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FEATURING JOHN WAGNER PAT MILLS ROBBIE MORRISON DAN ABNETT KEVIN O’NEILL CLINT LANGLEY RICHARD ELSON HENRY FLINT AL EWING VAL SEMEIKS
NOBODY MOVE! THIS IS A BOMB!
IT’S A S.A.M. -- A SELF-ARMING MUNITION, SO DON’T THINK IF ANYTHING HAPPENS TO ME YOU’RE SAFE!
THERE’S NO NEED FOR VIOLENCE. WH-WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE PROBLEM, MR-?
GROOBER, MIKE GROOBER!
LIKE THREE KILOS OF PLASTIC SAYS YOU’RE PIZZA TOPPING! IT’S DECISION TIME, PEOPLE!
ATTABOY, MIKE! PLENTY OF ANGER THERE! BUILD IT! NOW STAY CALM, MIKE. JUST LET US BRING UP YOUR FILE.
S.A.M. WAIT WAIT WAIT! I GOT IT— YOU JUST HAD YOUR WELFARE STOPPED FOR NO GOOD REASON, RIGHT? WE’VE BEEN RUNNING THAT LITTLE SCAM IN A FEW BLOCKS…
HE PROBABLY GOT ONE OF OUR CITIZENSHIP REGISTRATION INVOICES. YOU WOULDN’T BELIEVE HOW MANY PAY, JUST TO BE PUT ON SOME FICTONAL REGISTER.
N-NO, THAT’S NOT IT EITHER!
YOU BEEN ON THE HOUSING LIST FOR YEARS, RIGHT? FINALLY YOU GET TO THE TOP. YOU’VE BEEN ALLOCATED AN APARTMENT-YES! A SINGLE HAB IN HAROLD SHIPMAN!
EVEN WHEN IT’S SORTED YOU LOSE A WEEK’S BENEFIT. SAVES TWELVE MIL A YEAR ON BUDGET. NO! THAT’S NOT IT!
JOHN WAGNER VAL SEMEIKS & CLIFF ROBINSON
CHRIS BLYTHE TOM FRAME
C’MON, LOOK AT THE GUY. HE’S OUT OF HIS MIND WITH WORRY. GOT TO BE HOUSING ALLOCATION.
ONLY THING IS, YOU’VE GOT TO BE IN BY MIDDAY. AND YOU HAVE TO COLLECT THE KEY FROM HOUSING, AND HOUSING DOESN’T OPEN TILL 9 AM.
WHAT WE DIDN’T TELL YOU IS HOUSING CAN’T GIVE YOU THE KEY WITHOUT AUTHORISATION FROM WORKS.
YOU GET TO WORKS, BUT THEY NEED A CERTIFICATE OF RENTWORTHINESS FROM WELFARE, WHICH IS IN THE SAME BUILDING AS HOUSING.
SO IT’S BACK TO WELFARE FOR THE CERTIFICATE, BACK ACROSS SECTOR TO WORKS, THEN BACK TO HOUSING.
BY NOW A QUEUE’S BUILT UP, AND IT’S WAY TOO LATE TO GET TO THE APARTMENT ON TIME.
OH, NO. OH NO NO NO NO NO.
THIS IS THE BUREAU OF CREATIVE BUREAUCRACY.
YES! YES!
RED TAPE, THAT’S OUR DEPARTMENT. ‘SAVING MONEY FOR THE CITY BY MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT FOR YOU.’
SO YOU’VE LOST YOUR APARTMENT AND YOU GO RIGHT TO THE BOTTOM OF THE LIST AGAIN -- BUT WE GET TO MARK YOU AS VOLUNTARILY HOMELESS.
IT MAKES A BIG DENT IN THE HOUSING LIST AND INCREASES AVAILABLE STOCK BY A BIG NINE PER CENT.
THOSE ARE GOOD NUMBERS, MIKE.
I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE! I’M GONNA DO IT!
B-BUT WHY? WHY ARE YOU DOING THIS? YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING PEOPLE!
JUST SAY THE WORD, MIKEY!
WAIT, WAIT! DON’T DO ANYTHING HASTY! YOU WANT COMPLAINTS, DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND TURN LEFT.
HEY, SEEING OL’ MIKE’S HERE, MAYBE WE COULD DO SOMETHING FOR HIM, HUH?
OKAY, GOT IT. THREE BED HAB VACANT IN CYRIL LORD, FULLY CARPETED. CAN YOU AFFORD THAT KIND OF LUXURY, MIKE?
WE’RE WAIVING THE RULES HERE, MIKE. NO NEED TO TELL THE JUDGES ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
SURE! WH-WHAT ABOUT THE KEY?
YOU FILED ALL YOUR PAPERS ALREADY, SO JUST GO STRAIGHT UP TO HOUSING.
WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT ONE STINKIN’ MINUTE! YOU GONNA BELIEVE THAT GARB?
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
WH-WHY WOULD THEY LIE, BOMB?
‘COS THEIR WHOLE BUSINESS IS LYIN’! ‘COS YOU’RE THREATENING TO PLASTER THEM OVER THE WALLS! FOR CRYIN’ OUT LOUD, MIKE, GET WITH IT!
THAT IS YOUR TROUBLE, MIKE -- NO GUTS FOR THE FIGHT! GOOD THING YOU BROUGHT ME ALONG! I CAN SEE I’M GONNA HAVE TO TAKE OVER! ALL RIGHT, YOU STUMBLEBUMS, WE WANT THE KEYS HERE NOW OR IT’S A ONE-WAY TRIP TO THE BIG BUREAU IN THE SKY!
