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BEN WILLSHER
CHRIS BLYTHE
ANNIE PARKHOUSE
WHAT’S
THE POINT? \
MEAN, WHAT’S THE
POINT?
\’M TALKING
ABOUT THE ELECTION.
A NEW MAYOR _ FOR
ALL THE DIFFERENCE
IT’S GOING TO
MAKE.
\ MEAN,
DOESN’T MATTER
WHO YOU VOTE FOR, YOU’RE
GONNA GET SOME BUM _ SOME
SELF-SERVING JERKWAD OUT
TO ROB THE CITY BLIND.
THEY’RE ALL THE SAME,
BELIEVE ME.
NADIA
THAT’S WHY WE’RE
SAYING DON’T VOTE ON
ELECTION DAY. SHOW THOSE
PREENING PARASITES
YOU DON’T GIVE
A HOOT.
AH, WHY
AM \ WASTING
MY BREATH? DO
WHAT YOU WANT,
\ DON’T CARE.
DUNNO
WHY \’M EVEN DOING THIS.
\ MEAN, FOR ALL THE GOOD IT’S
GONNA DO \ COULD HAVE
STAYED IN BED.
AND IT’S NOT JUST
THIS ELECTION, IT’S
EVERYTHING, KNOW WHAT
\’M SAYING? NOTHING
MATTERS. NOT YOU, NOT
ME, NOT A THING IN
OUR INSIGNIFICANT
LITTLE LIVES.
\ MEAN,
WHAT ARE WE IN
THE GREAT COSMIC
SCHEME OF THINGS?
SPECKS OF DUST. MICROBES.
ALL OUR POLITICKING, ALL
OUR PUFFED-UP PRETENSION,
AND LOOK AT US _ AMOEBAS
PLAYING AT GIANTS.
IT’S SO
PATHETIC I’D
LAUGH...
THANK
YOU FOR
LISTENNG.
...IF
\ COULD BE
BOTHERED.
ABSENT:
JUDGE
DREDD.
MEETING, CHIEF JUDGE
FRANCISCO AND THE
COUNCIL OF FIVE.
VASS,
YOU’LL LOOK
INTO WAYS AND
MEANS?
GOOD.
NEXT ITEM,
PSI-DIVISION’S ANNUAL
PROJECTIONS. A QUIET
YEAR, NO SHOCKS
OR SURPRISES.
APPARENTLY.
SO WE’RE
AGREED, FISCAL
DEMANDS REQUIRE
A TAX ON THE
UNBORN.
COMMENTS?
CERTAINLY.
\’VE ALREADY WORKED
UP SOME PRELIMINARY
FIGURES. \’LL HAVE THEM
ON YOUR DESK THIS
AFTERNOON.
\’LL BELIEVE
THAT WHEN IT
HAPPENS.
WHAT
ABOUT THIS
CADET AT THE ACADEMY
_ PREDICTING DEATH,
RIOT, DESTRUCTION
ON ELECTION
DAY?
PSI-DIVISION’S
RECORD OVER THE LAST
FEW YEARS HAS HARDLY
SET THE SLAB
ON FIRE.
HENNESSY,
CHIEF JUDGE. EIGHTH
YEAR, LOW-GRADE STUDENT,
MINOR TELEPATHIC ABILITIES.
AVERAGE IS FIFTY-EIGHT
POINT FOUR PER
CENT.
THAT
BRINGS US
NEATLY TO THE
MAYORAL
ELECTION.
THERE’S
BEEN AMPLE TIME
SINCE THE MURDER ATTEMPT
ON SINFIELD. WE CAN’T PUT IT OFF
ANY LONGER. IF THERE ARE NO
OBJECTIONS \’M SETTING
THE DATE FOR THREE
MONTHS HENCE.
THAT’S
BARELY ABOVE
EENY-MEENY-MINEYMO. \ THINK WE CAN
SAFELY DISCOUNT
HER.
BETTER
TO MAKE IT THREE
WEEKS. LESS DRAIN ON
RESOURCES.
THIS
WHOLE THING’S
BEEN RUMBLING ON
SINCE AMBROSE
DIED.
IF WANTING
THE MUTANTS OUT OF
MEGA-CITY ONE MEANS I’M
A BIGOT _ THEN I’M
A BIGOT!
STARTING
TO GET UGLY.
LET’S BREAK
THIS UP.
LOVE
NORMS, HATE
MUTIES!
LOVE
NORMS, HATE
MUTIES!
