEPXwozs7KvhJnK9IsGjmBPebUS5jmERIcNNAun3i9sjue5IqQeQ4kFhHrXqA5eeaxYaRmu2scyTBc8Dm7mwHyaphPkI/s1213/DrStrange16-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3amJzWT0waAcHnqUYxIE4syMucdrzXl7LHAJEWkzzmKrUCLnmEPXwozs7KvhJnK9IsGjmBPebUS5jmERIcNNAun3i9sjue5IqQeQ4kFhHrXqA5eeaxYaRmu2scyTBc8Dm7mwHyaphPkI/s16000/DrStrange16-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and then for the devil to grow the tower an
impossible distance…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY65I7yaXaDAEPyX9lZDipuU5r4Y7WjyelzqqBgKOj6p7D54CiE6exVo5uITmiiftNhAXuIYASqIJED0G8z3V24AebAY1bNeTJGFzMxb9485CPTi2IPS8T-ZTti5BcU110tct9FwaF8U/s1204/DrStrange16-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1204" data-original-width="785" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrY65I7yaXaDAEPyX9lZDipuU5r4Y7WjyelzqqBgKOj6p7D54CiE6exVo5uITmiiftNhAXuIYASqIJED0G8z3V24AebAY1bNeTJGFzMxb9485CPTi2IPS8T-ZTti5BcU110tct9FwaF8U/s16000/DrStrange16-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and then make it vanish. This causes Strange to
have to rush to save Clea….</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8qoptfaJ6TXzPqBBRNNa_dTvTTsQz9Jf0-QngqaheK-2-Y5JXNl-EAckhHxSrG-oNhvAVKRvfI_gvhrtdTaHq74eLWLYbbpW9X1oOPphs5VvCw2LC4KcJFr3J54FTUZH-O3HLsjWb2k/s1202/DrStrange16-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="797" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhn8qoptfaJ6TXzPqBBRNNa_dTvTTsQz9Jf0-QngqaheK-2-Y5JXNl-EAckhHxSrG-oNhvAVKRvfI_gvhrtdTaHq74eLWLYbbpW9X1oOPphs5VvCw2LC4KcJFr3J54FTUZH-O3HLsjWb2k/s16000/DrStrange16-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and it just about then that his friends exorcism
reaches him. He suddenly realizes all of Satan’s “tricks” are just that. A form
of mental illusion. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFBzdWzTzY1GfrYh9pziHv6RqHs0QLQg-bF55kpMrbidhb8EV6a0ztb7MzTpLyPOrBOzLybYm_DD2L3SnY1PwT0vDe0b4UbuxotIW8EVTamJn4mbyt2Z_JLbD77ilLRFlJHsjiqMZG9c/s1229/DrStrange16-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1229" data-original-width="798" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBFBzdWzTzY1GfrYh9pziHv6RqHs0QLQg-bF55kpMrbidhb8EV6a0ztb7MzTpLyPOrBOzLybYm_DD2L3SnY1PwT0vDe0b4UbuxotIW8EVTamJn4mbyt2Z_JLbD77ilLRFlJHsjiqMZG9c/s16000/DrStrange16-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1PYQIbzSjdQrfnsKp94XMCq1jVt0VNis4f5LspzDoHE_iwOZpQv6elRhHI9qw1vJDHjvKmgBG8Y6KvkBPF2HO65ps5FOpgsCYMAcBQiuec1nrI91_Aac9Tidx-POxHuXYlCYlLSdnFs/s1214/DrStrange16-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="793" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjd1PYQIbzSjdQrfnsKp94XMCq1jVt0VNis4f5LspzDoHE_iwOZpQv6elRhHI9qw1vJDHjvKmgBG8Y6KvkBPF2HO65ps5FOpgsCYMAcBQiuec1nrI91_Aac9Tidx-POxHuXYlCYlLSdnFs/s16000/DrStrange16-p16.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Doc Strange stops believing and even Satan falls
back into the abyss. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98WQB2a86tykxdjZy0baBOurkYplLLvENAVwSS7xpv0TibUswyndBJJvhYIfkV2NDcRkBb8MItUbyhpwozExsWP8OKW8r8HexYQiIUkFa-YrCtYKzx_24eDWAVi24qg6RjcLaCQ-ceKg/s1198/DrStrange16-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="793" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi98WQB2a86tykxdjZy0baBOurkYplLLvENAVwSS7xpv0TibUswyndBJJvhYIfkV2NDcRkBb8MItUbyhpwozExsWP8OKW8r8HexYQiIUkFa-YrCtYKzx_24eDWAVi24qg6RjcLaCQ-ceKg/s16000/DrStrange16-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And he’s in some park with Clea. And that’s the
ending…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Not very satisfying. Story lacks a lot of punch and
an understandable villain. How does Satan mesh with the rest of Marvel’s devils
and pantheon? Was this the same guy that gave his demon seed to the mom of Daimon
Hellstrom, Son of Satan? By they way, anyone catch that show on Hulu yet? You
should probably check it out. Better than wasting your time wandering around
Hell as I have this Halloween. Speaking of which, it’s time to get out of here.
See all of you tomorrow when we WON’T be in for a hot time. <span> </span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-80329894449806991822020-10-17T08:35:00.003-07:002020-10-20T02:25:36.438-07:00Lucifer #32<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <a name="_Hlk52098907"><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 20</span></b></a></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Lucifer #32</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrRbF6In5Nv65wvWNcu3hbg4CXDHinh9fO3wW5WTssXK_H3FYalSuxQ6yDN0hxRIDd592vfd8et6kxyU-Cfs6yJMC2AB63Cxid1hiqk7OwRpiCq60lAj7fGOHjNDHXPOTzsdeEGWMMvo/s2048/Lucifer32-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1346" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNrRbF6In5Nv65wvWNcu3hbg4CXDHinh9fO3wW5WTssXK_H3FYalSuxQ6yDN0hxRIDd592vfd8et6kxyU-Cfs6yJMC2AB63Cxid1hiqk7OwRpiCq60lAj7fGOHjNDHXPOTzsdeEGWMMvo/w420-h640/Lucifer32-cover.jpg" width="420" /></a></b></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><b><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Leaves me wanting more</span></b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> <br /></span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">“Inferno,
part 4 of 4”</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Creators
– Gaiman, Kieth, and Dringenberg</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer
– Mike Cary</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Artists
– Peter Cross & nRyan Kelly</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Colorist
– Daniel Vozz</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer
– Comicraft</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Assistant
Editor – Mariah Huehner</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor
– Shelly Bond</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">January
2003</span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A friend of mine keeps telling me to watch Lucifer.</span></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It would take nothing but a few hours of my time to
get hooked on it, she says. And then she lays out the premise of the devil
getting bored of Hell moving to LA, opening a nightclub, and then solving
mysteries while creatures from his realm wander in and out of the storylines. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And while that sounds appeasing, it is a far cry
from what the DC/Vertigo Lucifer comic book the show is based on uses as plot
hooks. In the comic, we see Lucifer after he leaves the throne of Hell in the
pages of Neil Gaiman’s <b>Sandman</b> and yet still resides in Hell, pulling the
strings of various factions and causing general mayhem, just because. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The two don’t appear to be dealing with the same
concepts even. And while I enjoy a series that takes familiar characters/story and changes up the details a bit (see Ellis’s The Boy vs the Amazon Prime
show of the same name), I feel that these two properties could not be much
farther apart if they tried.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I am intrigued more by the Lucifer comics than by
the TV show. Sadly in crapbox terms it is easier to watch the show than it is
to find connected issues of the book. I have an odd half-dozen of the comics,
but they range from vol 1 and vol 2, both different in tone and yet not
different in numbered sequence. In starting this review, I tried to catch up
and found myself getting thoroughly confused by the mingling of storylines
before I discovered my error. Needless to say I corrected quickly.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So we are jumping in on the last issue of a four
part tale in the third year of Mike Cary’s run in volume 1. This is generally
considered the better of the two volumes and I like to start at the beginning
where I can. I could have gone with an issue earlier on, but they tended to
confuse me. Like walking into a party where you know none of the other guests,
I found the earlier issues I have dealing with lesser characters that for all
the emotional punch of their struggles, I had no idea what the stakes were that
they were fighting for. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Here at least I get it: a straight-forward fighting
issue for the most part and as good a place as any to land this review. We
being with Lucifer about to start a battle witnessed by the hordes of Hell, so
we know the stakes have to be pretty high. He’s battling this devil-angel guy
named Amenadiel, who can fly and has a box with a piece of Lucifer in it that
will act as a compass to Lucifer Morningstar’s location.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj3S4cKQDnoMlT6PV_MBnk7LEwKwN__Cftt6Cw7o9hEpimJ9S6fcHDD2HLvsTxsXS-mHIhbYIdu1-1tlhKqZvPOlALu0vdy_j5Kfd_FJlJAGyRux1zyvjXtSdw_C_0JvzJrs_YfgFOCw/s1338/Lucifer32-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxj3S4cKQDnoMlT6PV_MBnk7LEwKwN__Cftt6Cw7o9hEpimJ9S6fcHDD2HLvsTxsXS-mHIhbYIdu1-1tlhKqZvPOlALu0vdy_j5Kfd_FJlJAGyRux1zyvjXtSdw_C_0JvzJrs_YfgFOCw/s16000/Lucifer32-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwTiUz5LddnXoslfooLFCdjQsfeNJBeYYnopb9Mp1yN2zupXln0zFz8BOYN3RTscK267l_dEPTeVq0seATjT1cFwfRgS5iedE_La1qnu7vyTIEWfF9d6A0BELeMq6IYOsIOgA_4Bu0BY/s1340/Lucifer32-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizwTiUz5LddnXoslfooLFCdjQsfeNJBeYYnopb9Mp1yN2zupXln0zFz8BOYN3RTscK267l_dEPTeVq0seATjT1cFwfRgS5iedE_La1qnu7vyTIEWfF9d6A0BELeMq6IYOsIOgA_4Bu0BY/s16000/Lucifer32-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The horns blast and Lucifer is left to wander the twisted
landscape outside the arena while Amendiel searches for him from above.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84umRmmo2p1EUSCA1IincguU7pu8SYa0xqgv0cETh84oPOGQBMnveJQQd8eY8f6jcYUzWl_lgxYPs1DYpAILj5fr8KESTtorzzrY9s-geTyxi2Mkh7utkWAOLMgc6vVbB4YS18-OICms/s1350/Lucifer32-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh84umRmmo2p1EUSCA1IincguU7pu8SYa0xqgv0cETh84oPOGQBMnveJQQd8eY8f6jcYUzWl_lgxYPs1DYpAILj5fr8KESTtorzzrY9s-geTyxi2Mkh7utkWAOLMgc6vVbB4YS18-OICms/s16000/Lucifer32-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Now we swap over to an ally? of Lucifers…maybe? I
don’t really know. What I know is what’s on the page. This is Mazikeen, a young
woman trussed up like a BDSM sub about to be impregnated by this gorilla on a car
wench named Scoria. I’m not certain what the implications of all this is, but Scoria
wants Mazikeen as his “bride” and to get her pregnant with his seed. Mazikeen
wants free and to have custody of Susano, a wizard? Maybe? Who she needs to
complete a ritual of some kind…I suppose. I don’t know. I don’t know. It’s a
comic that is 31 issues of buildup and character revels. Don’t ask me. It is
beyond me to explain. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWordGc2XR3ONlI5vsEWJYxCYv7Ca3ktj3KtAMoD4hXQ5qR5BIJdIQkjaO-8FC0APsMQVmh9iUDJ309u2UVkWzMsO-t58Xhq_YqgdJLxEoFdbc7l6OdU-77j-Eg5m83iYmYgOMSoOpkEE/s1342/Lucifer32-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWordGc2XR3ONlI5vsEWJYxCYv7Ca3ktj3KtAMoD4hXQ5qR5BIJdIQkjaO-8FC0APsMQVmh9iUDJ309u2UVkWzMsO-t58Xhq_YqgdJLxEoFdbc7l6OdU-77j-Eg5m83iYmYgOMSoOpkEE/s16000/Lucifer32-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvAJ6whhWz2n3Nzs-oihxPTmgWbHOvbUfwzWjJZ1lmb7Lkd7o-8jMIQ5dSwYJg7IXXc0IyZZytohor3RFjDIZlGzP1IYyNAK54xXRnwg-boC69N396YywFNxfDka8BgH9gOPijCg1EU0/s1338/Lucifer32-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwvAJ6whhWz2n3Nzs-oihxPTmgWbHOvbUfwzWjJZ1lmb7Lkd7o-8jMIQ5dSwYJg7IXXc0IyZZytohor3RFjDIZlGzP1IYyNAK54xXRnwg-boC69N396YywFNxfDka8BgH9gOPijCg1EU0/s16000/Lucifer32-p5.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But as gorilla jerk hovers ominously, Susano
appears to be freeing himself, Mazikeen starts to magically chant…we switch
back to the Lucifer fight, which is something I do understand. Amendiel catches
Lucifer unawares and knocks him to the ground.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2C7lKHp0xn0Bo7BiF_UKViP7vKePB2998opB7PKw1RMYXEMq3RCA8uXq_ykv-YNPhoqGaV0ZKlnwda-qdEt5-7YbhNcoWvTT38PnoMkjkLR8yC76mrJ0LBmWph_O38iyn_RHUxZVL_Y/s1340/Lucifer32-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiY2C7lKHp0xn0Bo7BiF_UKViP7vKePB2998opB7PKw1RMYXEMq3RCA8uXq_ykv-YNPhoqGaV0ZKlnwda-qdEt5-7YbhNcoWvTT38PnoMkjkLR8yC76mrJ0LBmWph_O38iyn_RHUxZVL_Y/s16000/Lucifer32-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then the bigger opponent holds him above the ground
and rips out his heart. Not gonna see this on Netflix show, I imagine.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTqGu03mCdyX9puj32vjjOP_d8KRMYRYIMCsKNL-B-WZuTbOXaSmycnoPRzWDYlAK4Cy0Sw3jJ-gw9ss-y-OQU8TuVMhKUAKxMt_-eN7920XiMJmcbBao_wn5Un4k8qmZYtzZnvlXx1I/s1342/Lucifer32-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJTqGu03mCdyX9puj32vjjOP_d8KRMYRYIMCsKNL-B-WZuTbOXaSmycnoPRzWDYlAK4Cy0Sw3jJ-gw9ss-y-OQU8TuVMhKUAKxMt_-eN7920XiMJmcbBao_wn5Un4k8qmZYtzZnvlXx1I/s16000/Lucifer32-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Back with Mazikeen, she’s uses her magic to take
command of all the Iron Giant knock-offs standing around Scoria. Their first
acts are to subdue the hanging ape devil and to free Mazikeen. Then she has
them hand her a big wrench, and she beats the devil to a pulp.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBqrK2drNyrgNYWYTMF0yHdoLw0XIssVF6g_P4xynGwgHKP63_b4IiWvN3DD3a9ZYDWUuHFl6WOC9MVAePmlwRIXDy6jj4I8AOunDjciOOU9PmTzX4-L1bXZssCpf6yCsMN-sl2pLFPU/s1343/Lucifer32-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXBqrK2drNyrgNYWYTMF0yHdoLw0XIssVF6g_P4xynGwgHKP63_b4IiWvN3DD3a9ZYDWUuHFl6WOC9MVAePmlwRIXDy6jj4I8AOunDjciOOU9PmTzX4-L1bXZssCpf6yCsMN-sl2pLFPU/s16000/Lucifer32-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and then has her mecha army burn his remains. In
the vicious melee, Susano makes his escape, however.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4GCUFWy_ZbNW5Wm3dqcolf4gkhcj63nnC7QXTuFtMoS6Zm5ahjkqfO3t0TY7BSZWvEbJFbG0WX6nIg7JEB09Bc2dZBLqlFx4HMuf6vYbR9kGvu_uqxcfWJnb4sspkhMUgT8a3SZvzBM/s1340/Lucifer32-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha4GCUFWy_ZbNW5Wm3dqcolf4gkhcj63nnC7QXTuFtMoS6Zm5ahjkqfO3t0TY7BSZWvEbJFbG0WX6nIg7JEB09Bc2dZBLqlFx4HMuf6vYbR9kGvu_uqxcfWJnb4sspkhMUgT8a3SZvzBM/s16000/Lucifer32-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And at the same time Amendiel has Lucifer’s heart
in his hand and decides the correct thing to do is to eat it. Possibly this is
explained somewhere early on, but I missed that issue. Eating it seems to have
been the wrong move, though.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJus28svA5jcipNyvMj5m-q5jA9n3g85pkmMALeKGpflV_-aUOoF5J4qxZMT_kII-4fpU86mJM0eNorux1r_tnIklHKH4UgepD7b6Os_vwuHcZI-2BShbRRbSvhnWdZqixqXiCK56rVPI/s1343/Lucifer32-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1343" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJus28svA5jcipNyvMj5m-q5jA9n3g85pkmMALeKGpflV_-aUOoF5J4qxZMT_kII-4fpU86mJM0eNorux1r_tnIklHKH4UgepD7b6Os_vwuHcZI-2BShbRRbSvhnWdZqixqXiCK56rVPI/s16000/Lucifer32-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Appears the heart Amendiel pulls from Lucifer’s
chest belonged to an assassin sent to kill Lucifer in an earlier issue. And it
contained a toxi cherub that now paralyzes Amendiel.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlst0hn2wK1Kt7vrlYIH8kdbudVJ6lxmb2A7yakjNIAIcKVvt3RM42WwyjSo_-Iaa3ia7KOFlma3TT9OvbAKEYtra9m6gatptMJgD2BcXj4Y6RSj0HyLwPfv5xDaMa_V4r5_AvarZRrM/s1348/Lucifer32-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVlst0hn2wK1Kt7vrlYIH8kdbudVJ6lxmb2A7yakjNIAIcKVvt3RM42WwyjSo_-Iaa3ia7KOFlma3TT9OvbAKEYtra9m6gatptMJgD2BcXj4Y6RSj0HyLwPfv5xDaMa_V4r5_AvarZRrM/s16000/Lucifer32-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And with that, Lucifer gets to chow down on
Amendiel’s heart…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHdUBxVSUCYyieyoCzXGvsBnrmXOx36PjN8MAxurEF3O18sTwnUuELYARgtd0vbuqysLSP8lvqIIJLxLFFi5W-tzX29af2tam_xdyavwxS_xLKvGopNnv2ksJuDkVdiy30KKM5BMrl2c/s1348/Lucifer32-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="875" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVHdUBxVSUCYyieyoCzXGvsBnrmXOx36PjN8MAxurEF3O18sTwnUuELYARgtd0vbuqysLSP8lvqIIJLxLFFi5W-tzX29af2tam_xdyavwxS_xLKvGopNnv2ksJuDkVdiy30KKM5BMrl2c/s16000/Lucifer32-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4hkYOhcK-6DmVAvnwfNoyQzt4jGKeBpnVDKs3QIku7Ol5-XgNwFPRHREP_qZ8C8li_SQ-8AFs7uy97k6AnuhSmPGpg2K0hfc03QO26X9FS08VlkxLeF_qgLeI9KYK7uzGOEAMbNf0m8/s1340/Lucifer32-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="893" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjN4hkYOhcK-6DmVAvnwfNoyQzt4jGKeBpnVDKs3QIku7Ol5-XgNwFPRHREP_qZ8C8li_SQ-8AFs7uy97k6AnuhSmPGpg2K0hfc03QO26X9FS08VlkxLeF_qgLeI9KYK7uzGOEAMbNf0m8/s16000/Lucifer32-p15.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…but before he can be announced a the winner, an
angel appears and locks down the dueling ground, demanding Lucifer be brought
to him.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6CSnjPvF4VTatlGYKr_6Cf8xP6miPUTZQtK9zYJTrzyC6UP-5E8ZBqtCyQ1vQSHoJameXcUwj1yFBlZUm2EhCHa3omy706WU4PcFsXgx1_AK0bcEB4ouEBgKwFGw1uG02rAwCTAjORE/s1331/Lucifer32-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgw6CSnjPvF4VTatlGYKr_6Cf8xP6miPUTZQtK9zYJTrzyC6UP-5E8ZBqtCyQ1vQSHoJameXcUwj1yFBlZUm2EhCHa3omy706WU4PcFsXgx1_AK0bcEB4ouEBgKwFGw1uG02rAwCTAjORE/s16000/Lucifer32-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Flip back over to Mazikeen, who has found Susano at
the top of the tower they were held in. Apparently Mazikeen is seeking some
feather that are important to Lucifer for some reason not explained here.
Susano means to deny her them until it is too late for Lucifer, who must be
facing grave odds with the Angel or something…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPHuH-FHPMF-hh-qVb6g2UgBL64Aerq1cNDPAyGIOETtel3dLMZkWjqCjh6-4Si_nGUdrFiAK7SNTdfCljPo0e_fvydeTCa2Tt9r8o7EqCR1MbkYuWlNQiZNSy18hQMx0tZpenBjfiF4/s1345/Lucifer32-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgIPHuH-FHPMF-hh-qVb6g2UgBL64Aerq1cNDPAyGIOETtel3dLMZkWjqCjh6-4Si_nGUdrFiAK7SNTdfCljPo0e_fvydeTCa2Tt9r8o7EqCR1MbkYuWlNQiZNSy18hQMx0tZpenBjfiF4/s16000/Lucifer32-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We turn back to them and the angel is invoking some
rule that says Lucifer didn’t win because his heart wasn’t on the dueling
ground. But Lucifer shows what was in the box that Amendiel was given to track
him. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSYkADYdqIQhKjJ_YEzg3uTPsCGB3idkyzXn6faB1awAwu7bpfxCesDlkIUqMfHyn8Y3UvGo7ccseRnhpcDVNvgTb-5XyJEsIc8gIiBeTBeN698Rnxf-zFoB0sfc7ake5DhUUHj_BRjo/s1348/Lucifer32-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSSYkADYdqIQhKjJ_YEzg3uTPsCGB3idkyzXn6faB1awAwu7bpfxCesDlkIUqMfHyn8Y3UvGo7ccseRnhpcDVNvgTb-5XyJEsIc8gIiBeTBeN698Rnxf-zFoB0sfc7ake5DhUUHj_BRjo/s16000/Lucifer32-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And that would be his heart. Amendiel had the means
to win from the very beginning, he just failed to realize it. Not only that
Amendiel wasn’t supposed to have the means to track Lucifer. (oh, and it
appears Mazikeen now has Susano where she wants him.)</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">While angel and Lucifer argue, Mazikeen tosses
Susano off the roof into a pit of lava, destroying the feathers she sought…</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJHIPliDS3HI3EVqhKBl9u4E2kV-hoooJwNaoqQGh6YkxpRckFbiQc5i-aFuQeK_gKPTISwPlpnaOlGnOBxDVEXfzFlJVBp2yjozEjk5WaqAJ-D5pfxEv5x68mSJjHX1xHK_rYHazAjQ/s1355/Lucifer32-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXJHIPliDS3HI3EVqhKBl9u4E2kV-hoooJwNaoqQGh6YkxpRckFbiQc5i-aFuQeK_gKPTISwPlpnaOlGnOBxDVEXfzFlJVBp2yjozEjk5WaqAJ-D5pfxEv5x68mSJjHX1xHK_rYHazAjQ/s16000/Lucifer32-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…which immediately restores Lucifer’s wings and I’m
to suppose…no small amount of his power. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5NHf_UtlfNSN1uKbwZvB7ZkL-Wv0tCRzZ87uAt0DpvV3rPzDzPBsjvaBJaqm3GQFKVA9Ug8OrNbzfvV1GM5NaStBjuIzGZT3Zz7axzV5q8xzGHF4KPp-jCMi_pV5Fu5pdTyswpb7ZBA/s1309/Lucifer32-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiU5NHf_UtlfNSN1uKbwZvB7ZkL-Wv0tCRzZ87uAt0DpvV3rPzDzPBsjvaBJaqm3GQFKVA9Ug8OrNbzfvV1GM5NaStBjuIzGZT3Zz7axzV5q8xzGHF4KPp-jCMi_pV5Fu5pdTyswpb7ZBA/s16000/Lucifer32-p20.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We end with an epilogue showing how various
characters made out after the events in the arena unfolded and something about
Lucifer and an angel. All of it goes over my head though.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutFApA4-uUjH_D2qvy8RFfsdSCEuniJ3y9dNauzj6cWZL4TPDC0ekBqJPzgL3qzasza-VhjrOlg3YVekcMsQdS9eL_F5wz3FUky2LsEYdiRgKoGjWKJgFVDTB90JhW_aW7FvzxNoU0yU/s1307/Lucifer32-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1307" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiutFApA4-uUjH_D2qvy8RFfsdSCEuniJ3y9dNauzj6cWZL4TPDC0ekBqJPzgL3qzasza-VhjrOlg3YVekcMsQdS9eL_F5wz3FUky2LsEYdiRgKoGjWKJgFVDTB90JhW_aW7FvzxNoU0yU/s16000/Lucifer32-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFHZriQUugle2n9IHrVzllNhkTLB2j9nNCI-97DyAwLL0qKx7iPX1s4HxXqGojjm6w5MDfBGtuN5EyP1yyCjCcgedeGEeClLmpBOwLLxRs0CZXz6EDdP5IbDWOOtlWLQm5XEyeBE_TPE/s1346/Lucifer32-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="864" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjoFHZriQUugle2n9IHrVzllNhkTLB2j9nNCI-97DyAwLL0qKx7iPX1s4HxXqGojjm6w5MDfBGtuN5EyP1yyCjCcgedeGEeClLmpBOwLLxRs0CZXz6EDdP5IbDWOOtlWLQm5XEyeBE_TPE/s16000/Lucifer32-p22.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Lucifer series intrigues me, but it will have
to wait. It is far too involved for me to jump in with crapbox issues and get
anywhere. Maybe it will come up for sale in trades at Half Price. Either that
or a big sale on Humble’s Book Bundle. Till then, I might give the TV show a
try, thought I doubt it comes close to this level of supernatural.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-47589165935542705612020-10-17T02:36:00.003-07:002020-10-17T02:36:23.982-07:00Chronicles of Wormwood #1<p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> <b>Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 17</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Chronicles
of Wormwood #1</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b></b></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P0Q4ytbZ1UxSbQTpVu7CT8VW_CnkbF7OrXR9gSvKsCYbh5GW_L4slq8p40pIBkN9EHyVSw5JXHkTWW-r9aRDFc_jsx65c_rphtNbahDEH_9ERrcpEHmCBFT7Ge7FLdt1bi7xmaA1CUE/s2048/ChronofWormwood1-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1324" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6P0Q4ytbZ1UxSbQTpVu7CT8VW_CnkbF7OrXR9gSvKsCYbh5GW_L4slq8p40pIBkN9EHyVSw5JXHkTWW-r9aRDFc_jsx65c_rphtNbahDEH_9ERrcpEHmCBFT7Ge7FLdt1bi7xmaA1CUE/w414-h640/ChronofWormwood1-cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></b></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b> </b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>Son
of a…well, you get the idea by now</b></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Writer – Garth Ennis</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Penciler – Jacen Burrows</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Colorist – Andrew
Dalhouse</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>Editor – William
Christensen</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>January 2007</i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i> </i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">With The Boys blowing up Amazon Prime, it’s time to
chat about another amazing Ennis property: Chronicles of Wormwood. Like most of
his adult properties, this book contains all but one of the hallmarks of Ennis’s
writing: sex, humor, compelling characters, and intricate plotlines. The
missing bit (at least in this issue, I can’t yet speak for the other five) is
the violence. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">But even missing that bit doesn’t bother me,
because the book is vintage Ennis, a writer who is engaging and readable, whose
stories pull you in with well thought-out characters and imaginative stories. I
genuinely love Ennis’ works and it’s nice to find something great to review in
the pile of Halloween books.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Let’s jump to it, as I’m sure you’ll all be
interested in what Chronicles has in store for us…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8zIWsaFDjo28zdkkrnqiw0SPzgJjgNdr6mX_-vRnswIi2C9cGt_YzIXVmRUk-ZmPfG7opYMtvFOyqriogsaWPn4F7z724mR2tPy-2giNp_EO7IjDYSMiCfR56ko1Tk7yIJBNpFb4RX8/s1340/ChronofWormwood1-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiE8zIWsaFDjo28zdkkrnqiw0SPzgJjgNdr6mX_-vRnswIi2C9cGt_YzIXVmRUk-ZmPfG7opYMtvFOyqriogsaWPn4F7z724mR2tPy-2giNp_EO7IjDYSMiCfR56ko1Tk7yIJBNpFb4RX8/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">We begin with a couple in bed together first thing
in the morning, but the interesting thing about this is the pull out from panel
one of an odd “666” tattooed somewhere under the guy’s hair. That mean’s he’s
got the mark of the beast making him the antichrist. Okay. Decent way to peak my
interest…let’s see where Ennis takes this…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0KXjqW7YCuRf_uFvQucsxd7aHXZfDyCrWvSeMto5MpumZ6meXusQsMbM_PX1bfqyOpBVEWLMYYMEaDXvmVDVTKPZCPoOVATH05SmHuTq_YsfQ3iVr_clC6G1XWPfMFfk2bhWkOpnRtE/s1357/ChronofWormwood1-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgo0KXjqW7YCuRf_uFvQucsxd7aHXZfDyCrWvSeMto5MpumZ6meXusQsMbM_PX1bfqyOpBVEWLMYYMEaDXvmVDVTKPZCPoOVATH05SmHuTq_YsfQ3iVr_clC6G1XWPfMFfk2bhWkOpnRtE/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3zfmHe62MqlgsqKp03-FM-J_f4NwRzPlmxI7LDsEhyG_A5RxW18s0TcMVPuzPKNuMwap3cOxfK-ArWbd6VREpUKSYBT8M58EjahkHQ2pGHAxfENkEWMKU3mPfn5-bLKGCiDSfUy97yg/s1339/ChronofWormwood1-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjC3zfmHe62MqlgsqKp03-FM-J_f4NwRzPlmxI7LDsEhyG_A5RxW18s0TcMVPuzPKNuMwap3cOxfK-ArWbd6VREpUKSYBT8M58EjahkHQ2pGHAxfENkEWMKU3mPfn5-bLKGCiDSfUy97yg/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Our next two pages has Wormwood chatting it up with
his talking pet rabbit and narrating that he’s the antichrist…and we get the
idea that he might not be a bad fella, hard as that is to believe. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxjfkpOfisRQLacNWSvEGci18e2ih4Z1REITo3CHhvMRS5TkCasQzJJgR905rAWdNjuDdF5w4R0Dnx3NIWCa6P14qhQr2AKfz3kFH2C9dWGSwxzASyLueNfBaf5uvQanDBTOP7JI5YTs/s1331/ChronofWormwood1-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="838" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUxjfkpOfisRQLacNWSvEGci18e2ih4Z1REITo3CHhvMRS5TkCasQzJJgR905rAWdNjuDdF5w4R0Dnx3NIWCa6P14qhQr2AKfz3kFH2C9dWGSwxzASyLueNfBaf5uvQanDBTOP7JI5YTs/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17HuKmPBxqpnCrgt4_8VKUqG7Htj6WgsT61BKwts0Mjx5HOByJrze9Zf6rHVGl02FSWP-WXrkOwClyInGnEe8sITEzmZN6rMXnYLe_zu8Lf212YwQHqZP3VSmK4szGjBce_YoHvmcLlA/s1350/ChronofWormwood1-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi17HuKmPBxqpnCrgt4_8VKUqG7Htj6WgsT61BKwts0Mjx5HOByJrze9Zf6rHVGl02FSWP-WXrkOwClyInGnEe8sITEzmZN6rMXnYLe_zu8Lf212YwQHqZP3VSmK4szGjBce_YoHvmcLlA/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p5.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">The next two pages confirm that. He may not be
morally upstanding, but he’s not looking forward to doing “the devil’s work,”
so to speak. He’s just an above-average joe, with a dash of powers and a want
(like so many Ennis protagonists) to go against the world’s grain.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NjRYG843oSZB2kcxBGTfxXZVqtOjmjWCU7YEe8IQQ03Moe_AlOIPnRpOGIo3c6a5yVjsyVwIHvktQa3SR_GB1E9L3B09ypiird3JGa0NJBPQGRQqM-sVXFEDhFDn42tNd9023WtaITg/s1331/ChronofWormwood1-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="840" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_NjRYG843oSZB2kcxBGTfxXZVqtOjmjWCU7YEe8IQQ03Moe_AlOIPnRpOGIo3c6a5yVjsyVwIHvktQa3SR_GB1E9L3B09ypiird3JGa0NJBPQGRQqM-sVXFEDhFDn42tNd9023WtaITg/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMitD71efREvJkSJHfUdHhyv1lGquWAVEvrV-aDeeuSmWBlFuh834DoDNyAFSEQmrZMCeQqCulB8WA69Au6PtAFuvxO-NfNf2Wn6OSPSbLR_fKGcD9c7xlGxZdlPW9LNWkXuaA4rdGMGo/s1310/ChronofWormwood1-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1310" data-original-width="827" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMitD71efREvJkSJHfUdHhyv1lGquWAVEvrV-aDeeuSmWBlFuh834DoDNyAFSEQmrZMCeQqCulB8WA69Au6PtAFuvxO-NfNf2Wn6OSPSbLR_fKGcD9c7xlGxZdlPW9LNWkXuaA4rdGMGo/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p7.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yah, see he has rejected his dad’s plans. Instead
he’s trying to let the world figure its own path. Wormwood just wants to be a
television producer who creates intelligent programing and uses his money to
fund humanitarian efforts and give to charities. Not only that, he’s a good
boss who lets his employees do what they do with little to no interference.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah, this is Ennis doing what he does: taking a
trope and playing it against type. I enjoy him precisely for this reason. It’s
good to twist the stories around. It makes certain we question our morality and
the things we believe in. To wit…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yb71Hivi-0mEdy5hDfHsuaddAmoX4HiDsy4INKn8IPSVvt4VMY68VOmJYH43s_6zjlx-FB8yZPZXRcxLK8N9wfFjzkQuF1d10OrLkG6EswPA0K92dDQ4j2bYp20TgwKDEz26Qb8EFq4/s1304/ChronofWormwood1-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1304" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi_yb71Hivi-0mEdy5hDfHsuaddAmoX4HiDsy4INKn8IPSVvt4VMY68VOmJYH43s_6zjlx-FB8yZPZXRcxLK8N9wfFjzkQuF1d10OrLkG6EswPA0K92dDQ4j2bYp20TgwKDEz26Qb8EFq4/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwjM_60IFbwsyWfzQETnj8OetczVNuZqYxXbNl8uGHMwg7nlz_cp7VMcmOKJ8VUWlnb0DrooZARcc9o81KHqWpbiPZBwxJPOG_blYVs1FHeYDtqrQ3nV3ib8hflYzk8fLUAz6U0JIwM4/s1324/ChronofWormwood1-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="844" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQwjM_60IFbwsyWfzQETnj8OetczVNuZqYxXbNl8uGHMwg7nlz_cp7VMcmOKJ8VUWlnb0DrooZARcc9o81KHqWpbiPZBwxJPOG_blYVs1FHeYDtqrQ3nV3ib8hflYzk8fLUAz6U0JIwM4/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p9.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Next we have our antichrist Wormwood visit his pal
“Jay” in a bar. Jay seems a bit slow, but the bartender who is being a dickhead
appears slower.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZY4-fqVDJhwYLAXbuYnug1KOl8dEC-je2PLZwvSg0YBaJuWAeoJbsGfUrlWF52im2_ezzFjpgve6gF8_sxf4Ell8At77VMO-v2a4Lpltf3Av9dggM8KP7rBzcUhbJFJk0nqU6VB5d2g/s1309/ChronofWormwood1-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1309" data-original-width="830" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPZY4-fqVDJhwYLAXbuYnug1KOl8dEC-je2PLZwvSg0YBaJuWAeoJbsGfUrlWF52im2_ezzFjpgve6gF8_sxf4Ell8At77VMO-v2a4Lpltf3Av9dggM8KP7rBzcUhbJFJk0nqU6VB5d2g/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Make that “dick nose”. Like that we get this as a
bit of exposition on “the rules” of this book. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZxCv9jb6TRznzTkZgXgOCDOp8vPjQ8IEklcUA9Krl0_sqoL-D9HuLLtdzPolHhPbWSvG1Vn4zl1ej0BrWXHMqOq73Sd27LVhjsYZ9FrlwJGnI3wlgY8tRbWLQ-AkKpCyU_NWxrHI9mU/s1347/ChronofWormwood1-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiuZxCv9jb6TRznzTkZgXgOCDOp8vPjQ8IEklcUA9Krl0_sqoL-D9HuLLtdzPolHhPbWSvG1Vn4zl1ej0BrWXHMqOq73Sd27LVhjsYZ9FrlwJGnI3wlgY8tRbWLQ-AkKpCyU_NWxrHI9mU/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">All of which leads back around to Wormwood’s
defense of his friend Jay, whom …come on now, you get it, right? It’s Jesus.
