voD Page 2 of 2D R. Buddy Baker. Exit TO TV down and BUTE DON'T HAVE INSURANCE. OH! x THOUGHT YOU KNEW, 2M SORRY--YOUR EX-WIFE Coverep your BILLS. ‘ALL YOU HAVE TO DO 1S SIGN...AND TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF, (OF COURSE! MUCH AS We UKED HAVING You WERE, We DON'T WANT TO SEE You BACK ANYTIME ‘SOON. tries to reconcil ~-WHEN THE PARAMEDICS BROUGHT YoU IN, YOUR =—-Lit—= COSTUME WAS ALREADY MOSTLY [AND WE HAD JO cur mr OFF OF YOU TO GET "AT YOUR RIBS. YM REALLY “TORN AND DESTROYED. SER NOW, t JUST NEED YOU TO SIGN “THESE INSURANCE RELEASE FORMS AND YOU'RE FREE 70 60. th " as N TOLD you Last WeeK, DONT KNOW. HOW IM GONG "TO PAY FOR ANY OF THIS. WAIT. PAIGE: Paip For ir? AREW-ARE YOu SURE? Ye6, 15 ALL TAKEN ‘CARE OF.HERE You Go. ACTUALLY-~ L DON'T MEAN 70 BE GET IN TROUBLE IF THEY FOUND OUT, BUT CAN I GET Your auTooeari? — / (i FOR MY SON? PAIGE, THE NURSE JUST TOLD me ‘couLD Have whare THERE'S NO WAY YOU COULD HAVE AFFORDED M7, CHAZ. BESIDES, DAVE INSISTED. Hey, \/7 HEY, KIDDO! pao! )( PAIGE. wei ARE YOU GUYS DOING HEREP = We THOUGHT. YOU COULD Use RIDE. BETTER THAN TAKING THE ‘SUBWAY. YOU DIDN'T NEED TO DO THAT. £ COULD HAVE. 207 was Dave. GRE. Just WHAT NEED: TO Owe HIM, You Dont ‘Owe US ANYTHING, CHAZ. AND PLEASE, CAN WE Not BO ‘This Now? INFRONT oF THANK YOU. REALLY. 1 DON'T KNOW WHAT 10 D0 WitHour You ouys. WHAT Say We GeT ‘OUT OF THIS PLACE...?ey RO, We REALLY \ none Sra see astay J l: "Sacaaety wae i he Soren =) ps MY NAME'S DRUMMOND. ‘TOM DRUMMOND. EM WITH GAA.Url..NO. 1 MEAN, IM NOT REPRESENTED By ANYONE. I DH--NEVER THOUGHT I NEEDED yOu HAVENT. BEEN ONLINE IN THE LAST BA) TWenty-FouR NO, IVE BEEN IN THe HOSPTAL, Ma. DRUMMOND, DONT MEAN 70 BE RUDE, BUT WHAT IS ‘THis ABOUT? 1 SHORT, MR” GRANT, YOURE HOT. AND T WANT TO. MAKE YOU FAMOUS. INTERNET FADS COME. AND GOIN A BLINK. 50 IF YOURE INTERESTED, WELL Have 70 GeT MOVING GUICKLY TO MAXIMIZe YOUR EXPOSURE, I SAY We START BY HITTING THE TALK SHOW CIRCUIT, THEN Get SOME ENDORSEMENT MONEY ‘COMING IN, WE'LL FOLLOW UP Witt ANOTHER “LEAKED' VIDEO OF A *REAL LIFE™ ‘SUPERHERO. BUT THERE IS NO. REASON YOU CANT USE THIS TO YOUR ADVANTAGE. WE MAKE A BIT OF CON, AND THEN YOURE FREE 0 GO BACK TO DONS: ‘WHAT YOU DO. UNDERSTAND THAT YOU TAKE. THs HERO STUFF ‘SERIOUSLY. P RESPECT TARY (OB SOMETHING, FOLLOW youR ‘COMEBACK. THEN WE'LL GET AFEW "BOOTLEG" J-SHligts Our There, ETT GOING ViZAL WITH THE COLLEGE KIDS, APTER THAT, WHO