Bone - The Complete Cartoon Epic in One Volume (2004)

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Bone Volume 6: Old Man's Cave
Bone Volume 7: Ghost Circles
Bone Volume 8: Treasure Hunters
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BY
ДЕРЕ SMITH
Cartoon Books
Columbus, Ohio
BONE copyright @ 2004 by Jeff Smith
All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced or utilized in any form or by any means, electronic or mechanical,
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case of reprints in the context of reviews. The chapters in this book were originally published in the black and white comic
book BONE and are copyright @ 1991 through 2004 by Jeff Smith. BONE@ is @ 2004 Jeff Smith.
Presented in black and white as originally published.
Acknowledgements:
Harvestar Family Crest designed by Charles Vess.
Map of The Valley by Mark Crilley.
Cover Art by Jeff Smith
Cover Color David Reed
Back Cover colored by Tom Gaadt
Spine Art by Elizabeth Lewis
For information write:

Cartoon Books
P.O. Box 16973
Columbus, OH 43216
Hardcover ISBN: 1-888963-17-4

Softcover ISBN-10: 1-888963-14-X
Softcover ISBN-13: 978-1-888963-14-4
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Printed in the U.S.A.

This book is
for
Vijaya
Contents
The Valley or vernal equinox

Book One: Out from Boneville
| The Map
| Thorn
ШІ рропец bone
IV Kingdok
V Barrelhaven
VI Phoneu's Inferno
Book Two: The Great Cow Race

| The Spring Fair
| The Cave
||| The Mystery Cow
IV The Great Cow Race
V Lonesome Road
VI Up on the Roof
Book Three: Eyes of the Storm

| Watch Duty 263
| Moby Bone 283
ШІ Road Trip 303
IV Double or Nothing 327
V Eyes of the Storm 347
VI Mending Fences 367
VII Dreams 389
VIII Things that go Bump in the Night 409
Phoney Strikes Back о solstice

Book Four: The Dragonslayer
Stick-Eater Prologue 431
Business 435
Earth & Sky
Council in the Dark 475
Conients
IV The Straggler 49 |
V Deliver Us These Laws 513
VI The Mid-Summer’s Day Plan 533
VII The Turning 255
VIII On the Dragons Stair 577
Book Five: Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border

| Roque)а 600
| The Orphans 620
||| Rat Creature Temple 642
IV Ghost Circles
V Call of the Wild 686
Book Six: Old Man's Cave

Cranky Ground Hog Prologue 71
| The Hollow Tree 719
| Dragons in the Earth 741
||| Protection Spell 755
IV Wolf Call
V Blood Moon 797
Friends с Enemies or Harvest

Book Seven: Ghost Circles
Jonathan Prologue 825
| End Times 829
| The Promise
ШІ Darker Truths 885
IV Snap! Crackle! Pop! 909
V The Root Cellar 929
VI Prayer Stones 947
Book Eight: Treasure Hunters

Lucius Prologue 974
The Gate of Atheia 082
The Cold Spot 098
Contents
||| рај 022

IV To Ве Ог МОГ ТО Bee 030
V Moonwort 048
VI The Crown Of Horns 074
Book Nine: Crown of Horns
| The Dungeon & The Parapet 107
| Mim 159
||| Gaps 164
IV Escape From The City 19!
V Chamber of Horns 1223
VI Homecoming |275
VII Solstice 1303
VIII River Crossing 1307
Taneal’s Sculpture 1319

Map of the Valley 1321
Acknowledgements |323
The Valleu
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Chapter One: The Мар
HEY! YA HEAR
SIE
SIGN OF THE
THAT, PHONEY? TH',
TOWNSPEOPLE. COAST IS CLEAR’?
LOOK АТ HIM! WE GOT CHASED OH, WELL... Т GUESS

OUTTA BONEVILLE OVER TWO YOU CAN WHINE ALL YOU
WEEKS AGO, AN’ HE’S STILL WANT, WHEN YER TH’
МОРІМ" AROUND? RICHEST GUY IN
TH’ WHOLE TOWN.
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Out from Boneville
CANT DO THIS10 | | GASP! ОН! | | га акезгестер |

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BUSINESS DEALS WENT SOUR. . A SCHOOL HOLIDAY JUST SO TH’
sf О KIDS COULD COME АМ? THROW
| THAT ay MOST ROCKS лт vou:
BELOVED BONE н
BONEVILLE OUT
NA RAIL/
, NOW, NOW, LITTLE ВИСКАКОО!

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+ THERE’S NOT A CLOUD IN TH’ SKY/
PHONCIBLE P BONE
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OL’ TOWN!
> SNIFF! 5
[4
„У _ HEY, М , TRY THINKIN’
JUST TRYIN ABOUT SOMETHIN?
í TO CHEER HIM BESIDES YOUR TAKE ME FOR
ес MONEY? EXAMPLE, I NEVER
ТЕ WE DON’T FIND М UP, OKAY?
Pd HAP A PENNY
SOME SHAPE SOON, IN MY LIFE!
I’M GONNA а
HAVE А
STROKE”
BUT I’M NOT SAP! г GOT A ВЕР? НА!

NO RESPONSIBILITIES’ ГМ N MORE LIKE А
FREE” FREE AS А EIRP/
DOESN’T EAT
VERY OFTEN/
I’M WORKING ON IT.

НММММ...
ЛАЛА .
WE ARE, YET? THAT'S STRANGE...
WHAT’S TAKIN” THAT MOUNTAIN RANGE
50 LONG? ISN’T ON ANY OF OUR
CHARTS- ~
Out from Boneville
HERE’S YOUR PROBLEM

FONE BONE!’ WE'RE OFF
THE MAP! GET A BIGGER
THAT’S AS BIG AS MAPS У | I САМ TO BOLPLY GO WHERE NO

GET! WE'RE IN UNCHARTED ) WELL, GET WE’RE BONE HAS GONE BEFORE?!
TERRITORY! US BACK’ LOST!
DON
FONE BONE -- I’M GRATEFUL
HEY, PHONEY/ ВАР
YOU WERE ABLE TO GET ME
NEWS ... WE’RE OUT
OUTTA TOWN -- BUT TELL
OF WATER!
МЕ... WHY РР YOU HAFTA
GO AN’ BRING HIM WITH US?
The мар
THAT'S THE LAST STRAW! THAT’S RIGHT! TH’ TOWNSPEOPLE

AREN^T МАР AT US! THEY RAN
DON’T GET MAD AT SMILEY BONE!
THIS MESS ISN’T HIS FAULT!
I CAN'T BELIEVE IT/ OH, YOU'RE NOT

NOT ONLY АМ І GONNA DIE! Т
BROKE -- NOW ГМ
GONNA PIE BROKE,’
SURE ENOUGH’ LOOK! IT’S

A MAP OF THAT MOUNTAIN
RANGE!
Out from Boneville
ALL RIGHT, ALL RIGHT... . HEY.”

WHAT IS THIS? THIS LOOKS LIKE IT'S WORTH LET ME GO! ГМ GONNA
IT WAS PRAWN BY A FIVE А DOLLAR! KILL HIMZ
WORTHLESS /
YEAR OLD! THIS THING IS
COUSINS!
HEADS UP! WE
GOT COMPANY!
THE TOWNSPEOPLE’
QUICK?! HIDE ME?
PRETTY NEAT, HUH?

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V
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WHATEVER YOU “тх | Ка

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OUT YOUR TONGUE!
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MAYBE THEY'RE
HEY, GUYS! ТМ
DOWN IN THIS
GULLEY! CAN YOU
т HEAR МЕ2//
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PHONEY-
+>: HUH? т WONDER IF THIS
REALLY IS A MAP OF THAT
ЗАУ/ THERE’S THAT МАР. MOUNTAIN RANGE. .. MAYBE
I BETTER HANG ON ТО IT!
I MIGHT NEED IT I'M ALWAYS

TO SANE PHONEY ВОЋЕ... @ETTIN” HIM
OUTTA
TROUBLE’
WELL, COUSIN OR I/NE HAP IT! WHAT KIND OF А

NOT... WHEN WE GET FROM NOW ON, HE PATSY DOES HE TAKE
BACK TO BONEVILLE, CAN OUTRUN МЕ РОК?!
PHONEY’S GONNA ANGRY MOBS, AN’ дене!
HAVE TO FACE FALL OFF CLIFFS
THE MUSIC WITHOUT MY
ВУ HIMSELF? HELP
IT'S ALWAYS:
“FONE BONE, YOU
GOTTA SAVE ME!”
OR: “FONE BONE,
YOU GOTTA
HELP МЕ!”
WHERE IS
EVERYBODY?
NO WAY! + симвер
UP THE WRONG SIPE?
WHERE'S
TH’ PHONEY! HELP!/
LOCUSTS??
YOU GOTTA SAVE
Me !!
24
The мар
Out from Boneville
WHERE TH’ І HOPE т

HECK ARE CATCH UP TO "EM
THOSE @uYS? BEFORE IT GETS
WE’RE GOIN’ РАКК....
STRAIGHT
INTO ТН”
MOUNTAINS!
THE LAST THING ... OF COURSE, AFTER A РАУ

I WANT TO РО IS LIKE TODAY, IT’S HARP TO
SPEND THE NIGHT IMAGINE THAT ANYTHING
OUT HERE BY WORSE COULD HAPPEN...
MYSELF/
а
^
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The мар
NO STAR.. не NO... IT IS NOT НЕ

THIS ISN'T e VERY WELL... KILL IT...
THE ОМЕ..., IT WILL BE OUR SUPPER.
fO NOT M
AEENKS THAT
AREToo
BIG FOR you BOY!
АЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕЕ!
THE GREAT
REO DRAGON! /
Out from Boneville
ООо.
т
MUST’VE
FALLEN
ASLEEP.
WHERE
AM т?
The Map
THANKS
ugs AUC
Т ФОТТА
сит
GOIN’ TO
SLEEP
МЕ:
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а
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The мар
М! т ACTUALLY THOUGHT
он, МАМ. ІЙ | тие МАР WOULD TAKE МЕ
THIS AIN'T š
THROUGH тн” MOUNTAINS
| y TO THIS WATERFALL
GONNA CUT IT?
ОМ HERE...
... BUT IF THIS THING WERE REAL, Т АМР ТО TOP IT OFF, І НАУЕМ”Т
WOULD’VE COME TO TH’ PASS BY NOW” SEEN ANY MORE CIGAR BUTTS ALL DAY...
ERRR/ I’M SO STUPID! І BET THIS HOW РО I GET MYSELF INTO THESE THINGS?
MAP WAS JUST ONE OF SMILEY’S PRANKS
= - AND £ FELL FOR IT!
OH, WELL, ги. UNTIL THEN,

FIN? THOSE GUYS £ JUST GOTTA
SOONER OR ,
LATER ... KEEP MOVIN’!
IF £ DON’T DIE КЕРР---
OF THIRST...
31
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т.
THAT STUPIP МАР WAS | £ COULD KISS y») £ MIGHT EVEN
RIGHT! YESSIREE, ВОВ’ SMILEY BONE FOR 3 KISS PHONEY RIGHT |H
THERE’S WATER ON TH’ FINDING THAT МАР! ДД BEFORE I STRANGLE
MENU TONIGHT? 3 < HIM! <
g ШЫР
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AND LOOK!
ONE OF SMILEY'S
CIGAR STUBS!
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YOU ALMOST
STEPPED ON МЕ!
WHOOPS’ YOU LOOK HEY, HOLD ON! т DION’T

HELLO! WHAT MORE LIKE MEAN ANY HARM!
ARE YOU SUPPOSED A LEAF! BESIDES, WHAT COULD
TO BE? YOUR BIG BROTHER
A LEAF?” PO TO ME?
THAT’S A
I’M TED! INSULT?
I’M А WHERE’S
Вие! MY BIG
BROTHER?
| WHAT ARE YOU? А TROUBLE-

4 MAKER? WE DON'T NEED YOUR
\ KIND IN OUR VALLEY!
I GUESS HE
PIDN^T MEAN МО
HARM, В
BROTHER! YOU
DON’T HAS TO
HIT HIM IF
YOU DON’T
LISTEN WELL, OKAY, ТЕР, IF

You SAY БО....
I'M NOT TRYIN’ TO CAUSE
TROUBLE! I’M LOOKING
BONEVILLE?
NEVER HEARD
TO НІМ! FOR MY COUSINS’
WE GOT SEPARATED, AN’ А
OF IT... 4
LISTEN NOW Г/М LOST’ YOU

WOULDN’T KNOW HOW TO
To HIM! GET TO BONEVILLE FROM
НЕКЕ, WOULD YA?
Out from Boneville
BUT YOU BETTER FIND IT > - FAST! гт5 SO I SUGGEST YOU MAKE YOUR
AUTUMN NOW, AN’ WINTER STRIKES QUICK y VISIT HERE A SHORT ONE, OR YOU'LL
IN THESE PARTS ... Ам” WHEN IT DOES,
NOBODY CAN GET THROUGH BE STUCK FOR TH’ WINTER. Ам” т
THOSE MOUNTAINS ... DON’T THINK YOU WANNA PO THAT/
DEFINITELY
NOT.
GOOD, ТЛА, LET

YA GO FOR NOW,
SINCE TED SEEMS
TO LIKE YA ОКАУ ..
BUT DON’T FERGET!
NO DAWOLIN'!
ACTUAL A REAL FIGGER

NICE Guy! OUT WHAT
TA pO WITH
УА... SAY, І KNOW!
ТЛА. TAKE УА ТО SEE
THORN’ C/MON/ WHAT’S
YER NAME, MISTER?
FONE BONE. BUT, USTEN, BONE! BIG BROTHER

SO WHO'S THIS 4
THORN?
HQ HO! No! WAS RIGHT ABOUT WINTER! SHE HITS
FAST! "М" IF YOU WANTS TA GIT HOME,
HE'S NOT ANOTHER THORN KNOWS JES’ YOU GOTTA РО IT BEFORE SHE SNOWS?
BIG BUG, IS HE? ABOUT ENER"THIN"
IN ТН” WHOLE DON’T WORRY!
ГМ JUST GONNA
FIN? MY COUSINS,
AN’ THEN ГМ
OUTTA HERE’
34
МНЕКЕ САМ £
ФЕТ SOMETHING WE CAN STOP
TO DRINK? I’M BY TH’ ВАККЕРНАМЕН/
|
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ЖТА
COMRADE! we Аке Agour то FEAST! HELLO, SMALL MAMMAL ..., COULD
Quick! GET уоце FAT CARCASS YOU STEP IN HERE FOR A MOMENT ?
BEHIND THIS BUSH AND GET READY ! I'VE GOT SOMETHING To SHOW УОЦ....
HEY, ТЕР! Quick, COMRADE! START

CAN’T YOU WHERE YOU THE COOKING FIRE!
SHOW ME STEP IN HERE -- GOIN’?
OUT HERE, YOUR FRIEND THE
WHERE I/NE GOT DRAGON ISN'T
RUNNIN’ SPACE? AROUND, IS НЕ? YOU'RE
ON YER
OWN
BONE!
35
Out from Boneville
WELL, WELL... LOOK AND IT'S

WHO'S JOINED US FOR. NOT THE FIRST
SUPPER... GO START TIME YouNE
THE COOKING FIRE !! DONE IT,
EITHER
COMRADE... 6E REASONABLE! PLEASE, COMRADE! AND THAT'S

Т. WASN'T THINKING--- I ТАКЕ IT I JUST WANT ANOTHER THING!
L WAS TRYING To CATCH ec BACK... YOU'RE ТО CHOP HIM ТМ TIRED OF
ОЦЕ, DINNER-- - NOT FAT. UP FOR THE STEW! L WANT
THIS ISN'T THE TIME --:: TO PUT HIM IN
A CRUST AND
„БАКЕ A LIGHT
FLUFFY QuicHE!
WHY DIDN'T WHY SHOULD

KIND OF FOOD 15 THAT FOR you STOP МЕ? 1? YOU'RE
А MONSTER
ТО EAT ?!.....,
LISTEN, ро YOU THINK You
So SMART!
COULD COME BACK IN HALF
AN HOUR ? WE'LL HAVE THIS
STRAIGHTENED оцт BY THEN !
36
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GOTTA TAKE
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COUSINS BEFORE IT < THIS FOREST IS
SNOWS? WE COULD TOO WEIRD
BE TRAPPED HERE
FOR TH’ WHOLE
WINTER?
37
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HELLO, MIZ “POSSUM! 4 OH, T DON’T GET] |THESE CAN'T ВЕ WELL, IT’S ALMOST
І HAVEN’T SEEN YOu OUT OF TH’ > YOUR KIDS’ SPRING’ THEY SHOOT UP
IN A COUPLE OF MONTHS! / HOUSE MUCH / THEY’RE ALL FAST THIS TIME OF YEAR!
~~ IN WINTER GROWN UP! YOU BOYS REMEMBER
“SPECIALLY WITH FONE BONE?
YOUNGUNS/
HOW YOU GUYS

YOUR MOM WOW? THANKS! ЈУ ромт vou
MADE IT FOR I DON’T KNOW А worry ABOUT
DOIN’? ME! IT! AS LONG
AS YOU'RE
/ STUCK HERE
WITHOUT YOU, X IN OUR VALLEY,
MIZ "POSSUM! | гл, TAKE CARE
OF YOU! HERE”
I PACKED А
PIE IN CASE
YOU'RE
HUNGRY!
И ре YOU EVER FIND

l^
NOPE. DON’T KNOW MUCH ABOUT
THOSE COUSINS OF WHAT BUGS PO IN TH’ WINTER,
YOURS? BUT I HAVEN’T SEEN WING NOR
ANTENNAE OF ТЕЎ SINCE TH’
NO, NOT YET. SNOW HIT... FOUND OUT
HAVE YOU SEEN TED A THING!
SINCE I TALKED TO YOU SURE
YOU LAST? YOU HAVE
ENOUGH
SOMEONE BLANKETS?
ELSE YOU
WANTED ME
TO FIND OUT
Thorn
та
AS A MATTER ОР Ме?” IT'LL JUST ВЕ

FACT, I’M ON Вит... T DON’T FOR AN HOUR OR
1 , МУ WAY OVER TO KNOW ANYTHING TWO' YOU BOYS
Е THERE’S EVER MIZ HEDGEHOG’S ABOUT BABY BE GOO
ANYTHING T PLACE, ’N’ I WAS ^POSSUMS/
CAN РО-- WONDERIN’ IF
4 YOU”? MIND
WATCHIN”
TH’ KIDS?
DON’T WORRY
ABOUT US, МОМ,
WELL, C’MON, GUYS.

YOU CAN HELP ME PUT
THE FINISHING TOUCH
ON MY HOUSE’
>
THERE МЕ GO! COZY AS Ам
ФОО! ВУ THE TIME THIS MELTS,
HEY, Guys!
TAKE IT EASY IN
IT'LL BE SPRING, AN’ THEN ГМ
OUTTA HERE!
41
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WHAT TH’ HECK

WAS THAT 7
WHAT ARE YOU TRYING TO PO?//

KILL EACH OTHER? C’MON, LET’S SIT
BY THE FIREPLACE, АМ” ILL TELL
‘Ol STORY! AW /
HAVIN’ FUN?
LOOK OUT! IT'S A
47 ?
PLAY WITH
US, MR. BONE!
WHAT DO
GIANT POSSUM: EATING
BEAR //
T А p
St
^ я
e = HEH, HEH’ LOOK AT "ЕМ,
THEY LOOK LIKE LITTLE ANGELS!’
І KINDA I GUESS BABYSITTING WON'T
LIKE THIS ВЕ SO TOUGH AFTER ALL’
GAME.
HERE COMES THE BEAR!

you BETTER WATCH ОЦТІ
I'M GONNA EAT YOU UP!
RUN! TH’
AR 15
CHASIN uS/
Out from Boneville
I’M SERIOUS?
QUIT FOOLIN’
AROUND’
у ALL RIGHT.... THEY

WANT ME TO CATCH
ЈЕМ ... ТЛА CATCH
вм
: ра ;
N ГЕЕРЕР.Е-Р
R!
> BUSHES ARE You 7//
WELL, MR. BEAR 16 GETTING
HUNGRY//
a FELLAS. д СзеенДА
3 you ромт SAY/
WELL, МІСЕ TALKIN’ WITH YA/
|;
TIME NO
LONG
SEE! THANKS FOR WATCHIN TH
у — KIDS! GOTTA GO! ZZ/
ИТУ 7
2-22
>
| 9 Va
——щ
—
A
OoOoon !
МУ ANKLE!
Out from Boneville
THAT LITTLE DEAD

> THING WE FOUND UNDER
@ WHAT ME ABUSH...YOUHAP 9
TH’ НЕСК DID SOME РІРМТ YOU? г
YOU ЕАТ РОК
LUNCH?’
] LÀ га; a,
alld
i ae STUPID, STUPID
‹ \ WOULD HAVE TO BE RAT CREATURES!//
|
vi, PRETTY STUPID ТО
FOLLOW AE ON TO
THIS FRAIL, LITTLE
BRANCH!
Out from Boneville
THIS TIME L REALLY |
DIP HURT My ANKLE!
WHAT po you SAY, YOU KNOW HOW ud

COMRADE? SHALL УWE MUCH £ LIKE Gul---3,
OR SHOULD WE EAT
HIM RAW?
WE WEREN’T
= GOING TO EAT
HIM, DRAGON--
WE WERE ONLY PLAYING
WITH HIM!
Out from Boneville
DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY TRIED TO

THEY TRIED TO PO? «( EAT TH’ LITTLE <
KIDS I WAS
Го! Ow/ обботен! BABYSITTING!
ом!
WHY DIPN’T YOU

PO SOMETHING? WHAT’S TH’
IF T WAS A PRAGON MATTER?
I WOULDA BLASTED CAN'T
heYOU
4 EM WITH FIRE? , FIRE?
А GO STRAIGHT DOWN THE
DON’T WORRY HILL. IT’S A SHORTCUT ТО
ABOUT THE KIDS. MIZ "POSSUM'S HOUSE.
THEY'RE SAFE.
KNOW I WAS
LOOKING FOR
MIZ ‘POSSUMS
Out from Boneville
I’M OKAY... І HAD A DRAGON?

BONE !THERE YOU A LITTLE RUN-IN WITH REALLY?
ARE/ МЕ CAME AS A DRAGON, BUT THE
FAST AS WE COULD’ IMPORTANT THING IS
ARE YOU ALL RIGHT? THAT WE’RE ALL SAFE!
SEE HOW
НЕ 15 WITH
TH’ KIDS? HE'S
ALWAYS GOT
А ТОКУ!
IT’S NOT ENOUGH THAT

HE CHASED OFF THOSE
BULLIES. . . NOW HE'S
TURNED IT INTO А
YARN WITH A
DRAGON IN IT/ BOYS ABOUT
TH’ FEROCIOUS
FIRE-
BREATHING
DRAGON’
57
WHAT НАРРЕМЕР, WHAT HAPPENED THAT’S ENOUGH QUESTIONS
ЕОМЕ ВОМЕ? TO YOUR HAT? FOR NOW. UNCLE BONE MUST
РІР YOU KILL РР THE PRAGON BE VERY TIRED. LET’S ALL GO
TH’ РКАФОМ? РО IT? HOME WHERE IT’S WARM AND
SAFE, AND THEN BONE CAN
HE'S PULLIN’ TELL US ALL ABOUT HIS
OUR TAILS’ ADVENTURE!
EVERYBODY
KNOWS
DRAGONS ARE
MAKE-BELIENE/
MAYBE НЕ?
AND CLEAN
UP FIRST.
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Thorn
И OH, YES? ВУ ALL MEANS! THERE’S

А NICE, HOT SPRING JUST BACK OVER L НММЕ/ DID
TH’ HILL’ WHY DON’T YOU STOP | TOO SEE А
THERE TO FRESHEN UP! C’MON DRAGON’
ALONG BOYS! SAY THANK YOU
TO UNCLE BONE!
THANK DID HE š
you! REALLY SEE +,
A DRAGON? =
я
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NW) M
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NN
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Duae o a ad НИ | PPAGOR KNEW £ WAS WEIRD! THE FIRST SIGN OF
HEAP ON FIRE TO Š паро? WHAT HE'S
DON?
SPRING I SEE... POW?
I’M TAKIN’ OFF RIGHT
KEEP WARM? FOLLOWIN’ ME AROUND? THROUGH THOSE
MOUNTAINS, WITH OR
WITHOUT MY COUSINS’
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47
Es >ë
2%)
/ смок DOWN.
WELL SHARE THE
POOL.
Out from Boneville
FONE BONE!
WHAT'S
YOURS?’
W W WW ЧИ
PLEASED TO MEET И 7/
YOU, FONE BONE!
МУ МАМЕ15 |
HORN; АТС YOU'RE THORN?
pO You KNOWA LITTLE
BUG NAMED ТЕР?”
56
WHY, YES! I KNOW
TED! HE’S A VERY I/NE BEEN LOOKIN’
GOOD FRIEND OF MINE’ FOR YOU ALL
WINTER!!
TED! не того МЕ CERTAINLY

CERTAINLY GREAT /тнем you
TO FIND YOU! НЕ SOUNDS CAN HELP ME AND MY
SAID THAT YOU LIKE TED. COUSINS GET BACK
KNOW EVERYTHING, TO BONEVILLE?
Дир тост
COUSINS? YOU
БараААА ? T I НАМЕХТ S
EITHER ONE ОР "ЕМ 4
SHOULD’VE ASKED
TPAT PRAGON
SINCE WE GOT HIT
BY THAT SWARM OF MY COUSINS!
LOCUSTS?
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Ош from Boneville
YOU SHOULP/^NE THE DRAGON’

ASKED WHO? OH... WAIT A MINUTE, NEVER MIND’
T GET IT! YOU < I DON’T CARE”
DON’T BELIEVE IN
DRAGONS РО YOU?
ONCE ГМ ВАСК IN WELL, г? WELL, C'MON /

BONEVILLE, I’LL NEVER
EVEN HAVE TO THINK ABOUT THERE'S NO
ААВ AGAIN! У TIME то LOSE!!
° ө o вит ө ө o
ТМЕ NEVER НЕАКР

OF ВОМЕМИЕ.
THERE IS А LITTLE
VILLAGE DOWN
THE ROAD CALLED
BARRELHAVEN ...
DOES THAT HELP?
I’M SURE WE CAN IT’S NOT JUST
GET YOU THROUGH THE THAT, EVEN IF І
OH... £ DONT MOUNTAINS AS SOON <\GOULP GET THROUGH
BELONG IN THIS AS THE SNOW мате: У THE MOUNTAINS, г?
FOREST. NEVER FIND MY WAY
MY HOME’S ON BACK ACROSS THE
THE OTHER SIDE OF DESERT. YOU WERE
THE MOUNTAINS ... МУ LAST HOPE.
/ WELL, LET’S ~ DID YOU SAY

JUST CONCENTRATE PRETTY SURE, RAT CREATURES? ? LET МЕ GUESS...
ON FINDING YOUR YOU DON’T
COUSINS. YOU’RE UNLESS THE BELIEVE IN
SURE THEY’RE HERE )\ RAT CREATURES RAT CREATURES.
IN THE VALLEY? GOT ’EM.
OH, YES I pO” УЕАН!т REALLY

HAVE YOU SEEN / ME... THIS IS SAW A DRAGON, TOO!
ONE RECENTLY? IMPORTANT’ YOU'RE LOOK АТ MY HEAD’
NOT FOOLING AROUND?/ WHAT PO YOU THINK
YOU REALLY SAW THIS IS? A TAN?!
TWO RAT CREATURES?
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HMM. WASH THAT

SOOT OFF YOUR FACE.
OUT OF HERE!
OKAY WITH ME?

WHERE WE
GOING?
£ LIVE WITH MY GRANDMOTHER JUST

THROUGH THE WOODS, WE’LL GO THERE.
WHAT’S TH’ BIG

RUSH ALL OF A
WHAT ABOUT SUPPEN? THEY'RE
YOUR BUCKET? NOT THAT
SCARY! IN FACT,
THEY’RE KINDA DUMB!
МУ” AREN’T YOU BRAVE!

І FEEL SAFER ALREADY!
C’MON! GIVE ME YOUR
HAND!
WELL, I DON’T
WANNA BRAG
BUT I----
ОН, LISTEN?
THE FIRST BIRDS
OF SPRING” WE’LL /
А HAVE YOU АМ? YOUR ха)
ВЕРОКЕ YOU
KNOW IT!
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вриме!
Grune!
D GRUMP!
а" И
WAKE UP SLEEPYHEAD/ YOU'RE IN GRAN’MA BEN’S
) 7 HOUSE! C’MON! ФЕТ UP!
||| ] TS, 7 £ FIXED YOU SOME CAKES
ІП || F А
ЛУ ~ y НИН?
||
МНА--2
WHERE АМ 4
т?
Ош from Boneville
МУ! YOU MUST’VE ENJOYED HERE'S YOUR CAKES! ~— —

АМР HERE'S SOME TEA! | us
Bem =
YOUR FIRST NIGHT IN А HOUSE
AFTER SLEEPING IN THE WOODS!
YOU ПРУТ EVEN HEAR МЕ
WHEN I CAME DOWNSTAIRS
HELLO? ARE YOU AWAKE X

YET, FONE BONE? IT'S fo
м E, THORN.’ С
m
<
4
Phoney Bone
А! YOU'RE AWAKE! GOOD! NOW EAT YOUR BREAKFAST!

МЕЧЕ GOT А LOT ТО pO TODAY! GRAN’MA BEN IS COMING HOME
MEC THE VILLAGE, AND I WANT TO == THE PLACE —
кайшы
SHE GETS HERE
THAT’S RIGHT! SHE GOES INTO УЕАН/ SHE’S PRETTY

BARRELHAVEN EVERY SPRING TO ФООР, TOO! ТНЕКЕ 5
(6 OFF HER BEST RACING COWS: 4 HARPLY A COW IN THE
WHOLE VALLEY THAT
CAN BEAT HER IN A А
IOO-Y ARP DASH! DEFINITELY
<7 LOOKING FORWARD
TO MEETING
THIS LADY!
OH, IT’S A BIG EVENT HERE NOW, IF YOU'RE DONE

IN THE SPRING! PEOPLE BET CHICKENS EATING, WHY DON’T WE GO
AND GOATS-- SOME FOLKS BET
THEIR WHOLE LIVESTOCK ON НЕК!
IF YOU WANT TO MAKE A GOOD OKAY BY
МЕ! LET’S
HER ON HER COWS? SHE'S REAL
PROUD OF HER COWS!
Ош from Boneville
“зб P ^ NS
IF YOU FINISH UP THE DISHES,
I'LL GO SPLIT SOME FIREWOOD.
| P lI Now мат
| | A MINUTE,
THORN’ |
\
WHERE T COME " CHOPPIN' FIREWOOD

FROM, WHAT YOU! | зд IS А MANLY THING! 4
JUST ЗАР IS AN’ SINCE УМ THE
BACKWARDS! MAN, ФА» PO THE
MANLY THING!
Phoney Bone
SO ...РО YOU THINK

YOUR GRAN’MA WILL
MIND ME STAYIN’ WITH
YOU GUYS? т МЕАМ--
I DON’T WANNA CAUSE
ANY PROBLEMS’
: ax
SHE WON’T MIND! SHE JUST РО ME ONE

WOULDN’T MAKE YOU GO BACK FANOR/ WHEN GRAN’MA BEN
OUT IN THE WOODS ~ - @ETS HERE, TRY NOT TO
ESPECIALLY WITH THOSE RAT MENTION YOUR FRIEND
CREATURES AROUND! THE DRAGON!
BECAUSE DRAGONS PON'T } wur po

EXIST, THAT’S WHY’ MEAN?
You 7 ВИТ YOU'RE THE ONLY
YOUIN BELIEVE
RAT ONE WHO’S г EVER SEEN
CREATURES!
WHY DON’T YOU
BELIEVE IN
DRAGONS?
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pO YOU МЕЦ МЕ DON’T HAVE

HAVE DRAGONS BIG MOUTHEP, DROOLING,
BACK IN RAT-LIKE MONSTERS,
BONEVILLE? EITHER’ UNLESS YOU
COUNT MY COUSIN
PHONEY BONE?
AN’ YOU KNOW FONE BONE! BUT I’M TELLIN’ YA, * " DRAGONS ARE
WHAT ELSE? Т МЕМЕ BEEN I SAW ONE! НЕ MAKE- BELIEVE!
THINK THAT DRAGON OVER THIS A HAD A GOATEE, ’N’ A YOU WERE
IS FOLLOWIN’ ME HUNDRED CIGARET, ’N’ BIG SEEING
AROUND! OL’ HAIRY EARS THINGS!
UKE THIS’
THANKS FOR THE SUPPORT, ACTUALLY, Т

THORN’ YOU KNOW, THAT'S < JUST WANT HER
WHAT THE PRAGON WANTS YOU TO THINK YOU’RE
TO THINK’ НЕ DOESN’T WANT YOU NUTS?
TO KNOW HE EXISTS?
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Phoney Bone
WHAT ARE You!DOING?

COME BACK HERE 5
WITH МУ ВИСКЕТ,
уоц! аа a
-
HERE ... I А
WHAT PO YOU WANT aM АСК
ME TO POWITA I RAN BACK TO MY
5 PLACE LAST NIGHT
TO GET MY BOOKS!
YEAH. WHEN МЕ AN” MY ; JUST SOME I^/E NEVER

М
COUSINS GOT RUN Our ( ЕСУ BOOKS! | | comic BOOKS. ) SEEN ONE BEFORE!
OF BONEVILLE, T PACKED ет > I BROUGHT
SOME STUFF FOR US і THOSE FOR
ТО READ ase SMILEY BONE.
Ош from Boneville
Р V q
YOU HAVEN’T? YOU MUST’VE РІРМ”Т YOU SURE! THIS IS MOBY DICK!
НАР А DEPRIVED CHILDHOOD. BRING IT’S MY FAVORITE BOOK’ WHAT’S IT
THESE I BROUGHT FOR ANYTHING ТЕ READ IT ABOUT?
PHONEY BONE... FOR THREE TIMES!
THEY’RE FINANCIAL YOURSELF?
MAGAZINES’
UH... ARE YOU OKAY! IT’S ABOUT

SURE YOU WANT TO A WHALING VOYAGE, AN’
KNOW? ENERY TIME Т THIS GUY ISHMAEL -- -1:
TRY TO TELL PEOPLE
ABOUT MOBY DICK
THEIR EYES GLAZE
OVER!
WHAT ELSE HAVE LET'S SEE...

YOU GOT IN HERE? A BLANKET...
AN OLD MAP
THAT SMILEY
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Phoney Bone
THAT’S ABOUT IT”

THE ONE THING I DION’T
BRING ENOUGH OF WAS
FOOD AND WATER”
WELL, TH’ TWO
THINGS...
I DON’T KNOW ....

SOMETHING ABOUT
THAT FACE? THIS MAP
IS FAMILIAR ...
ТМ FINE, LET’S JUST

FORGET ІТ. C’MON, ФКАММА
WILL BE HERE SOON...
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ЗА
A
2
545% 4 Ми
v N е ,— ^ САД,
an Да щі ної \ Wn
ND
» а ^
Мал... E
a=. \ <<) < SN U как
fy “= NNN rst
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= Mss
E ^N о а ~ = - %? x W
Z. — = = каро s мм, vy
- ИЫ 5 -- М Se NU
м а
OOOH WAIT’LL I GET МУ HANDS

ON THAT COUSIN OF MINE/
I CAN'T BELIEVE FONE I'LL BET HE'S BACK IN

BONE WOULD JUST LEAVE BONEVILLE RIGHT NOW.
ME OUT HERE WANDERING SITTING IN Ay HOUSE,
AROUND HELPLESS EATING МУ FOOD!
АМР HUNGRY!
72
Phoney Bone
WHAT А TRAVESTY! та
TH’ MOST FORCED ТО EXIS
MISERABLE ЕКЕ TEN
OUT СЕА
ANIDST
ROCKS'N’MUD!/
Ош from Boneville
THE МАМЕ” PHONEY BONE... 94

TH’ RICHEST BONE IN BONEVILLE/
YOU/NE PROBABLY HEARD OF МЕ!
I’M LOOKIN’ FOR A
GUY МАМЕР FONE BONE.
YOU SEEN HIM?
НВУ! LET’S KICK THAT PEA-SIZED

DINOSAUR BRAIN INTO HIGH GEAR, HUH?
WOULD IT HELP IF I ASKED TH’

QUESTION AGAIN SLOWER?
і М MAYBE т EETTER”
... SEEN РОМЕ ВОМЕ..... у а IT COULD ВЕ PAYS 4
. A- КО ? , МАУВЕ YOU BEFORE TH’ MESSAGE
' ВЕТТЕР REACHES THIS GUY’S
LET ME А
HELP YOU!
74
Phoney Bone
HOW “BOUT WE TAKES OH, YEAH? I’M TED! SPARE ME TH’ DETAILS,
A FEW STEPS OFF TO I'M A BUG! FRIEND! Г/М LOOKIN’ FOR
STARBOARD. .. OUTTA A GUY NAMED FONE BONE.
FIRIN’ RANGE. . . AN’ YOU SEEN HIM?
TLL ANSWER YER
QUESTIONS FOR YA.
МУ YOU HAVE?” НАГА икерУ

GONE 7 | тм ЗАМЕР! STORY! BUG! 4
WHERE 15 ТАКЕ МЕ TO C'MON?!
OH, YEAH,
І SEEN
HE? SAN Tim \YOUR LEADER: І AINT GOT
ALL РАМ!
HIM! SINCE
BEFORE
SHE
Т GUESS Т BUT т GOTS DON’T

COULD ТАКЕ TA WARN YA... WORRY ABOUT
YA TO SEE SHE’S A ME, BUG!
THORN'S OL” LADY, AN’ THERE AIN’T
CRAN'MA ... SHE MIGHT A WOMAN
NOT TAKE ALIVE WHO
TO YER CAN RESIST
ATTITUDE MY CHARMS!
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Ош from Boneville
WELL, MOVE IT НІ, GRANMA’

HOW YOU POIN’?
OUT, BUG!
THIS IS TAKING
FOREVER ON 4
THOSE LITTLE
LEGS OF
YOURS!
GRAN’MA,
2 БЕКЕ THIS HERE FELLA NICE YOUNG МАМ. WOULD WANNA RIDE
BEEN ASKIN’ TA HE LIKE TO RIDE ONE OF ONE OF YER
MEET УА! MY RACING COWS? STUPID
TED, DEAR, I THINK YOU’? YES, WAM.

BETTER LEAVE. I’M GONNA SEYA
TEAR THIS LITTLE FELLA APART ) AROUND PAL.)
FROM THE INSIPE OUT. ?
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Рпопец bone
РО YOU LIKE LIKE IT? IT’S

APPLE PIE, 7. МУ FAVORITE
РОМЕ BONE? HOBBY?
THIS IS FOR GRAN'MA -- ...ANP WE WANT TO BE REAL NICE TO ~

SHE LOVES MY SPECIAL GRAN’MA BEFORE WE ASK ABOUT YOU
APPLE PIE... STAYING ная у
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HEY wars вом IT’S ФКАН МА” YOUR GRAN'/MA?/

SHE'S HOME! a IT SOUNPS LIKE
ON ?! ТК WHOLE „А STAMPEDE! Jj
CABINS STARTIN’
//Ру
TO SHAKE!
€» ‹ o>
/ кт) №
LOOK OUTSIDE АМР HERE СОМЕЗ

THAT’S HER GRAN’MA! C'AON,
FASTEST COW СВАН МА! (у COW?! SHE’LL
COMING ACROSS i? HAVE A HEART
THE CLEARING! A т
HEY! РО vou SEE

THAT? THERE’S Он,му GODT ITS *
SOMETHING ON
THE COW. PHONEY BONE!
|
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Phoney Bone
IT LOOKS LIKE
HE'S HEADING N
STRAIGHT
,
Ош from Boneville
WHAT НАРРЕМЕР ||| I'M HURRY „МУ

ТО РНОМЕУ? | GRAN’MA! /@OODNESS; HE'LL
. || HE’S STUCK « КИМ TH’ DINNER!
-- UH-OH -- IN THE
FIREPLACE!
£
THINK HE'S
IN THE
FIREPLACE!
нмеon!)|ПИұр То а
0 / WELL, BLESS MY
you out! ) | АРУ OLD LADY T -
KILL
МЕ !!
25 р = - ` Му Lu: А
WATCH OUT / | [x DON'T JEA

DON’T LET 7 YOU CAN’T <
` KEEP HIM.
YOU: ü OV ;
BAT:
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Phoney Bone
NO BUTS. T СКАМ'МА! CAN YOU MILK "EM?

“/
DON’T WANT АМУ

PONTWANT AN я NOT PETS?!
THEY'RE IF YOU
ЕЕ CAN'T MILK
AROUND TH’ HOUSE.
SWEET THING
APPLE PIE YOU ARE’
AUN QUICK!
WHILE SHE'S
DISTRACTED!
WOULD you
p IT! 5 NOT WAIT А MINUTE?// HELP! HELP!
THORN THINKS WE CAN EXPLAIN THEY’VE DESTROYED
GRAN’MA BEN CAN $ EVERY THING MY COUSIN'S
HELP US ФЕТ BACK /
TO BONENILLE/
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GRAN’MA, THEY'RE BONES!

THEY COME FROM A PLACE SMILEY 7
CALLED BONENILLE/ АМР I THOUGHT HE
THEY NEED OUR HELP. WAS WITH
TO GET BACK! you!
YEAH! THAT’S TH’ AW, Quit YER

`
YOU HAVEN’T TH’ LAST TIME т

SEEN HIM SINCE WE SAW THAT LAST TIME £ SAW WORRYIN’!
SPLIT UP? CHOWPERHEAD HIM, TOO... WHY DON’T YA
BUT I KNOW HE'S IN HE WAS SAYIN’ INTRODUCE <
TH’ VALLEY’ Т FOUND HOW COOL IT ME TO YER
ONE OF HIS WAS THAT WE GOOP-LOOKIN’
CIGAR BUTTS! WERE ABOUT TO FRIEND, HERE?
BE PULVERIZED
Ву INSECTS!
ОН, ин...
PHONEY, THIS DOIN’ WITH MY COUSIN? FIGURES’
IS THORN! YOU TWO GOT А WHAT'P УА
THORN, LITTLE THING GOIN’, pO? BORE
PHONEY. OR WHAT? HER TO DEATH
TALKIN’ ABOUT
MOBY DICK?
82
Phoney Bone
<
Г/М GOING то BED. РОМЕ BONE, COULD
YOU CAN KEEP ’EM IF YOU I TALK TO YOU
WANT, BUT THEY HAVE TO FOR A MOMENT?
SLEEP IN TH’ BARN.
очент
< 7x AAA.
THIS ISN’T GOING QUITE HMM. GRAN’MA’S GOING BACK

THE WAY WE РРАММЕР, IS IT? TO BARRELHAVEN IN A FEW
TELL ME. .. IS HE ALWAYS DAYS FOR THE SPRING FESTIVAL.
LIKE THIS? IF WE CAN JUST KEEP THOSE
TWO CALM UNTIL THEN, WE
CAN ALL GO INTO TOWN TOGETHER
TO LOOK FOR YOUR OTHER
COUSIN.
WORRY!
GO BACK IN THE HOUSE AND
KEEP AN EYE ON HIM. т HAVE
ОКАУ, PHONEY /
т TO GO GET SOME FRESH WE HAVE TO GET A
CAN WATER FOR GRAN’MA TO COUPLE OF THINGS
HANPLE
PHONEY”
WASH UP WITH...
STRAIGHT-- -:
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Out from Boneville
WHAT ARE YOU WHAT’S TH’ MATTER?

DOING 7//
THAT PIE WAS FOR
YOU AFRAID OF GETTIN’
CAUGHT? GUIT BEIN’
A CHICKEN!
GRAN’MA РЕМ"
THORN WILL KILL US
WHEN SHE FINDS
OUT YOU TOOK IT”
WELL, BOYS...
FONE BONE’! I CAN SEE WE’RE
PHONEY BONE: OFF TO A GOOD
YOU BETTER NOT
BE EATING THAT WE HAVEN’T
PIE! SEEN IT/
HONEST”
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— «2
IT’S HOW YOU
GET MILK IT’S DISGUSTING
DISGUSTING > THERE'S ы. THAT T HAVE
WAY TO NOTHING ^ ТО РОТ;
GET MILK! DISGUSTING
ABOUT IT!
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COME ON’ A LITTLE?” THAT GRAN’MA BEN 15 TH’ BARN STINKS,

A LITTLE, HONEST CRAZY OL’ LADY IS FEEDING US AND AND IT’S DRAFTY?
WORK ISN’T GOING Ф RUNNIN’ OUR BUTTS LETTIN’ US STAY IF IT WASN’T FOR TH’
TO KILL YOU! OFF! MILK TH’ COWS! IN HER BARN’ тн” FOOD, І"? RATHER
FEED ТН” COWS’ LEAST WE CAN DO TAKE MY CHANCES
TAKE CARE OF TH’ IS HELP OUT" BACK OUT IN TH’
CHICKENS
WE’RE GONNA I SHOULD’VE KNOWN YOU I’M HERE,

END UP IN TH’ WOULDN’T UNDERSTAND! AREN’T I?
WOODS IF YOU YOU NEVER HAD ANY REAL BESIDES, YOU'RE ONLY A COUPLE OF
DON’T CLEAN MONEY! YOU DON’T KNOW NOT BROKE? THOUSAND. . . STILL,
THIS UP AN’ GET WHAT IT’S LIKE TO LOSE YOU'NE STILL GOT, THEY DO GIVE ME
ANOTHER BUCKET EVERYTHING, YOU DON’T A WAD OF BILLS SOME COMFORT!
OF MILK? KNOW WHAT IT’S LIKE TO ON YOU! LOOK, AREN’T THEY
BE BROKE’ BEAUTIFUL?
THEYRE GETTING IT’S NOT FOR MUCH LONGER!

AS SOON AS WE FIND SMILEY BONE
WRINKLED/ WE’RE GONNA GET OUTTA HERE!
I'M TELLIN’ YA, UNTIL THEN, JUST TRY NOT TO
GET US KICKED OFF ALL RIGHT,
0 FONE BONE, T TH’ FARM, OKAY? ALL RIGHT.
CAN'T TAKE MUCH COOL YER JETS!
ги, TRY NOT TO
MORE OF THIS! CAUSE ANY
TROUBLE.
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Kingdok
GOOD! ТЧЕ GOTTA ФО CHEER UP,

FIND THORN ... І PROMISED РНОМЕУ!
ТР HELP HER CHURN BREAKFAST
BUTTER TODAY” YEAH, YEAH.
STICK SOME WILL BE READY
HAY IN MY
TEETH AN’
CALL ME
GOOBER’
GOOD MORNIN’, ФКАММА!

YOU ALL SET FOR OUR BIG
TRIP TO BARRELHAVEN
TOMORROW?
I’M STILL РАСКІМ”- - HMMF. HOW ARE

I SEEM TO BE MISSING A PAIR OF THINGS GOIN’ IN TH’
BLOOMERS, THOUGH ... YOU BARN THIS MORNIN’?
AN’ YOUR COUSIN WOULDN'^T ANY MORE TROUBLE?
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT THAT,
WOULD YOU?
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THAT'S GOOD. МЕЧЕ YES, MA'M/

GOT A TIGHT i THORN AND т ARE
SCHEDULE ----2 & GOING TO CHURN WHAT?
BUTTER, AND BAKE ·
THESE LITTLE BREAD DON’T YOU
THINGS WITH STUFF WANT TH’
IN "ЄМ ТО TAKE ON BREAD
TH’ SOURNEY- THINGS?
IT’S МОТ TH’ BREAD, BONE! ТН” GITCHY! IT’S A TERRIBLE FEELIN’
IT’S TH’ GITCHY FEELIN’! THAT MAKES YOUR HEAD SWIM, AN’
-- IT JUST COME АТ МЕ YOUR LEGS WOBBLE’ IT’S A POWERFUL
OUTTA TH’ BLUE! OMEN OF ВАР THINGS ТО COME!
TH’
GITCHY
FEELIN’?
WHAT'S
THAT?
IT’S GONE NOW. BUT тн”

.. THERE ... IT’S STARTIN’ ТО GITCHY FEELIN’ IS NEVER WRONG’
PASS. MAYBE WHATEVER’S GOIN’ YOU KEEP AN EYE ON THAT
TO HAPPEN WON’T BE SO BAD... COUSIN OF YOURS, YOU HEAR?
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Kingdok
РНОМЕУ DID YOU YEH, T TOOK ЕМ

OFF TH’ CLOTHES -
ANA
GRAN’ MA BEN’S NITE
EN BLOO MERS? LINE OP OMNAILED
ЖА AND TH
SIDE OF TH’ BARN.
YOu ДА І KINDA МАРЕ А N YOU CAN'T TALK THAT

LITTLE HOLE IN TH’ YOU'RE WAY TO МЕ! ГМ (
WALL, АКО THOSE REALLY PUSHIN' YOUR COUSIN/ гм
WERE THE BIGGEST IT, THIS TIME, TH’ RICHEST BONE IN
THINGS I COULD FIND РНОМЕУ/ BONEVILLE/
TO COVER IT ИР,
YOU МЕКЕ TH’ NZ

MAYBE YOULL THINK
г
WHAT IS
RICHEST BONE IN РоPRINGING
ОЧ НАМЕTHATТО UP?:
UP?"
>, | |TWICE NEXT TIME $ WRONG WITH
BONENILLE/
WAS YOUR
AN’ IT
SO I BONEVILLE,
GOT US RUN OUT OF BEFORE YOU BUILD Ам
В THAT?’
АКО A ORPHANAGE КОММУ
AONEX-GRUEBIN' Др LYNCH MOB CHASED US eee
FOR TWO WEEKS!
GOT US INTO THIS) seez? ONELITTLE < HAZARDOUS коега што
MESS, REMEMBER? ) MISTAKE, AND Т GOTTA ASTE WAS ay
HEAR ABOUT IT TH’ REST
OF МУ MY LIFE?!
LIFE? LANPERA т nw
ULTIMATE
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Out from Boneville
WHAT? COMBINING A
YOU NEVER I SHOULDA STUCK SLAUGHTERHOUSE
LEARN, WITH MY FIRST
> WITH 200?!
PETTING А
pO you? 2 IDEA!
Е ОН, YEA! THAT WAS
BRILLIANT?
CAN’T YOU MAKE IT TOMORROW IS TH’

THROUGH ONE MORE FIRST DAY OF TH’ GRAN’MA БАР THAT
PAY WITHOUT GETTING WHAT ARE SPRING FAIR’ LAST WEEK PEOPLE
US IN TROUBLE? WE WAITIN^ THIS’LL BE OUR WERE ALREADY COMIN’ IN
МЕРЕ GOIN’ INTO РОК НЕЕ > BEST SHOT FROM АМ» OVER TH’
TOWN WITH GRAN’MA FOR? AT FINDING VALLEY- - - SETTIN’ UP
TOMORROW! SMILEY BONE! BOOTHS AN’ GETTIN’
THIS READY!
POPSICLE
STAND
NOW”
P 47
WELL, T FIGURE-
-IF I KNOW! IT’S CRAZY, OKAY,
SMILEY’S SOMEWHERE BACK ЧР. BUT THORN SAYS IT’S FONE BONE’
IN TH’ VALLEY, HE’S BOUND\ YOU MEAN A BIG DEAL HERE! ТАМ, BE GOOD!
TO HAVE HEARD ABOUT PEOPLE SOME FOLKS BET £ POSITIVELY
GRAN’MA’S СОМ RACE’! ACTUALLY EVERY THING GUARANTEE YOU
YOU KNOW HOW BET MONEY ТНЕУМЕ GOT! WON’T HEAR
MUCH HE LIKES TO BET ON THAT ANOTHER PEEP
ON RAGES? OL” BAG TO < OUTTA ME
INA ,
FOOT RACE?
90
Kingdok
YEAH, NOW @ET

OFF МУ ВАСК! WHAT? NOTHING! г SAID І
ФО CHURN SOME WHAT ARE WON’T MESS UP YOUR PLAN
BUTTER WITH P TO GO INTO TOWN TO LOOK
THORN! тео FOR SMILEY, AN’
INE GOT STUFF т MEANT IT”
TO РО:
eee SS}
АМР I WON’T р
НЕАК А РЕЕР т THINK г
OUTTA YOU < ; HAVE А PIECE HEAR THORN
YA.
TH’ REST OF OF PAPER? CALLIN’
TH’ DAY,
RIGHT?
KEALLY 27
OKAY, РНОМЕУ!
SEE YA
TONIGHT?’
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Out from Boneville
FONE BONE WON’T MIN?

