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seriousfic (seriousfic) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-08-04 14:06:00

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char: mr. miracle/scott free, char: orion, creator: walt simonson

The adventures of Scott Free when he was a boy.
Seven pages from Orion 10 by Walt Simonson, with some beautiful drawing by Art Adams.

Several years later, the light comes back when Orion is lured into the labyrinth.

Before he can, DeSaad intercedes. Sirius sacrifices himself to save Orion, dying in agony from DeSaad's weapon and asking only that the memory of him and his gratitude live on.

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	fungo_squiggly 2009-08-04 07:31 pm UTC (link)
	Neat story. Of course when I read "the beast abides," my mind immediately went here. (Reply to this)

	icon_uk 2009-08-04 08:05 pm UTC (link)
	Awwww.... poor Sirius... :( (Reply to this)

	btravage.livejournal.com 2009-08-04 08:34 pm UTC (link)
	It's good to learn that this series didn't all have shitty art. (Reply to this)

	silverzeo 2009-08-05 01:26 am UTC (link)
	Ahh... a comsic retelling of Old Yeller... how touching... (Reply to this)

	silicone_soul 2009-08-05 02:19 am UTC (link)
	Adams' art is just brilliant, here. It makes Simonson - whom I love - look amateurish in comparison. (Reply to this)

	dejadrew 2009-08-05 04:08 am UTC (link)
	Young Scott is adorable! I mean, grown up Scott is also adorable, so I shouldn't be surprised, but D'AW! (Reply to this)

psychop_rex
2009-08-06 12:28 am UTC (link)

This is interesting, because it deals with an aspect of the New Gods which is not often dealt with - that is to say, if they are the NEW Gods, who were the Old Gods? We know that they aren't any of the Earthly pantheons, because we've seen that those are still in action - and besides, they dwell on earth, whereas the New Gods live on another planet. So there must have been a previous era of Space-Gods, and evidently Sirius here is one of them. This also explains how a fair amount of the New Gods are nowhere near as powerful as we would expect from a god - most of the REALLY powerful godly bloodlines were snuffed out in whatever unearthly Ragnarok did in the Old Gods. What we're left with ranges from near-omnipotent (Darkseid) to almost human (Scott Free).
And I like how soft-hearted Scott is depicted here. It's like Apokolips either breaks your basic nature or strengthens it - and Scott's basic nature is as a good guy, so he becomes REALLY good.

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	http://users.livejournal.com/_dante_sparda_/ 2009-08-06 12:14 pm UTC (link)
	I...looked at Scott in that first panel and for the barest instant thought he was Mega Man. -.-; (Reply to this)