(This is set within
the AMALGAM universe, where DARK CLAW (LOGAN WAYNE) has finally caught up with the
mysterious RED HOODLUM (RED HOOD/DAKEN), who has been terrorizing NEW GOTHAM.)
(6 Panels)
Panel 1: DARK CLAW pulls off RED HOODLUM’s mask to
reveal his identity as TODD DAKEN, formerly the second SPARROW.
DARK CLAW: (Continued
from previous page) …Todd Daken?!
Panel 2: DARK CLAW steps back in surprise and shock.
RED HOODLUM reaches for his crowbar.
DARK CLAW: But you…
RED HOODLUM (1): Died?
RED HOODLUM (2): No, I didn’t die, you idiot!
Panel 3: RED HOODLUM swings at DARK CLAW with his
crowbar. DARK CLAW steps back and dodges the swing.
RED HOODLUM: Healing factor, remember?
Panel 4: RED HOODLUM brings his crowbar up above his
head and prepares to swing it down on DARK CLAW. DARK CLAW brings his claws
out.
RED HOODLUM: But noooo, you didn’t even bother to remember!
SFX: sNikT!
Panel 5: RED HOODLUM swings down at DARK CLAW. DARK
CLAW holds his claws up above him to block the crowbar and cut through it as it
comes down.
RED HOODLUM: You’re so eager to angst and brood you ran off
without trying to figure out if I was still alive!
Panel 6: RED HOODLUM throws what’s left of the
crowbar away and pops his own claws.
RED HOODLUM: Well now I’m really going to give you something to angst and brood about.
(END PAGE)
Nice action page! Even though the reader comes in at the tail end, it doesn't feel like it. I struggle with multiple actions in a panel and you paced this really well.
ReplyDeleteI'll admit that I'm not overly familiar with the Amalgam universe, but I get the feeling that the Red Hoodlum is your own contribution to it. And if so, well played. Mixing Jason and Daken is a good call, and you write him with the just the right amount of rage / whine. I like how his indignation is slightly undercut but his seeming juvenile frustration.
ReplyDeleteAnd as Derek rightly points out, well done for hanging it all on a solid little action sequence.