And the take on the character here works out very on brand. He’s the socialist
who tried to get people to see they should help everyone and got crucified for
his efforts. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Seems Jay’s dad asked him to do it all again
recently. Jesus said no. Tried to teach people compassion and social revolution
and the LAPD gave our Lord and Savior brain damage for his efforts. Which is
the link the two of these character share, a distain for authority figures who
tell them how it has to be. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGbQqbIpRCNgkmTDCCbB5aMJaGWybhOt2jI9CR0nbt9zAedKY68pKVG62ueBYLmR97q0JgooAZ6iGNL6y2-LVOGE2F3SER8bZ_5is4acvPUd1V6wMnHHZ4SXTfZnJysoPZeqvTFXYvkk/s1333/ChronofWormwood1-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1333" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcGbQqbIpRCNgkmTDCCbB5aMJaGWybhOt2jI9CR0nbt9zAedKY68pKVG62ueBYLmR97q0JgooAZ6iGNL6y2-LVOGE2F3SER8bZ_5is4acvPUd1V6wMnHHZ4SXTfZnJysoPZeqvTFXYvkk/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also they hate ponces like Wormwood’s competitor,
cable network president Paul Carnovitz. I’ll let you clue yourself in on why
that is though. </span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzsacm1c-HoJ0ka8vs9Tma4ghGKiNG2WC79-SWpvXflqUU0mEkaAZNLANqXYSdLtP4wPEBRE_OKbM9sB1suHD5zfe9KYkurG-5KWOPPeCcuVjkFIqd5HxkaBpxgZTiMqu3-1dmRoPzcM/s1321/ChronofWormwood1-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtzsacm1c-HoJ0ka8vs9Tma4ghGKiNG2WC79-SWpvXflqUU0mEkaAZNLANqXYSdLtP4wPEBRE_OKbM9sB1suHD5zfe9KYkurG-5KWOPPeCcuVjkFIqd5HxkaBpxgZTiMqu3-1dmRoPzcM/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dGoW7VKN03ypabmYJzOUrU8osvMW4tHvPFAp_gJnKFaltTnq6G0D9bKxdxKYNhjM7tsSMzEWUxGW5eadEOh5s7mf2bqMbSCywUpuB_hwTPSIEv_CVVNR9-X0_lzE1dcYO_wkT6yocPc/s1302/ChronofWormwood1-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_dGoW7VKN03ypabmYJzOUrU8osvMW4tHvPFAp_gJnKFaltTnq6G0D9bKxdxKYNhjM7tsSMzEWUxGW5eadEOh5s7mf2bqMbSCywUpuB_hwTPSIEv_CVVNR9-X0_lzE1dcYO_wkT6yocPc/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p16.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Yeah, he’s an asshole of the first rate order,
doing the opposite of what Wormwood does with his airtime, which is playing to
intelligence. Carnovitz is pandering to the worst of human instincts. And he’s
a drug user to match.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgO0aw1UNVAZXcpF7rzjLh2PRO4N_KzMqn1E4GgJLfo1Qn8nYeOxQYIqILZT9FawuGYqBo1pohCZYCoswfsqz0-c5k8IMAxpawapK42qD3HV-CqakOTV_Hn_-9uz7m5Hu7Nn-50jMCGk/s1329/ChronofWormwood1-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMgO0aw1UNVAZXcpF7rzjLh2PRO4N_KzMqn1E4GgJLfo1Qn8nYeOxQYIqILZT9FawuGYqBo1pohCZYCoswfsqz0-c5k8IMAxpawapK42qD3HV-CqakOTV_Hn_-9uz7m5Hu7Nn-50jMCGk/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Also he owns a swimming pool full of whale cum,
courtesy of Wormwood…</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-FSuK_NCBqXfpYKNrsI0I0Hy5E4tGPGYkd_oIrXCoX2ioWA5w7FPrlbyKzJd6NUTPGOqQOwd3BIP3xuU30EiYVNCT_Yr-Gwzk4Z5tGFOyE1_n8ET4bYfEtI76XUOfleD1EHV2Wix_Pg/s1323/ChronofWormwood1-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1-FSuK_NCBqXfpYKNrsI0I0Hy5E4tGPGYkd_oIrXCoX2ioWA5w7FPrlbyKzJd6NUTPGOqQOwd3BIP3xuU30EiYVNCT_Yr-Gwzk4Z5tGFOyE1_n8ET4bYfEtI76XUOfleD1EHV2Wix_Pg/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Sadly, Ennis has to give our hero some kind of
weakness or moral failing, and that comes by way of him fucking Joan of Arc on
the side. Not certain why two Devil books in our series has to feature this
French revolutionary so prominently, but there you go.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmjqFwo-bM9RnZ1Cb2PLQT4P5tqVwlL5kUw_xczpHAfCuTBYV04CHcnXgoKbhJZBhvNFIboQHZj1vD6XjnfdjBdbRaQmvyFPzH8sLaGDmx8DV4TyqBDrKz_kjHjchX2uCdm2ha31tv08/s1331/ChronofWormwood1-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSmjqFwo-bM9RnZ1Cb2PLQT4P5tqVwlL5kUw_xczpHAfCuTBYV04CHcnXgoKbhJZBhvNFIboQHZj1vD6XjnfdjBdbRaQmvyFPzH8sLaGDmx8DV4TyqBDrKz_kjHjchX2uCdm2ha31tv08/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegIQbQCVkhwPCxl7lVnAsKCsLqThp1ZceUSlSwH5x0Qt_OArAX_CM6p6zFknJdasa6CCoqS2DqdgwqvVO4M9e-nK0pExJ4BnCA0INXeD9cjl0J2FLeIxqb6M7RuCgqY4l6Yh28-tDpos/s1338/ChronofWormwood1-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiegIQbQCVkhwPCxl7lVnAsKCsLqThp1ZceUSlSwH5x0Qt_OArAX_CM6p6zFknJdasa6CCoqS2DqdgwqvVO4M9e-nK0pExJ4BnCA0INXeD9cjl0J2FLeIxqb6M7RuCgqY4l6Yh28-tDpos/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p20.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">And as Wormwood arrives back home he finds a
surprise visit from dear old dad, an event that leads into next issue.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rWmlENN05Gn_I4d9CIajHR5oSgqLR9yeonnQYx8DiT3-dwypMYMgfDhYtPIH9oiirW1WzMCSeFLx4qVdnjUk2kxZ5A_KuQQGcfrbpKUWBbbQB_UXOls01V9xteYUWuEZmGDe0uKb5_g/s1337/ChronofWormwood1-p21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="838" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0rWmlENN05Gn_I4d9CIajHR5oSgqLR9yeonnQYx8DiT3-dwypMYMgfDhYtPIH9oiirW1WzMCSeFLx4qVdnjUk2kxZ5A_KuQQGcfrbpKUWBbbQB_UXOls01V9xteYUWuEZmGDe0uKb5_g/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD66Fa0l6Ev6DZFe8asv8LFMI-nbSZKtcHQp_lB23hwgH23I2_f8oqi7zb9obPRDJjifiWi4Zym5uWQCkBkI6mRZnq7kr9sVsUCtJRdIGirjbrG89CIVMBAyRSMWlPPQXSoM1OJWq5-hU/s1342/ChronofWormwood1-p22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="848" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjD66Fa0l6Ev6DZFe8asv8LFMI-nbSZKtcHQp_lB23hwgH23I2_f8oqi7zb9obPRDJjifiWi4Zym5uWQCkBkI6mRZnq7kr9sVsUCtJRdIGirjbrG89CIVMBAyRSMWlPPQXSoM1OJWq5-hU/s16000/ChronofWormwood1-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">In truth, I enjoyed Chronicles of Wormwood quite a
bit, but for me the art by Burrows falls below his work in The Courtyard and Crossed.
There is a short-cut style to all of it with lots of bare backgrounds that make
the work feel a bit unfinished and sophomoric. Burrows has proven he can do
better. In all, the book is still something the Crapbox recommends. Get them
where you can.</span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-20315698365453787982020-10-16T03:37:00.001-07:002020-10-16T03:37:06.726-07:00Arak, Son of Thunder #2<p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><!--[if gte mso 9]><xml>
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</p><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a name="_Hlk52027496"><b>Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 16</b></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>The Crapbox goes to Hell!</b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>Arak, Son of Thunder #2</b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b></b></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-LHmWnj229VUXcThEpcopQdGtM1avIabXSBSj3EqLnyZmgT0lBUeb0uZcsyL7gOdsjbS5uAuE2DpXWjJpXkapXKZCmGaBB1uu54nFnY58FdN2W4ZJXNoJG-2N85Pb5CDPKLBSISMur0/s2048/Arak2-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1326" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn-LHmWnj229VUXcThEpcopQdGtM1avIabXSBSj3EqLnyZmgT0lBUeb0uZcsyL7gOdsjbS5uAuE2DpXWjJpXkapXKZCmGaBB1uu54nFnY58FdN2W4ZJXNoJG-2N85Pb5CDPKLBSISMur0/w414-h640/Arak2-cover.jpg" width="414" /></a></b></span></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b><br /></b></span></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in; mso-pagination: widow-orphan lines-together; page-break-after: avoid; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><b>DC gets Roy Thomas to do Conan again…</b></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i> </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i> </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>The
Devil Takes a Bride!</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Writer
– Roy Thomas</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Penciler
– Ernie Colon</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Inker/Embellisher
– Tony Dezuniga</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Letter
– John Costanza</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Colorist
– Adrienne Roy</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>Editor
– Dick Giordano</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i>October
1981</i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><i> </i></span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span>You would
think that after reintroducing the “sword and sorcery” genre of comics with
Marvel’s adaptation of Conan back in 1970 and carrying that series as writer
for close to two hundred issues (non-sequential, but 1-115 and 240-275 +
annuals and others), Roy Thomas would have had enough of that type of story.
And for a prolific and talented writer like Thomas, there really was a lot he
could do when he took back up with DC comics in the early 80’s.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
<span></span>
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As you’ll find out from his own lips at the end of
this review, Thomas, along with co-creator Ernie Colon, were jazzed by the
prospect of doing a alternate-Earth historical of their own devising. Thomas
puts emphasis on it being one that didn’t rely on maps of unknown continents
with tiny-tiny type for place names.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">The fact that the hero of Arak was a Native
American didn’t hurt in a pro-diversity 80’s climate either. Thomas even goes
to great lengths to explain how he got the character into the European
continent, also contained in that back article.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for my impression? I always thought of Arak as a
Conan knock-off, which he was, without the nice touchstone of Robert E.
Howard’s credentials to lend it an air of geek respectability. What I hadn’t
counted on was that the writing by Thomas would elevate this to the same status
as his Conan tales and I’d leave the issue greedily pouring over the Crapbox to
see if any more Araks had fallen in my clutches. I’m lucky, because at least a
couple have. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">With that I’m going to let us fall right in on Arak
and his devilishly clever adventure. Take it away, Thomas and company…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla6yIIRcM8aEiF8s_WVAIj5TE9mDbYFj7erDQ0U6Qr6EQlkE25vM1XIIr8iXg5ltChmT7xyfzoV8ayZh8ejZPXEaRIhE4Ijmw9imo7E6JelJaPtNFgrXwHQUWst4OO7Fsp-l7eTUHw0M/s1068/Arak2-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1068" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhla6yIIRcM8aEiF8s_WVAIj5TE9mDbYFj7erDQ0U6Qr6EQlkE25vM1XIIr8iXg5ltChmT7xyfzoV8ayZh8ejZPXEaRIhE4Ijmw9imo7E6JelJaPtNFgrXwHQUWst4OO7Fsp-l7eTUHw0M/s16000/Arak2-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">We begin with Arak smashing his Viking longboat
against some rocks, which tosses our Quontauka tribesman out on some random
European shore. About the Quontauk, the book has them as an East Cost Nativie
American tribe who were wiped out by “an enemy”(probably damn white people),
but I believe they are made up just for the book’s purpose. Unsure of that and
my Googling isn’t strong this morning. Maybe one of you lot knows.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzVHsmk29Y81hsYzPm7FQJGSEPOIhyV_eNV_gvsnMWw6h7RtJRBDfUWa0OSHaqgRTOV59R1rk5AzafJH6qH8YgbB1pWtee6H6-XnbkPY01KZgm5mmnKGljI9oV4BRkHmcnk01Pk5R0Vw/s1214/Arak2-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirzVHsmk29Y81hsYzPm7FQJGSEPOIhyV_eNV_gvsnMWw6h7RtJRBDfUWa0OSHaqgRTOV59R1rk5AzafJH6qH8YgbB1pWtee6H6-XnbkPY01KZgm5mmnKGljI9oV4BRkHmcnk01Pk5R0Vw/s16000/Arak2-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Anyhoo, Arak spends the night on the beach before
being awoken by this hot chick in jade and her three iron suited companions.
She claims to mean Arak no harm, but he is wary of her complement of knights.
When he lays hands on her…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeITV_1OfWlqm8j76kl95SpK2qZhCq_C34_2tKdGwBbuo7Vcn4F1vn9HzBaXFM89ix2msJGxMaYQiAkKCFX4SCRjY4KXbf9ZqsTKB9MjXU2Eo2ZKXLs9V-RJG66JojNUkAQB_-ALaVXnE/s1220/Arak2-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1220" data-original-width="817" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeITV_1OfWlqm8j76kl95SpK2qZhCq_C34_2tKdGwBbuo7Vcn4F1vn9HzBaXFM89ix2msJGxMaYQiAkKCFX4SCRjY4KXbf9ZqsTKB9MjXU2Eo2ZKXLs9V-RJG66JojNUkAQB_-ALaVXnE/s16000/Arak2-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…we get some nice actions shots of him using his
otomahuk and knife to down two attackers before succumbing to a rap on the
skull from the hilt of the third’s sword.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
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</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Thus he is shoved in front of the owner of the
castle, the young lady Corinna’s “Father” (more on that in a bit), who treats
him pretty harshly. Arak is kind enough to give him the two-page summary of his
backstory in an effort to placate the jerk in charge, who insists being called
“My Lord.”</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkn8p17Xkitn4P9CwzeAAWbqg6Lns_WeQdTJ1e83QZN_h6xdtGTmTB4XssAkn5w2GuBcV_k84B9o6_TTKCRZuRLhS9_wJQpypr8P5dyAHp9mEX5DYXRsnmc4z6wVHkpxk8NNUZYelIhw/s1198/Arak2-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1198" data-original-width="807" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNkn8p17Xkitn4P9CwzeAAWbqg6Lns_WeQdTJ1e83QZN_h6xdtGTmTB4XssAkn5w2GuBcV_k84B9o6_TTKCRZuRLhS9_wJQpypr8P5dyAHp9mEX5DYXRsnmc4z6wVHkpxk8NNUZYelIhw/s16000/Arak2-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /> </span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Even after spilling last issue’s plot points, the Lord
Nessa decides he doesn’t trust Arak’s story and is going to shove him in the
dungeon for a few years just for good measure. This doesn’t sit well with Arak,
who moves to attack the butt-head on the throne only to discover he has one
monster claw where his left hand should be!!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLe1yWcW0LXb2DIEsUt1RHJfLLq2xQbMpgIztm4qGSje-_qqSm6mAmpmS6TtolE8NeKZxOH_CxhXWGNuAq0PnqRJODqGzFSUgplnoK1FR1lldkqsUpiLJ0JOupC_HMnmo8EpRPYlMRPwM/s1205/Arak2-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1205" data-original-width="803" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLe1yWcW0LXb2DIEsUt1RHJfLLq2xQbMpgIztm4qGSje-_qqSm6mAmpmS6TtolE8NeKZxOH_CxhXWGNuAq0PnqRJODqGzFSUgplnoK1FR1lldkqsUpiLJ0JOupC_HMnmo8EpRPYlMRPwM/s16000/Arak2-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0tUJuxtPBousr5FTafCXTKUmxMC-z287GoipwKOfNF3QmsDXA4cdHOFCITdGV-ZrBtKj9qlVQM0kKkZRnq3DURVCfcbImVKL4_MDJkWbUlBO6c7Vm_NrsAnVBwywU-qP7mT20TYniqM/s1217/Arak2-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1217" data-original-width="802" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC0tUJuxtPBousr5FTafCXTKUmxMC-z287GoipwKOfNF3QmsDXA4cdHOFCITdGV-ZrBtKj9qlVQM0kKkZRnq3DURVCfcbImVKL4_MDJkWbUlBO6c7Vm_NrsAnVBwywU-qP7mT20TYniqM/s16000/Arak2-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4x9VzmC46RJ4745do3FJ8e-zhtQTxN480QBQO-ax6gU1BxfDaLdmRhJ1W2SE0oN1A1poriVJA31WFumGkazkkgwVrTXXAP8Z1wSTc-4p8qUIqt3Wvhh06Bpdmjcy6nTQWq_N8b0V2Bw/s1216/Arak2-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC4x9VzmC46RJ4745do3FJ8e-zhtQTxN480QBQO-ax6gU1BxfDaLdmRhJ1W2SE0oN1A1poriVJA31WFumGkazkkgwVrTXXAP8Z1wSTc-4p8qUIqt3Wvhh06Bpdmjcy6nTQWq_N8b0V2Bw/s16000/Arak2-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And to match up with this beastly revelation, the
Lord shows him that the suits of armor are EMPTY…dun-dun-DUHN!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmmF2Q32OrRrDahyphenhyphen14C4v9Whq6RgU6gEzMmC5_RsSpYfe1DY-pnYkFX8b-_O5ekurXdbst7eoNTs6YqvHcoBNkManr_OOpAd9R777npj7NkPekTQ06PmIgwPPu-Cxyrz3Qt8qDXmBcg0/s1202/Arak2-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1202" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhnmmF2Q32OrRrDahyphenhyphen14C4v9Whq6RgU6gEzMmC5_RsSpYfe1DY-pnYkFX8b-_O5ekurXdbst7eoNTs6YqvHcoBNkManr_OOpAd9R777npj7NkPekTQ06PmIgwPPu-Cxyrz3Qt8qDXmBcg0/s16000/Arak2-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">So Arak gets tossed in the clink with this old
wizard, named Malagigi, who happens to have worked for the King of the Franks
Carolus Magnus. Arak is trying to get a warning to Magnus, which I assume makes
up the first arc of this part of the series. And that leads to revelations also
about Arak’s own past, as the son of He-No, the thunder god of the Quontauka.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RERNwF4tmf3c4HbyQ6kiNme2d2OnpO0wzKn3rHa3nE-otsjFldritf7_YP70q9O1q938xp9YXh5Qy7G673HX6ACJSpKwafq4sC4mHhPJiKMkHzgNZHyz-boqdKXPpThKFqjiG5sdTm8/s1201/Arak2-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1201" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj5RERNwF4tmf3c4HbyQ6kiNme2d2OnpO0wzKn3rHa3nE-otsjFldritf7_YP70q9O1q938xp9YXh5Qy7G673HX6ACJSpKwafq4sC4mHhPJiKMkHzgNZHyz-boqdKXPpThKFqjiG5sdTm8/s16000/Arak2-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-Ae2AzAR1vyt2CF8QQyq9Kfe_V5YUq4ia65Sbwg6OIPSm9Eu3VcrDv_i6P2yAdBXwyoILVzCGDnhROdzzdPMNrxLqR-T9D8B9qWM5q3ftw0QueCuVX3A_1pUlxOUFyx2V1K6kELTlWU/s1212/Arak2-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="811" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhG-Ae2AzAR1vyt2CF8QQyq9Kfe_V5YUq4ia65Sbwg6OIPSm9Eu3VcrDv_i6P2yAdBXwyoILVzCGDnhROdzzdPMNrxLqR-T9D8B9qWM5q3ftw0QueCuVX3A_1pUlxOUFyx2V1K6kELTlWU/s16000/Arak2-p12.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnoddaL_1M099Z9pibmuuUzNAIWGOiKiErm1-4CjwqDpmwI7AB0FmmyHGVudPGrSVOXVzF35YiGSsGjKVnQ-srSOfIv50qBkudQfwCGiemr0lB9XvBgRcPIM3B8AT5ETMDgrz1JcD-8s/s1216/Arak2-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1216" data-original-width="805" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgnnoddaL_1M099Z9pibmuuUzNAIWGOiKiErm1-4CjwqDpmwI7AB0FmmyHGVudPGrSVOXVzF35YiGSsGjKVnQ-srSOfIv50qBkudQfwCGiemr0lB9XvBgRcPIM3B8AT5ETMDgrz1JcD-8s/s16000/Arak2-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">All of which is cut short by the arrival of Corinna,
who takes Arak out of the cell, gives him his weapons and helps him escape…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCVEVIdg0SP5debT9O-rbZnKz6CBSVsiajGwlzo-U7-8cTTkSRe7JDj_RDcv4MAaf2XnKOrRvZaP47Y9gbyzbK8xNFi32xBNe-PWs-8G63sS5Hqs-6syhoFKC0LYKLJ-PNS_VAroSCXs/s1212/Arak2-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="803" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPCVEVIdg0SP5debT9O-rbZnKz6CBSVsiajGwlzo-U7-8cTTkSRe7JDj_RDcv4MAaf2XnKOrRvZaP47Y9gbyzbK8xNFi32xBNe-PWs-8G63sS5Hqs-6syhoFKC0LYKLJ-PNS_VAroSCXs/s16000/Arak2-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe70Vxqqs-eT32zxt_M5UKgIyBYQQF2lk7aRKDjExaXhepB0uWKNeBUM90MbRVFrcgbe8ilMJTpsICJ5c_GXgINMOB2hN_hQa8Y28TRBGpxhp37GIbX2_og9BuaSG9tyopAZ8qe3lYaA/s1214/Arak2-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1214" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghe70Vxqqs-eT32zxt_M5UKgIyBYQQF2lk7aRKDjExaXhepB0uWKNeBUM90MbRVFrcgbe8ilMJTpsICJ5c_GXgINMOB2hN_hQa8Y28TRBGpxhp37GIbX2_og9BuaSG9tyopAZ8qe3lYaA/s16000/Arak2-p15.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…right before beginning her own flashback tale of how
her grandmother got tired of working as a prostitute and decided to make a deal
with an actual lesser devil. The deal was for power in exchange for a little
nookie-nookie. Hey, Devil’s got needs too, yah know. The son of this union was
Nessa and he plans on sacrificing her to that Devil as its bride for
something-something…I don’t know, it’s getting really complicated in here. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI0ZBhaiPD_Es3zV2AH1DNvcFnHr1fhC9fGy3Jot0yB_5dJxY7UobyG8X3_vuw8Gpqo6gw7LrvxDapVoVvhwGXjYe9hOFF3WUqKRms5GgdQky3W1Xv8xCyPakQwBhNckY8cbD_oLSev0/s1226/Arak2-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1226" data-original-width="814" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEihI0ZBhaiPD_Es3zV2AH1DNvcFnHr1fhC9fGy3Jot0yB_5dJxY7UobyG8X3_vuw8Gpqo6gw7LrvxDapVoVvhwGXjYe9hOFF3WUqKRms5GgdQky3W1Xv8xCyPakQwBhNckY8cbD_oLSev0/s16000/Arak2-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">It’s right about then that Lord Nessa interrupts
their chat. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And Arak has to deal with his living suits of
armor. Luckily he remembers what Malagigi told him about how they don’t do so
well if sent flying.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeY-ISJmtED_hSVtoIXgKCy06MCvehaQ8JwCAo3UdE2XB-S1Uosfv7iw2zs5SfEdumPG4RzGsL0Kd0xpiqRNQHZx6lwbT8P94XH3o0-l56F-okhbUvcVhQHYuNO1hoAMHKMvXfV8CXeU/s1210/Arak2-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1210" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVeY-ISJmtED_hSVtoIXgKCy06MCvehaQ8JwCAo3UdE2XB-S1Uosfv7iw2zs5SfEdumPG4RzGsL0Kd0xpiqRNQHZx6lwbT8P94XH3o0-l56F-okhbUvcVhQHYuNO1hoAMHKMvXfV8CXeU/s16000/Arak2-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImHIMYS5TCdhNSyejDsVP27K_552qJTK0h83_r_WXSd2ycS_7MW86dWK-Wa-iNVmQSelvfE_bzcpXHoO_oREOIwF7Wz_In6Y2ZFcQQsxegSv4nPnwY2mcMCiuQ-xhKsi1dPvnEBmIODU/s1225/Arak2-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1225" data-original-width="818" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhImHIMYS5TCdhNSyejDsVP27K_552qJTK0h83_r_WXSd2ycS_7MW86dWK-Wa-iNVmQSelvfE_bzcpXHoO_oREOIwF7Wz_In6Y2ZFcQQsxegSv4nPnwY2mcMCiuQ-xhKsi1dPvnEBmIODU/s16000/Arak2-p20.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">And while Nessa and the hero scuffle, the evil lord
has finally gotten far enough away that his magics no longer depower Malagigi
and he sets off an earthquake that splits the ground and destroys the castle. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48HLbpSt1QiAo4EgHld08Bner9k6rvAYRxSqp3we57aI2ae6OcshgSyJg-YvKv1MU-BcAWSp9xozWwJ9dMUH8y8lBsdXBfveYETqQWCCly49tVb6C6kEHQufOlN-6pLNsgI2Z_iOvvtM/s1213/Arak2-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1213" data-original-width="819" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg48HLbpSt1QiAo4EgHld08Bner9k6rvAYRxSqp3we57aI2ae6OcshgSyJg-YvKv1MU-BcAWSp9xozWwJ9dMUH8y8lBsdXBfveYETqQWCCly49tVb6C6kEHQufOlN-6pLNsgI2Z_iOvvtM/s16000/Arak2-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7ZIiYNyvxtb2DGk5TOmDGZ_hUnLtxEkzm48xe8lAOdMkjdaPFvv0__Ci8oYL1af-9U2d3WhRK9F1Emexbf70NNZa-2BCQSJug1hEC6yrvFGOFrjH6O6nKVxL9yrVPtYISaAz54L5fmg/s1212/Arak2-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1212" data-original-width="816" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjx7ZIiYNyvxtb2DGk5TOmDGZ_hUnLtxEkzm48xe8lAOdMkjdaPFvv0__Ci8oYL1af-9U2d3WhRK9F1Emexbf70NNZa-2BCQSJug1hEC6yrvFGOFrjH6O6nKVxL9yrVPtYISaAz54L5fmg/s16000/Arak2-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As Arak worries about his wizard-friend, Corinna
lets it slip that Nessa is her SON and the she is grandmother she spoke of…the
one who slept with a Devil to give conceive Nessa. And when her son falls in
the chasm, his burned up corpse is tossed back in response. As for Corinna, she
traveled beyond the place the Devil’s power works. She ages 60 years in a few
seconds, but…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YcFwK5zXfxhAQOAJa91G3QRRA3c2fnaWjcVB1bbI39isA-HmJBMCAsOon1qZvfxgPp3SA7kiQDSG8WdBMEhq6jUq-QhVl9aZOj_gAKKcfkIrPQ8VXjI7Os846H70ZrWRrvFSelrbwWw/s1223/Arak2-p23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1223" data-original-width="810" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg7YcFwK5zXfxhAQOAJa91G3QRRA3c2fnaWjcVB1bbI39isA-HmJBMCAsOon1qZvfxgPp3SA7kiQDSG8WdBMEhq6jUq-QhVl9aZOj_gAKKcfkIrPQ8VXjI7Os846H70ZrWRrvFSelrbwWw/s16000/Arak2-p23.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNKGLgnmPs7FbTIH7pR7E5uHf1A3Han26HB4_g9ArYMbYeBW8qVhq_IaGGRW7vdkx7LFL9iBDAQ5GUtQb8unizmJ1iYMKfdq226IYd9VenMwWKqjwPw7VnSLuXttYr_jQisEx1XUTX0s/s1224/Arak2-p24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1224" data-original-width="815" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhXNKGLgnmPs7FbTIH7pR7E5uHf1A3Han26HB4_g9ArYMbYeBW8qVhq_IaGGRW7vdkx7LFL9iBDAQ5GUtQb8unizmJ1iYMKfdq226IYd9VenMwWKqjwPw7VnSLuXttYr_jQisEx1XUTX0s/s16000/Arak2-p24.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">…the tale has a happy? ending as the Devil appears
and she leaps into the pit to be reunited with him. I guess eternal youth and
Devil sex is better than death to some people. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZn1bxpxNG-FLQv5jW8wcqQlddSqry2V4_bcw3vl6cDngTPCFikB7pm3OaaLNkVjBy8t_oplXaGGcAiBBL4q5zWnQblENLyJTzIuOASB8Um15bcr-YCC26lufpgfcsThLWqYKfeyABRw/s1218/Arak2-p25.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="822" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgaZn1bxpxNG-FLQv5jW8wcqQlddSqry2V4_bcw3vl6cDngTPCFikB7pm3OaaLNkVjBy8t_oplXaGGcAiBBL4q5zWnQblENLyJTzIuOASB8Um15bcr-YCC26lufpgfcsThLWqYKfeyABRw/s16000/Arak2-p25.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">As for Arak and Malagigi? They end up being travel
companions for a bit it seems. And the tale wraps up.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVynJVfeI61PTgmrHdOPPTfpG-VGcPJbjAvJxkapqmiF7njq82lXjdNkh64NrBJt-DEIGnQm3N-Wg6ubhOXM-euoAvRtkFSWsP7EHNt07C92ZyaeiGgM29SCS7XbEcVKWO44gtinTieVs/s1222/Arak2-p26.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1222" data-original-width="812" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVynJVfeI61PTgmrHdOPPTfpG-VGcPJbjAvJxkapqmiF7njq82lXjdNkh64NrBJt-DEIGnQm3N-Wg6ubhOXM-euoAvRtkFSWsP7EHNt07C92ZyaeiGgM29SCS7XbEcVKWO44gtinTieVs/s16000/Arak2-p26.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJNwzcQtL7VWCo_z-E0hO1A-goCLOmqdVXu1JX_ZwGcoAkH8lCW5a1kq-zBWPcWCV8K1Q9oVkl3Lf4Aw6nCaEkB0MIyeANDiDZz1VN8Unmxt9EiINhEqjIO2kt_hnd6we-R_Yr8uJHj0/s1218/Arak2-p28.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1218" data-original-width="803" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgBJNwzcQtL7VWCo_z-E0hO1A-goCLOmqdVXu1JX_ZwGcoAkH8lCW5a1kq-zBWPcWCV8K1Q9oVkl3Lf4Aw6nCaEkB0MIyeANDiDZz1VN8Unmxt9EiINhEqjIO2kt_hnd6we-R_Yr8uJHj0/s16000/Arak2-p28.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">Arak would eventually get morphed into the main
villain of Convergence, which is a sad way for the second-rate Conan to end up.