LOVE
NORMS, HATE
MUTIES!
DEMOCRACY IN
ACTION. HE’S SEEN
IT ALL BEFORE. HE
REMAINS TO BE
IMPRESSED.
LET THE PEOPLE
DECIDE, AND THE
PEOPLE GAVE YOU
DAVE THE MAYOR,
AND WORSE.
IRONIC THAT THE BEST
MAYOR THEY’D HAD, WHO
MIGHT HAVE MADE A CASE
FOR DEMOCRACY, WAS A
WANTED MASS MURDERER.
HE REMEMBERS
FARGO... THOSE
DYING WORDS.
IT WAS
NEVER MEANT TO...
BE FOREVER,
JOE.
PJ MAYBE - AKA MAYOR AMBROSE _ HAD
SUPPORTED THE JUDGES, BALANCED THE BUDGET,
MADE THE ZOOMS RUN ON TIME. AND HE’D
PROBABLY KILLED ANYONE WHO GOT IN HIS WAY.
WHAT HAD HE MEANT?
NOT THIS, SURELY?
POWER TO THE PEOPLE
_ THESE PEOPLE?
NO, DREDD
COULD NOT
ACCEPT THAT.
OR EVEN
ON HIS
NERVES.
THE COUNCIL HAD APOLOGISED, BUT
THAT WASN’T GOING TO PUT HIM BACK
IN A CUBE. EVEN NOW MAYBE COULD
BE SLAYING HIS WAY TO THE TOP OF
A MAJOR CORPORATION, OR SEDUCING
AN HEIRESS, OR RUNNING FOR MAYOR.
MAYBE WAS STILL AT LARGE.
HIS OWN FAULT. HE SHOULD
HAVE PUT A BULLET THROUGH
HIS SKULL AND BE DONE WITH IT.
AGAIN? WOULD
EVEN PJ MAYBE
HAVE THE NERVE...?
HARDLY LIKELY,
BUT NOT BEYOND
MAYBE TO TRY.
WORTH KEEPING
A SPECIAL EYE ON
THE CANDIDATES.
YOU BROUGHT THIS ON US
ALL, DREDD! YOU’LL GET YOUR
COMEUPPANCE ONE DAY! POWER
TO THE PEOPLE! POWER
TO THE NORMS!
CREEP
DOESN’T NEED AN
AMPLIFIER.
SIMPS
HERE AT SIXTEEN.
SHOULDN’T BE A LOT OF
TROUBLE. \ LEAVE IT
TO YOU.
ATLANTIC
SPACEPORT _
HERE
ON BUSINESS, MS
TORSEN?
AND
PLEASURE.
BUSINESS AND
PLEASURE,
A BIT OF
BOTH.
YOU’RE
STAYING AT THE
HIROSHIMA, SECTOR 1.
YOU’VE BOOKED TWO TICKETS
FOR A SHOW SATURDAY
NIGHT. WHO WILL BE
ACCOMPANYING YOU,
MS TORSEN?
\ DON’T
KNOW. \ DON’T
USUALLY HAVE
TROUBLE FINDING
COMPANY.
YOU’RE
ATTENDING UGLY-CON.
WHAT’S YOUR INTEREST
IN UGLY PEOPLE,
MS TORSEN?
\’M IN
COSMETICS.
IMPORT. YOU COULD SAY
\ BROUGHT UGLY TO
SCANDINAVIA.
\’M
SURE THEY’RE
GRATEFUL.
ROOM
SERVICE.
\’M DAVE,
YOUR BELLHOP. \
HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD
FLIGHT. THEY SAY THOSE
V69s ARE SO QUIET YOU
CAN HEAR A PIN
DROP.
\ WAS
ALL OUT OF
PINS.
ONE SET OF KEYS IS FOR A
BLACK SUPER 3 IN THE HIROSHIMA
POD PARK. PLATE NUMBER’S ON THEM.
THE SECOND SET’S FOR BUSINESS
PREMISES, DEAD EASY ON SOUTH
NYM. THERE’S NO SURVEILLANCE
THE WHOLE BLOCK. ENTER
VIA THE BACK, THROUGH
THE PODWAY.
THE
OTHERS?
GOT YOU
SOME COFFEE
HERE.
THE
BLASTER’S CLEAN
AND UNTRACEABLE.
SAME WITH THE
COM.
GENUINE?
NO, MA’AM,
IT’S NOT PERMITTED.
