Innovation's '91 DS Comic, Book 2

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And I'm also going to share this full page ad from the second 1992 catalogue from MPI:

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Why that year there were two different MPI DS catalogues, who knows - well, unless it was to announce the release of the '91 series by MPI, something that wasn't known when the first 1992 catalogue came out...

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I forgot to mention yesterday, but no doubt it's already obvious to '91 Series' fans that one of the stills in the above ad is from a scene that was not part of the NBC version of the pilot but is included in the restored footage on MPI's release of the pilot. The scene was also referenced in some of the NBC promos, including the 2 minute trailer at the 42 second mark.

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Continuing on the theme of the MPI tapes for the '91 Series, here's the ad for January from the MPI's 1993 catalogue:

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And here's the ad for February from the MPI's 1993 catalogue:

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And if you're interested, here's the cover of MPI's 1993 catalogue, the first to feature images from the '91 Series. (Notice how Collinwood is backwards. )

And if you're interested, here's the intro inside the catalogue.

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And continuing a bit more (up to April, the date of release of SG 64, which is the latestest one we're up to) here's the ad for March from the MPI's 1993 catalogue:

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And here's the ad for April from the MPI's 1993 catalogue:

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Here's what SG #64 had to say about the trade paperback:

and here's the version of the cover that SG shared:

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Here's the twenty-third page:

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Note the two dialogue-less panels that help to explain how Nathan ended up on the scene - as well as the panel and bits of dialogue that were skipped in the slideshow...

One thing that's funny is with this scene Vicki has been with Barnabas three times within a matter of a few weeks where he's suddenly acted extremely odd and with little to no adequate explanation he's told her to go home (there's this scene in Book 2, Issue 2, there's the scene on Page 16 of Book 1, Issue 2, and there's the scene in Josette's room on the series in hour #4/Ep #3 on the MPI tapes and the DVD release). Thankfully only one of these types of scenes took place on the show, so it's easier to overlook. But if three incidents so close together really did exist, one has to wonder why Vicki didn't seriously consider throwing her hands in the air and giving up on Barnabas entirely.      While each scene on its own is compelling, the comics really should have considered curtailing such scenes as a storytelling device. Though, of course, that would have required thoughtful editing, and well...

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And here's the thirty-second page, the only full page ad in Book 2, Issue 2 - and one which is a listing of several of the comics Innovation made available in May-June of 1993:

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In several ways it's similar to Page 28 in Book 2, Issue 1, shared in reply #63 on page 5 of this topic...

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And here's the twenty-fourth page:

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Note the panel and the bits of dialogue that weren't included in the slideshow...

Also note that it may be that beyond Angelique, the bird in Page 22, panel 6 seems to be observing Barnabas' actions. Who knows if they intended that to be significant or Jose Pimentel just liked to draw birds...

And this page concludes the story portion of Book 2, Issue 2 - and with that conclusion we now know how Barnabas strikes back, or at least how he starts to...

[Uncle Roger]

It's hard to tell exactly what kind of bird that is but if it is a wren or a sparrow, they're usually not night birds. But perhaps they are a species unique to Collinsport. 😉😉😉

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I didn't even think of the fact that birds like that tend not to be awake and out at night in New England. That makes its appearance even curiouser...

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And here's the inside back cover -

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- which is quite similar to the inside back cover for Book 2, Issue 1. There are changes. But if you look closely you'll see that they're mostly in the wrong places because it still says "Book Two #1" and "(Whole #5)" along with "[Chapter one of four.]"    Yet more things good editing should have caught, but...

[Uncle Roger]

Either it's just plain carelessness or they knew that the company would eventually implode and just didn't care.

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And here's the back cover:

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Notice how Julia and Maggie were dropped from the back cover of Book 2, Issue 1 and replaced with Allie and Thenno for Book 2, Issue 2. Also, unlike Book 1, Book 2 has introduced new drawings for the four characters that carried over: Barnabas, Vicki, Willie, and Nathan...

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Here's the front cover of Book Two/Issue Three -

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Here's what SG #63 had to say about the cover for Book 2, Issue 3:

and here's the version of the cover that SG #64 shared:

Apparently Willie and David are beginning to have similar nightmares. Though I'd have to check to see who had it first...