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MYTHS AND HEROES
Icarus: The amazing flight
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IN ANCIENT GREECE, WHERE MYTHIC HEROES WALK AMONG US MERE MORTALS, EVERYONE THINKS THEY’RE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS! ENTER ICARUS…
IT’S TOO DANGEROUS, ICARUS!
BAH! LEAVE ME ALONE!
YOU’LL SPLIT YOUR SKULL ON THE ROCKS!
I CAN’T WATCH!!!
I’M TELLING YOU, I GOT THIS!
I CAN’T WATCH!
THESE WAX WINGS ARE AWESOME! LOOK WHAT THEY CAN DO!
…KILL YOU?
CHECK IT OUT, DUDES! I’M
FLYING! I’M FLYYYING!
ICARUS, THE FIRST PERSON TO TOUCH THE SUN!
FLAP FLAP
FLAP
THIS IS HOW YOU BECOME A LEGEN…
WHA?…
OH NO!
THE WAX HOLDING HIS WINGS TOGETHER MELTED!!!
WHO OSH
I TOLD HIM TO USE GLUE!… OR STAPLES!
ICARUS FELL IN THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD!
…MY MOM’S KITCHEN?
TIMMY’S LABYRINTH!!!
NO ONE’S EVER GOTTEN OUT OF THERE ALIVE!
UH OH, HERCULES, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM!
THAT’S IT! I’M GONNA GO IN AND FIND HIM! JUST ADD IT TO MY LIST OF LABORS! 12, 13, WHAT’S THE DIFFERENCE...
HERCULES?
… AND OF COURSE, TIMMY’S NEVER THERE WHEN YOU NEED HIM! ICARUS! CAN YOU HEAR ME? TAG
OH NO! THERE’S SOMEONE TRAPPED INSIDE THE LABYRINTH!!!
WHEN’S DINNER? YEAH, I COULD EAT A TROJAN HORSE! HA, HA,
WAIT FOR ME, HERCULES! I’M COMING WITH YOU!
MEDUSA, GO GET HELP!
I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK OUT!
MEANWHILE, IN TIMMY’S CORNER… FETA, TARAMA, MOUSSAKA, BAKLAVA, CHOCOLATE AND PIZZA…
EVERYTHING I NEED TO SURVIVE A SIEGE!
A BIG, SOFT PILLOW STUFFED WITH HYPOALLERGENIC CENTAUR FUR… SO COMFY IT SHOULD BE ILLEGAL…
NOW LET’S MAKE SURE MY EARPLUGS ARE IN…
CHECK!
… TOUCHDOWN!
I GUESS I’M PRETTY SPOILED… ALONE HERE IN THE PEACE AND QUIET OF MY LABYRINTH!
IS ANYONE THERE?
UMM, YEAH… ME… STUPID GAME!
… AND I’M NOT MOVING A MUSCLE UNTIL I FINISH THESE TWO SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS: THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY!
I’M COMING TO GET YOU!
HERCUUULES!
THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR TRYING TO HELP MY FRIENDS…
WHAT A PLUNGE…
FETCH?…
HMMPH, 12 LABORS ARE ENOUGH!
I’LL NEEEEEVER BE A GOD!!!
DON’T SAY THAT, TIMMY… THAT’S NOT RIGHT…
YOU’RE NO DUMBER THAN THE OTHERS… YOU’LL GET THERE…
EASY FOR YOU TO SAY… WITH ALL YOUR AWESOME SUPERPOWERS… BUT ME, I CAN’T DO ANYTHING AT ALL…
HADES, YOU ALREADY KNOW YOU’LL BE GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, HERMES GOD OF COMMERCE, ARTEMIS GODDESS OF THE HUNT…
BUT ME, NOTHING!
SO, HADES, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD?!? I’M THE ONE WHO CLAIMED THE UNDERWORLD!
OH YEAH?!? IN YOUR DREAMS!
HOLD ON! I SAID COMMERCE OR THE HUNT. I HAVEN’T MADE UP MY MIND!!!
COMMERCE, THAT’S ALL MINE. PERIOD!
THE HUNT?! YOU?! SNIPE HUNT, MORE LIKE!
AND YOU, HOWSABOUT GOD OF BRUISES AND BLACK EYES?
NO, BUDDY, I PREFER GOD OF KUNG FU!
OH YEAH? YEAH!
HMMM… IS GOD OF WAR ALREADY TAKEN?
IT IS! I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU IT’S THE MIGHTY HERCULES!
I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT, I CAN’T BELIEVE IT…
MISTER HERCULES, WE’RE HUGE FANS OF YOUR WORK!
WAIT ‘TIL WE TELL OUR FRIENDS!
HOW DID YOU PULVERIZE THE NEMEAN LION? DID YOU SLUG HIM WITH A SUPER SLAM?
BAMPOW CRACK
AND THE HYDRA OF LERNA? DID YOU PUNCH ALL ITS TEETH OUT?
I BET YOU DID! KILLER!
