BLOOD AND JUSTICE - #1


PAGE ONE (6 PANELS)

Panel 1: Night. Clear sky with a full moon. An illuminated sign that reads HOMELAND BANK sits next to a modern brick and steel building, and the bank’s parking lot. A silver Bentley pulls quickly into the lot next to a large and futuristic-looking motorcycle. Both are parked in front of a well-lit ATM machine.

CAP: America. Right down the street from you.

SFX (Bentley coming to a stop): SCREEEP!

Panel 2: Close on a silver-haired man in a long black coat. He gets out of the Bentley. In the background, JESUS stands at the corner of the bank building in shadows. His form is visible, but not in any detail. His large head suggests he’s wearing a motorcycle helmet.

JESUS T.O. (typeover): i bet u think that rich guy in the Continental GT is me. the hero. well, like usual, you’d be wrong. i’m the guy with the splitting headache in the shadows. btw, in this story, i get to be the hero AND the villain. lucky me.

Panel 3: Large panel. Close on Jesus. The visor of his motorcycle helmet is down. His face isn’t visible and he’s not wearing a shirt. His right arm is raised and his hand touches the side of his helmet. He peers out from the shadows toward the silver-haired man who walks from the Bentley toward the ATM machine.

JESUS: He’s here. Now who the hell is he?

KENJI V.O. (from the earpiece in Jesus’ ear): Uh, let’s see. This one...his name is Carl Robb. CEO of Triton Robb Aerospace, a parts manufacturer for the military. His cheap parts are going to result in some huge disasters. And he knows it. Innocent people dying. Wasted blood. Jesus, I’m hungry.

JESUS: Kenji, my head’s gonna explode! Feed me!

KENJI V.O.: Uh, let’s see. He has lawyers actively harass anyone who crosses him. He drives like a maniac, like the road’s his own personal freeway. He makes people trust him with lies and screws them behind their backs. Right now, he’s headed to screw some whore, while his wife thinks he’s working late!

JESUS: Thanks, Kenji. Go eat something.

Panel 4: POV: ATM security camera. The fisheye, monochrome image shows Carl Robb standing and punching buttons on the ATM machine.

JESUS T.O.: so, i’m gonna kill this guy. he deserves it.

SFX (ATM machine): BEEP! BOOP! BEEP!

Panel 5: POV: ATM security camera. Carl Robb stands punching more buttons. Jesus is visible walking up behind him.

JESUS T.O.: i believe that now, even though i know i’ll regret it later.

SFX (ATM machine): BOOP!

Panel 6: POV: ATM security camera. From behind, Jesus violently twists Robb’s head around 180 degrees, snapping his neck and killing him.

JESUS T.O.: i always do.

SFX (Carl Robb’s neck snapping): CRACK!

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