Panel 1
Inside a
bank with panicking people and thieves with Man-Bat masks holding
shotguns. The lead one is wearing a more
stylized mask, resembling the Caballero’s.
That’s the only hint that this is probably orchestrated by our evil
Mexican president. But this is happening
in America.
LEAD THIEF:
Okay, everybody down on the ground!
LEAD THIEF:
Nobody panics and everybody gets to walk away.
Some of us with a little more money than others!
Panel 2
Different
angle as the bank’s patrons are getting down.
We see our doughy friend Marty Kirby crouching near a security guard (on
his badge we can see “GCPD,” which is our only indication that this is
happening in Gotham), as Marty pulls out his Sandman mask. Marty is whispering to the guard.
Panel 3
Marty,
having now transformed himself into Sandman, is standing up. The guard is not at all convinced this is a
positive development.
MARTY: Stand
down, you goons!
SECURITY
GUARD: What’re you doing???
MARTY: Don’t
worry! I have everything under control!
SECURITY
GUARD: But you’re making yourself a target!
And me!
MARTY: No, I’m
creating a diversion…
Panel 4
Marty is
pointing toward something we can’t see.
MARTY: For that!
TITLE: “American
Idiot”
WRITER: Tony
Laplume
PAGE TWO
Panel 1
Now stands revealed at the entrance of the bank, glowing with all his power, floating in the air, the Boxer! At long last in the spotlight! You’ll find a description of him on the last page of Crisis Weekly #1.
BOXER: What
a strange planet.
BOXER: What
exactly were you expecting to accomplish?
Panel 2
Boxer is
plowing into the thieves.
BOXER: This
institution is filled with paper. Were
you planning to write a book? If so,
they would have had strange bindings.
And have you not yet embraced memory implants for the purposes of
entertainment? I don’t recall having
encountered a more barbarous civilization in all my travels.
Panel 3
Boxer holds
the lead thief in the air.
BOXER:
Humans.
BOXER: No
wonder the Green Lanterns have held such a heavy presence here in recent years. No doubt recruiting more and more of you will
help the Guardians understand your primitive ways. Not that it will help them compete with the
superiority of the Box Elders. Nothing
can help that, I’m afraid.
Panel 4
Boxer has
removed the lead thief’s mask (we see that he indeed has Mexican features), but
he’s actually reacting to something else, a smoke bomb that’s been hurled in
his direction and has gone off.
BOXER: What
fresh madness…?
Panel 5
Marty is
stepping out of the smoke.
MARTY: It’s
me, the Sandman!
MARTY: I’ve
come to expose you, “Boxer.”
Panel 6
Marty has
now pulled out a lighter and has flicked it open.
MARTY: Were
you really stupid enough to reveal your secret identity, just because you’re an
alien here? And call yourself “Barsoom”? Were you trying to make it obvious???
Panel 7
Marty is
waving the lighter in an arc, with flames shooting outward. Boxer is recoiling.
MARTY: “Barsoom”
was Burroughs’ name for Mars, idiot!
PAGE THREE
Panel 1
(splash)
Guy Gardner
has arrived, and he’s blazing yellow, in a yellow variation of the look he had
in Red Lanterns, with a hand being projected from his ring knocking the lighter
out of Marty’s hand.
GUY GARDNER:
Step aside, slick.
GUY GARDNER:
Daddy’s home.
PAGE FOUR
Panel 1
Boxer, who
hasn’t changed his look at all, blasts at Guy with a pure white light
beam. Guy is setting up a shield.
BOXER: Guy
Gardner, the joke of every corps in which he has served. Discovered a new way to humiliate yourself?
GUY GARDNER:
Actually, if you were paying attention, I’ve had a yellow ring before. Didn’t really appreciate it at the time. Now seems about right to instill a little
fear.
Panel 2
Boxer and
Guy are charging at each other.
GUY GARDNER:
You have no idea what you’re gettin’ yourself into, pal.
Panel 3
Boxer throws
a punch at Guy, connecting right in the face.
Longtime Guy fans will appreciate the image.
Panel 4
Guy hasn’t
gone down. He’s smiling.
GUY GARDNER:
New rules, buddy.
PAGE FIVE
Panel 1
Guy has
encased Boxer in a yellow box and is dragging him out and away from the
bank. We can see Marty staring up at
them, having been left completely behind.
MARTY: You’re
welcome!
GUY GARDNER:
Let’s take this outside, huh?
Panel 2
Boxer is
punching his way out of the yellow box.
BOXER: You
have this all wrong. You and your idiot
friend back there.
BOXER: If
there was any doubt at all about me before, it’s about to be expunged
completely. Everyone knows you’re a bad
guy now.
Panel 3
Guy has made
a giant yellow boxing glove and is swinging it at Boxer. The difference between Guy’s and Hal Jordan’s
more famous one is that it’s got spikes at the knuckles. The first line of dialogue is spoken to
himself.
GUY GARDNER:
Hate to give Jordan credit…
GUY GARDNER:
Yeah, no. There’s yer problem right
there.
Panel 4
Swinging the
giant yellow boxing glove downward now.
GUY GARDNER:
You seem to think I give a damn about my bad reputation.
PAGE SIX
Panel 1
Guy is now
producing yellow flame from his ring.
GUY GARDNER:
I never cared what anyone else thought.
Panel 2
Guy’s yellow
flame has expanded and Boxer is changing shape, revealing his White Martian
identity.
GUY GARDNER:
There’s not a whole lot that you can do to someone like me, to make me back
down.
GUY GARDNER:
Guys like me, we always have an ace up our sleeve.
GUY GARDNER:
We just reinvent ourselves.
Panel 3
Guy’s flames
are receding, but Boxer is now fully exposed as a White Martian.
GUY GARDNER:
But I guess you know a little something about that.
PAGE SEVEN
Panel 1
Martian
Manhunter has appeared to assist Guy in bringing “Boxer,” now sporting yellow
cuffs, in.
GUY GARDNER:
Nice of you to drop in, J’onn.
GUY GARDNER:
Now ‘at all the hard work is done.
MARTIAN
MANHUNTER: You know very well that I couldn’t expose myself to…what needed to
be done here, Guy Gardner.
Panel 2
Guy and
Martian Manhunter are flying off with “Boxer.”
BOXER: It
doesn’t matter, you know.
BOXER: All
the victories you’ve had recently.
Panel 3
Close-up of
Boxer.
BOXER: You’ve
still no idea what you’re up against.
BOXER: Or
what comes next.
Panel 4
Guy and
Martian Manhunter share a look.
Panel 5
Close-up of
Guy.
GUY GARDNER:
Oh, we’re puttin’ together a team.
PAGE EIGHT
Panel 1
In a
darkened room, Guy is placing the yellow ring on a desk.
Panel 2
Guy stares
at the ring.
Panel 3
Guy
continues to stare at the ring.
GUY GARDNER:
The things I’ll agree to…
Panel 4
From the shadows
we can see three figures appearing.
GUY GARDNER:
The mess we’re in, I just can’t wait to see how we’re gonna get out of it.
Panel 5
The first
figure we can distinguish is Martian Manhunter.
MARTIAN
MANHUNTER: It will get worse before it gets better.
Panel 6
Now we can
see all the figures clearly. Standing
with Guy and Martian Manhunter are of course President Reilly and Bloodwynd.
LORRAINE
REILLY: There’s work yet to accomplish.
LORRAINE
REILLY: Friends that require rescuing.
LORRAINE
REILLY: Monsters yet to be revealed.
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