Guardians of the Galaxy - Bad Reputation - J.D. Coughlan

The Guardians must venture to the DSV (Department of Space Vehicles) to pay a fine on their spaceship. Upon entering, the crowd inside starts panicking, fearing the Guardians are there to rob/shoot-up the place.

Panel 1: Wide shot of the room, a drab office filled with various aliens running around screaming. The Guardians (movie line-up) stand at the entrance in the background. Quill rubs his temples in annoyance. Gamora looks disgusted. Drax is stone-faced. Rocket wields a giant gun. Groot is Groot.

QUILL: Oh jeez.

GAMORA: You said this would be simple.

DRAX: This is damaging my calm.

ALIEN 1: It's the Guardians of the Galaxy!

ALIEN 2: They're here to rob us!

Panel 2: Two shot of Quill and Rocket. Quill is annoyed, Rocket shrugs it off.

QUILL: I told you not to bring a gun. That is not helping our case.

ROCKET: You're just jealous of my massive weapon.

ROCKET: I'll settle this, ladies.

Panel 3: Rocket fires the giant gun into the air. Quill shields his face from the blasts.

SFX: BLAM BLAM BLAM

ROCKET: Everybody shut their face and stay in place!

Panel 4: The aliens stop and stare at Rocket. They are now very nervous.

GROOT: ...

GROOT: I am Groot.

ROCKET: What he said.

QUILL: Okay, listen up. We don't want any trouble...

Panel 5: Close up of Quill as he holds up a wordy piece of paper.

QUILL: Does anyone know where we process a G44 form?

END OF PAGE

Guardians of the Galaxy - Plan of Attack - Grant McLaughlin

The main portion of this page would be a holographic diagram of a horrible space monster and its various internal parts snaking back and forth across it, with Rocket Raccoon's word balloons following the various bits and pieces to fill in the listener on what's going on.  I will define the different aspects as panels, but it is (for the most part) a continuous image, with some insert panels throughout and a separate panel below to conclude.  The diagram should be done in a somewhat cartoony or exaggerated style.

1 - Insert panel.  Head of Rocket Raccoon so as to identify him as the speaker.

ROCKET: Alright, listen up everyone, because I'm only going to say this once.

2 - We're into the diagram now.  A giant alien creature (which looks not unlike a horrifying space lion - but with sci fi aspects thrown in wherever one deems appropriate).

ROCKET: Our target is Ingenspatium Leo IV, an enormous creature in the neighbouring star system.

3 - Continuing along, we have a close-up of the creature's huge maw.  As described in the dialogue, it is lined with teeth - far more than would be necessary or advisable.

ROCKET: The main entry point is through its hideous maw, which is lined with hundreds of thousands of laser sharp hyperfangs.

4 - Following the image down (but still on the right side of the page), we see the Guardians' ship being crushed in a giant throat.

ROCKET (1): But that will be a cake walk compared to what comes next.

ROCKET (2): First we need to avoid becoming a lump in its throat.

5 - Moving from right to left, we see members of the Guardians (still cartoony) literally melting from heat.

ROCKET: And watch out for its fire breathing lungs.

6 - Now on the left side of the diagram, we see a line of half-robot / half-alien monsters walking from left to right.  Similar to the classic "Evolution of Man" image, the first cyber-monster is merely walking, the second is in the process of exploding, and the third is already exploded.

ROCKET: Of course, it's worth mentioning that its white blood cells are murderous cyber-monsters.

ROCKET (quieter): Who, for some reason, explode on impact.

7 - Moving down again on the diagram, we see a reinforced, science fiction fortress that is in the shape of a heart.  Some silhouetted figures stand on the battlements of the heart fortress.

ROCKET: The heart is a veritable fortress, guarded by deathless automatons who hate outside life.

8 - Some terrifying space grubs stand, seemingly ready to destroy anything that falls in their path.

ROCKET: And once we make it past everything, we'll find ourselves face to face with some delicious space grubs.

9 - Another insert panel.  This time it is Starlord, who looks confused.

STARLORD: Wait - who are we saving through all this?

10 - The Guardians' ship.  Rocket stands before the rest of his teammates, the diagram behind him.  Now he is confused, while they are disappointed with his answer.

ROCKET: Saving?  I'm just outlining our lunch plans!

Guardians of the Galaxy - The Crusade - Ben Rosenthal

1.  A member of the Shi'ar police force is looking straight on at the reader.  We are looking up at him as he speaks.

SHIAR OFFICER
You have no options left.


2.  Drax, Rocket and Gamora are in a holding cell elsewhere.

CAPTION (Shi'ar Officer)
Your companions have been apprehended.
Your ship is beyond repair.


3.  Front on shot of Peter Quill, sitting with his arms tied behind his back, looking up at the Shi'ar officer.  He is smirking.

SHIAR OFFICER
Now tell me where the data is before your team mates suffer for it.

QUILL
Suffer?  Us? Nononono.
 You see we cracked that data.  Nasty little plot you have there Captain.
Treason is still punishable by torture under Shi'ar law, right?


4.  A close up of Peter's face as he addresses the reader/Shi'ar officer head on.  He speaks intently, almost threateningly.

QUILL
I don't have the data, but I know where it is.
In the hands of our best.  A multi-linguist who'll blend in, disappear into any culture you can think of.
In fact, with any luck--


5.  Earth - people are running for their lives as Groot has a finger up in the air, looking as if he is politely asking a question.

CAPTION (Quill)
--he's got the data to the Emperor already.

GROOT
I am Groot?

Guardians of the Galaxy – ??? – MK Stangeland Jr.

(5 Panels)

Panel 1: The Guardians are sitting around a capture Badoon ZOM cyborg soldier. ROCKET RACOON looks up at STAR-LORD.

TEXT BOX (1): Picking up the pieces of that Badoon plot thread that DnA didn’t use?

ROCKET RACOON: The Badoon are going after Knowhere.

TEXT BOX (2): No, no, wait…

Panel 2: Large panel, as some of the Guardians stand aboard a Badoon warship they’ve just boarded, ready for action – present are STAR-LORD, ROCKET RACOON, GROOT, MAJOR VICTORY, MANTIS, and GAMORA.

TEXT BOX (1): Badoon, but cool action shot!

STAR-LORD: Alright, folks, lets make this quick and painful.

ROCKET RACCOON: Speaking my language, Quill.

GROOT: I am Groot!