THE TASTE IS PRETTY
CLOSE, THOUGH. THERE’S
SOME FOOD BARS
AND HERE WE
HAVE _
THEY’VE
BEEN NOTIFIED
SOMETHING BIG’S
GOING DOWN.
THEY’RE
READY.
THEN
ARRANGE A
MEETING. LET’S SAY
MIDNIGHT.
WHEN
ARE YOU OFF
DUTY?
ELEVEN.
SHE WALKS TO THE VENUE, THE
BETTER TO SOAK IN THE ESSENCE
OF THIS PLACE. THE GREATEST
OF THE MEGA-CITIES.
THE GREAT
PARASITE.
A HUGE, INSATIABLE LEECH
ON THE SKIN OF THE PLANET,
SUCKING THE LIFEBLOOD FROM
THE REST OF HUMANITY.
HELLO,
DARLING.
AAAHH - !
HUH?
JOVIS
_ JEEZ! WHO
THE - ?
LET THEM CARRY ON, BLIND
TO WHAT IS COMING. GIVE
THEM NO WARNING. ONLY
WHEN IT IS TOO LATE SHOULD
THEY KNOW THAT THIS...
...THIS IS THE EVE
OF DESTRUCTION.
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GORDON RENNIE g SIMON COLEBY
BEASTS
WITHIN
COLLECTING THE FIRST FOUR STORIES IN THE ACCLAIMED SERIES
His name is Ichabod
and he was a killer. That
much cannot be denied.
Later on, of course, he
would be known as Ichabod
Azrael. An unusual moniker.
Some say that was his birth
name. Others say that history
passed that mantle upon him on
account of his actions and the
legend that grew thereof.
These things should not
concern you, however.
Part One
All that matters at this juncture
is that his name was Ichabod...
script
Rob Williams
art
... and he was a killer.
Dom Reardon
letters
Ellie De Ville
I wish I could tell you that Ichabod’s father
was taken to drink or discipline by belt and
fist. That life immediately treated the boy
as it would a loathed enemy.
But, the way I heard it, his upbringing
was a hard but normal one for the age.
I guess some people are just born mean.
Stories vary over when Ichabod
first drew the blood of another.
I even heard a song one night
by a campfire that told how his
‘babtism’ saw him facing down
twenty rifle-packing men on horseback armed with only one pistol.
The next dawn Ichabod
owned twenty new horses...
... or so the song went.
He ran with a notorious group of
bushwhackers in the virgin days
of the War Between the States.
A great deal of mayhem and mishap occurred at their hands. Many
pro-Union men visited kingdom.
Many brave men of the South did similar.
Eventually, Ichabod chose to set out alone. His
Missouri companions, unnerved by the severity of his
continued presence, did not argue with his choice.
In a landscape of chaos, the clarity of
a cause can often become obscured.
Some just seized the opportunity
to kill with impunity.
They were days of heavy darkness. Loss was a kinsman to all.
These were dangerous
days to be abroad.
God-fearing families gathered their
possessions and fled the region so they
might find some semblance of safety.
Many souls were lost.
Ichabod’s notoriety grew. And that
is not a good thing for an outlaw.
Eventually, the city of Corinth held one funeral
too many at his hands, the loss of an idealistic
new lawman being the final capacious wound.
And so Bloody Bill Sterling
and his boys were hired.
Killed more men than marriage,
so Bloody Bill’s legend went.
His was an unerring aim, almost supernatural in nature and available for hire to
any cause, regardless of its moral merit.
A reckoning was coming for Ichabod.
Yet the ghost of luck rode with him
a while longer, for it was then that
he disappeared. No word was heard
of him for a full four months.
Some posited that he was killed.
Finally defeated in a knife fight by
a monstrous strong Injun, I heard.
Others said that the devil himself
took him in that winter to finalise
the minutiae of a previously
agreed legal contract.
One man I spoke to claimed he
knew the real truth of Ichabod’s
invisibility – that he had a secret
love who would take him in for
long periods and offer him solace.
That she, a rare natural beauty
of angelic grace, was the only
thing on this Earth that could
tame his clawing rage and give
him something akin to peace.
Of course this was nonsense.
The snows eventually passed, however.
Sure enough, Ichabod returned to
Corinth, as a predator always will to
bountiful lands filled with amenable prey.
PLACE THAT
ACCUSING STARE
SOMEWHERE ELSE,
BOY.
AGE DOES
NOT DETER ME
FROM DISCIPLINE.