NO, NO… THAT’S ALL LEGEND… ACTUALLY, I DON’T HAVE ANY SUPERPOWERS JUST YET… YA KNOW, SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND ALL THAT JAZZ…
REALLY?
WELL… THAT’S EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HEAR…
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
BUT I’LL HAVE THEM SOON, DON’T YOU WORRY… IT’S JUST THAT ACCORDING TO ZEUS, I’M NOT “READY” YET…
NO KIDDING?
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU GET THEMTHERE POWERS, AND WE’LL STOP COMING ‘ROUND TO BOTHER YOU, OK?
WILL… DO… NOM NOM MUNCH MUNCH
HAHA WAH HA A HA HA
A WALL OF SOUND?
IS THAT IT?
H A HA
I SWEAR! LOOK AT THESE SANDALS AND THE WINGS ON MY HELMET!
YUP! AND WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT. PRETTY COOL, HUH?
AREN’T YOU IMPRESSED?
WANT PROOF? NO PROBLEM! BUT PLUG YOUR EARS, THIS IS GONNA BE BRUTAL!
THUMP THUMP
H O O O O
PSHT… WALL OF SOUND… COULDN’T EVEN BREAK THROUGH THE WALL OF THE CYCLOPS FARM!
TO BE FAIR, IT WAS PRETTY BRUTAL!
YEEEAAAH!!! THAT’S AN AWESOME BOAT, ODYSSEUS!
I USED ALEPPO PINE FOR THE FRAME! IT’S A WOOD THAT NEVER ROTS!
UMM… SURE… EVERYONE KNOWS THAT…
EVERY LITTLE THING! RIGGING, SAILS, TONNAGE, MAST, YARD, THE MOTION OF THE OCEAN… I’VE LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE!!!
I JUST FINISHED BUILDING IT, TIMMY… HEE HEE!
YOU’LL NOTICE THE HULL IS COMPLETELY SEALED SO IT CAN’T BE EATEN AWAY BY BARNACLES!
WHOA… YOU’VE REALLY THOUGHT OF EVERYTHING…
HOW WILL YOU GET IT IN THE WATER?
HE WON’T BE MAKING WAVES ANYTIME SOON…
HERCULES, IT’S TIME TO TELL YOU THE 12 LABORS YOU MUST ACCOMPLISH!
COULDN’T IT WAIT A COUPLA MINUTES, EURYSTHEUS?
TO BEGIN: CHOKE THE LION OF NEMEA! HERE WE GO AGAIN! I KEEP TRYING!
SLAY THE LERNAEAN HYDRA AND THE BLOODTHIRSTY BIRDS OF LAKE STYMPHALIA!
CAPTURE THE CERYNEIAN HIND AND ERYMANTHIAN BOAR! …
CLEAR OUT THE STABLES OF KING AUGEAS… TAME THE MAD BULL OF MINOS!
CAPTURE THE MANEATING MARES OF DIOMEDES!
OOH, LOVE THAT ONE…
STEAL THE BELT OF HIPPOLYTA AND THE GOLDEN APPLES OF HESPERIDES!
DEFEAT THE GIANT GERYON AND RESCUE THESEUS FROM THE UNDERWORLD! AND THAT’S IT!
YOU CAN RELY ONLY ON YOUR STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SUCCEED!
… CAN I ALSO HAVE A WAGON?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DON’T LET HIM SCARE YOU, HERCULES!
YOU GOT THIS!
YEAH… NO FEAR!
TAKE A DEEP BREATH! DEEPER! AGAIN!
AFTER ALL, HE’S JUST A HUGE LION! LIKE A GREAT BIG KITTEN!
YOU COMPLETED THE FIRST OF YOUR 12 LABORS? YOU DEFEATED THE NEMEAN LION? HOW BRAVE…
NO WAY! DID YOU SEE THAT THING?
I’D GO WITH YOU, HERCULES, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO LIVE TO TELL THE STORY… GO ON!
IT’S… IT’S DONE… I… I DID IT…
REALLY?
I CLEANED HIS LITTER BOX. THAT’S A GOOD START, ISN’T IT?
GRAT GRATGRAT
NOW, MY LITTLE MEDUSA, DID WE FORGET WE HAVE SNAKES INSTEAD OF HAIR AGAIN? GETS ME EVERY TIME… SNIFF…
HEEHEHEEHE HE HEE EHEE HEEHEHE
LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT FROM EUROPA! A MAGIC JAVELIN THAT NEVER MISSES ITS TARGET!
NOOOOOO!
THAT THING’S TOTALLY WORTHLESS! SHE’S BEEN TRYING TO FIND A SUCKER TO SELL IT TO FOR MONTHS!
SEE, LOOK… EYES CLOSED… BULLSEYE!
HEY NOW! I TRIED IT OUT! I’M NO FOOL!
OVER THE SHOULDER… BOOM! BULLSEYE! TWANG
GOTCHA!
DON’T BELIEVE ME, ATLAS? HERE, HOWSABOUT WE EAT PIGEON SANDWICH FOR LUNCH?
I’M NOT EVEN LOOKING!
WELL, YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING. IT NEVER MISSES ITS TARGET!
