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PANEL ONE:  LOOKING PAST THE SEA OF REPORTERS TOWARDS SUPERMAN.

1 REPORTER A: Will there be OTHERS?

2 SUPERMAN: Our ranks will GROW.

*3 REPORTER B: Are you prepared to SHUT DOWN those who don't honor YOUR principles?

4 SUPERMAN: I don't anticipate ANYONE acting without OUR SANCTION.

PANEL TWO:  TIGHT ON A REPORTER ASKING A QUESTION.

5 REPORTER B: "ANYONE"?  Would that include MAGOG?

6 REPORTER B: Superman, are YOU TRULY prepared to CONFRONT Magog...in light of what has gone BEFORE?

PANEL THREE:  TIGHT ON SUPERMAN, GRANITE-FACED.  NO DIALOGUE.

PANEL FOUR:  WONDER WOMAN STEPS IN FRONT OF SUPERMAN, ONE HAND RAISED TO INDICATE THAT THE CONFERENCE IS OVER.

7 WONDER:  Magog will be DEALT with...IF he SURFACES.  Given the CONSEQUENCE of his ACTIONS in KANSAS, that seems UNLIKELY.

8 TAILLESS: But what about
9 TAILLESS: responsible for MILLIONS
10 TAILLESS: other heroes AFRAID of him
11 TAILLESS: really solving the PROBLEM?

12 WONDER: That is ALL.

PANEL FIVE:  CUT TO INTERIOR, HIGHEST FLOOR, U.N. BUILDING.  THROUGH A WINDOW, A DELEGATE WATCHES THE SILHOUETTED HEROES FLY OFF INTO THE DISTANCE.

13 FROM OFF: It's certainly ENOUGH for ONE DAY.

14 FROM OFF: Ladies and gentlemen of the DELEGATION...is anyone here DELIGHTED at what we've just HEARD?

PANEL SIX:  PULL BACK TO LOOK AT THE DELEGATE PAST A TABLEFUL OF SEATED, SIMILARLY GRIM DELEGATES.  CENTRAL, MOST PROMINENT, AND MOST WORRIED IS THE PUFFY ELDER STATESMAN WHO'S HEAD OF THE U.N. -- SECRETARY-GENERAL WYRMWOOD, WHO NEEDS TO BE SEATED BEHIND AN IDENTIFYING DESK PLAQUE.

15 WYRMWOOD: No?
16 WYRMWOOD: Why am I not SURPRISED...?



From Kingdom Come script, courtesy of Mark Waid.
 
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