Innovation's '91 DS Comic, Book 2

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Now that Barnabas has discovered Pete and Fred in the cellar of the Old House -

- you might think you know how things are going to play out with the two of them - but you might actually be surprised...

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Here's the fourteenth page:

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Only one tiny bit of dialogue was skipped.

And what will Barnabas do next? As you've seen in the slideshow, the comic is keeping the reader in suspense - and will continue to do so for a while - just like any good writing would, as it shifts focus to dealing with Nathan and Vicki...

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Here's the fifteenth page:

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With quite a bit of skipped dialogue and four skipped panels...

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I'm a bit confused as to what Nathan is doing in today's capture:

Does he have his hand up to his head because he's communicating with Vicki telepathically (even though it seems obvious in the other panels we've seen from Page 16 that he's speaking to her out loud) - is he simply adjusting his bangs - or somehow has he learned that in an alternate universe there's a character named Jeff Clark who seemingly can't go two minutes without touching his hair and he's acting that out?!

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After thinking it over I've decided to settle on the comic is doing a Jeff Clark tribute in that panel!!

 

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Here's the sixteenth page:

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With four bits of skipped dialogue and two skipped panels...

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For those who thought that yesterday's quotes/captures were an indication that the comic was starting to reveal Barnabas' full reaction to finding Pete and Fred in the cellar of the Old House -

Book Two/Issue One/Page 17 - Fred: 'URRK! DON'T,
MISTER! WE DIDN'T KNOW ANYBODY LIVED HERE!'


Book Two/Issue One/Page 17 - Pete: 'OWWWW!'

- you know now that wasn't true because today things move back to Nathan and Vicki -

Book Two/Issue One/Page 17 - Nathan: 'FINE-- TALK TO
ME! WHO CAN HELP? WHO IS HE? HOW CAN I REACH HIM?'
Nathan: 'WHAT'S HIS PHONE NUMBER?'

- yesterday was simply another tease - and one that makes you think Barnabas is going to react the way you suspect he will. Though the full reaction will be forthcoming before too long...

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Here's the seventeenth page:

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Only one bit of dialogue was skipped from this page and no panels were skipped...

And as you've seen with today's quotes/captures, the comic finally starts to deal with Barnabas' reaction to finding intruders in the cellar of the Old House - though his interest is soon diverted to another subject. Will the intruders have to pay more for that than they would have for breaking into the Old House? Only time will tell...

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Here's the eighteenth page:

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Another rare page where no dialogue and no panels were skipped...

And observant fans of the '91 Series will no doubt recall the Barnabas publicity stills that Jose Pimentel used as inspiration for his Barnabas drawings on this page.

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We should probably point out that even though yesterday's -

Book Two/Issue One/Page 19 - Nathan: 'WHAT DO YOU
WANT? GET OUT OF HERE!'

- and today's -

Book Two/Issue One/Page 19 - Barnabas: 'THESE TWO
SAID VICTORIA HAD BEEN HURT! ARE YOU WITH THEM?'

- installments in the slideshow may make if seem as if Nathan is speaking to Barnabas when he asks someone what they want and he tells them to get out, he is actually speaking to Pete and Fred who are seen in an earlier panel arriving at Collinwood - but in the slideshow we've skipped that panel...

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Here's the nineteenth page:

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The top left corner panel, which is the one I referenced above in reply #54, is the only one that was skipped and it's the only one with skipped dialogue...

And the last panel may look familiar to those who've seen the publicity still Jose Pimentel used as inspiration for it...

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Here's the twentieth page:

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The top left corner panel is the only one that was skipped and which, obviously, contains skipped dialogue...

And it's quite interesting just how many publicity stills Jose Pimentel used as inspiration for Barnabas because there are more on this page...

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Here's the twenty-first page:

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Note the skipped dialogue and the one skipped panel...

And I suspect few would have thought that Pete and Fred would get off scot-free - that Barnabas wouldn't exact anything from them for breaking into the cellar of the Old House or, worse, the injury to Vicki, who could have died. But that doesn't mean there won't be any repercussions, as we'll see in Issue #2...

[Gerard]

Again, I was left totally confused by this plot.  I know it's impossible to show every panel or page, but here's my summation from what I got from the story.  It's Christmas.  The entire family and staff have departed for other holiday activities leaving Vicki alone at Collinwood.  Meanwhile, some men think the Old House is abandoned and decide to rummage through it to see what they can get.  A lonely Vicki visits and equally lonely Barnabas for some Christmas cheer and then leaves.  The men brake into the Old House and Vicki catches them.  They panic, hit her, and she with a head injury runs away until she almost falls from Widow's Hill, but they save her and one of them takes her back to the Old House to deal with her injuries.  His friends continue to rifle through the Old House until Barnabas catches them.  To save themselves, they state their friend is helping Victoria.  Barnabas lets them go.  The man helping Vicki is then able to call an ambulance and it's apparent he has developed an affection for her.  She is taken away, the man who likes her tells Barnabas not to leave her alone and he promises as much.

Did I get it right?

Gerard

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Here's the twenty-second page:

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Another rare example of a page with no missing dialogue or panels - though Vicki, while spoken to, doesn't appear in any of the captures that were used in the slideshow because she doesn't say anything.

And yes, that really is a Christmas tree at Collinwood!!