Sunday, January 6, 2013

Amalgam Comics - Blackest Siege - J.D. Coughlan


Panel 1: This whole page should be in the style of TV screens, with the NMCN (New Metro City News) logo in the corner of each panel. Reporter Lois Carter (Lois Lane/Sharon Carter) provides voiceover.

In this first screen, we see the Rock of Asgard (Rock of Eternity/Asgard) hovering above farmland in Oklahoma, with an army of the undead assaulting it.

LOIS (CAP): If you're just joining us -- as insane as it sounds -- Director of C.H.E.C.K.M.A.T.E. Harvey Osborn has used the Norn Rings to summon the dead to attack the Rock of Asgard!

Panel 2: Close-up of the battle. The Justice Avengers (JLA/Avengers) fighting the dead, and not doing well. Present are Super-Soldier (Superman/Captain America), Dark Claw (Batman/Wolverine), Amazon (Wonder Woman/Storm), Iron Lantern (Green Lantern/Iron Man) and any others you can fit in.

LOIS (CAP): The Justice Avengers are fighting the undead army, but it is not going well for them, even with the recently returned Super-Soldier leading them.

Panel 3: Same as Panel 2, but now there is a bright flash of white light from behind the Justice Avengers.  They turn to it and shield their eyes. The undead appear to be physically hurt by the light.

LOIS (CAP): This could be the end of--

LOIS (CAP): Wait! There's... something happening... It looks like...

Panel 4: Larger panel. Captain Thunder (Shazam/Thor) has appeared from the light. Not a pre-established Amalgam character, so all new. His costume should be a mash-up of Shazam's and Thor's. Armour, like Thor, but coloured like Shazam. The thunderbolt should also be on his chest. His hair is long, like Thor's, but black, like Shazam. He has a long cape coloured like Shazam's. He holds his hammer aloft, lightning striking it.

LOIS (CAP): Yes! Captain Thunder has entered the fight!

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8 comments:

  1. Ben RosenthalJanuary 6, 2013 at 8:44 PM

    You went all out with an epic page here J.D! Well done. I would love to see this page.

    Also, you get HUGE props for Harvey Osborn. That is a combo I would love to see.

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    1. J.D. CoughlanJanuary 6, 2013 at 10:05 PM

      Thanks! I had a million ideas for this one, and may post the others in the comments, but this was the largest-scale.

      Harvey Osborn, alas, is not my idea. He was a combination of Two-Face and Green Goblin. Two-Faced Goblin, I believe, although I would have gone with "Goblin-Face."

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  2. Dan HillJanuary 7, 2013 at 8:59 AM

    This has a Kingdom Come type vibe to it. Nice combination of the two events to come up with something equally (if not more) epic than its parts.

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  3. Grant McLaughlinJanuary 8, 2013 at 5:20 AM

    New Metro City is the perfect mix of New York and Metropolis. Bravo for that alone.

    I also like how this sounds more interesting than either Siege or Blackest Night. I agree with the Kingdom Come vibe, which is definitely a bonus.

    Finally, I really like this Captain Marvel / Thor mix you came up with here. An obvious choice in retrospect, it works especially well considering the set up you give in panel 1.

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    1. J.D. CoughlanJanuary 8, 2013 at 7:29 AM

      Thor/Captain Marvel seems so obvious that it's a tragedy that the actual Amalgam event didn't go with it in favour of a one-note Captain Marvel/Captain Marvel joke.

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    2. Grant McLaughlinJanuary 8, 2013 at 7:31 AM

      In their defense, I was also sorely tempted to hit that one-note joke in my script this week.

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    3. J.D. CoughlanJanuary 8, 2013 at 7:38 AM

      Heh, I would not have blamed you.

      Also, I really, really like the name Captain Thunder (which Captain Marvel once went by). DC should have gone with that instead of the identity-confusing Shazam.

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  4. Shaun RichensJanuary 8, 2013 at 6:34 AM

    Everything about this is why is I still love the big two. You have a set of events, characters, places and concepts that the readers know so well you can mix them up and create something on such a big scale and as epic as this in just one page.

    I love that you went so big with it and it feels bigger and has more impact than half the real events I have ever read.

    Truly awesome one pager mate.

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