Theme: Captain Marvel
Quick Summary: Jim Wilder, private investigator for the Hark Corporation, chases a mugger though ground zero of a bomb blast that Planetary is also investigating. He makes contact with a artifact uncovered in the blast and is teleported to a pluriverse traversing ship. Wilder is augmented with alien technology, and agrees to find six other people willing to help him return the ship to its home universe.
Opening Line: "It was like Satan farted, that's what it was like."
Annotations:
Page 3, panel 3: “The Snowflake” is the representation of the pluriverse from issue one.
Page 10: Note the lightening bolt motif. Also, a gray alien is in the lower corner of the far right golden pillar.
Page 11: This is my favorite dialogue from the entire series.
Page 12: Doc Brass is glaring at Wilder because the “ship” he contacted was one of the foes the pulp heroes encountered. See issue five for slightly more information.
Page 13, panel 4: Again note the Captain Marvel-type lightening bolt motif.
Page 14, panel 1: Again, the snowflake reappears.
Page 17, panel 1: The number seven is reference to Captain Marvel’s transformative battle cry: “Shazam.” Which stood for:
Issue Four: “Strange Harbours”
Page 3, panel 3: “The Snowflake” is the representation of the pluriverse from issue one.
Page 10: Note the lightening bolt motif. Also, a gray alien is in the lower corner of the far right golden pillar.
Page 11: This is my favorite dialogue from the entire series.
Page 12: Doc Brass is glaring at Wilder because the “ship” he contacted was one of the foes the pulp heroes encountered. See issue five for slightly more information.
Page 13, panel 4: Again note the Captain Marvel-type lightening bolt motif.
Page 14, panel 1: Again, the snowflake reappears.
Page 17, panel 1: The number seven is reference to Captain Marvel’s transformative battle cry: “Shazam.” Which stood for:
S: The wisdom of Solomon.
H: The strength of Hercules.
A: The stamina of Atlas.
Z: The power of Zeus.
A: The courage of Achilles.
M: The speed of Mercury.
I can’t help but feel that the close relationship of the crew is a reference to the concept of the Marvel Family.
Page 18: panel 3: This outfit is mostly a pallet swap of Captain Marvel’s costume.
I think you're reaching a bit with the shiftship connection inspiring a "glare" from Brass. Especially, since we find out later, they aren't the same vessel.
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