-2020 Additional- Blueline inks on this page now finished by original inker Dan Green. Pencils retained separately.
PAGE FIVE
4 panels
1 Close in on Rann. He's straining to fight against the link the Brain-Leach is trying to establish w/ him and the K'Lar uni-mind. Cord-like neck muscles are rippling, teeth gritting, brow sweating, but the leach's tendrils are wrapped securely around the side of his head.
2 Close in more. MCU. Rann's eyes are rolling back in his head, showing us the whites as the K'Lar mind-link is established. A trickle of blood is dripping out one of Rann's nostrils.
3 MONTAGE. Random flashes of K'Lar existence. Show me a patchwork of K'Lar imagery: Their living-world that spawned them, from space; the first K'Lar appliance being formed from the bio-mass of the Main Body (the living-planet's version of an antibody [similar to Ego]); Space-squids leaving the Main Body; K'Lar Warriors ravaging the first species they encounter; Space-squids breaching the Spacewall and destroying the Endeavor; K'Lar warriors raining down on the citizens of the Royal City.
Cary--I know we'll be suffering from Long-Shot Syndrome, but the rudimentary story of the K'Lar--their motivations, etc--needs to be conveyed, even if just touched on in a vague montage. Right, Tim? Julio?
4 INSET HS of Rann (smallest panel of page--Bottom Right). His countenance has gained some composer as the lime glow of the ENIGMA FORCE suddenly flares up in his eyes. Although the Enigma Force is helping him here, he's still not alert as to what's going on externally. His battle is on the psychic plane. BTW--That nose bleed of his is getting worse.
