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Issue 4
Created and Written by Joss Whedon
Pencilled by Karl Moline
"I've met you a thousand times. I've killed
you a hundred ways - in a rage, cool as ice, giggling like a schoolgirl...
never like this. Like I'm frozen, cold frozen and trying not to pee myself.
Jesu, Melaka, get up, get up, get up..."
Melaka Fray
CAST
SYNOPSIS
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Another flashback tells of Melaka and her brother
Harth coming face to face with Icarus in the past. Mel battles Icarus
and orders Harth to flee. However, Harth is drawn to Icarus, who dangles
Mel off the building and holds Harth in his grip. As he lets Mel fall,
Icarus bites into Harth’s neck and kills him.
In the present day, Mel is having trouble believing that Icarus is in
front of her. He proceeds to fight her and is notably disappointed by
her fighting abilities.
In the Tavern, Loo’s parents are annoyed at the fight which is still
continuing thanks to Mel, and as Loo searches for her friend, she spots
Urkonn in the distance and runs towards him. Outside, as Icarus prepares
to kill Mel, Urkonn and Loo appear out of nowhere and Urkonn throws
Icarus into the river. Mel wants to kill him, but she faints in Urkonn’s
arms before she can pursue her brother’s killer.
Later, Icarus is talking to his master who claims that they need Mel and
without her his plans involving the totem and the amulet are nothing.
Urkonn meanwhile is communing with the spirits who tell him to kill Mel
if she is unprepared for war. Urkonn is reluctant and states that he
will get her prepared.
Dreaming again, Mel relives the beginning of the strife between her and
Erin as a result of Harth’s murder. Waking up, she tells Urkonn of her
history with Icarus and also informs him that Harth was her twin
brother. Showering and loading up her weapons, Mel tells Urkonn that she
never knew Icarus’ name and she wants to know how he knew hers. She
travels to Gunther’s place in an attempt to find Icarus, but he’s
uncooperative, even for his best ‘grabber.’ Suddenly, Mel is hit by a
laser blast, and Erin stands over her, reading her rights.
Before Erin and her partners can take Mel, Lurks attack them and Melaka
fights valiantly. She orders Erin to safety, and then is knocked
unconscious. Waking up, she finds Icarus over her again, but this time
they’re in his leader’s lair. Looking up at the leader, Mel looks at him
in shock. It’s Harth.
TRIVIA
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The details between the Fray family finally become
apparent in this issue: Mel was a thief, which is how they stayed alive.
She took Harth on a grab with her and they encountered Icarus who
attacked them and killed Harth. Erin resented Melaka for taking Harth
and getting him killed and has always blamed Mel for his death. The two
sisters are opposite sides of the same coin, with one being a thief and
the other a cop.
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Harth and Mel were twins, which has some
significance to the Slayer line.
CONTINUITY
Big City Girl |
The Calling |
Ready, Steady... |
Out of the Past
The Worst of It |
Alarums |
The Gateway |
All Hell
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