Ue Ea lel eae TE Ce ee ee eC eee Ld CO aR a Se Oe eee a ee CE Ee eee Re ee ela eo MITIGATION DEPARTMENT comes in to minimize economic fallout. CT Re ee ee ea LES ee ee ee ee eee Pe ae ee THE MURKOFF ACCOUNT EPILOGUE Story by JT PETTY & Art by THE BLACK FROGTHERE WE Go, My CHILD, EVERY LAST DROP OF SALVATION, YOUR CHILDREN ARE HATING FOR YOU IN HEAVEN, Gop. DOES NOT POUR HALF MEASURES, THE STORM 1 ABATING, ALL THESE UNDESERVED BLESSINGS,ST a m Lf ZN v & F foeee Mh of 4 ks i es ie lll (ag ;WHERE'S PAUL MARION? ‘SomEBOPY OUTSIPE MURKOFF CONNECTED THE DoTS BETWEEN MOUNT MASSIVE AND TEMPLE GATE AND THEY'VE BEEN FEEDING ‘MARION INFORMATION, 1D PUT My MONEY oN SIMON PEACOCK, AND IF WE FIND HIM, I'LL PUT ELECTRODES ON SIMON PEACOCK, How MANY BoPIES WE LooKina AT? HUNDREDS, ITLL TAKE US DAYS To GET THEM ALL SORTED, LOT oF THESE LOCAL CORPaES SHOW SIGNS OF CYANIDE POISONING, AGENT GLICK, HE'S STILL NOT TEMPLE GATETHAT DOEEN'T LOOK LIKE CYANIDE, YEAH, A LOT OF THEM coT CREATIVE ABOUT DYING, THE Woman's THE REAL MYSTERY, MULTIPLE TRAUMAS, TOOK A LOT oF WHATEVER KILLED HER To GET THE JOB DONE, BY HER TEETH D GUESS SHE'S. NOT A LocaL, THIS 1@ HER, RIGHT? LYNN SOMETHING, LAST NAME SOUNDS LIKE A CRUSTACEAN YOURE NoT ‘SUPPOSED To EAT, LANGER, Hol DID YOU KNOW? SHE Was AT THE HOSPITAL LAsT WEEK, FUCKING PALL MARION, ASKING QUESTION ABOUT HE WAS SUPPOSED To THE ESCAPED TEMPLE BE MaKING SURE SHE AND HER HUSBAND BLAKE DIPN'T FIND THIG PLACE, GATE WOMAN,we Gor ONE BREATHING HERE! “AND | ONLY AM. ESCAPED ALONE To TELL THEE,” IT'S ACTUALLY THE B00K oF JoB, BY WAY OF moBy, | KNOW WHAT IT Ie, AGENT, YOU DoN'T Have To TRY To IMPRESS ME, Ie THAT FROM WRATH OF KHAN? WELL, HOLY SHIT, THOUGH Hie Ie HIM, IT Eyes ARE ALL, BLAKE, PUPIL, COMPLETELY CATATONIC,4 7 1S THE CLosesT BLACK FACILITY WITH ME, COMPATIBLE FORENSIC PSYCH? ELRICH? AFRAID So, WELL, TAKE HIM THERE, WE NEED To PIG IN Hig HEAD, PoN'T BE GENTLE, AGENT GLUCK? OUR GUYe JUST BROKE DOWN THE DOOR To PALL MARION’, No SIGN OF HIM OR HIS DAUGHTER, BUT THERE'S BLOOD ON THE WALLS, LOOKS LIKE SOMETHING WAS WRITTEN AND GMEARED AWAY, ea ae | | AGENT GLICK? WHAT Do you WANT To Do? ACTUALLY, No, Do ME A FAVOR AND FIND IS CORPSE, BECAIGE IF HE'S STILL ALIVE, HE'S FUCKING DANGEROUS,WHERE'S My DAUGHTER? YOURE ASKING THE WRONG QUESTION, (UL STILL HELP you FIND THE ANGER, BUT You'LL NEED To TRUGT ME, LIE HAVE To FIND THE WALRIDER, MURKOPE DESTROYED THE WALRIDER, ma sour oD a 4 \ AND \ BILLY HOPET [AND yOu FOUND D.., NOTHING IN =" o How ABOUT s YOUAIST TELL ME WHATEVER HE ; TTI YOU NANT To TELL ME, L | ‘ a. Ea DON'T KNOW MUCH, EXCEPT THAT WHAT MURKOFF MADE OF ME WAG A ROUGH DRAFT, ANP WHAT THEY STUMBLED ON To WHEN MILES UPSHUR FOUND BILLY HOPE AND THE WALRIDER 1S THE MASTERPIECE, L d ae a) ee MORPHOGENIC ENGINE . IN THE LAB, THEY COULD CUSTOMIZE THE Bas cc ee eS ane ae, eng A MECHANIGM, A METHOD OF INFECTION, To OPEN THEIR MIND, BUT OUT IN THE WORLP, COMMUNICATING WITH MEN, GODS DIVIDING THEMSELVES INTO COMPONENT? THAT MEN COULD UNDERSTAND, A TRINITY, I'@ NOT SURPRISING RELIGION WOULD BE SUCH AN EFFECTIVE DELIVERY MECHANIGM, 4" He | : EVEN IN TEMPLE @are, THEY PRACTICED THE SIGN oF THE CROSS.,,in Z : Es “a bat) Set Le ae Lee ae