IF T BORROW A FEW OF HIS
YEP, YOU WON’T HEAR THINGS ... т MIGHT NEED "ЄМ
A PEEP OUTTA ME, ON MY WAY TO TOWN...
“CAUSE X AIN'T GONNA
ВЕ HERE’
SOUNDS LIKE A LOTTA MONEY’S GONNA

CHANGE HANDS TOMORROW, AN’ I DON’T NO, SIRREE ! IF
SEE WHY РАМ МА BEN SHOULD HOG THERE’S BOOKMAKIN’ TO BE
IT ALL’ DONE, ЕМ TH’ MAN TO РО IT’
Kingdok
DOWN TO ОН, FONE BONE, YOU'RE GOING

TO LOVE THE FESTIVAL,
HEY, THORN! THE SPRINGS!
WE’LL SEE JUGGLERS, AND
WHERE WE GOIN’? TUMBLERS, AND SINGERS! AND
MY FAVORITE PART- - THE BOOTHS!
THERE ARE ROWS AND ROWS OF I USUALLY ONLY GET TO

BOOTHS, AND YOU CAN BUY THE MOST LOOK- - BUT THIS YEAR
AMAZING THINGS. THEY HAVE HONEY, I’M GOING TO GET А
АМР PEACOCK FEATHERS, BOTTLE OF DYE FROM
AND SILK ROBES! THE SOUTH, АМР I’M
GOING TO MAKE A
BEAUTIFUL BLUE DRESS!
HOW СОМЕ WE DION’T

BRING ANY BUCKETS TO WHAT KIND OF BATH? Д
CARRY TH’ WATER
OHMYGOSH
YOU WANT
TO GET
CLEANED UP
FOR THE
FESTIVAL,
DON’T YOU?
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Бәке
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WOULD YOU BRING ЖОХ

ME THE SOAP?
FT IT IN THE POCKET
OF MY PRESS .... А
5 ...UM ...FONE BONE,

PON TIBE S2 2 COULD YOU BE A
2 LITTLE МОРЕ
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THE SOAP?
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ЕКЕК. THERE WAS A

PATH HERE A SECOND
AGO! WHAT HAPPENED?
TO IT?
WHY DOESN’T SOMEBODY (| т COULD BUILD A

BUILD SOME ROADS TOLL ROAD!
HMM. MAYBE I SHOULD
LOOK INTO THAT.... YEAH! x сам ALMOST
HEAR THOSE LITTLE COINS
CALLING OUT TO ME NOW- -
ONER HERE’
IN TH’ TREE!
WE
THOUGHT 4
YOU WERE
FONE BONE’
Out from Boneville
уа HIS COUSIN? 4
ALL RIGHT?
YOU WANNA PLAY
WITH US?
LUCKY THING Т КАМ

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WHAT’S НЕ THINK WU W ON тн” RIGHT PATH, т
WE ARE? SHOULD @ET TO
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TIME!
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TH’ FIRST THING т GOTTA I

РО, IS HIT TH’ LOCAL TAVERN, p I боой! MAN! JEEZ !
AN’ FIN? OUT WHO'S IN TOWN
SOMETHING AROUND
WHAT TH’
HECK ARE
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Kingdok
HE HAS RECEIVED WORD HE HAS?/

THAT THE ONE WE SEEK-- Вит--
THE SMALL, BALD CREATURE
WITH THE STAR ON ITS = T
CHEST-- HAS BEEN SEEN | сЕ X YES, SIRE!
i IN THE VALLEY’ 2 < RIGHT
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EVERYTHING’S pi? vou И’ мо. AN’ MY BOOTS AN’ BASSIST

У ESS]
READY FOR FIND TH’ || KNAPSACK ARE MISSING J WE LOOKED FOR HIM, ВИТ
TOMORROW. І LITTLE ">, ТОО! I THINK HE THERE’S NO SIGN OF HIM
JUST WISH £ SQUIRT? WENT INTO TOWN ON THE ROAD. WE WENT
COULD SHAKE WITHOUT из! ALL THE WAY TO OLD MAN’S
THIS GITCHY - CANE BEFORE IT GOT
FEELIN’ Т j TOO DARK. I’M SURE
вот! ; WE'LL FIND HIM AT THE
m FAIR TOMORROW.
HMM. I DON’T LIKE IT. AN’ THERE'S RUN BACK TO TH' BARN, АМ” GET YOUR
А ВАР MOON OUT томент, TOO. BLANKET. I THINK YOU BETTER COME IN
TH’ HOUSE WITH US TONIGHT.
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....Т НАМЕ RECEIVED МОВО THAT THE ONE

WE SEEK HAS BEEN SEEN IN YOUR TERRITORY...
+e HOW 16 IT THAT YOU HAVE NOT BROUGHT HIM TO ME 2
BUT ON SEVERAL WE FIRST SAW ре ШИКЕ

МЕ-- WE HAVE NOT OCCASIONS WE HAVE НМ ON THE WESTERN >
SEEN THE ONE WHO SEEN ONE WHO IS RIDGE -- ON THE INSIGNIFICANT ?
BEARS THE STAR-- MUCH ИКЕ HIM IN DRAGON’S STAIR- - WHY пр you NOT
DESCRIPTION... WE HANE SEEN THIS CAPTURE THE
HE IS CALLED NEW CREATURE CREATURE AND
FONE BONE... TWICE MORE IN BRING IT то
THE
COUNCIL 7
WE TRIED TO CAPTURE
HIM, MASTER .... BUT HE IS
. HE BEARS CHARMED!
NO STAR... НЕ IS UNDER THE PROTECTION
OF THE GREAT RED
DRAGON!
102
Kingdok
WE TRIED TO THE CREATURE 15 ON

SPY. ... BUT THE A SMALL FARM NEAR THE
PRAGON TREPS HOT SPRINGS ... HE STAYS
A WIDE CIRCLE WITH THE OLD COW WOMAN
AROUND нм... ... MOTHER BEN...
^. THESE ARE GRAVE

TIDINGS... IT WOULD NOT
BE WELL FOR THE DRAGON
TO LEARN OF OUR PLANS...
wee IE WE MUST RISK A WITH THE FIRST...

WAR PARTIES.... TAKE A
CONFRONTATION... SCOUR THE COUNTRYSIDE..
THOUSAND WARRIORS
WE MUST DO IT NOW... SEARCH THE ROAD AND THE
ІМ EACH...
WHILE THE DRAGON'S LANDS BEYOND THE
SUSPICIONS SLEEP... WATERFALL.... FIND
THE ONE WHO BEARS
THE STAR...
(4E THE DRAGON 15 STILL SEND THE SECOND PARTY

WATCHING.... THIS ACTIVITY TO THE FARMHOUSE .....
WILL DRAW HIM OFF... LEAVING ... DESTROY IT
THE OLD COW WOMAN ... KILL THE NEW CREATURE...
UNGUARDED..---
LET US HOPE THAT THE DEATH

OF THIS FONE BONE WILL CAUSE
THE DRAGON TO LEAVE
ТНЕ VALLEY AND RETURN
TO DEREN GARD...
. GO МОМ....
WE ATTACK TONIGHT,
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ТНЕУ МЕ
GONE ТО JOIN
THEM ON
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CANNOT HOLD
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WN, АРА
ММ (Ө өө
LL Уа
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FONE BONE’ I HAD THE DREAM

AGAIN’ THE RAT CREATURES
WERE ATTACKING!
THE RAT CR
SURROUNDED TH’ FARM !!
HURRY ! ФКАММА 5
WAITING FOR US
DOWNSTAIRS /
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252%.
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GRAN’MA7/
WHAT’S GOING
ON?!
WHERE
ARE
THEY?
THEY’VE SURROUNDED
THE HOUSE ... HURRY
DOWN HERE,
IF IT WAS PARK IN HERE, AN’ THE

RAT CREATURES THOUGHT WE WERE
ASLEEP- - МЕ ВЕ Е
SHO!
POUSE ЕМ’
Ош from Boneville
HOW AANY DON’T KNOW ... OH, MAN! THORN, DEAR . . . BRING
ARE THERE? HERE, PONE. HOLP ME À POKER FROM THE
I CAN HEAR FIREPLACE - - ANP YOU
BETTER PUT SOME
“EM MOVIN’
AROUND OUT SHOES ON...
DO YOU HAVE OY | X HANE АМ OKAY, CHILDREN! LISTEN

А PLAN, ФКАМ МА? IDEA THAT CLOSELY! THIS IS WHAT WE’RE
MIGHT WORK. GOING TO DO...
WHEN I SAY RUN... READY? Ж

:
... YOU RUN? HERE WE ФО,
GOT THAT? THAT'S YOUR
? PLAN?
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Barrelhaven
T FOUGHT TH’
RATS BACK
Ош from Boneville
Barrelhaven
Out from Boneville
WHAT
АКЕРЕМЕР 7
Shh! we HAVE |
ТО GO BACK!
GRAN’MA
Barrelhaven
Out from Boneville
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Бара Пета
ШШШВА | || |
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DAEТ
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we зви є y | e
Out from Boneville
Г BARTENDER!
WHERE'S МУ ----- 2x
SQuinky
SQuINKy
Barrelhaven
IT PHONEY? DARN RIGHT !!

THANK GOOPNESS FONE BONE WOULON’T
LET ME LEAVE THIS
ТУЕ FOUND HAPPY TO STUPID VALLEY
SEE ME? UNLESS I FOUND
YOU FIRST!
THIS CALLS
A TOAST!
LET ME BUY
YOU A
SURE! WHY NOT? AH:

WHADDYA SAY І ФОТ A FEELIN’ MY LUCK’S // YOU'RE IN
WE HAVE ANOTHER ABOUT TO CHANGE! TOWN FOR TH’
ROUND ON yOu, - - GUESS WHERE COW RACE?!
OV’ FRIEND! FONE BONE IS RIGHT NOW! TOO!
HE’S WITH GRAN’MA BEN?
YOU KNOW - ~ TH’ OLpA
LADY THAT RACES
COWS? ~ GOIN’ ON!
Out from Boneville
SO ТМЕ NOT YET. .. BUT | GREAT! PERFECT!

HEARD,’ FROM WHAT ТМЕ HOW MUCH TIME
Is PICKED UP- - < DO WE HAVE?
ANYBODY YOUR FRIEND
DOIN’ TH” GRAN’MA IS
BOOKMAKIN’? TH’ OppS-ON
FAVORITE!
EXCELLENT / UH-OH/ Е HOPE THIS WHAT?/ REMEMBER TH’ FIRST

т GOT AN IDEA ISN’T GONNA BE ONE OF WHAT ARE TIME YOU GOT US RUN
THAT'LL MAKE US THOSE SILLY IDEAS YOU TALKIN’ OUT OF TOWN? YOU
А LOTTA YOU USEP TO PULL ABOUT? OPENED UP A CHAIN OF
MONEY! BACK IN
BONEVILLE!
WHAT
SILLY
FRANCHISES - - BONE
ENVIRONMENTAL: NUCLEAR
IDEAS?! REACTOR AND ENDLESS
SALAD
BARS!
THAT WASN’T A
ГОН, YEAH, YOU'RE
A BRILLIANT У WHAT? T GET TO
SILLY IDEA’ JUDGE! WEAK А COW
SuIT2/ COOL!
NOW- - WHERE HAVE ANOTHER
ARE WE GONNA
FIND A
BEER, ARTNER!
COW SUIT?
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Barrelhaven
KEEP ІТ DOWN OH. МОГ wor ANOTHER ONE //

YOU CORN HEAD! I DON’T
YOU BETTER BE ABLE TO PAY FOR
WANT ANYBODY TO KNOW THOSE BEERS, SHORTY!
WE’RE TOGETHER,
JUST LIKE THIS OTHER IDIOT

WAS GOOD FOR IT?/
ME TWO EGGS, AN’
I WANT IT NOW!
ТМЕ HAD IT UP TO HERE WITH IT'S MY CUP UNTIL YOU

YOU DRIFTERS COMIN’ INTO PAY ME THE TWO EGGS
YOU OWE ME/! WHAT A
TRYIN’ TO GET BEER BREATHIN’ НОТНЕАР/
ON CREDIT! IN MY се HERE”
- TAKE IT/
Out from Boneville
OKAY, SHORTY!
TWO ESOS, РА 4 |GET IN TH’ KITCHEN!
PRICE GO UP? YOU CAN WORK OFF
YER BAR ТАР...
NOBODY митълтезв A MINT NOTE THEY DON’T а

AROUND ME AN’ LIVES TO TELL Ней НИЕ AND
ABOUT IT SAY YER у d SERVICES.
5554 2 EARTER
нискиез! SYSTEM!
OUR SMILEY - - WHY МР YOU

CHUCKLES WANTS KEEP GIVING МЕ BEER?
REAL EGGS! MINE, YOU KNOW I DON’T CARRY
Out from Boneville
You
хаш Тыр,
Barrelhaven
- DEFIANCE WILL NOT

OLERATE!
ICE
DRAGON |!
HE'S HERE /
MINUTE /
pO YOU
SMELL THAT?/
THORN” , FONE BONE! / М СЕМЕН

НАТ АКЕ BUT THESE
EVERY THINGS GUYS
GONNA BE You DOING :22
OKAY! WATCКО,
H THIS/
Оці from Boneville
OKAY, FELLAS! PARTY’S OVER! JUST THE SIGHT OF TH’

BREAK IT UP! LET’S GO! DRAGON SENDS THESE GUYS
TH’ DRAGON’LL BE HERE ANY INTO A PANIC! THEY RUN
MINUTE NOW, AN’ YOU DON’T LIKE THEIR FUR'S ON FIRE/
WANNA BE HERE WHEN
HE SHOWS ЧР!
WHAT ARE СМР! SNUFF /

YOU TALKIN’ THAT'S WEIRD’
ABOUT? I DON’T SMELL
YOU DON’T ІТ ANYMORE,
SMELL EITHER!
BRIMSTONE?
124
Barrelhaven
WHY, LOOK, TED. IT’S A

MEETING OF THE NEW
COMMUNITY LEADERS.
LA = `
д Noes
[МТ 125 LOVES
| Cis А ТА VOTE!
W 504 RS
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y STAY BACK, FUNNY YOU SHOULD MENTION
Ы WATERFALL? A THOUSAND?
ОЦЕ NUMBERS са
АКЕ ТОО
GREAT!
HIYA, BONES!
HEY, THORNY!
C'MON OVER
т BELIEVE THIS YOU WOULD NOT YOU RUN AND TELL

VIOLATES OUR BE SO BOLD IF KING@DOK THAT ГМ
AGREEMENT. .. KINGDOK WATCHIN’ НМ:
WERE HERE
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psn ae 4 ied
PET.
Да NÉS (и
FG ОМ | а
«^ Я Т! "М »P
И хушы
Barrelhaven
„.. THE RAT CREATURES

МЕ ПР it! YES! 22 N ATTACKED OUR FARM - -
WE LEFT МУ GRANOMOTHER
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I CAN'T
BELIEVE
IT/
THEY
PESTROYEP
YOUR
GRAN'MA'S
HOUSE?
T %
| ... £ KNOW IT LOOKS ВАР,

BUT WE NEED ТО ВЕ CAREFUL?
NOT GONNA HELP YOUR GRANPMOTHER
ВУ RUSHIN’ OUT IN TH’ OPEN!
1
|/ WE NEED TO MAKE SURE

ИХ THERE’S NO RAT CREATURES
||| HANGIN’ AROUND...
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... THEY MIGHT

BE WATCHING’
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= -— <
E.
OF COURSE І AM, DEAR!

£ FOUGHT TH’ RATS BACK
ІМ TH’ BIG МАК” BESIDES,
I WASN'T REALLY IN DANGER...
Г... WHEN YOU AN” BONE LEFT TH” ( / М WE ALMOST GOT CAUGHT,
HOUSE, ALL TH’ FIGHT WENT OUT BUT THE PRAGON SAVED US’
OF ‘EM! I WAS MUCH MORE \
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(N à.
ФВАН МА! WHAT ARE you Г NOT NOW, THORN. МЕ.ВОМЕ FROM
DOING 27 THE DRAGON JUST BONEVILLE AN' T HAVEЖАНЕ A LITTLE
SAVED OUR LIVES! CHAT!
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AND you У тне FAIR 7’ you're BONE AND T SHE’S NOT EVEN
HAVE À LOT OF NOT STILL WORRIED WILL HITCH UP LISTENING ТО US! J
TH’ CART. YOU CAN YOU BELIEVE
BE A SWEETHEART SHE WANTS TO GO
AND PUT OUT TH’ TO TH’ FAIR?!
FIRE ON TH’ ROOF’
ARE YOU
KIDDING?
I STILL CAN'T
GET OVER TH’
FACT THAT SHE
HAS A FIRST
NAME!
DEAR ... I’M NOT YOU'RE RIGHT?

A COMPLETE ТЛА, TAKE LAST NIGHT, SO TH’ LUGGAGE
МІМСОМРООР” CARE OF IS ALREADY OUT IN TH’ BARN.
WE’LL BE SAFER THE ROOF! COME JOIN US WHEN YOU
GET DONE.
LUCK, WE'LL BE ABLE To
FIND HIS COUSINS / PLEASE,
THORN’
TLL ASK TH’ QUESTIONS! WHAT ABOUT THAT SHIFTY

GRAN’MA? WHAT I WANNA KNOW COUSIN OF YOURS? you
WAS ТНАТ WITH YOU WHY THOSE THINK PHONEY BONE
AN’ TH’ PRAGON? РО YOU MONSTERS MIGHT’VE НАР SOME
GUYS KNOW EACH WERE AFTER DEALIN’S WITH "EM?
OTHER?
Dhoneus Inferno
WELL, ACTUALLY, T WASN'T

RUN OUTTA BONEVILLE - -
IN FACT, WE PHONEY WAS’
NEVER EVEN HEARD SMILEY AN’ £ JUST HELPED
OF RAT CREATURES HIM GET AWAY!
BEFORE WE GOT RUN
OUT OF BONENILLE/
=
THAT GREEDY,
GONNA RUN FOR RAN HIM OUTTA 4 LITTLE, LOUPMOUTH?
MAYOR? TOWN FOR THAT, NOT IN AY TOWN
HIS CAMPAIGN SLOGAN "Й HUH? WELL, GOOD] | HE COULDN'/T/
WAS: “АМ” Z/VE GOT FOR THEM!
TH’ MONEY TODO т,
тоо,“
WELL, НЕ CAN IN BONEVILLE. ANYWAY, THERE’S A BEAUTIFUL PARK THERE

HE WANTED TO MAKE THE OFFICIAL ' WITH ФКЕЕЧ, SLOPIN@ LAWNS тнАт
ANNOUNCEMENT А BIG SOCIAL EVENT, STRETCH TO THE EDGE OF TH’ WATER.
SO HE DECIDED TO THROW A PICNIC IT’S JUST FAR ENOUGH AWAY FROM
DOWN ON TH’ BANKS OF TH’ TH’ HUSTLE AN’ BUSTLE OF
ROLLING BONE RIVER... j DOWNTOWN BONEVILLE
THAT THERE WOULON’T
BE ANY
DISTRACTIONS!
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PHONEY INVITED EVERYBODY IN THEN TH’ BIG DAY ARRIVED, AN’ TH’ WHOLE
TOWN - - AN’ HE PROMISED TOWN TURNED OUT! TH’ KIDS WERE
FREE FOOD FOR ANYONE WHO < PLAYIN’ UNDER TH’ TREES,
SHOWED UP! PRETTY SOON, AN’ THE WOMEN МОРЕ ХХ
TH’ PICNIC WAS TH’ TALK SUNBONNETS АМ” FANCY
OF BONEVILLE! DRESSES! THE PICNIC
WAS OFF TO A
PERFECT START?!
THERE’S A STATUE IN TH’ PARK ... АМР JUST TO APP TO TH’

OF BONEVILLE’S FOUNDER - - FESTIVITIES, PHONEY HAD А 501,
"BIG" JOHNSON BONE - - BALLOON МАРЕ OF HIMSELF!
AN’ SINCE MY COUSINS AN’ £ TH’ BALLOON WAS TIED TO
ARE DESCENDANTS OF HIS, PHONEY OV’ "BIG" JOHNSON!
WANTED TO MAKE HIS
ANNOUNCEMENT IN FRONT OF
TH’ STATUE. FASTEN THAT
END THERE,
WOULD YOU,
EVERYTHING WAS GOIN’ GREAT! YEAH. YOU KNOW PHONEY.

FOLKS WERE LISTENIN’ TO TH’ HE GOT A GOOD DEAL ON
FIREHOUSE BAND АМ” ЕМЗОУІМ” SOME PRUNES FROM A
TH’ SUNSHINE! TH’ FOOD WAS DISCOUNT PRUNE BROKER’
PASSED OUT AN’ THERE WERE
PLENTY OF PRUNE TARTS
FOR EVERYONE!
Dhoneus Inferno
SO ANYWAY, HE AAKES THAT’S WHEN A GUST OF WIND CAME OFF

THE ANNOUNCEMENT, RIGHT? TH’ RIVER AND PULLED TH’ BALLOON LOOSE!
HE GETS UP AND THE STATUE CAME OFF ITS BASE AN’ WAS
DECLARES HIS CANDIDACY DANGLIN’ OFF TH’ BALLOON’S ANKLE?
FOR MAYOR OF ALL OF A SUDDEN, THIS GIANT, INFLATABLE
BONEVILLE/ PHONEY BONE STARTED MOVING TOWARD
THE CROWD!
>
YEAH, IT WAS AMAZING! MY FIRST-GRADE
TEACHER, MISS CRAB-BONE, WAS THE ... IT WAS AWFUL?
FIRST TO PANIC! SHE STARTED EVERYONE WAS STUNNED’
SCREAMING AND RUNNING BACK AN’ FORTH! AT FIRST NOBODY MOVED!
THE BALLOON CHASED HER INTO TH’ RIVER THEY JUST SAT THERE
BEFORE SMILEY AND т COULD LET WITH THIS LOOK OF
THE AIR OUT OF IT! HORROR ON THEIR FACES!
AN’ THAT’S
WHEN THEY
RAN YOU THAT’S WHEN
OUTTA TH’ BAD
TOWN. PRUNES
KICKED IN...
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ka
OF COURSE, I МАКЕ
LUCIUS SAYS YA GOTTA WASH SURE EVERYBODY GETS /'
THESE, PRONTO! WE GOT ALOT A NEW, CLEAN MUG
OF THIRSTY CUSTOMERS WITH EACH DRINK!
OUT FRONT!
£
NOTICED.
IX -
/ И
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Рћопеуѕ Inferno
...Т JUST WANT YOU TO KNOW .. I’M TH’ BARTENDER! THIS IS TOO
EASY/
ТМЕ BEEN WORKING ON THE PLAN” THEY GOTTA BELIEVE
т BEEN SPREADIN’ RUMORS
ALL DAY THAT GRAN МА BEN IS
TOO OLD TO WIN TH’ RACE МЕЦ. COVER ALL
THIS YEAR” TH’ BETS, AND
THEN WHEN
GRAN’MA WINS,
МЕЦ. ВЕ
OF COURSE, WHEN ТМЕ GOT THAT

COVERED WITH WAIT / IS THAT YEAH, THAT’S TH’
@RAN AA GETS INTO PART! BUT YOU'RE
TOWN, EVERYBODY’S PHASE ТМО 2 TH’ PART WHERE
I GET TO WEAR GONNA THROW
GONNA SEE SHE’S
+w COW SUIT 27
TH’ RACE!
PERFECTLY FIT” REMEMBER!
WE WANT
А COW THAT WE'LL
@RAN’MA BEN
BUILD UP IN EVERYBODY’S TO WIN!
IMAGINATION THAT
CAN’T BE BEAT?
WELL, NATURALLY, I’M LOOKING IT DOES SOUR IF ALL THESE YOKELS

FORWARD TO WEARIN’ A COW SUIT - -| МУ PLANS FOR HAVE ARE
BUT WHAT PO YOU GET OUT OF IT? /AMASSING A HUGE POULTRY PRODUCTS,
AFTER ALL, THE LOCALS DON’T FORTUNE AND THEN ТА,
USE MONEY? RETURNING TO //
THEY TRADE 7) BONEVILLE IN |АК |
5005 TRIUMPH ... ..
м STILL, THE PLAY
SERVICES” IS тн” THING!
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BESIDES, I HAVE SURE! IT РОЕВМТ ФООР. NOW N

A HANKERIN” TO TAKE MAKE ANY PIFFERENCE ФЕТ BACK OUT
TH’ PROPRIETOR OF THIS TO ME! BUT THEN... THERE AND <
FINE ЕЅТАВИЅНМЕМТ МОТ МИСН POES” KEEP SPREADIN’
TO TH’ CLEANERS’ RUMORS!
YOU WITH ME?
AN QUIT — PHONCIBLE P. а З eed
BRINGIN’ ME ee 222
РІКТУ DISHES | |
TO WASH /
.... YOUR COUSIN

WHO, ME? INDEED THAT YOUR FRIENDS J FONE BONE HAS AWAKENED
HOW DO INTERFERED ON YOUR BEHALF CK THE GREAT RED
you LAST NIGHT.... ТАМ
KNOW FORCED TO USE MUCH MORE
MY NAME? SUBTLE METHODS OF
CONTACTING YOU»...
Dhoneus Inferno
WHOA! WAIT À
MINUTE, PAL’
YOU LEAVE
Out from Boneville
SORRY, CUZ, BUT
GOTTA WAS
THESE
Dhoneus Inferno
... SO THERE НЕ IS, OKAY? ISHAAEL”S

LAYIN IN HIS BUNK WAITIN’ FOR HIS MYSTERIOUS
NEW ROOMMATE TO SHOW UP . , . SUDDENLY - - Е
AT LIKE, 5 O” CLOCK IN TH’ MORNING - - WHAT SOONG ON,
TH’ РООЕ SWINGS ОРЕН... AN” THERE, ?
STANDIN’ IN TH’ DOORWAY, WITH TH’ LIGHT FROM
TH’ HALL BEHIND HIM, IS GQUEEQUEG! AN’ HE'S
CARRYIN’ SHRUNKEN
HEADS // |
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ARE YOU TALKING IT JUST SO HAPPENS

ABOUT MOBY DICK THAT GRAN’MA LIKES
AGAIN: 2 z
TO HEAR ABOUT
5009SHE BOOKS!
APPRECIATES
FIN
LITERATURE’
WHA ~ ~
АРЕ WE THERE
ALREADY?
Ош from Boneville
IT LOOKS LIKE THE ROAD

IS IS BLOCKED UP AHEAD. «|
SOMETHING THERE ARE SOME TREES
WRONG? DOWN ACROSS THE PATH.
THERE'S А MAN STANDING WELL, ТЛА, BE”

UNDER THE TREES JUST OFF THAT LOOKS LIKE LITTLE
TO THE SIDE OF THE ROAD. JONATHAN OAKS!
you LET’S FIND OUT WHAT
SEE THAT? HE’S UP TO!
К 56 КИСК LET'S
O
GOOD AFTEKNOON, @OOD DAY, GRAN’MA BEN!
JON OAKS! LUCIUS НАР US BLOCK TH’ ROAD!

THERE WAS SOME STRANGE DOIN’S IN ТН”
WOODS LAST NIGHT. TH’ HAIRY MEN
WHAT IN TH’ WORLD
ARE YOU РОМ”? WERE OUT!
WHY ARE THESE
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TH’ ROAD?
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I WANT ТО THANK YOU РОК STICKIN^

WITH ME LAST NIGHT ... T DON'T KNOW
WHY THOSE RAT CREATURES WERE
F
Out from Boneville
Dhoneus Inferno
WELL, WELL...
IT’S ABOUT TIME!
— = = s С
ЕЕ ^^
2 TH’ ROAD WAS OH! Т GOT SOMETHIN’

CLEAR... FOR УА! HERE! І BEEN
Р SAVIN’ IT IN MY POCKET
I WAS WORRIED ALL РАУ!
ABOUT YA!
Т НАР А ... Т GOT A COUPLE OF DEADBEATS

LITTLE EXTRA TIME ON MY INSIDE TAKIN’ CARE OF TH’ CUSTOMERS - -
HANDS THIS MORNING... IN FACT, THEY LOOK A LOT LIKE THIS
LITTLE FELLA YOU GOT HERE.
Ош from Boneville
aESBONE!
AW, HECK, T CAN TAKE

CARE OF MYSELF! ГМ BIG”
A
BUT YOU'RE SMALL, AN’ YOU
PIPN”T НАМЕ
Do
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Dhoneus Inferno
L NOW, JUST A MINUTE’ I DON’T Y

WANT EVERYBODY OUT HERE! WHO”LL “СО
TAKE CARE OF TH’ CUSTOMERS?
HE”S RIGHT і |
INSIDE’
7 ТЛА САМ
ОН, ALL RIGHT ... CALL HIM OUT!

THOSE BOYS OWE ME BUT THEN GET BACK TO WORK!
А LOTTA EGGS, ,
ROSIE газонна ><
HEY,
~ РНОМЕУ/
C'MON OUT!
FONE ВОМЕ5
НЕКЕ/
Out from Boneville
So... ONCE AGAIN, ' .... BUT MAKE NO MISTAKE...

SMALL ONE... YOUR FRIENDS N ^. WE WILL COMPLETE
HAVE COME TO you И OUR TRANSACTION...
You HAVE BEEN ЗРАВЕР....

... FOR NOW PHONCIBLE Р. BONE
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The Great Cow Race

Chapter One: The Spring Fair
THE SPRING
FAIR! ром'т you
JUST LOVE IT, FONE
BONE? THE SMELLS?
THE COLORS’
р | А 7 WAY ТО WIND UP
бет N -Д OUR APNENTURE/
x > M
= 5З (Аз 22-4 S а
срса. | к sx
е АЙ
SO, CHEER UP?

С/МОН? LET'S ENJOY OURSELVES’
2 WE ONLY НАУЕ А FEW МОКЕ
= DAYS TOGETHER’
HEADING BACK TO
BONEVILLE!
>
` W caa.
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r М I РОМЕ IT” AT THE

SOME HONEY? І PIPN’T KNOW Y FAIR YOU САМ GET HONEY
LET’S GO FIND А YOU LIKED HONEY FROM THE SOUTHERN END
НОКЕУ-ВООТН” SO MUCH! Д OF THE VALLEY - - IT’S
с> Y || ди mis |
о C 4
сле: 1<- ч 4
YA
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|N |
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... AND THE BOYS WHO Y| [vou кном Y OOOH! THERE’S A

SELL IT ARE CUTER! IT'LL BET TH’ BOOTH THAT SELLS
DYES! WE'LL
HAVE TO COME <
FUN WOULD BACK HERE
THAT BE?
I’M SURE YOU COULD.

OH, LOOK! THERE'S А
HONEY-SELLER/
The Spring Fair
HELLO, МЕ? MY МАМЕ’ TOM. Y THORN. pO you

LIKE TO BUY A STEP RIGHT
OVER HERE, MISS’
WHAT’S YOURS? HAVE ANYTHING
COUPLE OF YOUR FROM
SOUTH VALLEY?
SURE РО’ GOT COMBS FROM SOUTH HERE? JUST SMELL IT

VALLEY AND FROM РАМА” BUT A SWEET NOTHIN’ IN THE WHOLE VALLEY
LITTLE THING LIKE YOU PROB’LY WANTS COMPARES TO IT - -
HONEY FROM АТНЕІА/ ... EXCEPT MAYBE YOU...
WANNA TAKE A WHAT IS HE HE’S MY FRIEND.

WHIFF, LITTLE FELLA? ANYWAY? AND WE CAN BOTH SMELL
YOU OUGHTA APPRECIATE DOES HE ALWAYS] THE HONEY JUST FINE.
IT WITH A NOSE LIKE THAT! FOLLOW YOU МЕД. TAKE TWO COMBS.
155
WHY DON’T YOU LOSE TH’ I’M A REAL MAN”

CUPIE-DOLL AN’ COME BACK’ I FACE SWARMS OF
£ COULD TELL YOU ALL MAN-EATING BEES
ABOUT GATHERING HONEY IN THE WITH NOTHIN’ BUT A
GIANT TREES DOWN SOUTH... LITTLE SMOKE TO PUT
“ЕМ TO SLEEP!
WHY DON’T YOU TOPPLE E OH, YEAH?!

OFF BACK TO THE ELL, RUNT, WHAT PO YOU
FREAK SHOW? HINK OF THIS?
I’M TRYIN’ TO TALK TO ANYTHING
TH’ LADY! BETTER TO
DO THAN
LISTEN TO
A CARNIE
BRAG ABOUT
WANNA
ARM
WRESTLE?
156
The Spring Fair
THAT'S ENOUGH?
YOU САМТ TALK TO COME ON,
MY FRIEND THAT WAY! FONE BONE’
WHAT WERE YOU УЙІ

THINKING? IÊ |
ACT CHAT WAY HE STARTED IT
BEFORE! (|) WITH ТНАТ
СКАСК ABOUT
МУ NOSE!
т DON’T CARE WHO ~ ` WHEN YOU CAN WALK AROUNP THE

STARTED IT! IT WAS ON FAIR WITHOUT GETTING INTO A FIGHT - -
EMBARRASSING/ 1 СОМЕ FINP МЕ! $
4 UNTIL THEN, 2/0 RATHER ВЕ |
BY MYSELF! |
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WITH A NOSE LIKE THAT...”
RRRRRR/
WHAT A SMART ALEC?

The Spring Fair
THIS IS GREAT” HOW HARD CAN IT BE?

ІМ, GET THORN SOME HONEY I JUST NEED SOME GREEN
MYSELF! GRASS THAT’LL SMOKE REAL
GOOD WHEN I LIGHT IT...
2... THEN ТД. WAVE TH’ SMOKE

IN FRONT OF TH’ HIVE UNTIL
TH’ BEES FALL ASLEEP! NOW TO JUST
SHIMEY
THIS IS GONNA BE UP TH’ TREE!
LIKE TAKING CANDY
FROM A BABY?
The Spring Fair
WHOA!
THERE ІТ
15;
THAT’S FUNNY.
£ THOUGHT THERE’D BE jo i
MORE BEES AROUND... | I WONDER WHY THERE AREN’T А
BUNCH OF BEES GUARDIN’ ТН”
HIVE?
хм
Ш ИТ
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МОМЕНТ, FELLAS. |
The Spring Fair
YEAH! THEY WERE GONNA ВЕТ ON ONE GUY WANTS TO BET

GRAN’MA BEN TO WIN TH’ RACE, BUT WHEN А POZEN EGGS, АМ” TH”
£ TOLD “ЕМ THE RUMOR YOU TOLD ME ТО OTHER WANTS ТО BET А PIG"
TELL ‘EM ~ - THAT GRAN’MA WAS HAM AN’ EGGS, BUDDY!
TOO OLD ‘N’ DECREPIT TO WIN RIGHT THERE?
THIS YEAR - - THEY WANTED ТО TEN.
( CHANGE THEIR BETS? WI
BUSINESS’
I’M GONNA NEED А

PLACE TO HOLD TH’ HERE ... GIMME YOUR PAD.
GOODS! UNTIL THEN, I'LL POST SOME
START TAKIN” THEIR Opps!
MARKERS!
THERE’S
NO TIME TO LOSE’
“MYSTERY COW FOUR TO ONE „| | Е THINK YOU OF COURSE £ JUST

GRAN’MA BEN SIXTY TO ONE JUST MADE MADE THAT UP,
THAT UP. YOU MORON?
ALL TH’ OTHER COWS IN TH’ RACE WE’RE FIXIN’ ТН”
WILL BE SOMEWHERE IN BETWEEN.
WHAT PO YOU THINK
OF THAT?
IT DOESN’T MATTER WHAT TH’ - > AND THEN WHEN TH’ OL’ ВАТ
ODDS ARE, AS LONG AS NO ONE WINS, WE GET TO KEEP
BETS ON ФЕАМ”МА BEN! EVERYTHING!’
RIGHT! AN’ МЕЦ. I LIKE TH’ I KNOW YOU DO.

SPLIT IT NINETY/TEN, CUT OF YOUR NOW GET OUT THERE
TUST ИКЕ ALWAYS! тв, MISTER! AN’ DRUM UP SOME
BUSINESS, PARTNER!
ASK AWAY, £ WAS, UM ~ ~ WELL,...

OH, HEY... SMILEY! PARTNER’ I WAS JUST WONDERING...
WAIT A MINUTE! SINCE YOU'NE BEEN IN TH’
VALLEY - - HAVE YOU EVER RUN
THERE WAS SOMETHIN’ ACROSS ANY BIG, SMELLY
I WANTED TO ASK MONSTERS? WITH POINTY
EARS, AN’ GLOWING EYES?
OR A GUY WITH A HOOD
PULLED DOWN OVER HIS
FACE, CARRYIN’ A
The Spring Fair
BIG, SHAGGY Z
MONSTERS-- | 2
MONSTÉRS- 7 MONSTERS Й
WITH HUGE 4
SMILEY /
ETH ...
BEEN ASKIN’ UE ABOUT сто

QUESTIONS РР YOUBOUTSEE IT?
ANY MONSTERS
OR NOT?!
WELL, SOMETIMES £ FORGET HEY, SMILEY// Get THIS BLUE PLATE

SEE STRANGE STUFF, IT, OUT TO TABLE THREE’ MY CUSTOMERS
BUT DISTINGUISHING OKAY? ARE HUNGRY!
REALITY FROM FANTASY GO BACK Е
ISN’T ALWAYS МУ ТО WORK!
STRONGEST SUIT.
I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU TWO ARE ВУ THE WAY...

UP TO, BALDY, Вит I’M KEEPIN’ I LIKE TH’ HAT.
MY EYE ON YOU. IT’S А GOOD LOOK
FOR YOU.
WELL, HOWDY, GOTTA KEEP IN SHAPE, THIS IS SUSAN’

GRAN’MA BEN! ЕР! WHO'S THIS? <] I’M GONNA RUN HER
OUT TRAININ”, LOOkS ИКЕ YOU A@AINST YOU IN ТН” HI, THERE,
BROUGHT А DAN GIRL RACE THIS YEAR” SWEETHEART!
WITH YOU!
The Spring Fair
THIS HERE IS TH’ FASTEST WELL, GOOD Д Y'KNOW, NOT FEELIN’ WELL?
COW г SEEN IN TWENTY I/M SURPRISED YOU'RE NONSENSE? <
STILL POIN” THIS RACE! Y = JUST TOGGED
FIFTEEN MILES
FEELIN’ WELL... AN’ T£ DION’T EVEN
BREAK A SWEAT?
WHERE DID YOU EVER HAT PO

HEAR SUCH A SILLy - - you
THINK?
167
I WOULDN’T ГМ PUTTIN’ MY Вет ON

TRY THAT IF I TH’ MYSTERY COW!
WERE YOU.
ГМ TELLIN’ YA, ROSE,

WORD’S OUT THAT YOU'RE THAT'S
RIDICULOUS?
ЛА, WIN THIS YEAR
JUST LIKE I WIN
EVERY YEAR!
MAY ВЕ... BUT THAT’S YOU TOO, ЕР.

WHAT FOLKS ARE ALK: GOTTA GET BACK
АУМ ТО TRAININ^/
The Spring Fair
WELL, HELLO, MARYLOU! „РА

HI, HELEN! A
ROSE BEN? AS T LIVE
АМ” BREATHE? WE WERE 4
TUST TALKING ABOUT YOU’
WE WERE JUST SAYING

THAT WE WEREN’T GOING TO
ВЕТ ON YOU THIS YEAR"
— DES ==
>
HELLO THERE, НІ, GRAN’MA! IT’S GOOD SAY, TON, WOULD YOU I WAS
ЗОМ OAKS’ TO SEE YOU AGAIN, TOO! MIN? TELLING МЕ WHO GONNA BET
ФООР TO SEE YOU’RE BETTIN’ ON ON yOu, 4
YOU AGAIN! IN TH’ BIG RACE? @RAN AA...
>
BUT NOW ГМ SCOUTIN’ AROUND FOR
А YOUNGER CONTESTANT. GOTTA
GO WITH A SAFE BET,
DON’TCHA KNOW”
= 4ЗИ
С
——— ———— es
в WIN MDA
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АМР МОМТ SHE BE SURPRISED!

BOY, OH BOY... I'LL BET THAT HONEY-SELLER
THAT BEE PUT UP A HECK DOESN’T HAVE ANY HONEYCOMBS
OF A FIGHT, BUT T DID IT! E
£ @OT SOAE HONEY
FOR THORN’
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Chapter Two: The Саме
WHAT'RE TH’ ODDS ON BELIEVE’ WHO OWNS

TH’ MYSTERY COW? THIS MYSTERY сом,
YWAY?
173
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І РИММО ...15 С x CAN'T SAY - - WOW. OKAY 2 ~

TH’ OWNER А ТМЕ BEEN SWORN TO I WANNA BET
LOCAL FARMER? SECRECY! BUT I CAN THREE SHOVELS
‘CAUSE I DON’T TELL YOU THIS: ON TH’ MYSTERY
WANNA BE BETTIN’
ON NO THE MYSTERY COW 15
FOREIGNERS’ THE MOST FEROCIOUS
COW I HAVE EVER
SEEN!
OKAY. DULY ALL RIGHT, SAY, LISTEN, £ KNOW МЕРЕ

BET A THEN = - COUSINS AN’ ALL, ВИТ YOU'RE
GOAT. HERE'S YOUR GONNA HAVE TO WAIT IN LINE
TICKET. PUT TO PLACE A BET JUST LIKE
TH’ GOAT IN EVERYBODY ELSE
TH’ PEN WITH
TH’ OTHERS ...
A BET/ ON
TH’ СОМ RACE?
САУТ YOU SEE LIKE 172 TRUST DON’T GO AWAY.
ТМЕ ФОТА you TO RUN À I'LL BE RIGHT BACK!
BETTIN’ BOOTH BOOKMAKIN’ <
SET UP HERE? OPERATION ON
TH’ UP AN’ UP?
WHY, £ WOULDN^T
TRUST YOU TO
HOLP AN ICE
CREAM СОМЕ’
174
The Cave
| MEY/
CRAZY?
меI’MvouTRYIN’ TRYIN’ TO
WHAT?! WHAT ARE YOU
TALKIN’ ABOUT?! ГМ
JUST TRYIN’ TO EARN
YOU THINK
RUNNIN” À
GAMBLING
Г ТО RUN A BUSINESS RUN A A LIVING! RACKET 15
SCAM IS EARNING A
MORE LIVING?
ИКЕ
OH, SURE, YOU CAN SHE’? PROBABLY SAY ... WAIT A MINUTE. HUH? OH,
AFFORD TO BE BE PAYIN” FOR WHAT HAPPENEP TO THESE ARE
И CRITICAL SINCE YOURS TOO, IF yOu? YOU DON’T BEE STINGS?
GRAN’MA BEN IS YOU НАРМ'Т «7 LOOK SO GOOD! £ WAS TRYIN’
PAYING ALL YOUR МАНЕР НЕК TO GET SOME
ROOM AN’ BOARD! BLOOMERS TO HONEY FOR
TH’ SIDE OF THORN.
TH’ BARN!
SHE'S TUST - - -><

UH, OH.
WHERE 1S THORN? TROUBLES 7/ WALKIN’ AROUND ТН”

FAIR WITH SOME
YOU'RE NOT HAVIN’
GIRL TROUBLES
ALREADY,
OF COURSE OTHER GUY?!
YOU CALL THAT
GIRL TROUBLES?/
ARE YOU?
175
WELL, FORGET IT, OKAY? HEY, HOWDY, Guys”

IT’S PROBABLY I BEEN LOOKIN’ ALL OVER
NOTHING! FOR YOU! CHECK THIS OUT!
т. JUST
WALK AROUND ТН”
FAIR WITH HER
TOMORROW!
B. LOOK AT ME! I’M TH’

MYSTERY COW / WHAT ARE YOU PHONEY, т
2 DOING?! YOU CAN'T \COULPN’T HELP
LET ANYBODY SEE YOU \!Т/ I НАР TO
ІМ THAT GET-UP” р ТЕУ IT ON’ <
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO YOU KNOW
FIND OUT TH’ HOW MUCH
MYSTERY COW 15 £ LIKE <
COSTUMES
WHAT’? YOU WELL, TAKE IT OFF? NOT TO WORRY,

THINK, THEY HAVE IF ANYBODY FINDS OUT OL” PAL: NO ONE
COSTUME SHOPS THAT YOU AREN’T A WILL SUSPECT A
THAT OUTFIT? HERE? г НАР REAL COW, OUR THING! І/УЕ
THAT’S TH’ WHOLE PLAN WILL BE BEEN
WORST COW SUIT RUINED? PRACTICING!
> І/УЕ EVER WATCH THIS?
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The Cave
WHY IS ТМ NOT SMILEY/ THINK Ти. CHEW МЕ

‚ SMILEY
WEARING ТМА REAL COW/ SOME CUD!
A
сом SUIT?
MY PROMOTION
WORLD IS WE’RE DOIN’
CRUMBLING FOR TH’ RACE!
AROUND
THAT'S ALL!
I KNEW IT” OH, HERE WE GO THEY WENT NUTS ANP BECAUSE

YOU'RE UP TO AGAIN ABOUT BECAUSE THEY KNEW YOU SERVED
SOMETHIN’, АМ” BONEVILLE! OKAY, TH’ ONLY REASON YOU BAD PRUNES
YOU'RE GONNA SO A FEW OF MY WANTED TO BE MAYOR AT TH’ PICNIC
ФЕТ US кин OuT BUSINESS DEALS WERE WAS SO YOU COULD AND GAVE
OF TH’ VALLEY- - A LITTLE SHAKY - - PULL OFF EVEN BIGGER
JUST LIKE YOU IS IT MY FAULT TH’ SHAKY BUSINESS
WHOLE TOWN WENT 3 DEALS! FAST-TRACK
NUTS JUST BECAUSE SALLIES/
I THREW A PICNIC АМ”
ANNOUNCED I WAS
RUNNIN’ FOR MAYOR?
YOU KNOW WHAT т I’M TELLIN’ YA,

OKAY, PHONEY, IT’S MEAN! EVER SINCE WE FONE BONE,
TIME TO СОМЕ CLEAN! GOT TO THIS VALLEY, £ DON’T KNOW
GIANT, RAT-LIKE ANYTHING A
WHAT ELSE HAVE CREATURES HAVE BEEN ABOUT IT!
YOU DONE? AFTER US’ I WANNA £ KNOW THE
KNOW WHAT YOU RAT CREATURES
KNOW ABOUT IT! HAVE
BEEN ASKIN’
ABOUT ME, BUT
т DON’T KNOW
WHY?
The Great Cow Race
AND YOU HAVE NO IDEA

ALL RIGHT, ALL вант) |
WHY THEY МОШЏИМЕ I SWEAR’
ATTACKED GRAN’MA OF COURSE IF Т HAD ANYTHING TO DO
BEN’S FARM? WITH THE RAT CREATURES
ATTACKING GRAN’MA
BEN’S FARM - - THEN
MAY LIGHTNING STRIKE
YOU THINK TH’ TROUBLE SPEAKING OF ) |

I’M JUST WITH YOU 15 TROUBLI
GONNA LET YOU PON’T KNOW LUCIUS WANTEP ME
THIS PROP, WHEN TO TO GIVE YOU А
DON’T YOU? BELIEVE МЕ! MESSAGE, PHONEY
178
The Cave
НЕ БАР ТО TELL ... АМ IF YOU'RE NOT BACK

АН? УОЏ YOUR LUNCH BEFORE НЕ RUNS OUT OF CLEAN
YEAH? BREAK IS OVER... DISHES, HE’S GONNA TWIST
мита YOUR HEAP OFF YOUR BODY!
SLAVE DRIVER
WANT?
SORRY, FONE SMILEY? ALL RIGHT,

BONE, BUT THIS GET OUT OF PHONEY. YOU
CONVERSATION THAT STUPID CAN KEEP YOUR WHICH
IS GONNA COW SUIT, AND LITTLE SECRET SECRET?
HAFTA WAIT! TAKE OVER TH’ FOR МОМ ...
„.. BUT WHEN WE

GET BACK TO BONEVILLE
YOU'RE GONNA СОМЕ
CLEAN, YOU HEAR ME?
179
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180
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E солскіу. K
M BRING THE CHILD! Ë Ш несеARE Е
WE ARE
BETRAYED!
181
Ж YOU MUST TURN YEN

Ë BACK. HURRY!
š “ж HIЕ ;
£ WILL ФО
w WE WAITING! ДИ
ON WITH THE GIRL. À
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BE STIL, ~
LITTLE ONE.
The Cave
YOU MUST GO INTO РЕКЕМ GARD.

YOU WILL BE SAFE THERE UNTIL £
шуы
The Cave
187
The Cave
WAAT Ба ... GET UP, BUT DON’T

YOU НАЧЕ р WAKE THE OTHERS.
ANOTHER
WEIRD
DREAM?
DO YOU STILL HAVE THAT OLD MAP HERE IT IS.

THAT YOU AND YOUR COUSINS FOUND YOU KNOW ... WHEN £ WAS LOST
OUT IN THE PESERT? OUT IN TH’ DESERT, £ ACTUALLY
1 FOLLOWED THIS MAP INTO TH’ VALLEY”
т
THINK SO.
IN МУ
KNAPSACK.
WHEN £ WAS А LITTLE GIRL, AND NOW YES. AND

I USED TO HAVE THIS ONE DREAM YOU'RE STARTING WHENEVER I НАМЕ
OVER AND OVER AGAIN. IN THE TO HAVE THIS IT, IT WAKES ME UP
у DREAM I WAS STANDING IN A DREAM AGAIN? IN THE MIDDLE OF
MAGNIFICENT CAVERN - - THE NIGHT.
SURROUNDED BY DRAGONS’ Q m
The Cave
HAVE YOU т DI? WHEN 2 WAS HMM. RIGHT, BUT I DION’T KNOW
TOLD LITTLE. SHE USED TO THAT’S THAT THEN. AND YOU SAW
GRAN’MA BEN | TELL МЕ NOT ТО ВЕ STRANGE. THE WAY SHE AND THE
ABOUT THE AFRAID BECAUSE GRAN’MA GREAT RED DRAGON WERE
DRAGONS DON’T KNOWS ACTING THE OTHER DAY!
REALLY EXIST? ABOUT THOSE TWO KNOW SOME-
DRAGONS! THING THAT WE DON’T!
ALL £ KNOW IS EVER SINCE THEN

YOU THINK IT £ STOPPED HAVING THE DREAMS HAVE BEEN
HAS SOMETHING THAT PREAM YEARS BACK - - AND THEY’RE
TO DO WITH AGO - - UNTIL YOU MORE VIVID AND REAL
THIS MAP? SHOWED UP АМР THAN EVER BEFORE!
PULLED THAT MAP
OUT OF YOUR
KNAPSACK/
I STILL РОМТ
UNDERSTAND WHY
SEEING THIS OL’
MAP WOULD
TRIGGER TH’
DREAMS.
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NO. I DREW THAT МАР

YOU'RE I’M PRETTY SURE.
KIDDING! WHEN Г WAS IN THE CAVE
I’M STARTING TO WITH THE DRAGONS.
REMEMBER IT.
WHOA. Он, Т DON’T OKAY, OKAY. THE DRAGONS WERE

KNOW, FONE WE'LL GO SLOW HOLDING ME IN THE
WAIT A MINUTE. BONE’ WITH THIS ... CAVERN. I DREW
WHAT ARE YOU SO - - WHY DID THE MAP BECAUSE Т
SAYING? YOU YOU DRAW HOPED SOMEONE
тв SO THE MAP? WOULD FIND ІТ AND
REALLY WERE IN CONFUSING?
A CAVERN WITH A COME RESCUE ME.
BUNCH OF DRAGONS?
£ THOUGHT т
WAS A PREAM?
WHAT PO YOU HOW PIP ESCAPE? OH, THIS

MEAN HOLDING? REMEMBER YOU ESCAPE? IS RIDICULOUS, FONE
WERE YOU A ANYMORE... BONE! I WAS NEVER
PRISONER? BUT AT THE TIME IN А PRAGON'S CAVE”
I WANTED TO IT WAS JUST A
ESCAPE.
The Cave
, FOR THAT МАР, т^?

