(5 Panels)
Panel 1: ARNOLD WESKER is on the floor, backing up
from a walking SCARFACE doll which, unbeknownst to ARNOLD, is a contraption
being controlled by TOYMAN.
SCARFACE (1): Shut up n’ stand up!
SCARFACE (2): You’re an embarrassment, you know?
WESKER: But, but…
Panel 2: The SCARFACE robot has run up to WESKER and
is slapping his face.
SCARFACE (1): Blah, blah, blah!
SFX: smak! smak! smak!
SCARFACE (2): Stop waddlin’ around like a baby and stand up
like a man!
Panel 3: Inside a dark room, where TOYMAN is sitting
in a chair. In front of him are control panels and monitors that allow him to
control and see the POV of the SCARFACE robot. He’s talking into a microphone
attached to a helmet that at first glance looks like its an overly elaborate
earpiece setup, but is in actuality a mind-control helmet that allows ULTRA
HUMANITE to influence TOYMAN’s decisions.
WESKER: (From monitor)
Please, Scarface…
TOYMAN (1): PLEASE NOTHIN’! We got work to do, see?!
TOYMAN (2): You’re a joke, you know that?
Panel 4: Similar to PANEL 3, with the view of the
monitor making it look like the SCARFACE robot is still pushing WESKER around.
The look of TOYMAN should nonverbally communicate that TOYMAN thinks that he’s
completely in control, and enjoying it.
TOYMAN (1): But it’s time we had the last laugh, see?
TOYMAN (2): I got big plans!
Panel 5: ULTRA-HUMANITE stands in a far more elaborate
looking base. He wears a laboratory coat and holds a cup of tea in his hands.
He grins as he watches the monitors in front of him, some of which focus on
TOYMAN, while others relay information about the SCARFACE robot. ULTRA-HUMANITE
also wears a simplistic looking headpiece that he’s using to influence TOYMAN’s
behavior.
WESKER: (From monitor.)
Big…plans?
TOYMAN/SCARFACE (1): Shut up and do what I tells ya, see?
TOYMAN/SCARFACE (2): My plans are so big, you’ll hurt yourself
if I tell your stupid brain too much about them!
(END PAGE)
Linking Toyman and Ventriloquist is inspired, and the "Russian doll" style joke works well, but I feel the full potential of the ideas here (combining the villains) isn't fully used.
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