Transcript
Evil Inc – March 4, 2025
By Brad J. Guigar
Panel 1
(Scene: A church basement on the west side of Fairmount City. A young man excitedly recognizes Angus the Minotaur.)
Matt: Hey! I know you!
Matt: You’re Angus the Minotaur!
Angus: Ach! Look, mate, I’m not lookin’ for any bother!
Panel 2
(Matt tries to reassure Angus while fanboying over him.)
Matt: It’s OK!
Matt: I’m a hench just like you!
Matt: —Well, not just like you! You’re a legend!
Angus: Thank you. Good night.
Panel 3
(Matt stops Angus from leaving, insisting on buying him a drink.)
Matt: HOLD ON! You gotta let me buy you a beer!
Angus: No, thanks, I... Excuse me...
Panel 4
(A woman with dark hair approaches the two with a question.)
Woman: Could you tell me which way to the Route Three bus stop?
Matt: Oh!
Matt: Oh, yes!
Matt: Let me show you...
Panel 5
(Angus finally gives in to Matt’s persistence, picking him up as he agrees to have a drink together.)
Angus: Fine, then, ya dobber. Let’s have a damned pint...
Panel 6
(The woman panics and tries to stop them.)
Matt: WAIT!
Matt: NO!
Panel 7
(The woman sighs as she stands near a bulletin board, revealing she is attending a support group meeting.)
(Sign on the bulletin board: "TONIGHT
7 PM Minotaurs Without Mates
8 PM Succubi Support: Overdrainers Anonymous")
(The woman’s wings extend with a "FWUMP" sound as she resigns herself to the situation.)
Woman: (sigh)
End.
This Week in Villainy: May 6-12, 2007
Who’s Up and Who’s Thwarted
Duela: Duela gets offed in
Countdown #51 by at character with the worst hair in the DC Universe, the Monitor. (Number One went to Pre-Crisis Alexander Luthor.)
[WIKIPEDIA]
Duela appears in Countdown #51. She abducts a teen celebrity from a nightclub, only to be stopped by Jason Todd. (She mentions to Todd that she comes from an alternate Earth.) After escaping, Duela is killed by a rogue Monitor, who states: “This world is not yours. Your presence in it is not tolerated. The penalty is death.”
Dan DiDio, editor-in-chief of DC, has stated that the reason Duela was murdered will have a ripple effect throughout the seriesShe was the Joker’s daughter. Or not. Maybe Two-Face’s. Maybe Catwoman’s. Or Wildebeest’s. Or Doomsday’s. Or Dr. Light’s. Or Punch and Jewelee’s.
She was a villain. Or a Teen Titan.
And now she’s dead. Coins are flipping across the DCU to figure out who should be bereaved. No word on whether any of the coins are scratched on one side. Or not.
What we
do know is that her death will have ripples across the DCU throughout the
Countdown series. Maybe.
In other news, the cover of Countdown #50 (
See a free 12-pagepreview here) promises the re-emergence of the Joker that was foretold in an
earlier TWIV.
(If you have a suggestion for “This Week In Villainy,” please let me know.)
