Showing posts with label Issue 3. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Issue 3. Show all posts

Archangel #3, Page 22

Page 22 brings us to the end of the issue

Panel 1

The bazooka strikes the building

Panel 2

JUNIOR doesn't have time with it.

Panel 3

"I HAVE A PLANE TO CATCH" - could this be the Enola Gay or the Bockscar?



Archangel #3, Page 21

Page 21 sees more action

Panel 1

JUNIOR's jeep is in ruins.

Panel 2

FRITZ's girlfriend is going to make her escape.

Panel 3

JUNIOR shoots at the escaping jeep.

Panel 4

He hits the jeep twice at least.

Panel 5

JUNIOR's gang aim a bazooka at FRITZ's girlfriend. A bazooka is portable rocket launcher designed as an anti-tank weapon. The name "bazooka" is derived from of musical instrument of the same name popularised by radio comedian Bob Burns.


Bob Burns and his Bazooka:


Panel 6

FRITZ's girlfriend runs for it.

Panel 7

JUNIOR's gang  fire the bazooka.

Panel 8

FRITZ's girlfriend jumps out of the building.


Archangel #3, Page 20

Page 20 reveals FRITZ as a hero.

Panel 1

FRITZ to the rescue.

Panel 2

VINCE says "I'LL DRIVE"

Panel 3

MR. BABY's staff member is FRITZ's girlfriend.

Panel 4

[No comments].

Panel 5

FRITZ's girlfriend is out of bullets.


Archangel #3, Page 19

Page 19 sees machine gunfire rakes the whole area

Panel 1

The gunfire hits the jeep that is parked and another one is driving into the firing zone (the identity of the driver is unknown at the moment).

Panel 2

The parked jeep is riddled with bullets.

Panel 3

A crate with "U.S. ARMY" "ROCKET" "MAIROC[?]"

Panel 4

VINCE, THE PILOT and NAOMI can see the new jeep's driver.



Archangel #3, Page 18

Page 18 sees Mr. BABY'S staff member kicking ass and taking names.

Panel 1

She has the MG 42 we saw in MR. BABY's office.

Panel 2

"BUDDA, BUDDA, BUDDA" - I always think of reading Judge Dredd when I see a BUDDA.

Panel 3

JUNIOR's gang run.

Panel 4

JUNIOR's gang run more.


Archangel #3, Page 17

Page 17 sees VINCE meet up with NAOMI and THE PILOT

Panel 1

An unseen person says "HOLD IT!"

Panel 2

THE PILOT looks surprised

Panel 3

We see it's VINCE who said "HOLD IT!".

Panel 4

NAOMI covers him!

Panel 5

JUNIOR's gang come running

Panel 6

"KILL THEM." - JUNIOR is a jerk!

Panel 7

A window breaks.


Archangel #3, Page 16

Page 16 explains why THE PILOT's signal disappeared

Panel 1

NAOMI is macgyvering a solution to prevent JUNIOR from activating the bomb. In the Nu Future, is it possible that they have forgotten about Michael Faraday? or are people kept ignorant about things that could save their lives?

Panel 2

NAOMI is super!

Panel 3

"SENDING OR RECEIVING?" "BOTH." - So THE PILOT may not be able to communicate with TORRES either.

Panel 4

The shoot out from Pages 12-13

Panel 5

[No comment].

Panel 6

NAOMI has been here before.






Archangel #3, Page 15

Page 15 sees JUNIOR trying to blow up THE PILOT

Panel 1

MR. BABY is shot.

Panel 2

JUNIOR takes cover and notices his tracking device is badeeting.

Panel 3

Close up on the tracking device

Panel 4

JUNIOR is happy.

Panel 5

His tracking device allows his to detonate the bomb in THE PILOT (I wish I had an app like that for some people I know ;-).

Panel 6

But...

Panel 7

He gets a [S]IGNA[L] LOST message, we'll find out why on the next page.


Archangel #3, Page 14

Page 14 MR. BABY confronts JUNIOR's gang

Panel 1

MR. BABY is upset about the attack on his establishment, and shoots at the intruders.

Panel 2

Close up of MR. BABY

Panel 3

JUNIOR's gang return fire.


Archangel #3, Page 13

Page 13 JUNIOR's gang shoot up the nightclub.

[No comments].


Archangel #3, Page 12

Page 12 JUNIOR's gang shoot up the nightclub.

[No comments].




Archangel #3, Page 11

Page 11 JUNIOR and the gang enter Mr. Baby's Nightclub

Panel 1

JUNIOR is closing in on THE PILOT.

Panel 2

JUNIOR with ONE and TWO, A and B.

Panel 3

They enter the club.


