Part 11 - Let's Make Love and Listen to Death From Above

Page 1 – In the middle of the page, I was thinking we see an airplane coming at us, with the fight visible in the cockpit. It can almost be tearing through the page, with panels appearing where it cuts through the paper. There should be smoke pouring out of the back of the plane and it can be on an angle so it really looks like it’s ready to crash at any minute.

In the panels, here’s what we see:

Panel 1 – Robot’s face, screaming at the top of his lungs.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Do you even think?

Panel 2 – Destroyer is swarmed by zombies as he yells back.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Yes, I think we’re in fucking trouble.

Panel 3 – Balder is kicking a zombie away as he struggles to reach the controls.

Panel 4 – Tight shot of his hands on the controls.

Page 2

Panel 1 – A shot from inside the plane, with zombies flying down the main cabin and slamming into the walls and seats.

Panel 2 – In front of Balder as he pulls the controls up, trying to get the plane leveled out. He is covered in sweat and looks scared shitless. His eyes are almost bugged out. A zombie hand is on his shoulder as one is sneaking up on him.

WORD BALLOON
Zombie: Brains!

Panel 3 – Destroyer grabs the zombie that was near Balder and rips his head clean off, showering the entire cabin with blood and gore.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: I got this.

Panel 4 – Robot’s face is covered with blood. He’s completely lost it.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, I hope you’re happy. There’s no saving this plane.

Panel 5 – The plane instruments are zoomed in and we can see the plane is about to go nose first, hard and fast.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: We’re about to go nose down hard.

Page 3

Panel 1 – Destroyer is putting his entire arm through two zombies’ faces and lifting them off the ground. Again, there is blood everywhere, on everything and everybody.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: That shouldn’t be anything new for you, Liberace Bot 2000.

Panel 2 – Robot and Destroyer going face to face, shouting at each other. At the same time Destroyer is putting his fingers through the eyes of a zombie, Three Stooges style, and Robot is firing energy beams out of his hands.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: You do realize you’ve probably killed all of us, including this reality’s last hope?

Destroyer: Why don’t you do something useful and transform into something cooler?

Robot: I’ve told you a million times, not all robots can transf…

Destroyer: You’d probably turn into something like a gun so you can just float there and someone else has to fire you. Complete and total gayness.

Panel 3 – The plane goes completely vertical with smoking everywhere and both wings breaking off.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Do you realize that your entire knowledge of robots comes from cartoons and bad movies?

Destroyer: Whatever, Johnny Sucko.

Panel 4 – The sudden downward motion pushes all of the zombies on the plane toward the cabin at a high rate of speed. We see them falling down the hallway toward our heroes.

WORD BALLOON (off camera)
Balder: Um, guys…

Panel 5 – Destroyer blocks the door with his body as every zombie on the plane crawls around him. Robot and Balder are fighting them off as he blocks everything.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: I got it! I got it!

Page 4

Panel 1 – Balder’s face is totally freaked out as he points to the window. He’s pointing at the window and unable to speak.

Panel 2 – Destroyer is struggling to hold all of the zombies back.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ahhhhhh! Ahhhhhh! Look! Look!

Panel 3 – Robot’s head spins to see what is happening and reacts in complete anger.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: I’m trying to…oh that’s just fucking wonderful.

Panel 4 – A long shot where it’s easy to tell that the plane is about 500 feet from crashing nose first into the ocean. Obviously, our crew is fucked.

Page 5

Panel 1 – A nice, big, gory panel (as we haven’t had enough of those yet, have we?) with zombies eating their way through Destroyer’s stomach and pouring into the panel. Intestines, organs, zombies eating, just go nuts.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Oh what the fuck! ARRRRRRGHHHH!

Panel 2 – A bemused expression on Robot’s face.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Wow, I totally did not see that coming.

Panel 3 – Balder is screaming at both of them as he sits in the pilot seat. He looks angry and afraid at the same time.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: Your friend just died and you aren’t even…

Panel 4 – We see the plane crash into the ocean from the outside, zombies flying into the air and just destruction all over this panel. I’ll come up with an appropriately witty sound effect.

Page 6

Meanwhile…

Panel 1 – A government office, with medals all over the walls. We just see a desk and monitor with someone behind it, but we can’t see them. The person is obviously on the phone and talking to someone.