... IF IT WASN'T ^ WELL,
I SAY THERE'S
WE WAKETH’GRAN’MA
MAP!
SWEAR Г BEEN WITH GRAN’MA BEN
UP AND SHOW IT TO HER!
SINCE THE DAY I WAS BORN.
NO. LET’S WAIT UNTIL

AFTER THE RACE. SHE’S GOT
ENOUGH TO WORRY ABOUT
RIGHT NOW.
LET’S KEEP THE MAP A SECRET FOR

NOW ... TUST BETWEEN YOU AND МЕ, ФООР. LET’S
BACK TO BED. GO
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\{ GOOD MORNING,
~ EVERYONE /
YEAH! TODAY'S
— THE BIG DAY!
ARE YOU
5 EXCITED
ABOUT YOUR
КАСЕ
АС THI =
AFTERNOON?
WOULD YOU NO, THANK YOU,
ОР ТЕА/
YOU AT тн”
S ‹ RACE!
GOOD MORNIN’, NOW, YOU BOYS DON’T HAVE TO

STOP YOUR TALKIN’ ON MY
|
—u FELLAS! A ACCOUNT!
YES, WE DO!
WE WERE TALKIN’
ABOUT BETTIN’ ON
TH’ MYSTERY COW
INSTEAD OF YOU!
OH, TONATHAN, TH REALLY?

ALL RIGHT’! YOU BET АМУ IT DOESN’T
WAY YOU WANT” IT POESN'T MAKE YOU
MATTER ТО МЕ! IT’S FEEL Ov?
Ам
usELESS?
The Mystery Cow
id GIMME А CUP COMIN’ RIGHT ARE YOU OKAY? YOU LOOK

OF TEA, LUCIUS. UP, ROSIE! | KINDA DOWN.
т DON’T THINK SO - - УОШКЕ LOOK AT YOU! YOU'RE ALL

USUALLY CHOMPIN’ AT TH” SLUMPED OVER! C’MON, ROSIE,
BIT THIS CLOSE TO TH’ YOU DON’T WANT FOLKS TO
СОМ RACE! SEE YOU LIKE THIS’
YOU WANT PEOPLE TO BET £ APPRECIATE OH, THEY’RE NOT,

WHAT ON YA, РО№ТСНА? WELL, | |WHAT YOU'RE DOING, ARE THEY?
DIFFERENCE THEY WON’T UNLESS YOU DEAR. BUT IT’S WHO TOLD YOU
DOES IT LOOK LIKE A WINNER” TOO LATE.
NOW SIT UP? NOBOPY'S BETTIN’
ON ME ANYWAY?
EVERYBODY! YEAH, WELL, ... AN’ NEITHER SHOULD YOU’

YOU MUST’VE т DON’T YOU CAN'T LET ‘EM GET YOU DOWN,
HEARD TALK LISTEN... ROSIE! TH’ ONLY WAY YOU CAN
IN тн” BAR. WIN TH’ RACE 15 IF YOU
BELIEVE IN YOURSELF?
ü
| ща =
Do NUM b. at y "y
не RIGHT, 2 | | SINCE WHEN ARE ) j Np NN
GRAN’MA! YOU ONE OF МУ й? В. (au
^T LISTEN то тн” BOOSTERS, <
—— TMA
PHONEY BONE?
NI
PAY NO ATTENTION WHAT ARE

TO WHAT THESE FARMERS
ARE SAYING!
~ YOU САМ
eae you
YOU uP TO,
LITTLE FRIENP
FAITH IN YOU! з WISH А
| FRIEND
шек?
The Mystery Cow
Horse. V MUCIUS, PEAR...

KNOBBIES/ ТЛА, BE IN MY RO
"a UNTIL TH’ RACE STARTS.
BRING ME THAT TEA WHEN
YOU GET A CHANCE.
POOR OL” SAP” N SPEAKING OF WHICH...

(С SHES GONNA A WELL-TO-DO MAN LIKE
GET CREAMED THIS YOURSELF MUST BE THINKING
“жені. AFTERNOON’ OF MAKING A WAGER ON TH’
IF YA WANT МУ <] RACE - - A REALLY, REALLY
ADVICE, YOU'RE BIG WAGER! LIKE... <j
BETTER OFF OH, БАУ...
BETTIN’ ON TH’ YOUR ENTIRE ВАК”
MYSTERY COW?
ze
2... ВИТ THERE'S МО RUSH?

WHEN УОШКЕ READY TO BET - -
YOU KNOW WHERE TO
FIND МЕ! I'LL BE
TAKING BETS
RIGHT UP TO
THE STARTING
BELL!
THINK
BOY! THAT WAS DELICIOUS?

LUCIUS’S MENU CERTAINLY HAS YEAH, PHONEY ALWAYS
IMPROVED SINCE HE HIRED YOUR WAS A GOOP COOK...
COUSINS TO WORK IN THE
AROUND TH’ FAIR

TOGETHER
OH. GEE, FONE BONE. ӨҢ меш...

I’M SORRY. I ALREADY , I GUESS т BETTER
PROMISED ТОМ т/р WALK кон: GET GOING. SEE YOU
AROUND WITH HIM. YOU aie TIN AT THE COW RACE, OKAY?
REMEMBER TOM - - HE’S А
THE BOY АТ THE š
HONEY-SELLER’S BOOTH.
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HEAR ABOUT NOBODY BETTIN’ | TRYIN’ TO HURT
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MATTER WITH YOU GUYS? YOU НЕЛЕР TH’
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НЕЁ FEELINGS?” GRAN’MA BEN
The Mystery Cow
WE KNOW YOU'RE SWEET ОМ A HUNDRED TO ONE?” ASK YER

HER, LUCIUS, BUT МОВОРУ’$ — SEZ WHO?/ COOK’!
GONNA BET ON ROSE WHEN TH’ HE'S GOT А
OPPS ARE А HUNPREP TO ONE BETTIN’ BOOTH
AGAINST НЕК: й SET UP ON TH’
FAIRGROUNDS!
YEAH! ASK HIM? THE MYSTERY EVERYBODY’S TALKIN’

HE'LL TELL YA! FOLKS COW, HUH? ABOUT IT’ FASTEST COW
ARE LINED UP FOR THAT EVER ИМЕР, you
MILES AT HIS BOOTH OUGHTA GET IN ON
PUTTIN’ BETS ON IT, LUCIUS’
TH’ MYSTERY COW!
ANYBODY т MEAN HAVE ANY OF YEAH! SURE’

ACTUALLY SEEN WHAT DO YOU ЗОКЕК5 КАР YOUR WELL ...T
THIS MYSTERY OWN EYEBALLS ON HANEN^T SEEN
THIS COW YOU BET IT--BUT
YOUR LIFE’S SAVINGS SOMEBODY
ON? MUST HAVE’
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The Mystery Cow
NOW, NOW,
FELLAS’
LET’S NOT
GET
EXCITED!
LD
SPOIL TH’
MYSTERY?
YA
WE'RE GONNA КУ SHOW US TH’ COW, OR OKAY, OKAY! I'LL TAKE YOU!
SPOIL YER HEAP WE’RE GONNA TAKE BACK BUT DON’T SAY т DIDN’T WARN YA!
IN À MINUTE/ OUR LIVESTOCK AN’ TH’ MYSTERY COW IS TERRIBLE AN’
TURN YOUR BETTIN’ DANGEROUS! I GOTTA MAKE SURE
BOOTH INTO A PILE IT’S SAFE! GIMME TIL NOON - -
OF SPLINTERS! THEN MEET ME АТ ТН” OL’ VEANIN^
BARN AT TH’ EDGE OF TOWN’
YOU GOT TIL NOON, BALDY!

AN’ THIS BETTER BE
ONE SCARY COW!
The Mystery Cow
THIS IS JASMINE/ ГМ WE’RE GOIN’ OVER

SHOWIN’ HER AROUND TO WATCH TH’
TH’ FAIR TODAY. TUGGLERS.
WANNA TAG ALONG?
OH, YEAH! TH’

LITTLE GUY WITH
, ,
ОКАУ, THORN,
CATCH YA LATER!
HI, TED!
HAVEN’T SEEN YOU
IN А WHILE WHATCHA
BEEN UP TO?
WHY DON’T УА
JES TELL THORN
THAT YA LIKES HER
- - INSTEAD OF <
МОРУ AROUN”
OUT HERE
IN TH’ WOODS?
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SHY, HUH? WRITE HER? SURE! WHY NOT?

т coup WELL, IF УА CAN”T YOU МЕАМ IN РАСК, THA’S JES
NEVER TELL HER, THEN MAYBE LIKE A ТН” VERY THING?
РО THAT. YOU SHOULP OUGHTA LOVE A POETRY WOULD
WRITE HER! POEM LET HER KNOW
OR HOW УА FEELS!
SOMETHIN’?
NO WAY!
WHAT’S TH’ POINT, RIGHT! RIGHT? FACE IT, BONE!

TED? т MEAN... YOU WRITES A A LOVE POETRY
SHE’S SO A REAL ROWZER OF IS ‘BOUT TH’ |
BEAUTIFUL... A RHYME, SEE? ONLY CHANCE
AN’ ТМ SO THEN THORN GETS YER GONNA
FUNNY LOOKIN’. TH’ ROMANTIC PART GET?
WITHOUT YOU <
STANDIN’ THERE ТО
КЕММР HER HOW
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you Is
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MAYEE YOURE NOW YER SWOLLEN POOLS...
ITA GO. SWEEPS HER
OFF HER FEET! ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
I CAN pO
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MYSELF!
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OKEE
DOKEE, PAL! АТ LAST?
ТЛА. BE BACK
TO HELPS WITH LOOK! LOOK! COMRADE,
TH’ JUICY PARTS! IT IS НЕ" THE LITTLE
BONE CREATURE...
non
Me iyДа M.
... THE MOIST, ARE YOU SURE YES, УМ SURE! THE ONE WE’RE NOT
SUCCULENT, WE’RE ALLOWED TO EAT HAS A STAR ON ITS
MARBLED ALLOWED TO CHEST/
WITH FAT, EAT THAT ONE?
LITTLE BONE THEY ALL
CREATURE! LOOK ALIKE
RIGHT!
IT’S THAT CATCH НМ у
TROUBLE- АМР TAKE НІМ у '
MAKER
FONE BONE!
FORGET KINGPOK/
IF WE KEEP HIM FOR
ОН, REALLY?’
DOES THAT NO, IT DOES NOT THAT’S ТОО
ВАР. НЕ
OURSELVES, WE CAN INCLUDE BAKING INCLUDE ТНАТ/ WOULD/VE
DO ANYTHING WE HIM IN A
QUICHE?! IT INCLUDES MADE A FINE
PASTRY
EATING HIM FILLING.
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METAM
IT’S NOON!
HOW US TH’
I DON’T WANNA HAFTA KEEP

REMINPING YOU GUYS NOT TO
MAKE ANY NOISE! г CAN'T ВЕ
RESPONSIBLE FOR WHAT HAPPENS
IF YOU UPSET THE СОМ;
NOW, МЕКЕ JUST GONNA TIP-TOE
UP ТО TH” BARN АМ” PEEK IN
THROUGH TH’ CRACKS!
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The Great Cow Race
BLOODY STARS!!
ITS GONNA KICK
DOWN TH’ FRONT
WELL, GUYS!
МНАРРУА SAY WE
GO HAVE A LOOK
AT HER?
WHAT РО NOT ME, BROTHER!

УОИ THINK? І/УЕ SEEN ENOUGH!
THAT MONSTER’S
GONNA KILL POOR
TH’ RACE! OL” GRAN’MA BEN!
UH, OH!
YOU HEAR THAT?
SOUNDS LIKE THEY’RE
RINGIN’ TH’ BELL ОМ
TH’ VILLAGE
HEY: DON’T FORGET!

THEY’RE GONNA TH’ BETTIN’ BOOTH
START TH’ RACE WILL BE OPEN
PRETTY SOON! RIGHT uP TO
ТН” STARTIN’ BELL’ TELL ALL
WE BETTER YOUR
С» ФЕт BACK FRIENDS’
GY? то TH’ TRACK IF МЕ
WANNA @ET ФООР
SEATS!
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[£ рит ON YOUR
WARM-UP BLANKET? AYE, WE,
WE GOT TEN MINUTES CAP N”
ТО ФЕТ YOU TO TH” A
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AS SILK!
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MESS IT UP? ` ` о: TREES, LET
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PASS YOu!
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TH’ STARTING LINE.
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LOOKY THERE, РНОМЕУ!

TH’ COWS ARE AT TH’
STARTING LINE!
PERFECT!
IT’S NOT TOO LATE
TO SLIP YOU IN,
BUT IT IS TOO LATE
LOOK AT YOU”
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HOLD IT, SMILEY? W, ALL THOSE PEOPLE

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ANY WHERE UNTIL z ON УОИ TO WIN,
YOU TELL ME В RIGHT?
ЕХАСТЬУ WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA
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“ТА THINK Т FORGOT тн” PEAN? ONCE ЕС AN TRY NOT TO 54

DRAW ATTENTION
ON GRAN'MA BEN, АМ” THEN WHEN SHE /
WINS, YOU GET TO KEEP EVERYTHING THAT TO YOURSELF.
WAS ВЕТ ON ME. SATISFIED, CUZ?
SATISFACTION
WITH YOU IS J
LWAYS SO
TEMPORARY?!
CIRCLE BACK
AN’ PICK UP АМУ
MINUTE SUCKERS
AT MY BETTING
BOOTH!
TWO MINUTE f ХЕ = MADE IT BACK JUST

КЕЛ FOLKS! Дорс ре Ли
LAST СНАКСЕ ТО N FEELIN’ YOU MIGHT
А < АС SHOW UP!
218
FEAST YER EYES,

> BONE! THIS
Is MY MARKER
BARRELHAVEN
TAVERN...
AN’
FOR YOUR SAKE,
... OL’ ВИРРУ...
YOU BETTER HAVE
TH’ FUNDS TO
COVER THAT BET!
COULD WE HAVE EVERYONE

BEHIND TH’ ROPES, PLEASE?
WE’RE ABOUT TO START
TH’ COW RACE’
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RUN, KIDS / š
THE КАТ CREATURES
ARE AFTER МЕ!
WHAT'RE
WE GONNA
DO?! WE GOTTA
HELP HIM!
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2... £ THINK IT’S

TIME І GOT А GOOD
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WHERE AR
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C’MON, CUZ!
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А REAL COW’! IT WAS ONE OF
THOSE BONES IN DISGUISE!’
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ТН” БАР?”
234
237
... МОМ TO
ФЕТ Му HANDS
ON THOSE
BONE BOYS’
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З E
£ THINK IT’S SAFE | EGG IS HARDENING
TO BRING ES ANP HE CAN^T MONE
РНОМЕУ BONE HIS MOUTH?
DOWN NOW. ?
239
17/6 ABOUT ПМЕ!” GET

r SAY WE ME DOWN FROMMY HERE//
HANDS ARE
LEANE HIM j THIS IS AN OUTRAGE!’
GOIN’ TO SLEEP?
PHONCIBLE P. BONE’ YOU SHOULD OUT FOR BLOOD?

BE GRATEFUL WE GOT YOU AWAY , SOUNDS ТО
FROM THAT ANGRY МОВ AT ALL” МЕ LIKE ТНЕУ
WHY, IF GRAN’MA НАРМ”Т PROMISED YOU IN TH’ CART WERE OUT FOR
TO COVER YOUR DEBTS FROM TAKE
THE СОМ RACE, THINGS MIGHT’VE BEEN THEIR MINDS!
A LOT WORSE THAN BEING TIED
> TO A STAKE AND HIT
WITH EGGS’
AN’ A STRIKING AN’ TO WORK OFF YER DEBTS,

FIGURE OF YOU AN’ SMILEY ARE GONNA
SPLIT YER TIME BETWEEN FARM CHORES
AT GRAN’MA’S, AND WASHIN’ DISHES
FOR ME AT TH’ TAVERN’
Lonesome Road
T WON'T PO IT?
yOu CAN’T MAKE МЕ”
KEEP YOUR VOICES СУ

DOWN! WE GOT AWAY т
WONDER
WHAT HAPPENED
TO ALL THI
RAT CREATURES
AFTER THI
RACE?
THEY FOR ALL

E WE KNOW,
РІЗАРРЕАК á THEY MIGHT BE
FOREST. WATCHING US
RIGHT
NOW!
MAYBE FONE BONE’S ws.

AT LEAST ТМЕ GOT PRAGON WILL PROTECT US. x|
УОИ BACK, FONE BONE! « q f
|
I’M NEVER LETTING p 4
УОЏ ОЏТ ОР МУ `
SIGHT AGAIN” Ж -
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УГ STILL BELIEVE IN DRAGONS, y,
У РО YOU, BONE?
WELL, DON’T WORRY. IF THE
HAIRY-MEN pO ATTACK,
ME AN’ ROSIE WILL
PROTECT YA.
TH’ DRAGON IS REAL,

LUCIUS! HE'S GOT
BIG, PROOPY EYES, AN’ $
FLOPPY EARS - - MAYBE IT’S
ASK GRAN’MA! Tu THE DRAGON - -
Lonesome Road
RIGHT THERE
WHERE YOU'RE
I DON’T SEE “ЕМ,

BUT THEY Мент
BE ON TO US.
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По стар си“
ALL CLEAR’?
COME ON’
246
Lonesome Road
WHAT’S GOING TO
7.
BELIEVE WE HAPPEN TO US,

DID IT! COMRADE?
OH, I JUST
CAN’T BELIEVE IT!
THIS HOLLOW
WILL BE A GOOD
PLACE TO HIDE WE’LL HAVE TO HIDE
FOR A FEW DAYS! FOR THE REST OF
OUR LIVES!
WE DIDN’T MEAN FOR IT
TO HAPPEN!
WHAT’LL WE pO
IF KINGPOK FINDS OUT?
NO ONE IS GOING TO
FIND OUT ANYTHING!
NOW GET IN THE
HOLLOW AND STOP
YOUR BABBLING’
247
ALL т WANTED ТО РО
WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER WAS CATCH THE LITTLE
eee AWAY A a FONE BONE CREATURE!
WE WERE SUPPOSED TO TAKE

ІТ TO KINGDOK? К “FORGET KINGDOkK/ YOU БАР!
УОИ WANTED TO CATCH IT ЧЕ МЕ KEEP THE BONE СКЕАТИКЕ
АМР KEEP IT FOR OURSELVES/! FOR OURSELVES, WE
CAN PO ANYTHING WE WANT
WITH IT," YOU SAID!
Ая? ч
SS, OF COURSE, WE WE WERE UNDER STRICT

КИМ INTO ANOTHER РАТКОР ORDERS TO LAY LOw, AND
AND ENP UP IN THE MIDDLE РИ ТНЕ you HAD TO GO AND
COW КАСЕ ! 2
START A RIOT?
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Lonesome Road
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B GET US LOOK AROUND. А QUICHE,Е
/ SOMETHING МАУВЕ FIND А АМР ТЛА, KILL YOU.
ТО EAT? BABY BIRD OR А < та %
DEAD SQUIRREL,
OR SOMETHING.
SOME NICE, SOFT

GRASSES WE CAN SIT ON
AND BE MORE
COMFORTABLE.
HERE. I FOUND
OME EGGS TO pip you
REMEMBER TO
ФЕТ THE
GRASSES?
пад / LIDИ
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To фы THE е I DON’T KNOW £ MEANT IT/

GRASSES? CAN т WHY YOU SAY т JUST
EAT FIRST? YOU'LL РО FORGOT!
THINGS IF YOU
DON’T MEAN IT.
Lonesome Road
YOU CAN GET THE / AND TRY то |

GRASSES AFTER YOU FIND SO YES, COMRADE!
FINISH EATING.
THANK YOU.
WATER. WE'RE ANYTHING ELSE?
GOING TO NEED
WATER IF WE
PLAN ON HIDING
OUT HERE.
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EGGS INA
QUICHE?
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The Great Cow Race
AND, OF COURSE, THE RAT CREATURES

THERE’S A GIANT НАР US SURROUNDED,
WELL... THE
HOLE IN TH’ WALL. DEAR. I НАР TO
ВЕАМ$ ARE
b. WHAT ТН” НЕСК GET ALITTLE
SOUND.
PID YOU РО
MOST OF TH
TO THOSE POOR
PAMAGE IS
MONSTERS,
ROSIE?
THIS PLACE ROSE, I’M SERIOUS!

LOOKS LIKE А IT WAS À THIS WASN’T SOME I KNOW THAT,
BATTLEFIELD! BIT SCARY, BUT BACKWOODS RAID DEAR. THAT’S
YOU'RE LUCKY DON’T FORGET ON LIVESTOCK! WHY I ASKED
YOU ESCAPED т FOUGHT TH’ THIS WAS A FULL- YOU TO
WITH YOUR RATS BACK IN FLEDGED ATTACK? COME ALONG.
LIVES? TH’ BIG WAR!
Lonesome Road
^ THAT'S ALSO WHY £ ASKED YOU IT WAS RIGHT NOW,

TO HELP ME RESCUE THE BONE COUSINS AGAINST THEY'RE THE
FROM TH’ FOLKS THEY SWINPLEP” МУ BETTER ONLY CLUE Г МЕ
SUP GEMENT / GOT. TH’ RAT
ТД WHY DIP WE CREATURES 4
41 E"lj{|y,|
ЛВ SAVE THEM? ATTACKED TH’
FARM HOUSE
BECAUSE THEY
WERE LOOKING
E S а ~ 2 FOR THE
знациUE us
TUESEM Spore пак IGHT, BUT
I GRILLED HIS COUSIN
FONE BONE TH’ MORNIN’
AFTER THE ATTACK. CLAIMS
THEY NEVER EVEN HEARD
PHONEY BONE WAS A HES EOT ANY OF RAT CREATURES BEFORE
TROUBLEMAKER?! THEY CAME TO OUR VALLEY.
£ pO.
РОМЕ BONE’S
À ФООР ONE.
HMM.
THINK HE HAS А WHAT ABOUT TH'
CRUSH ON THORN’ GOOFY ONE? SMILEY?
NOT ONLY THAT, BUT THORN

THINKS THEY'RE ALL INNOCENT!
SHE’S A GOOD JUDGE OF YOU TELLIN”
CHARACTER, AND TRUST MY AE
GRANDDAUGHTERS 4 EVERYTHING,
INTUITION? ,—— 7 ROSE?
ШІ
>
THEN WHAT ARE WE £
POIN” HERE? IF THOSE SOMETHING LAY КОН?”
CREATURES COME BACK ABOUT TH’ WAY ТНЕУ АТТАСКЕР THEY PIPN”T
WITH A BIGGER WAR PARTY, RAT CREATURES ТН” COW КАСЕ ATTACK ТН’ КАСЕ,
WE WON'T BE ABLE TO WORK, АМР МУ IN ВКОАР ТНЕУ МЕКЕ
HOLD “ЕМ ОРЕ" GUESS IS THAT pAYLIGHT”” AS SUPRISEP AS
THEY'RE GONNA WE
LAY LOW FOR A
7 т РОМ 72
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IT. WHAT WERE) 17.5 ТНЁ
WHAT ARE THEY) rgSTING YOU CAN'T
< мент “ем
У
YOURSELF.
Lonesome Road
ч I HAVEN’T DECIDED
SO, LITTLE FONE BONE WHAT TO DO, Lucius.
REALLY DOES KNOW ABOUT TOLD НЕК SHE MIGHT ВЕ IN MORE
THE DRAGON! TH’ REST? DANGER IF SHE KNOWS’
SHE HASN’T REACHED THE
TURNING, YET.
I THINK WE’RE SAFE ... THERE'S STILL TH’ POSSIBILITY

FOR А WHILE. LET'S THAT THIS IS BETWEEN THE
МАТ АМ” WATCH FOR RAT CREATURES AND THE BONES,
А FEW DAYS... AND HAS NOTHING TO pO
WITH THORN.
IN THE MEANTIME,
I’M GONNA ENJOY / BUT FIRST, WE BETTER
EVERY MINUTE OF START TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP %,
KEEPIN’ THAT RUNT REBUILDING WHILE TH’ SUN IS OUT/
PHONEY BONE BUSY! TH’
FARM
HOUSE!
255
OKAY, KIDS! LISTEN UP!
WE'RE ALL BEAT FROM TRAVELING

ALL NIGHT! LET’S TRY TO GET
SOME SHUT-EYE!
GET
SOME SLEEP
ON TH’ ROAD?
Lonesome Road
Y know that I am short, |

bald, and haveа
а Secret admirer
XXX OOO
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Chapter Six: Up on the Roof
4 WHAT ТН’ НЕСКМЕ

YOU BEEN POIN'?/
WHY DIDN’T YOU TAKE s
TH’ ROPE? YOU KNEW Г CONTEMPLATIN’
WAS ON TH’ TH’ SCALE OF
WELL, Y'KNOW,
OTHER SIDE OF £ WAS THINKIN’...
TH’ ROOF WAITIN"
ON УА"
I MEAN, MAYBE
WE’RE NOT THINKIN’ STAY WITH ME, NOW!
BIG ENOUGH’ < £ JUST WANNA RUN THIS BY
HANE WE REALLY YOU - - TAKE YOUR
CONEREP ALL TH’ TEMPERATURE ON IT - -
ANGLES? SEE IF YOU'RE
HOT”
OKAY, PAY ATTENTION.

WHAT IS IT
WE”VE REALLY ФОТ HERE?
HUH? HUH?
SEE, WHAT X THINK WE'VE GOT |
IS THIS REALLY BIG
HOLE?
Up оп the Roof
HOLD M WE SHOULP TAKE

UNITE
FOR A MINUTE ADVANTAGE OF THIS
WILL YA? ' SOUTH EASTERN EXPOSURE. ... AN’ HERE'S
NOW, I DON’T KNOW WHERE WE PUT
ABOUT YOU, BUT I’M TH’ JACUZZI’
PICTURING A GLASSED-IN
ATRIUM...
ACTUALLY, £ МОККЕР FOR МУ

COUSIN PHONEY. HE WAS TH’ RICHEST
IN BONEVILLE BONE IN BONEVILLE, BEFORE
YOU WERE TH’ THEY RAN ИЗ OUTTA TOWN.
VILLAGE IDIOT, £ DION’T WORK FOR HIM ALL TH’ TIME
WEREN’T THOUGH. JUST KINDA DID OPP JOBS FOR
HIM WHENEVER HE NEEDED
SOMETHIN’ DONE.
I USED TO DO THAT TORTURE

FOR A LOT OF FOLKS! PEOPLE IS
HELP "EM OUT. MORE LIKE
I LIKE TO pO THAT. А NOW YOU ФОТ
I LIKE ТО ME HOMESICK!
HELP PEOPLE! I MISS
ВОКЕМИЕ:
THERE WAS THIS

GREAT PLACE DOWN IN TH’ THAT WAS MY REAL
PARK BY THE OL’ STATUE OF ТОВ, Y'KNOW!
BIG JOHNSON BONE CHASE AWAY TH’
WHERE YOU COULD PIGEONS AN’ GET
SIT AN’ FEED TH’ BIRDS.... THOSE LITTLE PIECES
OF BRE.
/ НАМР ME SOME OF
THOSE SHAKES
ХМ NOT HANGIN’ SO г CAN START
AROUND HERE FOR MY SHINGLING!
HEALTH? ГМ
TRYIN’ TO FIX
TH’ ROOF!
Ра
YES. WELL, IF HALF OF TH’
GIMME ENOUGH PILE IS FOR YOUR SIDE OF
FOR MY SIDE. HOW MANY
IS THAT? TH’ ROOF, AN’ HALF IS
THERE’S A FOR MY SIDE,
WHOLE PILE yOu FIGURE IT OUT!
UNDER HERE.
262
Up оп the Roof
uH, Он, FRACTIONS” i 1 WO!

ГМ NO ФООР AT THIS! °
у paus 7%... - TWO AND А
эз ЗЕ HALE! МАТ!
WHAT pO YOU РО WITH...
THE DENOMINATOR
STOP IT” МНАРРУА WANNA GO BACK TO

REACH IN THERE y BONEVILLE FOR?! IT’S NOT ENOUGH FUN
HALE THAT
AlNP GET
TO TORTURE PEOPLE HERE?”
or”
i
PILE?
TH’ ROPE’S
TOO SHORT”
263
Е <z r
BONEVILLE,
BUT IT’LL DO.
Book Three
Eyes of the Storm

Chapter One: Watch Duty
HIGH ALOFT IN TH’

CROSS-TREES WAS
THAT МАР TASHTEGO/
AS HE STOOD HOVERING OVER YOU

HALF SUSPENZED IN AIR, SO WILDLY AND
EAGERLY PEERING TOWARPS THE HORIZON,
YOU WOULP HAVE THOUGHT HIM SOME
PROPHET OR SEER BEHOLDING THE SHADOWS
OF FATE, AND BY THOSE WILD CRIES
ANNOUNCING THEIR COMING- - -
=THAR SHE BLOWS!

HERE! THERE! THERE //
SHE BLOWS! SHE BLOWS!
WHAT IN TH”
WORLD IS GOIN’
ON HERE?”
OH, HELLO, WHY NOT? YOU

М2 POSSUM! WERE READING IT
I WAS JUST YOU WANT TO THORN!
READING
FROM TO HEAR
MOBY DICK! YOU WERE
DOIN’?! І/УЕ
READ SOME BUILT UP
MORE 50 Т
CAN HEAR IT, TOLERANCE.
TOO”
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С МАУВЕ ТАД, ӘС он, YOU KNOW ME, BONE! т SEE YOU BEEN
READ IT LATER. ТМ ALWAYS CHECKIN’ UP WORKIN’ ON TH’ FARMHOUSE’
SO, WHAT BRINGS ON THINGS - - HOW’S THAT GOIN’?
YOU ВУ, MAKIN’ SURE
MIZ POSSUM? EVERYBODY'S
WE’RE MAKING PROGRESS. AN’ МОТ А MOMENT TOO SOON’

THE RAT GREATURES DID YOU NEVER KNOW WHEN THOSE
A LOT OF PAMAGE/ HOOLIGANS MIGHT COME BACK’!
YOU PATCHED
THAT HOLE
IN тн”
@RAN AA THINKS WELL, YOU'RE AS SOON AS

TH’ RAT CREATURES PROBABLY ALL LUCIUS AND SMILEY
WILL STAY AWAY RIGHT PURIN INDOORS/ FINSH THE ROOF,
FOR A WHILE. TH’ DAYTIME, IN TH’ BIG ROOM WE’LL MOVE INTO
BUT DON’T TAKE DOWNSTAIRS! THE BEDROOMS
CHANCES AT UPSTAIRS.
NIGHT! YOU'RE
NOT STILL
SLEEPIN’ OUTSIDE,
ARE YOU?
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AN’ WHAT ABOUT THAT GREEDY COUSIN x SERVES НІМ RIGHT! WELL, 7? LOVE 2
OF YOURS? PHONEY BONE? г HEAR HE TO STAY AN’ GOSSIP АМ. DAY, BUT I LEFT
CAUSED QUITE А RUCKUSAT THAT TH’ KIDS WITH MIZ HEDGEHOG, АМ т
COW RACE’ PROMISED I WOULDN’T BE GONE LONG.
HERE, BONE’
GRAN'MA'S £ BROUGHT
MAKIN^ HIM
SHOVEL OUT
TH’ BARN...
SILLY МЕ. THAT’S WONDERFUL!

L ALMOST FORGOT OKAY! NOW т REALLY
TO ASK... MUST BE LEAVING!
TH’ BOYS WANTED ME TO IF YOU NEED ANYTHING
FIN? OUT HOW YOUR АТ ALL, YOU JUST
GRANDMOTHER DID IN HOLLER,
TH’ RACE, DEAR! YOU HEAR?
OH! AND THAT = - JUST SMEAR THAT

STUFF IN TH’ PAN? GOO OVER IT! THANKS FOR
IF YOU HAVE ANY LEAKS SEALS UP ANYTHING! DROPPING BY,
IN THAT NEW ROOF GUARANTEED! MIZ POSSUM.
OF YOURS - - - -
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SHE’S RIGHT ABOUT NOT

TAKING CHANCES AFTER DARK.
WE SHOULD START BACK. WHO'S TURN
IS IT TO STAY
UP ON WATCH
YOU SHOULD GET BESIDES, AS LONG AS ГМ

SOME SLEEP. AWAKE, I CAN’T HAVE ANY MORE
TESTA
WITH YA IFHP т DON’T MIND OF THOSE DREAMS!
STAYING UP BY
YA WANT С MYSELF.
DID
YOU HAVE
ANOTHER WEIRD
DREAM?
I НАМЕМТ HAD ONE FOR A FEW Y'KNOW, І CAN'T

DAYS NOW, ВИТ т KEEP WAITING. I’M THINK ОРА NOT ONE?
ALMOST AFRAID TO GO TO SLEEP PO YOU USUALLY
AT NIGHT? REMEMBER YOUR
TO THIS VALLEY. PREAMS?
Watch Duty
ME?!
I ALWAYS HMM. BOY! X'LL TELL YA
REMEMBER MY WELL, THINGS ARE WHO NEEDS TO DO
DREAMS’ A LOT DIFFERENT HERE A LITTLE ADJUSTING!
THAN THEY ARE IN PHONEY BONE?
BONEVILLE! MAYBE WHY? HE”S FINALLY
YOU JUST NEED SOME STARTING TO FIT IN
TIME TO APJUST. AROUND HERE!
AT LEAST HE'S STOPPED
COMPLAINING ABOUT
HIS CHORES’
[THAT JUST YOU'RE TOO HARD ON HIM. YEAH. PHONEY SURE

MEANS BACK WHERE YOU'RE FROM, LOVED HIS MONEY?
HE'S uP PHONEY WAS WEALTHY! IMAGINE WHAT I WOULDN’T HAVE
TO WHAT IT MUST BE LIKE TO FINP GIVEN TO SEE HIS FACE
SOMETHIN’! YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE WHEN HE FOUND OUT YOU
HE EVERYTHING YOU VALUE IS DON’T USE MONEY HERE!
NEVER COMPLETELY WORTHLESS?
LEARNS?
YOU'RE RIGHT!
HIS JAW SEEMS A LITTLE
MUST’VE HIT TO HAVE HONEST WORK,
TH’ FLOOR WHEN ADJUSTED AND
ЕР т WELL. CLEAN, SIMPLE
а КОШЕ ЖЕ LIVING WILL
ЕСОНОМУ
IS BASED
ON POULTRY
PRODUCTS!
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чор
HEY, FONE BONE, PHONEY’S WHAT TH’ HECK IS
COME UP WITH А NEW PLAN © | TAKIN’ YOU SO LONG?!
TO ФЕТ US OUTTA HERE! C'MON? C’MON/
PRETTY SOON WE'LL BE ABLE YOU GOT ANY IDEA HOW
TO PAY OFF GRAN’MA BEN HARP IT IS TO ФЕТ “ЕМ
AN^ eU ANP THEN WE CAN TO SIT IN THOSE
GOH ОМЕ! LITTLE CHAIRS?//
ОН, YEAH.
HE'S ADJUSTED
WELL.
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watch Dulu
pip YOU
HEAR ТНАТ?
THERE’S SOMEONE
(МИТ! ча
OUT THERE’
WE’VE BEEN HOLD ОМ HOLD ON
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ARE YOU SURE?

£ THOUGHT т HEARD
SOMETHING MOVING
UP THERE; WOULP YOU RELAX?
NOBODY IS GOING TO
FIND US!
QUIT BEIN SO
WELL, Y OU'P ВЕ £ HAVE BEEN I САУТ: £ HAVEN”T

ЗИМРУ, TOO, IF YOU D HIDING IN А £ HAVE THIS FEELING STOPPED
BEEN HIDING IN A HOLE IN TH’ GROUN? THAT WE’RE BEING я CHECKING
HOLE IN TH’ GROUND FOR FOUR DAYS! WATCHED! IN FOUR DAYS!’
FOR FOUR DAYS! WHY DON’T
PROMISE ME YOU
YOU'LL KEEP CHECK FOR
CHECKING! A WHILE?’
BUT IF THERE’S
SOMEONE OUT THERE,
IT WAS YOU WHO STARTED THAT
RIOT AT THE COW RACE’
YOU'RE А
PAIN IN ТН”
витт, YOU
KNOW THAT?
watch Dulu
WASNT ANYBODY OUT THERE,

WAS THERE?
NO. BUT THERE

COULD’VE BEEN. KINGPOK WILL NEVER FIN? US!
WE'RE SAFE HERE’ NOW SHU T-UP
AND ФО TO SLEEP!
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I CAN'T SLEEP!
MY NERVES
ARE SHOT! YOUR
АМ? IT’S ALL NERVES ARE
BECAUSE OF SHOT BECAUSE
YOU'RE A PAIN
IN TH’ BUTT!
DON’T уби
TAKE THAT
TONE OF
VOICE WITH PAIN IN TH’
МЕ! BUTT’
PAIN IN
TH’
BUTT’
Т НЕАКР
SOMETHING!
ФО ЧР AN AGAIN?”
YOU JUST
LOOKED!
PLEASE!
PLEASE GO
CHECK!
ALL RIGHT.
ALL RIGHT.
Watch Duty
THERE.’ SATISFIED?!
THERE’S NO ONE
NOW, GO TO SLEEP,
YOU BIG,
IN ТН”
YOUR MAJESTY!
FANCY MEETING
yOu HERE’
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KINGPOK/ £ SHOULD
IT WAS KILL
HIS IDEA’ YOU BOTH...
I TRIEP TO
STOP HIM’
IT WAS AN
ACCIDENT, SIRE!
WE РРКТ MEAN TO
UPSET THE VALLEY
CREATURES’
СОМ ВАСЕ!
BUT YOU KNOW

WHAT? TH > THEN...
Т HATE THE YOU'RE NOT
FLAT-LANDERS, AN? т GOING TO
HATE THE OLD COW KILL. US?
WOMAN, АМ? т
REALLY HATE THOSE
$ТИР!Р
СОМ RACES’!
Вит- - BUT WHAT

ABOUT TH'
HOOPEP ONE?
WE WERE UNDER
ORDERS TO
LAY Low!
AM T NOT KINGPOK?/
Т WILL PISCIPLINE Ay TROOPS
THE WAY T SEE Р!Т//
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IT’S A THOUGHT YOU MIGHT

SACK FULL
RABBITS!
AEA, томейт | 6-1 | нен, нен, нен,
THEY'RE ALL SKINNED
AN’ EVERYTHING!
ФООР ЗОВ,
BOYS! CARRY ОМ!
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a "E
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X AM LEARNING ays
TO PLAY. THE иУ n GOOD
RED DRAGON IS SSS SS ИА TEACHER.
TEACHING ME.
PRACTICING.
YOU ARE A
ФООР
PUPIL.
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FONE BONE?
т РЕНЕ ASLEEP, N
AWO MILES OFF

w LEE-BEAM!
А WHOLE
SCHOOL
OF THEM...
E THERE! tHere! J- --
THERE !
SHE BLOWS!
sre BLOWS! Ж”
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THERE GO
TH’ FLUKES’
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ON TH’ РЕЕ-ВЕАМ/ WE DON’T WANT HIM TO
TWO MILES OFF! GET AWAY, MR. ISHMAEL!
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PHONEY BONE! DON’T WHEN YER ON MY

YOU RECOGNIZE ME? SHIP, УЕЛА. ADDRESS
< А МЕ AS CAPTAIN АНАВ/
FONE BONE! 5 NOW HELP МЕ @ET THIS
BOAT ONER TH’ SIDE!
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ТЫЙТ ГЕРИ6
2
WHERE’S MY |
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HANG ON, LAD!

WE'RE GOIN’ FERLIVES!
TH’ ,
IDE OF OUR
Мобу bone
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PLEASE.
DON’T
LEAVE
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5
ре NVм |
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Nd, sd
АЕ
N
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Moby Bone
JEEZ! TH’ SUN’S

BEEN UP FOR HOURS!
WONDER WHERE
EVERYBODY 15?
PHONEY?
HMMM, MUST BE
HELLO? OUT AN’ ABOUT
резине ALREADY!
THORN?
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PURTY GOOD!
HOW “BOUTS YOU?
BEEN WORKIN’
ON YER
LOVE POETRYS
FOR
THORN?
РМ NOT А BOY! Ти АУ | | mat one гоємт

VERY GOOD I READ THAT ONE YOU RAT CREATURES
LEFT IN TH’ FOREST” ІНТЕКЕНЕТЕН OUGHTA
“UPON YOUR FEET
< .
RON DA
YOU HAS TEN TOES, НЕЕ
THEY LOOKS JES LIKE
PO-TA-TOES/"" FLAVOR”
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Moby Bone
I'LL BE SURE AN’ DON’T WORRY SO WHAT

TO MENTION IT, POUT NO HA ELSE | SATAN: YOU DOIN’ HERE,
NEXT ПМ READIN’ THAT INSTEAD OF DOWN
TRY ПЕР THEY LOVE POETRY! , АТ TH’ SPRINGS
EAT МЕ” І TORE THAT 5 p^ FETCHIN’ FRESH
STINKER UP TO WATER WITH
KINGDOM COME!
ys
зи
аж
WELL, т KINDA GRANNY AN” LUCIUS HEY, TH’ DAY'S

| OVERSLEPT. IS PLOWIN’ UP TH’ HALF OVER,
I WASN'T BACK FIELD, AN’ LUNCHTIME BONE!
SURE WHERE THORN IS DOWN ALREADY? GET Yo IT,
ЕМЕКУВОРУ @ETTIN” WATER, AN”
WAS! YER COUSINS 15
OFF SOMEWHERES
TAKIN’ A BREAK?
ВКЕАКПМЕ:
OH, BOY? тла.
GET MY STUFF AN’
WELL, І/БЕ OFF? WORK ON MY
А BUG’S DAY IS NEW POEM
CHOCK FULL OF FOR THORN’
IMPORTANT LITTLE
А DETAILS TO ATTEND
TO! SEE YA,
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NOW TO FIND A МІСЕ, | |

QUIET SPOT ТО E EE ee
PRIVATE!
THIS LOOKS GOOD! А SUN DRENCHED , ,

MEADOW BESPECKLEP WITH WILD В ст Ва к RisULTIMATE
FLOWERS, AN’ TH’ AIR FILLED WITH EXPRESSION OF LONE FOR THORN’
WAFTED SCENTS OF HONEYSUCKLE LET’S SEE... А ROSE IS A ROSE
AN’ MARIGOLPS/ ISA ...HUA TE DUM...
... À ROSE!
RIGHT!
2 қ
ен < КС < MEW
tas 6 М К
UMM, HMM, MMMM, Ше

7 UMMM, ~ WHATCHA WORKIN’
OH, YES! THIS IS GOOD! ON?
THIS IS REAL GOOD!
I WONPER WHAT RHYMES WITH
SMOOTH, BROWN
THIGH?
Moby Bone
NOTHIN’ NO, THAT’S OKAY.

INE GOT IT...
SO ...РО YOU REMEMBER
YOUR РКЕАМ?
NEED SOME
HELP WITH
YESTERDAY YOU TOLD ME YOU COULDN'T

REMEMBER A SINGLE DREAM УОШ ЧЕ НАР
SINCE COMING TO THE VALLEY - -
WELL, THIS MORNING WHEN I SAW YOU
WERE HAVING A PREAM,
I LET you £ PIP HAVE
SLEEP IN/ A DREAM!
£ НАР А STRANGE <.

IT WAS WEIRD?
ше
LIKE А MOUNTAIN?
VISITOR IN MY
DREAMS LAST NIGHT,
TOO! AND HE LOOKED
AN’ HE WAS ИКЕ YOU!
AN” RIGHT BEFORE т WOKE UP, LOOKIN’ AT ME
THE PRAGON ROSE UP OUT WITH THESE
ос ,
REALLY INTENSE
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REAL?
" YOU HAP А .
У
на :
бања“
томент,
`
РЕЕАМ ABOUT
И WAIT! BEFORE
YOU TELL МЕ:
GOSH’ HERE! HAVE SOME
WHAT WAS TH’ | VIOLETS? THEY'LL
DREAM ABOUT?
IF YOU DON’T <
2
MIND МЕ
2
ASKIN’?
HOO, НЕЕ... DON’T YOU THINK

T de M PAISIES WOULD HAVE
ТВОРЕ You SET OFF МУ EYES
РОМЯГ THINK BEAUTIFUL BETTER?
I’M BEING BARITONE
ТОО - VOICE
FORWARD... с YOU HAVE.
Moby Bone
LOVE LIFE HASN'T NO. FAIR ENOUGH.

IMPROVED MUCH, NOT THATYOUR
ANY OF IT’S РАСТЕ
МУ WAY.ON
BUSINESS’
HEY, WAIT A MINUTE, I SAW THIS GIANT

DRAGON! YOU GOTTA IMAGE OF YOUR HEAD’
HEAR ABOUT THIS DREAM YOU DIDN’T SAY ANYTHING;
I НАР LAST NIGHT? YOU WERE JUST
УОИ WERE IN IT! STARIN’ AT МЕ!
WHAT PO YOU THINK?
YOU THINK IT’S
WEIRD THAT ГР
HAVE A DREAM
LIKE THAT?
Р ТНОЕМ НАР АМ ,
INTRUDER IN HER
DREAMS LAST NIGHT.
SO DID you. |
WELCOME
ABOARD,
ISHMAEL.
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ЦЕ, YOU!
NOW OUST
A MINUTE---
DON’T YOU
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ыза аз,
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STAY OUTTA
MY DREAMS!
об. Y ША”);
THAT IS SPOOKY?
THAT IS REALLY
SPOOKY!
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SER...
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HOW TH’ HECK DID DON’T THINK

HE KNOW £ WAS ISHMAEL ABOUT IT.
IN THAT DREAM?
THAT'S IMPOSSIBLE?
IT’S A COINCIDENCE! NOW, WHERE WAS 12
Y — ~ = о e
NL
——M——— | NN
OH, YEAH?
MY MASTERPIECE/
A ROSE IS À ROSE
IS AROSE...
— =. s...
HOWDY, FONE BONE’ AS LITTLE AS WE

FINALLY GOT UP, CAN GET AWAY
Т SEE! WITH! WHAT'RE
you DOIN’?
WRITIN^ SOMETHIN’?
HEY, GUYS.
WHATCHA UP
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WELL. WELL, WHAT HAVE ~ й

WE HERE? POETRY? MISSIVES A ROSE IS A ROSE
OF LOVE TO OUR DEAR, AND IS A ROSE,
INCREDIBLY ФОО? LOOKING BUT YOU, MY SWEET
FRIEND THORN? PETUNIA,
IS A ROSE THAT Му
NOSE ONLY KNOWS)”
WHAT’S THAT
SUPPOSED TO
MEAN?
FONE BONE, FONE BONE, JEEZ! THORN

FONE BONE! x |
WRITIN’ LOVE POEMS COUPLE Anoor OURE
TO À GIRL, HUH? НИМРЕЕР. ВУ NOW
HOW МАМУ ОЕ THESE THINGS :
HAVE YOU WRITTEN ТО HER?
SHE DOES
NOT //
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Мобу bone
YOU'RE LETTIN’ THESE I SEE HOW YOU JUMP WHENEVER Y

WOMENFOLK ФЕТ TO YA, THORN WANTS YOU ТО PO SOMETHING!
FONE BONE?
2 NE ugpме CARRY
МЕ, ITS+“
WHAT PO
ОЇ
ИМЕ To Tu ЁО
On,poFONE LAUNDRY,/
OH, YEAH? WELL, YOU DON’T SEE

РНОНЕУ/ GRAN’MA BEN ME AN’ SMILEY DROP EVERYTHING
AND THORN ARE GIVING US A AN’ GO RUNNIN’ EVERY TIME
PLACE TO LIVE! WE THORN AN’ GRAN’MA BEN
HAVE TO HELP OUT SNAP THEIR FINGERS!
WITH TH’ CHORES!
HANG ON,
GRAN’MA!
IT’S TH WE’RE
DINNER COMIN’!
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HOLD IT, Boys!

NOT IN ТН” HOUSE!
I WANT YA BACK
IN TH’ YARD
WITH МЕ!
Lu, T
I РІРМ/Т CALL УА ТО EAT DINNER, УА

WHAT GIVES, IDIOTS! , т WANT УА rO
R AN AA? MAKE DINNER’
FILL THIS KETTLE WITH WATER AND

BRING IT BACK TO TH’ CHICKEN
COOP? AN’ BUILD A FIRE UNDER IT. YOU TWO
I NEED THAT WATER BOILIN’, COME
YOU GOT THAT? WITH ME.
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I WANT YOU BOYS TO CATCH = |

YOURSELVES FOUR CHICKENS”
WHEN SMILEYS GOT THAT МАТЕ к
GOIN’ NICE AN’ HOT, DIP TH’ BIRDS OHKMYGOSH.
IN IT^ X WANT EVERY ONE OF THEM
FEATHERS
GONE, SO SOAK
‘EM GOOD! т BETTER
ВЕ SMELLIN^ WE’RE GONNA
WET FEATHERS BOIL ‘EM
BACK HERE! ALIVE?”
OF COURSE NOT, DEAR.

YOU'RE GONNA CUT THEIR HEADS
OFF FIRST.
ARE THEY
GONNA...
Y'KNOW ...
RUN AROUND TH’
YARD? SQUIRTIN’
BLOOD AN’
STUFF?
WHAT’S TH’ MATTER? OH, FER HEAVEN’S SAKES’ IF УА

AIN’T YOU BOYS EVER CHOPPED САУТ HANDLE A LITTLE FLAPPIN’
TH’ HEAD OFF A CHICKEN AROUND, JUST GRAB TH’ CHICKEN
BY TH’ NECK AN’ GIVE HER
A GOOD
CRANK
OVER YOUR
HEAD - -
THAT'LL KILL
HER FIRST!
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| Ja ; |;
АШ Mou
њи SS. WM
“УЧИМ SN
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WE’RE HEADIN’ BACK TO

BARRELHAVEN, АМ” т WANNA
GET AN EARLY START?
E TOPAY?!
RIGHT NOW?
12 v
< |АМ, JEEZ!
TYS STILL
г DARK OUT!
DN A
LS
THAT'S RIGHT” ALL TH’ CHORES ARE

-| РОМЕ - - ALL THE SPRING PLANTING’S
РОМЕ + - AN? YOU KNOW WHAT
THAT MEANS’ YOU TWO ARE COMIN’
WITH ME TO START WORKIN’ OFF
THAT 100 TO 1 LONGSHOT ВЕТ”
M за
- >
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THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT,

NOBODY WHAT ELSE BALLAST?
ASKEP YOU WAS THAT’S ALL
TO CLIAB £ GONNA РО?! YOU WERE’
INTO тн” I САУТ TRUST
сом SUIT
WITH отне
RIGHT.’
d BALAS-S-T!
МЕ.
KNOCK IT OFF” YOU TWO BETTER

NOT CRAP AROUND LIKE HAPPINESS
THIS TH’ WHOLE WAY TO
BARRELHAVEN/ ABOUNDING!
NOW, C/MON, ROAD RATIONS!
LET’S GO!
I LOVE THOSE
HARP, STALE,
STUFFED BREAD
YEAH, YEAH. THINGIES!
ARE WE GONNA
EAT BREAKFAST
Т SLEPT PRETTY HARD.