Archangel #3, Page 10

Page 10 sees THE PILOT catch up with NAOMI

Panel 1

THE PILOT running after NAOMI's signal.

Panel 2

NAOMI sees someone approach.

Panel 3

[No comment].

Panel 4

The signal gets loud.

Panel 5

As we saw in issue #1 the pilots have Surgically Implanted Improvised Explosive Devices (SIIEDs), aka Body Cavity Bombs (BCBs), we learn now that they can be remotely controlled by JUNIOR.

Panel 6

It appears as if NAOMI looks surprised that the SIIEDs are remotely controlled, but not because she doesn't know about remote controls, she would know well that Nikola Tesla demonstrated a remote-controlled boat in 1898, but rather her expression indicates that she is figuring out something to do about the remote control.



Panel 7

[No comment].


Archangel #3, Page 9

Page 9 sees Mr. Baby's staff member reporting to her boss.

Panel 1

We see the lady who was using the peep hole.

Panel 2

She goes to a door.

Panel 3

She opens it.

Panel 4

We see Mr. Baby with in his office.

On the desk is an MG 42 machine gun:




We can also see a Luger pistol:



Is that a statue of Stalin?





Archangel #3, Page 8

Page 8 sees JUNIOR HENDERSON in Mr. Baby's basement.

Panel 1

"ASSHOLE'S HERE." JUNIOR is referring to THE PILOT.

Panel 2

"I WANNA SEE HIM UP CLOSE." - to kill him?

Panel 3

[No comments].

Panel 4

One of Mr. Baby's staff is spying on the HENDERSON gang.

Panel 5

She closes the peep hole.


Archangel #3, Page 7

Page 7 brings us back to Mr. Baby's Nightclub

Panels 1-3

THE PILOT figures out the NAOMI is in the basement below him. NAOMI has moved out of the Faraday Cage so her signal returns.

Panel 4

FRITZ is keeping an eye on everything.





Archangel #3, Page 6

Page 6 returns us to JUNIOR HENDERSON

Panel 1

This is where JUNIOR HENDERSON fought with VINCE MATHEWS.

Panel 2

JUNIOR is using his tracking device.

Panel 3

[No comment].

Panel 4

[No comment].

Panel 5

[No comment].


Archangel #3, Page 5

Page 5 sees COLONEL YERAKOV and NAOMI moving their discussion onto the identities of the pilots 

Panel 1

COLONEL YERAKOV questions if the pilots are from another world.

Panel 2

He also knows all about Project Daedalus (a British space exploration project), Ghost Rockets (the Swedish name for UFOs), Foo Fighters (the American name for UFOs), and Gremlins (a popular 1984 horror comedy ;-).

The NKVD (Narodnyi Komissariat Vnutrennikh Del) is the People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs was the leading Soviet secret police organization from 1934 to 1946. It is known for its political repression under orders from Joseph Stalin.

Panel 3

A Faraday cage (named for Michael Faraday) is a location that blocks electromagnetic fields. They are often used to protect sensitive electronic equipment from external radio frequency interference (RFI).

In the 1998 movie Enemy of the State Gene Hackman takes Will Smith to his homemade Faraday cage ("The Jar").



Panel 4

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Archangel #3, Page 4

Page 4 sees COLONEL YERAKOV and NAOMI discussing "the Bomb"

Panel 1

NAOMI is still denying everything

Panel 2

Russia is worried about the Nazis getting in the atomic bomb. The Nazi effort to build a bomb was called the Uranprojekt, which was led mainly by Erich Schumann, and involved other noted scientists such as Werner Heisenberg.

Michael Frayn's excellent play Copenhagen concerns a meeting between Heisenberg and Niels Bohr discussing whether or not Germany has the bomb, or might get it.


Russia is also worried about the Americans getting in the atomic bomb. * SPOILERS * they have it, and will drop it the following day.



Panel 3

[No comments].

Panel 4

YERAKOV not only suspects an atomic bomb, but is also aware of the "THERMOPLASTIC RAMJET AIRCRAFT" that the pilots arrived in.

Panel 5

YERAKOV's life depends on discovering this information.


Archangel #3, Page 3

Page 3 introduces us to COLONEL YERAKOV, who might be the Chief Intelligence Officer in the Russian quadrant of Berlin


Panel 1

COLONEL YERAKOV is talking to MR. BABY (Herr Saugling).

Panel 2

MR. BABY is trying to sell copper.

Panel 3

MR. BABY bills you for everything.

Panel 4

COLONEL YERAKOV says (in broken English) that it is rumoured that NAOMI is questioning American pilots in prison.

Panel 5

NAOMI doesn't give anything away.