(Consider the premise
here to be part of a Hellboy/Atomic Robo crossover that operates along the same
lines as some of the Marvel/DC crossovers that pretended both participants were
part of the same universe all along. In it, Hellboy is part of what’s this
universes version of both Tesladyne Industries and the BDRP – the Tesladyne Corporation for Paranormal
and Scientific Operations.)
(8 Panels)
Panel 1: Briefing room. Already present are ATOMIC
ROBO, JENKINS, ABE SAPIEN, LIZ SHERMAN, ARGUELLES, HOSKINS, and SCHAEFER (see
the final issue of ATOMIC ROBO and OTHER STRANGENESS for reference on the last
three).
Hellboy enters the
briefing room. His horns are unshaved, but each of them is being used to hold
an extraordinarily large stack of pancakes. The belt he’s wearing has spots to
hold both butter and syrup so that he can carry them around and grab them as
needed.
ATOMIC ROBO (1): And now that big red it here, we should be…
ATOMIC ROBO (2): …what did you do to your horns?
Panel 2: HELLBOY grabs a pancake off of one of his
horns. His other hand is going for the butter he has on his belt.
HELLBOY (1): It’s breakfast. I haven’t eaten yet.
HELLBOY (2): You think I’m going to let good pancakes go to
waste?
Panel 3: ATOMIC ROBO puts his hands up in a ‘I’m not
even going to bother’ way.
ATOMIC ROBO: Arguelles, could you just start the briefing,
please?
Panel 4: Image of a man up on a screen. Aside from
looking out of it, he looks perfectly normal, taking a normal, everyday stroll.
ARGUELLES: Here we have a Mr. Jack Phillip. He looks like a
perfectly ordinary man.
ARGUELLES: And you’d be right, except that two days ago he
was in a coma, then suddenly he got up and left.
ARGUELLES: It’s the third reported case of its type in less
than a week.
Panel 5: Similar image of the same man, but with what
looks like a filter applied, showing the man being ‘possessed’ by UNDEAD
EDISON.
ARGUELLES: When we view him through the right lens, we see
the reason why.
Panel 6: Close up on ROBO’s head as he glares.
ATOMIC ROBO: Edison.
Panel 7: HELLBOY, who his putting the remains of a
pancake into his mouth.
HELLBOY: Looks the ghost is finally making a move.
ATOMIC ROBO: He’s not a ghost. There is a perfectly logical
scientific explanation for whatever it is he is.
Panel 8: Panel of LIZ SHERMAN, who’s toying with a
bit of fire as she makes a snarky aside comment.
LIZ SHERMAN: Said the nuclear robot in the same room as the
fish mutant and the demon who was literally summoned from the depths of Hell.
(END PAGE)
I read this a few times and liked it more and more each time. This is a great Atomic Robo script AND a damn cool Hellboy one as well. You write the comedy of Robo well and the juxtaposition of him vs Hellboy is kinda perfect. I'd read the heck out of a book like this.
ReplyDeleteOh also Liz's last line is bloody brilliant.
Another great (and logical) Hellboy team up. Love it.
ReplyDeleteLiz's last line is fantastic too. I'm imagining the interplay between Robo and Hellboy-- too perfect.