THE REPTILE AND MISTER AMAZING: THE ORIGIN: PART 4

FREE YA’ HUMPS Surrender now Carter Talbot

Or be

beneath my boot heels!

The Reptile &

Mister Amazing THE ORIGIN Part 4 Giant F@#*ING TOY SOLDIERS?!?

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The Reptile and Mister Amazing The Origin Part 4 Was originally presented In book format in October 2002 remastered free online edition Published August 2012 All characters and stories are the intellectual property Of Dan Nokes 2002-2012

The Reptile And Mister Amazing A somewhat brief history Part III 1999-Web Exposure We now come to roughly the summer of 1999.

I at this point, had both been to several cons, and sent out submissions to quite a few companies. This had really produced little more than polite stares and several rejection notices. I was mostly done with the artwork but had no venue to display it. I was upset and kind of despondent at the time. I look back now and realize that I was no where near qualified as an artist to be working at Marvel, DC, Image or Crossgen, but at age 22 who’s going to convince you otherwise?

But I digress…

In walks one Mister Andre Campbell, more accurately, I was searching the web and stumbled upon his site. There I saw he had a page dedicated to fan and upcoming creator art and stories. I figured I would write him and ask if I could send a sample of the first two chapters for him to post.

To my surprise, he wrote back. To my greater surprise, it was not to tell me “Thanks but No Thanks.” To me even greater revelation he said he would be more than happy to put the work up. So at a time when I was feeling pretty low at my prospects for breaking into the business, Andre both gave me a bit of an ego boost, and introduced me to the power of the then infant internet’s potential. I pressed on, and began seriously looking into ways to collect, print, press, and release my collection of funny book pages into one collected volume.

This however was still a good 3 years off…

NEXT TIME: Chapter V Chicago, and how much Neal Adams scared the bejeezus out of me…

TINKERTOY’S BACKWATER DIMENSION 12:15 AM APRIL 18TH 1992

ROGER?

THERE ARE A SMALL PLATOON OF GIANT KILLER TOY SOLDIERS COMING TOWARDS OUR PERSON/

UH-HUH..

THEY MEAN TO KILL US RIGHT? ANY SUGGESTIONS?

YEP?

YOU GOT IT...

One…

ONE...

HALT THERE IS NO ESCAPE!

RUN!!!

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QUICK IS THIS CARTER, STANDARD AROUND OPERATING PROCEDURE THIS FROM THE CORNER! SUPER-HERO WELL HANDBOOK BE SAFE HERE

SO WHAT NOW, OH CAPTAIN OF THE SOILED SHORTS BRIGADE?!

WHAT?!?

ARE YOU KIDDING?!

I’M A GOVERNMENT PR..

MAN! I HAVEN'T FOUGHT A SUPER VILLAIN SINCE 1978. I….

GOT MARSHMALLOWS?

NOT FUNNY!

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ALL I SEE IS A BROKEN OLD MAN WHO HIDES BEHIND HIS WHINING ABOUT HOW HE USED TO BE A HERO! WELL HERO, I’M NOT PLANNING TO GO DOWN TO THE BOZO BETALION WITHOUT A SCRAP! YOU’RE… YOU’RE RIGHT. I KNOW WHAT I HAVE TO DO.

YOU RUN INTERFERENCE WHILE I CIRCLE AROUND. GOT IT?

GOT IT?!?

YOU'RE THE SUPER-HERO! I’M JUST A FLOOR MONKEY FROM GEORGETOWN?!

ROGE!!!

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ROGE?!?

OH-OH.

THIS IS PRONE TO NEGOTIATIONS RIGHT?!

INSIGNIFICANT BUG!

I TAKE THAT AS A NO???

THIS IS DEFINITELY NOT HOW I IMAGINED IT WOULD ALL END. ALL I WANTED WAS TO BE IN A WARM COMFORTABLE BED SURROUNDED BY THE ONES I HELD MOST DEAR!

BUT NEEOOO!!!

I HAVE TO BECOME STREET PIZZA TO A GIANT GI-JOE DOLL WITH KUNG-FU GRIP! BUMMER...

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DON'T MIND ME JUST PASSING THROUGH..

Was THAT AN ATTEMPT AT A PUN? ROGE, I’M IMPRESSED REALLY!

DON'T GET COCKY CARTER! THERE’S STILL A FEW MORE OF THOSE REJECTS FROM THE THANKSGIVING DAY PARADE SKULKING AROUND HERE, SO JUST-

CARTER BEHIND YOU!!

WILL YOU PEOPLE JUST DIE! THIS IS BEGINNING TO SOUND LIKE A BROKEN 45’...

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OKAY, THAT’S IT! I CAN HANDLE THE CIRCUS FROM HELL, THE ATTACKS ON OUR LIVES, THE TOY SOLDIERS, EVEN TINKERTOY AND HIS JOKES. BUT I DRAW THE LINE AT CRAPPY STAR-TREK CLICHES!

I

HAVE HAD ENOUGH OF

THIS!!

WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT! WHY DIDN'T YOU TELL ME YOU COULD DO THE EYE FLASHY THING IN THE FIRST PLACE!

KINDA HURTS TO DO IT. LIKE GETTING AN ICE CREAM HEADACHE, WHILE BEING KICKED IN THE CROTCH...

SAY NO MORE!

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SO WHAT NOW??

SMART ASS!

I THOUGHT IT BE OBVIOUS MY ASS IS ALWAYS SMART!

SITS DOWN WHEN I TELL IT TO.

NICE COMEBACK!

WELL, WELL, WELL! LOOKS AS THOUGH OUR CONTESTANTS HAVE TAKEN DOOR number 1 ?! ME? I’D HAD LEFT WITH THE MONEY? EH, MR. BOMB?

MY SENTIMENTS EXACTLY!!!

END PART IV To Be Continued

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