WORD BALLOON
Man on phone: Yes, sir. Understood. Yes…had experience with…no, I don’t know where he is. Yes. I know. Always been a problem.

Panel 2 – We move in closer on the desk and start to reveal the man behind it.

WORD BALLOON
Man on phone: I’ve already taken the liberty of assembling a task force to quell... What? Forgive me for disagreeing, but…

Panel 3 – We see the front of the man’s desk. His nameplate reads General Chaswinski.

WORD BALLOON
Man on phone: No, sir. Yes, the government doesn’t pay me to question the most powerful man in the galaxy. Goodbye, sir.

Panel 4 – Close up on a huge chainsaw with a gun handle on it. The man on the phone has his hand in the grip, ready to use it. We can see the hint of large black tattoos on his wrist.

WORD BALLOON
Man on phone: Fucking superhuman pricks.

Page 7

Panel 1 – Large panel with plane wreckage rising above the water. We see Balder’s head above the waves and he is holding onto a seat. I see this page as one big panel and six small panels beneath it.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: Hello? Anyone?

Panel 2 – Small conversation panels. Robot’s head popping up.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Hey.

Panel 3 – Balder, up close and speaking to Robot.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: I can’t believe that we survived that.

WORD BALLOON (off camera)
Destroyer: Marco.

Panel 4 – Robot replying.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: You get used to it. Sadly.

WORD BALLOON (off camera)
Destroyer: Marco!

Panel 5 – Balder looking upset.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: I’m sorry about your friend. Did you hear…

WORD BALLOON (off camera)
Destroyer: MARCO!

Panel 6 – Robot laughing.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: If only he were so easy to kill.

Panel 7 – Destroyer is drinking airplane mini-bottles, trying to grow back pieces of himself that were eaten.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: MARCO FUCKING POLO, BITCHES!

Page 8

Panel 1 – Destroyer dunks Robot’s head in the ocean. Balder is looking on in shock at the weirdness that is going on, like he can’t believe that this is his life.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: You wanna play?

Panel 2 – Balder is speaking to Destroyer.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: How are you even alive?

Panel 3 – Robot is underwater fuming. We’ll show his anger meeting here and see him swimming up. We’ll also show boxes that say INITIATE: DEEP SEA ATTACK MODE and ALERT.

Panel 4 – Robot POV of a computer readout with zombies swimming at them in every direction.

Page 9

Splash page – With zombies rising, heads above waters and our heroes fighting them. They care all holding onto pieces of wreckage and barely floating above the waves. Destroyer can be swinging a ripped off piece of jagged metal, Robot using lasers out of his hands, Balder kicking away at a bunch of zombies crawling onto his floating piece of the airplane. Just go crazy here!

Page 10

Several small panels of sharks coming closer. We just see the fins of the sharks, then we see the wreckage and our heroes get larger as the sharks get closer and closer.

Medium reaction panel of Robot, looking incredulous.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, just when you think you’ve seen it all…

Page 11

Large panel of zombie-fied shark, with chunks bitten out of them and zombies riding on them like horses. They are jumping right at our heroes, teeth gnashing. The zombies on them are leaping with their fists high in the air, like evil knights on horseback.

Multiple panels of Destroyer jumping up out of the water, onto wreckage and launching himself onto a shark, pushing the rider off of it. He rides the shark downward into the water, eating multiple zombies and spraying the water with blood. Intersperse the other guys fighting off the zombies and sharks.

Page 12

Four small panels – gradually each gets progressively darker, with each of our three characters being shown fighting, tight on their faces. In the last of the four panels, let’s show all three and a gigantic shadow rising above them.

Large panel – The big reveal – let’s really show off Azrael here – his full form and not hidden as in the Valhalla chapter – just fill the sky with him and his four faces – lion, serpent, man and hawk. Each of these heads looks insane and is screaming. The rest of his body should be eyes and tongues. His gigantic black shadow like tentacles are coming close to our heroes, as they stare up at this creature.

WORD BALLOON
Death King: I have followed you across untold worlds and innumerable dimensions. This time, there will be no running. No last escape. And you, Balder, I thought I had claimed you once before…but now, this will be your final death. Prepare for the coming of oblivion.