Yes, Bloody Bill and his men laid in wait.
Theirs was the patience of a poor
young beauty who weds a wealthy
and ebullient septuagenarian.
He took down seven of them, nonetheless.
Even in considerable agonies
his shot was fearsome.
And the deflection of missiles was not
within Ichabod’s considerable skill set.
His steed had perished and Ichabod was wounded
grievous, his life-blood easing away to memory.
Yet somehow, through an
impure determination,
he avoided Bloody Bill
and exited Corinth.
He died just steps beyond the city limits.
And then...
... the second part of Ichabod’s story begins.
UH-HUH.
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UNAUTHORISED
INDIVIDUALS
FROM LEAVING
THE ZONE.
IF YOU
HAVE ANY QUESTIONS,
PLEASE ASK YOUR
NEAREST ETC
REPRESENTATIVE.
MAG GWA HETTA
NA–NAHG GAR
HURNING GAKA
GOOGARK!
HE ASKS HOW MUCH
LONGER HE IS EXPECTED
TO STAY IN THIS, UM,
CRAP–BOX.
HE ALSO MADE
REFERENCE TO YOUR
MOTHER’S REPRODUCTIVE
REGIMEN, CAPTAIN, THOUGH
\ DON’T BELIEVE VAGINA
MEANS QUITE THE SAME
THING TO THEM.
WHAT’S HIS
NAME?
ASK HIM,
KYMN. THAT’S
YOUR DAMN
JOB.
HARD TO
SAY.
NO, REALLY, CAPTAIN
JANZEN. IT’S HARD
TO SAY.
IT’S AN
ARRANGEMENT
OF PHEROMONAL
SYLLABLES.
HIS NAME’S A
SMELL?
PUT
GRAWLIX. HE’S A
GRAWLIX.
SO WHAT
SHOULD \ PUT,
CAPTAIN?
A WHAT?
GRAWLIXES ARE
TYPOGRAPHICAL
SYMBOLS THAT ARE
USED TO SUBSTITUTE
PROFANITIES IN TEXT,
OFFICER BIRDY.
GRAWLIX IS
THEREFORE THE ETC
TERM FOR AN UN–
KNOWN NAME. IT IS
THE EXO EQUIVALENT
OF JOHN DOE.
OKAY.
‘GRAWLIX’.
WHY WAS
HE GOING
FOR THE
WIRE?
NNMA KAGA
GANHAAA LUH
GAJAMAJ!
HE WAS
TIRED OF
WAITING.
HE’D ONLY BEEN
IN THE AREA FOR
THREE HOURS.
NNMA KAGA
GANHAAA LUH
GAJAMAJ!
HE INSISTS
HE WAS TIRED OF
WAITING.
\ CAN’T
EVEN SMELL HIS
NAME, BUT \ KNOW
HE’S LYING.
YOU
CAN?
GOODNESS ME,
CAPTAIN JANZEN,
THAT MUST BE LIKE
HAVING A FIFTH
SENSE.
THAT A
JOKE,
KYMN?
LEAST \ AM
A REGULAR HUMAN,
YOU GREETED SON
OF A BITCH.
MY GOD,
DOES HE TREAT
EVERYONE
LIKE THAT?
REFERENCING
THE FACT THAT \’M
JUST REGULAR
HUMAN, AND LACK
ALL THE FANCY
GREETED
MUTATIONS YOU
GOT?
ONLY
THE GREETED.
CAPTAIN JANZEN
DOESN’T LIKE THE
GREETED VERY
MUCH AT ALL.
IN AN
AFFECTIONATE
WAY, SIR.
\ DIDN’T
REALISE YOU
WERE GREETED,
KYMN.
IT’S
A CLASSIC
PREJUDICE.
HOW DO
YOU SUPPOSE \
WAS TALKING TO
THIS EXO?
\
THOUGHT YOU’D...
LEARNED HOW
TO DO IT.
\ DID.
THE SECOND
\ WALKED IN
THE ROOM.
THE GREET WAS TWENTY–
FIVE YEARS AGO, KYMN.
YOU DON’T LOOK OLD
ENOUGH TO -
MY PARENTS
WERE INFECTED
DURING THE GREET,
BIRDY. LINGUISTIC
TECHNOVIRUS. IT
FUSED INTO THEIR
GENES.
\’M SORRY. \
DIDN’T MEAN
TO PRY.
\ WAS
BORN LIKE
THIS.
