 Noteworthy Items:
Morrison's take on Buffy?
"Death to the Circus of Maggots!"
Frankenstein shoots off Melmoth's head. Melmoth will survive this injury because the waters of the Cauldron of Rebirth flow in his veins, as he revealed in Klarion #4. However, it will leave a nasty scar, as seen in Klarion #3.
"Excalibur Fantasy Butterfly World"
This "butterfly specialty shop" resembles many real-world "comic book specialty shops" that also have extravagant names and garish posters displayed in the windows.
PANEL 1: "O miserable mankind, to what fall degraded, to what wretched fate reserved..."
This is a quote from Paradise Lost by John Milton, Book Eleven, lines 500-501. Paradise Lost recounts the fall of Lucifer from heaven and the first fall of Man to temptation. Milton lived 1608-1674 and published Paradise Lost in 1667.
"Michael's sword."
Michael is Saint Michael the Archangel. In Paradise Lost, Michael commands the army of angels loyal to God against the rebel forces of Satan. Armed with a sword from God's armory, he bests Satan in personal combat, wounding his side.
One of the thought bubbles in Frankenstein 1, someone thinking is "F= gamma m1m2/r^2" (the formula for an inverse square law like gravity). This is also the very first speech bubble in JLA Classified 1.
Speculation on the Seven Treasures:
1) Justin's sword
2) The Dice
3) The Cauldren
4) Gwydion
5) Michael's sword
6) Guardian's helmet (although it hasn't really seemed to have that special of a role or techno-mystical heritage)
7) Motherbox |