Part 10 - Major Label Debut

Page 1 – I see this as a series of small panels as we start this part off humdrum and gradually get bigger and crazier with each page.

However you’d like to lay out the panels, but here’s what I see on the first page:

Balder, in his human form, which should not look as heroic as he will later, but should still have some of the look. Maybe he’s slightly larger than a normal person, still pretty good looking. He’s getting dropped off by a taxi, struggling to get all of his luggage on to a plane, sitting down on the plane, trying in vain to get a stewardesses’ attention, sitting back in his seat, the plane is taking off, and falling asleep. The last panel on the page should be black to symbolize that he’s falling asleep. Maybe even do a short multipanel drowsy sequence? If you feel that this is too much for a page, you can expand it a bit. I just want to set the scene and show that this is a normal day in someone’s life

Page 2 – This page is going to visually show the idea of waking up to a nightmare. Maybe the first panel, a small one, is black, with the idea that it’s a point of view shot and the viewer is still asleep. The second should be a shot of total horror – the inside of an airplane cabin with total gore happening inside it. Guts all over the food cart, blood all over the windows, zombies eating stewardesses, just go wild. The third panel should be black, again, to show that the person is blinking. My thought is that it’d be cool to do no narration, just present it as it happens. The final big panel on the bottom of the page should be Balder, still in human form, buckled in his chair with a zombie buckled in next to him.

Page 3 – Horizontal panel – The zombie next to Balder is screaming and trying to eat him. It’s lunging at him as he recoils in horror.

Small action panels – Balder taking off his seatbelt, standing up, and trying to run down the aisle.

Horizontal panel – but the aisle is blocked by a horde of zombies. At this point, he is realizing that he may be the only person left alive, so he should look really worried.

Page 4 – Treat this is a 6 panel grid page. However you want to break it down, Balder is fighting his way down the aisle. He kicks a zombie in the face. Another one is coming at him with the beverage cart. Turbulence shoves the drink cart backwards away from him as he ducks into a seat. The zombie with the cart is smashed and explodes in a sea of blood.

Page 5 – I see this as a 4 panel grid. As Balder is near the seat, he looks down and sees a baby. Thinking that he will rescue it, he picks it up and realizes that it’s a zombie baby.

Page 6 –The baby lunges at Balder as he holds it and he throws it as hard as he can. He starts running from the cockpit, punching zombies along the way. Again, lots of panels here, just to show the frenzy of Balder trying to escape the zombies. Try and treat this as claustrophobically as you can. Last panel, Balder has entered the cockpit and has his back to the door, breathing hard.

Page 7 – A big reveal panel that shows the pilot and copilot have become zombies as well. They come at Balder and he is frozen. He looks completely scared shitless, so maybe leave some space for some word balloons of him screaming. Close-up panel of the faces of the zombies (maybe a couple of panels of them slowly zooming in).

Page 8 – A big horizontal panel of Balder still frozen in fear, but the zombies now are headless and blood is spraying everywhere. Close-up panel of Balder, eyes closed, praying. Reveal of Robot and Destroyer. Destroyer’s hands are all bloody and he’s nudging Robot.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: You think he’s praying to himself?

Page 9 – Let the panels get a bit bigger her to show that the danger, for now, has passed. Robot looks angry at Destroyer, who has somehow gotten blood all over everyone and the cockpit. Show a reaction shot of Balder’s face, smeared with blood. Robot and Destroyer are talking to Balder.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: I apologize for my somewhat overexcited friend here. That’s the Destroyer. You can call me…

Destroyer: Enough, Chatty Cathy. Are you sure this is the right guy?

Page 10 – 4 panel grid.

Panel 1 – Balder looks freaked out. He’s still covered in blood.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: The right guy?

Panel 2 – Robot puts his hand on his shoulder, trying to break it to him gently.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, let’s just say that we have a very strong belief that you may be more than you think you are.

Panel 3 – Balder looks completely out of it now.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: I sell pet products, like, human snacks for dogs. I’m pretty normal.

Panel 4 – Robot shakes his head. He looks like he is trying to explain and be earnest.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Well, no matter what, I think there’s no hope of things being normal for quite some time.