AND THAT’S EXACTLY THE PROBLEM!
I’VE NEVER MET A MORE STUBBORN HUMAN!
WELL, TECHNICALLY I’M HALF GOD! HEHEHE!
AND DO YOU KNOW WHAT’LL HAPPEN IF YOU THROW IT AT THAT NEMEAN LION? DO YOU?
NO? GIMME THAT!
YOU THINK I HAVEN’T THOUGHT OF THAT, SENOR ATLAS?!
AND SINCE I SPENT MY LAST CENT ON THIS SPEAR, I WILL MAKE IT WORK!
BUT IT’S NOT EVEN WORTH A HAIR ON A FLEA ON A PEGASUS!
IT’LL END UP RIGHT BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TARGET! ‘CAUSE THAT’S ALL IT CAN DO!
THERE’S YOUR FORMIDABLE WEAPON…
GO PICK SOME OLIVES AND LEAVE THIS TO THE EXPERTS! YOU AND ME, YA BIG DUMB BEAST!
HERE… HERE… STAY STILL…
NOW… WHERE’S… WHERE’S THAT JAVELIN…?
A VISION! ? ?
I’VE HAD A VISION!
IT’S THE ORACLE OF DELPHI…
YEAH… I KNOW! THE OLD FOGEY WHO CAN SEE THE FUTURE…
I FEEL... I FEEL... I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF ZEUS. HE WAS HERE!!!
SNIFF?
SNIFF?
THEN WITH HIS LIGHTNING HE SPLIT THIS TREE TRUNK TO IGNITE HOPE!!!
BLAM!
IT’S A SIGN!
HE… HE WAS SITTING ON THESE STEPS TO PONDER THE AFFAIRS OF US MORTALS!
I CAN SEE HIM!
ZEUS WILL COME AND SAVE US ALL! ...
I FORESEE! YOU DON’T SAY?
WHOA… WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, ZEUS?
I MISSED A STEP AND HIT MY HEAD ON A TREE TRUNK!!!
YA THINK IT’S A SIGN?
I HOPE YOU KIDS HAVE ENJOYED THIS LITTLE SNACK!
OH YES, MISTER EURYSTHEUS!
MUNCH
MUNCH
WELL… TECHNICALLY I HAVE SUPERIOR STRENGTH… BUT NOT EXACTLY SUPER… YET… THAT’LL COME LATER…
MUNCH
ME!
ME!
SIR, ME!!!
I’M LISTENING, IMPATIENT ORPHEUS!
HERMES?
OH, ME? I CAN RUN AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT! EXCEPT AT NIGHT…
NOW I WANT TO HEAR HOW YOUR SUPERPOWERS ARE COMING ALONG! HERCULES?
M… ME?
AND YOU, MINOTAUR?
UMM… I DID BUY A WHOOPEE CUSHION… BUT OTHER THAN THAT…
I HAVE THE POWER TO MOVE OBJECTS WITH MY MAGIC LYRE! THAT IS A REAL SUPERPOWER!
FANTASTIC! EXACTLY WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW!
… AND MAKE SURE YOU DON’T BREAK ANYTHING!
GO, HERMES, MESSENGER OF THE GODS, AND DELIVER MY REPLY…
YESSIR, MISTER ZEUS…
MRS. THETIS! MRS. THETIS!!! YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM ZEUS! FINALLY!
IT MUST BE THE ANSWER TO MY REQUEST… SO, WHAT MUST I DO TO MAKE MY SON ACHILLES INVINCIBLE?
THE GREAT AND MIGHTY ZEUS SAYS YOU MUST SOAK HIM IN THE WATERS OF THE RIVER STYX, GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD!
SPLASH!
NOW WHAT?
ON MY WAY!
HE DIDN’T SAY TO LET HIM GO… THAT’S FOR SURE…
GAGA?
GAGA…
WE’RE DEAD! WE’RE DEAD!
OH FUDGE! OH FUDGE!
IN MY LABYRINTH! WE’LL BE SAFE THERE!
YA THINK? OF COURSE!
TIMMY, NOT SO FAST!
TIMMY!!
DO THIS, TIMMY, FREEZE!
QUUIIICK!
NOT HERE! THIS IS A TERRIBLE HIDING SPOT!
THIS WAY!
PSSST, ATLAS, OVER HERE, QUICK!
I… I THINK I’M LOST…
WHERE… WHERE ARE YOU?
ZEUS’ LIGHTNING BOLT WASN’T SO GREAT AND MIGHTY AFTER ALL! DID YOU SEE HOW IT BROKE?
TIMMY?
YEAH… … AND IF HE EVER FINDS US, WE’RE DEAD…
NOT GONNA HAPPEN! MY LABYRINTH IS THE BEST HIDING SPOT IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
HIYA, MISTER SISYPHUS! HOW’S IT ROLLING?
HARDY HAR!
GOOD ONE! LIKE I’VE NEVER HEARD THAT JOKE BEFORE!
DID I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY?
GRUNT
LOOK, I HAD AN IDEA TO KEEP YOUR BOULDER FROM ROLLING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