YOU’RE AN
ETC OFFICER,
BIRDY, AND IT’S
YOUR FIRST WEEK
ON THE JOB.
IT’S YOUR
BUSINESS
TO PRY.
ETC DESPATCH, THIS
IS JANZEN.
THE EXO WE
BOOKED ISN’T
TALKING -
ALTERCATION
IN PROGRESS, EIGHTELEVEN.
PLEASE
RESPOND.
MEET
& GREET
SCRIPT
PART 01
COLOURS
COLOURS
DAN
ABNETT
KARL
RICHARDSON
ELLIE DE
VILLE
YOU
PEOPLE!
SHAKE
IT!
GLOBAL EXO SEGREGATION
ZONE, ARIZONA, EARTH.
1 JANUARY, 2045.
WE’VE
GOT A LIVE
ONE!
OH JESUS...
DESPATCH, WE’RE
AT THE SCENE.
FOUR, MAYBE FIVE
CRATERS HAVE
KICKED OFF. ALL
JUVENILES.
‘CRATERS’?
NIVOPANTAMIANS.
HYPER-AGGRESSIVE.
EASILY PROVOKED.
VERY COMMON
VISITORS.
YOU NEED BACK-UP
AT THIS TIME,
JANZEN?
THEY’RE KNOWN
AS CRATERS BECAUSE
THAT’S OFTEN ALL
THEY LEAVE.
BIRDY, STAY
BEHIND
ME!
WE’LL SEE.
LOCK UP!
STUN ROUNDS!
FEO, SWEEP THE
SIDE!
KYMN! GREET THEM
AND TELL THEM WHAT’S
COMING IF THEY DON’T
SIMMER DOWN!
SIR!
AREN’T WE...
AREN’T WE SUPPOSED
TO BE A SIX-PERSON
DETAIL, SIR?
WE ARE, AND \’M
SUPPOSED TO HAVE A
HOUSE IN BARBUDA, A
FULL HEAD OF HAIR, AND
A WIFE WHO LOOKS
LIKE WILLOW
SMITH.
YOU CAN’T ALWAYS
GET WHAT YOU WANT,
AND IF YOU TRY
SOMETIMES, YOU
CAN’T GET WHAT
YOU NEED
EITHER.
<EXO TRANSFER
CONTROL! ATTENTION,
NIVOPANTAMIAN
INFRACTORS!
DESIST!>
<\ REPEAT,
CIVILLY BUT
FIRMLY, DESIST
FROM
THIS ->
YES, CAPTAIN.
UGHHN!
OH SHIT!
GRAWLIX IT,
BIRDY. YOU’RE IN
UNIFORM.
GO! GO!
ABSCONDER!
BACK DOOR!
YEAH?
PUT IT DOWN!
BIRDY!
YOUR
FACE OR
MINE?
OHMYGOD!
OHMYGOD!
THE LITTLE
TRIGGERY
THING, BIRDY?
IT MAKES THE
GUN WORK.
AAARRRGGH!
WHAT’S THE STORY, CRATER?
YOU BOYS WEREN’T DUE TO KICK
OFF A NOISE FESTIVAL
FOR WEEKS.
SOMEONE
PAID THEM TO
CAUSE A LITTLE
SCENE.
YOU
REHEARSING?
DESPATCH?
IT WAS A STAGED
DIVERSION. SOMEONE’S
UP TO SOMETHING.
\ NEED YOU
TO CHECK THE WIRE
BETWEEN HERE AND
EIGHTEEN.
ABATOOCHEMADA
JANAFALMULAMATA
AGHN?
EVERY INCH
WE WEREN’T WATCHING
BECAUSE WE WERE
DANCING WITH THE
CRATERS.
MESSAGE
RECEIVED.
STAND BY.
EBODODAKAF
MUGONOOD.
YOU OKAY,
NEWBIE?
THAT WAS... A
LITTLE SCARY.
YOU
THOUGHT THAT
WAS SCARY?
WHY THE HELL
DID YOU PICK
THIS JOB?
HAZE
YOU?
HONEY, ALMOST
EVERY EXO THAT
COMES INTO
THE GREY AREA
PHYSICALLY
OUTCLASSES
US.
THEY GOT WEAPONS.
FREAKY ANATOMY.
POISON. MIND
TRICKS.
LAST WEEK,
WE GOT ONE,
AS GOD IS MY
WITNESS, IT
WAS SWEATING
ACID.
