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Frankenstein's Monsters: Special Preview

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PAGE ONE

Panel 1 (superpanel above)

TIMESTAMP1: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN'S 100TH BIRTHDAY.

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN1: A FULL CENTURY, ELIZABETH! CAN YOU BELIEVE IT?

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN2: IF ONLY MY OLD COHORTS COULD SEE ME NOW!

Panel 2 (KIRIN)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN3 (OFF-PANEL1): THE WIZENED SAGE...

Panels 3 (BIXIE)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN4 (OFF-PANEL2): MASTER OF THE ANCIENT CRAFT...

Panel 4 (PIXIU)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN5 (OFF-PANEL3): KEEPER OF LOST SECRETS.

Panel 5 (superpanel below)

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN6: OH, ELIZABETH!

VICTOR FRANKENSTEIN7: HOW DARE THEY CALL ME A FAILURE?

TIMESTAMP4: TWENTY MINUTES AGO.

PAGE TWO

Panel 1 (splash)

TIMESTAMP1: VENUS.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: THE CHEQUERED PAST, FLAGSHIP OF THE EMPRESS NADIRA.

TIMESTAMP4: THE WEEK BEFORE.

EN: I don't care how you got past my guards on Earth.

EN: Or how you could be stupid enough to use a Portal without permission.

EN: But the Moon-Queen controls the Pathways. And no-one crosses without her consent.

EN: Her wrath will be swift. Your mistake doomed my world.

PAGE THREE

Panel 1 (BD at bay)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): Speak quickly and keep your head.

BAMBOO DANCER: A man named Victor Frankenstein can bypass your Pathways.

BAMBOO DANCER: He's built a... thing that can cross without a Portal.

Panel 2 (BD closeup)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): So Frankenstein lives, eh?

Panel 3 (BD even closer)

EMPRESS NADIRA (off-panel): But why tell me?

Panel "4" (the gap between the inset panels)

BAMBOO DANCER (in gap): He built a monster to protect it. Only you can stop him.

Panel 5 (eyeball closeup)

BAMBOO DANCER (caption? thought balloon?): I knew she wanted it for herself.

Panel 6 (hilt closeup)

EMPRESS NADIRA: Then Victor Frankenstein...

EN: And his monster...

Panel 7 (pullback to Nadira reveal)

EN: Must die!

PAGE FOUR

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: THE MOON.

TIMESTAMP2: 1870.

TIMESTAMP3: AUDIENCE CHAMBER OF THE MOON-QUEEN.

TIMESTAMP4: YESTERDAY.

INSPECTOR YI1: HE'S STILL PERFECTING IT. HE CAN'T CONTROL IT YET.

INSPECTOR YI2: WE'RE NOT READY TO RELEASE HIM INTO YOUR CUSTODY.

MOON-QUEEN1: YOU WILL BRING US BOTH PROTOTYPES. AND DOCTOR FRANKENSTEIN.

DARK STRANGER1: SURELY THIS DISCOVERY WAS MEANT FOR MY PEOPLE!

Panel 2 (Inspector Yi)

INSPECTOR YI3: MY GOVERNMENT DOESN'T SEE IT THAT WAY.

INSPECTOR YI4: THIS WAS DISCOVERED ON OUR WORLD.

MOON-QUEEN2: THIS WILL DESTROY YOUR WORLD.

Panel 3 (Moon-Queen & Dark Stranger)

MOON-QUEEN3 (TELEPATHIC1): YOU ARE NOT THE STEWARDS OF THE PATHWAYS!

MOON-QUEEN4 (TELEPATHIC2): THIS IS FOR THE MOON-FOLK TO SAFEGUARD.

DARK STRANGER2 (TELEPATHIC3): HOW COULD YOU KEEP THIS FROM US?

PAGE FIVE

TIMESTAMP1: ASIA.

TIMESTAMP2: 1970.

TIMESTAMP3: A HUNDRED YEARS IN THE FUTURE.

TIMESTAMP4: AND NOT SO LONG AGO...

Panel 1 (upshot from inside crate)

BD1 (CAP1): FIRST TIME WE'D ALL WORKED TOGETHER.

WS1 (CAP2): PRETTY TYPICAL GIG.

Panel 2 (team working on Org, Mech, Remote)

BD2 (CAP3): STEAL IT AND STUDY IT, THEY SAID.

WS2 (CAP4): REVERSE-ENGINEER THE ARCANE ARTIFACT.

Panel 3 (the pool scene)

BD3 (CAP5): SUPPOSED TO HAVE "ENDLESS POSSIBILITIES".

WS3 (CAP6): THE USUAL "POTENTIAL FOR MISUSE".

BD4 (CAP7): BUT I HAD MY OWN IDEAS.

WS4 (CAP8): THERE WAS POTENTIAL, ALL RIGHT.