Page 11

Large horizontal panel, with Destroyer screaming and breaking into the conversation. In the background, we can see zombies breaking into the cockpit.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Can we just figure out how the fuck to turn him into a god before we fucking die?

Robot: I was getting to that. You can’t just…

Destroyer: Do you see what’s going on…

Robot: This is the kind of thing that can totally disrupt someone’s belief system. You need to take it slow, asshole.

WORD BALLOON
Balder: Wha?

Small panel – Robot is trying to talk.

WORD BALLOON
Robot – Well, now that someone ruined everything…

Small panel – The zombies break through into the cockpit.

WORD BALLOON
Zombies: Brains!

Page 12 – 6 panel grid

Robot screams at the zombies.

Robot: You fucking assholes!

Over the next 2-3 panels, Destroyer and Robot are trying to keep the zombies out of the cockpit. This should be really tight and claustrophobic.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mother of fucking…

Balder: You guys have a plan to get out of here, right?

A zombie is thrown by Destroyer into the controls. The next few panels should be all over the place, like the plane is being shaken up and thrown.

Last panel – We see the plane from the outside. Maybe we can see some of the fight going on inside it.

Robot: We did until some asshole broke the fucking plane.

Part 9 – When We Is Thrown Away

Page 1
Splash panel: Robot and Destroyer are jumping through the doorway. It appears that they are jumping toward the viewer, maybe even through the borders of the panel. Behind them, we can see the destroyed city from the last issue. Robot looks relatively calm, but Destroyer looks freaked out.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ahhhhhhhhhh!

Page 2
Split into three panels
Panel 1: As they fly through the doorway, Robot does a few flips (shown as multiple drawings of him) and lands perfectly on his feet.

Panel 2: Destroyer flies further and crashes through the bones of a gigantic snake, which is nearly 2 miles long. We can see its bones curl back across a mountain range.

Panel 3: Destroyer lands faces down, but is unhurt and already talking.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What the fuck was that giant snake thing…AHHHHHH!

Page 3
Small panel: A skeleton wearing armor covered in runes, holding a gigantic hammer. This would be Thor, so however you see his armor and his look, here would be where to use it. Just keep in mind that he is a skeleton.

Medium panel: Destroyer jumps to his feet. He looks kind of shocked. All around them is fog and mists, obscuring some of the battleground. We can see numerous skeletons of trolls, gods, and monsters.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And what the fuck is that?

Reaction panel: Robot is answering Destroyer with a somewhat upset look on his face.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: That would be Thor.

Reaction panel: Destroyer is screaming back at Robot.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: And weren’t we counting on Thor to help us?

Page 4
Medium panel: Robot is pulling cords out of a slot on his arm and assembling a tracking device while he talks.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Yes, we were. But that skeleton you crashed through while you were whining like a small child was the Midgard Serpent, which means that Ragnarok seems to have occurred already, which makes no sense.

Reaction panel: Destroyer is sitting down in the mists, playing with one of the Serpent’s giant ribs.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ragnaroo? I thought this was Mount Olympus.

Medium panel: Robot almost has his device assembled. It looks like a small satellite dish with several cords that plug into his arm and chest. One cord is in his hand and has a small blade at the end of it.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Weren’t you listening to me? The gods of all cultures have all gone back to their true forms. And this is where Ragnarok happens or happened. The fall of the gods. The end of time. Which, strangely, didn’t end.

Small panel: Robot takes the bladed cord and stabs it in the arm of Destroyer.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Hmm. You may feel a pinch.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ah! Fucking stick of fuck! What is that thing?!?

Page 5
Vertical panel down one side of page: Robot working device as Destroyer rubs his arm, which is dripping blood and looks very painful.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is a crystalometer. It uses your blood to create a constant state of divination, like how the oracles used pools of water. And seeing as how your blood is more powerful than water, we should be able to see what happened here. Hmm, that’s odd.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: What’s odd is that you just stabbed me, asshole!

3 small panels down the other side

Small panel 1: Robot is speaking as he plays with his device.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Your blood is a lot like ichor, the blood of the gods, so this will be easier than I thought.