I think leaving him in Roy Thomas’s hands till the end would have been a more
noble end for the warrior.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">A few pages of bonus content wrap up the issue and the aforementioned Thomas Arak backstory:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeykLeO_2rL41ce1YNUmt4iNohyPvmSEcbblEsTh6L0uEcP4Yoq9_vWfZNvTrLGSbcNBaR-hnvSM1y5qIMzdGDqxJ3h8_ESxDoVGknFIjbGY0uQwlZ4gaA2BzwNXFFB4RAA4DfoG8gbg/s1353/Arak2-map.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="866" data-original-width="1353" height="410" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGeykLeO_2rL41ce1YNUmt4iNohyPvmSEcbblEsTh6L0uEcP4Yoq9_vWfZNvTrLGSbcNBaR-hnvSM1y5qIMzdGDqxJ3h8_ESxDoVGknFIjbGY0uQwlZ4gaA2BzwNXFFB4RAA4DfoG8gbg/w640-h410/Arak2-map.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3d5fv3EH-0xcPNrstZWYRojO0UXHK8nTTSdl0gc5M4S0yrlmfHxMkYOUtaSRNRx38woSU88yACu8nOAtmHslKpODzIK1nl8Vj4lzSYeKrnx0RXc_SPLJVMt94h08GZJ1gZohbN8o919E/s1851/Arak2-pinup.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1851" data-original-width="1234" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3d5fv3EH-0xcPNrstZWYRojO0UXHK8nTTSdl0gc5M4S0yrlmfHxMkYOUtaSRNRx38woSU88yACu8nOAtmHslKpODzIK1nl8Vj4lzSYeKrnx0RXc_SPLJVMt94h08GZJ1gZohbN8o919E/s16000/Arak2-pinup.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zP52JsoaxWlax1Kl5SypDQPwWPljoU3G-IV75v14de8KGpyutnUex31jorQnSCvY4Y47XI3HK74OWHfYDElygLYOgfAAnmz73H-1CVztqN0-WBjlI_VUS2YWq4d6dk2dNNrHpKS4DuY/s1350/Arak2-background.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3zP52JsoaxWlax1Kl5SypDQPwWPljoU3G-IV75v14de8KGpyutnUex31jorQnSCvY4Y47XI3HK74OWHfYDElygLYOgfAAnmz73H-1CVztqN0-WBjlI_VUS2YWq4d6dk2dNNrHpKS4DuY/s16000/Arak2-background.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span></span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-73718097426753653422020-10-15T02:54:00.000-07:002020-10-15T02:54:32.434-07:00Devil #1<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 15</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;">Devil
#1</b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpRe6pEWTYNYRUrHFbwhMZJUrX6mpsTA4DDOxx3716peQGMDMuahgoj3GfUXOU3WCXagHAUSgbsqfBcIF1yDiL2fu2B3utMGY5DTS1RY0W8HtxE637RkudfLZMEpDq7ystxhiC8Rpud4/s2048/Devil1-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1334" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgrpRe6pEWTYNYRUrHFbwhMZJUrX6mpsTA4DDOxx3716peQGMDMuahgoj3GfUXOU3WCXagHAUSgbsqfBcIF1yDiL2fu2B3utMGY5DTS1RY0W8HtxE637RkudfLZMEpDq7ystxhiC8Rpud4/w416-h640/Devil1-cover.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">This
one sneaks in due to the title, but…</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – Torajiro Kishi</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Artist – Torajiro Kishi &
Madhouse Studios</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Editor – Tim Ervin</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">February 2010</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This one shouldn’t be in the “goes to Hell” pile,
because it’s about a vampire virus and NOT about the actual devil. However, it
snuck in here and given that Halloween has its share of vampire motifs
associated with it, I’m allowing it on a technicality.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Also, because I was thoroughly unimpressed with it
and need to warn away potential readers. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Devil was a four issue series put out by Dark Horse
Comics about ten years ago. Unsure if it only got the four issues because it
wasn’t well-received or if it designed as to be that short. The series is
written and drawn by Torajiro Kishi, and he does neither very well in my
opinion. His prior work was a relationship drama about two young adult girls trying
to come to grips with their love lives and self-esteem issues. Maybe he should
go back to that.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I say that because I am thoroughly unimpressed by
Devil. What little characterization there is does nothing to create empathy or
investment. The villain’s motives are unclear and his powers shift from scene
to scene in such a way that we don’t know if there are rules for how they work
or are just “whatever the writer says for now.” In short, this bored me and I
hesitate on a second read-through to write the review. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But because it is you, dear reader, I’ll make the
attempt.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin BEFORE this page, with a storytelling
device I HATE. On the back of the cover page is a full paragraph telling us
where our story begins. Telling, not showing. Like opening narration in a
movie, this is the most ham-fisted technique for force-feeding the audience motivation,
setting, and what’s at stake. It belittles the storytelling devices of
generations and whenever I see it, it pisses me off. But enough, I guess.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7huOELJEGO5_Q2ooobGyz49bH_-but82ll5rPd2Hk7fS41d7YyQ6xE0CTBYquz2jA280XC7oPXmCtVzciyvtuzoEPkulGORASpcH5X1DWQcxJ4nKUqwoZcNtcIHyqPpCuVBs5_T2cf8/s1377/Devil1-insidecover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv7huOELJEGO5_Q2ooobGyz49bH_-but82ll5rPd2Hk7fS41d7YyQ6xE0CTBYquz2jA280XC7oPXmCtVzciyvtuzoEPkulGORASpcH5X1DWQcxJ4nKUqwoZcNtcIHyqPpCuVBs5_T2cf8/s16000/Devil1-insidecover.jpg" /></a></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The paragraph states that there is a vampire virus turning
people into super-killer bloodsuckers referred to as “Devils.” And if that
wasn’t bad enough, now there is a<span> </span>new
strain of the Devil "coronavirus" that comes from a lab experiment in cloning a
virus victim that is somehow worse, but the author doesn’t go into specifics.
But, we are super lucky because Takimoto, his ever-lit cigarette, and the Devil
Investigation Section are on the job to save us. Take it away, Takimoto…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S5ZLGjoQ0ucdrbY1vTnQd0E50F6XP9l2r5DEQNSHN1xyZ_3FdmCFirbnlrLKMR31H5-znz_KqCrfxSl1dbb5J5DWwMW-04ZXS6OB_agTIed7P-g_a_Y_B5x-SlgBLE3T6euTJOoiJ2k/s1353/Devil1-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3S5ZLGjoQ0ucdrbY1vTnQd0E50F6XP9l2r5DEQNSHN1xyZ_3FdmCFirbnlrLKMR31H5-znz_KqCrfxSl1dbb5J5DWwMW-04ZXS6OB_agTIed7P-g_a_Y_B5x-SlgBLE3T6euTJOoiJ2k/s16000/Devil1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this is picture on the facing page, all Dutch-angled
smoking from a low perspective that does nothing to inspire confidence in what
the artist is attempting to convey. Not to mention the odd proportions on that
gun. And the fact that this is page one and we get little-to-nothing in the way
of character development, even from the text box. Hell, I would settle for some
character narration to liven this up…but nope.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This is Takimoto, ladies and gentlemen. He packs
weird heat and smokes…and that’s all you get about him.</span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpILr6Wn4SMr_X-D_oId5t0p7jic9QnysFpcHnyJ0T2YyBdZVZcFjVn4y7GT_A1vn9khzAz3E72Aqt1kmL171cppQCEofJ1tZZH6sPTwqMQTqgwfxDxHfN9wUs7iFqbn_J_eczjHJyG9U/s1347/Devil1-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpILr6Wn4SMr_X-D_oId5t0p7jic9QnysFpcHnyJ0T2YyBdZVZcFjVn4y7GT_A1vn9khzAz3E72Aqt1kmL171cppQCEofJ1tZZH6sPTwqMQTqgwfxDxHfN9wUs7iFqbn_J_eczjHJyG9U/s16000/Devil1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Oh, and he is an impatient “cowboy” who shoots
first and figures out who the bullet hit later. Starting with his super-poor
ruse of being a delivery guy to his blowing through the door to his then weak assertion
that he’s not even sure the Devil virus person is in this apartment…I mean he
says he knows he’s in there…but asking if the Devil perp is still “human” kind
of undercuts it a little.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iRO7HOEPmCUIuZ-_IRmf3sksOYtGHPUXIt5ZLffTqYQKPS5kNe8sfb9Xey8r7EqwcajmNH7FLJNOEiWPH8hYZpAkMBL3JyNGROAANkd6CYWCEvg09fzSBpIm8Y3qZNVcc8ftxlfqmo8/s1342/Devil1-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3iRO7HOEPmCUIuZ-_IRmf3sksOYtGHPUXIt5ZLffTqYQKPS5kNe8sfb9Xey8r7EqwcajmNH7FLJNOEiWPH8hYZpAkMBL3JyNGROAANkd6CYWCEvg09fzSBpIm8Y3qZNVcc8ftxlfqmo8/s16000/Devil1-p3.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Since this is a comic book about Devil-virus people
and not about the dangers of police overstepping their bounds, of course the bloodsucker
IS in the apartment and he’s hanging around the ceiling, snacking on a lady. He
appears to know his rights, and Takimoto is about to ignore all of them and
shoot him. When SUDDENLY…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE790yKbum6sL-dJKQuVJUiGZcCNo0X7LhQKLbFNVp8ituFJcQ1_rEWl6ge6T0FMShXddpqLMSqxyR2HPhLDuuaFKgjOwTNJB0MZod9kDqS-TC1-k_Y2Td5CGsAc7jBvWJCvpJRAhsN0/s1350/Devil1-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjlE790yKbum6sL-dJKQuVJUiGZcCNo0X7LhQKLbFNVp8ituFJcQ1_rEWl6ge6T0FMShXddpqLMSqxyR2HPhLDuuaFKgjOwTNJB0MZod9kDqS-TC1-k_Y2Td5CGsAc7jBvWJCvpJRAhsN0/s16000/Devil1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…In comes the lady cop who will be the thorn in
Takimoto’s side, spouting rules and regulations. Our Devil-boy takes it on the
lamb and Takimoto, going against direct orders, pops his head like a tick. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyyRtqMi3T0LhjLUWlwZKHHJz-3ADb8dsOCSi7u69IYsDezMPAXuz4OHTQ5gzlPiUm5CQrNIr274kw11ZFvo6904gVfihHnH8O1GzQozgVcmup4A1P_pQ7toz8HtKan8jPfUs4-qAzJA/s1353/Devil1-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiLyyRtqMi3T0LhjLUWlwZKHHJz-3ADb8dsOCSi7u69IYsDezMPAXuz4OHTQ5gzlPiUm5CQrNIr274kw11ZFvo6904gVfihHnH8O1GzQozgVcmup4A1P_pQ7toz8HtKan8jPfUs4-qAzJA/s16000/Devil1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Which leads to a set of narrations boxes which
again explains the story in a very “tell” manner, doing so while our two
protagonists first brood and then argue. Which is an odd stream of conversation
as our lady detective Migiwa sometimes treats Takimoto as a subordinate and
sometimes as a superior. I’m not even sure I care, but I’m glad we move on…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDvOuhxUBCvAUDyAl3vFaks6Fuogx3wKfQWGfA4LRBGcfzaiw0b_KP-tcWOFsRDQTjnz5Ej4wTRSE-3-Ssl5XxyxPPUqNW4jWd0mjlS4j2g8OBSVlBt56iMwmBSNKVhRadOzRSTEf6E8/s1350/Devil1-p6.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSDvOuhxUBCvAUDyAl3vFaks6Fuogx3wKfQWGfA4LRBGcfzaiw0b_KP-tcWOFsRDQTjnz5Ej4wTRSE-3-Ssl5XxyxPPUqNW4jWd0mjlS4j2g8OBSVlBt56iMwmBSNKVhRadOzRSTEf6E8/s16000/Devil1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-VQyDpbACrJBbvzT_6hlIUmP2B55ujn5xThZCaR9FxbZh6PVbXA8R2ClNcTbcCR8uCG8uauaFIKlP6huMwl7ESYoaiabrs80WhP66w3kZoejDhtwt3KsCFuy_cQLzCf02EUUS7Jj0wU/s1353/Devil1-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="886" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiL-VQyDpbACrJBbvzT_6hlIUmP2B55ujn5xThZCaR9FxbZh6PVbXA8R2ClNcTbcCR8uCG8uauaFIKlP6huMwl7ESYoaiabrs80WhP66w3kZoejDhtwt3KsCFuy_cQLzCf02EUUS7Jj0wU/s16000/Devil1-p7.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…or I would be if I understood these series of
panels. Let’s see, a cop pulls over a motorcyclist for helmet violation. He has
her in the backseat of his cruiser while writing a ticket. Devil-infected dude wants
to do evil things to them. Cop goes out to confront Devil-infected. Bad move,
copper! Cop doesn’t have glasses. Girl doesn’t have glasses. Some unseen
character who I guess is cop’s partner and has been sitting unshown in the cop
car up until this moment says some bullshit about how he must be an “S-Class”
Devil because he’s glowing. Glowing Devil does bad thing to cop 1 still outside
cop car.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE3YIa6rnBH76S36QKWu3VTLl20MQAWYAsrTfnEltDD3i1IfHpBbff8re1WCQmHa1B0RQjpuFA11w3AG7yxcKukFoi_pOyoLbI9hrordgvinnFInFHmJqgMXgdB1_nptW0Ckp__Gnlyg/s1344/Devil1-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="875" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvE3YIa6rnBH76S36QKWu3VTLl20MQAWYAsrTfnEltDD3i1IfHpBbff8re1WCQmHa1B0RQjpuFA11w3AG7yxcKukFoi_pOyoLbI9hrordgvinnFInFHmJqgMXgdB1_nptW0Ckp__Gnlyg/s16000/Devil1-p8.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuwoGJsJvVeAvWLo4wfmQxzEFiuqfnyp0_iQ8v2uB93w4DvcEsaYF1lTINZ0NvoYGm3HbU1obzCM4Sd8okA3ddzdBzr8KtgeGGwlqJyRKzGT3LZvTgLME8db5-ki9MKGU2zYEmWUcLxQ/s1313/Devil1-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1313" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEibuwoGJsJvVeAvWLo4wfmQxzEFiuqfnyp0_iQ8v2uB93w4DvcEsaYF1lTINZ0NvoYGm3HbU1obzCM4Sd8okA3ddzdBzr8KtgeGGwlqJyRKzGT3LZvTgLME8db5-ki9MKGU2zYEmWUcLxQ/s16000/Devil1-p9.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I think that’s what happens, anyway. And no idea
about the S-Class crap. Book could do with some exposition to give us the lay
of the land. Or perhaps an outsider character we could identify with that it
could use to “teach” about these Devil things. Instead it just barrels ahead. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We swap back to the detective as she overhears an
APB about the S-Class devil and away our heroes go to save the day.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOx8em5ijmdhoLKn9ucKbKyEYX786f3X7Yg1bH0YlM3tJ5BDg6NUdT22fFa-1aWRdIxZZrndW0BoWrmmNiu5ItEiCvJTP67-K3QBxI5qyrldUX1z_i_ZRHpqvkfLeUQtnCrilHKxdv7c/s1338/Devil1-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjwOx8em5ijmdhoLKn9ucKbKyEYX786f3X7Yg1bH0YlM3tJ5BDg6NUdT22fFa-1aWRdIxZZrndW0BoWrmmNiu5ItEiCvJTP67-K3QBxI5qyrldUX1z_i_ZRHpqvkfLeUQtnCrilHKxdv7c/s16000/Devil1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Appears they maybe too late though, as the S-Class
has turned into a human glow-stick and killed the motorcyclist. So riding
without a helmet does kill you, just not in a straightforward way.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeR0xl8Ou30OYqcPWNX3MA22yfiPj-_BS59SaxmYVMAHvOfg1Prx86fllGJMCFC60gHF6QiYVJAQaa4U9XRn55mEsraRkuQpvmVCij6V3shwDhhfB1a2qXAIcaTrFMNV6aFMtZLz90kE/s1334/Devil1-p11.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBeR0xl8Ou30OYqcPWNX3MA22yfiPj-_BS59SaxmYVMAHvOfg1Prx86fllGJMCFC60gHF6QiYVJAQaa4U9XRn55mEsraRkuQpvmVCij6V3shwDhhfB1a2qXAIcaTrFMNV6aFMtZLz90kE/s16000/Devil1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Devil calls her Mariko, who I’m sure is a person
important to the backstory of all this bullshit, but no time for that because
stupid action sequence!!!</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AmTfrj6j6IDo00mIyscxafDZGsW12gMr2yzhon1ZRVh0qRwg3k9zER6uDOy3LqyT874ptMdZrPxDLKVM5R7RzWyA6YUGdF16LxmFp7nHjd6QvDzdj9VzhbBSm9IWVsd93aEeOTJ3Axc/s1302/Devil1-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="864" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi7AmTfrj6j6IDo00mIyscxafDZGsW12gMr2yzhon1ZRVh0qRwg3k9zER6uDOy3LqyT874ptMdZrPxDLKVM5R7RzWyA6YUGdF16LxmFp7nHjd6QvDzdj9VzhbBSm9IWVsd93aEeOTJ3Axc/s320/Devil1-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AMIGqOcqwzB6fL3GjdziYIm1S5W6jnpZo6FI3Hfeb3XtJZS85C4it2gDWnksGiYYpqnCZFi4qOWY9bxl8_Iyaj6UQBmocna-mrgF8QHM6A2l-DJhkj-ONxFdI2OjCh7RT3tol2mL0w4/s1334/Devil1-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1334" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6AMIGqOcqwzB6fL3GjdziYIm1S5W6jnpZo6FI3Hfeb3XtJZS85C4it2gDWnksGiYYpqnCZFi4qOWY9bxl8_Iyaj6UQBmocna-mrgF8QHM6A2l-DJhkj-ONxFdI2OjCh7RT3tol2mL0w4/s16000/Devil1-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This goes on for far to long with all my manga
favorites including battle sequences paced in such a way that you can’t tell
anyone’s positions, pointless explosions, text balloons for punctuations, speed
lines, and characters stating the obvious (thanks for the tell, but we got the
show. How about explaining where the hell everyone is standing instead?)</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSjGWtLecM4PrRx7qApsAEiJsJ5oEzBc7tLzNU2wWFv9cdpsLrLVljo3j_c2GfPYFwk04EGHi3qkI_z0-_9wJgfLVg4uFCDwPVNxrqGLok4XlnQTuh3puuUAt90ECqjxiJACTOSMG5VQ/s1723/Devil1-page14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1298" data-original-width="1723" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpSjGWtLecM4PrRx7qApsAEiJsJ5oEzBc7tLzNU2wWFv9cdpsLrLVljo3j_c2GfPYFwk04EGHi3qkI_z0-_9wJgfLVg4uFCDwPVNxrqGLok4XlnQTuh3puuUAt90ECqjxiJACTOSMG5VQ/s16000/Devil1-page14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then we have the hero facing off against the
villain who says something cryptic that only they know the significance of,
shocking the hero into doing something stupid, like asking if the villain is
“x” instead of shooting him in the head, so the villain gets away. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApHwkoY5_EleZ72yK0pl2lKxEGzTYbY8IAbk2FYZ-D5ppQlBJ-FBcX21jRJZ8kh9E5Tvp95CubhpEPo_Um8opSytMngLoMMudIyv7V_YqZ0op7dUWfQ_ERn_sZw11vhzlYxQrgcUZZpM/s1344/Devil1-p16.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgApHwkoY5_EleZ72yK0pl2lKxEGzTYbY8IAbk2FYZ-D5ppQlBJ-FBcX21jRJZ8kh9E5Tvp95CubhpEPo_Um8opSytMngLoMMudIyv7V_YqZ0op7dUWfQ_ERn_sZw11vhzlYxQrgcUZZpM/s16000/Devil1-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7UThG_68oEJPGzVh6P_xNBQUVZW0xctJrvWVbQK7LE9TT5nIBg0ahIhS-2WGtxrz9PTYNYZkBehCys5IYyzFYbeZZzwzuFHwJgqbvovCvU0EJM5TEt7psc9vZ7MIjmMTTJDHT1AsHtQ/s1342/Devil1-p17.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF7UThG_68oEJPGzVh6P_xNBQUVZW0xctJrvWVbQK7LE9TT5nIBg0ahIhS-2WGtxrz9PTYNYZkBehCys5IYyzFYbeZZzwzuFHwJgqbvovCvU0EJM5TEt7psc9vZ7MIjmMTTJDHT1AsHtQ/s16000/Devil1-p17.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1Lw8_8o-NC1wTYT69Z2PTwKQMGDhBraC0BtvoNYBnJVm76DBOimF1mh1wYlAcEgHjsNDwtl_NCjhba-xWbLV5dJ5LXPfeWF-iW9uPXUnpB-_mDiwUDXLz70ez0nUXx_uRvOh31kWyOI/s1342/Devil1-p18.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEis1Lw8_8o-NC1wTYT69Z2PTwKQMGDhBraC0BtvoNYBnJVm76DBOimF1mh1wYlAcEgHjsNDwtl_NCjhba-xWbLV5dJ5LXPfeWF-iW9uPXUnpB-_mDiwUDXLz70ez0nUXx_uRvOh31kWyOI/s16000/Devil1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbdOpy801P72y64dyR-pgsdJ1JD_cIfPhLCnyCqQ7WJVDx-Y_MJf4egCQmUuQr1Rdg8rKc-hxbW4dVMfpAjGkRh2Drbr94pUOoOJPhI40NqxiRYPT4yXaziaA4y68b6ZgQzPDx6OScMI/s1342/Devil1-p19.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKbdOpy801P72y64dyR-pgsdJ1JD_cIfPhLCnyCqQ7WJVDx-Y_MJf4egCQmUuQr1Rdg8rKc-hxbW4dVMfpAjGkRh2Drbr94pUOoOJPhI40NqxiRYPT4yXaziaA4y68b6ZgQzPDx6OScMI/s16000/Devil1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp3TbP89XaFmcdEkyxcIFMnSthWaIbgNib9ZLBvhJA2NVNg7Pjv6oSEnt5wMqcXdPWCIzyz4OwHQJnK5F7TSgCOarq3QpcFHmYbOc6NL4M7UXgXUj-9DJA7IOdeO1_cNzxpZdxmgSNi0/s1346/Devil1-p20.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsp3TbP89XaFmcdEkyxcIFMnSthWaIbgNib9ZLBvhJA2NVNg7Pjv6oSEnt5wMqcXdPWCIzyz4OwHQJnK5F7TSgCOarq3QpcFHmYbOc6NL4M7UXgXUj-9DJA7IOdeO1_cNzxpZdxmgSNi0/s16000/Devil1-p20.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span></span><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span><span style="font-size: x-large;">The one benefit to this is the laugh I got when detective
Migiwa tries to help the girl and she goes all full-body “Scanners” on her.
That pop and her reaction shot gave me a sick chuckle. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BoLmifo7Zs19JykSM7WYqmjZbRBEVF2Yrm0VHg5SI9ef40gDGf7_jx4OxRMC6GQi3f-q_s3xFL2EODByIqKWY9yFh8Bq1GXpb9wydPUpLsNXb9PsozsOsjKE-rsMVIAYqDc0u6F3d0o/s1302/Devil1-p21.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="837" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg8BoLmifo7Zs19JykSM7WYqmjZbRBEVF2Yrm0VHg5SI9ef40gDGf7_jx4OxRMC6GQi3f-q_s3xFL2EODByIqKWY9yFh8Bq1GXpb9wydPUpLsNXb9PsozsOsjKE-rsMVIAYqDc0u6F3d0o/s16000/Devil1-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">That and this weird exposition about the Devil
wanting to impregnate the woman they found causing the “pop”. I mean here is
Migiwa defending the rights of the Devil guy who just raped a person to death,
basically, and I’m not saying she’s wrong, exactly….just that this defense is
kind of unwarranted. The Devil-infected are a hazard to everyone around them
and they clearly are lethal killers. Wise up, Migiwa. Before you get a dose of Explodey-semen
sent your way. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ6YEJC6w1djaIBAk4A-d6MMTIlJ1UYPJZ1DxyFiKWrmpSGXIrd6KTKSsMwxkDsKWN41nKIvuF4pG5CB8ijRE2pO5Bu6f7F0m9XO7wHbG9r5r5i6vdXZ-BIDrtT5yRvjYMuh7BxVidks/s1350/Devil1-p22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZQ6YEJC6w1djaIBAk4A-d6MMTIlJ1UYPJZ1DxyFiKWrmpSGXIrd6KTKSsMwxkDsKWN41nKIvuF4pG5CB8ijRE2pO5Bu6f7F0m9XO7wHbG9r5r5i6vdXZ-BIDrtT5yRvjYMuh7BxVidks/s16000/Devil1-p22.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczyCoDdvRqYvmXGG7rfCJqcKJmbYi5sPSo6RZ2-bhbyUoYiABR1OOeKVHHeKRG3d3ILySSsru9ztgc0g8RVd6NWodydBU47OOc4fRd_6WzL3Qvl-tO-uI5sWmWK1L7OcgMqbk4O451Ao/s1348/Devil1-p23.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhczyCoDdvRqYvmXGG7rfCJqcKJmbYi5sPSo6RZ2-bhbyUoYiABR1OOeKVHHeKRG3d3ILySSsru9ztgc0g8RVd6NWodydBU47OOc4fRd_6WzL3Qvl-tO-uI5sWmWK1L7OcgMqbk4O451Ao/s16000/Devil1-p23.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And of course we end with this tease showing Mariko,
or someone who should be Mariko, in a shady government hospital lab. Yep, that
hook isn’t getting me back.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_JWQzShKlo4YQ7E7zkCJ1CQfB_vCyP8fZqNTvF7aSLFntyVM0PbpBcgsjLQYiCFBSckWz9z-NxnhhOfShADE713GVujmV2RXi44OsxccgE0jbiNwndm9X5SR1Dh5LCCVpnRiIsOa8f0/s1345/Devil1-p24.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEin_JWQzShKlo4YQ7E7zkCJ1CQfB_vCyP8fZqNTvF7aSLFntyVM0PbpBcgsjLQYiCFBSckWz9z-NxnhhOfShADE713GVujmV2RXi44OsxccgE0jbiNwndm9X5SR1Dh5LCCVpnRiIsOa8f0/s16000/Devil1-p24.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">There were only four of these. In my mind that’s
four too many.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-36972460495088006512020-10-11T13:09:00.000-07:002020-10-14T03:14:21.495-07:00Robert Bloch’s That Hell-Bound Train #3<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 14</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Tie-ins</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Robert
Bloch’s That Hell-Bound Train #3</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WrZe7nJkL_Uxt9b7I15sog06sA_5J9tcSjV1ztesw9r2NRbu4E_zOVC1TLt65I8IlH6dajInBVLw9TQQ_Ff5WDZe7cEMM8UqaEM1YkOOWSBjV-M7qh2B4ozbMjjzJF3Pd3JQg7wyxxE/s2048/RBTHT2-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1311" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6WrZe7nJkL_Uxt9b7I15sog06sA_5J9tcSjV1ztesw9r2NRbu4E_zOVC1TLt65I8IlH6dajInBVLw9TQQ_Ff5WDZe7cEMM8UqaEM1YkOOWSBjV-M7qh2B4ozbMjjzJF3Pd3JQg7wyxxE/w410-h640/RBTHT2-cover.jpg" width="410" /></a></div><br /></span></b></h1><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">…And
it sticks the ending!</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Robert Bloch</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Adpated – Joe R.
