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Nathan Never Maxi #16 (2018) pages 46-47: Lemme out!

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Xenia dreams of DOS
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Location: Nathan Never Maxi #16 (2018) ‘Underground Mission’
Title: Nathan Never Maxi #16 (2018) pages 46-47: Lemme out!*
Artist:  Fabrizio Busticchi (Penciller) ,  Luana Paesani (Inker)
Media Type: Pen and Ink
Art Type: Interior Page
For Sale Status: NFS
Views: 139
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Comments: 4
Added to Site: 4/22/2025

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Nathan’s airtight quarantine room is filling with smoke from an electrical fire. He bangs ineffectually on the windows. Nearby, Xenia is entranced by a video screen, oblivious to his peril. Nathan talks to himself on pages 44-45:

“Damn… I have to get out of here. Nothing doing. I'll never be able to force it open with my bare hands. Xenia is asleep. She doesn't seem to have noticed anything. The cubicle I'm in is probably soundproofed at night. Damn! The intercom doesn't work.”

There's no dialogue on pages 46-47, just increasing amounts of smoke. Notice how the room darkens as Nathan loses consciousness on page 47.

The third panel, when turned the right way, is a screenshot of a DOS window on a PC; see additional image section. The rows of gibberish text shining on her face in the sixth panel remind me of The Matrix. That panel is a stat, repeated later in this issue.

I wonder about Xenia sleeping right next to the isolation room. Maybe she moved her cot here because Nathan is here? Since she's never had any visitors before, maybe Harry the robot specifically set up the isolation room for Nathan. Otherwise it would occupy a lot of unused space right in the middle of Xenia's apartment.

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Kavi H Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/22/2025

with panel 3 and 5 on pg. 46 it almost has a more cyberpunk/retro futurisitc feel with the DOS prompt/old school computer imagery. The Matrix is a good callout too like you mentioned. the subtle darkening of the scene on pg. 47 as Nathan looses concsiousness is an interesting approach to showing that change in the character, although if you didn't point it out in the description I'm not sure I would've caught it since there's no published reference for the page.

R Berman Member Since 2018
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Posted On 4/22/2025

Kavi H wrote:
"  with panel 3 and 5 on pg. 46 it almost has a more cyberpunk/retro futurisitc feel with the DOS prompt/old school computer imagery. The Matrix is a good callout too like you mentioned. the subtle darkening of the scene on pg. 47 as Nathan looses concsiousness is an interesting approach to showing that change in the character, although if you didn't point it out in the description I'm not sure I would've caught it since there's no published reference for the page.
 "

Yes, this series has a strong cyberpunk element, including a large role for trans-national corporations who make their own laws. Nathan often wears a jacket similar to Rick Deckard's in Blade Runner. 

Marcus Wai Member Since 2005
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Posted On 4/22/2025

Once you get those teenagers on a tablet watching tik tok, they won't get distracted by anything else.

Miki Annamanthadoo Member Since 2003
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Posted On 4/22/2025

Really contrasting elements here as Nathan struggles and Xenia is comatose.