THE
WEEK BEFORE,
THERE WAS THIS
KOOKOOL. IT
BURNED YOUR
EYES TO
LOOK AT
HIM.
LOOK, THIS
IS MY FIRST WEEK,
AND \ KNOW YOU’RE
JUST TRYING TO
HAZE ME, B-
THEY CARRY DISEASES,
VIRUSES, BACTERIA THE
ENTRY SCREENINGS
CAN’T KILL.
THEY GOT APPETITES.
AGENDAS. SOMETIMES YOU
CAN’T TELL IF THEY WANT
TO EAT OR HUMP.
OR BOTH.
MOST DAYS, YOU HAVE
NO IDEA WHY THEY’VE COME,
OR WHAT THEY NEED.
THEY GOT TECHNOLOGY
THAT’LL KILL YOU IF YOU INHALE IT
OR GET IT ON YOUR SKIN.
KILL YOU
OR CHANGE YOU
FOREVER.
IT’S JUST
STUFF THEY’VE
BROUGHT WITH THEM.
STUFF THEY USE. THEY
DON’T EVEN MEAN
TO HARM US WITH
IT.
AND THAT’S
BEFORE YOU GET TO
ANY MALICIOUS
INTENT.
THEY GOT
CRIMES WE DON’T
EVEN RECOGNISE.
THEY DO STUFF THAT
HAS NO MEANING, AND
WILL NEVER HAVE
ANY MEANING
TO US.
THE SATELLITE NET KEEPS
THE REAL TROUBLE
AT BAY.
BUT ONCE
THEY GET DOWN
TO THE SURFACE,
ONCE THEY REACH
THE GREY AREA, ETC
IS THE ONLY THING
STANDING BETWEEN
THEM AND THE
REST OF OUR
PLANET.
\ WANT TO
SCARE YOU, HONEY.
YOU NEED TO BE
SCARED.
AND WE
GOT TO CLEAN
UP THE MESS AND
ZIP SHUT THE
BAGS.
OR YOU
WON’T LAST TO
WEEK TWO.
WHERE’S
BIRDY?
PUKING IN THE
ALLEY.
\ THOUGHT
ABOUT HOLDING
HER HAIR FOR
HER, BUT THIS
AIN’T SPRING
BREAK.
WHY? WHAT
HAPPENED ON
YOUR FIRST
DAY?
\ GOT
MARRIED.
\ REALLY WASN’T
AS GOOD AT THE
TRANSLATION STUFF
BACK THEN.
SHE’S DOING
BETTER THAN \
DID ON MY FIRST
TIME OUT.
THIS IS DESPATCH. YOUR SUSPICION
IS CONFIRMED, JANZEN. WE HAVE A
LARGE ADULT MALE NIVOPANTAMIAN
ATTEMPTING AN EARTHSIDE
BREAKOUT AT
SEVENTEEN.
THIS IS JANZEN.
WHO’S
THERE? WHAT’S THE
SITUATION?
ETC
AGENT ON SCENE,
REQUESTING
ASSIST.
JANZEN? THAT
YOU?
HOW’S
IT ALL GOING,
MATE?
BULLIET?
NAH, \ GOT
BETTER.
\ THOUGHT
YOU DIED!
BUT
\’M PROBABLY
GONNA UNLESS YOU
GIVE ME A HAND WITH
THIS TANKHAT
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ANOTHER LONDON.
ANOTHER 1981.
ANGELA, IT’S...
MONUMENTAL!
WELL?
WHADDYA THINK,
SAMAEL?
\ KNOW THE
SEAMS ARE A BIT
THICK, BUT IT’S FAERY
TWEED. \ HAD TO CUT IT
ALONG SEVEN LINES OF
REALITY JUST TO
HOLD IT IN ONE
DIMENSION.
THE
CLIENT WAS
DUE TO PICK IT
UP TWO WEEKS
AGO.
NOW THE
ASTRONOMICS
ARE SHIFTING OUT OF
SYNCH. IF HE DOESN’T
SHOW UP AND WEAR IT BY
MIDNIGHT TONIGHT, IT’LL
JUST DISSOLVE INTO
NOTHING. C’EST LA VIE,
\ SUPPOSE.
ONE HUNDRED OF
YOUR PRECIOUS
MORTAL YEARS
SPENT CREATING
SOMETHING SO...
FLEETING.
‘IN SHORT
MEASURES LIFE
MAY PERFECT
BE,’ SAM...