TEXT BOX (2): Then throw in some witty Nextwave name tags, and…

TEXT BOX (3): Nah, it’s cool, but…

Panel 3: ‘GUARDIANS OF THE GALAXY PULP’ – A re-imagined team of Guardians in the MARVEL NOIR/MARVEL PULP line. They are standing in front of a retro-style pointy space rocket with retro-style pointy space engines on either side, and are in a movie-posteresque arrangement.

This team consists of STAR-LORD, who looks more in line with his helmeted movie look but with a more ‘western cowboy’ touch; ROCKET RACCOON and GROOT, who look mostly the same; VONCE ASTRO, aka MAJOR VICTORY, who’s suit has a more robotic and otherworldly look to it and his shield has a different color scheme; NIKKI, who has a solid mix of ‘westernesque space dame’ and ‘sharpshooter’; and ADAM WARLOCK, who’s wielding a staff and has a look that positively screams ‘SPACE WIZARD!’

TEXT BOX (1): OH! OH! GUARDIANS PULP!

TEXT BOX (2): Except…how do I get that across in a single page?

Panel 4: MK STANGELAND JR. sits at his desk in front of his laptop, looking up with his hands stretched upwards.

MK STANGELAND JR. (1): AAAAH!

MK STANGELAND JR. (2): How do I decide?!

MK STANGELAND JR. (3): I’m running out of time!

Panel 5: MK STANGELAND JR. sits in front of his laptop, but has a sudden look of realization on his face.

MK STANGELAND JR.: Wait a minute…

(END PAGE)

Why Guardians of the Galaxy?

Ooga Chaka; Ooga, Ooga, Ooga Chaka...

Iron Man 3

Thor: The Dark World

Captain America: The Winter Soldier

Guardians of the Galaxy?

Say What?

One of these things is not like the other – but hopefully, by the time we’ve all had a chance to actually see it, the upcoming Guardians of the Galaxy will most certainly belong.

The first three are easy enough to understand – coming fresh of the undoubtedly hit movie The Avengers, featuring Marvel’s Big Three, and sequels to their own successful movies to boot. No one would be surprised by those movies.

But Guardians of the Galaxy? A comic that’s fortunate enough to rank as a cult hit where you’d even find fellow fans of comics who have no idea who they are? And with only the barest bones connection to the already established Marvel Cinematic Universe?

That, I doubt anyone expected. Which is why Guardians of the Galaxy may well be the most important Marvel movie since not just The Avengers, but since the original Iron Man itself. Because if Marvel can take Guardians of the Galaxy, based heavily on Dan Abbnet and Andy Lanning’s run (admittedly one of my favorite comic book series of all time – so you can only imagine my own hype for this movie) and make it a successful hit movie, then suddenly all bets are off and everyone is legitimately on the table.

Not only does the success of Guardians open the door to the larger Marvel Universe beyond Earth, but it also proves that the entire Marvel comic book library is legitimate material for future movies. Because whatever Marvel’s doing, they will have proven that they can taken anyone from their library and make a hit movie for them.

That favorite obscure Marvel character you love who you never would have dreamed could get a chance on the sliver screen? Yep, suddenly you can start genuinely dreaming that they too might someday have their shot at the limelight.

Guardians of the Galaxy – it’s a really big deal.

You're Welcome

As always, if you'd like to join in the fun and play at home, feel free to post your own one-page Guardians of the Galaxy script in the comments section below!

Komodo - Monsters - Arby Moay

Panel 1
We are in the West Philadelphia High School field, where a basketball game is happening between Black Jersey's and White Jersey's. A player on Black Jersey's has just scored an in-your-face dunk against a player in White Jersey's.

MELATI (OP): So... this is what you do, huh?


Panel 2
We see Melati Kusuma, a.k.a. Komodo, in her human form approaching Flash Thompson, a.k.a. Agent Venom, also in his human form. Both of them are in a wheelchair, Melati has a cloth covering her thighs to hide her missing legs while Flash does not. Flash is carrying a clipboard.

FLASH: Sometimes, yeah.
FLASH: Didn't think you'd actually come.
MELATI: Eh. I didn't really have anything better to do.


Panel 3
Back up a bit. We see Melati and Flash watch the game, with some awkward tension between them. Coach Yates, middle-aged balding guy with a mustache and Coach of Flash's school, is yelling. Some players are running across the panel.


Panel 4
Similar framing as Panel 3.

MELATI: Isn't this a little frustrating for you, "Coach"? I mean, you could easily outpace any of these guys in your... other form.
FLASH: Assistant coach. And sure, sometimes. But it's nice to feel like a normal human being from time to time.


Panel 5
Close-up on Melati. We see her full human body overlapped by her transparent Komodo form.

MELATI: Well, maybe, I dunno. I've wanted to be able to run for so long... I think I'd rather look like a monster than sit in a chair.


Panel 6
Close-up on Flash.

FLASH: You're lucky, then. Difference between you and me? You only need to look like a monster to run...
FLASH: Me...


Panel 7
Close-up on Flash's left face. It is overlapped with the transparent left face of classic Venom.

FLASH: I am a monster.

Komodo - Where You've Been - R.A. Wonsowski

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Panel 1- KOMODO is in a Paraguayan hospital room. she is wearing scrubs and has a stethoscope slung about her neck. She is smiling gently and waving to a young girl patient with a cleft palate in an old iron bed, wearing an Operation Smile t-shirt. (Note: Komodo should look like she found an intermediary form, not so lizard-y, just enough to let her keep her legs.) The equipment should look like 70s/80s surplus medical equipment. Foreground, CAPTAIN AMERICA waits on Komodo, leaning against an empty iron bedframe. His cowl is down and his shield is on his back.

CAP: I wish you would reconsider. I've seen the tapes, you were an impressive asset to the Initiative.

CAP: And with Drs. Pym and McCoy on personal leave, we could use another Avenger with medic experience.

Panel 2- CAP and KOMODO walk down the hospital hallway. The linoleum tile on the floor is peeling and the walls are unfinished concrete. Children between 2 and 8 with cleft palates are sitting with their parents along the sides. Two teenage volunteers in yellow tees and shorts pass out small stuffed animals to the children. KOMODO's smile has gone.

KOMODO: To be an Avenger is an honor and a calling of the highest order...

KOMODO: But again, Captain, I must say no.

Panel 3- KOMODO and CAP stop at a water cooler. KOMODO holds two small paper cones in one hand while working the spigot with the other.