KNOWS? MOVIES, TV BOyOU siINGe DO SOMETHING REAL, YOU KNOW? RIGHT. SORRY, IDON REALLY CARE WHAT YOU CALL YOURSELF. POINT 15, AS OF A FEW MINUTES AGO, THE VIDEO HAS OVER TWELVE MILLION VIEW TUBE Wis AND HAS BEEN THE NUMBER ONE TRENDING TOPIC ONLINE FOR THe LAST IK HOURS.of UM... HERE YOU GO.Hh ‘AND DO YOU. ‘OM? WAS EDON'T KNOW, GREEN TAKEN? t bike Rep, TRAINING? UTE? THE Z “HERE COMES TY JOHNSONAFTER A HARD NIGHT OF KEEPING TH AK, USE THE NEW O YOU'RE NOT JUST SOME MAN! RUNNING AROUND IN His UNDERWEAR ANYMO AND EM GONG 70 2 ‘ON “AMERICAN TALENT ‘SEARCH THis FALL Ae WELL! THe RepWELL, WELL. TGueSs THEY LET ANYONE INTO THESE THINGS NOWADAYS. WHERE /5° DAVE? OH, WHO KNOWS? SchMOOZINE WITH SOMEONE. I TEND NOT “10 S68 Fim AT THESE THINGS UNTIL WE Ger HOME. IF THEN m5 Kay. 60 wHeRe's TINOW. YOUR DATE? AREN'T yOlLhice Wink SOME RELY LEGAL STARLET OR SOMETHING? COME ON, Paice. You KNOW NONE OF THAT STUFF Is REAL. Tr ALL Just SET UP By iy PUBLICIST. WHAT Age PAIGE? "eee, OH DAVE HAS SOME PRETTY B16 CLIENTS. of, RigHT, Si #7 sonny-- TDIONT = MEAN TO: your, puBcicist, wig woulb ever Have THOvoHT? YOUVE COME LONG way, 212 Sean, Have Ea ALL OF THis. E weaN, IT WAS FUN At Fiest. oot The 15 NOT WHAT WANTED.BUT ALL THIS... BECAME FANGUS FOR DOING NOTHING. 1S THAT REALLY WHAT T WANT JAMIE TO LEARN?’ ur THAT Just eNWatiéD DOESNT Exist, TO SAVE THE ae a Ps WE LIVE IN. — T REMEMBER WHEN PEOPLE GAINED ATTENTION FOR AeTUALLS sccompusine i | > Seetane Nor re ‘ POMSIOT ON = s RENO SOME REALTY Sree E SHOW. og HEROES \ eZ a I THINK Es MINIS watz ibeaver WITH YOU. = IDEALIST. ON! STOPL IMSS > <9 SST x cone BRA s > \ eu 2) ‘ Me & = » \ THOUSET WRONG. TWAS JUST BEING Nice BECAUSE YOU LOOKED 50 ALONE (OUT HERE. ~ ‘coopeye, PAE: 2088pe Tey 7 Ve me | y aoa l Sell a ps an"STEVE DALEY 19 THE HEAD OF LONSMOUTH STUDIOS! HE 15 ONE OF THE: MOST POWERFUL MEN IN HOLLYWOOD! HOW DID YOU NOT KNOW WELL, HE Was ALSO ATTACKING A YOUNG WOMAN! I DON'T ‘CARE WHO YOU ARE, FMNOT JUST GOING TO.WALK AWAY FROM THAT! TOLD YOU. WHEN We Fest MET THAT 3 WAS, RED THUNDER FlRGT! EVERYTHING ELSE, THE MOVIES, THE TV SHOWS, THAT ALL FINE! 3 DON'T WANT ANY (OF THAT CRAP ANYWAY! JUST WANT TO BE RED THUNDER! WELL, I HATE TO BREAK IT TO YOU, BUT THE RED THUNDER. NAME AND LIKENESs ARE ‘COPYRIGHT DRUMMOND PRODUCTIONS! YOU SHOULD HAVE READ THE FINE PRINT IN YOUR CONTRACT, CHAZ! 2 OWN RED THUNDER!” YOU USE THAT COSTIME AGAIN AND TLL. DESTROY You! i areas V7 WHAT THE HELL Were