HOW DID yOu I DION’T NO NEW PREAMS FOR ME,
SLEEP LAST NIGHT, HAVE ANY MORE EITHER.
FONE BONE? WEIRD DREAMS.
WHAT ABOUT MOVE IT”
vou? MOVE IT!
Rodd Trip
GOOP MORNING,
EVERYONE! 7
р. WE LOOK BRIGHT , DD YOU PACK
АМР ВИЗНУ-ТАШЕР: Я АМУ ОР ТНОЅЕ НАРР,
LITTLE, STUFFED .
BREAD THINGIES
OR МЕ?
4 ОР COURSE, PEAR. WHAT PO YOU | IT’S TOO EARLY

I MADE THEM TWO THINK, ROSE? E TO SAY. IT MAY
IS TH’ WEATHER RAIN BEFORE YOU
ФОММА Я ФЕТ ТО ТН’ VILLAGE.
JUST ТН’ WAY YOU 4
LIKE “ЕМ!
PHONEY” YOU AND

ВЕТТЕК З ЈЕ | |SMILEY BONE GET IN ТН’ CART.
ФЕТ ped | WHAT ABOUT YOU, FONE BONE?
STARTED № | YOU WANNA STAY WITH
THEN. E МЕ AN’ THORN, І GET TO
OR GO WITH JJ CHOOSE?
YOUR COuSINS?
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=,
'
ЖЕЗ OU GET тоа WELL ....X GUESS YOU aE:
CHOOSE!)
BET ON TH’
yOu DIDN'T
COW RACE!
N coulo USE МУ HELP WITH SOME OF ЈА WHAT
YOU'RE WELCOME ТО THE CHOKES. PENG WITA THORN
STAY HERE ON TH’ FARM
you AND THORN’

I MEAN ТЛА,
STAY WITH
GOOD-BYE, WE'LL BE BACK

BOYS! IN A FEW DAYS,
KEEP A SHARP | ROSE.
LOOKOUT TAKE CARE OF
ON TH’ ROAD! YOURSELF.
С I'VE GOT A FEW N THAT'S A FINE

THINGS TO FINISH UP ера IDEA! ВИТ FEED TH’
BEFORE BREAKFAST. CHICKENS FIRST!
YOU TWO KNOW WHAT
YOU'RE GONNA
РО TODAY?
Road Trip
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Е — _ & Ho:
САМ W
EAT NOW?
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IT WAS A LONG y WE WERE IN LONE,

TIME AGO. ... Д f АМР WE СОМЕТЕР.
SHE WAS А À LOT OF FOLKS THOUGHT WE
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN - - WERE GONNA GET HITCHED. ..
тн” MOST р
BEAUTIFUL WOMAN IN TH”
WHOLE VALLEY...
SO WHAT HAPPENED? А
WHY DIPN’T YOU , HMM. THAT
GET MARRIED? , , STORM IS BLOWIN’
і МА КОТ РАБТЕК
THAN I THOUGHT.
THERE’S SOMEONE
FOLLOWING из!
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WHERE?
I DON’T IT WENT INTO TH’
SEE BUSHES? IT WAS A
ANYTHING! RAT CREATURE!
ЕЙ cenn
AN i
—— Z 22
MEANS WE’RE
СИТ OFF!
т THOUGHT WE HAVE TO
GRAN’MA BEN MAKE IT TO TH’
SAID IT WAS ЗАРЕ VILLAGE ON
TO МАКЕ THIS OUR OWN’
TRIP//
>
SMILEY! ФЕТ OUT AND
RIDE TH’ EXTRA COW - -
b IF WE HAVE TO MAKE А
RUN FOR IT, WE NEED TO
LIGHTEN UP TH’ CART”
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LOOKS ИКЕ А STORM

IS BLOWING IN.
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HEY, CHECK THESE YEAH! THESE ARE GRAN’MA’S
ROCKS OUT - - ФООР LUCK CHARMS
THEY HAVE LITTLE SHE BROUGHT WITH HER
FROM THE SOUTH.
SHE SAYS IT’S А CUSTO, WELL, YOU epa BE SURE THEY FACE
WHERE ps? COMES FROM TO REP THEM HAVE TOO M OUT, OR ELSE
IN YOUR ФАКРЕМ. GOOD Мај THEY WON’T
WARD OFF
яр GHOST CIRCLES!
EN.
Rodd Trip
DON’T YOU KNOW HAVE YOU EVER WALKED

WAR? OFF H A
WHAT IN THE WOODS AT NIGHT
GHOST CIRCLE AN? COME ACROSS A
IS? COLD SPOT? AND
SUDDENLY A CHILL RUNS
UP YOUR SPINE?
THEY’RE SUPPOSED TO BE OPENINGS

TO THE SPIRIT WORLD.
Т GUESS IN THE OLD DAYS,
THEY WERE PRETTY DANGEROUS.
1 HEARD A STORY ONCE

THAT A LITTLE GIRL STEPPED
INTO A GHOST CIRCLE AND
WAS NEVER HEAR? FROM
AGAIN!
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т FELT
A HERE IT
PROF: COMES?
£ THINK TH’
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GRAN’MA BEN?
CAN WE TALK
TO yOu?
И AREN'T THOSE
TALK AWAY. FENCES KINDA THESE i COW FENCES,
ONE.
I CAN LISTEN AN’ BUT Г/М FIXIN’ “EM TO
МЕМР FENCES LET THE MONSTERS
AT TH’ KNOW WHERE
SAME TIME. TH’ BOUNDRIES
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THORN. STORM YESTERDAY. IF YOU HADN’T CALLED
THERE’S SOMETHIN’ OUT FOR TH’ PRAGON TO COME AN’
Т HAVE TO SAY CHASE OFF THE RAT CREATURES, WE
TO FONE BONE... MIGHT NOT’VE МАРЕ IT.
AND, WELL ... ON
THIS ISN^T EASY FOR ME, Вит...
I OWE YOU
AN APOLOGY FOR TH’
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YES, r pO. 4 ТМЕ ВРАМЕР YOU BOYS

EVER SINCE УОЏ AN FOR ALL THE RAT CREATURE
YOU DON’T CAME TO OUR VALLEY, ATTACKS AN’ EVERYTHING ELSE
OWE ME ТМЕ BEEN SuSPICIOuS THAT’S GONE WRONG...
ANYTHING ... OF YOU AN’ YOUR
COUSINS...
... АМ IN PARTICULAR, TRUTH IS, OUR

I BLAMED YOU FOR TROUBLES HERE IN TH’
DISTURBING TH’ VALLEY STARTED A LONG
DRAGON. TIME BEFORE УОИ
GOT HERE.
GRAN’MA ...
FONE BONE HAS
APOLOGY SOMETHING IN HIS
ACCEPTED, KNAPSACK
GRAN’MA. THAT I WANT
HIM TO
SHOW YOU.
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WE THINK
YOU BETTER
TAKE A LOOK AT
THIS.
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and MUCHess... to the Duchess.
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THIS IS IT’S IN PRETTY ВАР SHAPE.

МАР?” ^ DESERT.
IT’S SO FADED І CAN'T f YOU CAN STILL
MAKE HEADS OR MAKE OUT TH’ MOUNTAINS AN’
TAILS OUTTA TH’ WATERFALL
THIS THING! SEE? IT’S A MAP OF
THIS VALLEY!
LOOKS LIKE
IT ма DRAWN
У A
FIVE-YEAR-
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DON’T SAY
ANOTHER WORD!
ІМ РЕКЕМ GARD THE FOREST HAS
WITH THE EARS?!
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MY COUSINS AN’ £
WHERE DID yOu
FOUND IT AFTER WE GOT
SAY YOU FOUND
RUN OUTTA BONEVILLE/
THAT MAP?
WE WERE LOST OUT

IN TH’ DESERT AN’
SMILEY BONE FOUND IT
RIGHT BEFORE TH’
LOCUSTS САМЕ
AN’ SEPARATED US!
WELL, NOW...
IT CAN’T MEAN
LOCUSTS. THAT’S - - й - THAT ANYMORE ...
HMM. -
LET’S THINK GRAN'MA7
ABOUT THIS ... > p IT’S TIME TO
Ë TELL us
THE TRUTH!
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FONE ВОЋЕ... 7 GRANPMOTHER,

ВЕ A DEAR - - < Z / WAITING.
RUN AND FETCH
ME A DRINK OF
WATER...
... IT’S TUST SO DIFFICULT

TO KNOW WHERE TO START.
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yOu TOLD ME
DRAGONS WERE
MAKE-BELIEVE, BUT
YOU KNEW THAT
WASN’T TRUE/
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THE TWO OF US МЕЕРЕР

TO PISAPPEAR.
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ЗАРЕ WHILE Т SEARCHED FOR YOUR im $c
FOR À SMALL TOWN WHERE ТО МЕ?!
NO ONE WOULD
RECOGNIZE US. WHY DID YOU TELL ME
THAT IT NEVER HAPPENEP?/
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EVEN EXIST?//
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£ WAS TRYING TO PROTECT YOU.

Т НАР A LOT OF
THE WHOLE VALLEY. RESPONSIBILITIES IN
I WAS TRYING TO PROTECT
THOSE DAYS.
YOU NEEDED TO BE HIDDEN SO DON’T RUSH ME, BONE. Т/М

IT WOULDN'T START ALL NOT TOO FOND OF
ONER AGAIN. DISCUSSING FAMILY
MATTERS AS IT IS.
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WE WERE FIGHTING THE
RAT CREATURES OVER WHO
IT STARTED BACK OWNED THE VALLEY.
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WE НАР IT
AND THEY
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BACK THEN THE VALLEY WAS ONCE WAR BROKE OUT, THE
RULED BY THE KINGDOM OF KINGDOM FELL INTO TURMOIL
АТИНА ... AND LIFE WAS HARD. FAMILIES FELL
APART
THE RAT CREATURES LIVED IN ÓN 5 NOBODY WAS IN CONTROL. AND WE ALL
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND LOST
THE DRAGONS LIVED IT WENT ON FOR FRIENDS.
IN THE WEST.
THEN ONE DAY, WE KNEW THEY'P BE BACK - -

THE WAR WAS OVER. BUT WHEN THEY DID COME BACK,
THE RAT CREATURES WITHDREW SOMETHING HAD CHANGED.
AND DISAPPEARED INTO THE THEIR NEW ATTACKS WERE
~ MOUNTAINS. MUCH MORE VICIOUS.
ATTACKS SO
FAST AND BRUTAL
THEY BECAME
KNOWN AS THE
NIGHTS OF
LIGHTNING.
SLOWLY, WITH THE HELP OF THE

I WAS UP HERE IN THE DRAGONS, WE FORCED THE RATS
NORTH, TRYING TO WORK AN ALLIANCE OUT OF THE VALLEY AND
BETWEEN DRAGONS AND MEN, WHEN Т A TREATY WAS SIGNED...
HEARD THE THE RATS AGREED TO STAY IN
THE MOUNTAINS, AND THE
VALLEY PEOPLE AGREED NOT TO
REBUILD THE KINGDOM.
ATHEIA HAD
FALLEN AND ALL
OF THE ROYAL
FAMILY
HAD BEEN
KILLED.
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BECAUSE IN ONE OF MY DREAMS - - 7

THE ROYAL FAMILY I AM TAKEN OVER
DOES THAT EXPLAIN THE MOUNTAINS AT NIGHT
WAS COMPLETELY HER DREAMS ABOUT BY PEOPLE WHOSE FACES І
WIPED OuT... BEING KIDNAPPED? CAN NOT SEE...
TELL HER,
... THEY HANE

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DOWN OVER
THEIR FACES.
THE OTHERS Ë
ARE ATTACKED Ву RAT
CREATURES, BUT YOU
ФО ON ALONE AND HAND
ME OVER TO THE
DRAGONS - -
YOURSELF!
THEN,
SOMEWHERE
HIGH IN
THE MOUNTAINS,
WE ARE
BETRAYED!
I THINK YOU
SHOULD SIT DOWN.
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THE OTHER НООРЕР FIGURES |

IN YOUR DREAM WERE YOUR PARENTS... Ш
hw AND THEY DIED THAT NIGHT ili
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ATHEIA WAS BURNING AND THEY, ALONG
WITH A NURSEMAID, MANAGED
TO SNEAK YOU OUT OF
THE CITY.
TRAVELING ONLY AT NIGHT,

AND IN COMPLETE SECRECY, THEY
MANAGED TO MAKE THEIR WAY NORTH
ALONG THE FOOTHILLS OF THE
MOUNTAINS TO THE PASS
CALLED THE PRAGON'S STAIR.
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MET THE THE DRAGONS’
ROYAL PARTY STRONGHOLD IN
THERE T "d PEREN GARP WHEN
ON THE WE МЕКЕ
PASS... | ВЕТКАУЕР/
WAS IT THE
А BAND ОР RAT СКЕАТИКЕЗ
LED BY THEIR CHIEFTAIN KINGDOK I RUSHED BACK, BUT
APPEARED IN THE PASS BEHIND US. THE MASSACRE WAS OVER.
YOUR PARENTS CHOSE TO STAY NURSEMAIP Ñ NO ONE WAS LEFT ALIVE.
AND FIGHT THE MONSTERS
WHILE I WENT ON TO DELIVER YOU TO
BETRAYED
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TRAITOROUS
THE GREAT RED DRAGON. WAS TORN IN TWO.
YOUR FATHER WAS
РЕАР... KILLED BY
THE RAT
CREATURES.
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АМР YOUR MOTHER . ..
MY ONLY CHILP, LMCRAN'MA

SO SORRY.
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THE VALLEY...
THE GIRL WHO LIVES
WITH THE
OLD COW WOMAN...
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THINK £ пр NOT
KNOW... ?
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.. ЛЕТ МАТЕР...
РОК YOUR COWARPLY UNDERLINGS то веме AE
INFORMATION WE WOULD ALL GROW OLD
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£ SUSPECT THAT
IF YOU, KINGDOK ...
SHOWED LESS FEAR FOR
THE RED DRAGON...
YOUR WARRIORS MIGHT
FOLLOW YOUR
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EACH MORNING ... you WISH те
ASK US
ABOUT?
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AND YET X САМ NOT BUT THERE IS SOMETHING TO BRING А PAWN

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TO HER... А NEW YOURSELF,
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YOU ваме US
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WITH THE VILLAGERS ... DANGEROUS.
IF IT IS YOUR DESIRE... SHOULD WE NOT
WE WILL ATTACK PREPARE - -
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ВИТ WHAT OF THIS
Срартег Seven: Dreams
EVERYBODY GATHER
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ANNOUNCEMENT
TO МАКЕ!
MEANS ANЎ ALL RIGHT NOW ;

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BONE BOYS... TH’ COW RACE! 7
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THEY OWE ME A LOTTA EGGS,
AN’ SO THEY GOTTA STAY
RIGHT HERE AN’ WORK
THAT MEANS £ DON’T

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WHY NOT, OUTTA ЦЯ!
LUCIUS?
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PAY FOR WHAT
THEY DID!
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TEAR THEIR
LEGS OFF!
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YOU LET THIS

FAST-TALKIN’ SQUIRT
TRICK YA INTO BETTIN’ ON ISN”T THAT
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EXIST/ PHONEY BONE?
BUT І WARNED YA!

BE TALKED INTO I TOLD YA YOU WERE
BETTIN’ YER BEIN’ PLAYED FOR A
LIFE’S SAVINGS J | BUNCHA SAPS, Вит
ON THIS IDIOT YA PIPN
DRESSED INA
сом зит!
Л!
Дол MOV
THAT'S RIGHT/
AN’ WHEN @RAN“AA BEN
N
WON THAT RACE, X WAS TH”

ONLY ONE WHO BET ON НЕК!
DA
A
YN
ALL BETS WERE OFF, AN”
WE LET YA HAVE YER
LIVESTOCK BACK? ALL TOLD, Т?Р
SAY YOU GIRLS GOT OFF
МЕ AN’ GRAN’MA COULDA PRETTY EASY?
SPLIT THAT POT,
вит NOOOOO....
e
WE FELT SORRY FOR YA!
397
Eyes of the Storm
OKAY, NOW THAT THAT’S е

SETTLED, г WANNA TELL YA
ABOUT THIS LITTLE
CONTEST МЕКЕ
GONNA HAVE...
HERE’S TH’ DEAL, SEE?

AS LONG AS PHONEY BONE AN’ HIS
COUSIN SMILEY BONE ARE WORKIN’
HERE, NOBODY LAYS A FINGER
ON ‘EM OR THEY ANSWER
ТО МЕ” CLEAR?”
Drearns
-.. NOW, THIS CONTEST І WAS TELLIN’ FROM NOW ON, THIS BAR
YOU ABOUT - - IT’S BETWEEN № WILL ВЕ DIVIDED IN TWO!
ME AN’ MISTER PHONEY BONE, HERE. ЖИ, RUN THIS END, AN’ TH’
HE THINKS HE CAN RUN THIS JOINT BONES’LL RUN THAT END.
BETTER THAN Х САМ! WE’RE
GONNA LET yOu
DECIDE!
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f |||
| [ШИ і.
4
4
|[А am
HERE’S TH’ RULES: YOU CAN TAKE YER YOU САМ EITHER
BUSINESS TO WHICHEVER END VOTE FOR
га OF TH’ BAR YOU WANT” МЕ, ОК
AFTER ONE MOON, THE END THAT EARNS YOU САМ
TH’ MOST EGGS МОТЕ РОК
FOR TH’ TAVERN WINS//
WHO
WANTS A
DRINK?
Eyes of the Storm
WHAT ARE WE GONNA РО, РНОМЕУ? \

NOBODY’S GONNA ORDER ANYTHING
FROM US? IF МЕ LOSE THIS
CONTEST WE’RE GONNA BE WASHIIN’
DISHES FOR TH’ REST OF
OUR LIVES’
BUT WE’LL SURE! ALL WE RIGHT! гм ON IT! 2)

I KNOW, І KNOW.
THINK OF GOTTA DO 15 WE'LL HOLD А
THIS WASN’T ONE
COME UP WITH LECTURE SERIES!
OF TH’
SMARTEST
SOMETHIN’,
RIGHT? SOME WAY NO, WAIT! WELL USE
BETS WE ALWAYS TO LURE
TH’ TOWNSPEOPLE
PUPPETS!
ТМЕ EVER МАРЕ. pO” REALLY CUTE PUPPETS
BACK DOWN
TO OUR END. WITH HIGH, SQUEAKY
HOW HARD CAN
THAT BE?
Drearns
Eyes of the Storm
Drearns
THOSE DREAMS МЕКЕ

MEMORIES OF THINGS THAT
REALLY HAPPENED THEY WERE JUST
м LIKE YOU SAID...
IN МУ DREAMS ... AND IN THE DARK OF

I WAS TAKEN OUT OF А NIGHT, г WAS BROUGHT
BURNING PALACE AS OVER THE MOUNTAINS TO
ALITTLE GIRL... THE DRAGONS’ CAVE...
I EVEN DREAMED ABOUT

THE AMBUSH ON THE
DRAGON’S STAIR! HOW CAN THIS
Т DREAMED ABOUT THE BE?!
MURDER OF MY PARENTS AND HOW CAN Т DREAM ABOUT
£ DIPN^T EVEN KNOW IT! THINGS THAT HAPPENED TO ME,
BUT NOT REMEMBER THEM
HAPPENING?/
Eyes of the Storm
SOMETIMES
DREAMS KNOW MAYBE THERE’S
MORE THAN MORE WE COULD
THORN, WHAT THE DRAGONS

HAPPENS IN YOUR TAKE ME ON A
DREAM AFTER YOU LONG, LONG
GET TO THE JOURNEY...
DRAGON'S CAVE? UNDERGROUND “EGO
TOA
SPECIAL
CHAMBER.
IT’S VERY
DARK AT
FIRST...
... BUT THEN MY EYES ...Т САМ SEE МОМ...

ФЕТ USED TO THE BLACKNESS ... THERE IS LIGHT...
I’M AWARE OF SHAPES IN I AM IN A HUGE CAVERN...
THE CAVE AROUND МЕ... SURROUNDED BY DRAGONS.
DOZENS OF THEM.
AND WE’RE ALL LOOKING
AT SOMETHING ...
404
Drearns
I CAN'T SEE
WHAT?ARE
WHAT
ANYTHING, THE LIGHT IS I THINK
YOU LOOKING TOO BRIGHT ... THE DRAGONS
AT? BUT THE РЕАФОМБ
WANT ME TO KEEP
SEE SOMETHING,
... BUT I DON’T.
LOOKING IT’S ТОО
BRIGHT.
WHAT ABOUT THE GARDEN?

AFTER THAT Т ,
DON’T YOU WANT ТО TELL GRAN’MA
STAYED WITH THE BEN ABOUT THAT?
DRAGONS.
BUT I NEVER
SAW THAT CHAMBER
AGAIN...
SHE HEARD IT.

SHE WAS LISTENING IN YES I САУТ
ON OUR CONVERSATION I HEARD YOU. BELIEVE IT...
OUT IN THE ALL THESE
YEARS OF
HIDING FOR
NOTHING
405
Eyes of the Storm
WE’RE NOT
I DON’T KNOW EXACTLY TALKING ABOUT
WHAT’S GOING ON, FIGHTING OFF A
GRAN’MA, Вит YOU'NE ФОТ BUNCH OF RAT
FRIENDS HERE. WON’T THEY CREATURES, BONE,’
PROTECT YOU? THIS IS THE LORD OF
THE LOCUST!
AN ENEMY MORE DANGEROUS АМР YOU'RE SURE IT WAS

THAN A LEGION OF RAT CREATURES. THE DRAGON IN YOUR
THE LOCUST 15 AN ANCIENT SPIRIT DREAM, RIGHT?
BURIED DEEP IN THE EARTH,
BUT EVEN SO, HE CAN BEND I GUESS SO,
PEOPLE TO HIS WILL. BUT I STILL DON’T
UNDERSTAND - -
MMMM.
HE'S BEING IN МУ
DOING WHAT’S HE
DOING? DREAM?
THIS ON £ DON’T GET IT.
PURPOSE!
Drearns
МЕ HAVE 24
руно,MO МОМ; be
S STi и
NOT TELLING US!
тд =
МУ q:
J \
NER.
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ZEN
AE
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(\
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,
<< i 224 à
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|
Drearns
YOU FEEL
OKAY?
т DON’T
FEEL
ANYTHING.
É = =
РО YOU WANT
МЕ TO
LEAVE УОИ
ALONE?
LISTEN.
IF YOU NEED
ANYTHING,
JUST... UH...
JUST TELL МЕ,
ALL RIGHT?
Eyes of the Storm
410
Drearns
WELL, THAT'S IT!

WE’RE BEATEN!
NOBODY WANTS
ANYTHING
FROM US?
READY TO THROW
ARE YOU CRAZY? |: 1 - и YOU КЕЕР

THAT GORILLA TRYIN’ TO THINK
CAN’T BEAT МЕ! ' OF SOMETHIN’! !
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT I’M GONNA GO ) THINKIN’
COMES TO DOWN AN’ CAP?
TURNIN’ A PROFIT? TAKE A LOOK
411
Eyes of the Storm
I АРМТ j YOU'RE WELCOME TO HANG

THIS MIGHT BE AROUND THIS END. YOU MIGHT LEARN
ALITTLE J SOMETHIN’ ABOUT RUNNIN’ A
) TOUGHER BUSINESS HERE ON TH’
CALL IT QUITS, THAN I WINNING END OF ТН’ BAR/
7 SMART-GUY? THOUGHT.
HEY ~ є
WHAT’S EVERYB:
£
DOIN’?
| 72 ` 2 LOOKS LIKE TH’ TABLES |

АЕ ЈЕ - HAVE BEEN TURNED,
ON? PAL
EXCUSE ME WHILE I GET
BACK TO TH’ WINNING END
OF TH’ BAR!
Drearns
HERE’ HERE! YOU!

a GIMME THAT?
WHAT, ARE YOU CRAZY 27

HOW КЕ WE SUPPOSED ТО
TURN A PROFIT IF YOU
GINE TH’ BEER AWAY 2!
утту a
l | NO LUCIUS,
ТМЕ HAP IT
ДО WITH THAT
| RUNT.
Eyes of the Storm
414
Chapter Eight: Things that go Bump in the Night
WHAT DID
you SAY
Eyes of the Storm
I--I--UH--
I JUST SAID r WISH FONE BONE
FONE BONE’S DRAGON HAS A
WAS HERE... DRAGON?
HE’S THAT YEAH, RIGHT...

OTHER BONE’
THEIR
COUSIN’ TH’ ONE WHO’S
ALWAYS HANGIN’
AROUND WITH
SO WHERE IS ALL RIGHT,

THIS COUSIN OF YEAH! АМ”
WHERE’S THE THAT’S ENOUGH!
YOURS NOW?
DRAGON?!
416
Things that go bump in the Night
DON’T TRY TO WHAT FOR? STRANGE

STOP US, LUCIUS’ І DION’T SAY
YOU PON'T I BELIEVED IN ‘EM... ENOUGH TO
IF THERE’S A BELIENE IN ы MAKE YOU START
DRAGON WALKIN’ BUT THERE HAVE
PRAGONS, РО BEEN SOME PRETTY BELIEVIN’ IN
AROUND OUT THERE, CHILDREN’S
WE WANNA STRANGE THINGS
STORIES?
KNOW! GOIN’ ON HERE
LATELY!
I KNOW IT SOUNDS CRAZY, AN’ TH’ HAIRY MEN?

BUT PEOPLE BEEN SEEIN^ THEY’RE SURE GETTIN’ A LOT EVEN ATTACKED
STRANGE THINGS IN TH’ BRAVER? YOU NEVER USED TO SEE TH’ COW RACE
WOODS AT NIGHT! FOLKS ARE THEM AROUND ... AN’ NOW IN BROAD
AFRAID TO GO Оит! YOU HEAR STORIES ABOUT “ЕМ DAYLIGHT!
EVERY DAY!
I WAS
THERE,
REMEMBER?
WHAT'S YOUR
POINT?
EVERYTHING LOOK HERE, BUB,

STARTED JUST I DON’T KNOW WHOSE
WAS FINE UNTIL TH’
ABOUT TH’ SAME РКАФОН THIS IS,
THE BONES CAME TO
TIME THESE BUT IT AIN’T OURS?
OUR PART OF
TH’ VALLEY! TH’ ONLY
DRAGON ТРЧЕ
SEEN IS А BIG, LAZY
ORANGE ONE, AN’
HE WAS ALREADY
HERE!
417
Eyes of the Storm
7
BIG AN’ WHAT’S TRUE?
GASPING BOY! ORANGE! УОП'КЕ NOT GONNA
YOU GOT A LOTTA WEIRD THEN IT’S BELIEVE ANYTHING
STUFF IN THIS CRAZY TRUE! PHONEY BONE TELLS YOU,
VALLEY, SO DON’T ARE YA? YOU САМТ
GO BLAMIN’ US FOR TRUST THIS RUNT
YOUR PRAGON PROBLEMS! AS FAR AS YOU
CAN THROW
HE'S TELLIN’ ТН” YOU TAKE | JONATHAN’ UM...

TRUTH, LUCIUS! WE GOT TH’ CAKE, TELL Lucius ONE NIGHT
US А REAL, LIVE PRAGON WHAT YOU WHEN I WAS
WALKIN’ AROUND WALKIN?
OUT THERE! ТІ HOME...
UH...
I ЗАМ
SOMETHIN’. . .
q
THERE WASN'T HARPLY ANY MOON THERE, SEE?

OUT, SO IT WAS KINDA DARK. WHAT РО YOU SAY
AN’ REAL QUIET. TO THAT, LUCIUS?
THEN Т SAW IT. A HUGE, SHAPE STILL THINK DRAGONS
MOVIN’ BETWEEN TH’ TREES! ARE JUST
IT WAS BIG AND IT CHILDREN’S STORIES?
WAS ORANGE - -
AND WHEN IT WAS GONE, ALL
THAT WAS LEFT WAS
TH’ SMELL OF BRIMSTONE!
418
Things that go Bump in the Night
WELL, WELL’ NOW, THIS

IS INTERESTING ...
YOU SAY YOU'NE ... YOU SAY
TWHEARD
WOODS . EO OUTSIDE AFTER
SEEN SHAPES IN ,
BUMPS
TH’
IN DARK ...
NIGHT ...
YESSIR, VE SEEN МЕ
THESE SYMPTO ,
г YOU THINK IT^LL
BEFORE! NEVER HAPPEN IN А NICE,
QUIET, LITTLE TOWN LIKE THIS. . .
BUT YOU САУТ STOP “ЕМ?
THEY'RE HERE
TO ЗТАУ!
Eyes of the Storm
WELL, Г HATE ТО OH, MY GOSH? I KNEW IT"

SAY THIS, BUT I THINK THERE’S THEY'RE
IT’S SAFE TO ASSUME THAT PROBABLY TRYIN' TO
IF YOU HAVE ONE DRAGON, DRAGONS TAKE
THERE’S BOUND EVERY WHERE!
ТО BE OTHERS!
WHO KNOWS? HE'S RIGHT!

THIS COULD BE А WE @OTTA PO
MAJOR INFESTATION? SOMETHIN’ BEFORE
NOW, YOU CAN
EITHER IGNORE THIS
PROBLEM, OR
c YOU CAN pO
A SOMETHIN’
ABOUT IT!
DO WHEN YOU GOT LOOKIN’ AT

ANY KIND OF PEST DO WE GET AN
CONTROL PROBLEM ... EXTERMINATOR? ONE,’
YOU GET AN PHONCIBLE P. BONE:
EXTERMINATOR DRAGONSLAYER!
AT YOUR
SERVICE!
`
420
У NOTHIN’ LIKE А LITTLE

ALCOHOL ТО GREASE TH’
5] (JÑ WHEELS OF MOB MENTALITY
“e‚7057! 6)
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THIS HAS GONE gem

FAR ENOUGH? буо ^
т--- \ Р у
Mike ж
м `
7 ағы
4 и е 22
ИВА
|< WELCOME, STRANGER.

CAN I HELP YOU? = as у І BRING
И NEED OM — ee NEWS FROM
Me ok , THE SOuTH.
YOUR THIRST?
423
Eyes of the Storm
HELLO, ТЕР”
HEY, THERE, I’M DOIN’ OKAY ...
FONE THORN AN’ GRAN’MA BEN
BONE! COULD BE BETTER...
HOW you боор!
DOIN’ THESE TUST
FINE DAYS? BEEN TA SEE
LUCIUS AN’ YER
COUSINS?
OH, YEAH? THEY’S KICKIN’ WELL, THORN IS OUT

HOW ARE UP SOME DUST, IN TH’ BARN LAYIN’ FACE DOWN
THEY? YOU KNOW, JES IN TH’ HAY. SHE'S PRETTY UPSET.
ARE THEY CAUSIN’ LIKE THEY DO. SHE GOT SOME BAD NEWS ABOUT
ANY TROUBLE? BUT HER PARENTS, AN’ SOME OTHER
WHAT’S ALL STUFF ABOUT HER PAST...
THIS YOU SAYIN’
‘BOUTS
GRAN’MA AN’
THORNY?
SOMETHIN’
WRONG?
424
OH, UH, SHE FIND OUT ОВОУ.

X PROBABLY HER FOLKS WAS KILLED @RAN МА TOLD HER, HUH?
SHOULDN'T BY RAT CREATURES? SO I SUPPOSE SHE
SAY, TED. KNOWS HER REAL LAST
I MEAN, г TRUST NAME IS
YOu, Вит т HARVESTAR ...
THINK THEY'RE THA’S A
KINDA ROYAL NAME,
SECRET - - Y'KNOW.
HOw DID you

THORN HARVESTAR. KNOW THAT?
BUGS KNOW А
YEAH. CROWN PRINCESS OF THORN DION’T
LOTTA STUFF FOLKS
SHE KNOWS. | ти’ WHOLE SHOOTIN’ EVEN
WOULDN’T S'POSE
GRAN’MA MATCH! ТНЕУ") KNOW.
KNOW!
ТОН? НЕЕ; BIG STUFF, SAY, THAT
BIG STUFF.
REMINDS МЕ, т
ФОТ А IMPORTANT
MESSAGE FROM
Lucius FOR
GRAN’MA BEN’
WHERE IS
SHE?
SHE МАЗ
IN TH’ HOUSE
LAST I SAW
HER.
425
Eyes of the Storm
Ы Л
z c
ТҮ We l р
ҮМ |
HEY, BONE’
ФО GRAB YOUR КМАРБАС
AN’ MEET ME IN TH’ ВАК
ном”
т JUST RECEIVED
WORD THAT TH’ SITUATION
DOWN SOUTH HAS
CHANGED .
Eyes of the Storm
HERE’S YOUR
BEDROLL AND A
FEW OF YOUR
PERSONAL
THINGS...
ACCORDING TO MY SOURCES,
SOMEONE 16 GATHERING AN ARMY
IN THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS AND
THAT PERSON 15 WEARING А
HOO
IF IT'S THE ЗАМЕ НООРЕР FIGURE

FROM ТНОКМ5 PREAMS, THEN THE IT SEEMS LARGE
RAT CREATURES KNOW WHO WE ARE. NUMBERS OF RAT CREATURES
ARE HEADING
THERE’S MORE THIS WAY.
BAD NEWS...
428
THEY’RE NOT OUT ON A PICNIC, BONE!

IT’S NOT SAFE HERE ANYMORE. WE HAVE TO
LEAVE NOW. ANYTHING IN TH’ HOUSE YOU
NEED BEFORE WE GET STARTED?
ТЛА, GRAB
YOUR CLOAK WHEN І
GO BACK IN FOR TH’
FOOD. АМР WHILE
I’M DOIN’ THAT г WANT YOU LZ ,
TO CLEAR AWAY ALL THIS
STRAW.
THERE’S A SECRET
DOOR UNDER THERE, AN’
INSIDE IS AN OLD TRUNK.
НАЦЬ IT OUTTA THERE
AN’ ТЛА, BE RIGHT
BACK?
- А _ _ E ü "j
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agh <i THIS,
NOW.
BETTER
CONER THIS
UP WITH
SOMETHIN’.
432
ALL RIGHT, LOAD ИР”

AN’ MAKE SURE YOUR PACKS
GOOD АМ”
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Phoney Strikes Back
Book Four
The Dragonslayer
Prologue: Stick-Eater
The Dragonslayer
OKAY, AISTER/ HOLD IT, SMILEY BUT

HERE'S YOUR SOUP BONE. DON’T TAKE MR. DOWN,
АМ” ALE. THAT’LL PAYMENT FROM A SOMEBODY'S
BE ONE EGG! THIS MAN. GOTTA PAY
HIS MEAL IS WHAT ABOUT I'LL PAY FOR THIS

ON THE HOUSE. OUR BET TO SEE OUT OF MY
HERE, TAKE THESE WHO CAN SELL SHARE.
DIRTY DISHES BACK TH’ MOST BEER?
TO YOUR COUSIN. IT’S NOT
SUP AND
REST EASY,
PILGRIM.
Stick-Eater
WHAT’S THAT
STICK-EATER
CAN’T STAND ты DON’T МАКЕ

ТНЕУ ИМЕ OUT НМ ANY LESS SOMETHIN’
IN тн” WOODS HOLY MAN. WEIRD. BOTHERIN’
LIKE ANIMALS? WHY DO THEY you,
THEY'RE WEAR THEIR WENDELL?
PROBABLY IN HOODS LIKE
CAHOOTS WITH
TH’ DRAGONS.
FIRST WE HAD
MY BAR AND тла
зу Ов
TO GET USED TO HAVIN’ SELL BEER TO WHOEVER
т IC ER. `
WHERE’S A MAN SUPPOSED "b protean wet
TO GO 4 ТНАТ,
ТО ЕНТОУ HIMSELF? 22. 4 FRIEND?
441
The Dragonslauer
NAH. /
I DON’T ee |]
GOT ON
А PROBLEM У: š
x WITH THAT. У
3 , :
NN ` À Ӯ
\
\
| N |
! s
Chapter One: Business
ЕМЕ BEEN
CLIMBING FOR PAYS, THORN’
CAN’T WE GO
PART OF THE WAY TO
BARRELHAVEN ON LEVEL
GROUND?
WE HAVE
TO STAY OFF
GRANMA “aN ` JUST А LITTLE

WANTS TO ЈА ON FARTHER, BONE.
IN TH^ OPEN, HAVE А LOOK. ДЕ ОМА CLEAR NIGHT
BUT WHAT г AKE AROUND. | LIKE THIS, : WE SH OULD
WE DOIN’ UP ; ВЕ ABLE TO SEE
) j THE WHOLE VALLEY.
IS THAT
BARRELHAVEN?
IT'S SO
BEAUTIFUL’
443
The Dragonslauer Business
The Dragonslayer
ORANWE MA
ARE BEN?
STAYING Shh! NO MORE
IT LOOKS SO TALKING UNTIL WE
IN BARRELHAVEN
AFTER WE WARN ТНЕМ
REACH THE INN.
ШЕТ у |
AND ABOUT THE RAT
PEACEFUL . | CREATURES 7
ATT И
( 'Д
| /
WE’RE
7 4
МОТ OUT ОҒ
TH’ WOO! 5
2% А ,
УЕТ. ЦМ
j
3
»
Business
PIP YOU HEAR ABOUT

TANNER’S WIFE? SHE WAS
OUT BY TH’ WOODSHED AN’
HEARD SOMETHIN’ MOVIN’
AROUND BACK IN TH’
woops!
NO, BUT you GUYS

SHE SMELLED WANT
Р А ANOTHER
BRIMSTONE? Ж ROUND?
447
The Dragonslayer
SO WHAT HAPPENED? HOW "воит YEAH!

You, AN’
BY TH’ TIME MR. EUCLID? BRING US
TANNER GOT OUT TO SOME OF
THE SHED, TH’ PRAGON THOSE HARD,
WAS GONE! STUFFED, LITTLE
BREAD THINGIES
YOU'RE SO
ФООР Ат
MAKIN’.
ANOTHER ROUND - - YEAH, GIMME TH’ FLAME-

COMIN’ ИР” DRAGONSLAYER CHICKEN! YOU GOT IT!
NEED ANY LITTLE THING SPECIAL! BE RIGHT BACK’
FROM TH’ KITCHEN?
CHEF PHONEY
AWAITS YOUR
ORDERS!
... THEN £ SAY, RIGHT! YOU’RE RIGHT!

TH’ BEST THING YOU CAN pO IS THAT ALL YOU
YOU CAN'T GUYS TALK ABOUT?
AT NIGHT IS KEEP YOUR BE TOO
FAMILY INDOORS! DRAGONS?!
CAREFUL WITH
THIS PRAGON
PROBLEM ...
Business
I GUESS
NOBODY.
YOU WANT
_ МАКЕ-ВЕНЕМЕ AN’ ANYTHING
CHILDREN’S
STORIES!
IT’S DRAGON- WHO NEEDS

SLAYIN’ TIME/
FIERY THIRST?
The Dragonslauer
HEY THERE, т I KNOW!

РНОМЕУ BONE! HEE! HEE! HEE’ GOTTA HAND IT HE’S REALLY
EIGHT MORE BEERS! THIS TO YA, PHONEY! STEAMIN’, TOO,
WE GOT ALOT OF | DRAGONSLAYER THING IS т THOUGHT ISN’T HE?
THIRSTY GREAT FOR BUSINESS! LUCIUS REALLY
CUSTOMERS : => HAP YOU BEAT
TONIGHT! " WHEN HE MADE НЕ DION’T
| ТНАТ ВЕТ ТО COUNT ON HIS
SEE wHO CUSTOMERS’
COULD SELL FEAR OF
TH’ MOST BEER’ ORAGONS/
SPEAKING OF YOU'RE NOT?” `

£ WON'T7. HAVE TO, |
WHICH, O MIGHTY YOU SIMPLETON/
DRAGONSLAYER FAHEY, HEY KERF4 YER Г Jf тне pRAGONS AREN’T
HOW ARE YOU N soler FON 6 51 GEO: DANGEROUS?!
GONNA KEEP TO
YOUR I’M NOT GONNA SLAY ONLY TH’ TOWNSFOLK
PROMISE
SLAY TH’ THE DRAGONS!
, ARE
THINKS YOU'RE
EVERYBODY HERE THINK THEY ARE!
DRAGONS? м GONNA GET RIP NOW HEADS UP!
OF ‘EM! WE ФОТ A CUSTOMER"
JONATHAN?! NOT YOU, TOO?”

77 YOU WORK FOR МЕ”
YOU"RE NOT GONNA
TAKE YOUR BUSINESS TO
THEIR END OF TH’ BAR?
Business
imr Он, WELL, GEE, MR. DOWN ... NO (H DON’T YOU GET IT?
EVERYBODY ELSE IS, SO ALL THIS TALK ABOUT DRAGONS
I JUST FIGURED - - j IS JUST А TRICK TO ФЕТ YOU ТО
23 ORDER YOUR DRINKS
FROM HIM!
HEY, ЗОМАТНАМ/ HOW WAS YOU KNOW, SOME FOLKS

YOUR CROP LAST YEAR? CLAIM IT’S DRAGONS
GOOD HARVEST? z ' THAT CAUSE DROUGHT.
KINDA POOR.
WASN’T MUCH
RAIN.
OOH! BUT Y'KNOW?

THAT MAKES SENSE
WHEN УА THINK
ABOUT IT!
451
The Dragonslauer
ALL RIGHT, THAT’S IT”

C'MERE/ I WANT TO
TALK TO YOU,
SHORTY!
ALL RIGHT, AN’ IX-NAY ON TH’

HOLD ON’ > DRAGONS BEIN’
SMILEY! GET BEHIND TH’

BAR! т DON’T WANNA
LOSE ANY SALES’
I NEVER KNOW
WHOSE SIDE
YOU'RE ON.
452
Business
І HOPE THIS
IS IAPORTANT,
Lucius
I’M PRETTY BUSY
OUT THERE’
т DON’T
LIKE WHAT
YOU'RE
DOIN’.
| YOU DON’T LIKE

р
WHAT ТМ = = 2
WHAT?”
WHAT ARE YOU (
I DON’T LIKE
WHAT YER
POIN” WITH
ALL THIS
OFF?’
NOW £ KNOW
YOU'RE CRAZY/
DRAGON STUFF’
TH’ BET’S OFF! THIS BET IS
TH’ BEST THING
THAT EVER HAPPENED
TO THIS
TOINT!
YOU ALMOST STARTED

DID YOU EVER SEE TH’ A RIOT TH’ FIRST NIGHT!
LARDER OVERFLOWIN’ LIKE YOU THINK РШМ UP А
THAT? I DID THAT ІМ MOB IS WORTH IT JUST TO
TWO DAYS WITH WIN A LOUSY BET?/
ALL THIS PRAGON STUFF’
453
The Dragonslauer
FORGET ТН’ ВЕТ - - WE САМТ WHAT’S TH’ BIG DEAL?

QUIT NOW! LOOK AT ALL THIS EVENTUALLY TH’ TOWNSFOLK’LL
STUFF! МЕКЕ GETTIN’ RICH? REALIZE THE DRAGONS AREN’T A
DON’T FORGET, HALF THIS THREAT, AND EVERYTHING WILL GO
LOOT IS YOURS? BACK TO NORMAL - -
WHAT’S THE HARM?
WHAT’S THE HARM? YOU DON’T I KNOW THAT ONE DRAGON

b KNOW WHAT YOU'RE IN PARTICULAR HAS SAVEP YOU AN’
(2 MESSIN’ WITH, BONE! YER COUSINS’ BUTTS MORE THAN A
FEW TIMES!
р =
\
N ОН, YEAH? AN”
(S You po?
AN’ I KNOW
TH’ PRAGONS
DON’T WANT
ANYBODY TO
KNOW THEY
EXIST!
... Вит DON’T YOU THINK IT’S

NOT THAT YOu” STRANGE THAT 2/М TH’ ONE
HANE TH' TELLIN’ FOLKS THAT DRAGONS
PECENCY EXIST, AN’ YOU’RE TH’ ONE
TO RESPECT TRYIN’ TO CONVINCE “ЕМ
SOMEONE ELSE'S THAT THEY DON’T?
WISHES”
TH’ IRONY OF
ALL THIS MAY BE
LOST ON
you...
Business
ГМ ТН” ONE TELLING “ЕМ SAY ната WHAT’S

THE TRUTH! YOU'RE TH’ ONE REALLY BOTHERIN’ YOU,
TRYIN’ TO HIDE IT? THAT'S WHY ISN’T IT? THAT гм
THEY KEEP COMIN' TO MY WINNING TH’ BET?
END OF TH’ BAR - - - -M-
OKAY, PAL, ГМ
CALLIN’ YOUR BLUFF?! т DION’T THINK
IF YOU WANNA CALL OFF
THIS BET, ALL YOU GOTTA DO
IS WALK OUT THERE AN’ т DON’T SEE
TELL EVERYBODY TH’ MUCH DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOUR
HONESTY АМ?
ФО AHEAD!
TELL “ЕМ
DRAGONS
ARE REAL!
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Business
The Dragonslauer
,..ТН” ФІТСНУ FEELIN”/

... THAT TERRIBLE FEELIN’ THAT
MAKES YOUR HEAD SWIM... Ы ` НОМ ВАР
AN’ YOUR LEGS WOBBLE. 7 N IS IT,
...ІТ/Б A POWERFUL OMEN OF š қ / : @RAN’MA?
BAD THINGS TO COME! \ \
... AND TH’ GITCHY FEELIN’

OH... IT'S А BIG IS NEVER WRONG!
ONE. SOMETHIN’ AWFUL
IS GONNA HAPPEN.
THIS ISN’T GOOD...
I CAN'T SHAKE IT OFF ...

Business
WE HAVE TO ... ARE YOU . DIFFICULT...

GO STRAIGHT TO ALL
ARERIGHT?
YOU % =
ВИТ WE САМТ МАТ...
TH’ INN. SURE YOU CAN
TRAVEL IN
тнъ
CONDITION?
GRAN’MA, DOES TH’

GITCHY FEELIN’ GIVE YOU
ANY GLUE WHAT IT MIGHT BE
WARNING YOU ABOUT?
MAYBE WE COULD
pO SOMETHING!
I
r JUST KNOW IT WON'T BE
IT'LL ВЕ BAD...
SO ВАР...
NOT IF YOU
LIKE
QUICHE...
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Chapter Two: Earth & Sky
GET BEHIND
ME!
DON’T LET ЕМ
SURROUND
us!
NOT YET...
BUT THEY
DON’T KNOW
THAT!
461
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el PUT DOWN OUR BELLIES ARE АФАМ WITH THE

YOUR TIRED, OLD ре QUICHE?/
THAT BLADE EMPTY ANP OUR PATIENCE WHAT KINO OF
ЕКАМЕ CAN PO NOTHING
SELF-RESPECTING
ANP WE WILL IS SHORT ... SUBMIT TO US
TO STOP и5... MONSTER WOULD
GIVE YOU А ANP WE WILL MAKE OF YOU EAT A DAINTY
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DO NOT
EAT
QUICHE?
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AIM A
LITTLE TO
THE LEFT’
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A; NW THORN! WHERE'S THORN?!

|S SHE SAFE?
WHAT
НАРРЕМЕР?
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TH’ SPELL WHAT GOOD IS TH’ GITCHY WOULD

THIS GITCHY FEELIN’ HEVER
сит ME IN on, GREAT!
STARTIN’ IF IT WARNS YOU . ОАЫ IC
TO ABOUT PANGE у
PASS. BUT IT jos WHATEVER IT’S WARNING WASN’T WARNING
PIZZY ME ABOUT HASN'T us ABOUT TH'
YOU TOO
HAPPENEP УЕТ! RAT CREATURES?
јака ? 5 THERE’S SOMETHING
YOURSELF? WORSE COMING?!
I NEED TO CLEAR MY HEAD...

HERE
TAKE MY SWORD
AN’ KEEP AN EYE ON
THOSE TWO.
OH - - UH,
GEE, @RAN МА,
ТМЕ NEVER
EVEN HELD А
SWORD
BEFORE.
Earth & Sky
The Dragonslauer
NO, THAT’S ВАР.

THESE WOODS ARE FULL OF
RAT CREATURES, AN’ AFTER ALL TH’
RUCKUS ме JUST МАРЕ, THIS MORE
PLACE SHOULD BE RAT CREATURES
CRAWLIN’ WITH ÈA ARE COMING!
т ОКАМ МА! METHIN’S

DON’T THINK WHERE ARE о
50... у YOU GOING?!
SOMETHIN’S
NOT RIGHT,
AND
I DON’T LIKE
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Earth & Sky
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WHAT’S BUSINESS É WHAT COULD

IS SLOWIN’ . ВЕ ВЕТТЕР
WRONG, THAN
DOWN! It’s
NOBODY’S
BUYIN’ OUR TO PRAGON-
SLAYIN’
Г ном ABOUT: LOOK AT вм 2

PUT А РКАЗОМ THEY’RE DELIBERATELY NURSING
IN YER FLAGON? THOSE BEERS’
I WONDER IF LUCIUS IS
a TO SOMETHING. . .
THAT’S NOT IT. [THEY'RE PROBABLY S=] PICNIC?

EVERYBODY WE ACCEPT GOODS SAVIN’ ALL THE -
SPENT ALL ANP LIVESTOCK, ТОО! СООР STUFF FOR WHAT PICNIC?
THEIR THE BIG SUMMER I DION’T HEAR
EGGS, SOME OTHER ABOUT A PICNIC?
REASON THEY’RE
HOLDING OUT.
YOU HAVEN”T? 5
X HEARD ABOUT I KNEW ІТ. DON’T WORRY,
I’M SURE
HE'S DINERTING MY
FUNDS! AND THESE
IT FROM LUCIUS? £ KNEW THAT YOU"RE INVITED? BACKSTABBERS - -
EVERY MIPSUMMER'S BIG APE WOULD FIND
DAY THERE’S SOME WAY TO се? Ре ЕКЕЕК./
A HUGE PICNIC AN’ INTERFERE HOLDIN’ OUT ON МЕ,
EVERYBODY BRINGS WITH MY AFTER Т ОРРЕКЕР ТО
SAVE THEIR
CRUDDY LITTLE
TOWN FROM
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IT’S МОТ ИКЕ YOU'RE
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ABOUT THE DRAGONS’
MAYBE THEY’RE WAITIN’ ба KNOW. 5 AGAIN!DID 7
TO SEE IF YOU’RE
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SLAY ONE!
PEACEFUL! TEARS
ANYTHING!
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FLAT-LANPERS
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HOW YOUR
INFERIOR RACE HAS
MANAGEP TO RULE THIS
VALLEY FOR SO LONG
IS BEYONP ME.
BUT THIS GAME

IS OVER.
FAREWELL,
YOUR
MAJESTY - -
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IT’S OVER, DEAR.