KOMODO: Take Pym and Beast. Let us throw in Reed Richards and Dr. Strange for good measure.

KOMODO: You beat back Galactus and Kang and Immortus and Dormammu. Congratulations.

Panel 4- KOMODO passes a water cone to CAP as she gestures with hers.

KOMODO: You cured the Legacy virus and isolated vampire anticoagulants. Amazing scientific breakthroughs.

KOMODO: And for all your genius, you could not stop a mundane cancer from killing the Kree Captain Marvel.

Panel 5- CAP and KOMODO, their backs to us now, are walking out two glass double doors. The sweltering sun outside silhouettes the pair as they exit the hospital. CAP has turned from KOMODO in shame, and passes his water to an old woman sitting cross-legged on the floor.

KOMODO: If you really want to make the world a better place, find a cure for AIDS. Design crop mutations that grow in desert climes.

KOMODO: Strap the Palestinian and Israeli premiers to their chairs and don't feed them until they bang out a treaty.

Panel 6- CAP and KOMODO are surrounded by children playing soccer in a dirt lot outside the hospital. KOMODO'S arms are spread wide as if to embrace the world.  CAP looks perplexed more by the children running around him than by her argument.  A little GIRL in a dirty yellow dress tugs on the leg of KOMODO's scrubs.

KOMODO: Beating the crap out of another man-child in spandex solves nothing.

KOMODO: This...

Panel 7- KOMODO bends at the waist to face the GIRL, sternly wondering why the interruption.

NO COPY

Panel 8- The GIRL throws her arms around KOMODO's neck in an enthusiastic expression of thanks. KOMODO's eyes are wide with surprise.

SoundFX:  *hug!*

Panel 9- The GIRL runs off to join the game. KOMODO gestures to her as both she and CAP smile at each other, KOMODO from the unexpected affection, CAP for finally understanding.

KOMODO: That is how you change the world.

Komodo - Too Much Too Fast - Niel Jacoby

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Panel 1: Wide shot of a large desert, with a H.A.M.M.E.R. rover driving toward a large crater. The crater has been there for a while.

Cap: INITIATIVE FILE: KOMODO

LAST KNOWN LOCATION: MOJAVE DESERT--THOUGHT MISSING AFTER A.I.M. CHEMICAL BOMBARDMENT 3 MONTHS AGO

Panel 2: Commander Hill and a lackey are walking into a sizable cave-like formation in the crater.

Hill: WHAT'S THE THEORY, SOLDIER? NERVE POISON? ANTIDOTE TO THE LIZARD FORMULA? SOME NEW PATHOGEN THAT TURNS YOUR LUNGS TO SAND AND YOUR BLOOD TO GLASS?

Lackey: WELL, MA'AM, IT'S-

Panel 3: Hill and the lackey are just outside a darkened corridor in the formation, with what, from this distance, looks to be a vine coming out of it.

Hill: IT'S A VITAL MEMBER OF OUR INITIATIVE FORCES, SOLDIER!

Lackey: NO, NO, MA'AM. IT'S JUST BEEN INCREDIBLY DIFFICULT TO PINPOINT THE LOCATION, AND THEN ON TOP OF THAT WE HAD TO FIND OUT EXACTLY WHAT THE BOMBARDMENT WAS.

Hill: AND? I DON'T JUST ASK YOU TO TELL ME ABOUT THE PROCCESS, I EXPECT RESU-

Panel 4: Hill is staring, shocked, into the corridor in the rock. The lackey is distressed, but not surprised.

Lackey: THE RESULT KIND OF SPEAKS FOR ITSELF. THE A.I.M. BOMBARDMENT HAD A PAYLOAD OF LIZARD FORMULA--

Panel 5: Wide shot of what's in the corridor: Komodo, who is incredibly gaunt due to being stuck in the desert for weeks, and covered in extra, budded limbs, growing from all over her body.

Lackey: --AN OVERDOSE.

Komodo - Us vs. Them - J.D. Coughlan

Follows on from this script.

Panel 1: The same shadowy room from the last page. Doctor Connors sits tied to a chair, the lizard-man standing over him, gloating. Other lizard-people standing in the background in robes.

MAN: So, Dr. Connors, if you will simply revert back to your true form...

Panel 2: The lizard-man turns to look at one of the robed figures (Komodo) elbowing another in the face. The other guys in robes are also startled.

KOMODO: Sorry to gatecrash the party.

SFX: CRACK

Panel 3: Komodo, still concealed by her robe, fights off the other robed guys, successfully. The lizard-man watches in shock.

SFX: POW

SFX: THUMP

MAN: What is--!? How dare you intrude on a sacred ceremony! The Order will not let you live!

Panel 4: Close up as Komodo punches the lizard-man hard in the face.

SFX: CRUNCH

Panel 5: The lizard-people now all lying unconscious. Komodo pulls down her hood. Connors reacts with surprise.

CONNORS: Melati!

Panel 6: Komodo bends over to eye-level with Connors, with a serious expression.

KOMODO: If we're gonna get out of here alive, Dr. Connors, we're going to need...

KOMODO: The Lizard.

END OF PAGE

Komodo - Healing - Grant McLaughlin

So I can't really tell whether or not Komodo is currently depowered or not in continuity.  I'm going with a world where that answer is "yes" and she has been for a while.

1 - Low shot.  Melati Kusuma sitting glumly in her wheelchair is the focus of this panel, but the foreground is filled with the legs of people walking by in front of her in either direction.  She is stationary, looking longingly towards these limbs, which (if possible) look kind of like bars of a jail around her.

CAPTION (MELATI): I still miss it sometimes.

2 - Move closer to Melati.  She rubs her legs absentmindedly as she continues to look off into the distance with a frown on her face.  From the background, it's evident that she is in a park of some description.

CAPTION (MELATI): It can be tempting to think that, having lost them a second time, my life is over.

CAPTION (MELATI): That nothing I do will ever make me feel better.

3 - Someone off-panel calls to Melati, causing her to look (with some surprise) over her shoulder towards the source of the sound.

VOICE (off-panel): Melati!

CAPTION (MELATI): But life is about choices.

4 - Switch angles to an over the shoulder view of Melati.  She looks with an evident smile upon a group of women who are ready and waiting to play some wheelchair basketball.

CAPTION (MELATI): And I think it's about time to choose to be happy.

WOMAN: ...are we doing this or what?