Lansdale & John L. Lansdale</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Dave Wachter</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Colorist – Alfredo
Rodriguez</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterist – Neil Uyetake</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Editor – Bobby Curhow</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">August 2011</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I just realized I never told you how Lovecraft
killed Robert Bloch. And to keep all of you in suspense for another seventeen
days, I’m not gonna yet. You’ll just have to wait for that tale to unwind
itself on Halloween.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But for now we are picking up where we left off
yesterday…with Martin reaching for the watch that can stop time at his “perfect
moment.” However, he hesitates and picks up his clothes to go home to his wife.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S6BQGyoAGJgkmTcbvg3eWBvQ841dwKY2gCvtn82hzu9ks5IBQnIDLPHDfq_HH8R6YjQdO1OhHY6plXHIeTBSSCD__SVH3sk_8Ci2vJzroLNKKSPMnkoz9cERpckJl-pUZoDMnC0UJaw/s1354/RBTHT2-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3S6BQGyoAGJgkmTcbvg3eWBvQ841dwKY2gCvtn82hzu9ks5IBQnIDLPHDfq_HH8R6YjQdO1OhHY6plXHIeTBSSCD__SVH3sk_8Ci2vJzroLNKKSPMnkoz9cERpckJl-pUZoDMnC0UJaw/s16000/RBTHT2-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The affair continues though, and Martin isn’t quite
as adept at hiding his mistress as he thinks.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C1AiXUzak0J7sVtnomn0IrIgtF8RuxocLfPA7wpTVxl8tdoHQAqaC1y_FHUTjPv0JNMgFIo2mQ1Kz5ji8jl0KktdkKKzp17ZqJOLRV3XCE0OxR9GrpmFhAWvh8LWhe8mnRhixUc2ohg/s1347/RBTHT2-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8C1AiXUzak0J7sVtnomn0IrIgtF8RuxocLfPA7wpTVxl8tdoHQAqaC1y_FHUTjPv0JNMgFIo2mQ1Kz5ji8jl0KktdkKKzp17ZqJOLRV3XCE0OxR9GrpmFhAWvh8LWhe8mnRhixUc2ohg/s16000/RBTHT2-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrCx7uvT5z9HQ9vY-yYx9sZHb4ojG-3jO5IZazDpQKgnpIZ7NlGYdKkjCOvgZv4hqMNzzJKVT5u9WXBC3YWmLU2vycxfSR7XeOfNIR-mqCV-9sewJ_5GuekFd2XcnuSP1TldzbAiShsA/s1347/RBTHT2-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTrCx7uvT5z9HQ9vY-yYx9sZHb4ojG-3jO5IZazDpQKgnpIZ7NlGYdKkjCOvgZv4hqMNzzJKVT5u9WXBC3YWmLU2vycxfSR7XeOfNIR-mqCV-9sewJ_5GuekFd2XcnuSP1TldzbAiShsA/s16000/RBTHT2-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">His wife gets suspicious and hires a private
investigator to tail him. Which ends with the PI getting a picture of him and
his secretary in bed together. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlQzsKoDHBvI7vJ6brlLLsXabYrpqIywVTx9YlXqNX3Zy41hcqdJhkgPPhfn74cwx_NIIcuG_ikXumVadmH40MS3iZA7-TBwLlN-bIPVR8fhPOV14f9PNX1IyGo2bIAUhKMUi3sYApys/s1342/RBTHT2-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="834" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDlQzsKoDHBvI7vJ6brlLLsXabYrpqIywVTx9YlXqNX3Zy41hcqdJhkgPPhfn74cwx_NIIcuG_ikXumVadmH40MS3iZA7-TBwLlN-bIPVR8fhPOV14f9PNX1IyGo2bIAUhKMUi3sYApys/s16000/RBTHT2-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And here is where his house of cards come tumbling
down. Articles of divorce are delivered to his office along with pictures of
him with Eve.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qs7q0_R26lMFUxXgO29j-7LdcPpCeuqnOEzZp7pgJJeLv5a42LmalImDOBlV3cAMt2kchkMVuvndkuym154xkSv7WB_15h0I0KLXbjyeDDFIrFMYaN3m0mhvIKHR-QJb82N3FGUfl1A/s1348/RBTHT2-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5qs7q0_R26lMFUxXgO29j-7LdcPpCeuqnOEzZp7pgJJeLv5a42LmalImDOBlV3cAMt2kchkMVuvndkuym154xkSv7WB_15h0I0KLXbjyeDDFIrFMYaN3m0mhvIKHR-QJb82N3FGUfl1A/s16000/RBTHT2-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Eve stays by his side through the divorce, but
there are other issues waiting in the wings. Eve’s presence in his life and his
job creates a problem his employer doesn’t overlook. Martin loses his job, and
quickly thereafter his car and his house. He has to hock everything to survive
and things go downhill fast.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvba4aWSBp6ERaItRhhQRawyXHwzQ9fU8F8UfcSGO-gVBOz6rPv5N-SyCwe9FkfdfQXsrMeXwF8TXfJS0eVyRI7AvOt59qnxLDPXCXeJp7Nm0Imk3LRJIWKhk3YehyphenhyphenIwlUOhXE77RgcA/s1344/RBTHT2-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiFvba4aWSBp6ERaItRhhQRawyXHwzQ9fU8F8UfcSGO-gVBOz6rPv5N-SyCwe9FkfdfQXsrMeXwF8TXfJS0eVyRI7AvOt59qnxLDPXCXeJp7Nm0Imk3LRJIWKhk3YehyphenhyphenIwlUOhXE77RgcA/s16000/RBTHT2-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ldH3ASmKb6T5Ngi47WZMUhSg5R7dj1ReIkc52c5l3bO5IxuP6HKYRUaCxtUcMdBTSPvzYg3ohxq_XRyB32P7trg9QXCPVzy8HjD-mPLUD9Z-p3xQKILqHF-pbEwVF6YMz4_nsH1Zmg0/s1352/RBTHT2-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ldH3ASmKb6T5Ngi47WZMUhSg5R7dj1ReIkc52c5l3bO5IxuP6HKYRUaCxtUcMdBTSPvzYg3ohxq_XRyB32P7trg9QXCPVzy8HjD-mPLUD9Z-p3xQKILqHF-pbEwVF6YMz4_nsH1Zmg0/s16000/RBTHT2-p7.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Eve gets a visitor.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQSx-V0F3cBV-2aDBPVbHyUCCxhrteQXtgiNLR-ORlxKkS2mKPXdnjd-T1kTc2kgG22qcLz_qtjKpNqUoZ_9tD21kGsYnEhdNXzXu7J3490PAaME8QIs5uSuNOqNrfCFdHC_I_Ng7kk8/s1351/RBTHT2-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKQSx-V0F3cBV-2aDBPVbHyUCCxhrteQXtgiNLR-ORlxKkS2mKPXdnjd-T1kTc2kgG22qcLz_qtjKpNqUoZ_9tD21kGsYnEhdNXzXu7J3490PAaME8QIs5uSuNOqNrfCFdHC_I_Ng7kk8/s16000/RBTHT2-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmpfPQW5dPZI6PwT2DscnFGEygfeKby5ScawDd7C9yomBg6aFSBbg6nSFHtmpB2mf4pLzjvlEjH_vwwMxi7Qv9Lf84K_XrUPuY4k1fTvELRvTWuRJ-qe5QKT06dY_BiVkCE_K95zwvyU/s1344/RBTHT2-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivmpfPQW5dPZI6PwT2DscnFGEygfeKby5ScawDd7C9yomBg6aFSBbg6nSFHtmpB2mf4pLzjvlEjH_vwwMxi7Qv9Lf84K_XrUPuY4k1fTvELRvTWuRJ-qe5QKT06dY_BiVkCE_K95zwvyU/s16000/RBTHT2-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxkDFQ3mKp_qRqySBC3-ZWpyMUuYJ4-LPgcKEy6W7PFXIqRkvVmfJf6e1cJ6eJa2c5KoSkJhY380uJDpQDXUsRYrLrSmt-3xP-C81Y9CUC-yyH-UE8GMag_nxoRG4miz8RpGITpc7t_Y/s1354/RBTHT2-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirxkDFQ3mKp_qRqySBC3-ZWpyMUuYJ4-LPgcKEy6W7PFXIqRkvVmfJf6e1cJ6eJa2c5KoSkJhY380uJDpQDXUsRYrLrSmt-3xP-C81Y9CUC-yyH-UE8GMag_nxoRG4miz8RpGITpc7t_Y/s16000/RBTHT2-p10.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Seems the conductor wants to use Eve as the final
push off the ledge, and he’s not above using threats of turning her back into
her prior husk to get what he wants. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKYasxQdUHcIOHdP1oT0HTP6sY4VNRnGBLEUi1KNZx6bVsdtaKrCiBD-_x_6Yo9deN0-P0ca3eVx4_up_ipx6nvCWYA5FFJWK790IIM2Nh3Txd_sDybUuK-SRUsmDw1l8m7It8B9B_sI/s1347/RBTHT2-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKYasxQdUHcIOHdP1oT0HTP6sY4VNRnGBLEUi1KNZx6bVsdtaKrCiBD-_x_6Yo9deN0-P0ca3eVx4_up_ipx6nvCWYA5FFJWK790IIM2Nh3Txd_sDybUuK-SRUsmDw1l8m7It8B9B_sI/s16000/RBTHT2-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Reluctant but boxed in, Eve agrees and gives Martin
that final fateful shove.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DhWaCCe2FgTOTAVr-z5Vxl_weQT_c6Fv2jTeJaYO1PPivUwqqxQknJZkE7V-lOlBjIXt_aFo4TwIRaoHs2Z7k92aewnWH3ERp-J0pJK-QbYCABBfxNZ8vHuxEEWlsb7GXoR9GjqU05s/s1354/RBTHT2-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9DhWaCCe2FgTOTAVr-z5Vxl_weQT_c6Fv2jTeJaYO1PPivUwqqxQknJZkE7V-lOlBjIXt_aFo4TwIRaoHs2Z7k92aewnWH3ERp-J0pJK-QbYCABBfxNZ8vHuxEEWlsb7GXoR9GjqU05s/s16000/RBTHT2-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeVsd5wzjW7BZSMBprIFSQsn5vE9O9ke2QAujH54ILAsxpcm_Z04Gr8vRjPUNiMNrLKv726qEFkzPo6qqBVFihWoKoZ3q69NOSzzn0JxRDhRgItEPW4hCPFry36AXRjrV6pJYuIADHdM/s1349/RBTHT2-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxeVsd5wzjW7BZSMBprIFSQsn5vE9O9ke2QAujH54ILAsxpcm_Z04Gr8vRjPUNiMNrLKv726qEFkzPo6qqBVFihWoKoZ3q69NOSzzn0JxRDhRgItEPW4hCPFry36AXRjrV6pJYuIADHdM/s16000/RBTHT2-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">A shove that sends Martin out into the night, where
a drunken nap on the beach ends in something a bit more sinister. A trip
straight into a deep lake. Lucky for him that Eve is there.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-3OTFvkf_9CQBgayTsOdplpN0KkI-eyoreBRIykcxPE6l8dBq5mQTIeJn9_G1vbi_3Rh5YgPdxXPQwX0uPzOYBgDaud8i7BvJlWizady5W8rweiDdpoyWS9pzyIc3JbgPpsjmcbSAI/s1346/RBTHT2-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="872" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg0o-3OTFvkf_9CQBgayTsOdplpN0KkI-eyoreBRIykcxPE6l8dBq5mQTIeJn9_G1vbi_3Rh5YgPdxXPQwX0uPzOYBgDaud8i7BvJlWizady5W8rweiDdpoyWS9pzyIc3JbgPpsjmcbSAI/s16000/RBTHT2-p14.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyp3FxNjRh9Yxc_wjoL-tK5P2DvbCWTbicavGuMu4sBABI8wSxxrN8l_dPnvwaDfp3qtsFtVi6jQyJ1f9fspRbbXt4E85vfdSUw4MgEY-wA_arekRKBt1f9a4vNev1sNIngYO59Rus3I/s1339/RBTHT2-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMyp3FxNjRh9Yxc_wjoL-tK5P2DvbCWTbicavGuMu4sBABI8wSxxrN8l_dPnvwaDfp3qtsFtVi6jQyJ1f9fspRbbXt4E85vfdSUw4MgEY-wA_arekRKBt1f9a4vNev1sNIngYO59Rus3I/s16000/RBTHT2-p15.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Or not. Eve pulled him out and resuscitated Martin,
but he was technically dead for a bit. That means his deal has come due. Eve
lets Martin know she is in league with the conductor but Martin says he loves
her anyway.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVI3snMYX_whNgly57ajTGeWW15Ci_6rY9MY0utMBYUEnVcWrG2DtryuvAuU5FC1lvX02yiPFN4d3XYAnjG1NspKBywYGIrVgATU0kB2AJNRmmYjzJc_-gcvCl3rTu2eg9escpcdjdqk/s1347/RBTHT2-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgkVI3snMYX_whNgly57ajTGeWW15Ci_6rY9MY0utMBYUEnVcWrG2DtryuvAuU5FC1lvX02yiPFN4d3XYAnjG1NspKBywYGIrVgATU0kB2AJNRmmYjzJc_-gcvCl3rTu2eg9escpcdjdqk/s16000/RBTHT2-p16.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then the Hell-bound train arrives. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEC9hgNe5u9ti6zB8I-ZHLSO0ZaC7gIeD_jYilFGeyHvEWXJav3At5pDBik2fRegRYo4FE-SA-6CTTotkVyI8dHMDPfG82E9npVRqkqVmd0_Pfrdj0Y66Bjr-jgsfr2Ns7hEGj61chXk/s1342/RBTHT2-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEguEC9hgNe5u9ti6zB8I-ZHLSO0ZaC7gIeD_jYilFGeyHvEWXJav3At5pDBik2fRegRYo4FE-SA-6CTTotkVyI8dHMDPfG82E9npVRqkqVmd0_Pfrdj0Y66Bjr-jgsfr2Ns7hEGj61chXk/s16000/RBTHT2-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">He takes both of them on board and asks for the
watch back. Martin asks if it would truly have stopped time. The devilish
conductor says yes, that it wasn’t an original idea. Others had asked for one
before and their perfect moment never arrived.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9yab-PlMtVIeAhVHO2pyOuJ1T4wJFEZoGept-jztqBMHwpAKTTS8lgGj6IHsKJ1_vBJZI8p6xBl3ZZ4xkflb7yNMsEY2QRE5Ldcfj3jtJJZpTOB_qcgtdLyH6KFC6ScNvzrlM_e9ZJM/s1351/RBTHT2-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP9yab-PlMtVIeAhVHO2pyOuJ1T4wJFEZoGept-jztqBMHwpAKTTS8lgGj6IHsKJ1_vBJZI8p6xBl3ZZ4xkflb7yNMsEY2QRE5Ldcfj3jtJJZpTOB_qcgtdLyH6KFC6ScNvzrlM_e9ZJM/s16000/RBTHT2-p18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As Martin boards the train he finds the passengers
in the middle of all manner of revelry. The train leaves the station and the
party keeps going.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLfc9H70NARn9LcJ2G0Wh0TQ5kfqLqpXSSY-MyoW0ZeydAvBDD7KrFHCZsSvObeWGtfTgP074uSE9sH5h7XFpe3tW_Tih8lCAumGiUvnxO_qo7Pe4FsW9d5dqNoqZ1kkJ5zhNfBgcYTc/s1352/RBTHT2-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRLfc9H70NARn9LcJ2G0Wh0TQ5kfqLqpXSSY-MyoW0ZeydAvBDD7KrFHCZsSvObeWGtfTgP074uSE9sH5h7XFpe3tW_Tih8lCAumGiUvnxO_qo7Pe4FsW9d5dqNoqZ1kkJ5zhNfBgcYTc/s16000/RBTHT2-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And seeing their state, Martin winds the stopwatch…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyICQlhPpm8IPN3RU5_lbzlW0SMXWnvypSW7Qryau6JmsB3RDeIuPyCTfU002c7NXGDr4hwtB3k0vsDyyBJ_z8iB-7yNwfRxCC971a-omKuXWMXu3LkIJzlfPaQXuoicwlMyqbD3G8DFw/s1351/RBTHT2-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyICQlhPpm8IPN3RU5_lbzlW0SMXWnvypSW7Qryau6JmsB3RDeIuPyCTfU002c7NXGDr4hwtB3k0vsDyyBJ_z8iB-7yNwfRxCC971a-omKuXWMXu3LkIJzlfPaQXuoicwlMyqbD3G8DFw/s16000/RBTHT2-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and halts time forever, meaning the train will
never reach Hell, trapping the conductor there with them. As Martin says, the
fun is in the journey not the destination.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBWMEsMMsVGPgc61_yO_RpxRTaPzxIW5Ot9VeWxv1PC-f2H_flvnyrnDKZkdbc7qieYrU6qfd_gzd8b7SXi5eMeXie2ntsZ23LUTtsIEYHZvts1zKxYygd4bLVPR9cNgiEEffhdg8hGM/s1347/RBTHT2-p21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrBWMEsMMsVGPgc61_yO_RpxRTaPzxIW5Ot9VeWxv1PC-f2H_flvnyrnDKZkdbc7qieYrU6qfd_gzd8b7SXi5eMeXie2ntsZ23LUTtsIEYHZvts1zKxYygd4bLVPR9cNgiEEffhdg8hGM/s16000/RBTHT2-p21.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMrVj9z2wu37YsFVXWyJ5rueXzSjMmbiZp3vQiBvJoZ6dDzczIZLgttaqaFM8ETO2SNd_WPg-XREP-0mCllq6Yl2knhcDgIee7ZCWwM6qtW4KdctsswGnOaGgVzmaW7fzB5HmlBx0mBE/s1354/RBTHT2-p22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQMrVj9z2wu37YsFVXWyJ5rueXzSjMmbiZp3vQiBvJoZ6dDzczIZLgttaqaFM8ETO2SNd_WPg-XREP-0mCllq6Yl2knhcDgIee7ZCWwM6qtW4KdctsswGnOaGgVzmaW7fzB5HmlBx0mBE/s16000/RBTHT2-p22.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I love it when a story sticks the landing. Look for
this story and many other of Robert Bloch’s horror shorts in his collections <b>Tales
in a Jugular Vein</b>, <b>Such Stuff as Screams Are Made Of, </b>and <b>Out of
the Mouths of Graves.</b></span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-4264501541695068302020-10-11T12:37:00.005-07:002020-10-13T02:20:56.552-07:00Robert Bloch’s That Hell-Bound Train #2<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 13</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Tie-ins</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Robert
Bloch’s That Hell-Bound Train #2</span></b></h1><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURJ0iscC_2cWPz3WhRhK1CZfTc3uwWSjtgudnPfkc8JPVX3BsUlnxi6kTnWbe6JbU2AKFYXfDl_dDtgTwgnQWWD8uN3X2esrVbPenc6R6bBhXLyRk1mJvtV7gaxKmYhb_Jj18Y0abTFE/s2048/RBTHT1-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1315" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhURJ0iscC_2cWPz3WhRhK1CZfTc3uwWSjtgudnPfkc8JPVX3BsUlnxi6kTnWbe6JbU2AKFYXfDl_dDtgTwgnQWWD8uN3X2esrVbPenc6R6bBhXLyRk1mJvtV7gaxKmYhb_Jj18Y0abTFE/w411-h640/RBTHT1-cover.jpg" width="411" /></a></div><br /></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">It
gets good in the middle…</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Robert Bloch</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Adpated – Joe R.
Lansdale & John L. Lansdale</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Dave Wachter</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Colorist – Alfredo
Rodriguez</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterist – Neil Uyetake</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Editor – Bobby Curhow</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">July 2011</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Robert Bloch is famous to me for being killed by
Lovecraft. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yes, I get it. Bloch wrote Psycho, which was a
tour-de-force Hitchcock movie and started Anthony Perkins' career off on an
interesting angle.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But for me Bloch will always be the youngest member
of the Lovecraft Circle of authors, a place of envy and honor. He began his
writing career at the tender age of seventeen as a protégé of H. P. Lovecraft,
who was the first to seriously encourage the young man to use his talent. It
was Lovecraft who Bloch first emulated and he was a frequent contributor to
pulp magazines like Weird Tales. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This three-book graphic novel series is based on
his Hugo award-winning story of the same name. I don’t have book one and in an
odd stroke of weirdness, I didn’t miss it up until the moment I started writing
this review. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The “last issue” blurb sums up that book quite
nicely though: Our hero is Martin. There is a train that collects souls bound
for hell, and the conductor is the Devil himself. You can sell your soul to the
conductor for a better life, but at the end of your days, you will board the
train to hell. In exchange for his soul, Martin has been gifted by the train
conductor a pocket watch with which he can prolong the perfect moment for all
eternity, he just has to find it.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">What I learned from the Wiki on this story is that
Martin is a young hobo drifter who is living a life of crime to get by. He
likes trains and one night a large unmarked black train pulls up to the station
at a time no train is scheduled. The conductor offers Martin anything he wants
and in return he will ride the train to hell when he dies. This is what prompts
Martin to ask for the power to stop time, symbolized by him winding the
stop-watch. Here is where we pick things up.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRTQfwpj9pM1syBDcpdCqa7ZqqVV2M11Wx5HuNV4ynMFKh1bR9C6miac2_zr1jiXVOCdEmIXnyrcmZ_recLNfvmVDyPGmv4AheGF_RVroDVx86CgqhfcbIPRDlHAwXY07EGA9e1wRTY8/s1356/RBTHT1-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaRTQfwpj9pM1syBDcpdCqa7ZqqVV2M11Wx5HuNV4ynMFKh1bR9C6miac2_zr1jiXVOCdEmIXnyrcmZ_recLNfvmVDyPGmv4AheGF_RVroDVx86CgqhfcbIPRDlHAwXY07EGA9e1wRTY8/s16000/RBTHT1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The train conductor is taking tickets to hell. This
passenger has a rather lengthy list of crimes including extortion, murder,
lies, threats, and so on. The conductor calls him Al as he stamps him cancelled
(note that it isn’t the ticket that gets cancelled here) and moves on. No doubt
this is supposed to be Al Capone. Then the devil in conductor’s cap walks out of
the train and, in an amazing transition, into the park where Martin is sleeping
this evening. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KlQFZUEQMnpKoY6iq9tL40bYK_ZxaqpoMPPz5f1uLKALIU1VHQdJ7E-VBMooMU8A6dlBCK6SE2Gr7KX0-dA6zGRMWmyoD1bQHlIWcUQap2WzqmTRlPBWF-dDRbFoFmx-ppx_IG56hOs/s1342/RBTHT1-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="842" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-KlQFZUEQMnpKoY6iq9tL40bYK_ZxaqpoMPPz5f1uLKALIU1VHQdJ7E-VBMooMU8A6dlBCK6SE2Gr7KX0-dA6zGRMWmyoD1bQHlIWcUQap2WzqmTRlPBWF-dDRbFoFmx-ppx_IG56hOs/s16000/RBTHT1-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK42IPBtj2NbMCoLfy3fUKvO2w-pdBjM0TG0UGUnIoSAmKZNwlnRGPPsDLC0OMOZTVajNicKyGlWcNx4ZUV3NP1657PuZ7Zxm43LhryC3t4ZvdRBJE7tkvnezqxLmLyyOt3dlclMFs-8/s1357/RBTHT1-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1357" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgVK42IPBtj2NbMCoLfy3fUKvO2w-pdBjM0TG0UGUnIoSAmKZNwlnRGPPsDLC0OMOZTVajNicKyGlWcNx4ZUV3NP1657PuZ7Zxm43LhryC3t4ZvdRBJE7tkvnezqxLmLyyOt3dlclMFs-8/s16000/RBTHT1-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Martin awakens, but there is no one there.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEHIQKyiyxgzdQ0_SY7VGMybbFYI2JFkDHl-bevw6A4C7-Qg5vEo5k98oNwh11uN3NA42QDD7e2qsprfl77AFei8KP960In3DtKHZw9aYuPrmW7ZIDdnF2JX_J5QPXJvPpiJbu33oi5w/s1350/RBTHT1-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhDEHIQKyiyxgzdQ0_SY7VGMybbFYI2JFkDHl-bevw6A4C7-Qg5vEo5k98oNwh11uN3NA42QDD7e2qsprfl77AFei8KP960In3DtKHZw9aYuPrmW7ZIDdnF2JX_J5QPXJvPpiJbu33oi5w/s16000/RBTHT1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBxaKQ7NcUcLp30Hj1JXcBf7ieScU8k2U-jiemrVzyMrgsYg6q2Xeby4U0N-tgr-OQmr7BbKAaZb8iom8irB824tjOtLgoypjV86i0g9hAeawaW5XfY6silMu_aDpUaaGhjsX0-qifGw/s1349/RBTHT1-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBxaKQ7NcUcLp30Hj1JXcBf7ieScU8k2U-jiemrVzyMrgsYg6q2Xeby4U0N-tgr-OQmr7BbKAaZb8iom8irB824tjOtLgoypjV86i0g9hAeawaW5XfY6silMu_aDpUaaGhjsX0-qifGw/s16000/RBTHT1-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The story then follows Martin’s perspective for a
bit. We see his life improving, piece-by-piece. His work ethic leads to a
better job, which leads to a chance at education and a better career. And once
that happens he has money for a house, money for a car, money for
two-chicks-at-once….(Office Space reference). And his work buddy gets him
thinking about a girl to settle down with. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4C0ih8hUez-u6JKh2VIQL-T89Jb7G9-YCnsTOpldLJLlkB-UZhI6g7yO9R3AbBunJ-kvl4tkwrqRgwXKtgS98i_CG55QMJEc0tG_ZzZLsBFTfu6iYNRQrUyp4JzVOB_URVS67kLrgD8/s1350/RBTHT1-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhC4C0ih8hUez-u6JKh2VIQL-T89Jb7G9-YCnsTOpldLJLlkB-UZhI6g7yO9R3AbBunJ-kvl4tkwrqRgwXKtgS98i_CG55QMJEc0tG_ZzZLsBFTfu6iYNRQrUyp4JzVOB_URVS67kLrgD8/s16000/RBTHT1-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y2UChuhxb54uKi3dU3gquOmqqQgJGtmird-AnxGFtGWS-kN0Jxj5KGVJEIQgf_33DS8BCmSCpossNZHF81BtvoAjYA4lj1rm8Aup40XxRf5Jur3LYqRxMm2OtfC2XgsO_GaFKwJRzOs/s1345/RBTHT1-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0Y2UChuhxb54uKi3dU3gquOmqqQgJGtmird-AnxGFtGWS-kN0Jxj5KGVJEIQgf_33DS8BCmSCpossNZHF81BtvoAjYA4lj1rm8Aup40XxRf5Jur3LYqRxMm2OtfC2XgsO_GaFKwJRzOs/s16000/RBTHT1-p7.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And he does. Each of these moments are near perfect,
yet Martin doesn’t use the power of the watch at any of them.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXV08qSijLBlRRXqbrM_AU7MIEVQQaBLq_UvI2e_flbV8n_kngt13X0gS4uXCbjZTnGpzkjhP_pl1SuMLL3Q0s-6X4SE-RWlafa3RqdvUSsO9p2wdEiy8AHR_uzrZJFul-OOXTieN-bc/s1352/RBTHT1-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIXV08qSijLBlRRXqbrM_AU7MIEVQQaBLq_UvI2e_flbV8n_kngt13X0gS4uXCbjZTnGpzkjhP_pl1SuMLL3Q0s-6X4SE-RWlafa3RqdvUSsO9p2wdEiy8AHR_uzrZJFul-OOXTieN-bc/s16000/RBTHT1-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And while spending his time watching trains, the
conductor pays him another visit. The conductor temps him into not touching the
watch yet because…things can always get better and telling him that he as
plenty of moments left to choose from. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7s5MM0H5znen1O2bQJjr7XJNJrst4pRVwdbSep-4qe_9f_6e8SG6FTd37iE5qEEOc0VIKzOSc27rhQhe6_ZPRZFhKUt9vEtgvyTdK0egnvYxT5NEW0WMMu7hjY8DVsg5MUvWMLJNUWM/s1354/RBTHT1-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR7s5MM0H5znen1O2bQJjr7XJNJrst4pRVwdbSep-4qe_9f_6e8SG6FTd37iE5qEEOc0VIKzOSc27rhQhe6_ZPRZFhKUt9vEtgvyTdK0egnvYxT5NEW0WMMu7hjY8DVsg5MUvWMLJNUWM/s16000/RBTHT1-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa11DNzSqGaicCP0AzaP9v_ZY0W-OWjBkWTp6ORWZ8i_UzLnG6UuMmzzERt14TWLwaM1DH5usnriXzqWu6qvlhVStNvu5O9d8p6bklagPGfkDfuHRD-IQvXKdgl7pbMW2qSV_VtZGvl4/s1345/RBTHT1-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPa11DNzSqGaicCP0AzaP9v_ZY0W-OWjBkWTp6ORWZ8i_UzLnG6UuMmzzERt14TWLwaM1DH5usnriXzqWu6qvlhVStNvu5O9d8p6bklagPGfkDfuHRD-IQvXKdgl7pbMW2qSV_VtZGvl4/s16000/RBTHT1-p10.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The conductor also has a hidden card up his sleeve.
This woman who changes measurably as she exist the Hell-Bound train unseen by Martin.
</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOAO1occVVB7mCPKwUBMSKdJMgFLFMJ13u3i6r3pVIWOo1nPXe6pz3D7fsWFaLIde1i0YQPiMQRGUV4Qx98QdgMJKKrW95a0DHYZYdZARzCZsT3hlC0UoALPDpvsS3UJmhN0cX3w42Uo/s1345/RBTHT1-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="835" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEifOAO1occVVB7mCPKwUBMSKdJMgFLFMJ13u3i6r3pVIWOo1nPXe6pz3D7fsWFaLIde1i0YQPiMQRGUV4Qx98QdgMJKKrW95a0DHYZYdZARzCZsT3hlC0UoALPDpvsS3UJmhN0cX3w42Uo/s16000/RBTHT1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zyi_6IWBkmGW3A1c72HH4Jlv1b0cg6IdNCcKLfKezQRSlpCt6BtaGQ5GCBBX1pavfiLyHIyC7621AN3GoZUi-2qBmcq0CwqYxofecFVMdLd0G-qHyPc5hjhIKOF8bkdGDDmSykTT0tA/s1349/RBTHT1-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9zyi_6IWBkmGW3A1c72HH4Jlv1b0cg6IdNCcKLfKezQRSlpCt6BtaGQ5GCBBX1pavfiLyHIyC7621AN3GoZUi-2qBmcq0CwqYxofecFVMdLd0G-qHyPc5hjhIKOF8bkdGDDmSykTT0tA/s16000/RBTHT1-p12.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GEibK1V1Od8JPKqIhlOsM8MLJhZqWPDG7oSwdaX2MSrqw458oGuGRmePnuhpVPUz26Dg3g2OWnlf1xLpyuHYggTNHx5K_KqgaU16-UazyIa05EXEohBEu5OQshKSkOf19ikWcuBubJ8/s1346/RBTHT1-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi1GEibK1V1Od8JPKqIhlOsM8MLJhZqWPDG7oSwdaX2MSrqw458oGuGRmePnuhpVPUz26Dg3g2OWnlf1xLpyuHYggTNHx5K_KqgaU16-UazyIa05EXEohBEu5OQshKSkOf19ikWcuBubJ8/s16000/RBTHT1-p13.jpg" /></a></div><br /><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">With that Martin is left to ponder if his lucky
moment will ever come and the conductor takes off. As if to mar this day
further, a raven poops on his suit coat. His wife notices the next day and gets
him a fresh jacket. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this happens to be the same day he meets his
new secretary, who just so happens to be the same woman we saw exiting the
train.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tQzw48mAdt-Rmc6Rm2J5q3mHOm6wFZlk21SWoO2rmqcQUwoWiFF_cir99uNF7msWRTM4mQ3ewhIRcn7zPXhm7NNisbnExOjY8ADorAWYWfHCN2oUq3p0L0yQD62c7vh28Iee1rLhQxU/s1344/RBTHT1-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4tQzw48mAdt-Rmc6Rm2J5q3mHOm6wFZlk21SWoO2rmqcQUwoWiFF_cir99uNF7msWRTM4mQ3ewhIRcn7zPXhm7NNisbnExOjY8ADorAWYWfHCN2oUq3p0L0yQD62c7vh28Iee1rLhQxU/s16000/RBTHT1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNecGlam_6b6C7TYDV8yMCozu3tlgXi_IecqId0JQQ8LIuXbJ4xTah8kYTKeZpe2c8-k_WWilmf1_fPpkkyC9KVIyE3isD03jUgz3RVCl2SYIh8hwsbamVQ5jUwdoA9x6s_ksoM3nsc8/s1350/RBTHT1-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzNecGlam_6b6C7TYDV8yMCozu3tlgXi_IecqId0JQQ8LIuXbJ4xTah8kYTKeZpe2c8-k_WWilmf1_fPpkkyC9KVIyE3isD03jUgz3RVCl2SYIh8hwsbamVQ5jUwdoA9x6s_ksoM3nsc8/s16000/RBTHT1-p18.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And something about meeting her turns the taste of
his relationship sour.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Which leads to Martin taking some alone time to
watch the trains. Which is where he bumps into the beautiful blonde secretary
again. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQHkWkshSCoqId0iIKU5GzwMAhVmZ4YNjxX_mXlySKE_Ajr0evthfwhySb16-HmteW2KEW5VFwF7Q_QNUojCXWWuFYCBl0-tjFoMgOxr8WHg7KmbWuS3OS55vLQRHKBplze_C2LbNC1Q/s1356/RBTHT1-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMQHkWkshSCoqId0iIKU5GzwMAhVmZ4YNjxX_mXlySKE_Ajr0evthfwhySb16-HmteW2KEW5VFwF7Q_QNUojCXWWuFYCBl0-tjFoMgOxr8WHg7KmbWuS3OS55vLQRHKBplze_C2LbNC1Q/s16000/RBTHT1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Literally, in fact. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3r6DFskV4Hve5TAEZroWiLnUYzgXGQabiiDL96jY9n3AojNMUdl2MXs3RQxt1bIUmcXAuwwHwRUZxAM0CP7wnrnKIeIPodfbAdvBQFUGV7aHqd3AcEbLIy0JIWRINjJeSDOFRvuNeMpE/s1347/RBTHT1-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3r6DFskV4Hve5TAEZroWiLnUYzgXGQabiiDL96jY9n3AojNMUdl2MXs3RQxt1bIUmcXAuwwHwRUZxAM0CP7wnrnKIeIPodfbAdvBQFUGV7aHqd3AcEbLIy0JIWRINjJeSDOFRvuNeMpE/s16000/RBTHT1-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY20GyoaheU-9UymPa4gBRvoQYYl6-XewMmheXZA90Ze4iTlKu6X869-Pf3SnQ3VzJmALwzEQTUiOe2I8nLHpZyVACZqwUn7_8_AD6lTUQ_wUzidoMgXL9t_OJTjNjbzd4bBxHbIOWsI/s1350/RBTHT1-p21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEisY20GyoaheU-9UymPa4gBRvoQYYl6-XewMmheXZA90Ze4iTlKu6X869-Pf3SnQ3VzJmALwzEQTUiOe2I8nLHpZyVACZqwUn7_8_AD6lTUQ_wUzidoMgXL9t_OJTjNjbzd4bBxHbIOWsI/s16000/RBTHT1-p21.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this meet-cute turns romantic and the romance
turns into a passionate tryst. A tryst that ends in Martin reaching for the
watch…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7ZT6aInMHB77edo88YajopMZdUBi0fNtz9MxHYX4U8U_CikqfgZuvLLPiNjBWSzoHUUUgTawF4OuWNzCfvseDVDqnt5EczI5Wmgc_MrIHxDYgGoGIGnmkTOI2SI5T02BN3APEhOKtLI/s1354/RBTHT1-p22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhu7ZT6aInMHB77edo88YajopMZdUBi0fNtz9MxHYX4U8U_CikqfgZuvLLPiNjBWSzoHUUUgTawF4OuWNzCfvseDVDqnt5EczI5Wmgc_MrIHxDYgGoGIGnmkTOI2SI5T02BN3APEhOKtLI/s16000/RBTHT1-p22.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"> </span><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and don’t you fear. I’m NOT going to leave you
hanging this time. (get it) Tune in tomorrow for the ending of this story.</span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-24896302312301846742020-10-11T07:28:00.002-07:002020-10-12T02:44:47.526-07:00Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation #3<h1 style="text-align: left;"> <a name="_Hlk50888783"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween Post-A-Day 2020, Day 12</span></b></a></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Tie-ins</span></b></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Alice Cooper: The Last Temptation #3</span></b></span></h1><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ffYuhAQqxxjRnFUq-w6YoLHStRwMTvc0pCKruzgkCCJOyYGPa2hvnPlgg94BHEosrYUhUN1cQWPKi0jK1owO6FYqlVOLEv0IP2hOSKolOLbVe917oV0X8qY_tjJN0bwdr3dBH-NrkuA/s2025/ACTLT3-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2025" data-original-width="1337" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3ffYuhAQqxxjRnFUq-w6YoLHStRwMTvc0pCKruzgkCCJOyYGPa2hvnPlgg94BHEosrYUhUN1cQWPKi0jK1owO6FYqlVOLEv0IP2hOSKolOLbVe917oV0X8qY_tjJN0bwdr3dBH-NrkuA/w422-h640/ACTLT3-cover.jpg" width="422" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Alice Cooper is the de-Bill!</span></b></span></h1>
<h1 class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in; text-align: left;"><span style="mso-bookmark: _Hlk50888783;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <br /></span></i></span></span></h1><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer
– Neil Gaiman</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist
– Michael Zulli</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Color
– Bernie Mireault</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterer
– Todd Klein</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">December
1994</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I was
introduced to Alice Cooper by my “Superstars of the ‘70’s” four album set. The
song anthology was like a "K-Tel best of"…collection and Cooper’s <b>Schools Out</b> was
one of the highlights. Also the same set introduced me to <b>Whole Lotta Love</b>,
which I still think of as the quintessential Led Zepplin song OVER <b>Stairway to
Heaven</b>, if that gives you an idea of how influential the set was to me. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
<span></span>
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But whereas Zepplin was a group I would collect all their albums as I </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">grew up</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">, Cooper wasn’t somehow.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Maybe it was the showmanship that made me believe
he wasn’t a </span><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">serious</span></i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> performer.