WE WON’T SEE
ANY MORE
RAT CREATURES
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YES! YES’
OH, THANK
GOODNESS!
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WHAT IT’S ФЕАМ/МА/Б

HAPPENED? NOTHING. HURT,
Т HEARD IT JUST TOO.
ТНАТ LOOKS WE HAVE TO
SCREECH? @ET TO
THE INN’
THERE ARE THINGS @RAN AA,

I MUST TELL YOU... LET AE
NOW. SEE
I MAY NOT YOUR
ФЕТ ANOTHER CHANCE.
THE LORD OF THE

LOCUSTS IS LOOKING
FOR YOu.
AND YOU MUST
KEEP HIM FROM FINDING
YOU - - AT
ALL COSTS...
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WHAT АКЕ HE’S NOT

WE GOING TO DEAD!
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WHAT PO JUST HELP МЕ y SHOULD 1

I РО? HOLP DOWN ON IT BLOW ON IT?
WHAT PO UNTIL THE BLEEDING МОМЕР THAT
HELP?
BLOW ON IT?
HE'S
GUSHING BLOOD
YOU IDIOT!
HIS ARM 15
DON’T YELL АТ МЕЈ

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MY РАЦИИ?! WE WERE UNDER
ОКРЕК5 TO
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ORDERS/ THAT LITTLE BONE GUY MARBLED WITH FAT,
WAS WITH THEM’
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AND LOOK WHAT роми

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IF НЕ PIES,
THINGS ARE
DON’T УОИ ТКУ TO BLAME МЕ; GONNA GET
THIS IS YOUR FAULT/ WORSE,’
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IF KINGPOK
DIES, THE НООРЕР ONE
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KINGPOK IS HOW’S THE OLD

THE ONLY FELLOW DOING,
ONE WHO ANY WAY?
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WELL...
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Council in the Dark
487
The Dragonslauer
GRAN’MA, PLEASE! MY ARM IS

TUST LET ME FINE, THORN.
SEE YOUR WE'RE LOSING
` АКМ! PRECIOUS TIME...
SO TALK.
TOWNSPEOPLE JUST STOP
MUST BE MOVING
LOOKING FOR US YOUR
И BY NOW, AND
WE NEED TO
TALK BEFORE
THEY GET
Council in the Dark
SEE? LISTEN TO МЕ, WHAT ТМ ABOUT ТО TELL YOU, DEAR,

THORN... CONCERNS NOT ONLY YOU,
OPENED uP Қ H (^. ВИТ EVERYONE WHO LINES IN THE
THAT прими. ; VALLEY. YOU SEE, YOU ARE NOT.
CUT AGAIN! LIKE OTHER PEOPLE — —
TAKE IT
EASY THERE,
WILL YOU?
YES, I KNOW.
I’M A PRINCESS.
YOU ALREADY
: TOLD МЕ.
THAT’S
NOT WHAT
THERE WERE PRINCESSES

BEFORE YOU, ANP THERE WILL BE
PRINCESSES AFTER YOU - -
LIKE GRAINS OF SAND ON THE
BEACH, OR STARS IN THE SKY...
ко В
SHOULD KNOW.
Т WAS ONE OF
THEM.
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Ам AWAKENED ONE CAN WALK

BUT YOU WERE HIDDEN AS A CHILD FREELY BETWEEN THE WAKING WORLD
BECAUSE YOU ARE A VENI-YAN-CARI. ANP THE DREAMING WORLD!
АМ АМАКЕМЕР ONE? AND YOU HANE AGENTS OF THE LOCUST WILL BE
A TERRIBLE PATH BEFORE YOU. SEARCHING FOR YOU.
WHOA’ THEY'LL HANE I DON’T THINK THEY'LL кес

GRAN’MA! ТО ФО EVEN NOTICE YOU, РОМЕ ... ОАА
THROUGH AGENTS OF THE LOCUST
ME WILL STOP AT NOTHING
FIRST! TO FREE THEIR
THE DREAMING? IT IS THE IT’S A FORGOTTEN HUM

ISN’T THAT YOU'NE OLD TIME, Вит THAT ALL THE ANIMALS
THE NAME FOR HEARP OF IT STILL EXISTS. AND ALL THE TREES ARE STILL
THE OLD THIS? IT’S ALL LISTENING TO. es
TIME? AROUND US. ' IT'S JUST US WHO CAN'T
HEAR IT ANYMORE. É
Council in the Dark
THERE ARE THOSE

WHO ARE TRAINED
TO USTEN...
THERE ARE
REPORTS COMING OUT OF `
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS THAT „ДИВИ
THE RAT CREATURES HAVE А 4
NEW LEADER. A LEADER WHO
WEARS A HOOD PULLED
DOWN OVER HIS FACE...
THIS IS IN
KEEPING WITH THE
TRADITIONAL MANNER
OF THE DISCIPLES
OF VENU, WHO,
IN THE
и DAYS OF
OLD, МЕКЕ THE
GUARDIANS OF
THE KINGDOM.
=
THE DISCIPLES OF VENU MY FEAR 15 THAT A RITUAL INTENDED TO
ARE ALSO A MYSTICAL THIS ROGUE FREE THE LOCUST USING
SECT. A RELIGIOUS DISCIPLE LEADING EITHER MY GRANDDAUGHTER,
ӘКЕ DEVOTED ТО MAY BE PLANNING. OR YOUR COUSIN
THE STUPY OF Е
А FORBIDDEN FHONCIEPE
RITUAL ...
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THAT'S WHY МЕКЕ TAKING THORN

TO THE ANCIENT CITY OF
ATHEIA, WHERE SHE’LL
BE SAFE.
PM NOT
GOING TO
ATHEIA.
NO, PEAR THIS IS SUDDENLY THE TRUTH?/

LISTEN. МУ PARENTS ARE DEAD, AND ГМ А
WHAT
ineГМ WERS?//
PRINCESS WITH MAGIC POWERS
YOU IS TRUE! WHAT DOES THAT |
MAKE МЕ?!
THEY TOLD US THEY COULD SEE

IT IS TRUE! ON THE
DAY YOU WERE BORN,
YOUR PREAMS ON THE HORIZON
THE DRAGONS САМЕ LIKE A PILLAR OF FIRE.
TOUS...
Council in the Dark
SHE’S IN DANGER!
STOP НЕК!
SHE DOESN’T
KNOW WHAT SHE’S
POING//
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YOU'RE
TAKE THIS
SWORD WITH
You.
NOW, GO! QUICK, BEFORE WHAT РО№Т WORRY ABOUT ME.

YOU LOSE HER. GET THORN BACK TO yo ARE YOU GO SEE LUCIUS POWN/
THE BARRELHAVEN TAVERN IN ONE GOING u то È BE SURE AND TELL НМ THAT
PIECE. I’M omer ON YOU, Ро? THE RAT CREATURES HAVE
ONE! EVACUATED
THE VALLEY...
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WHAT АКЕ YOU

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DOING HERE? BACK LAST NIGHT - -
DID Lucius HAVE HE WENT OUT LOOKIN’
YOU BUILD IT? FOR YOU АМ” GRAN’MA BEN,
BUT HE NEVER
CAME BACK”
ОН ~ ~ ИН, ГМ AFRAID WHAT ARE YOU I’M SORRY,

THAT'S TERRIBLE! I CAN'T LET YOU IN. TALKING ABOUT? MR. BONE,
LET US IN/ STRICT ORDERS! А WE’RE NOT BUT ACCORDING
STRANGERS!
=
ABSOLUTELY NO TO THE NEW
STRANGERS ARE LET US IN? BOSS, ANYBODY
ALLOWED TO PASS WHO’S NOT INSIDE
THE GATE’ IS A STRANGER!
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AFRAID THERE’S
NOTHIN’ £
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The Dragonslauer
THE MEN ОР РАМА HAVE TURNED A CONTINGENCY OF TROOPS
АМР JOINED YOUR ARMY ... THE ANCIENT 16: MASSING ALONG THE BORPER
CITY OF THE EAST IS ONCE AGAIN THAT RUNS BETWEEN PAWA
YOURS, MY VORP . ... WHAT ФЕ AND АТИНА . . .

THE THEY AWAIT YOUR INSTRUCTIONS ...
МАРОМ
OF
АЛИНА?
ТНЕКЕ WILL ВЕ А @REAT
BATTLE THE LIKES OF WHICH ATHEIA
HAS NEVER SEEN ...
THE ONE WHO BEARS A STAR

REMAINS IN THE SMALL NORTHERN THe е.
VILLAGE OF BARRELHAVEN ... WHERE IS THE
ек?
SHE IS ALSO IN THE VILLAGE... ONCE THE FINAL CAMPAIGN
ALL OUR ENEMIES ARE THERE .... BEGINS ... WE WILL CRUSH THIS
THE QUEEN MOTHER, THE PRINCESS, VILLAGE ... AN? DESTROY YOUR
THE BONES... ENEMIES IN ONE SWIFT BLOW!
.. . AND THE GREAT RED DRAGON...
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THANK YOU,
LORD.
ЖОМ WHAT WAS

MP a THE ALASH
ANP OUR BARS, WE SAW
МУ LOVE. ON THE
ANSWER МЕ THIS BEE ОР
QUEST ооо
THE
PREAMING?
KINGDOK WAS BADLY
WOUNPED ІМ AN ENCOUNTER WITH
THE PRINCESS ... A DOORWAY ТО
THE DREAMING WAS TEMPORARILY
OPENED.
IF THE
ATTEMPT
FAILS?
ДР SHB CANNOT
BB OURS 2220
SHB MUST
PESTROV EAP -0
NOW.
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WHAT pO YOU ... ВИТ HER POWER МАУ
NEED .... BE USED AGAINST US ....
THE GIRL FOR? WOULD IT NOT BE SAFER

TO JUST DESTROY HER - -
The Straggler
THERE IS
NO МЕР
The Dragonslayer
HERE, MR. PHONEY BONE,

IT’S A BOTTLE OF
OUR BEST WINE/
ME AN’ TH’ MISSUS
JUST WANTED YOU
TO HAVE IT.
WHAT’S TAKING WE TRIED TO KEEP

FONE BONE AND PROBABLY THEM FROM GOING
THORN SO LONG? EATEN BY BACK OUT. SHOULD WE
DON’T THEY START POSTING THE
KNOW IT’LL NIGHT SENTRIES?
HOLD ON.
HEY,
У JONATHAN!
ANY SIGN OF
TH’ SEARCH
NOPE.
"DID You FIND
NOT SINCE
THEY WENT
OUT THIS
comes
SOMEBODY!
| GRANMA BEN?
MORNING/
NOTHING.
NOT A TRACE
OF
GRAN’MA BEN
OR
LUCIUS!
The Straggler
I TOLD you PUT THE GATES

YOU WERE WASTING BACK UP AT BOTH
YOUR ПМЕ! ENDS, AN’ POST
NOW, GET IN HERE TH’ SEN TRIES/
WHERE IT’S SAFE?!
YOU HEARD HIM! | NJ C’MON, FONE! BECAUSE HE'S 2

GET THOSE LOGS BACK ( г GOT SOME HOT FOOD THE PRAGONSLA - ~
IN PLACE! AN’ A BOTTLE OF WINE
BREATHIN’ UPSTAIRS - -
OF COURSE! YOU
BE JOINING US TONIGHT. MUST BE EXHAUSTED!
AS WELL, THORN? ГР LIKE PLEASE!
TO YOU'RE WELCOME TO
ALONE FOR STAY IN THE TOWER
A WHILE. ROO --
HEH - -
I'M AFRAIP
ТМЕ TAKEN OVER
THE BIG ROOM
ONER ТН’ ВАК!
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BUT yOU”LL ВЕ
зомме US,
RIGHT,
FONE BONE?
OH, FONE BONE.

WHAT HAVE I DONE?
£ THOUGHT GRAN’MA WOULD
JUST FOLLOW us.
ARE YOU и |
ОКАУ, | ' NOW SHE'S GONE. }..
THORN? ` 7!
The Straggler
PLEASANT
DREAMS.
507
The Dragonslauer
WHO DIED
AN’ MADE УОИ
NOT WHAT ARE YOU UP TO? TH’ TOWNSPEOPLE LOVE US, FONE BONE’ J
WHAT’S WITH THAT THEY CAN’T GIVE US STUFF
STOCKADE YOU НАР PUT UP FAST ENOUGH’
AROUND TH’ SQUARE?
AN’ WHY ARE TH’
DRAGONS?
TOWNSPEOPLE PUTTIN’ YOU ТНЕУ”КЕ
Я
PAYIN ,
ВИТ THE
UP IN SUCH HIGH STYLE? US IN SILK AN’
CATTLE TO БЕ СД,
PROTECT ULPN’T
THEM FROM у HURT ,
DRAGONS! ANYBODY!
YOU GUYS KILL ME! NO, WE DON’T

THAT’S THE BEST PART! HAVE ANY QUALAS.
DON’T YOU HAVE TH’
SLIGHTEST QUALMS WE’RE JUST GIVIN’ ‘EM
ABOUT PROFITING WHAT THEY WANT”
YA GOTTA IF THEY WANNA
ADMIT - - ІТ OFF OF OTHER PEOPLE’S
FEARS AN’ PARANOIA? BE VICTIMS, LET “ЕМ!
SURE MAKES OUR
ЗОВ EASY!
The Straggler
YOU CAN’T FEEL EXACTLY? BESIPES, AS LONG AS THEIR

SAFE UNLESS PEOPLE LIKE GUARD IS UP, ҒИ» ВЕ
THERE’S SOMETHIN’ TO BE ( ЗАРЕ ҒЕОМ TH”
ТО ВЕ SAFE VICTIMS! RAT CREATURES!
AGAINST! THERE’S A CERTAIN
UNASSAILABLE
MORAL SUPERIORITY
ABOUT IT...
AH, QUIT I’M WORKIN’ ON A SCHEME RIGHT

GETTIN’ YER KNICKERS NOW THAT'S GONNA PAY OFF BIG!
UP IN A BIND. GET US OUTTA DEBT, AND OUTTA THIS
WE’RE NOT GONNA VALLEY SCOT-FREE - -
BE HERE MUCH АМР I SHOULD HAVE ENOUGH
LONGER, PLUNDER LEFT OVER SO WE CAN
ANYWAY? LIVE LIKE KINGS WHEN WE ФЕТ BACK
TO BONEVILLE/
I'M NOT
GOIN’
509
The Dragonslauer
YOU'RE JUST ^ NO , E ВИТ FONE, А YOU HOLD IT - -

KIPPIN”, ; RIGHT /) SERIOUS!
таI'MSTAYIN’ HERE. GOTTA
OITA RANE 2 J| THIS IS ABOUT
СОМЕ КBACK!
FONE BONE? / | THERE’S TOO MUCH WITHOUT YOU! ' THORN-
UNFINISHED ISN'T IT?
BUSINESS.
FONE BONE, FONE BONE... GET OVER

COUSIN - - OLD PAL, À HER, MAN’
WHEN ARE YOU GONNA ФЕТ M YOU'RE NOT
A CLUE? я TALKING HER TYPE!
YOU DON’T HAVE
A CHANCE
WITH THORN’ /;
I'M JUST SHE’S NOT I’M TALKIN’ ABOUT

SAYING THAT MY GIRLFRIEND, ALL THE TROUBLE THAT’S
IF Т WERE yOu, ANP THAT’S NOT GOIN’ ON IN TH’ VALLEY
тр START LOOKIN’ WHAT ГМ WITH TH’ DRAGON AND THE
FOR ANOTHER ; TALKING RAT CREATURES’
GIRLFRIEND!
WE’RE MIXED
UP IN ALL THIS
The Straggler
OH, YEAH? I DON’T KNOW,

THEN WHY ARE THE AN’ Т DON’T
RAT CREATURES CARE! AFTER
LOOKING FOR MIDSUMMER’S DAY,
you? I’M OUTTA HERE
AN’ WHY IS TH’ WHETHER YOU COME
RED DRAGON OR NOT?
APPEARING IN
MY DREAMS?
YOU’LL
NEVER
ALWAYS DO, CHANGE’
ISN’T IT?
TAKE CARE
OF
YOURSELF
WHAT ABOUT OUR

MIPSUMMER’S PAY PLAN? £ THINK WE’RE
HOW WILL WE GET GONNA HAVE TO FIND
HOME WITHOUT SOME OTHER WAY TO
HIS HELP?
511
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PHONEY”S UP TO
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TH’ RAT CREATURES THEY MIGHT’VE
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BUT IT’S LUCIUS? HE'S BACK AND

HE'S APPROACHING TH’ GATE?!
SMILEY! GET DRESSED

АН” GO ROUND ЦР TH’
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АМР GIVE HIM ANYTHING
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UT LOOKIN' ~ АМР
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WHAT РО УА MEAN WHILE YOU WERE OUT

YOU GOT ORDERS TO LOOKIN’ FOR GRAN’MA BEN, WE WERE
LET ME IN? BUSY PUTTIN’ UP THESE GATES!
WE GOTTA GET
PERMISSION FROM
TH’ BOSS BEFORE WE
LET ANYONE PASS
TH’ GATE!
THANKS TO
TH’ NEW BOSS,
WE’RE FINALLY DOIN’
SOMETHIN’
TO PROTECT
OURSELVES
FROM DRAGONS!
IS THAT RIGHT?
AND JUST EXACTLY
C’MERE’
SURE, CUZ! IT’S BACK IN
YOU GOT WHAT’S UP? THE STABLES’
A MINUTE?
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WITH SOMETHING!
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were aV 7 NOTICE, DON’T YOU THINK?
I JUST А PRECAUTION, FRIEND. I'M DOING THIS

UNDERSTAND YOU CAN'T BE TOO CAREFUL AND THIS IS А OUT OF CONCERN,
I NEEDED YOUR N THESE DAYS - - WE WANT TO! | PECISION YOU’VE THAT'S ALL.
PERMISSION KEEP THE INSIDERS IN, AND MADE IN YOUR THE WORLD IS A
TO GET BACK THE OUTSIDERS OUT! CAPACITY AS VERY DANGEROUS
| INTO PLACE, АМР WE WANT
TOWN. 1 | ТО КЕЕР |Т АТ
у А DISTANCE!
WELL, I DON’T LUCIUS, LUCIUS, LUCIUS’

LIKE IT” AS A RESPONSIBLE MEMBER OF YOU pO CARE
Т WANT IT THIS TOWN, YOU SHOULD BE ABOUT THE SAFETY
TORN DOWN! IN FAVOR OF ANY PROTECTIVE OF YOUR NEIGHBORS,
MEASURES THAT WE HAVE j PON'T YOU?
IN PLACE”
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Wey ш RUNT? ARE yOu
|» FOOLIN’ ANYONE,
PHONEY BONE!
YOU PLANNED THIS ARE YOU
THERE’S NEVER BEEN DONE? WHOLE PRAGONSLAYER PONE?
A DRAGON IN THIS TOWN’ THING JUST TO PUT
WE DON’T NEED yOu YOURSELF IN
TO PROTECT US’ CHARGE!
IF YOU THINK I’M ARE YOU DONE? NOW, WE”? LIKE TO OFFER YOU
GONNA CHECK WITH YOU GOOD. BECAUSE Г SOME SHELTER FOR THE NIGHT...
EVERY TIME Г WANNA ФО CAN’T SEE WHY YOU \\ BUT UNFORTUNATELY МЕКЕ USING
х ІМ OR OUT, YOU'RE WOULDN’T WANT TO YOUR ROOM AT TH’ TAVERN
COOPERATE WITH FOR OUR COMMAND CENTER.
SOMETHING THAT
GUARANTEES SO! WE
TH’ SAFETY FIXED UP A
OF YOUR LITTLE PLACE
NEIGHBORS. FOR YOU TO
SLEEP IN
THE
KITCHEN!
WITH TH’ BONE

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I'M SORRY,
SINCE WHEN DO YOU Lucius, ВИТ WE
GUYS LISTEN TO ANYTHING GOT FAMILIES TO
PHONEY SAYS? THINK ABOUT.
YOU FALL IN LINE,
IS THAT TH’ WAY

ALL YOU BOYS FEEL?
ХУ RORY?
EUCLID?
NOW THAT THAT’S SETTLED,

I THINK YOU'LL FIND THE
ACCOMMODATIONS IN TH’ KITCHEN I'LL SLEEP
TO BE SUITABLY SPARTAN ... (| ЖЕ IN TH’ BARN?
HURRY UP, FONE BONE!

I WANT TO SEE THIS BABY
RAT CREATURE CUB HE’S RIGHT HERE.
YOU'RE HOLP ON,
I'LL LIGHT A
CANDLE...
IT IS A СИВ!
YEAH.
HANE YOU SHE FLIPPED
SHOWN THIS сит.
TO THORN?
Ве TIME.
SAY, LOOK
HIS
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АН!
САМ НЕ РО TRICKS? т ВЕТ HE’S SMART?!
ANY TRICKS? GEE, І DUNNO, LET’S SEE IF
SMILEY. ТМЕ GOT ANY
HE’S NOT A FOOD ON МЕ... HALF А СНЕЕЗЕ
PET, HE’S A SANPWICH/
RAT CREATURE! PERFECT’
OKAY, LITTLE FELLA,

ARE YA HUNGRY?
HUH? ARE YA?
HEY, HEY! HIDE TH’ CUB!

SEE? I TOLD YA SOMEBODY’S
HE WAS SMART? COMIN’
IN TH’
SPEAK UP?
WHO'S THERE?
IT’S US,
MR. DOWN!
FONE BONE AND
SMILEY BONE!
YES! YES!
FONE ^ BONE>! THORN IS SAFE - - WHEN PIP YOU
WHERE s ROSE? à SHE'S
AT THE SLEEPING
T 7
SEE HER LAST? ДӘРЕ ANT THORN НАР
WAS SHE ALL THORN RAN OFF, AN’
HAS ANYTHING I DON'T KNOW GRAN’MA WANTED ME TO
HAPPENED TO THEM? А WHERE ФКАКМА FOLLOW HER! WHEN T
LEFT GRAN’MA BEN, SHE
WAS STANDING OUT IN
THE WOODS!
BuT BEFORE YOU GOT YES. SHE WANTED ME

I WENT THIS FROM TO TELL YOU THAT THE
SHE НАМРЕР GRAN’MA BEN? RAT CREATURES HAVE
ME THIS” EVACUATED TH’ VALLEY’
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IT’S A VICIOUS ATTACK ВУ THE

MMMM. ..
RAT CREATURES?!
EVACUATED THE VALLEY...
IT’S THE NIGHTS ROSE MUST

OF LIGHTNING THINK THE RAT
ALL OVER AGAIN... WHAT’S CREATURES ARE
A GOING TO BREAK
TH’ TREATY.
ЭЙ >
THIS IS TH’ TREATY ZONE. BUT SHE PIP TELL US THE TRUTH ABOUT
HER BEING THE QUEEN OF ATHEIA,
DID ROSE TELL YOU AN’ THAT THORN IS THE HEIR TO
ANYTHING ELSE? DID SHE THE THRONE!
SAY WHERE SHE WAS GOING?
ОН! AND ГМ THAT’S ODD. THE LORD OF

SUPPOSED ТО THE LOCUSTS WAS AN ANCIENT
TELL YOU IT’S ENEMY OF THE DRAGONS!
THE LORD OF I THOUGHT HE GOT TURNED GRAN’MA
THE LOCUSTS. POES INTO STONE OR SOMETHING WAS
BACK WHEN THE DRAGONS STILL PRETTY
THAT MEAN RULED THE EARTH. uPSET
THORN'S A ABOUT
PRINCESS? IT -
WE TALKED ABOUT WE HAD A FEW ROUGH

ОРЕЛ Е THORN’S DREAMS. DAYS, YEAH.
ROSE TELL YOU? Й Амр... THORN CAN
Bee ie eee HUM OH! SHE ALSO TOLD US
THAT TRE ETE ABOUT THE PISCIPLES OF
e ? VENU - - THESE MONKS WHO
STUDY DREAMS AND WEAR
THEIR HOODS PULLED DOWN
OVER THEIR FACES!
THE STICK-EATERS. THE DREAMING! STICK-EATERS BELIEVE THAT

THEY’RE A MILITARY THAT’S WHAT ФКАММА OUR DREAMS CONNECT US ALL
ORDER THAT WENT KEPT CALLING IT. BACK TO SOME
UNDERGROUND WHEN т GUESS ORIGINAL
THE KINGDOM FELL. THESE STICK-EATERS Ou б
Е GIN TE STUDY DREAMS. SOURCE
ARE yOu
A PISCIPLE OF
МЕНИ?
DOL
ата
HEY! IS THORN A REAL WHAT HAPPENED THE OTHER
NIGHT, BONE?
LOOK LIKE PRINCESS WITH A CROWN WE HEARD YOU YELLIN’ ABOUT
A HOLY MAN АМ”
ENERYTHING? A PRAGON, BUT BY THE TIME
WE GOT THERE, ALL WE FOUND
WAS BLOOD SPATTERED
Е LO Eys ON THE GROUND.
YEAH, WITH A CROWN
AN’ EVERYTHING!
TH’ WHOLE WORKS’
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L МАЗ CALLING OUT TO I THINK

TH’ DRAGON FOR HELP, BECAUSE I KNOW THAT KINGDOK HAD
WE WERE BEING ATTACKED By A MONSTER. IT OUT FOR
GIANT RAT CREATURE CALLED GRAN’MA BEN,
KINGPOK/ BUT THORN
WAS ABLE
TO
RESCUE НЕК...
SHE Сит OFF SHE CUT HIS ARM OFF?

KINGDOK’S ARM WITH GRAN’MA’S SWORD?!
WITH GRAN’MA’S == WOOF ГО
WELL, THE CAT’S REALLY OUT
OF TH’ BAG NOW.
WE BETTER GO FIND т gust
CAN’T GET
OVER IT!
A PRINCESS!
I MEAN, WHO”p HAVE THOUGHT

THAT OUR LITTLE THORN - -
LIVING IN A COTTAGE WITH HER UNBELIEVABLE?
GRANDMOTHER OUT IN THE MIDDLE
OF AN OLD, DARK FOREST ~ - WOULD
TURN OUT TO BE
A PRINCESS?!
THINK
SHE”LL
LET AE WEAR
THE CROWN?
І BET ГР
LOOK COOL
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L^ SO WHAT IF THERE'S NEVER Т LIKE THE FENCE, TOO, Вит

BEEN А DRAGON IN THIS TOWN? DOES IT SEEM RIGHT TO YOU
I LIKE THE FENCE ‘CAUSE IT MAKES THAT WHILE WE’RE HIDIN’ IN HERE,
SURE THERE AIN^T NEVER THOSE DRAGONS ARE OUT
GONNA ВЕ NO PRAGONS THERE WALKIN’
IN THIS TOWN! AROUND
FREE AS
BIRDS?
>
WHAT’RE YOU WHY SHOULD WE BE AFRAID BLOODY DRAGONS! WELL, WE
GETTIN’ AT, то GO OUT АТ NIGHT? BUT AS LONG AS HIRED A
WENDELL? ARE WE GONNA LET THOSE THEY’RE OUT THERE, PRAGONSLAYER,
DRAGONS RULE OUR WHAT CAN WE PIDN^T WE?
LIVES? pO?
THE Мір-
SUMMER’S DAY
PICNIC IS
COMIN’ UP,
AN’ МЕРЕ
TRAPPED IN
HERE!
LET’S MAKE HIM GO OUT THERE

AND GET RID OF THOSE DRAGONS! ... FOR OUR WIVES
WE’RE AGREED. AND KIDS ...
IT’S TIME FOR THE
FOR OUR DRAGONSLAYER TO
FAMILIES ... START EARNING
| ЗААУ HIS KEEP.
YOU'RE RIGHT”
THORN?
ARE YOU AWAKE? Me
IT’S Lucius. У
AND YOU'RE
WEARING IT
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YOU'RE SAFE.
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... TONIGHT .
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... FAR TOO LONG HAVE WE BEEN

MEN OF PAWA, WHO COME FROM
FORCED TO LIVE ON THE BARREN SLOPES
THE STURDY HILLS OF THE SOUTH....
OF THE HIGH PLACES...
NO LONGER WILL YOUR FAMILIES TOIL IN
THE DUST AND ROCKS OF YOUR FARAWAY LAND...
FOR THE LORD OF OUR DREAMS AND THE KING
HAIRY MEN OF THE MOUNTAIN TRIBES/ OF ALL MISTS SPEAKS TO YOU THROUGH ME...
YOUR WEARY YEARS OF OPPRESSION AND DELIVERS US THESE LAWS...
АМР HUMILIATION ARE NEAR THEIR END...
LAWS WHICH ARE PROCLAIMED LAW THE FIRST:
FOR ALL TO HEAR ALL THE VALLEYS AND ALL THE LANDS BETWEEN
- - SO SPEAKS THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS - ~ THE MOUNTAINS OF THE RISING SUN,
AND THE MOUNTAINS OF THE SETTING SUN,
BELONG NOW AND FOREVER TO THE PEOPLE
OF THE HOLY HOUSE OF MISTS.
= я SO SAYETH THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS - -

LAW THE SECOND:
ALL THOSE WHO LIVE IN THE VALLEY WITHOUT
THE PERMISSION OF THE HOLY HOUSE OF MISTS, РО SO
NOT WITH THE RIGHTS AND PRIVILEGES OF THE PEOPLE,
SAYETH ВИТ AS TRESPASSERS ANP BURDENS ОМ

THE LORD OF THE HOUSE OF MISTS.
THE
- - SO SAYETH THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS - ~
LOCUSTS!
FOR THE LORD OF OUR DREAMS AND THE KING
OF ALL MISTS SPEAKS THROUGH ME UNTO YOU...
AND DELIVERS US THESE LAWS...
SO SAYETH
THE LORD
OF
THE LOCUSTS! A
THE LORD
OF SO SAYETH
THE LOCUSTS! THE LORD
OF
THE LOCUSTS’
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WE CAN PUT MORE TENTS

ALONG THE EAST WALL, MR. BONE.
WITH ANY LUCK, THAT SHOULD
ACCOMMODATE TH’ REST OF
THE FAMILIES FROM
THE VILLAGE,
ФООР, GOOD.
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COULD ВЕ WHAT ABOUT THE

TODAY, BLACKSMITH?
TOMORROW Е WE’RE GONNA DEFEND
AT TH” THIS TOWN AGAINST
LATEST. DRAGONS, WE NEED TO
START BEATING THOSE
PLOWSHARES INTO
SWORDS, YOU KNOW!
EUCLID’S ФОТ VERY GOOD, SAY, WENDELL,

SOME OF TH’ WENDELL’ HAVE YOU SEEN
) BOYS HELPIN’ LOOKS LIKE SMILEY BONE? 4
HIM MOVE THE EVERYBODY’S HE TOOK OFF
FORGE THIS UNDER МУ |, AFTER BREAKFAST,
AFTERNOON. CONTROL - 2: AN’ HE NEVER
SHOWED UP FOR
I MEAN, | LUNCH...
IT LOOKS LIKE b
YOU HANE
EVERY THING
UNDER
CONTROL!
YOUR COUSIN SPEAKING OF THE VILLAGERS AREN’T

MISSED A MEAL? MEALS, WENDELL, HOLDIN’ OUT ON ME, АРЕ ТНЕУ?
\ THAT IS STRANGE! I NOTICED THAT МУ А DRAGONSLAYER HAS TO
OMELET THIS MORNING KEEP UP HIS STRENGTH’
WAS A LITTLE SMALLER I COULD BE CALLED
THAN USUAL. AND AT UPON TO FIGHT A
LUNCH, THE SERVING DRAGON AT ANY МОМЕНТ"
OF HAM WAS
A BIT STINGY...
ACTUALLY, SIR, ЕЛІ» Г мо, ве т. SHOULD WARN

THE BOYS WANTED ) | |. OH, NOT EXACTLY. YOU, WENDELL,
ME TO TALK TO "NE REALLY. THAT МООР CAN
YOU ABOUT EFFECT A
ТНАТ. THE BOYS — DRAGONSLAYER’S
ARE WORRIED e REAPINESS,
ABOUT MY
HEALTH?
The Midsummers Dau Dlan
NO, IT’S JUST THAT~ DON’T GET CHEAP

WE'VE BEEN FEEDIN’ YOU ON ME, WENDELL!
IF YOU CAN’T
HOLPIN' OUT OVER A WEEK, AN’ YOU AFFORD TO HAVE
SAVED IF YOU
ACTUALLY WENT
ON ME, HAVEN’T GONE OUT А PRAGONSLAYER
OUT AND SLAYEP HUH?/ TO KILL PRAGONS
EVEN ONCE?
AROUND,
JUST SAY SO,
A DRAGON! BUT DON’T GO
HOLDIN’ OUT ON
ME!
Г WE'RE NOT HOLDIN’ OUT OF COURSE

ON YOU! WE PAID YOU TO
YOUSHAME! YOU KNOW т DO! I KNOW THAT
BE A PRAGONSLAYER, THINK І ABOUT TH YOU AND THE VILLAGERS
и DON’T KNOW
Ка, SLAY A DRAGON? / `Q УЕР міне о Aue ERN
: HOLDIN’ Оит
iv GOODS AN’ қ
ON ME? I ESTOCK FOR IT!
YOU THINK £
DON’T KNOW
ABOUT THE NAT JO. REAT
MIPSUMMER'S PROTECTOR?!
DAY PICNIC?
B-BUT THE PICNIC IS

A TRADITION! IT
MEANS SO
MUCH TO THE
CHILDREN!
THIS IS A STATE
OF EMERGENCY, MISTER?
WE DON’T HAVE TIME FOR
FRIVOLOUS CELEBRATIONS: |
NOW, YOU AN’ THE BOYS +++ AND BRING

GATHER UP ALL THESE GOODIES TH’ VILLAGERS?
YOU BEEN HIPIN’ FROM ME, IT’S TIME YOU ALL LEARNED
AND BRING СЕМ ТО TH’ ABOUT MY PLANS FOR
CENTER OF TH’ COMPOUND MIPSUMMER'S DAY!
AT DUSK...
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MOST OF MY
THAT WENDELL’S MIPSUMMER'S PAY
A LOUSY INGRATE JUST PLAN IS КЕАРУ,
LIKE TH’ REST OF “ЕМ! BUT THERE ARE
I'LL SHOW "EM THEY CAN'T I WONPER
WHERE STILL À FEW
HOLP OUT ON SMILEY THINGS THAT NEED ТО
PHONCIBLE P. BONE! BE TAKEN CARE OF.
BONE IS?
HE’S NEVER
AROUND WHEN £
WANT
OH, WELL, Т GUESS AN Í waar ро you |” )

ENTERPRISING, YOUNG WANT? | COLLECTION!
DRAGONSLAYER’S WORK ; |МІ ты” DEFENSE ОР
IS NEVER DONE!
AFTERNOON,
| ИА THIS TOWN
| AIN’T FREE,
Lucius, 2 | YA KNOW!
OL’ PAL! EVERYBODY’S
Ñ GOTTA
CHIP IN?
HEY, WE GOT A THEY’RE DISPLACED

DOZEN DISPLACED BECAUSE yOu
FAMILIES LIVING IN DISPLACED THEM.
TH’ COMPOUND!
SO, WHAT
CAN £ PUT
YA DOWN FOR
TODAY?
THREE
CHICKENS?
The Mid-Summers Day Plan
т DON’T HAVE YOU DON’T IF YOU'RE DESPERATE,

ANY MORE CHICKENS. HAVE ANY т GOT A BARREL OF
YOU AN’ YOUR SHADY CHICKENS LEFT? D TAR OUT BACK - -
FRIENDS ALREADY ARE YOU WE COULD ROUND UP
TOOK ХЕМ ALL. SURE? 4 СОМЕ FEATHERS ...
... MAYBE МЕ NS
COULD FIX SOMETHING
тла. JUST
Рит YOU
DOWN
FOR
SIX
CHICKENS
TOMORROW.
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FONE BONE?
IS THAT YOU?
IT’S ME ——
SMILEY /
SMILEY BONE? ОН! WELL, DON’T WORRY,

WHAT ARE YOU BEEN HERE І GuESS І IT WON’T GO то
DOING HERE? ALL DAY DION’T NEED ТО WASTE ~ ~
SMUGGLIN’ IN BRING ALL THIS,
FOOD FOR TH’
BABY RAT SAY,
YOU DION’T
CREATURE! renner
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LISTEN, SMILEY, BECAUSE HE’S IN BUT T

THIS CUB CAN’T DANGER HERE! THORN LIKE HIM!
STAY HERE. THREATENED TO KILL HIM
WE HAVE TO MOVE ONCE ALREADY!
JEEZ, SMILEY! IT’S FOR HE NEEDS TO GO WE COULD TAKE

HIS SAFETY! BACK TO THE HIM BACK TO
JUST THINK WHAT WOULD SO WHAT EASTERN MOUNTAINS TH’ MOUNTAINS
HAPPEN IF Lucius ARE WE TO BE WITH OTHER OURSELVES!
FOUND OUT WE WERE GONNA RAT CREATURES.
KEEPING A RAT CREATURE po?
IN HIS BARN’
THAT’S NOT
EXACTLY
WHAT I НАР IN MIND, est tab
I FIGURED IT
WOULD BE TH’ СИВ - -
GOOP ENOUGH IF ILL HIDE
WE COULD JUST TH’ FOOD!
GET HIM OUT OF THE
COMPOUND!
пд!
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FONE £ KNOW YOU'RE

BONE? IN HERE...
UM... YEAH,
I’M IN HERE,
IN FACT, ТМЕ COME

DON’T WORRY. TO APOLOGIZE
I WON'T FOR MY BEHANIOR OH, SURE.
HURT IT. LATELY. PULL UP
MAY £ SIT DOWN? SOME HAY.
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THANK YOU.
THORN, THE DREAMS ARE
т DON’T REALLY you GETTING WORSE.
KNOW HOW TO DON’T
HAVE ТО - -
YES. THEY’RE SO I CAN'T TELL. THORN, THIS IS

BAD THAT Т/М AFRAID I’M SO TIRED THAT SERIOUS!
TO GO TO SLEEP. EVEN WHEN Т/М WE GOTTA
AWAKE ІТ pO SOMETHIN’!
ARE УОЏ FEELS LIKE A
OKAY? DREAM.
WHAT’S HAPPENING, FONE £ WANT TO

BONE? eo
WHY IS EVERYTHING CHANGING?/ HOME.
WHY CAN'T WE ФО
BACK TO THE WAY IT WAS
BEFORE? ABOUT?
I’M GOING THE FARMHOUSE? I DONT

BACK TO THE THAT WON’T HELP CARE
FARMHOUSE. ANYTHING! TM
DON’T YOU REMEMBER? GOING
GRAN’MA BEN SAID
IT WASN’T SAFE
THERE ANYMORE!
... WHY DON’T YOU STAY WE’RE GONNA SNEAK ТН”

HERE WITH ME AN’ SMILEY? CUB OUT OF TH’ COMPOUND
YOU COULD HELP 15: TONIGHT, АМ” SET HIM FREE!
THORN,
YOU'RE
TIRED! ; JUST PROMISE МЕ
YOU'RE NOT 7 \ YOU”LL THINK ABOUT
MAKING ⁄ ` IT BEFORE YOU
А RATIONAL | A I LEAVE ...
DECISION!’
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I’M SORRY, BUT BUT THE FARMHOUSE WHY SHOULD WE DON’T

ТМЕ МАРЕ UP IS IN TH’ WRONG CARE WHAT SHE SAY
MY MIND. гм DIRECTION! SAYS? SHE THAT,
GOING BACK. GRAN’MA SAID ABANDONED US’ THORN.
YOU NEEDED TO WE DON’T
ФО SOUTH! KNOW
TO ATHEIA/ WHAT
HAPPENED.
WELL, IF YOU
THINK YOU’RE GOING
TO SEE HER AGAIN, I DON’T |%
GIVE THIS BACK WANT IT!
TO HER ...
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Ето.
А оре 7
SS
OH, MAN!
I DON’T LIKE
TH’ LOOKS OF
то»
L^ Wy/ CHECK ІТ OUT!

FONE BONE! WHAT’S GOIN’ ON WITH ALL
WAIT РОК WHERE’D : THE PEOPLE? ?
SHE ФО?
шит a
IT LOOKS
LIKE TH’
VILLAGERS
ARE ' |
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IN THE 4 INTO THE
SQUARE. TAVERN’
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BUT IT HAS СОМЕ TO МУ ATTENTION

THAT THE TREMENDOUS PILE OF I’M VERY
WEALTH THAT Т/М STANDING ОМ DISAPPOINTED.
WAS SECRETLY STOCKPILED AWAY
FOR THE
MIPSUMMER'S PAY
PICNIC!
NOT ONLY WERE YOU HIDING ALL THIS THIS IS THE

IT FROM ME... HOARDING! SORT OF THING
WHICH 15 BAD ENOUGH ... ALL THIS THAT ATTRACTS
BUT LOOK WHAT YOU’VE DONE DECEIT! DRAGONS AND OTHER
TO YOURSELVES! HOUSEHOLD PESTS
IN THE FIRST PLACE!
PEOPLE! PEOPLE’ DON’T YOU WE MUST ROOT Our THIS

SEE?” YOU BROUGHT MORAL DECAY IN OUR MIDST BEFORE
THIS PLAGUE OF DRAGONS ON IT'S ТОО LATE!
YOURSELVES WITH GO TO YOUR HOMES AND GET
ILLICIT BEHAVIOR! EVERY SINGLE THING OF VALUE THAT
YOU OWN, АК? BRING IT HERE
( IMMEDIATELY!
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7
-.. ONLY THEN САМ THIS VILLAGE
THE HEALING PROCESS BEGIN... HAS A PROBLEM
WITH ITS
MORAL
FIBER?
THAT’S IT,
STEP ASIDE!
OH, IT
HAS A
PROBLEM
WITH
7
DRAGONS YOU'RE I AM THIS VILLAGE’S
ARE A GOING SWORN DRAGONSLAYER!
COWARDLY TOO EVERYTHING I pO,
AN? GREEDY FAR тро TO
STARTIN’ SPECIES’ THIS PROTECT
TO GET THEY LOVE TIAE, THE PEOPLE
IN MY PEOPLE WHO PHONEY
HOARD BONE!
THINGS!
PROTECT US? HOW?” WHAT PO YOU CARE, ANYWAY?

WITH THAT LITTLE FENCE YOU ACCORDING TO YOU, DRAGONS
MADE OUT OF TWIGS?! DON’T EVEN EXIST?
THAT FENCE WOULDN’T STOP A
RAT CREATURE, LET ALONE
A DRAGON! THEY EXIST,
ALL RIGHT,
AN’ YOU DON’T
KNOW ANY THING
ABOUT ‘EM’
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WHY pO you
HAVE TO
МЕ ABOUT
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HAVE ТО + - LUCIUS - - JUST ONE THING ~ ~
IF YOU KNEW PRAGONS WERE
IT’S NOT REAL ALL ALONG, WHY DID YOU TELL
LIKE THAT - - EVERYONE THEY WERE
МАКЕ-ВЕМЕУЕ?
WHAT’S
THE MAYBE THE REAL
MATTER, QUESTION IS:
Lucius? > POES A
САТ GOT PRAGON HAVE
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TONGUE? TONGUE?
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AS ЛЕ WE TOMORROW IS MIDSUMMER’S EVE!

£ WAS SAYING, CAN MAKE £ WANT ALL THIS BOOTY - - ALONG WITH
AN EXAMPLE OF ALL TH’ LOOT UP IN MY ROOMS - -
ONE PRAGON, LOADED ONTO WAGONS’
COWARDLY WE CAN SCARE
SPECIES ... OFF THE
I WILL LEAD
THIS WAGON TRAIN AND WOE TO THE HAPLESS
OUT OF THE VALLEY DRAGON WHO STUMBLES INTO
AND OVER THE BUILD AN ALTER, MY TRAP, BECAUSE
MOUNTAINS TO THIS TREASURE PRAGON-KABOBS
THE PASS AS BAIT! BEGIN AT SUNRISE!
CALLED THE
DRAGON’S STAIR?!
THIS EMERGENCY
MEETING OF THE
DRAGONSLAYER ...15 ADTOURNED.
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МЕ. POWN? WHY PIP YOU WE’RE ALWAYS TAUGHT

TELL PEOPLE THAT DRAGONS THAT DRAGONS DON’T EXIST - -
ARE MAKE-BELIEVE? IT’S THE ONLY WAY WE CAN DISCOVER
THEM FOR OURSELVES.
UNFORTUNATELY,
NOT EVERYONE
SMILEY!
THORN WON’T COME OUT
OF HER ROOM! SHE
WON’T
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TALK TO МЕ!
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PESTROY YOUR
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КМФРОК, Г HANE А ,.. MASTER 2. . WOULP NOT THE WAR
TAKE A PARTY OF YOUR
SPECIAL AISSION BE BETTER SERVEP IF г WERE TO
BEST WARRIORS ... FIND
FOR YOU...
THE PRINCESS AND THE THREE АРУАМСЕ IMMEPIATELY TO
BONES? BRING THEM CONFRONT THE GREAT REP DRAGON?
you
WILL DO
AS
YOU ARE
TOLD...
BUT THE BONES ARE SIMPLE FOOLS, WHY DO YOU QUESTION YOUR ORDERS? ....
ANP THE PRINCESS IS JUST A CHILD’ ] THAT CHILD AND HER FOOLS CUT OFF YOUR ARM!
THAT SHOULD BE REASON

SURELY, YOU PO NOT МЕЕР MYSELF
ENOUGH FOR yOu
OR MY BEST WARRIORS
FOR SUCH A
MISSION’
REVENGE IS 1 N РО ТНЕУ POSE ` KINGDOK, МУ WORTHY COMMANDER ...

` TAKING LAND AWAY FROM OUR ENEMIES 15
NEVER FAR FROM і Ñ A SERIOuS
NOT ALL THAT THIS WAR IS
MY THOUGHTS, O LORD, ХА THREAT TO OUR
BUT THE WAR CONQUEST
COMES FIRST... . t OF THE VALLEY?
IT IS MUCH MORE
THAN ТНАТ....
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MUCA,
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563
The Dragonslayer
V
FONE BONE, OKAY, SMILEY, РР YOU TELL SHE KNOWS WE'NE
I'NE GOT THE OKAY! І JUST WANT HER WHERE BEEN HIPIN^ OUT IN
CUB WITH ME... TO GIVE THORN WE ARE? THE BARN’ I TOLD HER
WE’RE READY A FEW MORE WE WERE GOING TO
TO GO. MINUTES. SHE MIGHT SNEAK THE RAT
SHOW UP. CREATURE CUB OUT
OF THE COMPOUND
TONIGHT?
r DON’T т THINK
THINK SHE'S YOU/RE PROBABLY
SHE'S GOIN’ RIGHT.
COMING. BACK TO HER
GRAN’MA’S
HOUSE.
I THOUGHT SHE MIGHT BUT WE CAN'T WAIT

CHANGE HER MIND. SHE'S BEEN SO FOREVER’
DEPRESSED LATELY, Г WAS HOPING IF EVNERYTHING’S CLEAR
THIS MIGHT SNAP HER OUT OF IT... ON YOUR SIDE, WE BETTER
GET HER MOVING AGAIN, GET STARTED!
INSTEAD OF SITTIN’
AROUND IN THAT ROOM.
564
The Turning
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а ЧР |" WE ARE NOT GOING oN

LET THE CUB GO ON № TAKE THAT CUB ALL THE МАУ q
HIS OWN? BACK TO THE MOUNTAINS?
I MEAN IT/ COME BACK HERE!
|: HE'LL ВЕ SAFE NOW + ~ Ne в :
The Turning
т DON’T THINK WE”LL YES, SIR?

HAVE АМУ AORE TROUELE ЈЕ BOY, THIS IS
WITH Lucius, Вит EXCITING!
POST A COUPLE I CAN'T WAIT
OF GUARDS ON THAT TO GO OFF AN’ SLAY
PILE OF TREASURE THE DRAGON
JUST TO BE SURE. TOMORROW!
V GOOD, BECAUSE THE OH, YES, SIR? THE

SOMEBODY WORRY, SOONER THAT TREASURE SOONER WE FIX
GETTIN’ THAT MR. BONE, IS LOADED UP ON THE THAT DRAGON, THE
WAGON TRAIN WE'LL COWS, THE SOONER SOONER WE CAN GET
TOGETHER? BE READY. WE HEAD OFF TO DO OURSELVES BACK
WE’RE GONNA MIGHTY BATTLE ON THE PATH OF
NEED THOSE COWS WITH THAT RIGHTEOUSNESS’
FIRST THING MARAUDING DRAGON!
IN THE AND THAT’S WHAT
MORNING! YOU WANT, RIGHT?
VERY ФООР. NO, SIR, NOT WELL, SEE IF YOU you CAN COUNT
SAY, $ONATHAN, FOR A COUPLE CAN FIND THEA ON МЕ, SIR"
YOU HAVEN’T SEEN OF BAYS! IT’S IMPORTANT
MY COUSINS THEY GO WITH US
AROUND ANYWHERE, TOMORROW!
HAVE YOU?
WHERE TH’ HECK ARE

FONE BONE AND SMILEY BONE?
DON’T THEY KNOW I’M ABOUT TO
PULL OFF THE GREATEST SCAM
OF MY CAREER АМР GET US BACK
TO BONEVILLE AT THE
SAME ТІМЕ?//
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COLD es ОН, YEAH.
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us hi WHAT PO YOU WANT? MAKE

IT QUICK - - Т/М A BUSY MAN.
I HEARD THIS IS NO TIME FOR

you WHOA! WHOA! GAMES, BUG! I GOT A
WAS ТАМ? PROBLEM!
LOOKIN’ you KNOW I’M LEAVING FOR BONEVILLE
FOR WHERE THEY TOMORROW, AND I
YOUR ARE? 7 GOTTA FIND MY
COUSINS’
COUSINS!
BONEVILLE?
I HEARD YOU WAS YEAH, УРАН. ae a OH, FOR - -
GOIN’ OUT TO ; ; AS
SLAY THE DRAGON! YOU eee AY коре LISTEN, YOURE
JUST TELL ME WHERE PLANNIN’ A FRIEND OF
MY COUSINS ARE! ON FONE BONE’S,
, RIGHT?
£ DON’T THINK зере
FONE BONE WOULD кел as
BE TOO HAPPY ABOUT
YOU SLAYIN’ HIS
BEST FRIEND!
The Turning
МНАТ КЕ I’M JUST TRYIN’ TO GET

WHAT IF Т TOLD YOU THE TOWNSFOLK TO ESCORT
THERE WASN’T GONNA BE ME OUT OF THE VALLEY WITH
ANY SACRIFICE? A WAGON TRAIN FULL OF
WOULD YOU TELL ME WHERE TREASURE!
FONE BONE IS THEN? NO ONE’S GONNA GET
HURT! TRUST МЕ/
EXACTLY! HOW YOU THAT'S THE BEST PART”

THE TOWNSFOLK GONNA EVERYBODY KNOWS DRAGONS
THINK WE’RE GOIN’ INTO THE CINE "EM LOVE TREASURE, RIGHT?
MOUNTAINS TOMORROW TO TH’ SLIP? WELL, THESE YOKELS THINK WE
CATCH A DRAGON, BUT AIN’T THEY NEED THE TREASURE FOR
REALLY, MY COUSINS AND £ GONNA BAIT- -
ARE GONNA GIVE "ЕМ TH’ SLIP SO WHEN WE GO TO
AND RETURN TO SET THE TRAP, WE CAN
BONEVILLE IN TRIUMPH? TUST SLIP OFF INTO
TH’ DARKNESS’
МО! THAT’S THE PROBLEM? WELL ... I SEEN

FONE BONE HE DOESN’T KNOW "EM HANGIN’
KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT IT" AROUN' THE BARN
ABOUT IF I CAN'T А КОТ LATELY.
THIS АМО FONE BONE MAYBE YOU SHOULD
LITTLE AN? SMILEY TONIGHT, LOOK THERE.
SCHEME? THEY'LL NEVER GET
BACK TO BONEVILLE”
RUIN FONE BONE’S
CHANCE TO GET
HOME!
569
The Dragonslauer
YOU’S A THIEF AN’ A CROOK,

PHONCIBLE P. BONE,
AN’ ONE DAY IT’S GONNA
CATCH UP TO YA!
FONE BONE?
YOU IN HERE?
FONE BONE?
IS THAT YOU?
The Turning
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572
The Turning
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575
The Dragonslayer
YOU ARE
ААЛ Dh е Ш.
YOU НАМЕ
TO ASK?
WHAT PO YOU SEE \ ú IT IS TOO BRIGHT.