MELATI: You better believe it!

Komodo - Catch Up - Ben Rosenthal

1.  Komodo is sitting in a room.  We see her full body, facing head on to the panel.

KOMODO
I look like a monster.  Something from a helpless child's nightmare.

2.  Exactly the same framing as the previous panel, but Komodo is now in human form.  We can see her legs are not there.

KOMODO
Or, I am the helpless child.

3.  A head shot.  Komodo is back in her lizard form.

KOMODO 
Like this, I only appear as a monster.


5.  The largest panel of the page. Komodo is back in her lizard form, stading up and walking out the room - we can see what it is now.  A visiting room in a high security prison.  She was visiting someone.  That someone is Hardball.

KOMODO
You're are one.

6.  A smaller panel of Hardball, similar to the first panel.  He is silent.  He is pensive.

Komodo – Latveria, USA – MK Stangeland Jr.

(The following comes from an idea I’ve had for a KOMODO story that I’d be inclined to try pitching to MARVEL if they ever asked if I wanted to write something for them.

The summery thus far: While driving cross-country, KOMODO stumbled upon an out-of-the-way town filled with rogue DOOMBOTS trying to live a more peaceful, DR. DOOM-free lifestyle. Also, THE CAPTAIN – last seen in NEXTWAVE – is living there too for reasons. However, soon after KOMODO showed up, so too did DR. DOOM – who is secretly actually another DOOMBOT, just a higher quality one – who started shooting up the place.)

(6 Panels)

Panel 1: KOMODO is using THE CAPTAIN’s attempt to fight DR. DOOM to high just out of sight so she can recover and think. She holds the head of DOOMBOT STEVE in her hands.

KOMODO (1): I need a plan! I don’t have the firepower to fight Dr. Doom head-on.

KOMODO (2): Why don’t any of you do anything?

SFX: (From Off-Panel) Pew! Pew!

Panel 2: Close-in focus on the head of DOOMBOT STEVE.

DOOMBOT STEVE (1): We are attempting to live a DR. DOOM-free lifestyle. That includes purging violence from our systems.

DOOMBOT STEVE (2): We keep THE CAPTAIN around to do it for us.

SFX: (From Off-Panel) tt-ZZZ!

Panel 3: THE CAPTAIN comes crashing to the ground and bounces off the ground a little as his own attempt to fight DR. DOOM gets lackluster results.

SFX: cr-UNK!

THE CAPTAIN: ☠☠☠☠ing ow!

Panel 4: KOMODO tries to hold in feelings of frustration as the scene deteriorates around her. The tail-end of THE CAPTAIN can be seen as he bounces off-panel.

DOOMBOT STEVE: What was that? Is THE CAPTAIN winning?

Panel 5: KOMODO makes a dash for it, still holding the head of DOOMBOT STEVE.

DOOMBOT STEVE: Where are we going?

KOMODO: I know some code. If I can find a computer, maybe I can re-install your backbone.

Panel 6: KOMODO continues to run for it as shots from DR. DOOM hit the ground behind her. She’s worried less about getting hit herself and more about the head of DOOMBOT STEVE getting destroyed.

SFX: BOOM!

SFX: Ker-SPLODE!

KOMODO: (Shouting, to get over the sounds of the explosions around her.) MIGHT AT LEAST BUY ME TIME TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING BETTER!

(END PAGE)

Why Komodo?

You ever have that character where you read a series, and they become one of your favorite characters from that series? But then, when it ends, they just kind of…disappear? Despite being part of a larger comic universe? You never hear about anything happening to them, they just kind of fade off? Where about the only evidence they ever existed are those comics where they showed up in the first place and any online references to them?

For me, that about sums up Melati Kusuma, AKA Komodo. Created by Dan Slott for the Avengers: The Initiative series (one of the first series I read regularly when I started reading comics regularly) – her backstory was that she was a student of Dr. Curt Connors, AKA The Lizard, who was missing her legs and fixed his lizard formula.

Well, the part that makes you crazy, at least. Which gave her the power to change into a lizard woman at will with a healing factor that’s just this side of the likes of Wolverine and Deadpool. Granted, she has to stay as a lizard woman if she wants to keep her legs, but it’s not really anything she seems to have a problem with.

Pile on top of that the genius she has which allowed her to get said powers – genius I would argue allows her the potential to join the ranks of other B-Level geniuses of the Marvel Universe like Beast and Spider-Man – and both her dedication and flat-out skill as a superhero that made her one of the top recruits of the Initiative series, and you have someone with a lot going for her.

Which makes it sad that, since The Initiative ended, she’s all but disappeared from the Marvel U. She’s popped up a couple times since then, but for the most part? Nada. It’s especially troubling since the guy who created her is currently the Spider-Man writer. The same Spider-Man who has Dr. Connors, The Lizard, as a long-time enemy.

That’s ‘Why Komodo’. Because I know she has a lot of potential that’s being wasted right now, and I want to see how much of that potential we can use here at Thought Balloons this week.

That includes any play at home writers who’d also like to have a go at it! As always, if you’d like to write a script this week, feel free to post it in the comments section of this ‘Why?’ below!

New Tenured Writer

I bring you some good and some bad news.  The bad news is that both Shaun and Brian have had to step aside from their Thought Balloons tenured writer positions.  Shaun has been with us for a while, having joined under the reign of Ryan Lindsay.  His contributions to the site have been both numerous and well written.   Brian was with us only a short time, but wrote some tight scripts.  We would like to wish both well in their future comic writing endeavours.  

And now for the good news - we have a NEW TENURED WRITER (obviously.  It's the title of this post).

Ladies and gentlemen, please welcome former play at home writer ARBY MOAY to the team.  Arby has posted scripts in the WHY section for a while now, so when a position came up he was a natural to join.  But that's enough from me, I'll let Arby introduce himself:

"Arby Moay is an aspiring comic book writer and novelist from the Philippines who dreams of one day going into outerspace because it seems like it could be fun. Having recently graduated from university, he is still currently looking for a good computer job, and is being very picky about it.

He's been a lifelong fan of Batman and Robin, growing up in the 90's along with the animated series, watching it when nobody's around because the 'rents and nanny banned him of doing so (they think the show's too dark and violent). However, his relationship with actual comic books has only been for a little over a year, taking interest when he found out that his favorite novelist at the time, Neil Gaiman, wrote a Batman comic. About Bruce's funeral. Arby's been broke ever since.