Panel 4 (Kestrel w/ Remote)

Panel 5 (the Embrace)

BD5/WS5 (CAP9): WHAT WERE WE THINKING?

Panels 6 & 7

TIMESTAMP5: CHINA.

TIMESTAMP6: 1870.

Panel 6 (WS & MECHANISM)

TIMESTAMP7: LAST MONTH.

WS6 (CAP): IT WAS... DYING?

WS7 : I THOUGHT HE COULD SAVE IT.

WS8: ANOTHER MISTAKE.

VF1: STOP WIGGLING!

Panel 7 (BD & ORGANISM)

TIMESTAMP8: THIS MONTH.

BD6: THE POOR THING.

BD7: I HAD NO IDEA HOW SICK HE WAS.

BD8: IT WAS... DISGUSTING.

VF2: JUST A LITTLE PIECE!

PAGE SIX

Panel 1 (profile w/ skullizabeth)

TIMESTAMP1: CHINA. 1870. FIFTEEN MINUTES AGO.

VF1: THEY ALL DOUBTED ME, ELIZABETH.

VF2: EVEN YOU, MY DEAR.

Panel 2 (toss)

VF3: YOU'RE DEAD TO ME NOW.

Panel 3 (gulp!)

VF4: "HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO VIC--"

PAGE SEVEN (raWr!)

THE MEGAKAIJU: "WIK-TOR!"

VF1: LIZ!?

PAGE EIGHT

Panel 1 (upshot, Sibley shouting down)

TIMESTAMP1: AT THE FRONT DOOR. TEN MINUTES AGO.

SIBLEY ODENWALD: YOU CAN'T SEE HIM!

SIBLEY ODENWALD: IT'S HIS BIRTHDAY!

SIBLEY ODENWALD: NO APPOINTMENTS!

IINSPECTOR YI: MISS SIBLEY, YOU MUST LET US IN!

Panel 2 (over her shoulder)

WESTERN SPY: LOOK, WE'RE ALL DEAD IF YOU DON'T LET US IN RIGHT NOW!

Panel 3 (leaps off balcony)

SIBLEY ODENWALD: I SAID...

Panel 5 (crouch)

SO (CAP): "NO APPOINTMENTS!"

PAGE NINE

Panel 1 (establishing shot)

TIMESTAMP1: HALF A MILE AWAY. FIVE MINUTES AGO.

ALEX: ...speak to the Master of the Villa.

ALEX: It's said that I must first speak to the Mistress of this Teahouse.

WAITER: The Mistress has declared a holiday.

WAITER: She and the Master are not to be disturbed.

Panel 2 (close on Alex over waiter's shoulder)

ALEX: Oh, he'll see me.

ALEX: We're very close.

ALEX: Practically brothers.

Panel 3

WAITER: Today is the Master's birthday! Mistress Sibley said...

WAITER: "No Appointments!"

Panel 4 (a, b & c)

ALEX: You...

ALEX; don't...

ALEX: understand...

Panel 5

ALEX: We're here for the party.

PAGE TEN

Panel 1

TIMESTAMP1: JUST OVER THAT HILL. TWO MINUTES AGO.

GL1: THEY SAY THE FLAMING KIRIN HAS RETURNED TO THE GLADES OF WULIN.

SA1: SHOULD A MAN OF LEARNING REPEAT SUCH SUPERSTITION?

GL2: ONLY DEATH BRINGS QUIET TO THE FOREST OF THE LAWLESS.

SA2: I'M NOT SURE IF YOU'RE A POET OR AN IDIOT.

PAGE ELEVEN

Panel 1

GL1: THERE IS A DIFFERENCE?

PAGE TWELVE

Panel 1 (establishing shot)

TIMESTAMP1: HERE. NOW. (near BD where she is hiding behind the clock)

AF1: YOU'VE MADE QUITE A MESS, VICTOR.

AF2: BUT I'M HERE, AS USUAL, TO CLEAN IT UP.

VF1: I'M SORRY, SHOULD I KNOW YOU?

VF2: FORMER ASSISTANT? VENGEFUL INVESTOR?

Panel 2 (Victor overconfident)

VF3: JEALOUS HUSBAND?

Panel 3 (Alex taking off big hat)

AF3: ARE YOU BLIND OR JUST SENILE?

AF4: I'M YOU, ONLY BETTER!

Panel 4 (Victor reaction shot)

VF4: MY GOD!

VF5: ALEX?

Panel 5 (Alex face reveal, Kestrel hands Remote to Alex, Bamboo Dancer in rafters

AF5: I WOULDN'T FORGET YOUR CENTENNIAL, OLD MAN!

AF6: I HEAR YOU'RE HAVING TROUBLE WITH YOUR LATEST CREATION.

Panel 6 (Alex offering Remote)

AF7: HAPPY BIRTHDAY!

AF8: IS THERE CAKE?

TIMESTAMP2: FINALLY.

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