ONER THERE ... y I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING.
| МАТ... L
IN THE < = = SEE А THRONE.
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576
The Turning
ARE YOU
THE
QUEEN?
WHAT ELSE
УОЏ САМ
МОТ МАКЕ ТНЕ
DIFFICULTIES OF
THE WORLD
GO AWAY.
WHAT ELSE
pO YOUС WANT TO
SFR? - &O HOME.
=== GRAN’MA?
aT 15 THAT WAIT + -
m @RANМА BEN?
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577
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FONE BONE?
FONE BONE?
AND THERE 15
Lucius’
ARE THEY IN
TROUBLE?
ANSWER ME,
RED DRAGON’
YOU ARE
PLAYING Т WANT TO
WAKE UP.
Т CANNOT
STAY HERE.
І HAVE ТО
GO BACK.
578
The Turning
VERY WELL.
IF IT IS YOUR DESIRE,
£ WILL TAKE YOU HOME
TO THE FARAHOUSE.
IT
SEEAS TO МЕ
éTHAT YOU ARE
ALREADY
AWAKE!
579
The Dragonslauer
580
The Turning
FONE BONE AND

SMILEY BONE ПРМТ
The Dragonslauer
THEY MUST’VE ү IF YOU WANT

LEFT TOWN, ТНЕМ/ TIME’S UP, | то
NOBODY’S SEEN ЕМ BOSS... STICK TO
ANY WHERE!
І SHOULDA m MOUNTAINS
KNOWN THEY’? ~ = BEFORE DARK,
ABANDON ME IN У \ | МЕ ФОТТА
МУ МОМЕМТ OF mq as | а ФО NOW!
TRUTH! ШЕ. $ і
ALL RIGHT,
ALL RIGHT.
PEOPLE OF ВАЕВЕРНАЧМЕН/ MIT IAFEAR

Bi
HORSE, AMORIS
THAT THERE MAY
WE ARE ABOUT TO GO YOU WHO

FORTH AND FACE THE FEEL THAT THIS
DRAGON! IS A FOOL’S
ERRAND... THINK
IT IS NOT
NECESSARY
TO MAKE
SACRIFICES!
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Ae Vos фа
Ye
4
VOU ONCE ANC ps ALLY OR WILL you FOLLOW ME

SO THAT WE
DO YOU WANT TO STAY MAY CAST OUT THE PRAGONS
HERE, COWERING IN АМР RETURN TO THE PATH OF
FEAR?// RIGHTEOUSNESS?//
ҚАЛАДЫ S
Щи |
582
The Turning
ЊУ
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£
LYS 4 \ = NO
THE PEOPLE HAVE SPOKEN? I ALREADY SOLD MORE BEER
IN CASE YOU РІРМ?Т CATCH THAN YOU, AND
THAT, LUCIUS, OLD PAL, ACCORDING TO OUR AGREEMENT,
THEY PICKED МЕ! IF THE TOWNSFOLK LIKE THE
WAY X RUN THINGS, THEN ALL DEBTS ARE
CANCELED,
UNLESS, OF COURSE,
YOU HAVE
ANY
OBJECTIONS?
ALL RIGHT,
PEOPLE,
MOVE ЕМ ДА
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Chapter Eight: Оп The Dragons Stair
KEEP ‘EM
DON’T YOU THINK MOVIN’, BOYS!
WE SHOULD STOP? WE'RE MAKIN’
IT’S GETTING GOOD TIME AN’
AWFUL DARK... WE WANT TO GET
AS FAR INTO TH’
MOUNTAINS
AS
POSSIBLE!
YES, SIR, K FARTHER DOWN?

M - - IT’S JUST THAT’S CRAZY! -
... MAYBE WHAT'S ТН’ MATTER
IT WOULD BE BETTER B WITH YOU, WENPELL?
IF WE SET UP
A LITTLE FARTHER
DOWN TH’
MOUNTAIN . . .
UH,
WELL...
ІТ SEEMS WE’VE
REACHED
TH’
MOUNTAIN
PASS.
585
The Dragonslauer
WERE HERE! wares THE marrer, THE ҚАРЫҚ ый

FELLAS? YOU'RE NOT GONNA LOSE P e KUBPERIN?
: YOUR NERVE NOW, ARE YA? Р 22 и PERFECT PLACE
an | А, ТО CATCH A
SORRY, BOSS! q ME |DRAGON TO
BUT - - BUT IT’S THIS . .
PLACE”
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586
On The Dragons Stair
BUT WHAT IF THAT’S WHAT еск. WENPELL, ФЕТ ALL

А PRAGON ЫЫ М МЕ NEED ТО SET UP THE EQUIPMENT
со MES THE TRIP WIRES
THROUGH МӨЗ HURRY UP AND ФЕТ THE ROPES:
THE TRAP?! s IN PLACE!
Eu
REMEMBER’
Ека |
LS Or TLL TAKE
THIS IS A
S 2
CEREMONY,
BAIT?
ТЛА, CIRCLE AROUND
AN’ LEAVE A TRAIL
heh, пер!
SUCKERS!
BY THE TIME THE SUN COMES UP,
ТЛА, HAVE THIS TREASURE
HALFWAY TO BONEVILLE/
The Dragonslauer
WHAT”S TH” Ан,

МАТТЕК, YOU IS GLAD! NO, Г/М NOT SLIPPIN’ OFF
PHONEY BONE? WITHOUT MY COUSINS’
AIN^TCHA GLAD THEY SLIPPED OFF
TA SEE ME? АА Ду! WITHOUT МЕ?
IT’S ME, = «
WHERE'S
FONE BONE
AN” SMILEY?
YOU'RE NOT
SLIPPIN’ OFF
WITHOUT YER
COUSINS,
ARE YA?
КИЙ, WHAT ABOUT I TOLD YOU THERE ISN’T

GONNA BE ANY SACRIFICE,
Zee сова TH! REST AN’ T MEANT IT.
TRY- pady OF YER PLAN?
TN ENG НЫ you NOW BUZZ OFF BEFORE YOU
KE RES E STILL RUIN EVERYTHING”
Pt SACRIFICE
а
BONEVILLE
А DRAGON
МОМ! АТ DAWN?
NO Қ THIS?/
SACRIFICE, ж
HUH? ) FORGET IT”
THEN WHY ; THIS IS JUST
YOU GOT TO COVER ME WHILE Т
TH’ VILLAGERS ESCAPE!
FIXIN’ TO ^ `
CATCH
SOMETHIN’?
WHEN THE SUN COMES UP

TOMORROW, THE VILLAGERS WILL
REALIZE THEY’VE BEEN HAD,
AND THEN THEY'LL ALL GO HOME.
588
TRUST ME/ HEY, WHAT

АМУ МОТНМ 15 АМУ САМ І pO?”
МОВОРУ’$ GOING TO OF COURSE I’M SUPPOSED TO
HAPPEN. you BE LAYIN’ OUT TH’
I'LL SIMPLY TAKIN’ THE BAIT? EVERYBODY
FADE INTO THE TOWNS- KNOWS DRAGONS
NIGHT... PEOPLE’S CAN’T RESIST
NEVER TO TREASURE TREASURE!
DISTURB WITH YOU.
YOUR PRECIOUS
VALLEY AGAIN’
WELL, Т
STEALING WANNA GET YOU
THE TREASURE 2 OUTTA THE
IS JUST А VALLEY AS MUCH
UNAVOIPABLE ау AS АМУВОРУ, SO
CIRCUMSTANCE. x WHAT CAN I
PO TO HELP?
ТАКІМ, WHILE THOSE

YOKELS ARE WAITIN"
AROUNP TO CATCH
ТН” SOONER А DRAGON- -
WE ФЕТ YOU
OUTTA HERE,
THE
BETTER!
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IT WORKED JUST NN
LIKE YOU SAID IT WOULD!
THEY WERE MADE TO

WHAT РО WE
DO NOW?”
247 STAY CALM! YOUR SPECIFICATIONS!
I-- Une---
1 Ги, HANDLE GOL’! LOOK АТ
VT FROM HERE-- TH’ SIZE OF
ARE YOU SURE THOSE

ROPES WILL HOLD
HIM?
EVERYBODY! STAY BACK!

DON’T BE AFRAID!
THE DRAGONSLAYER IS HERE, / .
IT WON'T BE LONG ком!) |. DRAGON?
SOON WE'LL ALL ee
Í BE BACK ON THE PATH
WHAT’S WRONG
WITH YOU?’
THAT TRAP WAS /
OUT IN PLAIN SIGHT!
DIDNT YOU
SEE ІТ?!
591
The Dragonslauer
YEAH, Т SAW IT. I’M АМЕ’

IT WENT RIGHT ACROSS ТМ... PERFORMING
THE PATH. SACRED DRAGONSLAYING
RITUALS - - IT'LL JUST
TAKE ANOTHER MINUTE’
EVERY THING
OKAY ONER
THERE,
BOSS?
LISTEN... GET ME OUT OF I THOUGHT

WE GOTTA HERE? WHY? ООН! JEEZ! r YOU NEEDED
FIGURE OUT A I THOUGHT YOU y AGAIN’ SHOULDA A DRAGON
WAY TO GET YOU ou KNOWN TO
OUTTA WANTED TO CATCH
A DRAGON. YOU WERE FOOL THE
HERE... BEHIND THIS! TOWNSPEOPLE?
KEEP YOUR
VOICE DOWN! YA GOTTA
ADMIT
ACTUALLY
CATCHIN’ A
DRAGON
ADDS TO
TH’ EFFECT
HEY! HEY?
THIS ISN’T A ЈОКЕ/
ROUGHNECKS OVER THERE

ARE SERIOUS! THEY'RE HOLD HIS
GONNA WANT А та HEAD DOWN!
REAL SACRIFICE - - ~
САМТ ВКЕАТНЕ
FIRE!
HERE,
А
KILL THE MONSTER
|
Y YEAH! BEFORE ANOTHER
DRAGONSLAYER! AND LET’S GET ONE COMES ALONG!
AN? NO MORE OUT OF HERE’ THEY TRAVEL IN PACKS,
RITUALS! И Y'KNOW’
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THIS IS А WE HEARD YOU

SUNRISE TALKIN’ TO
CEREMONY, AN’ THE DRAGON!
NOBODY’S KILLIN’ WHAT PO YOU
АМУВОРУ UNTIL THINK WE ARE?
I SAY SO! FOOLS?
Ра THE HEAVENS
KEEP YER PANTS ON”
THINK THIS Is THEMES:
DETERMINE - -
YOU
ШТ
WE’RE ATTEMPTING
| |
ТО RESTORE THE VERY
BALANCE OF NATURE!
EVERY THING
MUST BE
ALIGNED’
KILL
HERE COMES THE SUN, - THE
BONE. WHAT'RE
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I’M NOT
GOING ANYWHERE
UNTIL SOMEONE
EXPLAINS TO ME
WHAT’S GOING ON
HERE.
LOOK WHAT YOU'RE (/ PHONGIBLE

WHAT HAVEP. YOU
BONE?
STANPING ON/
MOVE! WE HANE ТО
KILL IT BEFORE
THE SUN IS UP!
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SELL US OUT
TO THE ENEMY!
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If THANKS, кір.
WE GOT ‘EM ON IF YOU'RE
DRAGON ...
| THE RUN. EVER LOST --
КЕМЕМВЕК,
ТНЕКЕ АКЕ
PRAGONS IN
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PHONEY/
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606
Book Five
Rock Jaw: Master of the Eastern Border

Chapler One: Roque Ја
що
pO YOU SEE IT?

ISN’T IT BEAUTIFUL?
D EU ы |
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i -= ENJOY YOURSELVES
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„Вит YOU BETTER

MAKE THE MOST
OF YOUR SANDWICHES,
BECAUSE WE
DON’T HAVE A LOT
OF BREAD LEFT.
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WE SERIOUSLY,
CANT SPENDSMILEY!
ANOTHER“ Y 9 BARTLEBY?! SURE, І РР! WE
NIGHT OUT HERE, ви DON’T TELL МЕ HAVE TO CALL
CUP EPIENDSLL YOU НАМЕР НМ SOMETHING - -
„ВЕ WORRIED. WE NEED 7. Мар ТИГЕ Ми PONT WE,
BARTLEBY?
ТО START BACK ТО
TOWN ТОРАУ!
Г
Roque Ја
HE'S А RAT CREATURE, D YOU WANT THE

SMILEY, AN’ WE’RE LITTLE FELLA TO
TAKING НМ UP IN ТН” THINK WE’RE
MOUNTAINS TO TURN HIM ABANDONIN’
LOOSE! HIM?
NOW, РОМТ FORGET
{ТНАТ//
BUT WHY HE LOOKS

OKAY. BARTLEBY, LIKE A
т JUST FOR _ _, BARTLEBY,
THOUGHT HE GOOPNESS SEE?
NEEDED
A NAME,
THAT'S
WILL YOU REAP US

SOME МОВУ PICK? DEBATING
I WANNA TEACH TH’ WORK OF ART ITS
,
LITTLE GUY NOTA кана 2
ТАКЕ - -
ТО LUNCH
А МАРНОМAFTER AID? G
SLEEPIN PETTER:
WE’RE
READY!
^N THIS BOOK
OR YOUR STIMULATES YOUR MIND!
INFORMATION, THAT NOT ONLY IS THIS BOOK
BOOK CAN PUT FULL OF HIGH SEAS ADVENTURE,
YOU INA BUT THE REAL 107
2 IN MOBY DICK
IS THE PURE ACT OF
READING ITSELF - -
НО! НО; THAT'S

PRETTY FUNNY, £ SAY.
I ALWAYS LAUGH
AT THAT ONE,
YOU BET.
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ALL IS МОТ LOST/ IT IS

НІМ? THE SUCCULENT 4 +
LITTLE BONE ^ tie
MAMMAL! GORGE за
OURSELVES’ Й Я
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LET’S SNEAK |`
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613
IT’S МОТ
WORKING!
“CALL ME ISHMAEL. SOME “...т THOUGHT т

YEARS AGO - - NEVER MIND HOW LONG WOULD SAIL ABOUT А LITTLE
PRECISELY - - HAVING LITTLE OR NO AND SEE THE WATERY PARTS
MONEY IN MY PURSE, AND NOTHING OF THE WORLD - - У
PARTICULAR TO INTEREST ME
ON SHORE...” 2
смок!
LET’S ФЕТ
ОЧТТА
Roque Ја
MAYBE IT’S NOT WAIT A MINUTE!

MOBY DICK AT ALL - - WHERE'S
MAYBE IT'S BARTLEBY?!
you”
BARTLEBY!
C’MON! QUICK!
LET’S 20!
theyre ns У| y 0 THIS WORKED

OWN KIND, W We er OUT PERFECTLY.
REMEMBER?
THAT’S WHY WE
WE SHOULD
LEAVE.
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617
Roque Ja
КМОС
THE LITTLE
TRAITOR”S HEAP
IN”
DID YOU SEE THAT, FONE BONE?

HE SAVED US! YOU SAVED
US, BARTLEBY! OH, BOY?
ENERYTHING’S GONNA BE ACES
WE DON’T WANT FROM NOW ОМ!
YOU AROUND HERE’ OKAY!
во
THEY'RE
GONE!
WHAT’S THE MATTER, CUZ? THE WHOLE REASON WE

ENERYTHING’S GONNA ВЕ ACES CAME UP HERE WAS TO
FROM NOW ON, RIGHT? GINE BARTLEBY BACK TO THE
НЕ SAVEP us” RAT CREATURES, AND
LOOK WHAT HAPPENED!
YEAH,
THAT DIDN'T
WORK OUT
TOO
GOOD,
DID IT?
DON’T KNOW
WHAT WE’RE
DOIN’. AT THE MOMENT,
YOU ARE TRESPASSING.
Roque Ja
. WHAT HAVE WE
WELL, WELL. f я HERE?
А
М КАТ СКЕАТИКЕ
WHAT А VERY | > сив?
UNUSUAL GROUP
YOU ARE.
you CAN р 3 `` IT WILL

PUT DOWN ка : «(| TAKE MORE
THOSE Ж | қ ТНАМ А FEW
ROCKS... > . | \ `5 STONES
B TO CHASE ME
AWAY.
YOU WITH
THEM?
--- THEM!
ТНЕ ОБР COW МОМАМ
АМР THE PRAGONS.
SURELY YOU
KNOW OF
HIA - ~
THE МАЗТЕК ОР
THE RAT
CREATURES - -
THE VALLEY
15 STRANGERS
DIVIDED IN MUST IN THE
TWO... CHOOSE A VALLEY- -
SIDE! ALL WE WANT
TO DO IS RETURN
THIS LOST сив
BACK TO HIS HOME
IN THE
MOUNTAINS,
MISTER- - UH...
MISTER- -?
Roque Ja
ТАМ ANYTHING THAT MOVES
KOQUE ЗА,
MASTER OF THE EASTERN
IN MY DOMAIN, POES SO
ONLY WITH MY LEAVE...
ORDER.
EVERYTHING YOU SEE
IN THESE MOUNTAINS
BELONGS TO
ME. Ke
P / и
\ $ 4 "
LS АМР ТНАТ |
INCLupES
RAT
CREATURES’
ASS
SO, YOU ARE

OKAY, STRANGERS IN OUR
МК. ROCK JAW! VALLEY...
WE DON’T WANT TO
MESS WITH YOUR
DOMAIN- -
WE JUST WANNA je FE
TAKE TH’ KID
HOME? g +
ж
/
ж,
И ФК,
SEARCHING FOR SOMEONE

МАМЕР BONE...
FONE
BONE!
WE DON’T
LIKE THIS
GUY...
YES. THE
ONE WHO
BEARS THE
STAR IS
NAMED
BONE.
DO you
KNOW
HIM,
PERHAPS?
623
/ А STAR? R-R-ROQUE JA!

HEY! £ R-R-ROQUE/ THS
THINK HE YOU'RE NOT НООРЕР Guy
ROLLING THE R7 WANT WITH
OUR
COUSIN?
THE VALLEY
IS DIVIDED, YOU SEE, ВИТ HE FEARS THAT и =--
А NEW LEADER COUSIN LOOKS
EVER SINCE ANYTHING LIKE yOu
THE FALL OF THE WILL. ARISE AND
UNITE THE TWO, I HARDLY
VALLEY РЕРОКЕ THINK HE'LL
THE НООРЕР ONE HE CAN
SEES IT AS RIPE CONQUER IT.
FOR PLUCKING.
/! | ) Ру
LA N 7G
ЧК
7
PHONEY’S NO
THAT THE НООРЕР ONE LEADER! HE
THINKS PHONEY BONE ФОТ CHASED OUT ENOUGH,
, IS GONNA UNITE OF BONEVILLE JUST SMILEY.
THE VALLEY? FOR SAYIN’ HE
WANTEP TO RUN WHO'S
FOR MAYOR?! SIDE ARE
you ON,
ROCK
ЗАМ?
624
Roque Ја
І THINK ( C/MON, SMILEY.

YOU ARE HARPLY “““ LET’S ФЕТ OUT
IN A POSITION ТО ASK /{\! ) = ОЕ НЕКЕ/
QUESTIONS... «Q^ a У
= - ARE COMING
) _—— ,—
WITH ME! / —- Z
625
I IMAGINE
THERE WILL BE
A SIZABLE
REWARD FOR
BRINGING THE
THREE OF
YOU IN...
BUT I DON'T WANT ANY MORE I

DIFFICULTIES, SO SEND THE YOU'RE NOT
CUB UP FIRST. GONNA US!
SEPARATE
626
Roque Ja
BARTLEBY!
WHAT ARE
I’M GLAD
SOMEONE iS
BEING
REASONABLE,
627
ISN’T THAT
MUCH BETTER?
628
Chapter Two: The Orphans
LOOK AROUND...
THERE’S GOTTA
BE SOMETHING - -
629
IT’S THEIR
TRAIL! WE’VE
DISCOVERED THEIR
TRAIL AGAIN’
EXACTLY!
SMILEY BONE
ST?)
THAT DOESN’T
PROVE
ANY THING.
630
The Orphans
Т TOLD you
FROM HOME.
MOM'S GONNA
ВЕ МАР”
BUT MOM
SAID NEVER TO GO
NEAR TH’
WHO’S GON EASTERN MOUNTAINS
WORRY ABOUT “CAUSE IT
THEM? MIGHT BE
THEY DISAPPEARED DANGEROUS - -
DAYS AGO!
631
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б А - |A
М) СЕМ ман руст:

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alli !
Шш Кал
||
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№ 19 ] ж o
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Z, (|,
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6
The Orphans
you A
WHAT’S "BE МУEMBARRASSED.
МАМЕ" WHY’? YOU
ROPERICK. SNEAK
ON USUP
LIKE THAT,
ROPERICK?
THEN WHAT
WERE YOU
I WASN'T POIN” IN
SNEAKIN' UP TH’ BUSHES?
НРК FROM
YOUR
MOMMY?
Й K`
WE'RE ТНЕУ/ЕЕ PEAD! `

SORRY! AN’ FOR THE LAST COME WITH
TWO DAYS, I BEEN МЕ.
WHAT SPYING ON тад, SHOW
НАРРЕМЕР THE GUYS WHO you.
TO YOUR PIP IT!
THE RAT |
CREATURES.
634
The Orphans
FONE EONE
АМР SMILEY!
THEY'LL
WE WERE ON Jf
THEIR TRAIL
ANYWAY?
THEY CAN’T ВЕ
THAT FAR!
636
The Orphans
YOU'LL FIND HE SAI? HE wAS

OuT GONNA TURN US IN
SOON FOR A REWARD”
ENOUGH. I THINK OL’
ROCK JAW, HERE,
IS TAKIN' US TO THE
RAT CREATURES’
TI THINK SO,
TOO.
YOU KNOW, ROCK ЗАМ, МУ NAME IS ROQUE ЈА,

FOR SOMEONE WHO CLAIMS TO NOT ROCK JAW,
BE MASTER OF THE ANP YOU NEEDN'T
EASTERN ВОКРЕК, WORRY ABOUT WHERE МУ
YOU SURE SEEM ТО SYMPATHIES МЕ...
BE KOWTOWING TO
TH’ RAT CREATURES
AN AWFUL LOT.
... YOU SHOULD WORRY IT WILL BE MUCH

ABOUT YOUR OWN EASIER FOR YOU IN
POSITION, MR. BONE. THE END IF YOU
JUST CHOOSE
VY WHAT WAS THERE 15

THAT FOR, ROCK ТАМ? A WAR THERE MIGHT
GOING ON. BE OTHER
IS YOU WILL NEED SIDES THAT
т THOUGHT THAT ALL TO SIDES, WE WANT
I TOLP YOU YOU THINK CHOOSE A YA KNOW! TO ,
NOT TO WALK ABOUT? SIDE!
IDE SO BACK CONSIDER, )
ON THE SAME
SUCH AS
INSIPE VERSUS
OUTSIDE? I’M MORE
AN
оит- HOW RUGGED
OF YOU.
The Orphans
... BUT
ТНЕУ ФОТ
AWFUL BIG
NOSES?
NOT THEM?
WE KNOW WHO
THEY ARE!
THAT’S FONE BONE
AND SMILEY BONE!
HAVEN’T YOU
EVER SEEN
ROGUE ЈА
BEFORE?
NO. WE’RE FROM

THE VALLEY!
IS HE A GOOD Guy
OR А BAD Guy?
IS HE GONNA
HELP OUR FRIENDS
OR HURT ‘EM?
639
ROQUE JA SAYS EVERYBODY

I GUESS THAT HAS TO BE ON A SIDE NOW
DEPENPS ON WHOSE BECAUSE IT’S A WAR.
SIDE YOUR FRIENDS YOU CAN EITHER PICK
ARE ON. THE RAT CREATURES
OR THE DRAGONS.
NEVER SEEN A WELL,

DRAGON, BUT Г WE’RE NOT ROGUE ТА?
KNOW т DON’T ON THE
LIKE THOSE RAT
RAT CREATURES! CREATURES’
EVERYBODY KNOWS
ROQUE ТА
HATES DRAGONS - -
IS H
M f š
м,
'
s Ce
I THINK
THE BONE COUSINS
ARE IN TROUBLE!
640
The Orphans
THE
HIT À NERVE, THERE VALLEY PEOPLE ...НА/
ROCK ЗАМ? THAT'S RIGHT!
WELL, IF YOU WE’RE FRIENDS
THINK МЕКЕ GOING TO |/ OF THE VALLEY
DO ANYTHING THAT PEOPLE
WILL HELP THE AN’ WE'LL
RAT CREATURES, STOP you’
yOu CAN
FORGET IT!
=
THE VALLEY PEOPLE MAY
HAVE RULED IN THE PAST,
THIS WAR IS NOW
BETWEEN TWO OF THE
ORIGINAL INHABITANTS
OF THE VALLEY:
BUT THEY LOST CONTROL
A LONG TIME AGO. «++ THE
HIGH AND MIGHTY
PRAGO!
... АМР THOSE

MISERABLE VERMIN
THE RAT CREATURES!
BE CAREFUL!
THE LOG IS
SUPPING!
WHAT РО т
DO?
WHAT PO I
po?
EASY.
ë h 8 š °Е
Е Е қ
o%te
642
Е,
The Orphans
L THOUGHT т ...BUT IT MUST

НЕАКР HANE BEEN SOME
SOMETHING ... FALLING ROCKS.
AN
АМР EVERY DAY
FROM РАМА AND BROTHER.

MORE OF THEM ARRIVE
OH,
IN MY BEAUTIFUL THERE Ë
MOUNTAINS. GOES TH
NEIGHBORHOOD!
SIGHT OF THEM
ON MY
MOUNTAIN
ee
643
УОИ ЯМР ANYTHING

OVER THERE,
COMRAPE?
NOTHING, COMRADE.
THESE TINY BONES
HAVE BEEN PICKED CLEAN’
BUT I'M SO I KNOW, он | WV HEY--HEY/

HUNGRY, СОМКАРЕ/
IT HAS BEEN PAYS
СОМКАРЕ.
I’M EVEN
COMRADE! NONE OF THAT!
РО YOU
SINCE WE ATE THOSE BEGINNING ТО MEAN ІТ? Å IF YOU EVER TELL ANYONE
TWO RACCOONS, WISH WE HAP I ЗА THAT,
SOME OF YOUR
HOMEMADE
HOW ABOUT
EATING
УОЦ LOOK ике X US FOR DINNER?
A COUPLE OF HUNGRY ) 7
5 GENTLEMEN. ..
The Orphans
г YOURE коттор THEY'RE JUST TRYING то

М
; GET А RISE OUT OF YOU, COMRADE!

СТЕНЕ THAT IS: BESIPES, THEY ARE LITTLE АМ?
MUCH TOO QUICK FOR US/
WE WILL HAVE TO
OUTWIT THEM!
N 4 || 2n
ЛУ |
VM Av |
WHY, YOU'RE NOTHIN’ ВИТ

WHAT’S TH’ MATTER? £ ,
Т THOUGHT УОЦ МЕКЕ А А сенне OF UISHE EATIN
MEAT EATERS, NOT
QUICHE-EATING Й WHO АКЕ you CALLING
OLD LADIES! K j QUICHE-EATING OLD LADIES?’
NOW? SHALL WE OUTWIT

THEM NOW?
COME BACK НЕКЕ, YOU LITTLE BRAT.’

711, SHOW YOU WHO'S A
QUICHE-EATING
OLp LADY!
YES! COME BACK? WE'LL

OUTWIT YOU TO DEATH!
645
IF YOU DON’T LIKE РО YOU KNOW WHAT THE N

RAT CREATURES SO MUCH, VALLEY PEOPLE THINK ABOUT
WHY DON’T YOU TEAM UP WITH THE DRAGONS? THEY THINK THE
THE DRAGONS AN? CHASE DRAGONS CREATED THE
THEM OFF? VALLEY//
BECAUSE THE ONLY

THING WORSE THAN
THE RAT CREATURES
ARE THOSE
ARROGANT
SO, THEY THINK IF YOU ASK ME, IT’S

THE QUEEN OF THE DRAGONS A FOOLISH FAIRY TALE FIT ONLY
WENT МАР ONE DAY, AND ALL THE FOR THE МЕАК-ММРЕР.
OTHER DRAGONS WERE FORCED
TO COME AND RESTRAIN HER...
pip yOu
SAY SHE WAS
TURNED TO
SHE КЕЗЗТЕР, AND OUR

LANDSCAPE IS THE RESULT
OF THEIR BATTLE - - THEY CRASHED
AND PUSHED AGAINST THE MOUNTAINS,
AND CREATED THE VALLEY. IN THE
END, WHEN THEY COULD NOT STOP HER,
THEY НАР TO TURN НЕК TO STONE?
646
The Orphans
WERE,XT e Rd =
NOW WHO’S
AN OLD LADY?
IT’S SAFE
wae THIS
647
STOP MOVING,
YOU IDIOT!
DON’T WORRY,
COMRADE!
I AM HERE TO
SAVE yOu!
STUPID, STUPID
RAT CREATURES.
The Orphans
ин, OH”
WE JUMPED OFF HEY,
THE LOG BEFORE FONE BONE’
IT SLID DOWN THE т THINK
MOUNTAIN’ ROCK ТАМ"
COMING
BACK UP
THE CLIFF!
RED ALERT?!
BACK UP??? THAT CAT IS TEARIN” WE GOTTA
ЧР THE MOUNTAIN GO ном, WHAT PO YOU
AN’ HE'S CUSSIN’ MEAN YOU CAN’T?
GET OUTTA A BLUE STREAK?
YOU HAVE TO
COME WITH
#
I CAN'T LEAVE
THE OTHERS?
FONE BONE! WHAT’S GOING
BUT SINCE WE’RE ALL ON HERE GUYS?/
FRIENPS NOW, MAYBE с = 2
WE CAN WORK
TOGETHER?
THEM!
THESE ARE
MY
FRIENDS!
COME
Our,
EVERYBODY?
650
Chapter Three: Rat Creature Temple
SAVE THI
INTROPUCTIONS
FOR LATER!
ROCK JAW IS
ALMOST TO THE
TOP OF THE CLIFF
AN’ I DON'T
THINK HE'S
VERY HAPPY”
MR. BONE? US KIDS HAVE

HIDING PLACES ALL OVER THE
MOUNTAINS! YOU BETTER
COME WITH US?
651
652
Rat Creature Temple
IN HERE,
FONE BONE!
HE CAN'T REACH US!

\ WE'RE SAFE!
€ ФІ. 6”
А,
—2 ~|p
Zu
ре
PEEK OUT ANP SEE IF
HE'S STILL THERE.
654
Rat Creature Temple
WHAT ARE WE MIGHT AS

WE GONNA DO WELL GET
OW? COMFORTABLE...
THAT GIANT CAT’S
NOT GOING
< ANYWHERE/ ,
СООТ OVER
ove ROCK ЗАМ
WILL SIT
THERE ALL
РАУ”
HE'LL SIT OHMYGOSH/!

THERE FOR WE’RE
TWO OR TRAPPED!
THREE DAYS!
YOU WANNA
CINE AWAY
ALL OUR
SECRETS?
NOW HOLP ON” WELL, WE CAME ALL

THIS RAT THIS WAY TO RETURN
CREATURE BARTLEBY TO HIS
IS WITH US? HOME IN ТН’ MOUNTAINS,
AN’ ше МАМЕ 15 AN” МЕРЕ NOT GONNA
ЕТЬЕВУ! , HE'S
STILL ABANDON HIM NOW: , Е TH
oe us
A RAT BONES
Kip 15
CREATURES OKAY,
EAT THEN HE’S
PEOPLE LIKE
s
655
THEY’RE НОЕ IT абата TRUE!

MY T LM DOWN!
FRIENDS! IT DOESN’T MATTER IF ЖЕНА ХЕ TO ЦВЕ
£ ткизт YOU TRUST US ок МОТ... PASSAGE OR
“EM! WE CAN'T WE'LL STARVE PASSAGE!
STAY TRAPPED IN
THIS CAVE FOR
TWO OR THREE DAYS!
IT LOOKS TM GOIN’
KINDA AFTER HIM?
QUT I DON’T
If WANT THOSE
geao "А Bio TEETH
BEHIND МЕЈ
BE
CAREFUL.
IT GOES
STRAIGHT
656
Rat Creature Temple
WATCH IT.
WE’RE IN SOME
HUGE OPEN
SPACE NOW.
Т HOPE SO.
IT’S GETTIN’
A LITTLE
STUFFY
IN HERE.
THIS IS IT,
SMILEY!
THIS IS THE
OPENING!
РМ OUTSIDE!
658
Rat Creature Temple
NOW THERE’S SOMETHIN’ Y You REMEMBER YEAH, T

YOU DON’T SEE EVERY DAY! d у WHEN WE WERE WITH REMEMBER.
й ROCK JAW, НЕ TOLD A BUNCH OF
US A STORY ABOUT DRAGONS HAD
HOW THE VALLEY A FIGHT AN’
WAS CREATED? PUSHED UP THE
MOUNTAINS.
RIGHT! THE QUEEN UA ; АМР TH’

OF THE PRAGONS WENT МАР ам ONLY МАУ THEY
АМР STARTED ON A RAMPAGE! |;
THE REST OF THE DRAGONS eS P= COULD РО IT
WERE TRYING ТО WAS TO TURN
HER ТО STONE!
МО, МО, МО! им.
THIS ISN’T тн” АТ LEAST

QUEEN? THIS IS £ THINK IT’S
JUST AN ANCIENT JUST
TEMPLE OF AN ANCIENT
SOME ,, TEMPLE...
KIND - у
659
LISTEN, SMILEY / BUT = —

BEING TURNED TO STONE THOUGHT IT WE KNOW SOME PEOPLE
IS THE SAME THING WAS A FAIRY WHO BELIEVE IN THEM - ~ LIKE
THAT HAPPENED TO TALE AN’ GRAN’MA BEN AND LUCIUS DOWN!
ANOTHER ANCIENT š NOBODY Z'VE SEEN A DRAGON, TOO,
ENEMY OF THE DRAGONS’ BELIEVED P REMEMBER?
THE SAME ENEMY WHO А |INPRAGONS /N` У
IS AFTER PHONEY BONE K ANYMORE!’ / `Z THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS
AND THORN! = IS AFTER РНОМЕУ BONE AND
р уа ` THORN, АМР НЕ WAS AN ANCIENT
А ENEMY OF THE PRAGONS
WHO WAS TURNED TO
PRETTY SURE
MEAN TH’ IT’S JUST
QUEEN OF COULD BE. IS THIS JUST A TEMPLE!
THE DRAGONS , ПЛЕ MAYBE IT’S
AND THE ак | АМ OLD
LORD OF THE WEIRD RAT CREATURE
LOCUSTS ARE | СОМСАРЕМСЕ, TEMPLE. ..
ОМЕ AND
THE SAME? ABUANAYS IN ANY CASE,
IT LOOKS
ABANDONED
YEAH, YOU'RE RIGHT! ~ >

IT'S JUST SOME ОН? ABANDONED
BUILDING? BESIDES, EVEN
К IE IT WAS AN OL’ ENEMY ——
OF TH’ DRAGONS, HOW
CAN IT HURT YOU Е T
ЕЕ IT’S TURN
(ч леY.
НЕУ, ЕОМЕ
ВОМЕ АМР
SMILEY BONE!
OVER HERE!
660
Rat Creature Temple
<
WE’RE NOT HE”S STILL E:
OUT OF DANGER
YET! THE
RODERICK SAYS WE UPPER
WON’T BE SAFE UNTIL WE ENTRANCE!
REACH THE TREE ИМЕ!
` ERN
Ñ BUT HE’S
Е № INONCE МЕРЕ
TH БОЕ : | STARTING
А NO ONE САМ f
АМФ US/
[>
DON’T WORRY
ABOUT US!
IT’S A PRETTY WE CAN
STEEP CLIFF, BUT IT’S HANDLE IT!
THE ONLY WAY РОММ
FROM HERE, SO
YOU BIG GUYS
WILL JUST HAVE
TO BE CAREFUL’
661
j HEY, FONE BONE,

HOW YOU COMIN’
WITH YER LOVE
HEY; HEY!
L DON’T
WANNA
TALK ABOUT
THAT IN
YOU WRITE C’MON, BONE! AW, HECK,

LOVE POEMS, TELL US А BONE,
MR. BONE? LOVE POEM! EVERYONE
KNOWS
THEY’RE FOR
TH
YES! A LOVE
POEM THAT
YOU WROTE FOR
MISS THORN’
WHAT MAKES
YOU THINK
MY LOVE POEMS
ARE FOR
| THORN?
Rat Creature Temple
Я OKAY, HERE’S ONE THAT

ISN’T QUITE FINISHED YET.
WON'T
МАУВЕУ WE |LAUGH!
IN THE STALLS ОР МУ НЕАКТ, РРАК,
I’VE BUILT A HORSE-CART, DEAR,
ANP MY PEAR YOU CAN RIPE IT
ALL PAY...
I’VE BUILT IT FROM LOVE - -

- = FROM THE CLOUDS UP ABOVE - - « LOOK AT
7
E’EN THE RAINS CANNOT WASH IT Н | BARTLEBY!
HE'S COVERING
BY ? | HIS EARS”
ВИТ МУ LONE YOU CAN'T HEAR,
SO THE CART WILL NOT STEER,
ANP I’M LEFT WITH A HEART
FULL OF HAY.
ENERYBODY’S
A CRITIC, Wi y£h. !
7 Yau эле лт, AFTER ALL’
YOU'RE
OH, УЕАН.
WHAT РО YOU THINK
THAT IS? A FOREST
FIRE?
WHERE ARE WE?

IS THAT ANYWHERE
NEAR THE
VILLAGE?
I САУТ TELL.
WE'RE LOST, TOO.
I THINK MAYBE THE
VILLA@E 15 ЧР
THAT WAY.
664
Rat Creature Temple
YOU'RE FROM WHAT PO YOU THINK, FONE?

TH’ MOUNTAINS, I MEAN WE PIP LEAVE PHONEY BONE
КОРЕКСК/ І/УЕ NEVER IN THE VILLAGE.
WHERE’S TH’ VILLAGE HEARD OF YOU DON’T THINK ANYTHING
OF BARRELHAVEN BARRELHAVEN COULD HAVE HAPPENED
FROM HERE? WHILE WE’VE PER AWAY?
T THINK
WE BETTER GET
DOWN THERE. WELL, WELL... IF IT ISN'T
THE BONE COUSINS’
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HEH, HEH, EXCEPT THIS YESSS/
... АМР THE LITTLE SNOTS TIME, THERE 15 NO ФАМТ ROQUE JA
WHO РИБНЕР US MOUNTAIN LION АКОИМР IS STILL
OFF THE CLIFF? ТО INTERFERE/ KEEPING
ОН, NO’
NOT AGAIN?
ANY LAST
мокра?
WHERE’D ALL THESE

INSECTS COME
FROM?
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YESSS/ YOUR
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Rat Creature Temple
РАСТУ
WHAT ARE 700
DOING?!
669
OKAY, OKAY NOBODY

MOVE! DON’T EVEN
BREATHE!
I’M SCARED,
FONE BONE!
YESSS/
I’M SCARED,
TOO!
; АМР МЕЛ WE'RE ALL

SCARED! РО SOMETHING QUICK,
SMALL MAMMAL, BEFORE
WE ARE ALL KILLED TO
DEATH!
670
Chapter Four: Ghost Circles
y
12
PUSH BACK,
‚\ SMILEY?
ти Рини“ М.
IM PUSHIN, J
THINK OF SOMETHING,
SMALL MAMMAL,
/| KINGPOK IS GETTING
CLOSER WITH
"ДО EVERY BITE/
—
Ши
|“
YOU THINK OF
SOMETHING!
HE’S YOUR KING,
ISN’T HE
671
OKAY, У, FONE
BONE, REALLY-—
WHAT’RE
WE GONNA РО?
I DON’T KNOW,
2 САМТ THINK’
JUST SAY THE

FIRST THING
THAT COMES
INTO YOUR MIND!
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Ghost Circles
THERE’S NOTHIN’ WHY NOT?

THAT WAY EXCEPT FOR THE RAT
SHEER CLIFF FACE! , WHAT pO you CREATURES
ARE
к
SUGGEST? DIPLOMATIC РЕБЕКТЕК5/
NEGOTIATIONS?/ LET’S HAND “ЕМ
OVER!
@pOK WAIT, NOW.

ЗАР ТНЕУ WERE LET’S TALK
TRAITORS? THIS OVER’ HELP US,
MAYBE IF НЕ HAD SMALL
THEM, HE’D LET MAMMAL’
I AM NOT
INTERES ТЕР IN
BARGAINING FOR
THEIR MEANINGLESS
... UNLESS YOU TELL МЕ

THE WHEREABOUTS OF
THE ONE WHO BEARS THE STAR/
THE CHOICE
IS YOURS...
DECIDE QUICKLY?
MY PATIENCE 15
RUNNING OUT! „А THE ONE WHO BEARS THE
; STAR? THAT’S THE SAME МАМЕ
ROCK JAW USED FOR
PHONEY BONE? WHY IS EVERYBODY
AFTER OUR COUSIN?’
THEY THINK PHONEY

WANTS TO BE LEADER
OF THE VALLEY,
REMEMBER?
Ghost Circles
re
\
Z WILL SPARE YOUR
А
VN
jlof авг ту/; Р
PRINCESS | OUR FRIENDS! WELL
TO | ^ if |
Ghost Circles
RODERICK’S I HAVEN’T SEEN HIM.

MISSING? HANE YOU SEEN HIM?
у WHERE’S
RODERICK?
V
WHAT’S THE
BIG IDEA
EATING
OUR
FRIEND?
NNI CONTROL
WE'RE IN THE MYSELF?!’
WHAT МР MIPPLE OF ESCAPING! IMA
YOU HIT ME FOR? (| CONTROL YOURSELF! MONSTER’
MONSTERS PON'T
CONTROL THEMSELVES/
THAT’S THE WHOLE
IDEAS?
WELL, YOU’? BETTER ... WHO, BY THE WAY, SEEMS

START, OR ELSE Z А LITTLE UPSET OVER THAT
THESE NICE, LITTLE Z WHOLE ARM-CUTTING-OFF THING.
CREATURES WON'T HELP <
WS KINEDOK - г NOTICED!
HE SURE CAN
HOLP A GRUDGE,
САМТ HE?
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Ghost Circles
BECAUSE COULD WE
THAT’S WHAT Z DISCUSS THIS
WAS ЕРЕ
SAYING’ ах FERFROM A
VANTAGE
PARENTS? POINT?
THAT’S NATURAL
ENEMIES
LIKE, SAY,
WHY A SLIGHTLY
TO из, YOU GUYS LARGER
NOT! ALL LOOK LIKE LEDGE?
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LIVE IN THE MOUNTAINS. WHEN THERE WAS
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OF YOU! HIM... MOTIVES
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AND PROBLEM 15... TURN AROUND, PLEASE. . .
HAPPINESS YOU BELIENE SOMEONE МЕРЕ GOING
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Old Mans Cave

Prologue: Cranky Ground Hog
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STAND HERE!
WHAT IF MY
COUSIN FALLS?
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НЕУ, РОМЕ ВОМЕ!

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SWEAR - - HE WAS RUMOR GOIN’ ROUND
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GIANT MOUNTAIN TOO. BUT HE EVERYTHING ALL Д COLUMNS OF SMOKE
LION NAMED RIGHT: COMING FROM
ROGUE ЈА й THE FOREST. ..
ATTACK KINGDOK
А FEW PAYS
BONE - -
REAL ВАР.
THAT’S WHY
I BEEN
LOOKIN’ FOR
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VERY ЗАМЕ МОМЕНТ, BEEN КІРТ YET, AS FAR AS І
THE КАТ CREATURES KNOWS, BUT LOTSA FOLKS IS
INVADED THE VALLEY! HOMELESS AN’ SCARED
—— EVER SINCE WE CAME

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YOU KNOW WHAT THE
МАТЛА, T GET Му TO THIS VALLEY THE RAT WORST THING 15? BECAUSE
HANPS ON THAT CREATURES HAVE BEEN OF US, THE ENEMY KNOWS
NO-GOOD, SELFISH SEARCHING FOR THE THORN IS A MEMBER OF THE
COUSIN OF OURS - - ONE WHO BEARS LOST ROYAL FAMILY. NOW
HIM AND THAT THE STAR - - SHE'S IN DANGER, TOO.
STUPID STAR SHIRT
HE ALWAYS WEARS’
- - BECAUSE THEY
THINK PHONEY’S
A THREAT TO THEM,
AN’ NOW THEY’RE
SEARCHING FOR YOU MAYBE THAT
CAUSE THEY GROUND HOG WAS
THINK YOU KILLED | RIGHT. WE ARE
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LET’S ФЕТ TO THE BOTTOM

OF THIS "ONE WHO BEARS
WELL, THE STAR" PUSINESS BEFORE
C/MON, ТЕР, SOMEONE REALLY POES
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WE ARE SWEEPING THEY ARE АВАМРОМЕР/ pgs НЕАЕР THEN YOU HAVE
THE AREA FOR WE BURNED THIS FARM
YESTERPAY/ WHY ARE YOUR
OUR MISSION IS Nа
TO SECURE THE AREA YOU Po
WARRIORS STILL MOVING WEST? АМР LOCATE THE NOT KNOW - -?
HAVEN’T YOU HEARP THE PRINCESS АМР THE SMALL j
REPORTS? EALP CREATURE WHO
BEARS THE STAR!
Old Mans Саме
RUMORS ARE RUNNING WILD

ИР АМР POWN THE FRONT LINES
THAT KINGPOK IS PEAP?
WHAT ARE THEY

SAYING?
т DON’T UNDERSTAND.
I KNEW YOU WERE

NO ФООР, Е:
£ SHOULDA LISTENED
RS А STAR’ T 1457
SOUND LIKE ANYBODY JUST WAIT’LL WE ФЕТ
you KNOW?! BACK "
YOU RUNT, та, FIX
YOU GOOp”
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WHAT ТН’ НЕСК

WAS ТНАТ ALL THEY’RE IN A STATE
ABOUT? OF CONFUSION- -
THEY TO FIND OUT WHAT HOW CAN YOU
SEEMED PRETTY
UPSET ABOUT
THERE ARE RUMORS IS GONG ON. TELL THAT?
THEY WERE TALKING
THEIR CHIEFTAIN HAS
SOMETHING! BEEN KILLED. Дү ІМ SOME KIND OF
JIBBERISH/
THEY WERE SPEAKING I DION’T.

NESSEN ... OH, REALLY? ВИТ FOR
AN ANCIENT RAT AND SOME REASON
CREATURE LANGUAGE \ WHEN РІ? YOU
LEARN TO SPEAK AN
I UNPERSTOOP ENERY
RESERVED FOR SINGLE WORD THEY
TIMES OF WAR AND ANCIENT RAT CREATURE SAID.
MILITARY EMERGENCY, MILITARY LANGUAGE?”
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MRS. TANNER, WE => Ле WHY IS THIS

HAVE SOME FOOD AND - HAPPENING,
WATER FOR YOUR FAMILY > THORN?
АТ А SMALL CAMP NOT ) WHY ARE THE
РАК ЕКОМ HERE. .. г E HAIRY MEN
" > А POING THIS? THE LITTLE
RUNT UP
-THAT’S WHERE
THE REST OF THE
VILLAGERS ARE. WE’RE
GOING TO БЕМР YOU
BACK THERE UNTIL
A» WE CAN DETERMINE
JM уза СР THAT THE TOWN
је ед, IS SAFE.
МО. WE’RE GOING TO
е
I pO
THE TOWN. IT’S A CLOUDLESS f BELIEVE YOu.
NIGHT, SO WE’LL KEEP TO THAT’S THE
THE RAVINES. ONLY REASON
ЗАМ САМ TAKE THE X HAVEN'T LET
TANNERS BACK TO OUR CAMP. WENDELL AND
JON, WENDELL AND EUCLID, - BUCLID
YOU KNOW THE ROUTINE. £ SWEAR І STRING
YOU ИР.
DON’T KNOW WHAT
THE RAT CREATURES
WANT, THORN’ THIS
IS ALL SOME KINDA
CRAZY MIX UP!
THEY’RE
NOT JUST AFTER
ME, THEY’RE AFTER
SOME PRINCESS’
Z'M INNOCENT,
,
YOU- -
YOU MEAN IT?
YOU BELIENE
ME?
WOULD YOU
BELIEVE ME IF Г
SAID THE PRINCESS
WAS INNOCENT, TOO?
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THIS CAN'T
BE RIGHT. WE
MUST’VE TAKEN
A WRONG
Tu
I’M SURE IT’S GONE! IT CAN'T THEY К

THIS IS IT... THE ENTIRE - ВЕ... НАМЕ Сува
вит... VILLAGE ша THERE’S OUR
| 3 NOTHING WHOLE TOWN - -
WHERE'S
THE BARRELHAVEN WE'RE
TANERN? STANDING IN IT.
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WHAT ARE HIM AN’ HIS DRAGONSLAYIN’ SCHEMES?

THIS ISN’T WE GOING T SAY WE KILL HIM RIGHT NOW!
HAPPENING, то РО? ia or Бо» >
+ y а Ж о 9 e пе
THIS IS ALL
THAT
ROTTEN
BONE”S
FAULT/
WHAT ARE YOU

РОМЕ, EUCLID?
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МОЈУ HE SWINDLED US
А DESTROYED 67222
STOP ACTING LIKE AN НЕ DIDN’T
ANIMAL. HASN’T THERE BEEN ATTACK THE
ENOUGH VIOLENCE?
OUR TOWN! / CREATURES
HE TRICKED US INTO CHASIN’

AFTER DRAGONS! WE WERE WE DON’T KNOW
AWAY FROM OUR HOMES WE HAP BEEN WHAT HAPPENED
WHEN WE SHOULDA BEEN HERE, THEN TO LUCIUS...
HERE DEFENDING THE LUCIUS MIGHT BUT WHATEVER
VILLAGE! STILL BE ALIVE! IT WAS, IF
YOU HAD BEEN
HERE, YOU РА
HAVE SHARED
HIS FATE!
АМР SO WOULD ALL THE WHY ARE YOU

OTHER VILLAGERS WHO DEFENDING HIM?
WERE WITH YOU HUNTING YOU HEARD THE
DRAGONS’! THIS BONE PROBABLY HAIRY MEN - -
ЗАМЕР HALF THE VILLAGE ВУ THEY'RE SEARCHING
TAKING YOU UP INTO ТН” WHOLE VALLEY
THE MOUNTAINS, FOR THE ONE WHO
BEARS THE STAR”
LOOKING FOR
“УА PRINCESS TOO!
Old Mans Саме
KEEP IT UP, WHAT PO YOU SAY,

EUCLID’ WENDELL? DO WE STRING HIM UP
THE MORE WE
BEHAVE LIKE
AS ти GET ' 175 THORN!

т HIMЯ TO OF ATEM
КОНТ MYSELF I$ TH OR У!
и
Е LET MUCH HOLD
ЕТЕУ
PESTEU
E: CTION WANN
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B
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pes
VIOLENCE,
YER MAJESTY,
ORPER THIS
APE OFF
PRINCESS? ; а ОКАУ, ОКАУ, ТНЕ

LIKE А ZEAN, THATS RIGHT: RAT CREATURES | RAT CREATURES
PRINCESS @RAN у AA ВЕМ IS HER МЕ, FOR A МАУ THINK ТМ
PRINCESS? d FAIRY GODMOTHER, у SO > PRINCESS ee Д THAT
А PRINCESS,
MUCH IS
YOU'RE IN
BIG TROUBLE, Рру!
2 1
P Му
S
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YES, Т KNOW THAT.