All that white face-paint and makeup felt more like he was trying to be a
spectacle and not a muscian. What can I say? I was a strange kid. I judged
things with a weird eye. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Cooper is, of course, a great singer/songwriter and
I’ve had years to re-evaluate my early dismissal. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As for folks who apparently got Cooper on the first
go round, one was super-dark fairy tale scribe Neil Gaiman. What I’m holding in
my hands here is the third and final issue of The Last Temptation, a
collaboration between these two showmen, drawn up with amazing style by little-used Michael Zulli. Zulli had teamed with Gaiman before on Sandman and HE is
the guy that drew the unused Rick Veitch penned issue of Swamp Thing #88 where
the muck monster meets Jesus Christ. Maybe someday we will see that one. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The Last Temptation was also Alice Cooper’s 13<sup>th</sup>
studio album, released in conjunction with this book. The record is a rock
opera concept album centering around a boy named Steven and a mysterious
showman tempting the lad into joining his supernatural traveling show. Sadly,
the comic was about all the exposure the album received as Epic Records didn’t finance
a tour. The book was originally published under the “Marvel Music” imprint but
was subsequently reprint in trade by Dark Horse Comics.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">In the comics the mysterious showman is played by
Zulli doing a really good Alice Cooper, but you can kind of tell he’s also the
devil and he is trucking in human souls in one way or another. It’s sad to come
in to this so late and on the third beat of the story. We have a little idea of
the stakes, but not a real feel for how they were shown. And if there is anything
I miss, it’s getting to read a really good story of the type Gaiman always
provides in total. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But the Crapbox is what it is and this is what
we’ve got. It is appropriately the night of Halloween and as the kids get ready
for tricks and treats, our protagonist Steve has chosen to dress up like a
young Cooper. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9aETMxUYrxXy-EupZc7wINviXYqGXXx9amCMhqJFfWClg7pv8zsLa5PWKn3BslgAEPO5bvABo4F93eWGYhyQC0NAew0Y8fXNhMwhqQhe64X1xngafpUg5wYQNEsDHPVsyo83dG8QTvY/s1326/ACTLT3-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg_9aETMxUYrxXy-EupZc7wINviXYqGXXx9amCMhqJFfWClg7pv8zsLa5PWKn3BslgAEPO5bvABo4F93eWGYhyQC0NAew0Y8fXNhMwhqQhe64X1xngafpUg5wYQNEsDHPVsyo83dG8QTvY/s16000/ACTLT3-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfj_LoEV4rIE9Q_QM_xUjyxz3obomqF0Di9i0aXm6b_PRDUGJRqwwWMoftuhOQzo8PPDfOJOuxgWLe2zK-ivEhpGLX5rABwgzjgqVJYSeRK42A4xHFNOGxWeJ_6y7ea55lK5Dghug8l4/s1678/ACTLT3-page2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1297" data-original-width="1678" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbfj_LoEV4rIE9Q_QM_xUjyxz3obomqF0Di9i0aXm6b_PRDUGJRqwwWMoftuhOQzo8PPDfOJOuxgWLe2zK-ivEhpGLX5rABwgzjgqVJYSeRK42A4xHFNOGxWeJ_6y7ea55lK5Dghug8l4/s16000/ACTLT3-page2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Appears he’s made his choice to join the traveling
show of the damned, but he makes a fateful stop at the local library…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dV9aI7Gz9KIxO2e06wA3xLdaf5kySs7_hHja15vQvdY9c2LlRsZUKqODaZ1dXwjx-RAxFlWu4U5FRJXlxQw0PqcxJNSsvtBVMsQTeFwOXWqKCuNh5yrNb_t53IAiRbGPY-3oUI7t134/s1325/ACTLT3-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1325" data-original-width="862" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9dV9aI7Gz9KIxO2e06wA3xLdaf5kySs7_hHja15vQvdY9c2LlRsZUKqODaZ1dXwjx-RAxFlWu4U5FRJXlxQw0PqcxJNSsvtBVMsQTeFwOXWqKCuNh5yrNb_t53IAiRbGPY-3oUI7t134/s16000/ACTLT3-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…where he finds a gruff old woman who leads him to
the history section of his town…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlBNeqsLFeTAMsYMlVQsswmnssURqvlpacfTR1uTfQmQPMbh8DShZavGaUPJ1YZOBw1uV-28fR5exfFpUlEIY3zS8_HRfuCuIsCXBL8AxvKJERR45Lv16pBgPr7VPNqhcWDVt4wqGkFs/s1329/ACTLT3-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="870" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiqlBNeqsLFeTAMsYMlVQsswmnssURqvlpacfTR1uTfQmQPMbh8DShZavGaUPJ1YZOBw1uV-28fR5exfFpUlEIY3zS8_HRfuCuIsCXBL8AxvKJERR45Lv16pBgPr7VPNqhcWDVt4wqGkFs/s16000/ACTLT3-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FVDQn38kucS7SA2ZGx7iaLutgqGs8_ZKU1WxH42lmvv7V5qt6iYFdn5GY9hxXCnoh4mT6QR2EqinmdR3dAFVTX0_uuruB6oIMeSNoV2xDOMzOmxIC-m60KBakJxNoHE6l9_3gLH00cw/s1329/ACTLT3-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4FVDQn38kucS7SA2ZGx7iaLutgqGs8_ZKU1WxH42lmvv7V5qt6iYFdn5GY9hxXCnoh4mT6QR2EqinmdR3dAFVTX0_uuruB6oIMeSNoV2xDOMzOmxIC-m60KBakJxNoHE6l9_3gLH00cw/s16000/ACTLT3-p6.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and while perusing the microfiche, Steve notices a
trail of child disappearances that date back to the 1880’s, including one where
the town theater burned down with the kids in it. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDOUE7FULZoK7b0OGRbxomp9kpqZVkq2X_s04uA3qM6kqYZGVVVa1ht8fCIMAz1uGvWCW_rUFRJ6biAa5wj2HOoWzSDVb5xVSkjDOq_XyM8IjPh1mwfG3zo7TSkuyrB7XH0t0WV2Gq5Q/s1329/ACTLT3-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1329" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjaDOUE7FULZoK7b0OGRbxomp9kpqZVkq2X_s04uA3qM6kqYZGVVVa1ht8fCIMAz1uGvWCW_rUFRJ6biAa5wj2HOoWzSDVb5xVSkjDOq_XyM8IjPh1mwfG3zo7TSkuyrB7XH0t0WV2Gq5Q/s16000/ACTLT3-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vnj-33ZZvc0FxFZxtJEKJ4TtkiNldrk9pV3ddeOwV8Ow58gl3ZvP9JDQjbA-xntjYXtOflhLsZrBslmNurYiaV61zpBceV3lXbWW4e3K7ifx_1pj0lt1f0wlLgFGUnYit1Hbo-a-m0w/s1318/ACTLT3-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1318" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh6vnj-33ZZvc0FxFZxtJEKJ4TtkiNldrk9pV3ddeOwV8Ow58gl3ZvP9JDQjbA-xntjYXtOflhLsZrBslmNurYiaV61zpBceV3lXbWW4e3K7ifx_1pj0lt1f0wlLgFGUnYit1Hbo-a-m0w/s16000/ACTLT3-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Unfortunately, he’s run out of time. The Library is
closing and he has a decision to make. There is something about the book the
librarian is reading too, but I’d probably need parts 1 and 2 of this story to
figure that out. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCnuDRBiukcL23zp84SXS3VNOKhUCkwBhA5OsyUTMB0I81d3ZQwaiigOI8eAmqyVWuPXfSyJ2ZeaumDatYCcpcKsgfpqWi8Yh8EcXL1cfZe43qEVQNStd6Oq-toETk2dtiEPD-c4JTfw/s1324/ACTLT3-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1324" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjsCnuDRBiukcL23zp84SXS3VNOKhUCkwBhA5OsyUTMB0I81d3ZQwaiigOI8eAmqyVWuPXfSyJ2ZeaumDatYCcpcKsgfpqWi8Yh8EcXL1cfZe43qEVQNStd6Oq-toETk2dtiEPD-c4JTfw/s16000/ACTLT3-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Steven heads back to the theater, but his way is
barred by these creepy undead looking dudes. Unsure of these guys are cadavers
come back to life or just his town has a lot of meth addicts.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XyoBa45lBAqYqis3UmKUy7Ztxsh82XjPdhT1-7VOKKtqK1FMkW0LsQ4rPc77aGy_iu7aYa5IhLp53BSd_JOgb2iRBjHx2wu8RvlLbXZ06nb4z2evk2aL7mTPTvqbzfcKptGJj0CS1SQ/s1323/ACTLT3-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1323" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4XyoBa45lBAqYqis3UmKUy7Ztxsh82XjPdhT1-7VOKKtqK1FMkW0LsQ4rPc77aGy_iu7aYa5IhLp53BSd_JOgb2iRBjHx2wu8RvlLbXZ06nb4z2evk2aL7mTPTvqbzfcKptGJj0CS1SQ/s16000/ACTLT3-p10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQB3o9qkvVxvDADzEZ_4jnr2cjbaZASImybQ3IsLKtnsqwnR2K5gvu7KfsQeqIzhbvZ4nSn0EKlBfbLsfRSq09_snEmrx67jsLZn-eSl8fGeOh6HJLORsl2hoK3JdLR6eOLtqpCHlvDY/s2040/ACTLT3-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2040" data-original-width="1342" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijQB3o9qkvVxvDADzEZ_4jnr2cjbaZASImybQ3IsLKtnsqwnR2K5gvu7KfsQeqIzhbvZ4nSn0EKlBfbLsfRSq09_snEmrx67jsLZn-eSl8fGeOh6HJLORsl2hoK3JdLR6eOLtqpCHlvDY/s16000/ACTLT3-p11.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Either way they are scared off by his flashlight
and Steve makes his way through a stage door…that appears to lead directly
onstage.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">His light is taken from him and presented to the
showman by one of his demon underlings and destroyed. All the while, our Alice
Cooper is trying to force Steve to sign up with him on a deal with no actual
terms as yet. Steve does get immortality. And freedom from fear. But what he
loses….</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkGI4WKIviyZmzS5q-alQ4Eo2tBpUjkY9wwctrZxOaKrsexH-j-GjYOMzlh4CG3ox89T-_HmH6g-86W83L3aGEbgXjXC0xx27RwffD4lDomzhDanSxWMEgxsksG0S_bLwsJO-Ptxxabs/s1714/ACTLT3-page13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1302" data-original-width="1714" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxkGI4WKIviyZmzS5q-alQ4Eo2tBpUjkY9wwctrZxOaKrsexH-j-GjYOMzlh4CG3ox89T-_HmH6g-86W83L3aGEbgXjXC0xx27RwffD4lDomzhDanSxWMEgxsksG0S_bLwsJO-Ptxxabs/s16000/ACTLT3-page13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…is Steve’s potential. All the things he would
bring to the world. This feels very on brand as this pretty much was what Satan
offered Jesus in the desert so many years ago (mythically of course). And not
only that, the Devil offers him a woman that Steve might love.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg4k39vlfj-l04MjJGUjj24vg5jeLV79LfQhCJB_eBGX2MYTr_6zN_5sNY01RSibASUMKyZv0ryRUvsN-AUkiQTz9TQJirvwnMmTAD-pg0GASROTBSLbyeChOhwBJUbwlNeT9utzjzpA/s1704/ACTLT3-page14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="1704" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSg4k39vlfj-l04MjJGUjj24vg5jeLV79LfQhCJB_eBGX2MYTr_6zN_5sNY01RSibASUMKyZv0ryRUvsN-AUkiQTz9TQJirvwnMmTAD-pg0GASROTBSLbyeChOhwBJUbwlNeT9utzjzpA/s16000/ACTLT3-page14.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And Steve is willing to swap his life for hers…but Mercy
has no life to go to and the Showman will not allow her to leave. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuG4v3dlSghItWK6daODQrNhRsVsz3x2ytGmux6pBOT8N3rsu3gHhsykp-lP57tN_dsXAgqrxWhVBagC7J4GvK75p5JqPR_ePnJmTWa3faITutIVpZBAVhDFBWwWgut8qIUXfHS0QQtA/s1668/ACTLT3-page18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1270" data-original-width="1668" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtuG4v3dlSghItWK6daODQrNhRsVsz3x2ytGmux6pBOT8N3rsu3gHhsykp-lP57tN_dsXAgqrxWhVBagC7J4GvK75p5JqPR_ePnJmTWa3faITutIVpZBAVhDFBWwWgut8qIUXfHS0QQtA/s16000/ACTLT3-page18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">With that, Steve makes his choice. And it is a hard
pass…Alice makes a big sarcastic deal that it isn’t any big thing being turned
down….</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIbN200RrBLB0eWhKEksEN21BjLcXnOMI6wdtcxsFpIy-NslxEMiJ_o79ucEJZ_M1EYh-LT0foW3UnwCB_2pSQZSKdFJWP7c_nyduK-jKDpUcbfY7sCbIP86-6sAmOcGWVpQIPzTnuiI/s1716/ACTLT3-page20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="1716" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbIbN200RrBLB0eWhKEksEN21BjLcXnOMI6wdtcxsFpIy-NslxEMiJ_o79ucEJZ_M1EYh-LT0foW3UnwCB_2pSQZSKdFJWP7c_nyduK-jKDpUcbfY7sCbIP86-6sAmOcGWVpQIPzTnuiI/s16000/ACTLT3-page20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…but we know it kind of is. The Devil is always a
poor loser. Steven is left to find his own way out, which ends up with him on
stage…and that’s where Steve decides to tear it all down around the Devil as he
leaves.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And with that, Steven conjures up the fire that
took the original theater down and ends up getting right under the Showman’s
skin. (metaphorically speaking)</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUFe8MdMtXme7OCGC8kHUru66ybiN_I-8EJIQR1SqshpcEBXs3FJLNMKqeOpqz-EHMXkGrng0np82lCV4EpH6AtdjLXUOpoWD-M4Jz4to2e_orW40vkIs5kF9y7GORXVApt5T1UsCtW4/s1684/ACTLT3-page22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1284" data-original-width="1684" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjWUFe8MdMtXme7OCGC8kHUru66ybiN_I-8EJIQR1SqshpcEBXs3FJLNMKqeOpqz-EHMXkGrng0np82lCV4EpH6AtdjLXUOpoWD-M4Jz4to2e_orW40vkIs5kF9y7GORXVApt5T1UsCtW4/s16000/ACTLT3-page22.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Thus, Cooper goes all python-y, getting the Snake
in the garden myth. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfiat5kIkFiPmmyShwipnkOQS20EIIYIEoGbClnXitbv1oa0RUyrjQgE29Lp915G4lTlYIoQjVQNu67PHIBI7N6VUkQ2GdQHgo94y9daQ7IJCLvLiEPEAS_beEZNhACtdmm7RUcfciaQ/s1710/ACTLT3-page24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1252" data-original-width="1710" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNfiat5kIkFiPmmyShwipnkOQS20EIIYIEoGbClnXitbv1oa0RUyrjQgE29Lp915G4lTlYIoQjVQNu67PHIBI7N6VUkQ2GdQHgo94y9daQ7IJCLvLiEPEAS_beEZNhACtdmm7RUcfciaQ/s16000/ACTLT3-page24.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And as he admits to being the father of lies, he
also tries to persuade Steven that Mercy isn’t real either.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">With everything gone though, Mercy’s spirit
remains. And Steven starts to say goodbye as she calls him brave. He says he
wasn’t but that the showman almost had him doubting for a moment about Mercy
not be a ghost. Being just a prop.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Mercy then cries and claims that’s all she was,
turning into a twisted cane. It’s this part that resonates even if we don’t
know the whole tale. Mercy clearly loved Steven and knew she couldn’t be with
him. She certainly was a ghost from a prior age. But she know Steve had his
whole life ahead of himself and loving a person long dead would hold him back
from that. Thus she claims to be unreal to let him go. It is one of those
emotional moments that stings so hard and only Gaiman can stick these kinds of
landings quite this way. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Steven takes off his makeup and moves on with his
life…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoGf8aVmLypy0FoKavTRVmeNR7mA1KxObs7r94TCCMKlgZgN2GVG5ktArU1SybB7Mfis88qOeOVCD87SYfTZKWrVPX5f2Kj9qg93iFBjc4u_aHZAg0VsSTaHe6Of4T3nHZ44bUbF_MFk/s1319/ACTLT3-p26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1319" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkoGf8aVmLypy0FoKavTRVmeNR7mA1KxObs7r94TCCMKlgZgN2GVG5ktArU1SybB7Mfis88qOeOVCD87SYfTZKWrVPX5f2Kj9qg93iFBjc4u_aHZAg0VsSTaHe6Of4T3nHZ44bUbF_MFk/s16000/ACTLT3-p26.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…but it is Cooper who steps in to have the last
word.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKZPbpfi7Nx942FTb_bDf3_91d-EdAYUl0d2jtLg25n7m7xGl8NrgC6lWw9EUaCRvayojF8r7yNFTaLVcoe6Mnb_XleXQzeMJELj5kkzv7_02QmtRPzYXIwFpIjxTSz9il7N64-2jM2k/s1321/ACTLT3-p27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1321" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjIKZPbpfi7Nx942FTb_bDf3_91d-EdAYUl0d2jtLg25n7m7xGl8NrgC6lWw9EUaCRvayojF8r7yNFTaLVcoe6Mnb_XleXQzeMJELj5kkzv7_02QmtRPzYXIwFpIjxTSz9il7N64-2jM2k/s16000/ACTLT3-p27.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5XcBaSk2oaPYv3G2-0IP0LV1YHSKAhEG3C6QJ0q3PWRLsDc2hpcK5ileyy396XA4EkR_RZl5VwA46uRPYyzNVrKSO5vxK5jZtRy4XhTFDnvH_UtGxn45kpNF39qvJefi6EHUaj1N7B8/s1326/ACTLT3-p28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1326" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhO5XcBaSk2oaPYv3G2-0IP0LV1YHSKAhEG3C6QJ0q3PWRLsDc2hpcK5ileyy396XA4EkR_RZl5VwA46uRPYyzNVrKSO5vxK5jZtRy4XhTFDnvH_UtGxn45kpNF39qvJefi6EHUaj1N7B8/s16000/ACTLT3-p28.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But his promise to revenge himself on Steve rings
hollow. He is lost in fog and he is best forgotten.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sadly, it appears this series was forgotten too.
Cooper’s record didn’t make an impact, even though reviewers called it some of
his best work. I don’t find charting information for it, which is surprising.
Even collaborations with Chris Cornell of Soundgarden, Dan Wexler of Icon, and
Derek Sherinian of Dream Theater didn’t move the needle on it. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But we did get this book and this finish packs a
punch. Go find the rest and tell me what you think.</span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-64032731062199450542020-10-10T14:57:00.002-07:002020-10-11T05:53:19.243-07:00DevilMan #2<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 11</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">The
Crapbox goes to Hell!</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">DevilMan
#2</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaZq8dAlCTF6-lUWcZ10yRn7HUb5nvO0M3YayHCVPl71qJ1RR5yvm1rWph68KgLcXKZ_7FB1eUOvzU15rhQq5L-8zpPTB5uQlFHNTvBfT-y5pg6lPgwIXGRml_X4sbN_nI6PLUjph6FU/s2048/Devilman2-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1344" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQaZq8dAlCTF6-lUWcZ10yRn7HUb5nvO0M3YayHCVPl71qJ1RR5yvm1rWph68KgLcXKZ_7FB1eUOvzU15rhQq5L-8zpPTB5uQlFHNTvBfT-y5pg6lPgwIXGRml_X4sbN_nI6PLUjph6FU/w420-h640/Devilman2-cover.jpg" width="420" /></a></div></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Go
Nagia’s weird demon apocalypse in its original form</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Go Nagai</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Go Nagai</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Color – Chip Marler</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterer – Richard Bent</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Sept 1995</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">DevilMan has a long and strange history of revision
and recreation of the same story. The plot of DevilMan began as an anime
adaptation of Go Nagai’s prior series Demon Lord Dante. That series was designed to
provoke, with Nagai having humans and God to be historically evil and the devil
and Demon Lord Dante as forces for good. The main character is a high-school
boy who is fused with a demon, fights them for a time, but eventually decides
that humanity is more evil than the demons. He ends up time-traveling with a
demon character called Medusa who reveals, and I quote wiki:</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">“…that God is an
energy-based monster who once destroyed the high-tech Sodom where they lived as
lovers. God wanted Earth inhabitants' bodies but as Dante denied to comply with
it God attacked the city. Dante, Medusa, and some others turned into demons by
absorbing God's power. When Dante pilots a powerful jet fighter in an attempt
to buy time for his friends to escape, he is grabbed by a Pteranodon. Careening
into a nearby Tyrannosaurus Rex, Dante was left open to be consumed in God's
fires, causing him to be fused with his jet and the two prehistoric reptiles to
create his current form. Later in a confrontation with God at the Himalayas,
Dante was sealed in ice.</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">God also attacked
Gomorrah and its survivors, the last actual humans in existence, became the
Satanists. After this, God divided himself into pieces and took residence in
apes that evolved into the current "human" race. Defeated by God and
sealed in the Himalayas, Dante transferred his human body and soul to Judas
Iscariot and Ryo Utsugi respectively to be reborn two thousand years later. The
story ends as Dante reassembles his demon army and is prepared to destroy
humankind.”</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I…well,…I…Fuck, I don’t know. I mean that is
seriously sounds like someone’s LSD fueled rantings up there that sounds equal
parts crazy and awesome.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I don’t have any of those manga issues thought.