You can find him on https://twitter.com/aeglyss15, and on http://aeglyss.tumblr.com. He also has a webcomic called Sims University (currently in limbo) which uses the PC game Sims 3 as art, because he doesn't know anyone who isn't too busy to draw for him."

Don't forget that you too can play along at home (and maybe step up and become a tenured writer as well).  Simply post your one page script in the current week's Why? post comment section.  Feedback guaranteed.  

Warriors Three - Snipe Hunt - R.A. Wonsowski

Panel 1- Standing under a streetlight, trying to look inconspicuous in trench coats, cheap suits, and sunglasses are HOGUN, VOLSTAGG, and FANDRAL (HOGUN and VOLSTAGG are still wearing their headgear). JÀNE FOSTER has walked past them, has jolted herself to a stop midstride.

JANE: ?

Panel 2- JANE has turned, scratching her head, talking the three, who are trying to act nonchalant.

JANE: Volstagg, what are you guys doing?

VOLSTAGG: SHH! We are, as you say, under the covers. Out on a stake.

Panel 3- JANE facepalms as VOLSTAGG pulls a pair of opera glasses from his coat pocket. FANDRALL turns to her to explain as HOGUN looks off-panel.

JANE: Oh for the love of...

FANDRALL: Loki told us of a great beast that escaped his dungeon. He called it a "snipe", a giant fanged cow that breathes blue fire and glows purple when spooked...

Panel 4- HOGUN points off panel, VOLSTAGG looks in the same direction through the tiny glasses. JANE is exasperated as FANDRALL continues.

FANDRALL: It must be found before Odin, Father of All, discovers its absence...

JANE: Guys! The god of mischief sent you on a snipe hunt! There's no such thing as a...

(Off-Panel) CRASH!

Panel 5- All four step back as the SNIPE, exactly as FANDRALL described, charges across panel. Recently torn off flashing police car lights are impaled on its horns.

SNIPE: MOOO!!!

Panel 6- VOLSTAGG grins, seething with excitement as FANDRALL draws his sword to go after the snipe. HOGUN follows grimly as JANE puts her head down and walks off on the opposite direction.

VOLSTAGG: The hunt is on!

JANE: I'm going home...

HOGUN: Loki has much to answer for...

(Off-Panel) CRASH!!!

SNIPE (Off-Panel): MOOOO!!

Warriors 3 - King Of Trios - Niel Jacoby

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Panel 1: The Warriors 3 are getting out of a rather small car, a VW Beetle or something, small enough that Volstagg is straining to pop himself out of the driver's seat area, in a parking lot.

Caption: EASTON, PA

Fandral: WHEN YOU PROPOSED A ROAD TRIP, I SHOULD HAVE KNOWN TO ASK WHERE TO.

Hogun: THIS HAD BETTER BE WORTH IT, VOLSTAGG.

Volstagg: OH, BUT IT IS, MY FELLOW FIGHTERS! FOR TODAY, WE PARTAKE IN THE GREATEST PASTIME A WARRIOR MAY HAVE!

Panel 2: Volstagg is bursting through the doors of the Easton Funplex with a massive wad of cash in one hand, and a Chikara staffer seated at a folding table is startled.

Volstagg: ENTRANCE KEEPER, HOW MUCH FOR 3 OF YOUR FINEST FRONT ROW SEATS?

Staffer: YOU-YOU'RE JUST IN LUCK, SIR. WE'VE GOT JUST 3 LEFT!

Panel 3: Volstagg, Hogun, and Fandral are sitting in their front row seats. Volstagg's folding chair is obviously straining to support him, and he is loaded down with a bevy of snacks. In the ring, we can see The Faces Of Pain(The Barbarian, Meng and The Warlord) and Team ROH(Nick Jackson, Matt Jackson, and Mike Bennett) facing off for their first round match. Hogun is clearly disinterested in the action, while Fandral is eyeing Maria, Mike Bennett's valet.

Hogun: FRANKLY, VOLSTAGG, I DON'T KNOW HOW YOU THOUGHT WE-

Panel 4: In the ring, Nick and Matt Jackson simultaneously superkick The Warlord, and we can see Hogun react in astonishment in the crowd.

SFX: SMAK!

Panel 5: Hogun is standing up, in a rage, as Fandral continues eyeing Maria. Volstagg is startled, but continues eating.

Hogun: THAT IS NOT HOW WARRIORS CONDUCT THEMSELVES! BOOOOOO! BOOOOOO! HISS AND BOOOOOO, GOOD SIR!

Fandral: IS THAT AN ILLEGAL FOREIGN OBJECT IN YOUR PANTS, FINE MAIDEN, OR ARE YOU SIMPLY THAT ENJOYED TO SEE MY BEAUTIFUL VISAGE?

(P.S. sorry this one went up a little late, I've been kind of busy as of late)

Warriors Three – Friendly Duel – MK Stangeland Jr.

(7 Panels)

Panel 1: A minor hall in ASGARD. VOLSTAGG sits at a table with a beer in one hand and a very large piece of meat on a stick in the other.

FANDRAL and HOGUN stand in front of the table. Neither looks fully outfitted for battle, but are prepped for a friendly bout against each other. FANDRAL is shirtless and wields an Asguardian-style Rapier, while Hogun wields a blunted mace and still has a comfortably-fitting shirt on.

FANDRAL: Are you sure you don’t want in on this, Volstagg?

VOLSTAGG (1): I am already in a duel, good friend!

VOLSTAGG (2): A duel with my lunch! Ha ha!

Panel 2: HOGUN readies his mace as he prepares to swing it. FANDRAL does not look worried.

HOGUN: Are you sure you want to fight with your shirt off?

FANDRAL: Why? Are you jealous?

HOGUN: I’d hate to ruin your body for you.

Panel 3: HOGUN ‘punches’ forwards with his mace. FANDRAL easily dodges to the side, though the mace looks as though it only misses him by a small margin.

SFX: MISS!

FANDRAL: That would require you be able to hit me, good sir!

Panel 4: FANDRAL swings his blade at HOGUN, an attack that HOGUN easily deflects with his mace.

HOGUN: Your overflowing self-assurance will be your undoing.

FANDRAL: Always with the grim perspective, eh?

Panel 5: The cleanly-licked stick that was holding VOLSTAGG’s meat flies from off-panel and smacks FANDRAL in the face. HOGUN watches in surprise.