A PRINCESS? THERE HASN’T EVERYBODY KNOWS THAT
HOW? BEEN A - = EXCEPT, APPARENTLY, FOR
FROM WHERE?” KINGDOM THE RAT CREATURES AND MY
THE ROYAL FAMILY FOR ALMOST GRAN’MA BEN. BUT THAT
DOESN’T
WAS KILLED IN FIFTEEN THEY DEFINITELY
THE BIG WAR” THINK I’M A PRINCESS. MEAN
AM A т
PRINCESS
\ NECESSARILY- -
YES, LOOK, I DON’T KNOW IF IT’S

SHE DOES BUT WHAT DOES TRUE. .. BUT т AM SURE WE
KINDA LOOK LIKE THAT MAKE OL’ ROSE BEN? SHOULPN'T BE DISCUSSING
THE LOST QUEEN IT HERE!
A PRINCESS.
OF THE VALLEY?
OL’ GRAN’MA BEN RACES
COWS, REMEMBER. . .
THAT MEANS YOU CAN JUST

KEEP YOUR TRAP SHUT - - LISTEN UP. THIS WAR CLUB
BELONGS TO MY FRIEND FONE BONE.
£ FOUND IT HERE IN THE WRECKAGE
OF THE BARN, AND THERE’S A
YEAH, YEAH. @OOP CHANCE HE AND SOME
WE ALL GOT OUR | OTHERS ESCAPED...
LITTLE DELUSIONS OF
GRANDEUR. I COULD
TELL YOU WANTED
TO GET IT
OFF YOUR CHEST.
Old Mans Cave
... I FOUND SOME TRACKS | HEY! YOU САМ

LEADING AWAY FROM THE COMPOUND FORGET THAT. BLAME ME ALL
INTO THE WOODS. AS I’M YOU WANT,
I WANT TO FOLLOW THEIR TRAIL. 5. CONCERNE?, TH’ PAL, BUT WATCH
ат ; BONES KILLED YER MOUTH WHEN
^N. YOU'RE TALKIN’
' Lucius” T h ABOUT MY
COUSINS’
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Вот THORN, WE HAVE £ САМТ ABANPON
TLL GO ALONE с. ULL ОР MY FRIEND!
IF £ HAVE TO. HURT AND FRIGHTENED
PEOPLE BACK THERE.
ARE YOU JUST
GOING TO ABANDON
THEM?
LOOK WHAT Т | THAT’S MY HMM. THAT’S

FOUND! IT’S А КОТЕ” TREE THAT LUCIUS STRANGE. HOW DID IT
NOTE TO WHERE DID AN’ £ USE TO PASS GET THERE?
FONE BONE’ 2 YOU FIND IT? MESSAGES TO EACH
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<
“г HAVE GONE HOME ТО Lucius АМР HE PUT IT IN (
CRAN'MA'S FARM.” MUST’VE THE TREE FOR yOu
FOUND THE TO FIND, JON. р
£ WROTE THIS THE NIGHT
£ LEFT THE COMPOUND
SO FONE BONE WOULD KNOW
WHERE Т WENT...
І ,
WAIT: / МАУВЕ ALL OUR
T KNOW! IF HE/S RIGHT, NEIGHBORS ARE
THEN LUCIUS STILL ALIVE!
BECAUSE HE MIGHT STILL BE
WENT TO ALIVE!
GRAN’MA BEN’S
FARM TO LOOK
FOR THORN’
WHO ME?
you MEAN
£ HAVE TO LOOK OUT THERE?”
FOR FONE BONE.
WILL YOU BE COMING
\ WITH ME, PHONCIBLE?
Old Mans Cave
M d °MEE ND: \ AREN'T INVINCIBLE, YOU KNOW :

УРАН, RIGHT! Guти E WHAT DO YOU WANT ME
YOU'RE GONNA ALONE. À ТО TELL YOUR GRAN AA
NEED А GUY < IF YOU @ET HURT?
WITH MY SKILLS <“
FOR PROTECTION” S
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WE BRING A SHE IS
MESSAGE WAITING FOR
TO you YOU AT OLD
FROM YOUR MAN’S САМЕ.
GRANPMOTHER. |
SHE BIDS
| у YOU TO
ЗОМ HER
IMMEDIATELY.
Old Mans Саме
OLD MAN’S CAVE...
HOW DO I KNOW £ CAN

TRUST YOU?
BEFORE I CAN GO TO
Өш eae YOUR GRANDMOTHER
u
FRIEND FONE BONE. N BIPS MEDIATELY.

YOU TO ТОМ HER
YOU HAVE TO HELP ME, WE ARE BUT GUIDES. THEN GUIDE

DON’T YOU? E ME.
IT IS YOUR РИТУ. > YOU ALONE AAY WALK SHOULD £ SEARCH |
< УОЏЕ PATH. FOR MY FRIEND?
OR SHOULD
I го то
OLD MAN’S CAVE?
The Hollow Tree
Ag z /
YOUR FRIEN? WAS LAST SEEN РАК AWAY IN ~ BUT REMEMBER. ..
THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS. HE IS RUMORED TO w AVE
HAVE BEEN INVOLVED IN THE DEATH OF THE MIGHTY
KINGPOK, AND MANY ARMIES ARE NOW
SEARCHING FOR HIM...
YOUR MAJESTY, я
OLD MAN'S CAVE 15 DON’T KNOW. И
ON ТНЕ WAY ТО YOUR IT’S SO HARD Е ас
GRANDMOTHER’S TO THINK. то
FARM! WE SHOULD LL DECIDE Ет
Ке. АКО
É LUCIUS DIAS
MORNNG. _тон,РКТ
'` |ÍtHe HAVE
you WATCH
PERHAPS 4
THE OTHERS ARE ALREADY
THERE WAITING FOR
us:
Old Mans Саме
САМ ANYONE
HEAR AE?
£ CANNOT MOVE.
GRANDMOTHER?
YES! YES!
OH, GRANDMOTHER!
WHERE HAVE YOU
BEEN?
I HAVE SEARCHED
EVERYWHERE!
Л NOM oid
746
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ТАМ SO SORRY
FOR THE THINGS Т SAID!
PLEASE FORGIVE ME - -
I WILL NEVER RUN
AWAY FROM YOU
AGAIN!
THAT IS EXACTLY
WHAT 1 WANTEP ТО
HEAR... NOW ВЕ А
GOOP GIRL ANP USE YOUR
SWORP TO CUT THE ea AWAY
747
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PRAW YOUR
WEAPON AN? COME
ТО МЕ..
KEEP QUIET,
CIUS!
|
SHE IS EVIL!
RUN FOR
YOUR =
м LIFE! =
SEE17. < уч
— V
= SHE FOOLED
і «ЛИ ME ONCE
А “Ay AS WELL.
@КАМРМОТНЕК?!
WHAT IS
GOING ОМ?
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А THE SWORD! Я УУ
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Chapter Two: Dragons in the Earth
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МОЧЕ ОМЕК,
RUNT? ү
YER STEPPIN’
|
UNDERSTAND ON MY
ОМ SHE COULD
\ LEAVE US LIKE
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THAT.
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WE”LL. NEVER
FIND OLD SHE SLIPPEP OFF
IN TH’ MIDDLE OF THE
JUST
CAN’T BELIEVE
THORN WOULD
pO THIS.
а FA
“| SORRY!
(omes
SLIPPERY!
751
Old Mans Cave
Д
THORN COULD”VE
| і 1.|
FOUND HER WAY
THROUGH THIS
RAIN. SHE COULD
FINO HER WAY IN TH”
DARKEST NIGHT
LIKE SHE
-
WAS FOLLOWING
A MAP.
SHE
FOLLOWS THE
PRAGONS IN
THE EARTH.
JUST LIKE тн”
| РКАФОН
TOLD НЕК.
I vean, WELL, SHE'S

FOLLOWIN’ DRAGONS
EUCLID!
SAVE IT
SOMEWHERE ELSE! FOR LATER!
WHERE’S YER
FORGET НЕК! THERE COULD BE
LITTLE PRINCESS, NOW?
WE GOT PROBLEMS RAT CREATURES
HUH, BONE?
OF OUR OWN- - 3 TWENTY FEET AWAY
SHE’S NOT HERE
TO SAVE УА"
FOR ALL WE
STAY BACK’
І/УЕ НАР IT WITH
THIS TROUBLEMAKER?
ALL RIGHT, THAT'S
ENOUGH. I РОМТ
KNOW WHERE ТНОКМ
IS, BUT UNTIL SHE
|
YOU'RE A
FOOL, WENDELL,
SHE КАМ OUT ОМ us
М
LAST NIGHT! WHAT РО
THIS IS ALL HIS GETS BACK, РМ
ENFORCING HER
YOU CARE WHAT SHE
WANTS?/
| FAULT! ORPERS/
752
Dragons in the Earth
THE HARVESTARS WERE THERE’VE

N WIPED OUT FIFTEEN YEARS BEEN RUMORS РОК YEARS
AGO WHEN ATHEIA WAS THAT THE LITTLE GIRL
SACKED! THERE’S NOBODY SURVIVEP THE МАЗЗАСКЕ--
ALIVE WITH THAT МАМЕ!
ТТЫ
y ШІ M "m NI 4
THERE”S A
АЁ ON, GENTLEMEN.
| | Wa CONTROL
|n i,
YOURSELVES ...
| і і y В)
ІШ
Диме
li / | | Қ 1
| \
| ||
| |Т |
ша |
ІШ ||
... OR WHERE’S MY
IL PICK YOU GRANDDAUGHTER?
BOTH UP, AN’ WHERE’S THORN?
KNOCK SOME
SENSE INTO YOU.
753
Old Mans Саме
Р
COME WITH МЕ, WE'RE A
- Т
я У
NEAR THE CAVE NOW, АМР у ІІ теме
TOOR OFF a eee
YOU CAN PRY OFF-- у WN WL | А SECOND THOUGHT REMARKABLE
W X ABOUT HIS OWN MAN. /
SAFETY.
NOTICED, |
(| PHONCIBLE. |
COME.
IT’S NOT SAFE
OUT НЕКЕ, YOU”LL
CATCH YOUR
РЕАТН.
2
I'M F-FREEZING,
FONE ВОЋЕ...
CAN'T WE
STOP FOR A
MINUTE?
P У
M | < | | 2 ;1
N | |
7121 weeotta eT pot |
қ KEEP MOVIN’, |; L Z >= | |
) SMILEY. =4
, | МЕД WEAVE TO
| MIND ОМ 4 n" EU SOMETHING ВАР
Z< HAS HAPPENED! j
755
Old Mans Саме
TH’ RATS MARCHED ACROSS

ТН” NORTHERN ЕМО OF TH’ МАН LEY
STRAIGHT EAST TO WEST-
BURNIN’ FARMS АМ” TERRORIZIN’
TH’ POPULACE!
E TAKEN
RESIDENCE IN ov
MAN'S CANE- -
У №№aN | =
5 Б
4,
ин, :
т DON’T THINK “21
THESE ARE TH’ |
SAME STUPID
СОИ THESE BE THE BONE CREATURES

THEY ARE BONE CREATURES. ..
WHO HAVE SLAIN OUR KING ... 7
BUT THEY HAVE NO STAR...
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^W
AM | |А ^ |
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т (: 2 Y УМА ү
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257 б бо
WE’RE NOT
THAT HELPLESS!
WE COULDA KILLED
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I MEAN IT!
BACK UP?
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А 57 1 4 |
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= ох
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£ BROUGHT SOMETHING
OF YOURS. (аа S у
обо, B
NOW TAKE OFF

BEFORE HE GETS
REALLY МАР!
CUT D|
THAT RESCUE
M (Не,
ШҮ PROBABLY
ub IW Y ветото
hao y BIG \
|
ТЕР ТН” Рие:
TROUBLE WHY’S YOU
FOR
COMING.
WE’RE KINDA | | УБАН, THORNY.

LOST. EVEN J WHICH WAY
ТЕР CAN’T TELL IS OV’
WHICH WAY | MAN’S CAVE
IS WHICH IN FROM
(- 4 q
759
Old Mans Саме
THAT WAY. OLD MAN’S CAVE

IS DIRECTLY THAT WAY.
By
wow’!
WE WERE
HEADING IN
TH’ WRONG
N DIRECTION! |
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ÀV GREAT! LET'S ФЕТ

GOIN’! GRANAAS
AWAITIN' ON US;|
HEY, THORN’ YOU'RE WE'RE NOT GOING

GOING THE WRONG WAY” TO OLD MAN'S CANE.
YOU JUST SAID OLD MAN’S THERE’S NOBODY THERE
CANE IS THIS WAY! WE CAN TRUST.
N 5
=>
ок
Sy
r
Deo
~
E» r
TN
E S EG
"ра
NOW, C’MON.
WE МЕЕ? TO FIND
SHELTER.
760
...Вит MY LORD,
Т OFFER THESE RUMORS
OF KINGPOK'S DEATH
AS PROOF THAT THE BONES ARE
POWERFUL MAGICIANS ...
HOW ELSE CAN WE
EXPLAIN IT?
KINGDOK WAS ATTACKED, YES...
BUT HE LIVES!
о оо YOUR
OBSESSION WITH
THESE
OUT SIGBRS o o
BSPBCIALLY THE
ONE WHO
BEARS THE STAR ccc
BBAINS TO CONCERN
Old Mans Саме
TWO
т MUST
TOGETHER ARE
HAVE A PARTNER
NECESSARY TO PERFORM
TO TIP THE
THE RITUAL...
YOU KNOW
MANY ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN
МАРЕ TO REACH THE
VENI-YAN-CARI ... BUT SHE HAS
АМАКЕМЕР АМР REPELS OUR CALLS...

2
FRAZ
US oo o
хем
WOULP HAVE
BROUGHT
THERE ARE OTHER WAYS TO
SHIFT THE - -
амОШен ABOUT
THIS STAR BEARERS
762
MASTER... THE FLAT-LANDERS ARE
PLEASE DO NOT BE ANGRY... BECOMING DISCONNECTED ...
OUR PLAN IS WORKING? THE STAR BEARER HAS HELPED
BY SEWING SEEDS OF DISTRUST

OUR MILITARY OBJECTIVE... TO AGAINST THE DRAGONS!
CAUSE WIDESPREAD FEAR АМ?
REACH OUT!
PANIC HAS BEEN ACCOMPLISHED ...
РО YOU NOT FEEL ІТ?
WE HAVE SWEPT ACROSS THE VALLEY
AN? BACK ... DESTROYING EVERY THE BALANCE IS SHIFTING!
FARM IN OUR PATH... SOON YOU WILL BE FREE...
YES „ o г IT IS
TRUE o o o
WE ARB COMING
CLOSE? TO THE
SUBPAGE o о г
MASTER. .. T АМ ВИТ
THEN HEAR МЕ, О LORD...
YOUR HUMBLE SERVANT. . .
THE PRINCESS SURELY HAS THE
I MERELY PROPOSE THAT THE
POWER TO FREE YOU...
УЕМ-УАМ-САК! IS MORE
BUT SHE ALSO HAS THE
POWERFUL АМ? POSES
STRENGTH TO DESTROY YOU - -
A GREATER RISK
WOUL?
г о о PERHAPS SHOULP IT BECOME
TAKE YOUR
YOU ARE NECESSARY TO PREFORM PLAGE AS QUIS
TZALOUS ӨР THE A SACRIFICE... BYES ANP
PRINCESS ANP THAT HANES o o o
IS WAY YOU
PREFER THE STAR
BEARES o o o
PLEASE ... MY LORD,

IF YOU COULD SEE THE OMEN...
YOU WOULP KNOW THAT THE
ONE WHO BEARS THE STAR
IS А NENI-YAN-CARI . . .
THE TWO OF US WILL ве
ABLE TO SHIFT THE DREAMING
... AND WITH LESS
RISK TO YOURSELF.
FOR NOW
AT LEAST. o o
YOU ARB OUR
BYES o0 0
763
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г о о BUT IF YOU
І? THIS OMEN WRONG. г o
THAT ANNOUNGE?
THE WHO BEARS THE STAR
IS AS POWARFUL AS
YOU SAY...
THEN YOU MAY CONTINUE
in SEARCH FOR THIS
CREATURE o г о
©.
PRBPAREP
РОК YOUR EXP
TO VERY o o
го MARY осо
PAINFUL o o о
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Chapter Three: Protection Spell
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VN
SWN
Мык" и
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Wis
ч,
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Old Mans Саме
WOULD YOU wen AIN’T IT HARD ENOUGH ГМ

GUYS MIND KEEPIN’ у У РАТКОШМ/ THE AREA TRYIN’ ТО
T DOWN IN KEEP YOU GUYS UN-SEEN,
YOU GOTTA GO ALL
WHOOPFIN' IT UP SO т
GOTTA KEEP YA UN-HEARD
TOO?”
OKAY, OKAY. JUST А FEW MORE N

WE’LL KEEP IT DAYS, ТЕР, UNTIL А. THE ONLYTHING Т
DOWN. WE FINISH OUR /
WE PROMISE. < : pr yip >
SURROUNDIN’
CHERRY TREES!
M
AG |
кы am. EY- ~
THESE WARM SUMMER DAYS WEE NOT ATTACK HIM, HUH? `

ВЕЧЕ THORN.
YOU DON’T HURRY UP
HIDING,
FLAN
OUR
TO
TPSRIGHT
IEGONNA WAHE ш
INTO TH’
WE GONNA BE HIPIN’ ' ATTACK ONE.
НООРЕР THE RAT CREATURE’S CAMP
FROM THE RAT CREATURES AN’ АТ JES’ CR POP TH’ Е НООРЕР
IN А SNOW BANK! ONE ON TH’ CHOPS?
COURSE NOT.
YOU KNOW
BETTER THAN
THAT.
protection Spell
тм ОТ. ЭШЕ ERO g HE’S RIGHT, THORN. I SAID NO.

IF ANYBODY W WE CAN'T
АРМСЕ, AN’ CLEARLY DO THIS ALONE. NOW, PLEASE GO
NO ONE DOES, GRAN’MA BEN AND ALL BACK ON PATROL,
AY WE NEED VILLAGERS ARE АМР MAKE SURE THAT
в чо @ET ТО ар АМУОМЕ МНО COAES
is 7 N THIS WAY- - ANY ВКР, ANY ANIMAL,
ауе š № ОК ANY INSECT- - АМУОМЕ - -
IS ТИЕМЕР AWAY WITHOUT
SEEING US.
I TOLD YOU,
FONE BONE, WE'RE
NOT GOING TO OLD
MAN’S CANE. ТНЕКЕ 5
NO ONE THERE WE
CAN TRUST.
ALL RIGHT, I’M GOIN’. ARE YOU SURE EXCUSE ME...

BUT WHEN THIS IS АИ. |ABOUT GRAN’MA BEN? I’M GOING TO FIX
ONER, GRAN’MA BEN ‘CAUSE SOME SUPPER.
GONNA SGUISH ME ТО TELL TH’ TRUTH, | | WOULP YOU MIND
LIKE A BUG FOR
РІБОВЕУМ HER. , І KINPA MISS HER. Šx HANDING МЕ SOME OF
ТНАТ FUEL,
SMILEY?
YEAH, OKAY... COULD you

MAKE A
IT’S JUST THAT MAYBE dE нЕ
І DON’T UNDERSTAND THOSE
TH’ PLAN. DROPPINGS?
WE CAN WORK
ON OUR PLAN
WHILE WE EAT.
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YEAH, HOW ARE WE WE KNOW НЕ HAS YEAH, THORN,

GONNA ФЕТ THE AN ARMY THAT’S OUT WHO IS
НООРЕР ONE? HUNTING FOR YOU АМ? THIS GUY,
WE DON’T KNOW NOTHIN’ OUR COUSIN ANYWAY?
ABOUT HIM EXCEPT THAT PHONEY BONE.
HE APPEARS IN YOUR
I DON'T KNOW. THERE’S A ... BUT I PO KNOW SOME

PROTECTINE SPELL AROUND THE THINGS.
НООРЕР ONE SIMILAR ТО
THE ONE TED AND £
P т KNOW
a ` us Е THE НООРЕР ONE
DRAWS HIS POWER FROM
A DREAM BEING CALLED
THE LORD OF THE
THESE POWERS LET |

THE НООРЕР ONE TRAVEL IN 4 THE МОКЕ FEAR НЕ
= -ANP IN SOME CASES CAUSES, THE MORE
ENEN PERVERT POWERFUL НЕ
DR Я BECOMES’
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I BELIEVE HE THE HOODED ONE

SO WHY'S НЕ WANTS US BOTH FOR THINKS YOUR COUSIN AND
WANT YOU АМ” THE SAME PURPOSE ... I HAVE THE POWER
PHONEY? TO SPEED TO HELP FREE HIM.
THE RELEASE
OF HIS MASTER,
THE LORD OF THE
LOCUSTS WHO
IS TRAPPED IN
WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE. THEN HE RILED UP FEAR AND

I DON’T ФЕТ IT... АМФЕК AT THE PRAGONS
yOu HAVE А POWER, FOR HIS DRAGONSLAYER
SO уби MIGHT SCAM!
BE USEFUL, BUT
PHONEY DOESN’T! THAT’S EXACTLY THE
WHAT’S SO SPECIAL KIND OF THING THAT FEEDS
ABOUT PHONEY? THE НООРЕР ONE’S POWERS.
WE KNOW HE ез
CAUSES TROUBLE,
--
WELL, DURING THE
Mine,
COW RACE HE TURNED
THE TOWNSPEOPLE BOY, DO
AGAINST GRAN’MA РЕМ... WE KNOW
wee wç! IT WAS SORTA MY POINT т

RUN OUTTA І
2 51001! НЕ cHASEP
FUNNY WHEN THE IS THAT BELIEVE
BONEVILLE
ALL TH’ HIGH SOCIETY
ANGRY MOB ATE /РНОМЕУ МОЧЕ?
THAT.
BECAUSE
PHONEY MUCKETY-MUCKS
A BUNCH OF
PHONEY’S ROTTEN
NEVER DO
ANYTHING
£
RAN FOR INTO THE RIVER WITH PRUNE TARTS, TO HELP THE
A GIANT CAMPAIGN AN’ HAD TO НООРЕР ONE
BALLOON OF HIMSELF! LEAVE IN A ON PURPOSE!
HURRY?
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BUT THAT’S WHY THE WHY

WE’RE WALKING INTO A RAT CREATURES ARE WOULD
NIGHTMARE АМР WE NEED ATTACKING THE VALLEY. ANYBODY
TO BE CAREFUL. ЕМЕКУ FAMILY THAT 15 WANT TO
TERRORIZED BRINGS HIM RELEASE
ONE STEP CLOSER TO THE THE LORD OF
POWER HE NEEDS TO THE
RELEASE HIS LOCUSTS?
MASTER.
BECAUSE ONCE THE

LORD OF THE LOCUSTS ... LORD OF A
IS FREE, HE HAS TO NIGHTMARE EARTH.
FIND A MORTAL FORM
TO INHABIT.
IF HE TAKES OVER THE

НООРЕР ONE’S ВОРУ,
ТНЕ НООРЕР ONE WILL. ВЕСОМЕ
THE MOST POWERFUL BEING
IN THE WORLD.
THAT’S IT,
THORN. WHY DON’T
YOU КЕМЕМВЕК
PACK YOUR STUFF. YOU TRUST НЕК?!
THE STORY
МЕЖЕ GOING ТО JEEZ, THORN!
@RAN AA TOL? US
OLD MAN’S САМЕ YOU'RE
ABOUT THE NIGHT
RIGHT NOW! FREAKING ME
МУ PARENTS МЕКЕ
THIS IS CRAZY Our”
SITTING OUT
HERE!
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OF COURSE ура І KNOW МАМУ OF МУ

ІРО! YOU АМ? WE МЕРЕ CHILPHOOD MEMORIES WERE
YOUR PARENTS BETRAYED HIDDEN FROM ME ВУ
г GRAN AA BEN AND THE DRAGONS,
BUT A LOT
HAVE RETURNED. . .
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га
СОМЕ, СОМЕ.
IT IS NO USE HIDING. | ЖЕК» WHO PARES ТО
т KNOW YOU ARE SS è TRESSPASS ON ROGUE ТА'Є
THERE. MOUNTAIN?
Protection Spell
... HAIL, MASTER ОЕ ISN” T THIS

THE EASTERN BORDER ...
SURPRISE’
т
WHAT PURPOSE HUMILITY POES NOT

BRINGS THE MIGHTY
LEADER OF THE RAT SUIT YOU, LION...
CREATURE TRIBES TO
VISIT MY HUMBLE
І HAVE TRAVELED
DOMAIN?
FAR TO ASK A BOON
YOU ASK A FAVOR OF ME? THE TIME FOR ALLIANCES

ВАН” YOUR JOURNEY HAS , IS PAST. YOUR LACKEY KINGPOK
BEEN IN VAIN, HOLY ONE + - SHOULP HAVE DELIVERED THAT
MESSAGE TO YOU...
р OR PERHAPS НЕ РІРМ/Т
HAVE ENOUGH OF HIS THROAT
LEFT TO SPEAK WITH”
Old Mans Саме
YOU’RE LOOKING
BETTER THAN THE
LAST TIME I SAW YOU.
AH. KINGPOK,
HOW GOOD OF
you TO COME.
WHAT WAS ТНАТ?

I COULDN'T QUITE
MAKE OUT WHAT
YOU ARE SAYING.
4
7 Я WHAT’S THE ... CAT GOT
MATTER ... YOUR
TONGUE?
protection Spell
CONTROL YOURSELF,
LION....
YOU TRY MY PATIENCE...
YOUR LITTLE SPELLS DON'T

FRIGHTEN ME, STI TER. " Ер
STATE YOUR BUSINESS TEACH OUTO: РЕ FRIGATE
OR BE OFF. OF MY LITTLE SPELLS ....
HOWEVER, MY MISSION
HERE TODAY IS OF A MORE
HUMBLE SORT....
YOU SEE... FOR QUITE

MANY ATTEMPTS HAVE BEEN
SOME TIME I HAVE BEEN SEARCHING
МАРЕ ВУ MY GREATEST WARRIORS
FOR THREE STRANGERS FROM ANOTHER
TO OBTAIN THESE CREATURES,
LANP. I BELIEVE YOU KNOW OF THEM... +++ ONLY YOU, LION,
BUT ALL HAVE FAILED ME...
THEY ARE CALLED BONES... HAVE EVER BEEN ABLE
TO CAPTURE THEM...
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МЕ МУ
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^ YES, TNE CAPTURED THEM...

TWICE, ІМ FACT. WHAT РО YOU THAT IS MY CONCERN. . .
WANT THEM FOR? BUT TIME IS RUNNING SHORT...
.. T MUST HAVE THEM BEFORE
THE HARVEST MOON ...
CAN YOU
DELIVER THEM?
THE HARVEST MOON? ALL MAGIC IS STRONGER WHEN

BLOOD MOON, YOU MEAN.
ONE USES THE NATURAL WAXING AND
WHAT ARE YOU UP TO,
STICKEATER? ARE YOU WANING OF THE DREAMING RYTHYMS ...
PLANNING
A RITUAL?
A SACRIFICE, ANSWER ME,
PERHAPS?
ROGUE JA...
WILL YOU pO THIS
THING FOR ME?
т TRIED TO GIVE THEM TO I РР END UP WITH HIS

YOU ONCE ALREADY. TONGUE, OF COURSE, BUT
ВИТ KINGPOK INSISTED т I WILL WANT MORE
NEXT TIME, пана
BE
LEAVE THEM WITHOUT
REWARDED. . .
PROPER COMPENSATION.
NAME YOUR
M |
an
ч `
Wa
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protection Spell
I WILL HANE COMPLETE у NOT SO FAST, STICKEATER.

SOVEREIGNTY OVER THE EASTERN а RITUAL MAGIC ON THE HARVEST
MOUNTAINS NORTH OF : MOON, ЕН?
THE OLD TEMPLE. я you MUST HAVE
о 5 4 GREAT PLANS. ..
£ WANT ТО ВЕ WELL КЕМАКРЕР.
WHAT МОКЕ РО YOU
SUGGEST?
A TRIBUTE. ONCE А YEAR ЙЫ d 4 `

YOUR HAIRY MEN WILL BRING ÑE СЕТИ SUS Geant Е
TO ME ONE EIGHTH OF THEIR 2 ТНЕ РЕАР ВОРУ OF РО NOT WISH THERE ТО BE АМУ
5 THE PRINCESS? OF WHAT RIVALS AT MY PARTY.

USE IS A DEAD BODY DO WE HAVE A DEAL?
DONE. £ WILL
BRING vou | . :
YOUR BONE ЩЫ Р awe
CREATURES. е УБР cee
PRINCESS.
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РНОМЕУ/
YOU’RE YEAH, YEAH,
OKAY? GREAT, ЗОМ,
you QUIT LIKE £ BEEN
CAN HEAR SHOUTING. SLEEPIN’ ON
ME! ш Á А ROCK FOR
/ МАМ А WEEK.
YOU НАМЕ/
YOU НАР А РЕМЕК
AN’ YOU МЕКЕ
DELIRIOUS.
WHAT? YOU BAYS!

WERE OUT LOOK
HOW FONG WAS FOR A LONG AROUND!
TIME- - YOU'RE С.
OLD MAN'S
CAVE”
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ISN’T IT EXCITING?
JUST LIKE
TALES OF THE
че
OLDEN DAYS!
A BACK WHEN
- |V | WAS THE MYSTICAL
C XN STRONGHOLD OF
- < THE VENI-YAN
pee WARRIORS?
I THOUGHT YOU РІРМ?Т WE РІРМТ KNOW THEY KINGDOM?

LIKE THESE GUYS. WERE THE ЕМТЕ ROYAL GUARDIANS?
THE TOWNSPEOPLE CALLED ROYAL GUARPIANS
EM STICKEATERS. OF THE PREAMING/ UH, он,
EVERYBODY THOUGHT WAIT A MINUTE - -
OH, THAT. IT’S ALL COMING
WE THOUGHT THE VENI-YAN BACK TO МЕ...
THEY WERE DISAPPEARED ALONG
WANDERING WITH THE
HOLY MEN. KINGDOM!
MONKS.
BEGGARS.
WELL, LOOK
WHO'S FEELING
BETTER’
GOOP MORNING,
PHONCIBLE/
Old Mans Саме
JON , NOW, PHONCIBLE, \

TO TAKE А IT’S NOT THAT ВАР.
Дет ат TEEL NE WALK WITH ME. I'LL TELL YOU WHAT;
IF YOU AGREE TO
ISN’T QUEEN
ОР biACE =- N BEHAVE YOURSELF,
І PROMISE NOT ТО
ш
HAVE YOUR
HEAD CUT OFF.
p
MY LIFE
IS GONNA
SUCK,
ISN’T IT? /
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WHAT’S THE { A SANCTUARY. IT IS THE
DEAL WITH ALL E CENTER OF ALL THAT IS DAYS OF THE KINGDOM,
THESE MYSTIC TRANSCENPANT IN MY FAMILY USEP TO
WARRIORS? А THIS WORLD. TRAIN HERE WITH THE
THIS PLACE ~ МЕМ-УАМ WARRIORS.
LOOKS LIKE AN
ARMY САМР.
TO BE IN \ BY CONCENTRATING ON y МИ
NER OUR KINSHIP WITH THE
REST OF CREATION. AAL J
Xo TO BE HERE, IN иу THE DREAMING IS А

OUR WORLD, AND АТ ? Ñ : GREAT RIVER OF POWER
THE SAME TIME Se. N THAT FLOWS AROUND US
IN THE у г IN ALL DIRECTIONS ...
DREAMING. СӨГЕР
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А
2
Protection Spell
WHEN WE РКЕАМ, WE PEER : TAM THAT DREAMING WORLD EXISTS

THROUGH A FOGGY GLASS | ЕМЕМ WHEN WE ARE АМАКЕ.
INTO THE RIVER
АМР SEE À WORLD THAT
IS CONNECTED TO ALL
OTHER LIVING THINGS.
THERE’S MORE TO THE p YOU ARE

WORLD THAN WHAT YOU WITHOUT А POUBT,
SEE WITH YOUR EYES, NOTHIN’ THE MOST
уоште || М, PHONCIBLE. — IMPORTANT. fM — MATERIALISTIC
STARTIN’ TO |/ y PERSON I KNOW.
SCARE МЕ, |.’
GRAN’MA.
THESE PICTURES TELL

A STORY. AND THIS IS
THE VERY BEGINING.
TO SHOW YOU
SOMETHING.
WHEN THE
DRAGONS RULED
THE EARTH...
Old Mans Саме
WHEN THE WORLD WAS VERY, VERY MIM WATCHED THE DREAMING
NEW, THE FIRST DRAGON WAS А WITH CARE, АМ? ALL
QUEEN МАМЕ? MIM. ММ MAINTAINED CREATURES LIVED
THE DREAMING ВУ WATCHING ITS FLOW TOGETHER IN PEACE AND
AND KEEPING IT BALANCED. HARMONY. ..
THE DREAMING IS A THING .. . UNTIL ONE РАУ A SPIRIT

OF GREAT DELICACY, AND BALANCE KNOWN AS THE LORD OF
в IS AOST IAPORTANT. THE LOCUSTS BECAME UNHAPPY.
THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS WAS А HE CHOSE MIM, QUEEN

NIGHTMARE BEING WITHOUT SHAPE OR OF THE DRAGONS, THE
FORM WHO COULD EXIST ONLY MOST POWERFUL DREAMER
IN THE SPIRIT WORLD. IN WORLD.
DRAGONS
AREN’T
IMMORTAL? Ј'
BUT HE WANTED TO MOVE IN

, OUR WORLD TOO, AND TO DO
THAT - - TO BECOME PART OF
OUR CRUDE REALITY ~ - НЕ WOULD
HAVE TO TAKE POSSESSION OF A MORTAL. EVERYTHING
MORTAL BEING’S FLESH’ IN OUR WORLD IS MORTAL.
THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS TO SAVE THE WORLD, ALL THE

ENTERED HER MIND AND OTHER DRAGONS HAD TO MOVE
THE QUEEN OF THE DRAGONS AGAINST НЕК! THEY TURNED НЕК
WENT MAD. BALANCE WAS LOST, TO STONE, АМ? THEY TRAPPED THE LORD
АМР THE WORLD WENT DARK. OF THE LOCUSTS INSIDE HER FOREVER!
TRAPPED
ALIVE? YES, ALINE.
HE CAN FAINTLY ~
COMMUNICATE WITH BEINGS
WHO HAVE UNUSUALLY STRONG
DREAMS, BUT TO THIS PAY
HE LIES ENCASED IN THE STONE
CARCASS OF THE
QUEEN OF THE DRAGONS.
Protection Spell
SO THEY BEGAN TO SEARCH 2 Ñ

FOR А НИМАМ ТНЕУ COULD
TRUST, AND THEY FOUND А YOUNG
— GIRL NAMED VEN.
=
SHE wAS q
VEN HARVESTAR, THE FIRST
AFTER THE FRIGHT CAUSED Ву THEIR QUEEN OF THE HUMANS.
QUEEN, THE HIGH COUNCIL OF DRAGONS SHE WAS MY ANCESTOR,
NO LONGER FELT THEY SHOULD BE THE AND THORN’S ANCESTOR.
SOLE GUARDIANS OF THE PREAMING. . .
THESE COINS A GREAT

ERE FORGED BY THE DRAGONS DEAL.
AS A TOKEN OF THE COVENANT
BETWEEN OUR TWO RACES TO SOMEONE
UPHOLP AND MAINTAIN THE BALANCE WANTS
OF THE DREAMING ... TO FREE THE
LORD OF THE
LOCUSTS...
YEAH, YEAH,
REAL NICE. THEY NEED you
LET’S SKIP AHEAD TO DO IT.
A FEW GENERATIONS.
WHAT’S THIS GOT
THE RAT CREATURES THE BEST INFORMATION

WHAT FOR? ` THINK YOU DO. SET-UP? WE HANE IS THAT
I DON’T KNOW I'M BEING THE RAT CREATURES
ANYTHING ABOUT FRAMED! ANP A ROGUE VENI-YAN (|
WARRIOR CALLED
EVIL THE HOOPEP ONE
SPIRITS? ARE SEARCHING FOR YOU
IN ORPER TO FREE
THE ANCIENT LORD
OF THE LOCUSTS.
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BUT THE DRAGONS WON’T HELP US.

I'M INNOCENT? THAT'S WHY ТМЕ GATHERED THE HIGHNESS.
£ DON’T REMAINING VENI-YAN AND LUCIUS DOWN
KNOW ANYTHING REOCCUPIEP OLD MAN'S CAVE. HAS RETURNED
ABOUT THIS; IF NEEP BE, WE CAN MAKE FROM
GO GET THE DRAGON! А LAST STAND HERE. PATROL.
YOU HAVE TO STOP
THE НООРЕР ONE!
THANK YOU.
TELL HIM
WHERE TO FIND
ME.
L
Lucius” WELL, YOU’LL SEE!

GOOD OL’ ALWAYS BEEN ALL THIS LOCUST WHY WOULD
Lucius VERY SPECIAL STUFF IS JUST A SIMPLE LUCIUS AND
НЕТ. SANE US! TO MY MISUNDERSTANDING! L GET
HE WON’T LET FAMILY. WE’LL GET IT ALL MARRIED?
ANY THING HAPPEN STRAIGHTENED OUT,
TO YOU OR THORN’ THEN ME AN’ MY COUSINS
HE'S CAN GO HOME, AND
CRAZY you AN’ LUCIUS CAN
ABOUT YA. GET MARRIED, AND
THORN CAN--
BECAUSE YOU GUYS THAT'S RIDICULOUS! ... AT LEAST МОТ

ARE OLD SWEETHEARTS, LUCIUS AND I NEVER EVEN UNTIL IT WAS
HE TOLD ME YOU COURTED. WHY, HE WASN’T TOO LATE.
TWO WERE ALMOST EVEN SWEET ОМ МЕ...
MARRIED ONCE.
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DON’T BE. THORN IS

SIGN tor MY ,
NO IF ANYONE COULD USING ALL HER
ФКАКОРАЦФНТЕК, РМ SORRY. FIN? THEM, IT WOULD SKILLS TO THROW
US OFF HER TRAIL.
Lucius? BE you.
I’M AFRAID
OR THE MISSING THE DRAGON
BONE BOYS? WAS A GOOD
TEACHER.
I НАУЕМ/Т THERE’S STILL TIME

EXACTLY GIVEN HER TO KEEP A PATH
THORN WANT A LOT OF REASONS CLEAR TO THE
TO THROW TO TRUST ME. SOUTH IF WE
YOU OFF HER SENP A UNIT TONIGHT.
TRAIL?
THERE’S MORE BAD NEWS,

ROSIE. THE RAT CREATURES
ARE ON THE MOVE
AGAIN. THE HOODED ONE
> IS SETTING UP
ENCAMPMENTS ON
LET НМ
BE LOOKIN’ OUT FOR YOU,
LUCIUS. RUNT. OTHERWISE
HE’S JUST ГР TWIST YER SCRAWNY
WAITIN" ON, WORRIED
YA BIG АРЕ?” | ABOUT HIS
FONE BONE COUSINS.
АМ”
SMILEY
YEAH, YEAH. T HEAR THAT

А КОТ LATELY.
Old Mans Cave
МНО IS THIS
НООРЕР ONE
ANYWAY?
OKAY, OKAY, JUST FOR THE f.. waar WOULD ACTUALLY N/ WHY,
SAKE OF ARGUMENT, SUPPOSE HAPPEN IF THE НООРЕР ONE THE ЕМ? OF
ALL THIS PREAM STUFF MANAGED TO SET THE LORD T НЕ КОЕ
IS REAL. .. OF THE LOCUSTS
CHIN UP,
PHONCIBLE. WE WON’T
САМЕ UP THE VALLEY
WITHOUT A FIGHT.
NOW IF YOU'LL
EXCUSE ME,
ГР BETTER
ФО CHECK OUR
PRONISIONS.
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ИД WOULPN’T NEEP'EM GRANPMOTHER’S |
РОК А ВАТИ/ STUFF.
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HEY!
SINCE WHEN PO SINCE МЕЧЕ
YOU ИКЕ TO BEEN LIVING IN THE
BATHE? MOUNTAINS FOR WEEKS!
WATCH WHAT YOU'RE USUALLY A GENTLEMAN CAN
YOU'RE DOING’ LIKE A CAT WHEN ONLY TAKE SO MUCH
THAT’S MY BATHWATER T COMES CAKED-ON DIRT.
YOU'RE SPILLIN'/ TO GETTING WET.
SAY --
РО YOU
HEAR THAT?
ІШ
(0С(5
ОН! BUT IT'S
МОТ А КАТ CREATURE,
NO, IT'S JUST
SOME LONELY
THOUGH, OLD WOLF
RIGHT? CALLING OUT
INTO THE
TWILIGHT.
Y'KNOW, FONE BONE, IT FEELS

DOESN’T IT? IF HE DOES, GOOD TO BE BACK AT
TED WILL TURN HIM @RAN AA BEN’S FARMHOUSE.
YOU THINK HE”LL AWAY. IT’S ALMOST LIKE BEING
COME HERE? HOME AGAIN.
HAS THORN
C’MON, LET’S | SAI? WHAT THE
GET THIS WATER PLAN IS?
AROUND BACK. WE'RE NOT LEAVING
RIGHT AWAY,
ARE WE?
THORN'S
PECISION.
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WELL, WHAT POES SHE

WANT? ARE МЕ GONNA STAY
HERE, OR ARE WE GONNA GO
TO OLD MAN’S CAVE?
I DON'T THINK SHE

WANTS TO PO EITHER.
SHE JUST WANTS TO
ФЕТ SOME THINGS AND
GO BACK TO THE
MOUNTAINS.
WELL, £ THINK THORN’S

МОРЕ. WRONG.
SHE DOESN’T I THINK WE CAN TRUST
TRUST HER. GRAN’MA BEN, AND WE
ANYMORE.
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... BUT UNTIL THORN AT

CHANGES HER MIND, / 7. 4 LEAST UNTIL
WE'LL JUST НАМЕ / ж
TO BE PATIENT.
YOU THINK SHE

REALLY HAS
А PLAN?
Т SURE HOPE SO.

А PLAN TO SAVE uS IF THORN
ЕКОМ THE КАТ DIP HAVE E TO
CREATURES, АМР TO DEAL A PLAN, WHY RAT CREATURES’
WITH THEIR LEADER WOULPN’T SHE ENCAMPMENT
THE HOODED ONE. TELL IT TO AND ASSASSINATE
us? Hi E НООРЕР
NE...
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THE REASON І
МЕМ”Т TOLD YOU
IS BECAUSE
I’M GOING
ALONE.
ТМЕ МАРЕ TED WILL HELP YOU

ARRANGEMENTS WITH ТЕР FIND FOOD.
FOR THE BOTH О! YOU'LL BE SAFER
HERE THAN YOU
WOULD ВЕ AT
OLD MAN’S CAVE.
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| W mT NOW WAIT - -
Ра
YOU THINK AFTER NZ 7 THIS DOESN’T
и.
j | WHOA, WHOA, ALL THIS, WE'RE МОТ

GOING TO BE
INVOLVE YOU.
WHAT ARE YOU PART OF THE
TALKING PLAN?
ALTHOUGH
£ FEEL I SHOULD
STRESS THAT
IT IS А
VERY STUPID
PLAN.
` y.
DOESN’T INVOLVE МЕ?!
Е НООРЕР ONE 15 AFTER І/УЕ BEEN CHASED OFF CLIFFS,
MY COUSIN PHONEY РОМЕ; PUSHED OFF WATERFALLS, RAINED
"THE ONE WHO BEARS ON, AND BEATEN UP EVERY
THE STAR” SINGLE DAY SINCE Т
REMEMBER? GOT TO THIS STUPID
VALLEY!
, Е
us; ҮЛГІ K: |
С” МОН, THORN.
ANOTHER WORD - - IT’S NOT JUST
I KNOW УОШКЕ МАР Ат YOUR LET’S GO то HER LIES. THERE'S
GRANPMOTHER FOR LYING MORE...
ABOUT THE DEATH
OF YOUR PARENTS, BUT
MOVE ON.
SHE THOUGHT SHE

WAS PROTECTING YOU.
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ALMOST EVERY NIGHT SHE SEEMS SPLIT IN TWO...

GRAN’MA BEN APPEARS ТО FIRST PULLING ME IN ONE
ME IN A DREAM... DIRECTION, THEN ANOTHER.
IT’S LIKE HAVING TWO DIFFERENT
BUT SOMETHING IS WRONG. CRAN'MA BENS BATTLING
FOR POSSESSION
OF ME.
=
И vou DON’T KNOW WHAT
IT’S LIKE TO NEVER KNOW
YOU DON’T KNOW YOUR MOTHER 4
WHAT IT’S LIKE. AND FATHER.
| WE'RE ORPHANS, TOO. UNTIL WE

ME, AND FONE BONE, CAME HERE,
AND PHONEY. THAT IS.
WE’RE ALL THE YOU AN? GRAN’MA BEN
WE GOT. TOOK CARE OF US - -
ЕМЕМ WHEN IT MEANT
YOUR OWN LIVES
WOULP BE IN
| РАМФЕК.
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WHEN PHONEY
PULLS SOME STUPID SCAM
THAT MAKES ME CRAZY,
I KNOW DEEP DOWN НЕ DOESN’T
MEAN TO HURT ANYONE...
... IN HIS MIND, HE'S STILL
LOOKING OUT FOR US.
WHEN WE WERE
KIDS, PHONEY WAS
THE OLDEST AND
HE TOOK CARE
OF US.
Т ALWAYS
DEEP DOWN YOU
SO RESOURCEFUL | KNOW IF YOU САМ
| Амр STINGY. TRUST SOMEONE.
ALL RIGHT, FONE BONE.

ALL RIGHT, SMILEY BONE.
WE’LL GO TO OLD
MAN’S CAVE.
I GUESS...
DEEP DOWN, I pO
TRUST
№
и, \ GRAN’MA BEN.
X ГУШ Й
ШР
| GRAB YOUR STUFF, AND >
быуа LET’S GO. WS
MAN, £ HOPE YOU'RE

RIGHT ABOUT
THIS!
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WENDELL, HAVE WE MUST NOT САРТАМ KNOTT, MONE YOUR

YOUR MEN DIG IN. LET THE RAT MEN FORWARD IN А LINE
REMEMBER, YOU ARE CREATURES CROSS
OUR LAST LINE , THIS RIVER. IF МЕ РО, АМР HOLD. WAIT FOR THE
SIGNAL.
OF DEFENSE - - OLD MAN’S CANE
WILL BE
SURROUNDED.
SCOUTS
FOLLOW ME.
Old Mans Cave
ЗОМАТНАМ, T WANT SON, YOU MOVE UP THE WE ARE WELL

YOU TO GO UP THE MIDDLE NORTH BANK АМР TRAINED TO
QUIET AS A GHOST. KEEP YOUR EYES PEELED - - SEE.
IF YOU SEE THE ENEMY, SNEAK OR WHATEVER IT IS YOU
BACK ANP WARN OUR BOYS DO WITH THAT HOOD
TO PREPARE
BUSH. THE PULLED OVER YOUR FACE.
NOW, REMEMBER,
РО NOT ENGAGE THE -.. WE HAVE TO KEEP THOSE
ENEMY! YOUR JOB IS TO RATS FROM CROSSING THE RIVER.
WARN OUR BOYS...
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PO YOU NOT
RECOGNIZE ME?
HAS IT BEEN SO
IT IS REALLY МЕ.
COME
CLOSER...
YOU CAN NOT | TELL МЕ...

HOW IS
KNOW HOW PAINFUL ™ MY BABY SISTER ... ? HOW IS
IT HAS BEEN TO ША ROSE? HAVE YOU TAKEN GOOD
BE APART FROM CARE OF HER?
You...
I HAVE
ACHEP TO BE
WITH YOU...
Old Mans Саме
HOW SWEET IT 15
TO SEE YOU...
HOW CAN THIS BE, BRIAR? _ AND УЕТ... HERE You ЖО THATIS Because Z
YOU WERE KILLED THAT NIGHT dee, TSEC УОН = coke Sani
ON THE MOUNTAIN PASS - - THE P ТЕМ...
NIGHT THORN’S PARENTS I DIED THAT
YOU EVER WERE IN ШЕЕ... )|веттвя THAN
WERE MURDERED. . . шен
FIFTEEN
SAW YOU - -
YOUR BODY WAS B
CUT IN TWO.
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NO...
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WHAT HANE
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NO WORD
FROM LUCIUS
МЕМЕ SENT OUT

А TEAM OF
WARRIORS TO
RE-ESTABLISH
CONTACT.
E SSSo. МА
MOST OF THE
VILLAGERS ARE
SAFELY IN
THE САМЕ.
NOW WHERE WERE WE,

PHONCIBLE?
YOU WERE TALKING

ABOUT MY SOUL.
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АН, YES, DRE YOUR SOUL IS THAT ВІТ Ха = BACH CONCENTRATED

OF US, IN FACT, BIT
IS
OF THEЕ DREAMING THAT MAKES YOU - А SMALL
Poo ED TER PI OF
| IN THE CURRENTS ОР
THE GREAT DREAMING RIVER THAT |
FLOWS ALL AROUND US. —
YEAH, YEAH,
EVERYTHING’S
A BIS DREAM TO
YOU, ISN’T IT,
ROSE?
WITHIN OURSELVES... (МУ THORN IS SUCH A PERSON.

THE DREAMING MAY FLOW _ С PERHAPS YOU ARE TOO.
IN MANY DIRECTIONS. <
BUT OCCASIONALLY WOO ed =
THERE IS ONE BORN STRONG ANP б
WITHIN МНОМ ALL THE GIFTER РУ =S i UE SDN /STRONG THAT ISANDНАЕР
GIFTED.
TO . .
CURRENTS ARE ALIGNED. (py, GEN, BT Z STIL
б (ff : ИМ = | DON’T SEE WHY THE
НООРЕР ONE WANTS
MY SOUL - ~
IT - - IT’S THE GITCHY FEELIN’...

THAT TERRIBLE FEELING THAT MAKES
Hoos YOUR HEAD SWIM AND YOUR LEGS
ФКАММА? о WOBBLE! IT’S А POWERFUL OMEN
WHAT’S > о OF BAD THINGS TO COME! 4
WRONG? `°O м
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wolf Call
YES, I... I JUST HOPE

THAT MY GRANDDAUGHTER
IS SAFE.
Р THAT’S THE MOUNTAIN E

MEM RANGE WHERE THE LORD OF š
THE LOCUSTS LIES й
my РІЧТОМВЕР IN STONE.
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Old Mans Саме
HOLY Й о NS YOUR HIGHNESS/ В’ GET THEA

SMOKE. вит нео 5 INSIPE AND
DID НЕ GET EM Ба š Lucius Же
. ЖЕ IS OUTSIDE
THE CAMP!
BLOOD MOON.. У HEPURSUED
ARE BEING
ВУ
шы A RAT CREATURES”
THE RATS I SHOULD HANE

CAUGHT US BY BEEN WITH Е
THE RIVER АЧ?
SLAUGHTERED US. HERE. TAKE HIM.
IF REINFORCEMENTS I DON’T KNOW IF
HADN^T ARRIVED, WE HE’S STILL
WOULD/VE BEEN ^ ALIVE OR NOT.
FINISHED.
CALM. BE CALM.
f WE MUST PREPARE
THE RAT CREATURES
HAVE US COMPLETELY
FOR OUR FINAL STAND.
SURROUNDED,
I JUST PRAY
THAT THORN
IS SAFE...
WHEREVER
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I CAN’T EXPLAIN IT.