... S’WHY \
CHOSE TO FALL,
REMEMBER? SO’S
\ CAN SEE LIFE
A LITTLE MORE
CLEARLY?
AND IT’S THROUGH
THOSE CRACKS
THAT OTHER
EMPIRES MIGHT
SEEK TO GAIN A
FOOTHOLD.
THE SERAPHIM OF SAVILE
ROW EXISTS SOLELY
TO STIR BEAUTY INTO
THE TIDE OF HUMAN
BRUTISHNESS.
WE STILL COUNT YOU
AMONG OUR NUMBER,
BUT ONLY WHILE YOU
STAND AS WE DO,
REMOTE AND
SERENE...
MORTALITY HAS IMBUED
AND YOUR
YOU WITH A MOST UNRULY
FORESIGHT IS
VISION.
FOR THIS REASON WE
PRECISELY THE
FEAR FOR YOU, ANGELA. WE
REASON FOR
FEAR WHERE SUCH VISION
MY VISIT, DEAR
MAY LEAD YOU.
SISTER.
SAM, \’VE
TASTED WONDERFUL,
TERRIBLE THINGS OVER THE
LAST HUNDRED YEARS, AND
\’VE WATCHED THE CRACKS IN
WHAT THESE BRITISH CALL
THEIR ‘EMPIRE’ GET
LONGER AND
DEEPER.
‘... WHATEVER YOUR
DESIGNS UPON THE
HUMAN WORLD,
ANGELA, BE WARNED.
WE CANNOT
INTERVENE SHOULD
YOU MEET WITH
CATASTROPHE.’
‘THAT’S SWEET
OF YOU, SAM,
REALLY ‘ - BUT \’M
AFRAID MORTALITY’S
GIVEN ME SOMETHING
OF A TASTE FOR
CATASTROPHE!’
ALEC
WORLEY
WARREN
PLEECE
ELLIE
DE VILLE
AND THERE STRIDES
THE MAN WHO MAY
LEAD ME TO HIM.
DOES HE NOT
CARRY MY MASTER’S
VERY SWORDSTICK?
IF ONLY \ HAD A
TONGUE WITH WHICH
TO VENT MY SORROW.
MY BODY WAS BUILT TO
WITHSTAND THE ROUGHEST
LABOURS. ALAS, NOT SO
MY HEART. ITS EVERY BEAT
IS A CLUTCH OF AGONY
KNOWING MY MASTER
SURELY DWELLS SOME–
WHERE WITHIN THIS CITY.
THROUGH
HERE, \
THINK...
STRANGE INDEED
THE COURSE THAT
HAS LED ME TO
THIS JUNCTURE...
ABANDONED BY MY MASTER UPON ARCTIC SHORES,
FOR REASONS \ NO DOUBT FULLY DESERVED, \
LEARNED SOON AFTER OF HIS DEMISE AND
BECAME MYSELF A DEATH–STARVED WANDERER.
\ TRAVELLED IMMEDIATELY TO LONDON
DISGUISED AS A MODERN TROUBADOUR
AND EVENTUALLY FOUND THE AUTHOR OF
THE BOOK AT A SIGNING OF HIS WARES.
FOR YEARS \ ROAMED THE FRINGES
OF THE EMPIRE UNTIL, SOMEWHERE IN
THE CARPATHIANS, \ HEARD A
SOLDIER READ ALOUD FROM A
BOOK ONLY RECENTLY PUBLISHED.
\ WAS DEVASTATED TO LEARN THAT THE
WORDS \ BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN WRITTEN
BY MY MASTER WERE AUTHORED INSTEAD
BY THIS CORPULENT OAF.
AMID THAT SWEET SYNTAX, \
RECOGNISED THE VERY WORDS
OF MY MASTER! HIS TONE, THE
DETAILS INVISIBLE TO ALL BUT
ME, HIS DEVOTED SERVANT.
\ WOULD HAVE DISMISSED MY
ERROR AS NAUGHT BUT A MOURNER’S
FANCY HAD \ NOT ESPIED MY MASTER’S
SWORDSTICK IN THIS FELLOW’S PAWS.
WHAT CONNECTION
HAS THIS MAN TO MY
MASTER? \ MUST
KNOW. TRY AS \ MIGHT
\ CANNOT DECIPHER
THE FELLOW’S NAME.
\ CAN MIX COCKTAILS
CAPABLE OF INDUCING
ASTRAL TRAVEL. \ CAN
CREATE A FULL
ENGLISH BREAKFAST
USING ONLY A BOWLER
HAT AND A COPY OF
THE TELEGRAPH.
