>>6129482>Pencils (P): Yanick Paquette Inks (I): Serge LaPointe Colors(C): Stephane Peru>Alt-Text: Comic art of Hank McCoy, a man with large hands and feet wearing a lab coat and goggles He is hanging upside down on a bar while looking at test tubes stored in a complex machine.>Dialouge Sample: Benjamin Percy<span class="mu-s">Dundee, Illinois</span>
Why the Yanks are obsessed with reproducing the tacky Scottish countryside, you’ll never know.
Hopefully, you’ll get more out of this trip than hayfever from garish topiary.
“Mrs. McCoy, thank you for taking my call, I’m...”
A stunning beast of a young man walks in and interrupts.
<span class="mu-b"> Doctor Michael Milbury! A genius of your caliber needs no introduction!</span>
And this is why it pays to have an alias or seven.
“Would it be okay, if we spoke inside? I am aware there has been some... unwanted attention.”
<span class="mu-b">Yes please, I’ve had enough of their contemptuous gaze. Mother, please close the door.</span>
<span class="mu-s">Tell him his power has shown him to be one of the elite. The leaders of a new age who will drag this planet by force into the...</span>
“I’ve read your paper on genetics. Amazing work, though you misunderstand the Essex Factor.”
<span class="mu-b"> You read my work?! I’m a mere underclassman. Why would you ... wait, Essex factor?</span>
“The source of Mutant abilities. Like yours. And..mine.”
With the showmanship of seaside punchman, you will your diamond to appear on your forehead.”
<span class="mu-b">There are others? I had speculated but...</span>
“Not just others, but a nation full. And with our minds together we can crack the code of this great mystery. Isn’t that a better use of your talents than throwing around a pig skin?”
<span class="mu-b"> I... I liked playing at Bard.</span>
“And where did that get you? Tossed aside like so much rubbish. You save your ‘adoring’ fans from robbery and they reward you with scorn and derision. Come with me and you will accomplish far more than being a dancing ape. What do you say to that, boy?”
<span class="mu-b"> I say...I knew this time would come. Now it is here. And everything is about to change</span>
<span class="mu-s">Welcome, Pestilence.</span>