What I do have is DevilMan number 2 which is SO CLOSE to that same
storyline…yet not. DevilMan has the same basic premise: boy fused with demon
then fights demons. However, Nagai changed up the antagonist quite a bit and
dropped the entire “God bad – Satan good” bit.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I’m going to spoil this series in just a bit, but
first: YES, this is the same story as <b>DevilMan Crybaby</b>, which is yet a
THIRD retelling of these same plot and themes by Nagai, a dude who seriously
can’t get enough of stories about guys melded with demons and devils. If you
haven’t checked out <b>DevilMan Crybaby</b> on Netflix, do so post haste. It’s
a mature-rated, very short anime that will leave you confused, but in a good
way. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Similarly to how this issue left me. Devilman was a
normal high-school kid Akira Fudo who ended up melded with a devil because his
friend Ryo Asuka thought the world needed a demon fighter to stave off an
impending invasion. So Asuka involves Akira in a terrible ritual that merges
him with a demon. Ryo names him Devilman and he is treated like a hero for a
bit. You know…saving people, killing demons…etc. But then it turns out
(Spoilers here!) that Ryo IS SATAN and has been actively assisting the demons
coming to Earth. Akira’s girlfriend is killed by demons, then Devilman allies
himself with a group of demons to attack Satan/Ryo, and the result of that
battle is the end of humanity, the death of Devilman, and Satan professing his
love to the top half of Devilman’s corpse. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Yeah, that’s just Fuuuuuuuuuked up!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Just like this book. A direct conversion of the
manga, with the pages ran the right way (don’t ask how they do that. It is
super complicated, I’m certain), this book is full of huge single page images
and weird transitions. And the story! Oh man!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Here we have Devilman’s human form and Ryo
traveling back in time to the Hundred Years’ War. Why? Uh…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu4f6LYklT-jfefDvLRk37EuxtCg3UOBQP16EZMos0HBY3DWUDNuCyBoyG5Bktd-EHCGSl53G1obJk5QKS5HIBRK7UTY7__v1OkVKcK1m8uNuajzRf1Bb4LxrWx_YD1WxaAFrx9gbOUs/s1351/Devilman2-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="809" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPu4f6LYklT-jfefDvLRk37EuxtCg3UOBQP16EZMos0HBY3DWUDNuCyBoyG5Bktd-EHCGSl53G1obJk5QKS5HIBRK7UTY7__v1OkVKcK1m8uNuajzRf1Bb4LxrWx_YD1WxaAFrx9gbOUs/s16000/Devilman2-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5HGsgjJeVFLwGpVUT8oy91jki65WgsyFljpp4DmPtMMGVtLOc7g3pGakITfuE_lf-9SlHLzrEGzmAm8TmZfkTlV2ByenCFlkKqXO5tWhw_bUF2enlKqoxl3cIAfL7NHyhTWqKcq_r3Y/s1354/Devilman2-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhE5HGsgjJeVFLwGpVUT8oy91jki65WgsyFljpp4DmPtMMGVtLOc7g3pGakITfuE_lf-9SlHLzrEGzmAm8TmZfkTlV2ByenCFlkKqXO5tWhw_bUF2enlKqoxl3cIAfL7NHyhTWqKcq_r3Y/s16000/Devilman2-p2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmwPc4OkdLknItCsx66YIm3fvmwwW_yzBOqLE5dopugExEQS8lM5Qr1e-hNp4qNisRwUWJT2mQxVvzyRifLQqA_tGl13cgGAj7zjlQbs2blYH7R8Gmdy6Cx0BHF73a0VIRLnkXxUIVHI/s1275/Devilman2-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1275" data-original-width="778" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTmwPc4OkdLknItCsx66YIm3fvmwwW_yzBOqLE5dopugExEQS8lM5Qr1e-hNp4qNisRwUWJT2mQxVvzyRifLQqA_tGl13cgGAj7zjlQbs2blYH7R8Gmdy6Cx0BHF73a0VIRLnkXxUIVHI/s16000/Devilman2-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdktv4MLwr5x2eU2aB5ZBPSC_lnq9SxT-a2bKE-M8IhTcaMUIwBP9LzGg2DLGkxDWy6xdFFeQlndv6S-BRY1-MYZ7vXVBkLmkZQ1LLWG3yPkjLBQRhHiZgSBuDZCkgOOJS3HCaVTXq4PI/s1288/Devilman2-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1288" data-original-width="836" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdktv4MLwr5x2eU2aB5ZBPSC_lnq9SxT-a2bKE-M8IhTcaMUIwBP9LzGg2DLGkxDWy6xdFFeQlndv6S-BRY1-MYZ7vXVBkLmkZQ1LLWG3yPkjLBQRhHiZgSBuDZCkgOOJS3HCaVTXq4PI/s16000/Devilman2-p4.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I don’t know, but the book goes on and on
explaining things through pointless, unasked for exposition. It goes on for so
long that by the time the demons come in ALSO traveling through time that we
don’t realize it. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5zmc3jxiAAJDPLVCXuTQ5BI3glJ7iou9kaG4QDFhAmcNKTVRo59o9OaAy4MWDPVex2vLOkj7ew5_dbVFpoX8Qmuu8CKWVwLPcYDZKWzH2bMl3CCfylNCasFvdAN0YEmqukXsQj0bcmI/s1350/Devilman2-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="856" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjT5zmc3jxiAAJDPLVCXuTQ5BI3glJ7iou9kaG4QDFhAmcNKTVRo59o9OaAy4MWDPVex2vLOkj7ew5_dbVFpoX8Qmuu8CKWVwLPcYDZKWzH2bMl3CCfylNCasFvdAN0YEmqukXsQj0bcmI/s16000/Devilman2-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then we land in the thick of battle and the
troops part to show us…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDzw5O4FzanuDdUwcjwIM1r2ETtACDuO-S9qf3ijz_I5boYrspcU0EgAfesRPMdjkZjdP9AzD-qfuhOU5FWCsVaZgICnW1lpEV_uvIYmLw0ioaQx5M6kaxPACGQ4gWT5foiGMz7pcc1U/s1336/Devilman2-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMDzw5O4FzanuDdUwcjwIM1r2ETtACDuO-S9qf3ijz_I5boYrspcU0EgAfesRPMdjkZjdP9AzD-qfuhOU5FWCsVaZgICnW1lpEV_uvIYmLw0ioaQx5M6kaxPACGQ4gWT5foiGMz7pcc1U/s16000/Devilman2-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLX4y0bJY4uBwXZHYtqFJlF4lxV4YQgeiOu9TU-s4sPfLkArziUzHyIhN-zQo_5lbbgaw58o8fPIHhuL1KEfb9LVEBQeNoX-6QzyZtBEoCKQZcwc1xqIaDlQGKHqn8CJnkM8sZTDPCZwc/s1340/Devilman2-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="800" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgLX4y0bJY4uBwXZHYtqFJlF4lxV4YQgeiOu9TU-s4sPfLkArziUzHyIhN-zQo_5lbbgaw58o8fPIHhuL1KEfb9LVEBQeNoX-6QzyZtBEoCKQZcwc1xqIaDlQGKHqn8CJnkM8sZTDPCZwc/s16000/Devilman2-p8.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Joan of Arc. Then a page of her leading a battle
group, followed quickly by…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuKPyRyOzOfYs56DCJ9OoivlKi_uadDp3abSGKHS77JDRUbux9OfNXNi94lm_e594pqUuOv20ZjXjWuWKbSgMROADNeTH5jbpG6yx8ik2g2n8QzMf5Hrh4dCIr-LTcrmncC4Siyn7zx0/s1342/Devilman2-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="877" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKuKPyRyOzOfYs56DCJ9OoivlKi_uadDp3abSGKHS77JDRUbux9OfNXNi94lm_e594pqUuOv20ZjXjWuWKbSgMROADNeTH5jbpG6yx8ik2g2n8QzMf5Hrh4dCIr-LTcrmncC4Siyn7zx0/s16000/Devilman2-p9.jpg" /></a></td></tr><tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><br /></td></tr></tbody></table><br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSH2hFgiN0Faa0W2kUBrKA1k3v-Age5g053fSYGW7ywq4WQH3trlauXIPnuJ5dNt_wUecGDxJFxuv7dBoeOpvT14MmIsE0JpVe9R9sMCk6k5VK5SxIdU79tos8o_p0Z-zVPBluADRuGHA/s1348/Devilman2-10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiSH2hFgiN0Faa0W2kUBrKA1k3v-Age5g053fSYGW7ywq4WQH3trlauXIPnuJ5dNt_wUecGDxJFxuv7dBoeOpvT14MmIsE0JpVe9R9sMCk6k5VK5SxIdU79tos8o_p0Z-zVPBluADRuGHA/s16000/Devilman2-10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…what looks like something out of a Monty Python
bit where a giant demon hand snatches her off the battlefield.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbse560LSUNGtY8eYLjOsWObVT2gI-kh7u6r-aZSwPEFAU2q1hEqWpX6MMJKIx3XIOEPyDUlTzJitHbRf_LzDW-4jurCfPIVYUUYpdzjI2L4LSfMOzuHEev3MH4wkmr7K-MRss2iljTi0/s1348/Devilman2-11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="874" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgbse560LSUNGtY8eYLjOsWObVT2gI-kh7u6r-aZSwPEFAU2q1hEqWpX6MMJKIx3XIOEPyDUlTzJitHbRf_LzDW-4jurCfPIVYUUYpdzjI2L4LSfMOzuHEev3MH4wkmr7K-MRss2iljTi0/s16000/Devilman2-11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">She is consumed by whirling devil clouds and forced
through a doorway to…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
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convinced she is guilty of some kind of crime. There is a lot of yelling here that
seriously could not be the actual translation of the Japanese text. I
particularly like the panel where Joan is yelling nothing in such a serious
manner. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUlUaB-oa7CE98fLvF6u5lEa4PpqChrpC137yEExCCfiRKkwVJi11jhZ8-3_ml8gcEIdJiRP_mp3UhOeQGo9DdEpocQUdmRqombAnPqHZYq-1h-ePgFmYc2XO9buhm_ff9tviPSxXubE/s1354/Devilman2-16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEipUlUaB-oa7CE98fLvF6u5lEa4PpqChrpC137yEExCCfiRKkwVJi11jhZ8-3_ml8gcEIdJiRP_mp3UhOeQGo9DdEpocQUdmRqombAnPqHZYq-1h-ePgFmYc2XO9buhm_ff9tviPSxXubE/s16000/Devilman2-16.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlUXd3E3jZOlqZVBwvzFU4dtZBRTxiwY6SM5Xpn_iknt4_kwirlp09bnQuMAzFktjKLYZD_QGkU1WRQdNzlnKtWEbRC5dLKA1J-27zjFJYBBgK3Mx3T0lu_quvcZBLgI-BCEvZePU-OA/s1348/Devilman2-17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzlUXd3E3jZOlqZVBwvzFU4dtZBRTxiwY6SM5Xpn_iknt4_kwirlp09bnQuMAzFktjKLYZD_QGkU1WRQdNzlnKtWEbRC5dLKA1J-27zjFJYBBgK3Mx3T0lu_quvcZBLgI-BCEvZePU-OA/s16000/Devilman2-17.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DH6_ilNFnazitBsxC2S8XFHkqcVANA-KK_vfmLKLoMXc_hLl4mjnHL5xTSvlb4KPT7c4CgCd1jRVpstJ4uFVIh8oYNVSwYTaYy0QWi9yqHfpW0Y8SWSWlpoeM5L8huB3zXFXoJ_hLhQ/s1350/Devilman2-18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="885" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8DH6_ilNFnazitBsxC2S8XFHkqcVANA-KK_vfmLKLoMXc_hLl4mjnHL5xTSvlb4KPT7c4CgCd1jRVpstJ4uFVIh8oYNVSwYTaYy0QWi9yqHfpW0Y8SWSWlpoeM5L8huB3zXFXoJ_hLhQ/s16000/Devilman2-18.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">This goes on for eight pages of bullshit that makes
no sense whatsoever, with the demons saying Joan of Arc will stop war and war
is good and what humanity really needs and because of that she’s a witch…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcJnkQEFXzMmKLWUwPTh86pO0uuvGohEE-yimEDjogH2x5OW0NwUO5hD7om4tagtBiEa_5eLFBYKRuy5P10W9ahDppdqI6S-jffBEurXS2poAZDryjpzms_deEU-9di8uXl_6OGq4VGU/s1337/Devilman2-19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijcJnkQEFXzMmKLWUwPTh86pO0uuvGohEE-yimEDjogH2x5OW0NwUO5hD7om4tagtBiEa_5eLFBYKRuy5P10W9ahDppdqI6S-jffBEurXS2poAZDryjpzms_deEU-9di8uXl_6OGq4VGU/s16000/Devilman2-19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDgxOU0tb3rori9WVByvqzQaxuw6537K1BipRuV1zvRZc34RgUPtZtlzvQruclXRmj-O0_9qldfTMhtcDWzgAaVxfAYEqbC-ksJE1KXesmvJl45x3FCnFBSGkvHe81Gi8zPlSuohDBGs/s1349/Devilman2-20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="847" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjcDgxOU0tb3rori9WVByvqzQaxuw6537K1BipRuV1zvRZc34RgUPtZtlzvQruclXRmj-O0_9qldfTMhtcDWzgAaVxfAYEqbC-ksJE1KXesmvJl45x3FCnFBSGkvHe81Gi8zPlSuohDBGs/s16000/Devilman2-20.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy6aejZHpZlvXplUMKTp_36QUgwHARlKnQZ91wFfFQxynpCxFvc8OFXrPfJknN19jN-o_5RJ2LBOX8nkNIvaGL4TWKrLxqXgDnYiTL-R7XCIWcJJBLwVvmqWkEE_06ygrPE3wI9clLeU/s1337/Devilman2-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><br /></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDAendm4RbYqhvN1DZ71pSgYKzesEHgaRUmtJacuRjV-b5Ed24yZz-amQcfr1cDQWI8CP7iFIk_sIw5TswkTBpx-xF70DcpoE1CnfLR7uhd9I8W_znZG0J9fCrAOBrbXqPoPWWjp45s0/s1346/Devilman2-22.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUDAendm4RbYqhvN1DZ71pSgYKzesEHgaRUmtJacuRjV-b5Ed24yZz-amQcfr1cDQWI8CP7iFIk_sIw5TswkTBpx-xF70DcpoE1CnfLR7uhd9I8W_znZG0J9fCrAOBrbXqPoPWWjp45s0/s16000/Devilman2-22.jpg" /></a></div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy6aejZHpZlvXplUMKTp_36QUgwHARlKnQZ91wFfFQxynpCxFvc8OFXrPfJknN19jN-o_5RJ2LBOX8nkNIvaGL4TWKrLxqXgDnYiTL-R7XCIWcJJBLwVvmqWkEE_06ygrPE3wI9clLeU/s1337/Devilman2-23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1337" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzy6aejZHpZlvXplUMKTp_36QUgwHARlKnQZ91wFfFQxynpCxFvc8OFXrPfJknN19jN-o_5RJ2LBOX8nkNIvaGL4TWKrLxqXgDnYiTL-R7XCIWcJJBLwVvmqWkEE_06ygrPE3wI9clLeU/s16000/Devilman2-23.jpg" /></a></span></div></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Joan claims she isn’t a witch, and that she is an
agent of God, which causes more commotion and cries for her to be killed by
burning her at the stake. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then Akira walks in saying bullshit like “I’ve come
from beyond time to thwart your scheme!”</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQK7TqHFPnRqSH98KRtySNr-m_F0Jjf2C0dGXnE3Fw8V1YBWkzD45tkOO6ujiRzI2T00sjdCEFPxHruRXe0cmFqYACG82zenvkW_iHbUcc3AdzzbzdnFman3P31QHo8rYqGaVu3L-Xp0/s1347/Devilman2-24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNQK7TqHFPnRqSH98KRtySNr-m_F0Jjf2C0dGXnE3Fw8V1YBWkzD45tkOO6ujiRzI2T00sjdCEFPxHruRXe0cmFqYACG82zenvkW_iHbUcc3AdzzbzdnFman3P31QHo8rYqGaVu3L-Xp0/s16000/Devilman2-24.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And then he transforms into Devilman..</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ji2TbMz06QRYgrDLVOoZBJcJCHwL9NpXb5rUyfXZul9HHbjSk10-fMDX6HWUSincCTiJyNITSHw7XmPon_vizEfeba1lLTIHa7qzWQdDwUxeR5Im3-HAistJ7M0y4cxDAzOCl89Mtt0/s1355/Devilman2-25.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0ji2TbMz06QRYgrDLVOoZBJcJCHwL9NpXb5rUyfXZul9HHbjSk10-fMDX6HWUSincCTiJyNITSHw7XmPon_vizEfeba1lLTIHa7qzWQdDwUxeR5Im3-HAistJ7M0y4cxDAzOCl89Mtt0/s16000/Devilman2-25.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and the rest of the issue is just one big
clusterfuck fight…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGI7Ce2oFxGaLshd5xsIzo1Js6eNmeShMUCM-9bCwLfx-SS9U1bhR1hCWObXvxA4cE5UrAmvr3CZVA468__NyGH9ttwUcMpwPdbYZRALCqsXkvSciWw3-kb53c5xO_BTI83C0p63hZpA/s1344/Devilman2-26.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoGI7Ce2oFxGaLshd5xsIzo1Js6eNmeShMUCM-9bCwLfx-SS9U1bhR1hCWObXvxA4cE5UrAmvr3CZVA468__NyGH9ttwUcMpwPdbYZRALCqsXkvSciWw3-kb53c5xO_BTI83C0p63hZpA/s16000/Devilman2-26.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr8B4ThvGRsOVABEiGDUTwfIGX6ZtzREPD85u8Z_5Le_xNnsdlkimddzOQ0KVvzlIGgioEm30_TskF7MOaWVgbfVE3uL1yyqRGtj-WnVNTPewqpYLSIRdGKLG7qx0nwTW_p2iLXpePrA/s1345/Devilman2-27.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFr8B4ThvGRsOVABEiGDUTwfIGX6ZtzREPD85u8Z_5Le_xNnsdlkimddzOQ0KVvzlIGgioEm30_TskF7MOaWVgbfVE3uL1yyqRGtj-WnVNTPewqpYLSIRdGKLG7qx0nwTW_p2iLXpePrA/s16000/Devilman2-27.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…that goes on and on…</span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0aM-KINhVycjNz8pQKSKogq7qiGydCDxXqEGzNpsK7BhCIP_VoB8mrEX9aWTg1y6cVvmgd-tMyiyBwuvcCuBV37vx3WUdj5V1KsD3TIOv6cJLi4tCFFSvu6sorFP_jsQ6xLRKiAtCXI/s1350/Devilman2-29.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge0aM-KINhVycjNz8pQKSKogq7qiGydCDxXqEGzNpsK7BhCIP_VoB8mrEX9aWTg1y6cVvmgd-tMyiyBwuvcCuBV37vx3WUdj5V1KsD3TIOv6cJLi4tCFFSvu6sorFP_jsQ6xLRKiAtCXI/s16000/Devilman2-29.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-IYVolcdjS2fiT9VH8e5K7_GyjQZr2A1GyXFgwTKwaqtSYVGgLC_JVdidJMGQA9YKzoIOsIqcww3rigm4qDiVtnAWRz-CjbIouLkzBj3mu2ImV-QX-p_NaHsckrncUk9yyKsToHapZg/s1351/Devilman2-28.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="868" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhY-IYVolcdjS2fiT9VH8e5K7_GyjQZr2A1GyXFgwTKwaqtSYVGgLC_JVdidJMGQA9YKzoIOsIqcww3rigm4qDiVtnAWRz-CjbIouLkzBj3mu2ImV-QX-p_NaHsckrncUk9yyKsToHapZg/s16000/Devilman2-28.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1g4qmqMNPX3IXVRjHEq-TR79QNg1c5xWsEORn14UNw5_5OmD67MmcompcSm-5dr2s_vtRSO5TKqhKH9terDOnIu-sELfrhxRU0aRUBFh2D9xTyOZpj7IpDb7uh4oLJUUeyWnu-eP9m0/s1350/Devilman2-30.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt1g4qmqMNPX3IXVRjHEq-TR79QNg1c5xWsEORn14UNw5_5OmD67MmcompcSm-5dr2s_vtRSO5TKqhKH9terDOnIu-sELfrhxRU0aRUBFh2D9xTyOZpj7IpDb7uh4oLJUUeyWnu-eP9m0/s16000/Devilman2-30.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">...until the big bad is decapitated.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbITyagUISNHworhOStWzYZNvAbUi42-IFsdChqiuDxqXOeo-o_Vhp2r6jRRSwSHn7Q7hMpQuHc7XfCgSn8sd1TR2PcdM1tJD1Dbbi1HXcY_XPnhrIEf94S171f-wRNFVPd8VRPoEJLU/s1350/Devilman2-32.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDbITyagUISNHworhOStWzYZNvAbUi42-IFsdChqiuDxqXOeo-o_Vhp2r6jRRSwSHn7Q7hMpQuHc7XfCgSn8sd1TR2PcdM1tJD1Dbbi1HXcY_XPnhrIEf94S171f-wRNFVPd8VRPoEJLU/s16000/Devilman2-32.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnImti9MUX3ClfM4D5C7S7jn1HaNsacdP5C4psP4f59U7dviEmPayBKzSj7drcKBYGlIErsOMFYOlYIH_b52M33EQy0L14ML9vQCNxkusYMpEulRjzOxy9L6uYEiH4WSVPLmn47_bMfc/s1344/Devilman2-31.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHnImti9MUX3ClfM4D5C7S7jn1HaNsacdP5C4psP4f59U7dviEmPayBKzSj7drcKBYGlIErsOMFYOlYIH_b52M33EQy0L14ML9vQCNxkusYMpEulRjzOxy9L6uYEiH4WSVPLmn47_bMfc/s16000/Devilman2-31.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And Devilman rescues Joan of Arc, who he takes back
to where she belongs so she can “Fulfill her mission there for all mankind!”</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FEs4kEL_okBL8D1KGQr1cIY0t16r3PUhBN4sQr-OPyYDg4x2PtcMZ10EA2wd2yAQz2R0oqYOVd0sXr3dLhqULGCgN4PVNk5SzuEWCBO7Rm_xuPMDUNkOqPmB5YDoXbzU66Np4skIaZg/s1345/Devilman2-33.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg-FEs4kEL_okBL8D1KGQr1cIY0t16r3PUhBN4sQr-OPyYDg4x2PtcMZ10EA2wd2yAQz2R0oqYOVd0sXr3dLhqULGCgN4PVNk5SzuEWCBO7Rm_xuPMDUNkOqPmB5YDoXbzU66Np4skIaZg/s16000/Devilman2-33.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCHLhLW7SpGBwaAzHm-AerzivQWvRbgD9ur3MnJvfEHuyiWNZ59OS1W4A-nLPH6c6o1RAgZWdQdYxDUa1koLbae8c8wfrWVv6w93TJKoEdvQ_nO7WQXLZtSgDNFGg_rOkfhHNrrnCtkA/s1345/Devilman2-34.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSCHLhLW7SpGBwaAzHm-AerzivQWvRbgD9ur3MnJvfEHuyiWNZ59OS1W4A-nLPH6c6o1RAgZWdQdYxDUa1koLbae8c8wfrWVv6w93TJKoEdvQ_nO7WQXLZtSgDNFGg_rOkfhHNrrnCtkA/s16000/Devilman2-34.jpg" /></a></div></span><p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLUmZCEnby47IQeTJyADvriKRRtBofulRwukm8NXwd0J0GvUuWcbKLW3Q6jvH5VSa85S990MMfhninpeB2A7VRzQcXFUIhmQxO7J8N6GoMcbgaEqAW0PIRfRvP-UVAyz3F6VXcCa2uW0/s1349/Devilman2-35.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhaLUmZCEnby47IQeTJyADvriKRRtBofulRwukm8NXwd0J0GvUuWcbKLW3Q6jvH5VSa85S990MMfhninpeB2A7VRzQcXFUIhmQxO7J8N6GoMcbgaEqAW0PIRfRvP-UVAyz3F6VXcCa2uW0/s16000/Devilman2-35.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So back to the battle she goes saying that she met
an angle who borrowed the shape of the devil…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoU_-N-f5Xs-H6LrT02ac23R62zRYAleygvQm0ZtbpIQg3akwV_4nPP28j2rTZYznvwnFcNXhqd0_kWUp3SIudUEReWMmlLGRkBSnfqSP4yDpttDucE1WTAsNQhU0x03PpdMSKsyVeuc/s1348/Devilman2-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoU_-N-f5Xs-H6LrT02ac23R62zRYAleygvQm0ZtbpIQg3akwV_4nPP28j2rTZYznvwnFcNXhqd0_kWUp3SIudUEReWMmlLGRkBSnfqSP4yDpttDucE1WTAsNQhU0x03PpdMSKsyVeuc/s1348/Devilman2-37.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Edkdr-oDs2Rz77V6JgVFjYu9I1GgXUbAHDxyY8KNTc3FJKD7VOpP-xSx9Ckv4W-_1OIfYxG_R_8OdikK2tzVeX7cOOyD5_WdUX2UUqsz4RNIW82oSRRf7nv6KKfG-33q6ouWYkkbDdY/s1350/Devilman2-36.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="878" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8Edkdr-oDs2Rz77V6JgVFjYu9I1GgXUbAHDxyY8KNTc3FJKD7VOpP-xSx9Ckv4W-_1OIfYxG_R_8OdikK2tzVeX7cOOyD5_WdUX2UUqsz4RNIW82oSRRf7nv6KKfG-33q6ouWYkkbDdY/s16000/Devilman2-36.jpg" /></a></div><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjYoU_-N-f5Xs-H6LrT02ac23R62zRYAleygvQm0ZtbpIQg3akwV_4nPP28j2rTZYznvwnFcNXhqd0_kWUp3SIudUEReWMmlLGRkBSnfqSP4yDpttDucE1WTAsNQhU0x03PpdMSKsyVeuc/s16000/Devilman2-37.jpg" /></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And end scene…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Y8qvq0p-a2Lrgwe8g9jCpo6XT4k-ICgNyzJw6GDO1rfZNV5LD0O62aqrZSS8B0I2efr6JaF7x4KvHvWZAoOG6SIahMbxUpYhFxmshxEm6ZPJe5UaJRd4EW7OHZUTrJK8DsB58FPrNtM/s1350/Devilman2-38.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="876" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6Y8qvq0p-a2Lrgwe8g9jCpo6XT4k-ICgNyzJw6GDO1rfZNV5LD0O62aqrZSS8B0I2efr6JaF7x4KvHvWZAoOG6SIahMbxUpYhFxmshxEm6ZPJe5UaJRd4EW7OHZUTrJK8DsB58FPrNtM/s16000/Devilman2-38.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I am seriously not a fan of this. The recent anime,
I recommend. But this feels pointless. Even the few panels that I found were dramatic
or evocative, are buried under a story that is batshit crazy and goes on for 15
pages too long in a 20 page comic. This is “following Weight Watchers for 20
years” levels of thin and I just can’t endorse it. Watch Devilman Crybaby and
forget its source material.</span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-2006123296744256342020-10-09T20:35:00.000-07:002020-10-10T06:33:54.257-07:00Spread #8<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 10</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Spread
#8</span></b></h1>
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<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">At
least we don’t live in THIS type of pandemic</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Justin Jordan</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Kyle Strahm</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Color – Felipe Sobreiro</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterer – Crank!</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">June 2015</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Spread is a very confusing book if you start at
issue number 8. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It LOOKS impressive and I love the idea of a
dystopian world filled with infectious blood-red gas spore thingies that turn people
into goo-monsters…And I mean that in a purely STORY-WISE sense 2020!! No
infectious gas spore things for November, You HEAR! </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But I don’t know plot-wise what the heck is going
on nor why. I’m skimming the wiki, fandom, and old review sites to get back up
to speed on this. Give me a moment…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">That got me most of the way there. So the spread is
a virus we unleashed on humanity accidentally. It appears to be an infection
that turns people into ravenous red tentacle monsters, some of whom float
around like balloons. That’s the “eventually” stage though. After infection,
they kind of ‘thing out” at random it appears. Gory gross horror concept.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Into this carnage comes “Hope,” a baby with the
ability of killing spread monsters on contact. She is found by No, who ends up
transporting her across the remains of a shattered civilization in an area called
the Quarantine Zone. Unlike Lord of the Rings, I have no idea where their Mount
Doom is, but apparently the hope of all humanity rests on No getting the child
to someplace where the spread can be destroyed.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The art for this issue was drawn by Kyle Strahm.
Further in it appears that production delays or some such had them flip artists
to John Bivens. I can’t comment on the Biven’s side of the series, but Strahm’s
work is outstanding. To mix things up, the color pallet provided by Felipe
Sobreiro is so unique and stark that it makes the book a delight. His neutrals,
use of white space, and abundance of red-to-pink hues makes the book feel like
it literally drips blood. And given that the story is about a deadly infection,
it gives another layer to handling an issue. Makes me want some latex gloves if
not a full on hazmat suit.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And if you are suited up, lets dive into this…but
be forewarned: It’s gross and the characters do not make any sense at the
moment because I don’t have a prior issue starting point.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin with this young girl running from lord
knows what through the forest. She trips…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aXHqZjvKm2wcD-Zgg7FXdd0LXhXe4NActHmHrF0QJYReXBE6K1HOTZV-_3ywkFcQbQzFxj4RgwA_ytOhgFjvxxcHmZqjv_fa0BQTI05weN-1tfUD0ECgtAWO0QBEh1dT5t-64n2t0t4/s1356/Spread8-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh-aXHqZjvKm2wcD-Zgg7FXdd0LXhXe4NActHmHrF0QJYReXBE6K1HOTZV-_3ywkFcQbQzFxj4RgwA_ytOhgFjvxxcHmZqjv_fa0BQTI05weN-1tfUD0ECgtAWO0QBEh1dT5t-64n2t0t4/s16000/Spread8-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And is we find her attacker is some brutish oaf in
Black Water duds. However, the girl’s fall was planned, and this is an ambush.
An ambush by children who hold him down with the mute girl slashes his throat. Welcome
to the apocalypse, everyone. It’s as bad as we thought it would be. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxymQMr9mGr1AmNmhEzwYyeN2n0X24u3iU-DJzVJAsj2ySQ-DrcHytWM0LDSszKJ1STi1ORWCJbIeW4IZ9jzrOpHgknxhrL0LTM8n5Xe_xMZrCycsHdAkr9MksLe1tgAbKvyoQx65kYFk/s1344/Spread8-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="846" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjxymQMr9mGr1AmNmhEzwYyeN2n0X24u3iU-DJzVJAsj2ySQ-DrcHytWM0LDSszKJ1STi1ORWCJbIeW4IZ9jzrOpHgknxhrL0LTM8n5Xe_xMZrCycsHdAkr9MksLe1tgAbKvyoQx65kYFk/s16000/Spread8-p2.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /> <br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhsOWDQAg6QvNnhyphenhyphenA8J8vEomdGI7vr7WddxZkLIU1TBYkfoTpzWdknvmXsnzBpZZ2wncnlx_6tRyiRIL6IAK75cfrf0MKsZYeRLqad-_FUUjdn0LFqBcpsn5GxY31IM_E5hjuTaPrdZU/s1341/Spread8-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhhhsOWDQAg6QvNnhyphenhyphenA8J8vEomdGI7vr7WddxZkLIU1TBYkfoTpzWdknvmXsnzBpZZ2wncnlx_6tRyiRIL6IAK75cfrf0MKsZYeRLqad-_FUUjdn0LFqBcpsn5GxY31IM_E5hjuTaPrdZU/s16000/Spread8-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The scene shifts to a one-eyed black man, tending a
fire. He speaks to the darkness around him in an “I see you there, come out”
kind of manner. And the girl steps out, sword drawn.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjido6eu07ie97GqcGsYXrPwZN_AzH28XruI7lRltuNxtjWIzEQnchpCBkY26ephz-et58ENx9dOF9IMRWawERjWSPgActNWmhBU_UidD63RkXIW326RlMMBziAAvMCUUt3lA1v4gaMWqw/s1377/Spread8-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1377" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjido6eu07ie97GqcGsYXrPwZN_AzH28XruI7lRltuNxtjWIzEQnchpCBkY26ephz-et58ENx9dOF9IMRWawERjWSPgActNWmhBU_UidD63RkXIW326RlMMBziAAvMCUUt3lA1v4gaMWqw/s16000/Spread8-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But this isn’t a deadly encounter. This is the
elder of her post-society tribe and she is reporting back. We learn her name is
Vox and that this group has fallen on hard times. There were eight kids in
total that went out and only five have returned. Their enemies were slavers,
according to Vox…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDhVHp3NHRfAQw0zThATMTC0i1HaI3SueUtmkKEDFdpv0lQMpl0UioaFi_IrxsRs3vsKYMRopDnMum-464dvM-Bfst4E67SZXbfw8-0ru630qMLX8SCM1rYaJfuV_ltuMMjwhKHyIExg/s1356/Spread8-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhQDhVHp3NHRfAQw0zThATMTC0i1HaI3SueUtmkKEDFdpv0lQMpl0UioaFi_IrxsRs3vsKYMRopDnMum-464dvM-Bfst4E67SZXbfw8-0ru630qMLX8SCM1rYaJfuV_ltuMMjwhKHyIExg/s16000/Spread8-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3_GstaoDNddGmaPstP1Qk9JP63OGQ5gzYSyu4RZr7Ek1UgYK8ih7LYnXa2p3zWDi05sbdfYNQSU30w9PFAWmwwPyZ62P2nGH8cVQp7X3RSi3fkiTZqDvN_xdJH2YzBkki9YjUT_StEQ/s1356/Spread8-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="832" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgI3_GstaoDNddGmaPstP1Qk9JP63OGQ5gzYSyu4RZr7Ek1UgYK8ih7LYnXa2p3zWDi05sbdfYNQSU30w9PFAWmwwPyZ62P2nGH8cVQp7X3RSi3fkiTZqDvN_xdJH2YzBkki9YjUT_StEQ/s16000/Spread8-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and there are more of them. Vox know where they
are, though, however that is for another time. The tribe settles down for a
story from their father-figure, and we move on from this scene.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDAhzog0AN719LDTm8vFfYAHq4CtCLbzXVYJQJ5N8yPEkiEgYN8JNXc3l1dn0kl3EkUS8wrkAVkhOzMuBFddyCQ5LxO9Eh5SLqxt4ZJLAbWe7juydhuFpYvqqw_Uw4vAkQ2uU9qNV5E0/s1356/Spread8-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYDAhzog0AN719LDTm8vFfYAHq4CtCLbzXVYJQJ5N8yPEkiEgYN8JNXc3l1dn0kl3EkUS8wrkAVkhOzMuBFddyCQ5LxO9Eh5SLqxt4ZJLAbWe7juydhuFpYvqqw_Uw4vAkQ2uU9qNV5E0/s16000/Spread8-p7.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Where we end up is with No sitting beside someone called
Billy…make that someone-formerly-called-Billy. No’s friend goes all John
Carpenter on us and No looks donefore…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc03-9wXb21Z0g2dfd5I7VbVRLdaWOgPsrFTm3VoE70m8ujPWvsdvzeC4rQ9hW6GH-f0zFqvE9KKbQ1nwJorsM1M816tYjVaISsHWTgeEFq_rSfV2G7R3BAhuoeXf22LJ0D9bFM-Y5hY/s1363/Spread8-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1363" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEioc03-9wXb21Z0g2dfd5I7VbVRLdaWOgPsrFTm3VoE70m8ujPWvsdvzeC4rQ9hW6GH-f0zFqvE9KKbQ1nwJorsM1M816tYjVaISsHWTgeEFq_rSfV2G7R3BAhuoeXf22LJ0D9bFM-Y5hY/s16000/Spread8-p8.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjLOZ3grDuQC0dkjc9QT05a2ieoO3FFqL1-J4xFHmo_DKfkhcjKMC6uPkKWwqf32SjxeaThTRPrRaFPzo76ZgOy4uLurK_RCisDjbsIWSqPfon49ARDvsCLEY2UazGLCIZOeZmlWME3o/s1344/Spread8-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgEjLOZ3grDuQC0dkjc9QT05a2ieoO3FFqL1-J4xFHmo_DKfkhcjKMC6uPkKWwqf32SjxeaThTRPrRaFPzo76ZgOy4uLurK_RCisDjbsIWSqPfon49ARDvsCLEY2UazGLCIZOeZmlWME3o/s16000/Spread8-p9.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Turn the page and we find that No is sick with a
raging infection and is having delusional dreams. These two companions are
looking out for him while No’s fever breaks…if it ever does. No is “spread
immune” which I suppose means he won’t turn into one of the tentacle horrors if
injured by them, but he isn’t immune to common bacteria. And he’s in bad shape.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIIKRIlYUp_PIfK4__-B3GHoLgA_pZ8waud2_Ris1PoMO0OBPVUbCQaMqp8oqYX01IanGTXayny2Cmxt2G6frF0r_E3lhDK6kwRm_Aya0nkOqzldZF8mYHkC018HRq5KF_HcmzWurAsQ/s1353/Spread8-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="876" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtIIKRIlYUp_PIfK4__-B3GHoLgA_pZ8waud2_Ris1PoMO0OBPVUbCQaMqp8oqYX01IanGTXayny2Cmxt2G6frF0r_E3lhDK6kwRm_Aya0nkOqzldZF8mYHkC018HRq5KF_HcmzWurAsQ/s16000/Spread8-p10.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pEy0htzJqM6v1EOMb7CZ-tPK4OPikPcLcidTgh7L52p3lc_l_BLnIXfp3CuEenaqTl4A5T_utMJIAget5ef0q2VYCMXohFreMiNB5LLC6v1SqRbhuQdb5sch6uC5SadGO2-wfU6rQMo/s1350/Spread8-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8pEy0htzJqM6v1EOMb7CZ-tPK4OPikPcLcidTgh7L52p3lc_l_BLnIXfp3CuEenaqTl4A5T_utMJIAget5ef0q2VYCMXohFreMiNB5LLC6v1SqRbhuQdb5sch6uC5SadGO2-wfU6rQMo/s16000/Spread8-p11.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Note that the two are cooking an arm. What is the
“good” part of a human arm, I wonder? Probably the bicep. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Next day, our pair is dragging No out of the
forest, while being surveilled by Vox and her band of child-warriors. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNMHYa15qoQ0c5Z1J3KNokiHwMb6kyHjL6WpCNIyFIYLxMzhdufdz3Wb5nni6bXiM3jW732cYVkW7bYkkQAkakX0TqNnOFpVrPFkKJHVddG5tfzc6MC6mUp1GqGEzAMlBhVE6mIgt-QU/s1350/Spread8-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmNMHYa15qoQ0c5Z1J3KNokiHwMb6kyHjL6WpCNIyFIYLxMzhdufdz3Wb5nni6bXiM3jW732cYVkW7bYkkQAkakX0TqNnOFpVrPFkKJHVddG5tfzc6MC6mUp1GqGEzAMlBhVE6mIgt-QU/s16000/Spread8-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6GmOO6JxslgfC_yzBxD22H19QAh0N9I3gugU4i0XAPwu6ep0dRfI5iS-KLSoFG5oshrK0gAVqasguRJQHNbjjOE4Bv4v68xGWgrCjgWU2gsd3zS7aXeFkD6z8o8W31qZy9lySXqfbns/s1338/Spread8-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm6GmOO6JxslgfC_yzBxD22H19QAh0N9I3gugU4i0XAPwu6ep0dRfI5iS-KLSoFG5oshrK0gAVqasguRJQHNbjjOE4Bv4v68xGWgrCjgWU2gsd3zS7aXeFkD6z8o8W31qZy9lySXqfbns/s16000/Spread8-p14.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Molly and the big guy make it to a clearing where
Vox’s tribe sets them up for an ambush. An ambush that Molly falls for
immediately. Note that Molly is carrying Hope and that Hope’s favorite stuffed
animal is a octopus. I find that oddly metaphorical that the destructive
creatures are tentacle monsters and our savior-baby character loves a stuffed
octopus. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Our big guy character who might get a name sometime
chases after the kids who have nabbed something off the back of the cart. Molly
is taken captive at sword-point by Vox. While this is happening, the trap
sprung for the big guy closes, but with a very unexpected outcome.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-SbsYpTdaDs1oTJ-sijN7K0unKV8BALBCWV0wvEfQRkp7WGc2p755LnZnexkvNsOhvDfzOCwm-ocPIBpS91b_fXUnUsczzXlGUEKGHTRRbTuh9a5tTXras6RDA9TmITXB8Mif49gIBs/s1346/Spread8-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiw-SbsYpTdaDs1oTJ-sijN7K0unKV8BALBCWV0wvEfQRkp7WGc2p755LnZnexkvNsOhvDfzOCwm-ocPIBpS91b_fXUnUsczzXlGUEKGHTRRbTuh9a5tTXras6RDA9TmITXB8Mif49gIBs/s16000/Spread8-p15.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jieRJQKsHu8TR6wVwDJ8uyXTZYllJNI_MYHakEq8Hp_htqoxsFaP0_yPBKANsa9yfSOD3gy4PkB6E5tCEm4tdAY3FAP6T7NHul3hvYCR9CAa7hdvUdljc0KTVxVck2ZGUJKPHclCTfc/s1353/Spread8-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh_jieRJQKsHu8TR6wVwDJ8uyXTZYllJNI_MYHakEq8Hp_htqoxsFaP0_yPBKANsa9yfSOD3gy4PkB6E5tCEm4tdAY3FAP6T7NHul3hvYCR9CAa7hdvUdljc0KTVxVck2ZGUJKPHclCTfc/s16000/Spread8-p16.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Appears the characters forgot about the spread
horrors until one drops out of the sky for them. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1DgsksY_JbWbC2Ka7vYkb7Ssia_pn5f4RcvLHpnWhOwVZw8mppr5wUgYPxFQzY_FtdDygZcDytdWV4bhZOQBrCDl32zERin5qKStC58pVvHqiSzt2KMfGhZJscAomGm0wBKKmoGEAn4/s1338/Spread8-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="844" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiP1DgsksY_JbWbC2Ka7vYkb7Ssia_pn5f4RcvLHpnWhOwVZw8mppr5wUgYPxFQzY_FtdDygZcDytdWV4bhZOQBrCDl32zERin5qKStC58pVvHqiSzt2KMfGhZJscAomGm0wBKKmoGEAn4/s16000/Spread8-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Now it becomes everyone versus the spread monster.
