Transcript
[Panel 1] (At a nearby watering hole...)
Matt the Henchman: I don’t get it! You’re the highest-ranked hench in the biz! What’s got you down?!
[Panel 2] (Argus the Minotaur sighs, sitting at the bar with Matt, drinking beer.)
Argus the Minotaur: sigh I used to hench with a woman. She was… amazing.
[Panel 3] (Flashback of Argus thinking about the past.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): I couldn’t bring myself to tell her how I felt about her because it woulda wrecked our working relationship.
[Panel 4] (Flashback continues.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): When she got promoted, I left henching and just… kicked around for a while.
[Panel 5] (Another flashback, showing Argus sneakily capturing Lightning Lady from behind.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): After years of trying to forget her, I decided to give it one more try.
[Panel 6] (Argus and Lightning Lady sit next to each other, playing video games.)
Argus the Minotaur (narration): Now I’m back where I started. I’m henching again, and she’s close enough to touch, but too far to hold.
*Caption: After a brief stint at the Silver Agency.
[Panel 7] (Back at the bar, Matt looks at Argus.)
Matt the Henchman: So… what? You’re just gonna suffer in silence?
[Panel 8] (Argus grins sadly.)
Argus the Minotaur: Trust me. You do not want to hear a minotaur suffer out loud.
Tales from the Sinestro Corps
Somewhere the Crypt Keeper is smiling.
Making the
Tales from the Sinestro Corps — found in the back of the current issues of
Green Lantern — in the form of a caring, affectionate homage to the
horror comics of the EC era is a stroke of pure genius. (
Click on the image to the right for a bigger view)
Right down to featuring a
narrator figure carrying a dusty tome with assorted tales of terror, these stories recall the very best of that lost time of horror comics that made such an impression on the culture of the time that the government deemed it necessary to
regulate it.
Beyond the familiar visuals, we’re treated to some truly horrific stories in
Tales worthy of being included alongside EC’s best gore-filled stories.
It’s a well-used, effective tool that’s making the Sinestro Corps extremely creepy. And, technically, they haven’t even started yet.
Somewhere the Crypt Keeper is smiling.