YoU DONG WEARING THAT UNDER. YOUR DAMN TUX Was ‘OH, YES, YOU ARE! AND DID. Y YOU HAVE TO PULL (OUT THE DAMNED WELL, ALL THAT. "OTe STUFF" 3 OVER. YOU'RE FINISHED. NO MORE MOVIES. NO MORE ENDORSEMENTS. NO MORE TV. AGAIN. AND DONT. BOTHER TRYING TO FIND ANOTHER AGENT. YOURE DEAD IN THis TOWN!You OKAY, FON?, I 4 f YEAH. Just GON TOMY ‘ROOM FOR ‘AWHILE. YES, PLEASE. CONTINUES TO CAMPAIGN HEAVILY IN TEXAS AND ACROSS THE SOUTHWEST IN HOPES (OF BOOSTING HIS CHANCES: AIR FORCE ONE WiLL TOUCH DOWN IN ARIZONA NEXT. cate AND IN OTHER NEWS, A FOURALARM BLAZE IN COWNTOWN LA. TOOK A REMARKABLE ‘AND BIZARRE TURN TODAYeee oe = Sb een oe Mogren i THROUGH SS b ACADEMY JUST. Fea a Rh og Mat pee cle eee eee ed Bi JEFF LEMIRE writer JOHN PAUL LEON artist p.1- TIMOTHY GREEN II penciller, p. 19, 20 JOSEPH SILVER inker, p. 19, 20 & x LOVERN KINDZIERSKI colorist JARED K. FLETCHER letterer JAE LEE cover _JUNE CHUNG cover color KATE STEWART, KYLE ANDRUKIEWICZ asst. editors part two JOEY CAVALIERI editor MATT IDELSON group editorTHE IDENTIFICATION CORAL CITY HAS BEEN IN THE HEADLINES FOR ‘LL THE WRONG REASONS LATELY, AND THE SITUATION SEEMS TO BE UNSALVAGEABLE. ‘AT THIS PONT. ENFORCENENT'S CONCERNS THAT ‘SEVERAL SUPER-POWERED INDNIDUALS Mnoesr “THE MOVEMENT HAS BEEN INCREASINGLY ACTIVE CORAL CITY, SUGGESTING THAT THEIR NUMBERS CONTINUE TO GROW DESPITE Lau ARE INVOLVED IN THE ORGANIZATION. THE POTENTIAL OUTBREAK OF HOSTILITIES BETWEEN ‘THE CCPD AND THESE SUPER-POUIERED ACTWISTS HAS PULLED RESOURCES AUlAY FROM THE CONTINUING ‘SERIES OF MURDERS IN CORAL CITY. 'A SPOKESPERSON, Yon The CCPD REFUSED TO ‘AND NOU LET'S TURN TO OUR ENTERTANNENT. REPORTER TO GET THE LATEST ON A STORY THAT'S TAKING THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY BY STORM! ONE OF THE MOST SHOCKING TWISTS IN HOLLYUIOOD HISTORY, ‘BUT ITS NOT PART ay SUMMER ‘OF, ‘BLOCKBUSTER! @N UTTERLY UNEXPECTED FILM AWARD NOWINATION, BAKER, AXA. ANIMAL MAN, MY BE One OF THE MOST FAMOUS ‘ACTORS IN THE WORLD! = _ NOD WILL UNDOUBTEDLY LINGER.1S THE PUBLIC'S FASCINATION WITH THE COSTUME-SeT GIRL POWER! BATWING TAKES GOTHAM ‘ATION IDENTIFICATION LEADING {ANIMAL} MANE TT SEEMS ATHING IS < POSsieLe, BUT CONSIDERNG BUDDY'S ERRATIC ‘BEHADOR PND FREQUENT RUN-IN UT THE PapHeAze|\ ‘SAGE BENG NOMNATED..IT WA Be BEST I Bakers FIFTEEN MNUTES OF PIE WERE TO EXPIRE ASA! THAT'S ONE Ua TO PUT IT, BETHAW. 4S IF BEING ABLE, TO FLY WERENT A BIG ENOUGH THRILL FOR SOME OF THESE PEOPLE..