T H E G A L A X Y ’ S G R E A T E S T C O M I C P R E S E N T S
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FEATURINGJOHN WAGNERPAT MILLSROBBIE MORRISONDAN ABNETTKEVIN O’NEILLCLINT LANGLEYRICHARD ELSONHENRY FLINTAL EWINGVAL 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!
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…
EVEN WHEN IT’S SORTED YOU LOSE A
WEEK’S BENEFIT. SAVES TWELVE MIL A YEAR ON BUDGET.
NO! THAT’S NOT IT!
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!
C’MON, LOOK AT THE GUY.
HE’S OUT OF HIS MIND WITH
WORRY. GOT TO BE HOUSING ALLOCATION.
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!
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.
LIKE THREE KILOS OF PLASTIC SAYS YOU’RE PIZZA TOPPING! IT’S
DECISION TIME, PEOPLE!
NOW STAY CALM, MIKE. JUST LET US BRING UP YOUR FILE.
ATTABOY, MIKE! PLENTY OF ANGER THERE! BUILD IT!
JOHN WAGNER
VAL SEMEIKS & CLIFF ROBINSON
CHRIS BLYTHE
TOM FRAME
S.A.M.
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 RENT-WORTHINESS 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.
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.B-BUT WHY? WHY ARE
YOU DOING THIS? YOU’RE SUPPOSED TO BE HELPING PEOPLE!
OH, NO. OH NO NO NO NO NO.
THIS IS THE BUREAU OF CREATIVE BUREAUCRACY.
RED TAPE, THAT’S OUR DEPARTMENT. ‘SAVING
MONEY FOR THE CITY BY MAKING THINGS DIFFICULT
FOR YOU.’
YOU WANT COMPLAINTS, DOWN THE CORRIDOR AND
TURN LEFT.
WAIT, WAIT! DON’T DO ANYTHING HASTY!
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?
SURE! WH-WHAT ABOUT THE KEY?
YOU FILED ALL YOUR PAPERS ALREADY, SO
JUST GO STRAIGHT UP TO HOUSING.
WE’RE WAIVING THE RULES HERE, MIKE. NO NEED TO TELL THE JUDGES ABOUT THIS, OKAY?
THANK YOU! THANK YOU!
I CAN’T TAKE ANY MORE! I’M GONNA
DO IT!
YES! YES!
JUST SAY THE WORD, MIKEY!
WAIT A MINUTE! WAIT ONE STINKIN’ MINUTE! YOU
GONNA BELIEVE THAT GARB?
‘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!
LAST CHANCE, PEOPLE! I’M COUNTIN’!
SORRY, MIKEY, CAN’T LET YOU DO THAT! THIS IS FOR YOUR OWN GOOD!
WH-WHY WOULD THEY LIE, BOMB?
P-PLEASE, I’VE GOT WHAT I WANT. I-I DON’T WANT ANY TROUBLE.
I-I’LL SWITCH IT OFF—
I KNOW WHAT IT IS. UNFORTUNATELY, SOME OF THEM SLIP THROUGH…
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?
“FOUR STAFF HOSTAGES AND A MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC --
ONE MIKEL P. GROOBER, LIVES WITH PARENTS IN RITNIK.
“BLOCK JUDGE FOUND PACKAGING IN HIS ROOM FOR A PERSONAL TERROR DEVICE --
A TERRORCO S.A.M.
“THAT’S A MAIL ORDER ITEM--
KOREAN IMPORT."
ALBION.WE’LL NEVER FIND
HIM, YOU KNOW...
WE HAVE TO, UKKO. HE’S SOMEWHERE IN THIS
DEVIL-INFESTED LAND.
WE MAY FIND HIM ATTHE SWARMING IN
NEW TROY...
THEN HE’LLPAY.
PAY A THOUSAND
TIMES...
FOR WHATHE DID TO
HER...
JUDGING BY HIS NECK TORC, \’D SAY
HE WAS IRISH...
NO, HE CAN’TBE IRISH...
... SO NO ONE CAN GRAB THEIR
HAIR WHEN THEY’RERUNNING AWAY!
THE IRISH ALWAYS SHAVE THE
BACK OF THEIRHEADS...
SO WHERE AREYOU FROM,STRANGER?
MAYBE THISONE’S A STUPID
IRISHMAN?
ARE THERE ANY
OTHER KIND?
\ HAVE NO TIME TO DEAL WITHYOU. OTHERWISEYOU WOULD RUETHOSE WORDS.
BULL-DUNG!YOU’RE JUST NOTUP TO A FIGHT!
TIME TO GO,UKKO...
SOTH! AND \ WAS HOPING TO GETACQUAINTED WITHTHE BARMAID!
RUNNING AWAY, EH? YOUSHOULD HAVE SHAVEDTHE BACK OF YOUR
HEAD FIRST!
DO YOU THINK YOUFOMORIANS COULD
FIND YOUR WAY BACKTO THE CESSPIT YOU
CLIMBED OUT OF?
\ WANT HIS LASTBREATH!
LET’S SEE WHETHER YOUR SWORD COURAGE
MATCHES YOUR LIPCOURAGE!
THEY HAD BEEN OUT FOR EIGHTMONTHS. LONGEST WALK–AROUND THEY’D EVER DONE.
FURTHEST, TOO. THEY WERE NORTH OFBIG 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 ANDTHE LAST OF THE FOOD BRICKS.
THEY WONDERED WHYTHEY WERE BEINGPUSHED SO FAR.
BUT EVERY DAY AT DAWNAND AT DUSK, THE URGINGSCAME, GUIDING THEM ON.
FAINT NOW, AT SUCH A DISTANCE,URGINGS ONLY THEY COULD HEAR,BUT CLEAR ENOUGH. THE MASTERSWANTED THEM TO GO ON.
AND THEY OBEYED BECAUSETHEY WERE A PACK, AND EVERYPACK WAS TRAINED TO OBEY.
DAN ABNETT
RICHARDELSON
ELLIE DE VILLE
PART 1
THE PACK. THEY WERE ALLVETERANS, BLOODIED SOLDIERS. JACK SO WILD,RUN RUN SHAW, TOD OFMUCH SLAUGHTER,MARYAN FAITHFUL, LOUEYARMSTRONG, OLD MANGARY, GINNY WOOLF...
... AND GENE, WHOWAS THEIR LEADER.ALPHA MALE GENETHE HACKMAN.
NO MORELAND. PACK GOBACK 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 RIGHTLAND, GENE. THAT IS LANDWHERE THERE SHOULDN’T
BE LAND.
OLD MAN! TELL GENE THIS IS
NOT RIGHT!
OLD MAN GARY WAS THE OLDESTOF THEM BY TWENTY YEARS. HE WASWEAK IN SCRAPPING, BUT THEYKEPT HIM ON BECAUSE HE KNEW.
HE GAVE IT THE NAME.
LAND BRIDGE.
THEM MUSTABUILT IT.
THEM?
THEM. THISIS THEM’SWORK.
THIS IS WHY THE MASTERSURGED US HERE.TO SEE THIS.
LET USSEE IT.
SMOOTH, LIKE...NOT–ROCK.
\ DO NOT LIKE IT, GENE.MAKE US GO
BACK.\ HAVE
NO WORD FORIT EITHER,MARYAN.
SCENT!
SCENT,GENE!
GROUNDSOUNDS
TOO.
GET WHET.
