(If you’ve seen Predators,
imagine that, but with Marvel characters,
and you’ll get a basic idea of what’s going on here.
In this case, the
characters who have been abducted and dropped into an alien jungle are
PUNISHER, BULLSEYE, TASKMASTER, ELECTRA, BLACK WIDOW (YELENA BELOVA), KRAVEN
THE HUNTER, WINTER SOLDIER, and NICK FURY (though this one is an LMD).
(6 Panels)
Panel 1: PUNISHER has one of his guns pressed up
against BULLSEYE’s head as he’s waiting for someone to give him a reason not to
pull the trigger, while BULLEYE is looking at him defiantly as though he’s
practically daring PUNISHER to try to
kill him.
PUNISHER (1): Give me a reason not to.
BULLSEYE (1): Go ahead and try. I know you don’t have it in
you.
PUNISHER (2): You don’t think I’ll do it?
BULLSEYE (2): I’m sure you’ll try.
BULLSEYE (3): But seriously, Frank, when is the last time you killed a villain
with real street cred?
Panel 2: Everyone turns to look at KRAVEN, who is
off-panel.
KRAVEN: You will let him live if you wish not to die.
Panel 3: KRAVEN stands in the foreground. While his
head looks up and forwards, his eyes are pointing off to a corner, as he’s
pretty sure he knows someone is there but he doesn’t want them to KNOW he knows
there there.
KRAVEN (1): We are being hunted.
KRAVEN (2): We will not survive if we are at each others
throats.
Panel 4: In the foreground, a cloaked PREDATOR stands
on a large tree branch watching the assembled heroes and villains. In the
background, KRAVEN continues to stare out into the jungle.
BULLSEYE: What you talking about…
KRAVEN (1): Am hunter.
KRAVEN (2): I should know when I am being hunted.
Panel 5: Close up on the helmet of the cloaked
PREDATOR. A ‘reflection’ of sorts can be seen on its helmet, in which KRAVEN is
returning to the group but looking over his shoulder in the PREDATOR’s
direction.
KRAVEN (1): I have been in many a jungle.
KRAVEN (2): This is like none I know of.
KRAVEN (3): Whoever put us here, they most certainly have
advantage. Must act as pack if we are to outhunt them.
Panel 6: PUNISHER lowers his weapon from BULLSEYE
while the rest approach KRAVEN, recognizing that it’s probably a good idea to
listen to his advice.
TASKMASTER (1): I swear, if this is a Mojo thing, I will gut that fat %&$^@%* like a Thanksgiving
Turkey.
ELECTRA: Mojo? You don’t think it
could be Arcade?
TASKMASTER (2): HA!
TASKMASTER (3): That little twerp? Nah, this is out of his
league.
(END PAGE)
Great choice of characters here MK. Perfect line up for this sort of story.
ReplyDeleteI like the cast you've assembled, and Kraven as the voice of reason works really well. My one qualm is that Taskmaster's comic relief at the bottom feels a little out of place. I think focusing this page on Kraven rallying the troops and saving that moment until even the next page would have worked better (though admittedly we wouldn't have seen it...).
ReplyDeleteYeah, that's probably a moment I would have saved for another page if I were writing this as an actual to-print script. Sometimes, when you only got one page to work with, you find yourself inclined to stretch things a little.
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