SFX: smack!

HOGUN and FANDRAL: !

Panel 6: HOGUN gets knocked over as VOLSTAGG slams into him stomach-first.

SFX: BOOMP!

HOGUN: !

Panel 7: FANDRAL and HOGUN lie on the ground. VOLSTAGG stands over the both of them, looking quite pleased with himself. FANDRAL and HOGAN have a look of mild annoyance at the situation of things.

VOLSTAGG: Sorry, good friends, but I finished my first duel, and thought I would join yours!

(END PAGE)

Warriors Three - Three Men - Ben Rosenthal

1.  Close up of Fandral, torso up.  He is looking down to something that is in front of him (off panel).  .  What we can see of the background behind him is dark.  He looks confused.

FANDRAL
Well, this is a unique situation.


2.  Close up of Hogun, same framing as Fandral in the previous panel, and is also looking down at the off panel object.  His grim, stone-faced expression reveals nothing other than he is not happy about this situation.

HOGUN
It is a trap.  Dispose of it.


3.  Once again, same framing on a close up of  Volstaag also looking at the object below off panel.  He is happy with the object.

VOLSTAAG
Nonsense.  He may be a lot of things--


4.  High shot of looking down at the Warrior's Three.  They are looking at a small baby Loki in the middle of them.

VOLSTAAG
But he has never been so cute!


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Yeah - Warriors Three and a Baby.  
I would write the hell out of this.

Warriors Three - To Hel and Back - J.D. Coughlan

Thor has been tricked by Hela, queen of the underworld, and has now become her eternal prisoner. The Warriors Three journey to Hel to free him.

Panel 1: Wide shot. The Warriors Three stand in the barren wasteland that is Hel, before Hela sat on her throne, above them. Their weapons are drawn.

HELA: What's this? You come to my kingdom of the dead to parlay with me for Thor's freedom?

Panel 2: Group shot of the threesome. Fandral stands in the middle, holding his sword low, a smug grin on his face. Volstagg and Hogun brandish their weapons closely, serious expressions.

FANDRAL: Nay, Queen Hela. We come to correct an injustice.

VOLSTAGG: Aye! And we shall do so by tongue or by steel. Your choice, witch.

FANDRAL: I assure you, I am talented with both.

Panel 3: Wide shot again. Hela raises her hand, and zombie-like creatures are rising from the dirt. The Warriors stand tightly together, facing out, on guard with their weapons.

HELA: You think you three have the might to defeat my legions of the dead? Three of you, against every soul that has ever lived?

Panel 4: Close on the trio. Hogun faces Hela now, but Fandral and Volstagg look over their shoulders at her. All have determination in their eyes.

HOGUN: For our brother-in-arms, we shall fight til our last breaths. And then, when time and age claim us and send us to your damned dominion, we shall take up the fight again, until Ragnarock itself. But we shall not leave here without Thor.

HOGUN: Know this, or, by all means, test it.

END OF PAGE

Why the Warriors Three?

All good superhero series need a strong supporting cast. Characters who serve as sounding boards for the main hero, whether as allies or annoyances. The Warriors Three are somewhere in the middle. Created especially for Marvel and not based on any Norse mythological figures, they do still draw influence from famous actors at the time of their inception (the 1960s).

Volstagg (behind), Fandral (L), Hogun (R)

Hogun -- Grim, stone-faced and a man of few words, he is the fighter of the group, and the most serious. Hogun is the one to really be afraid of. Not one of the Asgardians, he does not possess their typical godly gifts, but his determination in battle would make you think otherwise. He is loosely based on Charles Bronson.

Fandral -- The dashing, suave, ladies' man of the trio. An adventure-seeker, he often puts glory and reputation before reality. But he his foppish behaviour hides his swashbuckling skill, and he should not be underestimated. He is loosely based on Errol Flynn.

Volstagg -- Known as Volstagg the Voluminous for his sheer size alone, he truly is a powerful presence. He has a hearty appetite for life
, battle, and, of course, food. But he has a stout soul as well. Just like Hogun's heritage and Fandral's attitude, Volstagg's figure can be misleading. He can easily match his cohorts in combat, if not exceed them, and will not turn from a fight. He is loosely based on Orson Welles' performance of Shakespeare's Falstaff.

With these three covering the trifecta of characterisation, they are a writer's dream team. Each one will react to any given situation almost completely differently, and all possible personality types are represented. And while the Warriors Three may seem like a comedy triple act on the surface, when the shit hits the fan, you can see why Thor chooses to ride into battle with these guys at his side.

Truly, they are mighty warriors

Lobster Johnson and the Knights of the Moon - R.A. Wonsowski

Splash page - worm's eye view, in the Egyptian tomb of Khonshu.  The high temple walls are covered in hieroglyphics, and standing tall in an enormous recess is the white alabaster statue of the moon god of vengeance, Khonshu, two crossed scepters in his hands, one in the shape of an ankh, the other topped with a crescent moon. Foreground, LOBSTER JOHNSON looks around warily, aware that something is amiss, holding a blazing torch high before him, the flames reflecting in his goggles. Background, descending from the ceiling are three warriors in white scarves covering their heads and faces, shirtless and barefoot in white pants. Each has a scimitar in one hand as they rappel down the walls with the other. The skeletons of Nazi German and Communist Chinese soldiers hang from the walls and ceiling by unseen hooks, spikes, and nooses.

CAPTION: If previous experience has taught me anything, I should expect company in three...two...

TITLE: It's pulp action like you crave... Lobster Johnson in...BY THE KNIGHTS OF THE SILVERY MOON! - by Wonsowski, Sienkiewicz, and other hard-to-spell names!

Lobster Johnson y El Ángel Rojo De Guadalajara Contra La Mafia - Niel Jacoby

Panel 1: Hellboy is in a hotel room in Mexico fiddling with a DVD player, trying to hook it up to the TV. He is consternated and sauced. Bottles of tequila litter the room. We can see that the sun is shining outside.

Caption: MEXICO, DURING HELLBOY'S... LEAVE OF ABSENCE FROM THE BPRD

Hellboy(muttering): fuggin technology... why woncha jes work already. dangit.

Panel 2: It's now night, and Hellboy has roped the concierge or some other hotel staff member into helping him hook up the DVD player. The staff member is leaving, obviously irritated. Hellboy is exhausted, and still sauced.

Hellboy: HEY, UH, THANKS.