BUT, ALAS,
WRITTEN LANGUAGE
TO ME REMAINS
A MYSTERIUM
TREMENDUM.
HARK! A GHOSTLY WAIL!
COMMON ENOUGH IN
AN EMPIRE FOUNDED ON
PHANTOMS, AND YET
TERROR RINGS TRUE IN
THAT GHASTLY YELL.
HAS SOME MISFORTUNE
BEFALLEN THE MAN
WHO MAY YET LEAD ME
TO MY MASTER?
HURRR... ?
ECTOPLASM! WHEN
GHOSTS ARE FULLY
FILTERED INTO THE LIVING
WORLD THIS IS THE BASE
CHEMICAL MATTER TO
WHICH THEY ARE REDUCED.
WITH A HOLLOW GURGLE, THE
ROTUND HORROR GUZZLES
UP THE FINAL SHREDS OF
HIS GHOSTLY REPAST AND
FLEES INTO THE NIGHT.
WHITE GOLD. THE
BLOOD OF THE EMPIRE.
AS THE VISCOUS
FORTUNE SLIDES FROM
MY FINGERS, SOMETHING
STIRS THE EMPTY AIR.
\ FANCY THIS PLACE WAS
ONCE FULL OF RAUCOUS
LIFE. ITS CANOPIES RANG
WITH FULL–THROATED
CRIES, THE CLATTER OF
COINS, ALL THE RUDE
BUSTLE OF COMMERCE.
YET NOW THAT LIFE
HAS SOMEHOW
FLED, LEAVING
ONLY SHADOWS
IN ITS WAKE.
FACES WATCH FROM
EMPTY WINDOWS.
FOOTSTEPS PROWL
DESERTED SHOPS.
\ NEED NO FURTHER
ENCOURAGEMENT TO LEAVE
THIS PLACE AND FOLLOW
THE ECTOPLASMIC TRAIL
TO MY QUARRY’S LAIR...
\ HAVE THE VILLAIN
CORNERED.
HE ENTERED HIS HOUSE AT
NUMBER 50 IN GREAT HASTE.
\ SAW HIM BRIEFLY AT HIS
KITCHEN WINDOW, HAVING
RETURNED FROM THE PANTRY
LOOKING VERY MUCH REVIVED.
\ MUST FIND OUT WHAT
HAPPENED TO MY MASTER
AND \ SENSE THE ANSWER
LIES SOMEWHERE WITHIN
THAT DOMICILE...
YES, \
KNOW \’M A
BIT OF A MESS.
SORRY. \ JUST
HAVEN’T BEEN
MYSELF
LATELY.
NOW
LISTEN... \’M
AFRAID \’M REALLY
GOING TO HAVE TO
PUT MY FOOT DOWN
REGARDING YOUR
TENANCY.
YES, \’M WELL
AWARE OF OUR
PREVIOUS AGREEMENT,
BUT DO YOU HAVE ANY
IDEA WHAT IT COSTS TO
MAINTAIN AN ETHERIC
VAULT?
HOW ELSE DO
YOU THINK ALL THE
SPECTRES, WARLOCKS
AND BOOKIES YOU’VE
MANAGED TO OFFEND IN
YOUR LIFETIME HAVEN’T
BEEN ABLE TO FIND
YOU FOR THE LAST
SEVENTY-SIX
YEARS?
AND THESE POINTLESS
LUXURIES - CLOTHES
YOU CAN’T WEAR,
TOBACCO YOU CAN’T
SMOKE... THAT LAST
MAGNUM OF LUNAR
CHAMPAGNE
ALMOST
BANKRUPTED
ME!
AND \’M SORRY
BUT \ SEEM TO
HAVE ACQUIRED
CERTAIN... TASTES,
WHICH \’VE GOTTEN
RATHER USED
TO.
\’VE NO
CHOICE...
... YOU’RE GOING
TO HAVE TO STAY
HERE AND WRITE
ME ANOTHER SET
OF NOVELS.
AS FOR YOUR
INSISTENCE ON
MEETING THIS TAILOR,
JUST GIVE ME HIS
ADDRESS AND \’LL
HAVE HIM SENT
ROUND.
\
APPRECIATE THE
OFFER, OLIVER,
BUT THERE
REALLY IS NO
NEED...
Return of the Chap part one
... \
SHALL BE
ESCAPING
SHORTLY.
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