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PANEL ONE, TOP HORIZONTAL:
THE HEROES LINE UP IN FRONT OF THE BUILDING--THIS AS SHOT OVER THE SHOULDERS
OF EAGER REPORTERS SWARMING OVER THEMSELVES, HANDS WAVING, CHARGING THE
U.N. BUILDING.
1 TAILLESS: You heard me! HOLD PAGE ONE 2 TAILLESS: SECOND COMING of SUPERMAN 3 TAILLESS: making a STATEMENT? 4 TAILLESS: Everybody SHUDDUP, will ya? When THIS guy talks-- PANEL TWO: SUPERMAN, BACKED BY HIS LEAGUERS, ADDRESSES THE MASSES. ALEX, SUPERMAN DOESN'T NEED A PODIUM; IF ANYONE CAN PROJECT HIS VOICE, HE CAN. NOTE THAT I'VE CALLED FOR STARKINGS TO GO UP A NOTCH IN LETTERING SIZE HERE, AND DOUBLE-BORDER THE BALLOONS, TO SUGGEST SUPERMAN'S BOOMING VOICE. [Mr. Starkings, kind sir--on this page only, please enlarge Superman's lettering and double-border his balloons to suggest a booming voice. Thanks.] 5 TAILLESS: --we LISTEN! 6 SUPERMAN: Good AFTERNOON. 7 SUPERMAN: Many of you may REMEMBER us. We have been AWAY for a while. 8 SUPERMAN: That was our MISTAKE. PANEL THREE: MEDIUM ON SUPERMAN. 9 SUPERMAN: In our ABSENCE, a NEW BREED of METAHUMANS has arisen...a VAST PHALANX of self-styled "heroes" UNWILLING to preserve LIFE or defend the DEFENSELESS... 10 SUPERMAN: ...a legion of VIGILANTES who have PERVERTED their great powers...who have FORESWORN the responsibilities DUE them. PANEL FOUR: TIGHT ON THE CROWD OF REPORTERS, AWESTRUCK. 11 SUPERMAN: We have RETURNED to TEACH them the MEANING of TRUTH and JUSTICE. 12 SUPERMAN: Together, we will GUIDE this new breed with WISDOM...and, if necessary, with FORCE. Above ALL, we will restore ORDER. PANEL FIVE: TIGHT ON SUPERMAN. 13 SUPERMAN: We will
make things RIGHT again.
From Kingdom Come script, courtesy of Mark Waid. |