James Brighton Society, Chapter 1: Pages 19-20
Page 19, 5 Panels- Living Room, JBS Headquarters, Arlington Virginia Panel 1: We move to a shot of the Grand Vizier a few beats later. He's stopped a handful of steps away from his intended target in order to address the rest of the crowd assembled inside. Their curious, concerned gazes can be seen (at least a section of it) in the background as he speaks with a commanding ease. GV JONES [to the crowd]: The world hangs in a precarious position, on the edge of utter oblivion to Hitler and his Axis powers. I know you don't need me to explain that to you as we enter the second year of war. Panel 2-3: Same setting/layout as the previous panel. A split second later, we see the menace return to his eyes as he continues to speak to the assembled rich bloods in the room. His peripheral gaze moving in Panel 3 toward the right of the panel view in the direction of Mr. Archer. You can even hear the faint "FWING!" of the weapon off-panel here, as if it were from a knife. GV JONES [Cont., Panel 2]: Yes, we've made plenty of successes in the European theater. And it's easy to stand on our naive pride that our morals will win the day against a force that doesn't believe in them. GV JONES [Cont., Panel 3]: When what we need now is to break them in one... Panel 4: Action shot following the Grand Vizier with knife now unfurled, moving toward the businessman Archer who now looks on with a great deal of terrifying panic and fear in his eyes. You can see a similar emotional set from the other members of the party behind him as he moves in for the kill. GV JONES [determined]: Foul... Panel 5: Close-up on the top half of Mr. Jones and Mr. Archer (the former on the left, and the latter on the right). We see the Grand Vizier plung the knife straight into the belly of his guest, who gasps and lets out a "GAHH!" as a result of the stabbing. You can see in the background a few of the guests watching on with an audible gasp as the blood starts to spurt out from the victim. GV JONES [with a growl]: SWOOP!... Page 20, 6 Panels- Living Room, JBS Headquarters, Arlington Virginia Panel 1-3: A three-part set of panels that are centerd on the same type of setting and layout that we saw in the last panel of the previous page. With each panel, we see the leader of the JBS lower the slowly bleeding man down to the floor by Panel 3. It's also in Panel 3 that we see him pull the blade out of the man's chest, dripping a single drop of blood on the now growing sea of red. In the background, you can see the gaze of the other partygoers who are visibly stunned by what just happened. There's even one of the people who can be seen timidly walking toward him in each of the three panels. GV JONES [chanting to the body, Panel 1]: Tha parousiásei ston Kýrio Ádi I psychí aftoú tou áthlia amartoloú Poios spatáli megálo ploúto tou Stírixi vdélles kai dolofónous GV JONES [Cont., Panel 2]: Se antállagma Epithymó Éna teleftaío prágma Gia na apallagoúme apó aftón ton kósmo Tou kakoú vróma tis. PARTYGOER [over his left shoulder, to GV Jones; Panel 2]: Excuse me... PARTYGOER [louder and closer to Mr. Jones; Panel 3]: Excuse me! GV JONES [Cont. unfazed, Panel 3]: Éna teleftaío kommáti Na kalései to Morte Rossa! Panel 4: Action shot that pulls out to show the rest of the room, showing an explosion that rises from the chest of the deceased businessman. The rest of the group move back in cover, letting out varied screams and cries of danger, or what they perceive to be danger from this thing. The lone exception is the Grand Vizier who merely just braces himself, using only his eyes to shield himself from the powerful energy blast. Panel 5-6: We move to a two-part series of panels on the man's face after a few moments have passed by. In Panel 5, the intensity of the red energy starts to lower to the point that he can drop his right hand back down to his side. After another second, in Panel 6, he looks on with a wide smile at whatever has arrived as a result of the spell.