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Issue 1
Created and Written by Joss Whedon
Pencilled by Karl Moline
"Versi. Biggest warren in Haddyn. If you're
down on your luck, or looking to hide, this is the place. A lot of drifters
- guys in an and out in a week, on their way to somewhere better. As, for
example, the grave. Versi is the kind of place the kids in the uppers have
never even read about. It isn't safe, and it isn't clean. It's home."
Melaka Fray
CAST
SYNOPSIS
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Two unidentified voices are discussing the
awakening of the Slayer. Her name is Melaka Fray. They dispatch Urkonn
to deal with her and worry that he will not be able to overcome her.
They point out that the Slayer is but a mortal.
Elsewhere, in Haddyn, the future incarnation of Manhattan, Melaka Fray
falls off a roof, having stolen an amulet for her boss, Gunther. She’s
being pursued by Ruebrin’s boys, who she swiftly defeats. She takes the
amulet and reports to her boss, Gunther, who’s a human that’s been
mutated by the sun’s radiation and requires water to live. He offers her
a big reward for her theft of the amulet. Melaka is concerned about the
overpayment, but continues on her way without a second thought.
Walking home to Versi, a district inside Haddyn, she’s approached by
vampires, who in this time period are referred to as Lurks. Before the
Lurks can attack her, the police show up and an officer named Erin
approaches Melaka and questions her about the amulet. Melaka claims that
she hasn’t seen it and has nothing to do with it, even though Erin has a
description of Fray falling from the roof. A heated argument begins,
with Erin pointing out that she’s only trying to help and Fray electing
that she doesn’t want any help: it’s clear that the two women know each
other. They both leave the scene upset, with both focussing on an
incident involving a boy from their past.
Finally arriving in Versi, Melaka is met by a child named Loo. The child
seems to admire Fray a great deal, and has an important message to give
Mel. However, she becomes distracted. She claims that a man came looking
for Fray, and before Mel can enquire, the man appears behind her,
dripping in fluid. He claims that she is the Chosen One and that only
she alone can stop the demons and the vampires, but before Mel can
respond, he lights a match and lights the fluid he’s doused in. As he
burns, Mel tackles him into a river as Loo watches. She gives up and
elects to go home, exhausted. Returning to her apartment, she finally
thinks that her bad day is over, but there’s a demon behind her.
CONTINUITY
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According to the voices at the start of the tale,
no Slayer has been called in two hundred years.
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It seems the Watchers have survived into this time
period, regardless of whether a Slayer has existed or not. They seem to
have been taken to extremes however, as the one we meet lights himself
on fire to prove a point!
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Fray has a tattoo on her arm that looks similar to
Faith's.
Big City Girl |
The Calling |
Ready, Steady... |
Out of the Past
The Worst of It |
Alarums |
The Gateway |
All Hell
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