 Noteworthy Items:
Melmoth proclaims himself the last King which may or may not mean he is the last King of Earth. The Sheeda are from the future, attacking early civilizations to try and destroy the Seven Soldiers ensuring their realm exists.
On page 3, second page of the two page spread a giant Martian headstone. This indicates more of a connection to JLA, as Mars was the home of Martian Manhunter.
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On page 4, panel 2 you see the Viking Lander from Nasa. Viking Lander was part of the Viking Program involving taking photographs of the Mars surface.
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Solomon Grundy is connected to the Grundies and Cauldron of Rebirth. It is explained that the waters of his one time home in Slaughter Swamp were mixed with water of the Cauldron of Rebirth. It’s possible when Sir Justin threw the Cauldron from Castle Revolving, it landed in Slaughter Swamp.
Following information from Barbelith:
"First over the horizon comes Fear. And at it's heels, Terror."
The first page isn't setting a mood, it's exposition about the moonrises. The planet Mars has two moons: Phobos. Both are named after attendants of the God of War. Literally, Phobos means "Fear" and Deimos means "Panic." The caption is describing the moons rising.
Phobos and Deimos also existed in the Wonder Woman comics as the sons of Ares. Most notable George Perez first arc collected in Gods and Mosters
"Shadows stir among the contorted rocks of the Tharsis Bulge on the blasted hemisphere of Mars.”
The Tharsis Bulge is a raised continent on Mars that juts approximately 10 kilometers above the rest of the surface.
"Like the troubling oneiric flotsam that haunts the canvases of Yves Tanguy."
Yves Tanguy was a French painter (1900-1955). Images of some of his works can be found here, here, and here.
"And then I heard tell of Slaughter Swamp... and found the lost Cauldron of Rebirth, there, giving life to a village of drownded corpses... But I had my blood drained and replaced with the Waters of Eternal Life."
Gloriana Tenebrae steals the Undry Cauldron from Camelot 10,000 years ago. Ystin tosses it into the time-stream in Shining Knight #1. It lands in Slaughter Swamp and it's waters seep into the mire. The muck resuscitates Solomon Grundy. Melmoth retrieves the Cauldron and steals some Water of Life to replace his blood. He sires children upon the women of Roanoke, whose descendants all become Grundies when they die because they still have the Water in their blood. Melmoth gives a drop of his blood to Doctor Frankenstein, who uses it to resuscitate his corpse monster. Some time after Melmoth abandons the Cauldron, it falls into the hands of Vincenzo the Undying Don, who has it in Shining Knight #3.
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| Billy Beezer's friends are the Deviants, Manhattan's coolest "kid's gang" of runaway miscreants. The Erdel Gate is a doorway through time and space that connects Earth to Mars. Both the Deviants and the Erdel Gate last appeared in Klarion #3. Frank must have arrived on the scene immediately following the end of the issue and use the Gate to hop to Mars. |
"I'm your Father, Frankenstein, when you thank about it."
If we consider Melmoth to be Frankenstein's father, because the same blood flows in their veins, then he would indeed be Misty Kilgore's brother, since we know Gloriana is Misty's step-mother and Gloriana is married to Melmoth. That would also make him a great-great-great-uncle to Klarion and the Witch-Folk of Limbo Town.
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