The kids try to pull their friend free by weighing down the blood-red balloon
creature. The big guy takes a more “pop the balloon for a prize” approach. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNebTZKsvUV6e6n17onpurXi2Bwh0rTdNkcy6wd-PvCesQZJFgeRcc2M9jb74yqNEWTUig7_E3udMRH6kzRnKIIbigZY9TwuKNK-nNahM1N9qpf98jPnioLmB9-7XsGMpka5GlWeUvJjw/s1336/Spread8-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNebTZKsvUV6e6n17onpurXi2Bwh0rTdNkcy6wd-PvCesQZJFgeRcc2M9jb74yqNEWTUig7_E3udMRH6kzRnKIIbigZY9TwuKNK-nNahM1N9qpf98jPnioLmB9-7XsGMpka5GlWeUvJjw/s16000/Spread8-p18.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">He then does his level-best at rescuing everyone,
even the guy that probably has the highest changes of being spread infected…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXH6QRlL5DKpYsZsu7TIxqYShHE4wLU1oPKzE07Ql-oqInimr1W4eaUWJh9QBVZs-ersZPTcH3Gb5dI8U1qkKv9nRE7jtxhuBcA5G5-phTWWxBQEHUuvBqZ3dvvCcOWdJ9O-Chr6fmIo/s1356/Spread8-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgCXH6QRlL5DKpYsZsu7TIxqYShHE4wLU1oPKzE07Ql-oqInimr1W4eaUWJh9QBVZs-ersZPTcH3Gb5dI8U1qkKv9nRE7jtxhuBcA5G5-phTWWxBQEHUuvBqZ3dvvCcOWdJ9O-Chr6fmIo/s16000/Spread8-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…not that this appears to have won him any points.
He returns to a captured Molly and Hope, while the group leader holds No’s head
at swordpoint.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11CzQ45LGCtsWVFTVR3mh7uj3fBDGLMDxP7dcOlbRkefOOjJhmIOcDfbjxiZkQsWfj5U8Qh05LuH904b8eRcooU758gCvLreevAZzf2GN6A-342n8NtFKzkK9ZT0A7DKYzmL5htBaIM/s1353/Spread8-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="873" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj_11CzQ45LGCtsWVFTVR3mh7uj3fBDGLMDxP7dcOlbRkefOOjJhmIOcDfbjxiZkQsWfj5U8Qh05LuH904b8eRcooU758gCvLreevAZzf2GN6A-342n8NtFKzkK9ZT0A7DKYzmL5htBaIM/s16000/Spread8-p20.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Neat book! The art is the real draw here,
specifically the choice of color pallet giving the distinct tone of this
particular creature pandemic. There were 25 of these and it’s worth it to bring
just one home for a look if you are curious. You might find yourself turning
into a fan.</span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-69274367822958358032020-10-09T03:03:00.001-07:002020-10-09T03:03:13.338-07:00Dead@17 #1<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 9</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Dead@17
#1</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-AuCESsuSawHfKMk331HIHYdK5OvVcl3mqmetZp03Dw8qqD0lmr4bM0VpHbKbSuE3b_4es83xO4cyqZwJb3jwjK3r1_FB0ZLLqIYDwSGTLPLN78L6rxLzJRx2RPw4k0RydZUJJh_Q48/s2048/DeadAT17-cover.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgm-AuCESsuSawHfKMk331HIHYdK5OvVcl3mqmetZp03Dw8qqD0lmr4bM0VpHbKbSuE3b_4es83xO4cyqZwJb3jwjK3r1_FB0ZLLqIYDwSGTLPLN78L6rxLzJRx2RPw4k0RydZUJJh_Q48/w418-h640/DeadAT17-cover.jpg" width="418" /></a></div><br /></span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Josh
Howard’s unique skills power this breakout hit</span></b></span></h1><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> <br /></span></i></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Writer – Josh Howard</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Artist – Josh Howard</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Color – Josh Howard</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">Letterer – Greg Gatlin</span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif">2015<br /></span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif"> </span></i></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Josh Howard has a hit on his hands. Maybe.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">See Dead@17 is a book riffing on Buffy but using
an undead vibe in its heroine. Nara gets killed in this first issue but ends
up back among the walking by the final page. Her reason for coming back isn’t
clear in this part one of a four-part tale, but she durn sure can kick some
undead monster butt.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And even though I don’t have the whole story, I am
putting my trust in Josh Howard’s vision. I mean, the concept isn’t all that
original, but it is very hard to fuck up. Add to that Howard’s very inventive
original art style and I find the book easy to like. I’m obviously not alone.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Dead@17 did so well that it garnered eight
follow-up series after the initial 4 issue mini was done. Most of those were
done by Howard. It also got a horror film short that you can watch over at
<a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A0ddDkib82U" target="_blank">CryptTV or Youtube if you follow this link</a>.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">l guess seeing is believing though, so I’m going to
throw this out to you. Let’s have a quick look here.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMyCjbNgtryFi6eNMpj8Hm2-8yc0L9iaRuwkz5s247I9wCdqzMYj_uJsMPjSwjp2raLdtDEdwlmBIJV1MFiHXkuT3u2xHUNBVCaKuQU8eqrIKHyNmKGtpbWfBJ0-f-Yhm2-_paY2uFkQ/s1356/DeadAT17-p1.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="876" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZMyCjbNgtryFi6eNMpj8Hm2-8yc0L9iaRuwkz5s247I9wCdqzMYj_uJsMPjSwjp2raLdtDEdwlmBIJV1MFiHXkuT3u2xHUNBVCaKuQU8eqrIKHyNmKGtpbWfBJ0-f-Yhm2-_paY2uFkQ/s16000/DeadAT17-p1.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">We begin with two girlfriends saying goodnight and
being there for each other’s relationship woes. The very first thing we notice
as a comic book audience is the flat, 2-D rendering that Howard gives his
characters and the world they inhabit. This is by design and as the story goes
on it becomes overwhelming in some panels/characters. I get how this isn’t
everyone’s bag, but for me it is just different enough without being annoying
that I can unabashed love the inventiveness of the modeling and feel it fits
the flow of the story he is telling. There is a “Danny Phantom” kind of vibe to
it, or maybe some other low budget Cartoon Network show, that just works. And
oddly enough it feels sufficiently urban and hip for me to almost read this
with a Latino vibe going for it. Not that I think Howard is a Latino, just that
the flavoring of the story feels very… young, spicy, and mildly like gangsta
graffiti. Maybe it’s the almond shape he gives all the females eyes or
something or it could just all be in my head.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FSgItkOmAYVMy6DPUs3-En0L5Z40Q4f57WbD1dWmwsKG4iITQ7enKmKG5-aF9TXNcjVsNOL8Fpo197_m-AyCjDDwo6_PreALwPvL1lZxkPROsYeVw1dFfiGJ2rHiQNouXw1Qc6Mk1eA/s1341/DeadAT17-p2.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1FSgItkOmAYVMy6DPUs3-En0L5Z40Q4f57WbD1dWmwsKG4iITQ7enKmKG5-aF9TXNcjVsNOL8Fpo197_m-AyCjDDwo6_PreALwPvL1lZxkPROsYeVw1dFfiGJ2rHiQNouXw1Qc6Mk1eA/s16000/DeadAT17-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br />Anyway, Hazy drops off Nara at her house. Nara goes
in, gets ready for bed, and is promptly murdered by being stabbed to death in
her own bathroom.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyXySH4UPGpx2KNNF3hWe7m-wad2iEPCrQXqNAylm8tYb07YvR2lga48K5Xe304g1QakQOwj0Bh_vYAykRz8aU5IemDuYYkIsLi_sGWOSve9Xvg84UIaLmd4_-txhwz6UnOrHq6rvQDU/s1336/DeadAT17-p3.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghyXySH4UPGpx2KNNF3hWe7m-wad2iEPCrQXqNAylm8tYb07YvR2lga48K5Xe304g1QakQOwj0Bh_vYAykRz8aU5IemDuYYkIsLi_sGWOSve9Xvg84UIaLmd4_-txhwz6UnOrHq6rvQDU/s16000/DeadAT17-p3.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIvOsMUgcaWoeHvlqeGB6le61-udnIkA5evO5qaHKP7S094dL7CeLklm35jEkLqocosWIvNkO7KpH_pKzk6P2vDlVUbhdiJiD8l1KRlUXpXFOJ4dFTXOxfihbuoOJJ7zSBsKbaVA9098/s1348/DeadAT17-p4.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhkIvOsMUgcaWoeHvlqeGB6le61-udnIkA5evO5qaHKP7S094dL7CeLklm35jEkLqocosWIvNkO7KpH_pKzk6P2vDlVUbhdiJiD8l1KRlUXpXFOJ4dFTXOxfihbuoOJJ7zSBsKbaVA9098/s16000/DeadAT17-p4.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As Nara passes from this Earth, Hazy has a nightmare
that awakens her and she speaks Nara’s name.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcahoF4Zc9KPowSwMjOh0tvwMqPqW0BtG11rI7eP-ppVhy3w5h9GqzvIRVSPiIxRHS3mjPFcj7syEoJa95kBqjcLytrejzFFVzVRiVKVttVHqMQl3Dn-9rJ8ZWHST3jzXAMw-1IZrr7zA/s1360/DeadAT17-p5.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1360" data-original-width="882" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgcahoF4Zc9KPowSwMjOh0tvwMqPqW0BtG11rI7eP-ppVhy3w5h9GqzvIRVSPiIxRHS3mjPFcj7syEoJa95kBqjcLytrejzFFVzVRiVKVttVHqMQl3Dn-9rJ8ZWHST3jzXAMw-1IZrr7zA/s16000/DeadAT17-p5.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Flashforward to Hazy morning at Nara’s grave when
along comes this suspicious character claiming to be “Special Agent Noel
Raddermer.” He’s working Nara’s case and wants to speak with Hazy. Ask her some
questions or some such, is the excuse he gives. She blows him off. Instead she
meets with her friend Elijah, who is not the guy she broke things off with.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcqfbJPcXOeUeHlsfoNYc185aXPAZlFTdnaojPEiaZra4z7QtVOFGYdCEJVzAq5hjFYHXOrKx_moEBamLTHbhV_RafmEvTz8d4ncWrMkd1kkql5FyIIBOlHsAoQxVGVsUDV7atRTgcdA/s1353/DeadAT17-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVcqfbJPcXOeUeHlsfoNYc185aXPAZlFTdnaojPEiaZra4z7QtVOFGYdCEJVzAq5hjFYHXOrKx_moEBamLTHbhV_RafmEvTz8d4ncWrMkd1kkql5FyIIBOlHsAoQxVGVsUDV7atRTgcdA/s16000/DeadAT17-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQgMFVrfVbXnJWPMtKnQtGZUB4dBA4zVrWpJ1iQ2rblAi95udFbC6J2GDjQl43lT6pvmj2L9CGdpOueAUIgsFLok0JDdpaLKkiK_nxN1FuUjhpU5d287gTODCmfgKofBRfPMEemA_WZA/s1353/DeadAT17-p7.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1353" data-original-width="869" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzQgMFVrfVbXnJWPMtKnQtGZUB4dBA4zVrWpJ1iQ2rblAi95udFbC6J2GDjQl43lT6pvmj2L9CGdpOueAUIgsFLok0JDdpaLKkiK_nxN1FuUjhpU5d287gTODCmfgKofBRfPMEemA_WZA/s16000/DeadAT17-p7.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydGK5z-sIswRYogNwyVeuCGDQtNazUPYvmEX4ZZg208Gu_Fm2M5tbn3pUMcyb9KAgTEzwWp1p0KqT8NlYkiK04KyQYv44FMe2WhyNTRTjECN3fQ0NcwVfrI_u_rIVL3Vo5WrK5a0oFqE/s1340/DeadAT17-p8.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="843" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjydGK5z-sIswRYogNwyVeuCGDQtNazUPYvmEX4ZZg208Gu_Fm2M5tbn3pUMcyb9KAgTEzwWp1p0KqT8NlYkiK04KyQYv44FMe2WhyNTRTjECN3fQ0NcwVfrI_u_rIVL3Vo5WrK5a0oFqE/s16000/DeadAT17-p8.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br />Turns out he’s Nara’s ex and he has a story about
how all that came about due to him witnessing a bizarre dream Nara had…</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk0_gXuiBFExDlb7WzLQVdgGVUQe16Do2F6PoQQ0E5m6NTliDrKXUJP2JhiUABoyjGcmJOhS-NhPK_7u3feN3A1N4NSMQn-0-hFqqlY451l8Itszasqb3pB27KonN-Etfnc0ZF909NCE/s1331/DeadAT17-p9.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1331" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjMk0_gXuiBFExDlb7WzLQVdgGVUQe16Do2F6PoQQ0E5m6NTliDrKXUJP2JhiUABoyjGcmJOhS-NhPK_7u3feN3A1N4NSMQn-0-hFqqlY451l8Itszasqb3pB27KonN-Etfnc0ZF909NCE/s16000/DeadAT17-p9.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkUa9MIxEJyyoctm2drzArebmiF1cU_Umf8TtW4CJYT5qDpUWBk1y8tGApy8Q3Eq5Mpl13_2WDTERvn-Oz3lqnjf8VaduSPqbCqkEqQv7DS6gc-YSvUP6LTdblIO2ZieWZOZXUqJUDW0/s1340/DeadAT17-p10.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="849" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmkUa9MIxEJyyoctm2drzArebmiF1cU_Umf8TtW4CJYT5qDpUWBk1y8tGApy8Q3Eq5Mpl13_2WDTERvn-Oz3lqnjf8VaduSPqbCqkEqQv7DS6gc-YSvUP6LTdblIO2ZieWZOZXUqJUDW0/s16000/DeadAT17-p10.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">So this dream caused them to break up, and both of
them wish that they could have done something to help Nara before she was gone.
Be careful what you wish for, folks.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Turn the page and it appears that Hazy has been
asked down to the police station for follow-up questions about Nara’s death.
The detective with the odd-shaped face asks some pretty provocative questions
about what Nara was into, like the occult and satanism.</span></span></span></p><p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dr8JmdTwrMKjCVn-cZUbvSjOTGp5GJwH6o-Io-9PyjAeIbjdHsNO0enrqBv8KCHHnYBrjwFWP-wlwRfSzg0yTMBQ3zY7q7JD-_Hr7z-udEhUkPqgKspxiAOvNFg03OQ25g-yMsZYB_c/s1335/DeadAT17-p12.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1335" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6dr8JmdTwrMKjCVn-cZUbvSjOTGp5GJwH6o-Io-9PyjAeIbjdHsNO0enrqBv8KCHHnYBrjwFWP-wlwRfSzg0yTMBQ3zY7q7JD-_Hr7z-udEhUkPqgKspxiAOvNFg03OQ25g-yMsZYB_c/s16000/DeadAT17-p12.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Turns out she had a rather strange diary, and then
we cut to a lake scene with a different couple. It starts out cute, but ends up
being a horrific zombie attack (is the lead zombie supposed to be her
boyfriend?). All this happens before we jump cut back to Hazy trying to make
sense of the weird things found in Nara’s diary.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_e-sL_81b389GbnbliE0nYEPbLf9i2YZdCr648ObySY-tEy38ONu5sC1rbKsLsvioVigq8mY4qsNkWMvXsflujUmS5-pSnI8hIWwRApO57YwrvslNVXb-_TAIWpz-EPAAVvR3tuqlJc/s1346/DeadAT17-p13.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjz_e-sL_81b389GbnbliE0nYEPbLf9i2YZdCr648ObySY-tEy38ONu5sC1rbKsLsvioVigq8mY4qsNkWMvXsflujUmS5-pSnI8hIWwRApO57YwrvslNVXb-_TAIWpz-EPAAVvR3tuqlJc/s16000/DeadAT17-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHxJat7UEN0jLKYJii59YXvZYLyxrsIOtyHS9GWy5fu7VEbQV40E5YVcDoU8Dr0oZICN2oaym5oBIbFXwu-QacqMIO4AXY7wciuRoA-vcg6Lx91Owd-2JB2aRSdb5_EYqGQ1kRAazgVU/s1344/DeadAT17-p14.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="845" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrHxJat7UEN0jLKYJii59YXvZYLyxrsIOtyHS9GWy5fu7VEbQV40E5YVcDoU8Dr0oZICN2oaym5oBIbFXwu-QacqMIO4AXY7wciuRoA-vcg6Lx91Owd-2JB2aRSdb5_EYqGQ1kRAazgVU/s16000/DeadAT17-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></span><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexx4TpFe34c0wXbKqnJptwUNu1F_vv4A4h1hn0HxmqoHY74FPP-AGRJp_QV8XSZli3_Q6cIi_6xzQRhz-VAcVaktaVtTnpcooD4-JaI6sE5x3ygxLvMu1t8h4CzPgSl9taYU_Gw19Wwo/s1341/DeadAT17-p15.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiexx4TpFe34c0wXbKqnJptwUNu1F_vv4A4h1hn0HxmqoHY74FPP-AGRJp_QV8XSZli3_Q6cIi_6xzQRhz-VAcVaktaVtTnpcooD4-JaI6sE5x3ygxLvMu1t8h4CzPgSl9taYU_Gw19Wwo/s16000/DeadAT17-p15.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Her investigation of the diary may have to wait as a
report comes in about the two missing teens and the detective has to rush out.
Not before letting it drop that the FBI is NOT involved in the case (so who is
the mysterious agent Raddermer?) and leaving Hazy alone with the diary.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq2ale-c81n4AHVUxT4H19DEKX9k7txiypMjSsfk4Hg5VfOBVkXDo4mnD-6MnLVCe7VKBlbH_VAIoyuqsb6XHGgMUIS5t-aBav4MLm_DhnfFm1I7mODvA15b-vM9kvNTduOlUI8oA2DI/s1346/DeadAT17-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="878" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKq2ale-c81n4AHVUxT4H19DEKX9k7txiypMjSsfk4Hg5VfOBVkXDo4mnD-6MnLVCe7VKBlbH_VAIoyuqsb6XHGgMUIS5t-aBav4MLm_DhnfFm1I7mODvA15b-vM9kvNTduOlUI8oA2DI/s16000/DeadAT17-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then we get a page of Hazy’s horrible home life,
before revealing that she stole the diary because of course she did. Her
perusal of that book is cut short by a loud bang.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AEcJrnSioRV7m-iv5vukDLk564BkoAxGKc0wWOBPdr6ULhgqpa9DSnr_Y0sBk4AuuirEQmAH97cXTvsg7aPfcIsdPGk1qXoWuBsXeSnuej1E7AUl9O6RuY0ddNiYnj2XtZYMSiFOokk/s1332/DeadAT17-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="823" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3AEcJrnSioRV7m-iv5vukDLk564BkoAxGKc0wWOBPdr6ULhgqpa9DSnr_Y0sBk4AuuirEQmAH97cXTvsg7aPfcIsdPGk1qXoWuBsXeSnuej1E7AUl9O6RuY0ddNiYnj2XtZYMSiFOokk/s16000/DeadAT17-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1p20uYp84wVbLA1429hZnrWVwFnTcwW_H7bgH9y72ZluTA0kEc7aeUQ9mhcJ5ucQWan7skP3wy8sGM1b7AC_DyDXdeaSCm_9vLodawfXBkJEV897HTnv2OB1ryY2dTrxTH0u0MGYW20/s1336/DeadAT17-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgW1p20uYp84wVbLA1429hZnrWVwFnTcwW_H7bgH9y72ZluTA0kEc7aeUQ9mhcJ5ucQWan7skP3wy8sGM1b7AC_DyDXdeaSCm_9vLodawfXBkJEV897HTnv2OB1ryY2dTrxTH0u0MGYW20/s16000/DeadAT17-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And that’s when the zombies bust in…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVezgXrEQrLmJl2LFWIeF_uVw1fdtMFvBsxRwpfp-kwxTF0b9ILJfOFCx8QnEr35P72OUU85VR5AwJjVZlWdZGpJ8Hhj1oqxluPiA8YaVAArraVxxXCVTTwjOfd36gjptV7hHEYvCmklI/s1341/DeadAT17-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiVezgXrEQrLmJl2LFWIeF_uVw1fdtMFvBsxRwpfp-kwxTF0b9ILJfOFCx8QnEr35P72OUU85VR5AwJjVZlWdZGpJ8Hhj1oqxluPiA8YaVAArraVxxXCVTTwjOfd36gjptV7hHEYvCmklI/s16000/DeadAT17-p19.jpg" /></a></div><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Hazy is laid out on the floor and about to
be…raped? Eaten? Kissed by zombie breath? Turned? I don’t know the stakes here,
but bad things will happen to her in a minute…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSM1-s_XfogWTmWFw3OGtZlthyphenhyphenFg_m0D1BjMU98SXdAogINEJdh6hJUUmYeBtLTcZEDPdnwWcNAS5i40MVD6MKL73-uTdrZ6VKPU8Om5Pd1IWK15BCoE5J-Kjh08UMRwGDtd1hVihEA8/s1341/DeadAT17-p21.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="852" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXSM1-s_XfogWTmWFw3OGtZlthyphenhyphenFg_m0D1BjMU98SXdAogINEJdh6hJUUmYeBtLTcZEDPdnwWcNAS5i40MVD6MKL73-uTdrZ6VKPU8Om5Pd1IWK15BCoE5J-Kjh08UMRwGDtd1hVihEA8/s16000/DeadAT17-p21.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…except that a mysterious savior comes in and axes
the zombies all to pieces. </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NTo1keTHBwYzvo8LiNH33_pYSrIG50_4sj7lszYPRXuvhiI_Y5SygqHq1Rd5-c4BIAx-TMt1QD1BJo34w_0IgUWrAHjy2hAJSOwaac761WxLs89AAFf0o4Vy0RgNqH10RbCPY9hg9n0/s1351/DeadAT17-p23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraGzIWNqn2OucBzwxO1oRD3zP2pU7ougiwdhkIfyZXbQgaJtX_Bk-4VWd5H-MIbg9xZITZ02SUYbPEuV9kGOk8Rfvs6ugb3AJUmZrI3jpK4kfgubzHnrACRoy0I12F_091Os9VyOlY3U/s1322/DeadAT17-p22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1322" data-original-width="867" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgraGzIWNqn2OucBzwxO1oRD3zP2pU7ougiwdhkIfyZXbQgaJtX_Bk-4VWd5H-MIbg9xZITZ02SUYbPEuV9kGOk8Rfvs6ugb3AJUmZrI3jpK4kfgubzHnrACRoy0I12F_091Os9VyOlY3U/s16000/DeadAT17-p22.jpg" /></a></div><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NTo1keTHBwYzvo8LiNH33_pYSrIG50_4sj7lszYPRXuvhiI_Y5SygqHq1Rd5-c4BIAx-TMt1QD1BJo34w_0IgUWrAHjy2hAJSOwaac761WxLs89AAFf0o4Vy0RgNqH10RbCPY9hg9n0/s1351/DeadAT17-p23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh2NTo1keTHBwYzvo8LiNH33_pYSrIG50_4sj7lszYPRXuvhiI_Y5SygqHq1Rd5-c4BIAx-TMt1QD1BJo34w_0IgUWrAHjy2hAJSOwaac761WxLs89AAFf0o4Vy0RgNqH10RbCPY9hg9n0/s16000/DeadAT17-p23.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span></span><p></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And the mysterious savior turns out to be Nara,
back from the grave and dressed in a schoolgirl uniform (no one buries someone
in a schoolgirl uniform). </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><br /></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">I enjoyed this romp. It isn’t deadly serious and,
like a confection, it is over far too quickly to offend in any way. It is
cliché’ed and full of tropes, but done in a stylish manner. I’m going to say it
is a definite pull for me and leave it at that. If you aren’t a fan of the art
style, I can see how that might detract though.</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span></span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: 0.5in;"><span style="font-family: verdana;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span face=""Verdana",sans-serif" style="mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Now if only it will get picked up by a Netflix or
Amazon Prime…</span></span></span></p><span style="font-family: verdana;">
</span>SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-2336648078717677232020-10-04T18:42:00.004-07:002020-10-08T03:54:41.719-07:00Dark Shadows Vampirella #2<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 8</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Tie-Ins
and Strange Team Ups </span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Dark
Shadows Vampirella #2</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK22XqbuH_C2rh0hKSeS0ksSpViDkKr6l3cBNPupmBfBZxS59Ds31i9Qj0osIgAcKio9o1WYnecgdTgAuh8yp1fgZyNitm4FI5OjsUuECSiliP7ombBoLhvCu3efiK9G3iDmTG2RMN0Ks/s2048/DSV2-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1336" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK22XqbuH_C2rh0hKSeS0ksSpViDkKr6l3cBNPupmBfBZxS59Ds31i9Qj0osIgAcKio9o1WYnecgdTgAuh8yp1fgZyNitm4FI5OjsUuECSiliP7ombBoLhvCu3efiK9G3iDmTG2RMN0Ks/w418-h640/DSV2-cover.jpg" width="418" /></a></div> <br /></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Issue
one they shared no screen time.</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Not
so in issue two.</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Marc Andreyko</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Patrick Berkenkotter</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Color – Thiago Ribeiro</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterer – Troy Peteri</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">September 2012</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Always a thrill to revisit a property that worked
and <a href=" https://crapboxofcthulhu.blogspot.com/2017/09/september-sucks-tie-ins-part-xxviii-and.html" target="_blank">Dark Shadoews Vampirella issue 1 worked very well for me</a>. The only thing it
was missing was interaction between these two legendary vampires. Which makes
me extremely lucky, as my bin dive brought up issue number 2, which has
interaction between Barnabas and Vampi right from the very get-go.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">As you may remember from my previous review, issue
one ended with the pair literally at each other’s throats. Continuity gods be
praised, that’s exactly where we wander in on page one of issue number dos.