Small panel 2: Destroyer is screaming, which leads to more blood pumping out of his arm. He has spit flying out of his mouth as he yells.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Ichor, huh? Wow, that’s so fucking fascinating! Take that thing out of my arm!

Small panel 3: Robot is looking down at the controls. He looks like he doesn’t want to even be bothered by Destroyer’s loud screaming.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: One, quit talking. And two, open your mouth real wide.

Page 6
I’m seeing a wide horizontal pattern at the top and maybe 6 panels, smaller grid panels, making up the bottom of the page.

Panel 1: Destroyer is throwing both of his arms out as his body is overtaken with energy and a beam of light shoots out of his mouth. He looks almost possessed. The beam of light is shooting out into space.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: GAH!

Panel 2: Robot looking rather pleased with himself.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: I wasn’t sure that would work.

Panel 3: Destroyer is trying to talk and straining.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Th-thanks for telling m-m-me…

Panel 4: Robot yelling back at him.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Now kindly shut the fuck up so we can see what’s going on.

Panel 5: Destroyer is opening his mouth as we see the light shoot out onto the side of a rock wall.

Panel 6: Eggther is playing his harp as he sits on top of a mound of graves, with many body parts sticking out of it. He has a grim smile on his face. Around him, three roosters are crowing.

CAPTION
The end of the gods all begins with the death of Balder.

Panel 7: Image of Balder in combat. Not sure if this is how Balder will look in the stories. Maybe facially, but we can update him for modern times once he finally makes his appearance.

CAPTION
Odin’s son, he was impervious to all injury as all of creation had pledged not to harm him.

Page 7
I’m thinking this needs to be a 9 panel Keith Giffen-like grid to get all of this info in. Your call – we can discuss.

Panel 1 – Many gods and goddesses throwing fire, electricity, energy at Balder as they all laugh.

CAPTION
In fact, at celebrations, they would throw weapons at him for sport.

Panel 2 – A shot of Loki, god of mischief, holding a piece of mistletoe. He should appear very handsome, yet thin. Almost a mix between a man and a woman.

CAPTION
Except for the insignificant plant mistletoe, Balder could not be harmed.

Panel 3 – Loki tricking Hoor into shooting Balder. Here is the classic image of it:
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/5/52/Loki_and_Hod.jpg

CAPTION
Loki, the fire spirit, tricked Hoor into shooting Balder with an arrow made of it.

Panel 4 – Balder collapses as everyone panics around him. Blood sprays unnaturally from the arrow piercing him, like an anime arterial blood spray.

CAPTION
The unkillable god was slayed.

Panel 5: Destroyer talking. Light is coming out of his eyes and mouth and his talking is stopping the images from coming up.

WORD BALLOON
Destroyer: Mistletoe? Mythology is fucked up. What did they do, kiss him to death?

Panel 6 – Robot is yelling at Destroyer. He looks completely enraged.

WORD BALLOON
Shut your mouth so we don’t lose the connection, you fuck!

Panel 7: Hringhorni, Balder’s gigantic sea ship is floating in space and aflame as his body is burned on it.

CAPTION
The gods knew this was the beginning of the end.

Panel 8: Nanna, Balder’s wife, jumps into the flames. She should have on Kirby women like gear – a dress with shoulder pads and a headpiece maybe. She is just starting to burn.

CAPTION
But they also knew that they were powerless to stop it.

Panel 9: Many crying gods. In the front, Thor has his head down and is holding Mjollnir. Cavorting and jumping in front of him is the troll Lit.

CAPTION
Such was the way of the gods.

Page 8
Large horizontal panel – Gods standing in the snow as they watch the rainbow bridge to Earth explodes and falls as the fire giants, led by Surtr and Garm the hellhound, cross it. It should almost look like a completely blizzard. Their breath is making smoke as indescribably cold.

Surtr is a gigantic man who has fire trail behind him. He holds the Sword of Revenge, a flaming sword.

Garm is a gigantic wolf dog that guards hell. He should appear rabid and ready to strike and would tower over any human.

CAPTION
Fimbulwinter came, three seasons of cold that destroyed their world. And the fire giants followed in its wake.

Three small panels down the left side of the page.