P-PLEASE, I’VE GOT WHAT I WANT. I-I DON’T WANT ANY TROUBLE.
I-I’LL SWITCH IT OFF— SORRY, MIKEY, CAN’T LET YOU DO THAT! THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
LAST CHANCE, PEOPLE! I’M COUNTIN’!
“FOUR STAFF HOSTAGES AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC -ONE MIKEL P. GROOBER, LIVES WITH PARENTS IN RITNIK.
I KNOW WHAT IT IS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THEM SLIP THROUGH…
“BLOCK JUDGE FOUND PACKAGING IN HIS ROOM FOR A PERSONAL TERROR DEVICE -A TERRORCO S.A.M.
SO GROOBER HAD SOME COMPLAINT WITH THE BUREAU AND HAD SECOND THOUGHTS, BUT THE BOMB WON’T SHUT DOWN. FIGURE IT’S WORTH TRYING TO TAKE IT OUT?
“THAT’S A MAIL ORDER ITEM -KOREAN IMPORT."
WE’LL NEVER FIND HIM, YOU KNOW...
ALBION.
WE HAVE TO, UKKO. HE’S SOMEWHERE IN THIS DEVIL-INFESTED LAND. WE MAY FIND HIM AT THE SWARMING IN NEW TROY...
THEN HE’LL PAY.
PAY A THOUSAND TIMES...
FOR WHAT HE DID TO HER...
SO WHERE ARE YOU FROM, STRANGER?
NO, HE CAN’T BE IRISH... JUDGING BY HIS NECK TORC, \’D SAY HE WAS IRISH...
THE IRISH ALWAYS SHAVE THE BACK OF THEIR HEADS... ... SO NO ONE CAN GRAB THEIR HAIR WHEN THEY’RE RUNNING AWAY!
MAYBE THIS ONE’S A STUPID IRISHMAN?
TIME TO GO, UKKO...
SOTH! AND \ WAS HOPING TO GET ACQUAINTED WITH THE BARMAID!
ARE THERE ANY OTHER KIND?
\ HAVE NO TIME TO DEAL WITH YOU. OTHERWISE YOU WOULD RUE THOSE WORDS.
BULL-DUNG! YOU’RE JUST NOT UP TO A FIGHT!
RUNNING AWAY, EH? YOU SHOULD HAVE SHAVED THE BACK OF YOUR HEAD FIRST!
DO YOU THINK YOU FOMORIANS COULD FIND YOUR WAY BACK TO THE CESSPIT YOU CLIMBED OUT OF? \ WANT HIS LAST BREATH!
LET’S SEE WHETHER YOUR SWORD COURAGE MATCHES YOUR LIP COURAGE!
THEY HAD BEEN OUT FOR EIGHT MONTHS. LONGEST WALK– AROUND THEY’D EVER DONE.
PART 1
FURTHEST, TOO. THEY WERE NORTH OF BIG HILLS, NORTH OF EMPTY VALLEY, RIGHT ON THE SHORE OF THE SEA ITSELF. THEY WERE TIRED AND THEY WERE COLD. THEY WERE LIVING OFF BODY FAT AND THE LAST OF THE FOOD BRICKS.
THEY WONDERED WHY THEY WERE BEING PUSHED SO FAR.
BUT EVERY DAY AT DAWN AND AT DUSK, THE URGINGS CAME, GUIDING THEM ON.
FAINT NOW, AT SUCH A DISTANCE, URGINGS ONLY THEY COULD HEAR, BUT CLEAR ENOUGH. THE MASTERS WANTED THEM TO GO ON.
AND THEY OBEYED BECAUSE THEY WERE A PACK, AND EVERY PACK WAS TRAINED TO OBEY.
DAN ABNETT RICHARD ELSON ELLIE DE VILLE
THE PACK. THEY WERE ALL VETERANS, BLOODIED SOLDIERS. JACK SO WILD, RUN RUN SHAW, TOD OF MUCH SLAUGHTER, MARYAN FAITHFUL, LOUEY ARMSTRONG, OLD MAN GARY, GINNY WOOLF...
... AND GENE, WHO WAS THEIR LEADER. ALPHA MALE GENE THE HACKMAN.
NO MORE LAND. PACK GO BACK NOW, GENE?
NO. ON, JACK, ON. BUT THERE IS NO MORE LAND, URGINGS OR NO URGINGS.
NO.
THERE IS LAND. MORE LAND. SEE, JACK, SEE.
THAT IS NOT RIGHT LAND, GENE. THAT IS LAND WHERE THERE SHOULDN’T BE LAND. OLD MAN! TELL GENE THIS IS NOT RIGHT!
OLD MAN GARY WAS THE OLDEST OF THEM BY TWENTY YEARS. HE WAS WEAK IN SCRAPPING, BUT THEY KEPT HIM ON BECAUSE HE KNEW.
LAND BRIDGE. THEM MUSTA BUILT IT.
HE GAVE IT THE NAME.
SCENT!
THEM? THEM. THIS IS THEM’S WORK.
SCENT, GENE!
SMOOTH, LIKE... NOT–ROCK.
THIS IS WHY THE MASTERS URGED US HERE. TO SEE THIS. LET US SEE IT.
\ DO NOT LIKE IT, GENE. MAKE US GO BACK.
GET WHET.
\ HAVE NO WORD FOR IT EITHER, MARYAN.
GROUND SOUNDS TOO.