Annnnd we are OFF!</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiPREREcDtgf4nUiEjrOTGRy36jKLBp_Oj4wd1IgBH6TJCM6UDuiqV8wdrUBjvvUzitfk2HGIv_kwYh1WUHi0NezDXl7Et-0D5WU9_10ExzC_T4DoyxBQv-QK24Kn3NtvTJqljlYqkhY/s1336/DSV2-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1336" data-original-width="869" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjtiPREREcDtgf4nUiEjrOTGRy36jKLBp_Oj4wd1IgBH6TJCM6UDuiqV8wdrUBjvvUzitfk2HGIv_kwYh1WUHi0NezDXl7Et-0D5WU9_10ExzC_T4DoyxBQv-QK24Kn3NtvTJqljlYqkhY/s320/DSV2-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Clocking in at four pages, we have the epic fist…er,
Fang-icufs battle we were hoping for….</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68OvsjWVSkoObLvGUeeG8EZmqStZnhO7lUeSuVdzzb7X5m75ByBZNduXacSEODDMSPgjVoh2H7FQaQVx6kcw0KGAVRt_ZuDh3VwZh7izOeAZl_IV1_lsKLl4XLIQCHjZajNmMWyJLg4Q/s1346/DSV2-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg68OvsjWVSkoObLvGUeeG8EZmqStZnhO7lUeSuVdzzb7X5m75ByBZNduXacSEODDMSPgjVoh2H7FQaQVx6kcw0KGAVRt_ZuDh3VwZh7izOeAZl_IV1_lsKLl4XLIQCHjZajNmMWyJLg4Q/s16000/DSV2-p2.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrAoUuOP3VBszkLnxUYBes11C90_R0C51VDW4mXekBUhBRgUyWkGWWTOgEhZ6F_0l8cCjAwgPGJs87_t44mNHDMNLIDURWmaW9Pgn0vlKogKWY9Zh7a-pffW0SnyvVfEumRRpWSHSRs0/s1315/DSV2-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQrZkBNofLqETeazf8w16F-2UMQC_X-ZBIjVvcRypmKy8joDqntmhfql9qpfOBcOG22nqysNq6xzkBtbBM2SONuqeUZdfk33lJKCtIOTX5wRwexvxXzKguSj-T8p2RwBIjNu64AHecsI/s1347/DSV2-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhBQrZkBNofLqETeazf8w16F-2UMQC_X-ZBIjVvcRypmKy8joDqntmhfql9qpfOBcOG22nqysNq6xzkBtbBM2SONuqeUZdfk33lJKCtIOTX5wRwexvxXzKguSj-T8p2RwBIjNu64AHecsI/s16000/DSV2-p3.jpg" /></a></span><img border="0" data-original-height="1315" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhIrAoUuOP3VBszkLnxUYBes11C90_R0C51VDW4mXekBUhBRgUyWkGWWTOgEhZ6F_0l8cCjAwgPGJs87_t44mNHDMNLIDURWmaW9Pgn0vlKogKWY9Zh7a-pffW0SnyvVfEumRRpWSHSRs0/s16000/DSV2-p4.jpg" /></div></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…and then the two characters take a break and start
to chat at Barnabas’s urging.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokyM1vVEx9tAx06A3d_NfYhkLmV6TFlXxrnbdzg99VDz3T3oJFnng5Pb7sZr6gzHnuYdyN33QPdLOpwcaj_IpcS3ce4zTTLJhejTtp7w5izxErB7AxLQcR_hE2KvBTO9kD8hTZ2mYUR0/s1341/DSV2-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1341" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgokyM1vVEx9tAx06A3d_NfYhkLmV6TFlXxrnbdzg99VDz3T3oJFnng5Pb7sZr6gzHnuYdyN33QPdLOpwcaj_IpcS3ce4zTTLJhejTtp7w5izxErB7AxLQcR_hE2KvBTO9kD8hTZ2mYUR0/s16000/DSV2-p5.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The pair find they have a common goal and both have
a bit of a “whoa” factor going here. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8VOBIiNyqew1pDsdl-_uRHV7HDesjukyUZNZ_aIFFKXz_OBprdJrs0Z1KoJN8jJRXPUvq85uA2UFEyZWMHPwiWjnuYfgPkiTLVwSBptorftunXjHKh4jNFtBF1Wsvyte47bNspdqLyE/s1345/DSV2-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1345" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiT8VOBIiNyqew1pDsdl-_uRHV7HDesjukyUZNZ_aIFFKXz_OBprdJrs0Z1KoJN8jJRXPUvq85uA2UFEyZWMHPwiWjnuYfgPkiTLVwSBptorftunXjHKh4jNFtBF1Wsvyte47bNspdqLyE/s16000/DSV2-p6.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMMouiHhhyZe3OP_BQW8Cd1Ce8wvdUz0vpHp7S6PYqJou2-Tv-ia3z6eExcFvB-vEOil3_Few-UpeoFnLGttfXJ3R3LYeVkovQcCBI0tpIfy__keq2pGKVAk7ITnh9JQrFJx0vKI-pss/s1338/DSV2-p7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSMMouiHhhyZe3OP_BQW8Cd1Ce8wvdUz0vpHp7S6PYqJou2-Tv-ia3z6eExcFvB-vEOil3_Few-UpeoFnLGttfXJ3R3LYeVkovQcCBI0tpIfy__keq2pGKVAk7ITnh9JQrFJx0vKI-pss/s16000/DSV2-p7.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">To escape the cops, they both take it on the lamb
and I kind of love the one-upmanship that each brings to the table. It’s a
little trash-talky but playful banter-ish. Nicely enough, I don’t have a sunk
cost in fandom for either of these two, so even if this is completely out of
character, I don’t mind it.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIsu-tdfN6F3mluI3xCbjlQ2dq2Kx653xOEBL6lqS1UjPM8RKdGsPG8EvSLOASWMiJq60fvkyarqTt30PSUFQ2dk2B2OfsGhlBVV1xFwrhDOnh5kgAax3YNI4i0RlGJj7SPb_pTAjZsI/s1344/DSV2-p8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDIsu-tdfN6F3mluI3xCbjlQ2dq2Kx653xOEBL6lqS1UjPM8RKdGsPG8EvSLOASWMiJq60fvkyarqTt30PSUFQ2dk2B2OfsGhlBVV1xFwrhDOnh5kgAax3YNI4i0RlGJj7SPb_pTAjZsI/s16000/DSV2-p8.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;">Speaking of not minding something, the baddies’ Jack-the-Ripper
fella is having flashbacks while descending into the lair where his master
awaits.</span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtLgTyHMmqJCZJT6njqZh2HoPtkx3DtdNrJlM-23KVR1bixD_e_-aQSV_-MZGATimxjOEJY_ViDyp21LI21Tq7C4VvMMKMzhYIs_rUv5BYoCcS5Q_wzTCq-FFxvs2L03Shd_qu25U5HU/s1349/DSV2-p9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEghtLgTyHMmqJCZJT6njqZh2HoPtkx3DtdNrJlM-23KVR1bixD_e_-aQSV_-MZGATimxjOEJY_ViDyp21LI21Tq7C4VvMMKMzhYIs_rUv5BYoCcS5Q_wzTCq-FFxvs2L03Shd_qu25U5HU/s16000/DSV2-p9.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WuX5kJ7FGyedPhJXkxHKR9eCgQZTqhA0HWnFm4jZsFGZyLMAp9nidtTzBnSbpqqlGnrDcOmjV0JXt7yTf1QL-P-snh_4yuDcS_3kNOKsXAWU2T5muW6BZebZuespFDwL8waE_thbGZY/s1340/DSV2-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh3WuX5kJ7FGyedPhJXkxHKR9eCgQZTqhA0HWnFm4jZsFGZyLMAp9nidtTzBnSbpqqlGnrDcOmjV0JXt7yTf1QL-P-snh_4yuDcS_3kNOKsXAWU2T5muW6BZebZuespFDwL8waE_thbGZY/s16000/DSV2-p10.jpg" /></a></div><br /><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Sadly, he’s collected a few “snacks” for her, and
their demise will be forthcoming. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">But before those grisly scenes play out, We get
this bit of fluff where Vampi takes Barnabas to her strip club hang out where
we get introduced to Pantha, her alien shapeshifter friend who might be from
ancient Egypt instead of space because she’s got the same problem as DC’s
Hawkman….you know, creative writer interference.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftAEkCHFZwZ3_tDwwoHN9abrGfvtIhh-5nvbDu94ykfCUvCrZ2LL2lru3hNkvI6lDXpqZW6HgKdj5fKfX1521-LqQQW80UHORnDFeQ7Fm7TLCG7VFG_1sNXLf19C-Ap_g4LL76oLs66E/s1339/DSV2-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1339" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiftAEkCHFZwZ3_tDwwoHN9abrGfvtIhh-5nvbDu94ykfCUvCrZ2LL2lru3hNkvI6lDXpqZW6HgKdj5fKfX1521-LqQQW80UHORnDFeQ7Fm7TLCG7VFG_1sNXLf19C-Ap_g4LL76oLs66E/s16000/DSV2-p11.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEGE3Qyn8AFmYy5iqgry59rt_OvayXw7vuQUDpK0E8iHT4vK_WWMxSPOG6nUloC6TTyHprTJYRf26BCY96XtKNEdpfmP5YYVZqOWCI1bZet4NtlwyEGrM3c6uA85DT5onss1sagEcsT0/s1346/DSV2-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikEGE3Qyn8AFmYy5iqgry59rt_OvayXw7vuQUDpK0E8iHT4vK_WWMxSPOG6nUloC6TTyHprTJYRf26BCY96XtKNEdpfmP5YYVZqOWCI1bZet4NtlwyEGrM3c6uA85DT5onss1sagEcsT0/s16000/DSV2-p12.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And we also get a cute little bit with Pantha thinking
Quentin (Barnabas’s werewolf manservant) as a keeper. She even agrees to a
little “team-up” action.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeW79ruu9kcY6vvDmGZEPeNOxRooiqDQBC05baCZ7E151NiE7aezcGXEt4T6wG3151Gb3Q43yMfRtE9fLAYhLEzkBxn8Jd6YjKDTa-vCL3h_u6uDIqNjtLosJDbc3lZcbjbGMD8JnLXs/s1338/DSV2-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1338" data-original-width="857" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikeW79ruu9kcY6vvDmGZEPeNOxRooiqDQBC05baCZ7E151NiE7aezcGXEt4T6wG3151Gb3Q43yMfRtE9fLAYhLEzkBxn8Jd6YjKDTa-vCL3h_u6uDIqNjtLosJDbc3lZcbjbGMD8JnLXs/s16000/DSV2-p13.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOU-fd4h7JuXyVXzJQHLUgb7c-WGgu6yTGE2VcmhjjoyQeNvn-sLUhlxzU6YHrV3UH421qi3QV6tzFemC_1vh6jUx21x3-dYKAPSm6Tm7LOZjBUOYirRJV_NF_OEggKLs-OoDQGj87sQ/s1346/DSV2-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="868" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXOU-fd4h7JuXyVXzJQHLUgb7c-WGgu6yTGE2VcmhjjoyQeNvn-sLUhlxzU6YHrV3UH421qi3QV6tzFemC_1vh6jUx21x3-dYKAPSm6Tm7LOZjBUOYirRJV_NF_OEggKLs-OoDQGj87sQ/s16000/DSV2-p14.jpg" /></a></div><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Then we get to some very upsetting monster moments,
as the head vampire woman turns these normies into her vampire-slaves…all while
they are pleading for their very lives. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoiqSGHapxL1O7ISK0cYyElpZDXS1V5VlHDwrkPqxgu9jx7Ofn97tT24JkpJ0Ir3lY1KtOseFsLdSeW_k0iPLMV4mJcS-9yUoTWBXQ3qD-GxCr9dYlASxlp3PchYsi4xoNX0m9subMPo/s1344/DSV2-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="866" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhdoiqSGHapxL1O7ISK0cYyElpZDXS1V5VlHDwrkPqxgu9jx7Ofn97tT24JkpJ0Ir3lY1KtOseFsLdSeW_k0iPLMV4mJcS-9yUoTWBXQ3qD-GxCr9dYlASxlp3PchYsi4xoNX0m9subMPo/s16000/DSV2-p15.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UmvKobFWIlcSrnKbrti1e0cb-3i7k4C2aZJq1xm6Fz8_AGrkDQSU5F-5Lz_GowFNxe3LF3UmW9IZcsw-M-TnuJ1REsaefPBPLRKRnfl0EIY-YSbtscfeJCeDiQ-THkGjBG6-gsY6xOY/s1350/DSV2-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3UmvKobFWIlcSrnKbrti1e0cb-3i7k4C2aZJq1xm6Fz8_AGrkDQSU5F-5Lz_GowFNxe3LF3UmW9IZcsw-M-TnuJ1REsaefPBPLRKRnfl0EIY-YSbtscfeJCeDiQ-THkGjBG6-gsY6xOY/s16000/DSV2-p16.jpg" /></a></div><br /> </span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It’s a process that isn’t even interrupted by Vampi
and Barnabas being right outside her door. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">The pair’s investigation leads our prime evll to
send four of her thralls to vex them. And while the toothy duo are doing well…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2t5Nz28Sn_LEOU5Uc7h6yodkAY-cFiZXnThDnwHj9NzSG4enDh6QfYh42DDDaIsVsxzAsyiQfH0k7PP_EF1Up9kjvD-BfZBtrmO31-XbzAvJt2Wk-9-txKp8ueu4lk2rcfTNjg95mdk/s1340/DSV2-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1340" data-original-width="851" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEif2t5Nz28Sn_LEOU5Uc7h6yodkAY-cFiZXnThDnwHj9NzSG4enDh6QfYh42DDDaIsVsxzAsyiQfH0k7PP_EF1Up9kjvD-BfZBtrmO31-XbzAvJt2Wk-9-txKp8ueu4lk2rcfTNjg95mdk/s16000/DSV2-p17.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0rFw9oMaqMveuMs3_kipI11PWvRCMgTWnQXQOL03F0v5jZhK9hpxxf5yytOu4FP4S9-UeTrj4zlFXvb8ozPmt8FukP-Tuq0Gcq7Ftsx7CFiHK9tfTXnZWPe9iGFHKCTvny2B_cLs6j4/s1356/DSV2-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1356" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw0rFw9oMaqMveuMs3_kipI11PWvRCMgTWnQXQOL03F0v5jZhK9hpxxf5yytOu4FP4S9-UeTrj4zlFXvb8ozPmt8FukP-Tuq0Gcq7Ftsx7CFiHK9tfTXnZWPe9iGFHKCTvny2B_cLs6j4/s16000/DSV2-p18.jpg" /></a></div>…four on two doesn’t seem very fair. Luckily for
them Quentin and Pantha are passing by at that moment leading to…</span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KAVEzHAST3-Wfxo_hof-WUbkafwdlAA1vO7iBymrzV_fos3x1aEmBYLO9Dk5EPlxxlKu2yE4HLWnlxkkjupNkIgdxpUJqz62opstx5iCeMPweVsiTDkargUO2aLNZzSba1ZB7ZE7fh0/s1352/DSV2-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1352" data-original-width="879" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2KAVEzHAST3-Wfxo_hof-WUbkafwdlAA1vO7iBymrzV_fos3x1aEmBYLO9Dk5EPlxxlKu2yE4HLWnlxkkjupNkIgdxpUJqz62opstx5iCeMPweVsiTDkargUO2aLNZzSba1ZB7ZE7fh0/s16000/DSV2-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbLSJYUW_myRc4jMPFXk6bF4te15cqPkqCxvfknprvJlAHUzXCrDkWoeac0b76RZW9wKjcWoG_97SkLRzg02Q281WErpFt4kquag2hZQMlsvYeJ25-9shjKtVtiWyUnYIfli8_kG1SwQ/s1348/DSV2-p20.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="854" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjPbLSJYUW_myRc4jMPFXk6bF4te15cqPkqCxvfknprvJlAHUzXCrDkWoeac0b76RZW9wKjcWoG_97SkLRzg02Q281WErpFt4kquag2hZQMlsvYeJ25-9shjKtVtiWyUnYIfli8_kG1SwQ/s16000/DSV2-p20.jpg" /></a></div><br /> A battle that is continued next issue.</span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Again, I am glad I plucked this from the Half-Price
Books bin. It is a ton of fun and I enjoyed every page of it. Hope you liked it
too.</span></span></p>
SonOfCthulhuhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10360440962585168404noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8052944325241602065.post-14373649809118862862020-09-29T19:29:00.005-07:002020-10-07T05:36:44.661-07:00Ghosted #1<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"> <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Halloween
Post-A-Day 2020, Day 7</span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Ghosted
#1</span></b></h1><h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Cl07jUrLO7T2b2C6zzv675Midww8uXWvb284ZIZknU4V0EkT_P5Y8-1fM3uBMme-52acoN0FJa7o9cOEqSQF-_GBouG-ZBYk493z53zm7MeN7TiEtDae4oMtWTaYfMA1StSaM7F79Do/s2048/Ghosted1-cover.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1341" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg2Cl07jUrLO7T2b2C6zzv675Midww8uXWvb284ZIZknU4V0EkT_P5Y8-1fM3uBMme-52acoN0FJa7o9cOEqSQF-_GBouG-ZBYk493z53zm7MeN7TiEtDae4oMtWTaYfMA1StSaM7F79Do/w420-h640/Ghosted1-cover.jpg" width="420" /></a></div><br /></span></b></h1>
<h1 align="center" class="MsoNormal" style="break-after: avoid; margin-right: 0.5in;"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Not
like you’re leaving forever without saying goodbye</span></b></h1>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> <br /></span></i></p>
<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Writer – Joshua
Williamson</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Artist – Goran Sudzuka</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Color – Miroslav Mrva</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Letterer – Rus Wooton</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">Editor– Sean Phillips</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;">July 2013</span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif;"> </span></i></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">It’s always a pleasant surprise to encounter a book
that I enjoy in the stacks of Crapbox books. Also it warms my heart to see that
same book has gone on to a long and prosperous run. Ghosted is one of those
books. Joshua Williamson takes the concept of a thief who can steal anything
who is broken out of prison by a billionaire, tasked with stealing a ghost, and
given his own crack team of paranormal investigators to do it out for a run
that lasted 20 issues or four nice sized trades. If this issue is any
indication, Williamson and artist Goran Sudzuka did a great job with the story,
and I call tell that even though the book barely touches on any of the
supernatural elements in this first issue.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Ghosted give you a lot of bang for your buck, so
I’m going to step aside and let the book do all the talking at this point.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmM9d6Gl5RWiOHUKcW3iSWoIaFlMl9_3geDqAdv0YRjnk2-iCdTCUvO5kYm4gWUVc4ogZM8U3Wai1IPDnmFi0YtYjO8c3ij1T0PvCjlEQjcLkW9cdTukRaSAH7MxJmG8HgK44JxTcpGZM/s1349/Ghosted1-p1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmM9d6Gl5RWiOHUKcW3iSWoIaFlMl9_3geDqAdv0YRjnk2-iCdTCUvO5kYm4gWUVc4ogZM8U3Wai1IPDnmFi0YtYjO8c3ij1T0PvCjlEQjcLkW9cdTukRaSAH7MxJmG8HgK44JxTcpGZM/s16000/Ghosted1-p1.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ABpM1QvUglIIea5UDQZ7SQQq691x65hNKQR7O6zt-qLjmLcMKFsH0fNqvH_80JeGDJmHz1KnC17ZQnPU_TCdVjFe2-Z_Tj8TNgoiiM-dEyeiRxB9zxZmcCmneAkTncqQNMj_LBAfQrA/s1344/Ghosted1-p2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1344" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1ABpM1QvUglIIea5UDQZ7SQQq691x65hNKQR7O6zt-qLjmLcMKFsH0fNqvH_80JeGDJmHz1KnC17ZQnPU_TCdVjFe2-Z_Tj8TNgoiiM-dEyeiRxB9zxZmcCmneAkTncqQNMj_LBAfQrA/s16000/Ghosted1-p2.jpg" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HVIHeU8WpC5x6lHVV4kHQhakN8B_DUuCCmCtIkojou0wLMSEhWi70Tfuc_PutpVkqBWhvAZoHXHAsRJKdfcQTuQ5RQLLdynLjowZslSiV7qAYdhHr3Rq7_VtjhLgOvW8OvQL782z2SE/s1355/Ghosted1-p3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1355" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg1HVIHeU8WpC5x6lHVV4kHQhakN8B_DUuCCmCtIkojou0wLMSEhWi70Tfuc_PutpVkqBWhvAZoHXHAsRJKdfcQTuQ5RQLLdynLjowZslSiV7qAYdhHr3Rq7_VtjhLgOvW8OvQL782z2SE/s16000/Ghosted1-p3.jpg" /></a></div><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And talking is right where the book drops us in.
Here we have Jackson T. Winters getting his inner monologue on while serving
out his time in prison. The first three pages show that Winters is a loner who
is only looking out for himself. Sure, he’s taking his share of lumps too, but
he’s doing what he can to survive even if his outlook is terribly bleak.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndQ_KmNpXkFHVQEcWKExHkHnAGBxous9Jc6F53zoAGJ7biyIgQ_UWxYdIdVFhLZZz1-p9EsspGFQ-OWZhulMbh3DPUyvpV-r9OdZP32-vyHIgXtG3OxtPj0J4KM1RvDF5sg1MG2iBw5I/s1346/Ghosted1-p4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgndQ_KmNpXkFHVQEcWKExHkHnAGBxous9Jc6F53zoAGJ7biyIgQ_UWxYdIdVFhLZZz1-p9EsspGFQ-OWZhulMbh3DPUyvpV-r9OdZP32-vyHIgXtG3OxtPj0J4KM1RvDF5sg1MG2iBw5I/s16000/Ghosted1-p4.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcMIVVzdOGJo-dQZ4amFN8eeqvzvKPG6n3MKleK8i9RCpJeEJDtstfacmKkAOyRNY4KH9VL5WVaR45RAEs550SFqTjePrILcwiW_MYuyjPq4Sxri0sEWb1QM0iFeBR1x2fFaHch6XxzU/s1349/Ghosted1-p5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjzcMIVVzdOGJo-dQZ4amFN8eeqvzvKPG6n3MKleK8i9RCpJeEJDtstfacmKkAOyRNY4KH9VL5WVaR45RAEs550SFqTjePrILcwiW_MYuyjPq4Sxri0sEWb1QM0iFeBR1x2fFaHch6XxzU/s16000/Ghosted1-p5.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVolKIHb_iyYsQWnk87dIInptWboz-EQkmVOV2vTeA7TijJ1GMYLX1mVznHNe38XxqBQpfUArfato-pzyW0-ce2MEx0ugsktyXMk5EUWuHKPaCYYo7lV9tslv3XtzdkhVsNazp3HmBZ8/s1347/Ghosted1-p6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1347" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpVolKIHb_iyYsQWnk87dIInptWboz-EQkmVOV2vTeA7TijJ1GMYLX1mVznHNe38XxqBQpfUArfato-pzyW0-ce2MEx0ugsktyXMk5EUWuHKPaCYYo7lV9tslv3XtzdkhVsNazp3HmBZ8/s16000/Ghosted1-p6.jpg" /></a></div></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Funny how things can change so quickly. And within
the span of the next three pages, change they certainly do as a very bloody
prison break occurs. A break perpetrated by this very amoral young lady decked
out like Deathstroke’s little sister. She’s here for one person and one person
only, though. Winters.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq8mPPRt6RXeSsBCKC0o9aP0-PgAgRzs5MSJ-66KSypaL4A3MRjfFXTSog9HtxkaZSar7E0ZYVOuqrc4krpnaHBsSGSX4wieVAQg2Iq2kT0LMaqfYknTXICeoO7tLM7Bj6ZF3ZJy161c/s1718/Image89.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1332" data-original-width="1718" height="496" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhiq8mPPRt6RXeSsBCKC0o9aP0-PgAgRzs5MSJ-66KSypaL4A3MRjfFXTSog9HtxkaZSar7E0ZYVOuqrc4krpnaHBsSGSX4wieVAQg2Iq2kT0LMaqfYknTXICeoO7tLM7Bj6ZF3ZJy161c/w640-h496/Image89.jpg" width="640" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">When he wakes, Winters finds himself the captive of
one Anderson Lake, a talented mercenary in the employ of billionaire Markus
Schrecken. Winters asks what is on all our minds.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MwyKwfpSroXiUibkZAl9TyoyP4Mm61dTcItXUf8tPRN27ecVFEds4wRsGq7fR2hKvg2p4-h9YQJRN0KPAUOlgptug59jJvS1BrCwGcZIi6i54cb19PwREss7DwN-ipEcyzGw6Vqa5hM/s1346/Ghosted1-p10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8MwyKwfpSroXiUibkZAl9TyoyP4Mm61dTcItXUf8tPRN27ecVFEds4wRsGq7fR2hKvg2p4-h9YQJRN0KPAUOlgptug59jJvS1BrCwGcZIi6i54cb19PwREss7DwN-ipEcyzGw6Vqa5hM/s16000/Ghosted1-p10.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><p><span style="font-size: x-large;"></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYhSifI70Tke6jF4S6fFe5fekd4YwbPGAe3lRuPgZgyS42iRjXTVyKZ3yN6bonbKccPPlfVeMv0XX6dvsKv26nHu8_T8Sg_DXQ2RhzBMa0nRDn82-Zz3qnpkn5sVzAP3GmPyc85ROPek/s1358/Ghosted1-p11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1358" data-original-width="853" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhzYhSifI70Tke6jF4S6fFe5fekd4YwbPGAe3lRuPgZgyS42iRjXTVyKZ3yN6bonbKccPPlfVeMv0XX6dvsKv26nHu8_T8Sg_DXQ2RhzBMa0nRDn82-Zz3qnpkn5sVzAP3GmPyc85ROPek/s16000/Ghosted1-p11.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Luckily Schrecken obliges us with both his presence
and an answer. Seems money CAN buy you anything. Anything including an actual
ghost. Oh, and the means to obtain said ghost.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TTiXu21SgiWpb0BkLKovKN-GfmyQrvqJOt3RgKgA_w6VAdUmb_XpFKSpD1qc1WEm4nnfema8lGXiVxHlqLFQy-VrJ1AH9-FuRSGhSn-kiADSCC0_70khBpoawUZXrKVWGVlA6pdXPAE/s1348/Ghosted1-p12.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9TTiXu21SgiWpb0BkLKovKN-GfmyQrvqJOt3RgKgA_w6VAdUmb_XpFKSpD1qc1WEm4nnfema8lGXiVxHlqLFQy-VrJ1AH9-FuRSGhSn-kiADSCC0_70khBpoawUZXrKVWGVlA6pdXPAE/s16000/Ghosted1-p12.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn39wJRlDNPd8o5UlzD3fyyUORo8clEF2QhOWCUpJAQdCcmRs1tAs6FBlRdD-PZaMJn_9Hq8I35oAXj24yBcvuv9gRkmtyGk5UvgQwGN-NXnWQuvv77SO_F6XnwQW6siGQxzgdiMzoYwI/s1342/Ghosted1-p13.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1342" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgn39wJRlDNPd8o5UlzD3fyyUORo8clEF2QhOWCUpJAQdCcmRs1tAs6FBlRdD-PZaMJn_9Hq8I35oAXj24yBcvuv9gRkmtyGk5UvgQwGN-NXnWQuvv77SO_F6XnwQW6siGQxzgdiMzoYwI/s16000/Ghosted1-p13.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And those means are the skills the Winters possesses
as the (not “one of”) Best thief on the planet. Sadly, those skills weren’t
enough to prevent his last team from getting killed in a casino job. A job that
got Winters incarcerated and his friends dead. What Schrecken is offering
though is enough money to buy new friends and the freedom of his own private
island. Winters is in, of course, but he has one condition…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3buVeXgWTTcC8QnxsBtuvKL4ORbLd6SJr8OAJ3yWR3-xkN4vwR860RXFCwWOeZmWn0yKOn70TP0LnApN4Hfz8MHRnH39p8_t9G18cI-9liVeWPcj26SlKQg2T_-WypWA2nDsV0hPevv4/s1351/Ghosted1-p14.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1351" data-original-width="865" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3buVeXgWTTcC8QnxsBtuvKL4ORbLd6SJr8OAJ3yWR3-xkN4vwR860RXFCwWOeZmWn0yKOn70TP0LnApN4Hfz8MHRnH39p8_t9G18cI-9liVeWPcj26SlKQg2T_-WypWA2nDsV0hPevv4/s16000/Ghosted1-p14.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><br /></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Well, okay! Two other conditions. First, he lets
Schrecken know that moneybags really shouldn’t be tampering with the laws of
nature. And second, he asks for some easily obtained items and the freedom to
recruit his own team to do the job. Schrecken is on board as long as Anderson
gets to accompany him.</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwo78WG9Nf5kVKksQ24b6AbgnykLfh1TE7yq-2Mv5Ps5yCMjLM8WFe_EAx10c7bVctRUyRK3UAnAk_XL9HI1r1SZDf3dnWDaB3rgLbfjugKketC9rFZZbFDCpZWBTjKYQjhJUcycYXpc/s1346/Ghosted1-p15.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="863" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiZwo78WG9Nf5kVKksQ24b6AbgnykLfh1TE7yq-2Mv5Ps5yCMjLM8WFe_EAx10c7bVctRUyRK3UAnAk_XL9HI1r1SZDf3dnWDaB3rgLbfjugKketC9rFZZbFDCpZWBTjKYQjhJUcycYXpc/s16000/Ghosted1-p15.jpg" /></a></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And so the rest of this long issue is about Winters
picking up the people who will make up the cogs in his ghost-hunting machine.
It’s neat to watch Williamson work here, setting up each player and giving us a
panel or so to get to know them. </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">People like Oliver King, professional skeptic, and
Robby Trick, occult historian and black marketeer…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBivrx-bObIMwaEF1zuwWCiP817SiaB0WieWbdIxY9fReoVIt4F9GJnA6LhZksTTiZgMM2-WEn7zgFaI5Xw5hw_9N-3SV8bhee-p88C5_wbItqHhUNFgzfNEUXjauYrEXv3PeCs5YF80/s1354/Ghosted1-p16.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1354" data-original-width="858" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJBivrx-bObIMwaEF1zuwWCiP817SiaB0WieWbdIxY9fReoVIt4F9GJnA6LhZksTTiZgMM2-WEn7zgFaI5Xw5hw_9N-3SV8bhee-p88C5_wbItqHhUNFgzfNEUXjauYrEXv3PeCs5YF80/s16000/Ghosted1-p16.jpg" /></a></span></span></div><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Jay and Joe burns, professional ghost trappers…</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY6_J8YS7Y9ztvw7tzouZJPM0_Jbl-dkEjKugod0SKtIOrnAJk9aDnwAMrnwguRXIG8wkgUoEd_4i47A0LHziQQFwuCaqv96bhMh8YXW8M5f7pv8yfV-I4PT0S8DK52KhY2jFzFnfeUg/s1314/Ghosted1-p17.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1314" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjVY6_J8YS7Y9ztvw7tzouZJPM0_Jbl-dkEjKugod0SKtIOrnAJk9aDnwAMrnwguRXIG8wkgUoEd_4i47A0LHziQQFwuCaqv96bhMh8YXW8M5f7pv8yfV-I4PT0S8DK52KhY2jFzFnfeUg/s16000/Ghosted1-p17.jpg" /></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And lastly, the one they HAVE to get, Edzia Rusnak,
super psychic and medium…</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU14E5X2S_RXnmCohtu8F363kRXqRviwgWoX2QFYYUwJlW9iNvyhlw00sIJZsWym3MFQ01M9f5fCOu8JpvSk4KROgfXf58uEtU_538k9mPyXTlzOTyE85n3g9xY0TPo3ARUEjAMJWAWxE/s1346/Ghosted1-p18.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhU14E5X2S_RXnmCohtu8F363kRXqRviwgWoX2QFYYUwJlW9iNvyhlw00sIJZsWym3MFQ01M9f5fCOu8JpvSk4KROgfXf58uEtU_538k9mPyXTlzOTyE85n3g9xY0TPo3ARUEjAMJWAWxE/s16000/Ghosted1-p18.jpg" /></a></span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Love that each of these players have their own
personality and quirks. Williamson will have fun putting each through his or
her paces I’m assuming. One person who isn’t assuming anything is Winters
though. He’s working his team to the utmost to prepare…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-8tqo_pxRgiKzdMKf2OZWm4NbW9SCBqt4Fcr8KGWdhBXlUW-MiNeuPDjxoKg2GyE4WMjQq_FaXz7I0xKoYnTLWF_Q6y5rnj0SqnFxOmogm-wtUvaQLmPXD1GsN5WSUWhRwHifuiXSfM/s1348/Ghosted1-p19.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1348" data-original-width="855" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEha-8tqo_pxRgiKzdMKf2OZWm4NbW9SCBqt4Fcr8KGWdhBXlUW-MiNeuPDjxoKg2GyE4WMjQq_FaXz7I0xKoYnTLWF_Q6y5rnj0SqnFxOmogm-wtUvaQLmPXD1GsN5WSUWhRwHifuiXSfM/s16000/Ghosted1-p19.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">…but that means visiting the actual site to do some
reconnaissance…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswdaQYGm2vsibSuDcHphK_2-lhm52WikPTxNhtXGAG3MKceSPgmCCjNPJCC_25yTac55XK6qz-9cx-TVwDI6CaFTkLOtKfz4MprAFAUV76YH9KnD8q8UOBPrSbIaqNL2qQ50Q_z5fVKo/s1129/Ghosted1-p2021.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="889" data-original-width="1129" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhswdaQYGm2vsibSuDcHphK_2-lhm52WikPTxNhtXGAG3MKceSPgmCCjNPJCC_25yTac55XK6qz-9cx-TVwDI6CaFTkLOtKfz4MprAFAUV76YH9KnD8q8UOBPrSbIaqNL2qQ50Q_z5fVKo/s16000/Ghosted1-p2021.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">And this actual creepy manor has all the trimmings.
While Winters gives everyone marching orders, he requests one thing of Edzia…</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> </span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuzxZqcEuP6rnv_I00r2LONyEr2G2kD__Tx5fIH3pEfo4JRGlbkzTFhdNi4EZPBspzlHJ9a8C1t2zpakfexPPnBG7nmeNoLYiVf2XWO_M3fOaxv3FLD9XQSH_EqLtqqBMMhK5hUxTc3k/s1349/Ghosted1-p22.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1349" data-original-width="860" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjuzxZqcEuP6rnv_I00r2LONyEr2G2kD__Tx5fIH3pEfo4JRGlbkzTFhdNi4EZPBspzlHJ9a8C1t2zpakfexPPnBG7nmeNoLYiVf2XWO_M3fOaxv3FLD9XQSH_EqLtqqBMMhK5hUxTc3k/s16000/Ghosted1-p22.jpg" /></a></span></div><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">To which she covers up the magnitude of the haunted
infestation this place has. I wonder if that will come back to bite them all at
some point?</span></span></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> <br /></span></span></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe7qDV_TIXvTdpeigw7AMKJF93RBQEhT2qftRUgKW9afZZ90Cuks4FBuzcXyIyh7qqm_6r9fh63I8Jv1jBBF7bpc0HmWq_e__MmfxmcMAmH5UkxMBHe6R_2mGwP2YW24tS-FNfVCQLgA/s1346/Ghosted1-p23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><img border="0" data-original-height="1346" data-original-width="861" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe7qDV_TIXvTdpeigw7AMKJF93RBQEhT2qftRUgKW9afZZ90Cuks4FBuzcXyIyh7qqm_6r9fh63I8Jv1jBBF7bpc0HmWq_e__MmfxmcMAmH5UkxMBHe6R_2mGwP2YW24tS-FNfVCQLgA/s16000/Ghosted1-p23.jpg" /></a></span></div><br /><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhYe7qDV_TIXvTdpeigw7AMKJF93RBQEhT2qftRUgKW9afZZ90Cuks4FBuzcXyIyh7qqm_6r9fh63I8Jv1jBBF7bpc0HmWq_e__MmfxmcMAmH5UkxMBHe6R_2mGwP2YW24tS-FNfVCQLgA/s1346/Ghosted1-p23.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span></a><span style="font-size: x-large;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyREDrJJvg7mVDiCV4DOijdYuugMOUcopNK7U1V0XY1nUmIgTJT0y2JwjgnsZ4e6o-s2AdJ6_Fmn8D_kMS9tU0W8L13KPjHezuyU2pMo9R3FOt6oVyVYNdTOcRJTrK77UMpLML1Clw3nU/s1350/Ghosted1-p24.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1350" data-original-width="859" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiyREDrJJvg7mVDiCV4DOijdYuugMOUcopNK7U1V0XY1nUmIgTJT0y2JwjgnsZ4e6o-s2AdJ6_Fmn8D_kMS9tU0W8L13KPjHezuyU2pMo9R3FOt6oVyVYNdTOcRJTrK77UMpLML1Clw3nU/s16000/Ghosted1-p24.jpg" /></a></span></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><p></p><span style="font-size: x-large;">
</span><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-right: .5in;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">Great beginning. Sure, it’s</span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"> all </span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;"></span></span><span style="font-size: x-large;"><span style="font-family: "Verdana",sans-serif; mso-bidi-font-style: italic;">setup but I can
agree with an issue of nothing but that if it is done properly. Where this goes
next and what pitfalls await our crew, I will be intensely interested in. Find
these in the bins or online. Worth the price of admission, IMHO.</span></span></p>
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