Panel 1 – Heimdall, a bearded man wearing armor, is blowing a giant horn. Here are a few images I’ve found of him:

http://www.wizards.com/dnd/images/dd_gallery/dd4/Heimdall_p180.jpg
http://library.flawlesslogic.com/heimdall.jpg

I think he should be a little bigger than in those illustrations, somewhat bulkier, and look wistfully sad that the end of time is here and he must sound the horn that signals Ragnarok.

CAPTION
Heimdall, of the nine mothers (who could hear grass grow and was destined to be the last god to die fighting Loki) sounded Giallar to signal the end was here.

Panel 2 – Odin is riding Sleipnir through the cold fog toward the enemy. We can see their weapons in shadow as he rides toward them.

Odin should be much larger than any normal man. I see him as having a long beard and really long white hair. His helmet covers his missing eye. He can really have as much of a crazy Japanese armored look as you’d like to go with. He rides Sleipnir, who has eight legs. The horse’s saddle should have runes and armor covering it.

CAPTION
Odin rode straight for the monstrous wolf Fenrir…

Panel 3 – Fenrir, a gigantic wolf that dwarfs the gods. He is probably 6-700 feet tall, more like a dragon in size. He is rabid and snarling.

CAPTION
Loki’s son, whose upper jaw touched the sky and lower scraped the ground.

Page 9
4 panel grid

Panel 1 – Thor jumps onto Jörmungandr, the Midgard serpent, hammering it with Mjollnir as it twists around him.

CAPTION
His son Thor at his side battling Jörmungandr…

Panel 2 – Jörmungandr falls, covered with blood and gore.

Panel 3 – As does Thor, trying to hold himself up with Mjollnir.

Panel 4 – Odin screams in absolute anguish, distraught over being unable to stop destiny and his son dying.

CAPTION
To the death.

Page 10
Splash page – A gigantic black angel rises from the ground. It has four faces and four thousand wings (don’t worry, you don’t have to draw them all). One face is a lion, another a serpent, another a man, and the final is a hawk. His entire body consists of eyes and tongues. He has gigantic black shadow like tentacles that have spread all over Valhalla, choking Odin, tearing Fenrir into pieces, pulling Surtr’s sword out of his hands and extinguishing it. Each of the heads is screaming and gods and giants alike are attempting to stop it.

CAPTION (Spread throughout the splash)
This isn’t…

What the fuck is that thing?

Remember how I said Death King may have been an angel?

That’s an angel?

He was still too weak when we battled him before. I can’t believe we walked away from it.

You’re babbling!

This is Azrael – God’s venom. The fallen angel of death. He was just hiding as the Death King.

Page 11
Six panel grid

Panel 1 – Robot is speaking. He looks really freaked out by what he has just seen.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Look, the fall of the gods has been prophesized since the beginning. And now…they’re just gone.

Panel 2 – Robot and Destroyer are watching the gods die as Robot continues to talk. Behind them, we see a darkness growing.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: This is not good. I was right…he is trying to bring about Armageddon.

Panel 3 – Robot continues to speak while Destroyer begins to notice the gigantic shadow tentacles curling up behind them. He still has energy pouring out of him.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Our only hope is that Azrael doesn’t realize that Ragnarok isn’t the end of the gods. It’s just the end of a cycle…

Destroyer: Um, bigger problem…

Panel 4- – Robot is angry at being interrupted. The background is almost completely black.

Robot: Look, I’m trying to save the world here. I’d appreciate some quiet time.

Panel 5 – The shadow tentacles have started to cover Destroyer’s mouth. He is struggling and fighting to free himself.

Destroyer: Mmmmmph!

Panel 6 – Robot looks happy that he has figured it all out.

Robot: C’mon, pull that thing out of your arm. We have to find Balder.

Page 12
4 panel grid. Each panel grows more and more blacked out by the tentacles of Azrael.

Panel 1 – Robot is inputting codes into his arm and opening a doorway. He is growing impatient. He is turning his head and the second time lapse face we see is shocked.

WORD BALLOON
Robot: Would you just…

Panel 2- – Destroyer is battling against the tentacles. He has torn some of them apart, but many more are curling around him.

Panel 3 – Robot is running to save Destroyer.

Panel 4 – This panel is completely black as the tentacles have obliterated all the light.