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I'm kicking myself for being so busy not to mention this earlier. I remember seeing the below scenes and wanting to post them here months ago, but I've been so busy I forgot.
Drura has been appearing in cameos previous to this issue.
The story so far...TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #1 -
Kong the Untamed Anthro (he's blond, so I doubt he's Anthro - I'm wrong about this) speaks French and writes the following message on a cave wall - "Prenez Garde Aux Architectes."
Dr. 13 dreams of a wasteland of clocks in which he finds the dying ghost of Captain Fear. The scene switches to a jungle island with a boy dressed up as a super-hero [Genius Jones] reading a book and then burning it in the nearby fire. He asks Dr. 13 for dime only to have the Doctor awake to his daughter wearing a negligee. He finally awakens.
Traci wakes him up to speak to the Premier of France whom the Doctor went to college with. As "Le Septic," he's asked to investigate a plane crash in the Alps. Traci and the Doctor fly a helicopter to the location and discuss the fact that survivors would disappear and then be found headless, skinned, gutted, and bled dry.
They are both seemingly attacked by a Yeti, who is in reality I...Vampire - Lord Andrew Bennett.
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #2 -
The space shuttle is repairing the old JLA satellite and we see that the earth is really flat like a dime. Then Captain Fear dies in Dr. 13's arms...
...Dr. 13 awakens in a cave with his daughter and I...Vampire. They argue whether he was knocked out or fainted. They discover Kong's Anthro's message. Traci leaves the cave long enough to be kidnapped. Dr. 13 is knocked out by a Nazi ape's fist. Unconscious...dreaming, he meets the kid [Genius Jones] again and gives him a dime to discover that reality is being rebuilt without him. Dr. 13 thinks he's God and wakes up. He asks Andrew for help, but he can't leave the cave because of the Sun. Dr. 13 tries to erase the "Yeti" tracks that may have taken his daughter in disbelief, only to discover Kong Anthro frozen in ice. Behind Dr. 13 is a flying pirate ship.
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #3 -
Even though he's on a flying pirate ship with a frozen Cro-Magnon boy and a vampire...looking for his daughter who was kidnapped by Yeti, Dr. 13 doesn't believe any of this. 13 convinced Captain Fear that they are searching for gold so that the pirates will help them and not kill him. They fly to a jungle nestled in the Alps which has a Nazi camp full of apes...
...The pirate ghosts and the Nazi apes battle each other. The pirates are unkillable but they can hurt/kill the apes. After Dr. 13 falls out of the ship and near his daughter, the boy [Genius Jones] appears in a hut. J.E.B. Stuart of the Haunted Tank appears and his horse defecates in Dr. 13's face.
TALES OF THE UNEXPECTED #4 -
The Haunted Tank joins the battle and the Doctor frees his daughter who at J.E.B.'s behest flee the scene only to be attacked by the main ape. Kong Anthro saves them and Traci falls in love. They run into the hut to find the boy [Genius Jones], but the boy refuses a dollar in favor of a dime. The main ape arrives to explain he and his apes are the product of the Nazi's super soldier program. The ape wants to use Traci to create a new Master Race when he pukes due to Infectious Lass. The entire cast (minus J.E.B. are in the hut when the "Architects" appear to give the boy some dimes. But, before that happens the Haunted Tank blows up the hut. Captain Fear is upset that there's no gold.
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From: San Diego, CA | Registered: Jul 2003
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I e-mailed my CBS today about pulling any copies of TotU 1-4 they might still have on the shelf, but if they can't get # 4 I might have to seek out help from a fellow Legion Worlder!
Getting the rest of the mini will be no problem now that I've notified them.
Question: WHAT is Dru doing there?!? This is all just so... unexpected.
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That's just... astonishing. The whole thing. I'm amazed. The Nazi Gorillas, the kid with the goggles... all that wierd obscure stuff makes Infectious Lass seem downright mainstream.
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quote:Originally posted by MLLASH: I e-mailed my CBS today about pulling any copies of TotU 1-4 they might still have on the shelf, but if they can't get # 4 I might have to seek out help from a fellow Legion Worlder!
Getting the rest of the mini will be no problem now that I've notified them.
Question: WHAT is Dru doing there?!? This is all just so... unexpected.
The whole thing is clearly a surreal adventure. Maybe it takes place inside the Silver Twist! (remember that? Ah, Denny's drinking days...)
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I laughed out loud when I saw IL. This story has been so much fun that it's kept me buying the book. The Spectre lead story has been so lackluster that if it was running by itself I'd have dropped it by now.
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Ok, I'm embarrassed to admit this as a die-hard Golden Age fanatic, but I totally didn't recognize who the kid wanting dimes was until last night!
He's Genius Jones!
Look for more info on him here.
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I think you have the right idea, Pov. Too expensive for a series I'm only following the back-up story for.
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