Staff: <NO THANKS FOR THE TIP, ASSHOLE.>

Hellboy: UH, SURE, YOU TOO, PAL.

Panel 3: Hellboy settles into the hotel bed with the DVD player remote.

Hellboy: AHHHH, MOVIE TIME.

Panel 4: This panel is the DVD menu screen for the film LOBSTER JOHNSON AND THE RED ANGEL OF GUADALAJARA VERSUS THE MAFIA, featuring 4 options: INCIO, PREPERAR, ESCENAS, and CARACTERÍSTICAS ESPECIALES.

Hellboy(OP): AH SHIT. INCIO SHOULD BE PLAY, RIGHT?

Panel 5: This panel is part of the film LOBSTER JOHNSON AND THE RED ANGEL OF GUADALAJARA VERSUS THE MAFIA, and should be in a Golden Age comics style. Lobster Johnson is in the stands of a lucha libre match, eating popcorn.

Announcer(through speakers): Y AHORA, EL CAMPEÓN DEL MUNDO, EL ÁNGEL ROJO DE GUADALAJARA

Hellboy(off panel): WHERE'S THE AUDIO BUTTON?
SFX: KLK!
Announcer(through speakers): Il est un héros AUX ENFANTS
SFX: KLK!
Announcer(through speakers): И уважаемый член общины!

Panel 6: as above, this is part of the movie. The Red Angel is standing in the ring, a microphone in his hand. We can see Lobster Johnson behind him in the crowd, bashful.
SFX: KLK!

Red Angel: MY FRIENDS, FANS, AND COUNTRYMEN, I STAND BEFORE YOU A PROUD MAN! NOT ONLY AM I IN THE FINEST CITY IN ALL OF MEXICO, MY DEAR FRIEND LOBSTER JOHNSON IS IN THE CROWD TONIGHT! GIVE HIM A ROUND OF APPLAUSE!

SFX: APPLAUSE!

Lobster Johnson - Better Dead Than Red - J.D. Coughlan

Lobster, investigating a high-profile kidnapping, follows a lead to an abandoned warehouse, finding nothing there.

Panel 1: Lobster whips around swiftly at the sound of a voice, poised for attack.

GREEN (O.P.): Apologies for misleading you, Mr. Johnson...

Panel 2: Three men in suits enter the room. The middle one, Agent Green, holds his hands up calmly. Lobster remains guarded.

GREEN: But your government needs your expertise in helping with a matter of national security.

LOBSTER: Who the hell are you?

Panel 3: Close up on Agent Green. He smiles fakely. The other two agents remain stone-faced in the background.

GREEN: Agent Green, FBI.

Panel 4: Wide shot of the room. Lobster relaxes a little, but not much.

GREEN: The House Un-American Activities Committee is dealing with a few difficult individuals who are a threat to our way of life. Someone with your skills would be of great use.

Panel 5: Close on Lobster. He sneers in disgust.

LOBSTER: Forget it. I don't do Uncle Sam's dirty work.

Panel 6: All three agents in panel, drawing their handguns.

GREEN: I think you'll reconsider, Mr. Johnson. Otherwise, you'll start to look pretty red yourself. And red lobsters, well... they're ready to cook.

END OF PAGE

Lobster Johnson – Critical Dissonance – MK Stangeland Jr.

(9 Panels)

Panel 1: Panel shaped like a TV screen. On the screen is a title shot for a fictional children’s TV show, “THE NEW LOBSTER JOHNSON ADVENTURES!”. In addition to the name of the show, the title screen should also have a child-friendly version of LOBSTER JOHNSON in some kind of action-ready pose. Also present should be lobster-like sidekick character, LOBBER. Best reference would probably be the lobster character seen with LOBSTER JOHNSON in the ITTY BITTY HELLBOY miniseries.

HELLBOY: (Off-Panel) Bull$%*^! BULL$%*^!!!

Panel 2: TV screen panel. LOBSTER JOHNSON and LOBBER are in the CLAW CAVE (think ‘Batcave’, but for LOBSTER JOHNSON). LOBSTER JOHNSON is at a SCIENCE(!) table while LOBBER is next to him. On the table is generic SCIENCE(!) stuff.

HELLBOY: (Off-Panel: The words should be positioned as if his complaining is making it impossible to hear what’s on the TV.) Is this a joke? Because I’m not laughing.

Panel 3: The room where the TV is located, with HELLBOY and ABE SAPIAN sitting on a couch in front of the TV. LIZ SHERMAN is sitting in another chair nearby. HELLBOY looks particularly perturbed by what he’s seeing.

ABE: Hellboy, do you mind? I’m trying to watch.

HELLBOY: It’s not worth watching! I know Lobster Johnson, and this is not Lobster Johnson!

Panel 4: ABE and HELLBOY sit up and take notice as LOBSTER JOHNSON speaks up from off-panel.

LOBSTER JOHNSON: (Off-panel) I happen to think it’s hilarious.

TV LOBSTER JOHNSON: To the CLAWMOBILE!

Panel 5: ABE and HELLBOY look to where LOBSTER JOHNSON’s voice was coming from, where the GHOST of LOBSTER JOHNSON is just standing there, looking at them.

TV: (MUSIC NOTES)

Panel 6-9: Series of panels as LOBSTER JOHNSON backs up into and then through the wall, taking advantage of his Ghost form to leave the room as he pleases. The final panel should be just a blank wall, showing that JOHNSON has left the room entirely.

TV: (Off-Panel) LOOK OUT! It’s LOBSTER JOHNSON!

(END PAGE)

Lobster Johnson - The More Things Change - Grant McLaughlin

Late 1950s New York City.  Harry McTell, the last remaining member of the Lobster's crew, has returned from the war (the Korean in this instance) and is looking at the (now derelict) warehouse that used to be the crew's base of operations.

1 - Inside the empty warehouse.  Harry McTell stands alone in the space.  He wears his air force uniform, standing with crutches to support himself (seeing as he lost a leg while overseas).  He wears a pensive expression on his face.

CAPTION (LOBSTER): Nothing.

2 - Flashback to the late 1930s (maybe in a sepia tone to emphasize to emphasize the fact).  Harry stands in the same position, but while he's younger (and with both legs), he looks tired.  He is also not alone, as the Lobster stands next to him, gesturing at the space they stand in.  The warehouse looks to be in the process of being packed up.  It remains relatively empty, with lots of boxes lying around and some bigger objects covered by sheets.

