Boardindex Page Montage/aka 'Book 1'?

Speaking of today's capture, pay close attention to the area of the top right corner because otherwise you might miss something that will have importance shortly down the road...

Here's the twentieth page a bit earlier than usual -

(Click here for a 1328X1996 version)

- because, beyond some skipped dialogue and panels, it also contains some pertinent info that never came up in the slideshow and which relates to tomorrow's slideshow...

When it comes to today's quote -

Book One/Issue Four/Page 21 - Julia: 'SWANN SAID THAT I WAS THE
FIRST OF THE DESCENDANTS TO BE CALLED BACK TO BARRETTSTOWN.'
Julia: 'I WONDER HOW MANY MORE ARE OUT THERE, IN POSITIONS OF
POWER ALL OVER THE WORLD. I WONDER HOW THE CONDITIONS THAT
SHAPED THEM IN BARRETTSTWON AFFECT THEIR JUDGEMENT IN THIS
WORLD.'

- we may have gotten off lucky with Innovation folding because it meant we never had to deal with any other "DESCENDANTS TO BE CALLED BACK TO BARRETTSTOWN" - and apparently at some point Julia finally found time to see to Willie because he actually has a bandage on his forehead...

Maybe Willie just got tired of waiting for her and did it himself.

In my humble opinion, that was one of the weirdest and most uninteresting plot lines.  I feel like I just watched that made-for-TV version of The Mist again.  I don't know why I kept watching it like a train-wreck; I don't know I continued to follow this story like a train-wreck. 

Gerard

Thankfully we've just about seen the last of Barrettstown, and what will develop with regard to Collinwood will take an interesting turn...

Here's the twenty-first page:

(Click here for a 1328X1996 version)

And again note the skipped dialogue and panel...

We need to backtrack a bit to deal with some things I missed posting about:

First up, SG #63 from January 1993 shared a not fully completed version of Page 20:

As I'd mentioned before, SG 62 mostly shared artwork for Book 2, Issue 1 and didn't share a lot of stuff for Book 1, Issue 4 until SG 63. I'm sure they had their reasons, whatever they may have been. But anyway, I was thinking that the first page of artwork SG 63 shared from Book 1, Issue 4 was Page 24 - but I got a surprise when I went to scan SG 63 last night and found this from Page 20. Oops! 

It's odd that they cut off quite a bit of the right side of the page...

Here's the twenty-second page:

(Click here for a 1328X1996 version (without any of the artifacts that the forum's system created when downsizing the image))

And, of course, note the skipped dialogue and panels...

There's some dialogue from Lara Hoffman that seems to hint at an earlier relationship of some kind with Barnabas. He seems to have a vague memory of an earlier encounter with her but Lara neither confirms it or denies it. Was this meant as foreshadowing of whatever project that Lara Parker was supposed to do for Innovation?
Also, her throwaway line about child, what have you done has always puzzled me. The logical assumption is that she's referring to Julia. She is, after all, Julia's aunt. (Or, in a soap opera twist, could she possibly be Julia's mother? Probably not but it would make a nice parallel to the Elizabeth/Vicki connection.) I remember hearing discussion that Lara Hoffman was supposed to have some connection to Angelique but the character is really not developed enough to give the idea any credibility.

When it comes to December 19th's quote -

Book One/Issue Four/Page 23/Flashback - Barnabas: 'I AM INDEED,
ANGELIQUE. YOU AND BEN DID WELL IN FINDING THIS MAN. NOW...
CHECK WITH THE CONTESSE AND WITH NAOMI. THEY WOULD
APPRECIATE YOUR PREPARING FOR MISS PHYLLIS WICKE'S IMMENENT
ARRIVAL--' Barnabas: '“--AS TUTOR FOR YOUNG DANIEL.”'

- once again Book 1 would have benefited from a proof reader because "IMMINENT" is spelled incorrectly as "IMMENENT". 

Plus it's a bit odd that Barnabas refers to making plans for Phyllis Wicke's arrival "AS TUTOR FOR YOUNG DANIEL" when she would be serving as Daniel's sister Sarah's tutor as well.    And add to that that both Daniel and Sarah are Barnabas' own siblings in this version and it's even odder...

And today's quote -

Book One/Issue Four/Page 23/Flashback - Angelique: 'MON CHER, YOU
WILL REMEMBER OUR LOVE AND SCORN THE SPOILED, PAMPERED
JOSETTE...' Angelique: '...OR THE CURSE I HAVE PUT ON THIS OBJECT
OF YOUR OBSESSION WILL AFFECT YOU AND YOUR DESCENDENTS TILL
THE END OF TIME--'

- is yet another example of how Book 1 would have benefited from a proof reader because "DESCENDANTS" is spelled incorrectly as "DESCENDENTS". 

Here's the twenty-third page:

(Click here for a 1328X1996 version (without any of the artifacts that the forum's system created when downsizing the image))

Note the one skipped bit of dialogue.

And you've got to love those demons who are apparently at Angelique's call when she places a curse...

Here's the twenty-fourth page:

(Click here for a 1328X1996 version (without any of the artifacts that the forum's system created when downsizing the image))

And note the skipped drawings and their accompanying dialogue taken from the show...

And SG #63 shared a not fully completed version of Page 24:

And again part of the page is cut off - but also another section of the page shows more than what's in the comic (in particular, notice the music notes)...