Panel 1 - ESTABLISHING SHOT - EXT. VICTOR'S ZOO: TANKS, CAGES, PITS, PENS
VICTOR VON FRANKENSTEIN (Caption): If only my old creations could see my latest work!
Panel 2 - CLOSER ON ONE OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS
Victor (Caption): Such wondrous beasts... (KIRIN: FLAMING "SCALY" DEER-HORSE)
Panel 3 - CLOSE AGAIN ON ANOTHER OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS
Victor (Caption): Of ancient days... (PIXIU: PREHISTORIC BEAR-DOG-CAT)
Panel 4 - CLOSE YET AGAIN ON A THIRD ONE OF FRANKENSTEIN'S MONSTERS
Victor (Caption): And fabled lore... (BIXIE: FLYING LIGER)
Panel 5 - CLOSE-UP ON VICTOR? WIDE SHOT OF ZOO?
Victor (Caption): How dare that bastard call me a failure?
PAGE TWO: The South Seas, Two Weeks Before
panel 1: EXT. AERIAL SHOT, FLOTILLA WITH FLAGSHIP AT CENTER
EMPRESS NADIRA (caption [or, word balloon from FLAGSHIP]): Queens and kings, emperors and sultans.
Empress Nadira (ditto): Generals, ministers, speculators, tycoons.
EN (ditto): If any of them learns our secrets, the world is ruined!
EN (ditto): And you want me to meet with these... fools?
PAGE THREE: CUT to INTERIOR.
panel 1: INT. FLAGSHIP, BAMBOO DANCER AT BAY, SURROUNDED BY BLADES
EN (off-panel?): Frankly, I'm beginning to question your loyalty. (show back?)
EN (off-panel?): Tell me why I should spare your life.
panel 2: CLOSE-UP ON BAMBOO DANCER, IN A CIRCLE OF SWORDS
BAMBOO DANCER: Three things.
panel 3: CLOSER ON BD
Bamboo Dancer: One: I found Victor Frankenstein.
panel 4: CLOSER ON BD
BD: Two: He's making monsters that can fly. And carry a rider.
panel 5: SILHOUETTE OF EMPRESS NADIRA? BACK VIEW?
EN: And...?
panel 6: CLOSE-UP ON BAMBOO DANCER
BD: Three: He's looking for you.
panel 7: INT. FLAGSHIP, EMPRESS NADIRA BRANDISHES CUTLASS
EN: Then Victor Frankenstein must die! (camera swings around to reveal Nadira?)
PAGE FOUR: The Moon. Just Yesterday.
panel 1
SPLASH: CUT TO: INT. AQ'S WAR-ROOM, (MOONBASE ON VIEWSCREENS)
ANT-QUEEN: These craft you speak of, they are dangerous.
panel 2 CLOSE-UP ON INSPECTOR YI SMALL INSET PANEL
INSPECTOR YI: Breakthroughs in apergy AND levity!
panel 3 CLOSE-UP ON SHADOWY STRANGER SMALL INSET PANEL
SHADOWY STRANGER: Gravitronics? Already?
panel 4 (panel 1?)
Ant-Queen: This cannot continue. No.
panel 5 CLOSE-UP ON INSPECTOR YI SMALL INSET PANEL
Inspector Yi: Yes, gravitronics! At this stage! Isn't it wonderful?
panel 6 CLOSE-UP ON SHADOWY STRANGER SMALL INSET PANEL
Shadowy Stranger: This can't be allowed.
panel 7 (panel 1?)
AQ: NO! This must stop.
PAGE FIVE
Panel 1: "Our" World, 1965. Five Years Ago.
60s/70s Retro-Futurist Collage a la Steranko/Gulacy/McGinnis/Chiriaka
(Steve Epting, Michael Lark, Sean Philips, Eduardo Risso, Fabio Moon, Gabriel Ba)
[Syd Mead, Mike Trim, etc.]
Nick Fury/Master of Kung Fu/Mike Hammer/Casanova/Velvet/Criminal/Sleeper
Scenes of Bamboo Dancer and her girlfriend/lover/partner
Supersexy Super-Scientist Superspy Spacegirl Time-Traveler
whiskey, cigarettes, jewelry, gadgets, guns, gear, danger, intrigue, romance
COLLAGE: LAB, CAR, HOUSE, SPYSUIT, SCIENCE, GADGETS, ORGANISM
BD (Caption): We called it Bamboo Dancer.
BD (Caption): A living organism that could combine with a host.
BD (Caption): We were sure it had special abilities.
BD (Caption): We thought that time travel might be one.
BD (Caption): If we only knew...
Panel 2: "This" World, 1869. Just Last Year.
60s/70s Gothic Horror Splash a la Eerie/Creepy/Wrightson/et al
(Wood/Williamson/Severin/Schultz)
Wrightson's Frankenstein/Schultz's Bonesharps Cover
POV: INT. VICTOR'S LAB, VICTOR WITH A MAD GLARE OF INSANE AMBITION
BD (Caption): I took the dying thing to the one person I thought could save it.
BD: (Caption): It me years to find him.
BD (Caption): I knew right away I'd made a terrible mistake.
PAGE SIX: China, 1870. Ten Minutes Ago.
V: They said it couldn't be done Elizabeth.
V: Even you, my dear.
V: You shouldn't have doubted me.
PAGE SEVEN: Victor's Zoo, Part II, cont'd.
V: I have no more need of you.
PAGE EIGHT ("Meanwhile")
Sibley: No one sees the Master without facing me.
Agent Lee: Now ma'am, we really couldn't.
Inspector Yi: We have vital information for him...
Sibley: NO ONE SEES THE MASTER WITHOUT FACING THE MISTRESS!
PAGE NINE ("Nearby")
Waiter: No one sees the Master of the Villa without seeing the Mistress first.
Alex: Oh, he'll see me. We very old friends. Practically brothers.
AoG: NO ONE SEES THE MISTRESS WITHOUT FACING THE ARMY OF GIANTS!!!
PAGE TEN ("Elsewhere")
Golden Lion: Can this be the one peaceful valley in China?
Silver Arm: If it isn't, we'll keep walking.
Golden Arm: Will you keep walking?
Silver Arm: I might stay for a bit.
Out of Frame: Moo!
Golden Lion: I smell fire. This is peaceful?
Page ELEVEN: Elsewhere, cont'd.
Page Flop: ROAR!!! smoke, fire, farmer's wife and ranchhand battle beasts, others flee
PAGE TWELVE: China, 1870. Now.
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