LOBSTER (1): That's all that's left.

LOBSTER (2): We used to fill this place with activity.

LOBSTER (3): With hope.

LOBSTER(4): With life.

3 - Move closer in to our two characters.  They almost seem to be looking past each other, both lost in thought.

LOBSTER: Now it's just ghosts and echoes of what used to be.

4 - The Lobster starts to walk away from Harry.  Harry looks and gestures after him.

HARRY: What are you saying, boss?

LOBSTER: I won't have anyone else dying in my place.

5 - The Lobster keeps walking away, bringing him close to the front of the panel (and taking up a good portion of the space).  Harry stands in the background, slumping his shoulders.

LOBSTER: Goodbye, Harry.

6 - Back to the (1950s) present.  Harry holds a similar position to the previous panel.  While the Lobster is obviously gone, another man stands near Harry.  A realtor, he is a young man, dressed relatively well, holding a clipboard in his hands.  He looks tentatively in Harry's direction.

REALTOR (1): Are you sure you want this property, Mr. McTell?

REALTOR (2): There's nothing here.

HARRY: That's alright...

7 - Close in on Harry.  He looks at the warehouse interior, a smile on his face.  The empty space is filled with ghosted images of various 1950s objects and items, as Harry imagines how the warehouse could look when once set up as a new base of operations.

HARRY: I have a pretty good idea of what could go in its place.

Why Lobster Johnson?

It's all about the name.

I mean, the fact that he's a hard-nosed 1930s pulpy action-adventurer New York City crime fighter with
a bitching costume, a loyal crew, and one hell of a deadly touch doesn't hurt.  Neither does the fact that he's a Mike Mignola creation (which is always a good sign), co-written by the extremely skilled John Arcudi, or drawn by such talented artists as Jason Armstrong, Sebastian Fiumara, and Tonci Jonjic.  And let's not forget the many equally colourful characters he's met while fighting fiendish foes, including mystical robots, ancient spirits, superpowered gangsters, black flamed men, space faring Nazis, and many, many more (without even getting into his numerous affairs in the afterlife).

While firmly entrenched in the pulp idiom, the Lobster is a flexible figure who is able to fit into all manner of genre and story.  So I heartily encourage one and all to try their hand at penning their very own one-page tale of action, derring-do, or whatever else may catch one's fancy.

There is, after all, any number of reasons to be a Lobster Johnson fan.

Although the name is still the best one.

Moose Kid Comics - Ultimatum Force: The X-Bloodening - Niel Jacoby

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Panel 1: In normal Moose Kid artstyle, the WIZARD COUNCIL is plotting. One is irritated, the second is sullen, and the third is jumping about holding his hand up like he's trying to get the teacher's attention.

Wizard 1: NO MATTER WHAT WE DO, WHAT WE TRY, THAT MOOSE KID IS STILL HAPPY AS A CLAM!

Wizard 2: I KNEW WE SHOULDN'T HAVE PUT HIM INTO A COMIC!

Wizard 3: OOH! OOH! I HAVE AN IDEA! HOW ABOUT A DIFFERENT COMIC!

Panel 2: The WIZARD COUNCIL is huddled around a comic that WIZARD 3 is holding.

Wizard 1: DIABOLICAL!

Wizard 2: INGENIOUS!

Wizard 3: TOLD YA!

Panel 3: MOOSE KID has found himself in the middle of a gigantic superhero battle. He's still in his normal Moose Kid artstyle, but the rest is in a Jim Lee-esque, stereotypically modern DC artstyle. Tens of heroes with overbusy, dark costumes and permanent scowls are ripping each other's arms off and batting each other with them. The air is dense with caption boxes:

*MY PARENTS ARE DE-
*PUNISHMENT TIME! ALL THE CRIMINAL SCU-
*THE WORLD IS A VAMPIRE, OUT TO DRA-
*-ND HEAVEN KNOWS I'M MISERABLE NOW

and so on and so forth.

Caption(Wizard): LET'S SEE MOOSE KID TRY TO ENJOY THIS! HAHAHA!

Moose Kid - A Jug with Large Handles - R.A. Wonsowski

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Panel 1- MOOSE KID sits at the breakfast table as he pours himself a bowl of Sugar-Frosted Cocoa Bombs.

MOOSE KID: Mr. Jacobs says that marriage isn't just a word, it's a sentence...

Panel 2- MOOSE KID splashes milk from a glass bottle over his cereal.

MOOSE KID: Mr. Fahey told me that marriage is an institution, and it's run by the inmates.

Panel 3- MOOSE KID spoons cereal into his mouth.

MOOSE KID: My Spanish teacher, Mr. Velez, taught us that the word for wives, esposas, is the same as the word for handcuffs.

Panel 4- MOOSE KID talks with his mouth full, spooning more cereal.

MOOSE KID: And Mr. Gibbons says that wives are great, but you have to cook'em just right.

Panel 5- POV shift, we see MOOSE KID has been sitting across the table from ME, who is wearing a Deadpool mask pouring bourbon into a cup of coffee. The WIFE is standing behind me holding a cast iron skillet like a baseball bat.

MOOSE KID: Boy, you sure are bitter when you have writer's block, mister.

ME: Here, know why wedding rings are circular? 'Cause it never #@&%ing ends...

WIFE: Oh, honey...

Moose Kid Comics – Final Destination – MK Stangeland Jr.

(6 Panels)

Panel 1: The WIZARDS headquarters inside the comic. The bulk of them are positioned around and focused on LORD WIZARDY.

LORD WIZARDY: It appears we have run out of options. We must resort to our final solution.

ROBOT WIZARD: *Il-logical*!

LORD WIZARDY: It may not be logical, but if we are to fix our Moose Kid problem, it is our only choice.

Panel 2: LORD WIZARDY holds his hand stretched out above him. It glows as he casts a spell.

LORD WIZARDY: ULTIMATE EVICTION!

Panel 3: A view of the comic that MOOSE KID was sent inside and that the story has been taking place.

Panel 4: The comic opens up and an explosive burst of energy pours out of it as the world of the comic is evicted into the real world.

Panel 5: The WIZARDS lie on the ground around the comic, having just been kicked out themselves.

Panel 6: The WIZARDS look outside to see that the world around them is kind of a mess thanks to the contents of the comic having taken up shop in a non-comic environment.

LORD WIZARDY: Now, the cleanup begins.

(END PAGE)