BUTIs
BRIAR HOW?
DEAD- - BUT IT IS TRUE. К
I SAW HER
ШАҒАСЫ ІМ YOUR SISTER IS THE
НООРЕР ONE. OH... BRIAR...
5 POOR, DEAR BRIAR. . .
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Old Mans Саме
IT MUST BE THE < ... АМР NOW SHE IS

LORD OF THE LOCUSTS. GOING TO REPAY
HE’S KEPT HER ALIVE THAT DEBT BY
ALL THESE YEARS... SETTING HIM FREE,
IF EVER WE NEEDED |» BUT THE COUNCI’s

НИ. THE GREAT RED DRAGON, | DECISION WAS FINAL
_ WE NEED HIM NOW. №
HERE'S NOTHING )'/ І PLEADED WITH THE .. THE DRAGONS ARE GOING
Е CANTO HIGH COUNCIL UNDERGROUND FOR GOOD.
TO CHANGE IN DEREN GARD FOR Eu dE:
THEIR MINDS? THREE DAYS ... MEAE TH
ENEN WITH THE RED
DRAGON ВУ MY SIDE
т WAS UNABLE TO SWAY
Blood Moon
IT'S ALL RIGHT, ) / Give HIM / PHONEY ВОМЕ!

CAPTAIN. ЕА
WHAT IS IT, БА “THE ONE WHO BEARS
WENDELL? ^ 5 THE STAR!”
HE”S THE ONE <

THE RAT CREATURES ARE
AFTER. ТНЕУ ТОКЕ UP THE
VALLEY LOOKING FOR HIM.
Иувдн: NOW THE RAT CREATURES 4 ENEN IF HE WAS ALL

: THE RAT CREATURES WHAT pO
RATE NE а = WANTED, £ WOULDN’T ADVISE
GINING THEM THE ONE THING
НАМ? HIM OVER’ THEY NEED TO WIN
THIS WAR.
OUR FRIEN?S OUT THERE LORD OF TH - -? --THAT'S JUST A STORY?

‚ BELIEVE THAT THE |, | GIVE THEM PHONEY BONE АМР
‘ONE WHO BEARS THE STAR YOU MEAN LET “ЕМ TRY! WHAT CAN
CAN FREE THE
LORD OF THE LOCUSTS.
ANCIENT
eee THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS
РО TO us?
РУ — QUEEN OF
4: 1“ | THE DRAGONS?
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THE LORP OF THE LOCUSTS WHY PON'T YOU BACK OFF, WENDELL.
CAN STEAL THE TAKE THAT THE ENEMY’S OUTSIDE
DREAMING THAT FLOWS STICK-EATER THE GATES, REMEMBER?
THROUGH YOU.
HE RAN AWAY BECAUSE

YOU SCARED HIM?
Qul У!
WE НАМЕ TO FIND НМ:
SPREAD OUT
AND SEARCH THE САМР ~ -
FIND THAT BONE? IF НЕ
ENDS UP IN THE WRONG
HANDS, IT’S GOING TO
BE A REAL SHORT WAR.
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Blood Moon
811
Old Mans Саме
HOLP IT
RIGHT THERE,
SQUIRT’
WHERE РО YOU THINK

Г HAVEN’T YOU CAUSED
?
ENOUGH TROUBLE? EVERYONE WAS IN
YOU'RE GOING?
DANGER AS LONG AS
І STAYED THERE...
HORSE KNOBBIES//
YOU DON’T CARE
> ABOUT ANYBODY’S
...Z/M THE ONE THE P
SAFETY!
y,
RAT CREATURES WANT. ) | YOU WERE RUNNING

р AWAY...
I THOUGHT IF
I LEFT, THE REST
OF YOU WOULP BE
812
Blood Moon
... AND NOW YOURE

PUTTING THE REST
OF US IN WORSE
DANGER!
@RAN AA,
I SWEAR Т
DON’T KNOW
WHY THEY'RE
AFTER МЕ - -
ТО
7⁄7
Old Mans Cave
МАКИ! имвалеулви, 72-2

ча THE STORIES ABOUT YOU ARE
TRUE, COW WOMAN! YOU ARE
STRONG AND HARP AS ROCK!
... BUT IT IS NOT YOU т

АМ AFTER ... TONIGHT
Т HUNT FOR THE ONE WHO
BEARS THE STAR...
Ii
„Уж ~ 7
ЖУА, |
M.
“Ж
wA À
Blood Moon
[/ mw 7 Q
PHONEY” У N| O COME WITH US,

lat ARE ZOU Ж РНОМЕУ,
ОМЕР HERE? МЕКЕ GOING TO
AFTER МЕ BECAUSE OLD MAN’S CAVE.
5 £ WEAR А STAR YOU'LL BE
ON MY SHIRT’ f / 2% SAFE THERE.
NO? І JUST LEFT THERE’

THE RAT CREATURES HAVE 4
THE PLACE SURROUNDED. WHERE’S A GIANT LION
@RAN AA BEN? | |ATTACKED HER- -
DON’T, THORN’
YOU'LL ВЕ
KILLED,
Old Mans Саме
WAIT, THORN! YOU

CAN'T FIGHT THAT LUON- ~ THE DRAGONS
LET’S FIND THE DRAGON! WON’T HELP US - -
@RAN AA SAID
ТНЕУ МЕ GONE
UNDERGROUND
FOR GOOD.
<. Í PRINCESS THORN, ),

£ PRESUME ;
#27
ИЖ.
7
816
Blood Moon
YOU ARE COMING

ME AS i
STARBEARER. ..
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; fA
Boo MU |
... Вит JUST BARELY.

Blood Moon
5 G0! we наме то
SAVE НЕК:
YOU - - YOU'RE NOT COMING

WITH AE?
THE HIGH COUNCIL ОР DRAGONS

HAS FORBIDDEN IT.
I MUST REMAIN APART.
THE VALLEY IS
COUNTING ON
you.
Old Mans Саме
FONE ВОМЕ! НЕ ТООК ТНОКМ AND

YOU'RE AWAKE - - У, EE. PHONEY АМ? CARRIED
^ n , "
/ | Е \ THEM ОРЕ IN
HIS MOUTH?
WHAT ARE WE
GONNA pO?”
ROCK ЗАМ O
GOT
PHONEY/
WHICH WAY
DID THEY
GO?
Si М Т Rodd уе
N Y v SM à >>
Мо Ж ИХ ` ) À
Blood Moon
“я V_ еоор.
DON’T TALK у2% TAAT
5 iP УОЏ S oe
САМ РО.
... ROSE. .. Lucius. 6%)! МОМ
SAVE YOUR 377 GO AFTER
@O AFTER STRENGTH. L- ү ТНАТ LION”
THEA, M Ad 1 |
S
THERE.
THAT SHOULP
STOP THE
BLEEDING.
ТЛА. GET MYSELF BACK.

YOU HAVE TO BEAT THAT
LION TO PHONEY BONE- -
OR WORSE...
YOU HAVE TO BEAT HIM
TO THORN.
ALL RIGHT,
Lucius,
GOOPBYE.
Old Mans Саме
Blood Moon
THERE’S
PHONEY - -
ВИТ WHERE'S
THORN? YOU THINK
SHE’S STILL
OKAY?
АТ LAST, STARBEARER ....
WE ARE COME
FACE ТО FACE ....
т
YOU HAVE BOLDLY THREATENED US .... IT SEEMS YOUR LUCK HAS
. , AND UP UNTIL NOW ... YOU HAVE RUN OUT...
PERHAPS YOU ARE NOT AS POWERFUL
A MYSTIC AS YOU THOUGHT ....
LOOK, BUDDY, I’M NOT

ANY KIN? OF MYSTIC. AND
I NEVER THREATENED YOU!
— THIS IS ALL JUST
823
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SILENCE...
TAE MT if FORGET IT”
FROM THIS MOMENT ON YOUR DESTINY 15
HAND, I АМТ ТАКІМ
WITH МЕ .... PHONCIBLE P. BONE. | YOURHAND!
CREEPY
TOGETHER МЕ WILL FREE OUR MASTER TOUCH ME...
... THE ANCIENT LORD OF
THE BLOOD MOON WAXES FULL...
THE FORCES OF THE ME WILLINGLY ... ТАМ
DREAMING .... АМР OUR MASTER ... ARE PREPARED TO RISK THE RITUAL
BEING DRAWN CLOSER
TO THE STONE SURFACE THAT
SEPARATES US...
; SACRIFICE?
NOW, HOLD ON, PAL.
SERIOUSLY, YOU GOT
THE WRONG Guy”
IT’S ALL A
BIG MISTAKE!
РО YOU CALL THIS... (2

A MISTAKE?
Blood Moon
THE OMEN THAT
FORETOLD YOUR COMING!
„(и ~
КAS TN
с ( мъ,
/ MW es а
‚ My Ñ [ | W А
Аш PY C
р @ УУ «є N
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YOU CHASEP ME ALL ONER

KINGDOM COME BECAUSE IT’S PHONEY'S YEAH! THE SAME
OF THAT?/. CAMPAIGN EALLOON” BALLOON THAT GOT US
O Boy. THE ONE ТНАТ СНАЗЕР RUN OUT OF
MISS СКАВ-ВОНЕ INTO BONEVILLE IN THE
FONE BONE IS FIRST PLACE.
GONNA BE CRANKY
WHEN HE FINDS
OUT ABOUT
/ THIS IS WHY YOU’VE £ WILL NOW USE MY

I THOUGHT YOU BEEN SEARCHING FOR МЕ?” SCYTHE ... ТО CONNECT
CAUGHT IT АМР LET IT’S A CAMPAIGN
THE AIR OUT
OF IT! I THOUGHT BALLOON! THE BANNER YOUR SOUL ... DIRECTLY ТО
M TID! USED TO SAY: THE LIVING ROCK...
n
IT MUST HANE PHONCIBLE P. BONE
FLOATED WILL GET YOUR
HERE ACROSS THE
DESERT.
AS SOON
AS WE SAVE HIM
FROM THIS
SACRIFICE,
LET'S
KILL HIM!
THAT BONE АН, МЕРСОМЕ, ROSE HARNESTAR ...

CREATURE 15 NOT MY SISTER ....
А NENI-YAN-CARI.
Blood Moon
I CONFESS, MY SISTER ... HERE ...

THAT SEEING YOU ALINE IS | 15 YOUR PRECIOUS За
QUITE AMAZING ...
.... £ HAP THOUGHT М O >) WHERE IS

YOU DIED THE SAME |“ SHE, THE ONE YOU THOUGHT WOULD ВЕ Ñ
мент тор. (7.i^ BRIAR? THE FUTURE RULER OF THE LAND...
WHAT YOU HAVE KILLED, BRIAR,

IS YOUR ONLY CHANCE TO FREE
YOUR MASTER - -
THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS.
AS YOU BOTH
SHOULD HAVE BEEN
FIFTEEN YEARS AGO
ON THAT MOUNTAIN
PASS...
EVEN T CAN SEE THIS BALLOON IS NO

OMEN OF POWER - - IT IS MERELY
A SYMBOL OF PRIDE AND VANITY!
" Y YOUR JEALOUSY OF THE TRUE

` ‚К VENIFYAN-CARI HAS BLINDED YOU - -
| AND YOU HAVE BADLY
MISCALCULATED, МУ sister. Ñ
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MISCALCULATED. ..
НЕ HAS THE POWER ТО
YOU HAVE BROUGHT

DISGRACE ПРОМ МУ
PEOPLE IN THE EYES OF THE
LORD OF THE LOCUSTS...
Blood Moon
THE ENP IS
АТ HAND’
LT
2
ХА
Sb
АЯТ
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ко +, АС
THIS IS THE
DRAGON NECKLACE!
т
~A WORN
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>
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2
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IN |y
У Џ AA 4
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Blood Moon
CAN YOU WALK?

WE HAVE TO
GET OUT
OF HERE!
HURRY?
THIS PLACE
IS FALLING
APART’
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832
Friends (> Enemies
Book Seven
Ghost Circles
Prologue: Jonathan
YOU DON’T
É KNOW МЕ, Вит
І/БЕ A GOOD FREN”
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LISTEN, JON - ~
ТНОКМ SENT МЕ АНЕАР ТО
FIND GRAN’MA BEN АМ” THE
NOT TOO DRAGONS - - TO TELL‘EM
ФООР. THAT THORN’S COMIN’
TO JOIN ‘EM.
BUT JON - -
I’SE REAL
I CAN'T FIN? NO DRAGONS - -
SORRY TO
I CAN’T FIND NO GRAN’MA ВЕЧЕ!
HEAR THAT.
AN’ I THOUGHT THORNY’D
THORN WILL BE HERE PY NOW.
BE, TOO.
WHERE IS
EVERYBODY?
THE DRAGONS... FOR GOOD?

HAVE GONE ОН, Г KNEW WE SHOULDA
UNDERGROUND FOR COME BACK SOONER!
ФООР. I TOLD THAT GIRL, BUT
GRAN’MA ЗАР SO. SHE WOULDN’T
LISTEN!
OH, BOY. TP
IF THEM PRAGONS
GONE DOWN INTO
TANEN GARD, THAT’S A
SURE SIGN THE
ENDTIMES IS
Т GOT TO THEY DISAPPEARED.

FIN? @RAN AA BEN!
EVERYBODY
OR Lucius”
SAYS LUCIUS
YOU KNOW WHERE DONE IT.
Lucius 15,
TONNY?
838
Jonathan
THEY SAY HE I DON’T KNOW! BUT I SAW HIM IN

РОМЕ SOMETHIN’ THE ARMS OF THE HOODED ONE - -
TO GRAN’MA BEN АМР SHE WAS A WOMAN! THE TWO OF
AN” PHONEY BONE. ‘EM JUST STOOD THERE AN’ WATCHED
WHILE THE RAT CREATURES SNUCK UP
AND AMBUSHED OUR REGIMENT.
THAT’S
RIDICULOUS!
WHY WOULD
HE DO
ANYTHING TO
THEM?
І COULDN'T UNDERSTAND
WHY НЕ"? РО THAT...
I TOLD THE HEADMASTER Y NOW, SON, HE’S

ABOUT IT, AN’ HE SAID МО TRAITOR.
LUCIUS WAS A TRAITOR? THERE’S АМ
r JUST... EXPLANATION,
YOU CAN COUNT
HE'S
ON IT!
MY HERO.
LUCIUS DOWN IS
A HERO. AN’ A
MORE LOYAL SOUL т
NEVER MET.
ESPECIALLY WHEN IT
COMES TO
GRAN’MA BEN!
WHY, WHEN OL” ROSE BEN

HAP TO РСК UP STAKES AN”
MONE TO THE NORTHERN ARE YOU
END OF THE VALLEY, SURE?
LUCIUS COME WITH HER, JUST
TO MAKE SURE SHE
AN? HER GRANDDAUGHTER
WAS SAFE?
DON’T YOU WORRY NONE.

IF THEY’S ANY HUMAN
BEING YOU CAN COUNT ON,
IT’S LUCIUS DOWN.
т PROMISE YOU THAT.
839
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OH, YEAH.
DO YOU THINK
DON’T WORRY,
4
Неа TEN THE МЕ YOU РОМЕ THE

HEADMASTER ...? RIGHT THING.
LUCIUS WOULD
BE PROUD
OF YOU.
YOU GONNA
BE OKAY?
ОКВЕ-РОКЕЕ,
ЗОММУ ВОУ!
тла. FIND
OL’ LUCIUS, AN”
YOU REST UP,
‘CAUSE YOUR
REGIMENT GONNA
NEED YOU
REAL SOON.
840
Chapter One: End Times
THE
HEADMASTER
REQUESTS YOUR
PRESENCE ON
THE MAIN
GATE.
š OF COURSE.
HAS SOMETHING
HAPPENED?
f
Ж 5 PLEASE
Ж NN . HURRY.
Й ÁN DN EA >”
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THE EARTH ы
TREMORS. .. THE
NL | HEADMASTER
FEARS THE
END MAY
BE COMING.
| ASE. + i NI YES, пмемти, Ж

THE ISwATTING NOME ' ? АШУ YOU ARE LUCIUS DOWN’S
FoR you. „`` Ом À . МИА вест FRIEND, CORRECT?
WELL,
СОММАМРЕК РО\ММ
АМ? THE QUEEN
ARE
MISSING.
THEY HAVE BEEN MISSING SINCE

EARLY TODAY, AND WE ARE HOPING YOU
CAN SHED SOME LIGHT
ON THEIR DISAPPEARANCE.
Z'M HIS BEST

FRIEND?
I THOU@HT HE WAS
ONE OF YOU - -
.. МЕМ YAN
MONKS.
842
End Times
£ BELIEVE YOU 4 39 BUT YOU ARE И ANP AS YOU KNOW, EVEN ІМ THE ОМ?
WERE GOING ТО WRONG ABOUT DAYS, LUCIUS WAS PASSIONATELY
SAY ; LUCIUS DOWN. LOYAL TO THE TWO PRINCESSES
STICK-EATERS. HE WoS NEVER BRIAR АМ? ROSE.
і F us.
WE KNOW
HOW YOU FEEL HE FELT
ABOUT OUR E THAT OUR ОКРЕК 5
ORDER, й OATH OF LOYALTY
TINSMITH. . CONFLICTED
d WITH HIS DUTIES...
.. WHICH, AS
CAPTAIN OF THE
GUARD, WAS TO
PROTECT THE
ROYAL FAMILY.
YES, WELL ... І UNDERSTAND я , “е

AT BEST, HIS THE DISAPPEARANCE OF Е OneyY PONE” VES; NT KNOW
ALLEGIANCES COMMANDER DOWN AND HIM! THAT’S WHY THEY’VE WHY THE
ARE FOGGY. QUEEN ROSE МАУ ВЕ и SURROUNDED US! ñ MONSTERS
LINKED TO ONE OF THAT’S WHY МЕРЕ | WANT
THE BONE CREATURES... AT WAR” |" HIM?
THE ONE WITH THE '
STAR ON HIS SHIRT. THIS
WHOLE THING
IS PHONEY BONE’S
SOMETHING ABOUT “ THE ONE WHO BEARS

THE STAR ON HIS | THE STAR.”
LOOK OUT THERE, TINSMITH.

РО YOU SEE THE LEGIONS OF OUR
ENEMIES CAMPED AT OUR DOORSTEP?
DO YOU REALLY BELIEVE THEY’VE
COME HERE FOR ONE OF THE
RIDICULOUS BONES?
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843
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WHAT ARE TELL ME, HAS THE KINGDOM BEEN GONE У

you TINSMITH, SO LONG THAT YOU NO LONGER
TALKING HAVE YOU EVER EVEN RECOGNIZE THE ROYAL SEAL?
SEEN ONE THE HARVESTAR FAMILY CREST?
OF THESE
ITHAS A WHICH REPRESENTS THEY HAVE SECRETS THAT COULD

STAR THE DREAMING. . . HELP THE RAT CREATURES FREE
THE SOURCE OF OUR OLDEST ENEMY. ..
LIFE ITSELF.
THERE . . . IMPRISONED UNDER THAT
SMOKING MOUNTAIN LIES 4
THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS. 5-7
AND HER
GRANDDAUGHTER
THORN ARE THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS? а
CURRENT 4 YOU DON’T EXPECT MY VILLAGERS
KEEPERS OF TO BELIEVE THAT OLD STICKEATERS
TALE ABOUT A DEVIL THAT THE
DRAGONS TURNED TO STONE?
|... YOURE THE EARTH TREMBLES,

MY FRIEND. THE IF THE QUEEN |
SERIOUS! LORD OF THE LOCUSTS AND HER
MAY SOON WALK GRANDDAUGHTER
AMONG US. WERE TO FALL
INTO THE
WRONG HANDS...
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W ELOOpy STARS” : | WHA THERE 15

THE AOUNTAINS ! . MOVEMENT
BLOWING UP! i кі à ВИ BELOW THE
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THIS IS IT, TINSMITH.

YOUR PEOPLE
LEAD THEM
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а ааа ша
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MOUNTAIN
BEFORE IT
EXPLODES’
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YOU ОКАУ,
ВИ FONE BONE?
УЕАН, УЕАН,
THANKS TO
PHONEY- -
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L KNOW А SHORT-CUT
ВИ DOWN THE MOUNTAIN - -
IT'LL SHELTER US
FROM FALLING ROCKS
AND FROM KINGPOK Д
ТО A SECRET ФІ
TUNNEL.
ИШ |тнеке itis’
асаа РОМЕ ВОМЕ,
THE MOUNTAIN - - EE £ SEE IT!
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. HERE IT 157 t HUH, UH?

THIS IS THE SAME NO WAY”
TUNNEL WE USED ` гм NOT
TO ESCAPE FROM Алма GOIN’ IN
ROCK JAW! Ë THERE!
Ë WHAT IF THE
WHOLE
MOUNTAIN
BLOWS UP
WHILE WE’RE
IN THERE?”
HE’S TEARING
THE ENTRANCE
APART WITH
HIS JAWS/
GOOD IDEA...
I THINK THERE'S
SOMETHING
DOWN THERE.
CAN’T STAY 1
HERE! EVEN Ñ
GRAN’MA BEN
Y OFF KINGDOK
FORENER/
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FONE РОМЕ’
WHAT
ABOUT
THE PREAAS?
WE HAVE TO
ФО DOWN
xor Act а
DON’T YOU OH, МУ ФОН! GRAN'MA7
THIS TUNNEL N HAN

TO THE OLD BEGAN TO BEFORE. 67 NIGHTMARES,
RAT CREATURE HALLUCINATE? THERE’S A GOOD
TEMPLE! CHANCE THAT IF
WE GO INTO
THIS TUNNEL,
I/NE BEEN HERE

BEFORE AS WELL.
A LONG, LONG
TIME AGO. B
THERE’S
THAT NOISE
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End Times
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HEADMASTER! ФО THERE.
AN ARMY TAKE
FROM PAWA AS MANY
IS GATHERING OF THE VILLAGERS
AT THE AS ARE WILLING
SOUTHERN TO FOLLOW - -
ARCH.
End Times
“GREAT DARKNESS
HEADMASTER - -
FALLS ACROSS
OUR GENERATION.
MAY WE BE
THE TIME IS EQUAL TO
CONE. THE BURDEN. ""
WHAT ARE THE ANCIENT LORD WILL

YOUR ORPERS? MOVE SWIFTLY
THE VALLEY... YOAT АСА ДЕ IT NO
ACROSS
TH LONGER
GATHER ?
ALL THE VILLAGERS SOUTNERN ARCH; MATTERS.
INTO THE CANE.
THEN PULL OUR MEN BACK.
WE DON’T HAVE MUCH
TIME TO REACH
SHELTER.
MAY WE
BE EQUAL TO
THE BURDEN...
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7 Z
Y 7 of MASTER...? ARE YOU... ?
і у 4
Ў <> ЕЁЕЕ...? 5
Ж / DOES THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS
2 / ROAM THE EARTH AT LAST? ,
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NO... ? BUT Г GATHERED
TOGETHER ALL THE FORCES

NECESSARY TO FREE YOU - - 7 4 ONLY PART
2 ов OUR
YOU eATHEREP # POWERS
THEM IN THE = БЪФАВВР, o o
WRONG OHA
CONFIGURATION.
уви MUST ЕЕК

ри OUT OUR MISSING
icc WAS PERDE ву POWERS АМ? RETURN
MY SEALOUSY OF THE THEM TO US...
YOUNG PRINCESS - -
XI WILL FIND THEM
AT ONCE, MY LORD.
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HOW MUCH FARTHER,

FONE BONE?
т DON’T
REMEMBER THE
TUNNEL BEING
THIS LONG...
1 THINK WE
MISSED А TURN
SOMEWHERE. ..
HOLD THAT
CANPLE STILL
SO WE
CAN SEE!
IT'S AWFUL HOT

DOWN HERE.
АМУВОРУ ELSE WHOA.
HAVING TROUBLE TH’ TUNNEL’S
BREATHING? 4 STARTING TO
AVAST, YA SWAB’ AN’ WATCH

Т TOL’ YER WHERE YE
TO HOLD THAT POINT THAT
CANDLE STILL?
864
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SOMETHIN’ WRONG, ARRRZ ISN’T THAT CUTE?

FONE BONE? WHAT'P т PHONEY'S GOT
ТЕН. YER A LITTLE HAT
ABOUT THAT
CANDLE,
ISHMAEL?
SURE...
BUT I HAVE А
HARPOON.
EVERYBODY STAY CALM. THIS IS YOU ONLY

HEY? JUST A HALLUCINATION! HAVE ONE EYE,
WHERE’s |МЕКЕ PROBABLY BREATHING
SOME UNPERGROUN?
GAS OR SOMETHING.
SMILEY,
4
тъ
THE POWER THE DREAMING
OF THE IS JUST A LOCAL
SUPERSTITION - -
PHONEY/ IT’S A PREAM он, CONE ON;

IT’S NOT CAUSED BY THE A MASS
REAL? MYSTICAL HALLUCINATION
GET А POWERS OF LIKE THIS MUST BE
HOLD ОР THE EARTH CAUSED BY OH, YEAH?
YOURSELF’ ITSELF - - A SUBSTANCE THAT LIKE WHAT?
HAS A CHEMICAL
EFFECT ON OUR
BRAINS, NOT
Ву MYSTICAL
POWERS!
865
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MYSTICAL POWERS . . . INVISIBLE

LIKE AN GAS ... SEEMS ТО ME
INVISIBLE LIKE YOU’RE OHMYGOSH/
GAS! SPLITTING YOU'RE
RIGHT?
BUT IF IT IS GAS,
DON’T YOU THINK
YOU SHOULD DOUSE
THAT OPEN FLAME?
ОКАН МА” РР SHE

WHAT НАРРЕМЕР? COLp?” зиссимв
тв ТО ТНЕ
А
BILLION
THORN JUST
COLLAPSED!
АМ? SHE’S
ICE COLD.
COME HERE,
EVERYONE...
GET CLOSE!
TRY TO KEEP
HER WARM.
UP THERE, = ~ WHEN ALL

JUST NOW... THE LOCUSTS
BEFORE THE SWARMED OVER
MOUNTAIN BLEW UP, THORN - -
AND THE НООРЕР ONE
FELL + -
I’M AFRAID
THEY MAY
HAVE TRIED TO
TAKE
POSSESSION OF
HER SOUL - - Д
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SHHH. YOU'RE I SPOKE SO DID r.

WITH US, РЕАК. WITH THE RIGHT HERE
YOU'RE SAFE. LORD OF IN THIS
THE VERY САМЕ,
LOCUSTS. A LONG, LONG
TIME AGO.
TELL ME WELL, DEAR, ONE DAY OUR BODIES WERE

WHEN I WAS YOUR AGE, COVERED WITH LOCUSTS ...
I FOLLOWED MY OLDER SISTER JUST LIKE YOURS WAS.
BRIAR HERE. THE LORD OF THE HE WAS SEARCHING FOR
LOCUSTS WAS WAITING FOR US. SOMETHING ...
I’M
AFRAID IT
WASN’T VERY
PLEASANT.
YES, THAT’S RIGHT. HE

WAS SEARCHING FOR MY
DREAMING EYE. TELL ME,
THORN. DID THE LORD OF
THE LOCUSTS FIN? FONE BONE
YOUR DREAMING EYE? STOPPED
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YES. Вит гм THERE’S SO TELL ME, GRAN’MA,

WORRIED ABOUT LIGHT WHO ELSE HAS A DREAMING
THE VALLEY. COMING EYE BESIDES УОИ
WE NEED TO FROM АМ? ME?
GET OUT OF UP
THIS САМЕ. AHEAD...
WHY, EVERYONE
HAS ONE, DEAR...
SOME ARE MORE SO YOU KNEW HOW WELL, NO. BRIAR’S EYE
OPEN THAN POWERFUL BRIAR’S WAS BLIND FROM BIRTH,
OTHERS, BUT IT’S AND £ THINK SHE HAD
THE PLACE WHERE TROUBLES BECAUSE OF IT.
THE DREAMING SHE COULDN’T TELL
FLOWS THROUGH RIGHT FROM WRONG.
НММ. WHO TOLD

YOU BRIAR’S
DREAMING EYE WAS
BLIND?
МО. АМР NOT ONLY WAS

BRIAR DID. BRIAR’S DREAMING EYE
NEVER BLIND, IF I’M NOT
MISTAKEN, IT’S
STILL OPEN? ]
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V| Q „Г % «7
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{е „ ТА 1
АТ QN
WHO CARES!
LEAST МЕРЕ \
ow? а THAT |
IT'S SO BRIGHT!
MY EYES AREN’T |, ~. ӘРИНЕ
use? TOIT! Jr;
| SNOWING?
EAS
NO.
IT'S ASH!
LOOK! THERE’S ASH
ALL OVER THE GROUND.
WHAT’S GOING ON? /
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3
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IT LOOKS LIKE A
ALL THE TREES GIANT HAND REACHED WHAT COULD
HAVE BEEN KNOCKED < OUT AND LEVELED CAUSE THIS
OVER LIKE A BUNCH OF EVERY THING ІМ MUCH
TOOTHPICKS. ITS PATH? DESTRUCTION?
NO, ONLY SOME OF

THE DESTRUCTION
IS REAL. THE REST
UNWITTINGLY IS ONLY
UNLEASHED THEM AN ILLUSION.
ACROSS THE VALLEY.
FORTUNATELY, Т
CAN TELL WHICH IS WHICH.
FOLLOW ME.
WE Рт ДЫ42 TO FOLLOW МУ FOOTSTEPS

EXACTLY. IF YOU STEP INTO А
upo QE E REAL GHOST CIRCLE,
YOU'LL CEASE TO EXIST.
SLOW DOWN!
I GOT А
PEG LEG,
HERE!
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THORN. МАТ: I DON’T KNOW YET, BUT REMEMBER

РО YOU REALLY THINK WHEN THE LORD OF THE LOCUSTS
YOU CAN UNDO ALL TRIED TO POSSESS МУ BODY...
THIS? HOW? AND YOU PUT
THIS DRAGON-NECKLACE
ON ME, FORCING
HIM TO FLEE?
PIECE OFF
HIM AND
KEEP IT.
SO МОМ Т
HAVE SOME OF
HIS POWERS,
I GUESS.
REMEMBER TO
WATCH WHERE Г
STEP! WE DON’T
HAVE MUCH
TIME.
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873
Chapter Two: The Promise
HEY?
FONE BONE?
ISN’T THERE АМ
EASIER WAY
TO GO BESIDES
CLIMBING OVER
EVERY TREE FOR THE
IN OUR PATH?’ а
TIME:
HAVE TO
FOLLOW
THORN’S
FOOTSTEPS
EXACTLY.
о| NOW STOP FUSSING ... BUT IF YOU MAKE

ABOUT, PHONEY. SMILEY SLIDE OFF
THIS IS DANGEROUS! THE PATH INTO A
ALL THIS ASH GHOST CIRCLE - -
IS SLIPPERY? rs
HARD ENOUGH
TO SEE AND
BREATHE ...
RIGHT.
GHOST CIRCLES.
WHAT THE HECK
ARE THEY
ANYWAY?
875
Ghost Circles
TRY TO IMAGINE У ... BUBBLES : LOOK, T РО№Т

ТНАТ МЕКЕ FILLED WITH VOLCANO! UNDERSTANP WHAT’S
SURROUNDED ВУ SUPERNATURAL à CAN'T WE GOING ON ANY
GIANT INVISIBLE EVIL’ | JUST SAY THE BETTER THAN
BUBBLES. .. MOUNTAIN YOU DO...
Я ера BLEW ЦР?
з, 74
BUT IF THORN АМ?
NOT ENOUGH < Ри GRAN’MA BEN SAY
PESTRUCTION WE TIP TOE AROUND
AROUND, М THESE GHOST
WE ФОТТА AREAS, THEN WE
HAVE ЕМЕ, TIP TOE!
BUT IF YOU
ASK ME - -
FINE! вит IF YOU ASK МЕ,

I/D SAY YOU'RE LETTIN’ THOSE TWO N
WOMEN GET TO YOU WITH THEIR TALK ABOUT
PREAMS ANP PRAGONS ANP EVIL SPIRITS?
IT’S ALL А
BUNCH OF
876
The promise
BUT UNTIL I HAVE SOME

I’M NOT LETTING THEM EXPLANATION FOR WHY YOU
ФЕТ ТО МЕ. I'M AS AND I ARE DRESSED LIKE
SKEPTICAL ABOUT CHARACTERS OUT OF MY
ALL THIS PREAM STUFF MOBY DICK DREAM,
AS YOU ARE... I’M GOING TO
PROCEED WITH CAUTION,
OKAY?
C’MON, GUYS, WHAT ARE TALKING

CUT IT OUT. ABOUT? YOU LOVE IT
І WHEN WE FIGHT,
DON’T ИКЕ IT
WHEN YOU
FIGHT.
THIS IS
DIFFERENT.
I’M
AS LONG AS
THORN’S TRYING TO FIND
US FRESH WATER
THAT ISN’T CLOGGED
WITH ASH, 1 THINK WE
| SHOULD BE QUIET
SO SHE CAN
CONCENTRATE!’
Ghost Circles
THE WAY AHEAP IS

NARROW- ~ WATCH Му
FOOTSTEPS
CAREFULLY- - АМР THAT
ROCK IS BE CAREFUL
OFF YOU LUNKHEAD, MY
LIMITS. PEG-LEG ALMOST
TOUCHED THE
WE NEED
TO STOP.
ГМ GETTING
TIRED. (
HOW CAN YOu BE У ро YOU EVER

TIREP?// YOU'RE BEING THINK ABOUT
CARRIEP/ ANY THING
А OTHER THAN
*YOURSELF?/
WHAT ABOUT ARE YOU

THE REST OF SAYIN’
US WHO ARE
JUST TRYING 4
TO SURVIVE MY
THE MESS YOU FAULT?
MADE?!
878
The promise
AND POINT
LET МЕ JUST OUT THAT
WADPLE OVER ON MY LEG PM NOT
WHO’S
OBSESSED
WITH
MOBY
DICK!
ААА CHANGE
СИЕ 7!
ТЕ | IStiie
МУ FAULT...
аWHOр GOTт RUN OUT
US а
OF BONEVILLE WITH THAT т CAN'T
ми беа et / REALLY FIGURE
THAT OUT. INCLUDING
us”
МЕ NEED ТО GET OUTTA HERE 2: NO, YOU'RE NOT! Т KEEP

BEFORE IT’S TOO LATE’ А COMING UP WITH ESCAPE
AND YOU'RE THE ONLY i PLANS, BUT YOU DON’T
ONE WHO'S WANT TO GO! YOU WANNA
STOPPING US? STAY HERE AND HELP PEOPLE!
4 - REMEMBER RUNNING OUT
ON ME SO YOU
COULD HELP A BABY
RAT CREATURE OR
WHATEVER?
Ghost Circles
I DION’T RUN OUT D IT'S THEN THINK

ON YOU - - THORN, FORGET IT. - И ABOUT POOR SMILEY?
SMILEY АМО I WERE THEN, I’M NOT EVEN IT’S ONE THING TO TURN
TAKING THAT LITTLE ISN’T IT? GOING k ME INTO A SAILOR - -
CUB TO HIS HOME YOU’RE THERE - - Š . І/УЕ GOT WITS!
IN THE MOUNTAINS АМ? THROWIN’ I’M A SURVIVOR!
WE GOT LOST- -
N
EN BUT WHAT ABOUT HIM?
22 — —[Í мнАтев GOING TO HAPPEN
— KT WHEN YOUR RAMPANT
IMAGINATION TURNS HIM
INTO А BEACHEP WHITE WHALE?!
HUH? WHAT?
HE’LL BE FLOPPIN’ AROUND NO BUTS’

GASPING FOR BREATH LIKE NEXT TIME т
A FISH OUT OF WATER” SEE AN OPPORTUNITY
TO ESCAPE ~ - YOU'RE
COMIN’ WITH ME.
You GOT
THAT?
THAT'S
BETTER.
NEXT TIME
YOU WANNA
LEAVE,
WE LEAVE.
880
The promise
BESIDES - - IF THERE’S ANYONE

TO BLAME, IT’S THAT CRAZY OL’ BAT
GRAN’MA BEN?
SHE'S BEEN KEEPIN’ SECRETS FOR YEARS?!
THE HOODED ONE WAS EVEN

HER OWN SISTER AND SHE DIDN’T
TELL ANYONE’
ARE YOU
ALL RIGHT?
WHAT
HAPPENED?
881
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HE WAS WOUNDED
АМР COULPN’T WALK...
SURE THIS 15
WHERE YOU
LEFT HIM?
.. . BECAUSE EVERYTHING
BEYOND THOSE ROCKS
IS AN ILLUSION.
В 0... T LEFT HIM

FIGHT HERE---
И CANT
СА
IF LUCIUS
IS INSIDE A
The promise
= - IF HE”? BEEN IN THE Em | - = BUT IF LUCIUS IS INSIDE

PATH OF THE TRUE BLAST, HE : 2 THE @HOST CIRCLE,
WOULD HAVE BEEN KILLED з А THERE IS А СНАМСЕ
РОК СЕКТАМ - - й u £ САМ SAVE HIM.
WHAT’S HAPPENED ТО
you - -
.. WHAT’S HAPPENED
TO THE WORLD?
883
Ghost Circles
I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING

IN THERE. IT’S ALL SO...
NUN
SI
NN \
o ON B
884
The promise
885
Ghost Circles
РІ? yOu
SEE THAT?
THERE WERE
TREES ALL
AROUND US
FOR
A SECOND.
WE’RE JUST INSIDE

THE Сроден CIRCLE,
THAT? . T X THINK
THERE WERE YOU'RE SAFE AS
TREES HERE’ LONG AS YOU
EVERY WHERE, - HOLP ON TO МЕ...
NO, Вит
THE GHOST CIRCLE
CONVERS А
DENSE PART OF
THE FOREST.
MAYBE WE JUST
COULDN’T SEE
LUCIUS
ISN’T HERE - -
WE’RE IN THE
WRONG SPOT!
886
The promise
ОН, МУ, WHAT ABOUT YOU, THORN?

И ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?
YES, GRAN’MA.
I’M JUST
A LITTLE TIRED.
WAIT” I HAVE MORE FINALLY! AFTER WE

GOOD NEWS! DRINK, CAN WE
THE SPRING IS А STOP РОК А
OUTSIDE THE GHOST WHILE?
CIRCLE! IT’S I'M
JUST OVER THE ; EXHAUSTED!
) YES,
PHONCIBLE,
WE CAN
STOP FOR
ALL RIGHT, EVERYONE,

JUST A LITTLE
FARTHER.
Ghost Circles
ММ? IPON'T NO, I MEAN WHAT WHAT? OH, GEE,
M
Bn m KNOW. WITH THE TIME pO YOU т DON’T HAVE
THINK IT IS ANY IDEA.
BACK IN WHY РО YOU
FONE BONE?
?
HARD ТО TELL.
,
BONEVILLE? ASK?
BUT YOU’RE NOT,

ARE YOU?
I GUESS
I'M A LITTLE
HOMESICK.
The promise
YOU KNOW
WHAT Т
YOU TOLD PHONEY

TODAY THAT YOU'P I DUNNO...
ФО HOME NEXT Ë I SUPPOSE.
CHANCE YOU ФОТ.
: РР you
МЕАМ ТНАТ?
I HOPE YOU РРУТ JUST

SAY THAT BECAUSE YOU WERE
AFRAID YOU MIGHT TURN ME
INTO MOBY DICK. РМ NOT
AFRAID.
BESIDES, WE DON’T HAVE NO, YOU'RE RIGHT.

TO DO ENERYTHING PHONEY IN FACT,
SAYS. HE’S NOT ALWAYS HE'S ALMOST
RIGHT, YOU KNOW. ALWAYS WRONG...
... Вит THIS TIME

HE JUST MIGHT РЕ
ONTO SOMETHING.
889
Ghost Circles
WE DON’T BELONG HERE. . аты ық YOU РІРМ/Т

I MEAN, LOOK АТ THESE T THINK IT WAS
PEOPLE. THEY WAN HOOEY WHEN
қ MAN WE WERE WHAT ARE
BELIEVE IN DREAMS.
< С | UP ON THE YOU TALKING
RIDGE AND ABOUT?
WE THOUGHT
THORN НАР
BEEN
I’M AFRAID PHONEY’S

RIGHT, ALL THIS
DREAMING STUFF
IS HOOEY.
WE DIDN’T KNOW I SAW YOU THAT'S RIDICULOUS

WHERE THORN WAS... DO IT.
IKP YOU МОТ. /Z C'/MON LET'S
YOU CLOSED YOUR GET SOME SLEEP
EYES ANP YOU COULD : BEFORE WE ALL
TELL - - WITHOUT ENEN GO COMPLETELY
SEEING HER - - THAT AROUND THE
ГА
SHE WAS АММЕ/.
890
The promise
891
Ghost Circles
I’M FLOATING
IN THE MIDDLE OF
THE OCEAN - -
2-71 ОМА
—— CASKET
SINKING
САЗКЕТ!
тъ
GOING
UNDER - -
892
The promise
IT'S SO
QUIET DOWN
HERE.
Ghost Circles
WAIT!
IT’S THE
DRAGON!
7 ГМ ЗАМЕР!
НЕ DOESN’T
SEE МЕ.
I’M GOING
INTO HIS
MOUTH!
894
The promise
I САМТ
BELIEVE ІТ/
НЕ SWALLOWED
3
NOW WHAT РР HE
НАМЕ ТО ФО АМ?
РО ТНАТ РОК?
Ghost Circles
Chapter Three: Darker Truths
ШТ
WHAT А
WEIRD DREAM
£ JUST HAD, SMILEY!
£ DREAMT т WAS
SWALLOWED ВУ
WHERE’D
YOU GO?
897
Ghost Circles
SMILEY! TAKING A BATH? OH, THANK GOOPNESS/

THERE YOU pO you £ HAD THIS
REALIZE HOW REALLY OMINOUS
DREAM, AND I WAS
AFRAID SOMETHING BAD
MIGHT HAVE
НАРРЕМЕР- -
IÊ SEEN YOU

WITHOUT YOUR
VEST ON BEFORE.
WE GREW
UP TOGETHER,
REMEMBER?
I CAN'T АМР LOOK’

ФЕТ USED HE WOKE UP THIS
ТО THIS EERIE MORNING AND HE'S
LANPSCAPE. NOT CAPTAIN AHAB
THE WHERE ив YS - ANYMORE!
VOLCANO EVERYONE? ) A\ И ISN^T THAT
pip SO
MUCH
Darker Truths
я МАУВЕ ТНЕ WAIT А MINUTE?

a МОТ VOLCANIC IN МУ PREAM
Е GASES THAT 4 |г WAS DRESSED LIKE
EITHER! WHAT’S ^ WERE MAKING ISHMAEL UNTIL THE
дае US HALLUCINATE | |GREAT RED DRAGON
ARE STARTING TO | | SWALLOWED МЕ?
WEAR OFF.
РО YOU THINK
THAT MEANS
ANYTHING?
I’M SERIOUS,
£ CAN FEEL IT. SOMETHING’S PHONEY,
WHERE’S THORN?
STARTING TO CHANGE... т THINK
т THINK A
SOMETHING’S LE
WRONG - -
TAKE IT
EASY,
WILL УА?
899
Ghost Circles
SHE AND
GRAN’MA BEN НАР
A LITTLE DISAGREEMENT
THIS MORNING OVER
WHERE WE SHOULD
GO NEXT...
... BUT
... ОКАМ/МА WANTED THORN WANTS TO
ТО НЕАР SOUTH GO BACK TO
ТО ATHEIA... OLD MAN’S CAVE.
WE’RE COMPLETELY
SURROUNDED By
GHOST CIRCLES... BUT APPARENTLY THORN THINKS
THERE’S LESS OF THEM BETWEEN
HERE АМР OLD MAN'S САМЕ,
THAN TO THE SOUTH.
Darker Truths
GOOD QUIET. I’M LISTENING

MORNING! FOR SIGNS OF LIFE
MOVING AROUND
OUT THERE.
GRAN’MA,
PICKIN’ UP ANY
WE HAVE WHAT ARE YOU BECAUSE YOU

TO BE DOING WITH THAT LOOK LIKE THE
HOOD OVER YOUR НООРЕР ONE,
THAT’S
WHY!
| T
| = /
THIS IS А
VENI-YAN
CONCENTRATION
TECHNIQUE.
I IT’S LIKE
PUTTING ON
| BLINDERS.
I'M TRYING TO SEE BEYOND SAME THING

THE EDGE OF THE VOLCANO’S WHAT'S2 F THAT'S BEEN GOING
DESTRUCTION - - BUT THE GONG CON ON ALL MORNING:
GHOST CIRCLES EXTEND THE NOTHING.
DAMAGE TOO FAR
IN EVERY DIRECTION...
WE STILL
DON’T KNOW
IF THE BLAST
REACHED
OLD MAN'S САМЕ
OR IF ANYONE
THERE IS
Ghost Circles
HAVE YOU NOT YET. THE EXPLOSION FROM THE

FOUND THE І THINK THE VOLCANO PUSHED THEM
GHOST CIRCLES TO THE FAR CORNERS
MAY BE OF THE VALLEY...
SPREADING.
CIRCLES,
THORN? ... BUT EVEN THOUGH
THE BLAST ITSELF
HAS DISSIPATED,
THE CIRCLES CONTINUE
TO SPREAD OUTWARD.
OH, BROTHER, NOT SEPARATE.

HERE WE GO... PART OF
SO YOU'RE TELLIN’ US THE DREAMING, LIKE
THAT TH’ GHOST CIRCLES EVERY THING
AREN’T PART OF THE ELSE...
NATURAL VOLCANO - -
THEY’RE SOMETHING
SEPARATE - -
SOMETHING
BUT FROM A PART OF

THE DREAMING WHERE THERE
IS NO SHAPE OR FORM.
ONLY
VOID AND
NOTHINGNESS.
DURING THE CEREMONY THAT’S WHAT THE

WHEN THE НООРЕР ONE GHOST CIRCLES ARE - -
ATTEMPTED TO FREE PLACES WHERE OUR WORLD
THE LOCUST- - АМР THE VOID ARE
THE NOTHINGNESS MIXED TOGETHER.
BEGAN TO
COME HERE ...
FORTUNATELY FOR US,

THE НООРЕР ONE BOTCHED
THE RITUAL AND ONLY THE
SMALLEST FRACTION OF
THE VOID WAS ABLE TO
ESCAPE.
Darker Truths
IF THE СЕКЕМОМУ BUT THE EVEN SO, SOME OF

НАР BEEN SUCCESSFUL, НООРЕР ONE THE NETHERWORLD
NOT ONLY WOULD I BOTCHED IT, ESCAPED AND WE HAVE
BE THE LORD OF THE Ру THESE UNSTABLE
LOCUSTS, GHOST CIRCLES.
BUT THE ENTIRE
VALLEY
WOULD BE
A GHOSTLY
NETHER-
DO YOU STILL
THINK YOU CAN
UNDO THEM?
WELL, IT FEELS LIKE THE ONLY SHUT UP, GRAN’MA BEN THINKS
THING HOLDING THE CIRCLES РНОМЕУ/ SHE HAS FRIENDS IN
HERE IS THE SMALL PIECE OF HOW РО МЕ ATHEIA WHO CAN
THE LOCUST THAT’S GET RID HELP US.
INSIDE МЕ... OF THAT
PIECE THAT’S
INSIDE YOU?
T SAY THIS IS ALL

НООЕУ”
МЕРЕ JUST
HALLUCINATING!
BECAUSE I’M
THE HECK AREN’T WORRIED ABOUT THE
WE GOING TO VILLAGERS WE LEFT .. AND I’M WORRIED CAN’T YOU
` ABOUT LUCIUS - - PEOPLE
ATHEIA?/ AT OLD MAN’S САМЕ!
TALK
SOMEWHERE
ELSE?
I’M TRYING
TO
LISTEN FOR
SIGNS OF
Ghost Circles
LET’S ALL STEP OVER THORN?

HERE FOR A MOMENT WHY ISN’T THE
АМР LET GRAN’MA DRAGON HELPING
STEN us?
THE PRAGONS HAVE

LEFT THE VALLEY FOR
ФООР, РОМЕ BONE.
THEY’VE GONE UNDERGROUND
TO DREAM.
IT’S NOT THEIR OUR TURN?! GRAN’MA TRIED ТО GET

THEY’RE GONNA VALLEY ANYMORE. WHAT KINO OF THE DRAGONS TO STAY,
SLEEP WHILE THE RAT THEY FOUGHT THE A COP OUT BUT THEY МОЦЬРН'Т/
CREATURES AND LOCUST ONCE... IS THAT?
THE LORP OF THE NOW IT’S I SAY WE
LOCUSTS OUR TURN. WAKE ‘EM
DESTROY THEIR
VALLEY?/
WORRY TOO MUCH

ABOUT DRAGONS!
YOU OUGHTA
BE MORE
SELF-SUFFICIENT,
LIKE МЕ”
Darker Truths
THERE’S SOMETHING CAN'T TELL. IS THERE

MOVING ON THE OTHER БЕРЧУОР А CLEAR PATH UP
SIDE OF THE RIDGE. TO THE TOP?
Ы =
ALL RIGHT NOW,

EVERYONE BE QUIET
- - АМ р
I MEAN IT THIS ПМЕ!
905
Ghost Circles
Darker Truths
WHAT ARE WE
GOING то РО? WHAT ABOUT
THE RAT CREATURES
ARE BETWEEN US
АМР OLD MAN'S
LUCIUS MADE IT
BACK TO
OLD MAN’S
4 САМЕ.
P^ — THEN WE NOTHING MATTERS
HAVE NO CHOICE. NOW EXCEPT
WE GO GETTING YOU
SOUTH. ТО ATHEIA.
Y ...ATHEIA IS EVEN FARTHER

AWAY FROM BONEVILLE THAN
WE ALREADY ARE! WE'LL
NEVER GET HOME!
WE’LL JUST HAVE TO

MUDDLE THROUGH
SOMEHOW.
WHAT I CAN’T
LISTEN UP, SMILEY, FIGURE OUT IS
А REAL CITY LIKE ATHEIA HOW PI? THE
IS BOUND TO MINT RAT CREATURES
ITS OWN COINS ...
IF WE PLAY OUR CARDS

RIGHT, WE CAN ФО BACK TO
BONEVILLE LOADED WITH
COLD, HARD CASH”
907
Ghost Circles
WHEN FONE BONE Амр Т

DISTURBED THE GHOST CIRCLE - -
THAT COULD’VE GIVEN US
AWAY!
HAPPENS IN THE
DREAMING.
AND BRIAR IS
DEAD.
Darker Truths
E
Ghost Circles
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P
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Қаза ~ & Т "КО \ n
RN 4 | ТТ E / : |
Darker Truths
HOLD ON Q
А ММИТЕ
I’M GOING TO
PUNCH THROUGH
Ghost Circles
912
Darker Truths
STAY AWAY FROM US - - |

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ONLY
IMAGINE ...
<
No. м
S
Ghost Circles
Darker Truths
ANY POWER YOU HAVE YOU ARE LIKE МЕ NOW....
COMES TO YOU FROM THE LOCUST A SHADOW
HIMSELF. | К OF YOUR
YOU РР NOT STEAL ІТ... Sp
. + HE GAVE IT TO YOU....
A SHADOW
CAST INTO
THIS
BUT THERE IS A DIFFERENCE
BETWEEN YOU AND І...
A DIFFERENCE THAT WILL ALLOW US TO
FREE THE ОКР OF THE LOCUSTS...
CANNOT CALL OUT THE LOCUST ALONE ...
TWO TOGETHER ARE NECESSARY

TO PERFORM THE RITUAL ... ИИ
І НАР HOPED TO ВЕ THE STRONGER OF THE TWO СОМЕ WITH ME, CHILD... WE
BUT IT WAS NOT MEANT TO BE... WILL GO TO PERFORM THE RITUAL
TOGETHER...
Ghost Circles
PO NOT DECIDE TOO QUICKLY... М ТРИ на т ха I WAERDT

OU мн TH
WITH THE POWER OF THE LOCUST YOU RAT CREATURES WHERE | - И
WILL BE ABLE ТО UNDO THE GHOST CIRCLES... TO FIND MY MOTHER € и
YOU САМ RESTORE THE VALLEY ...
АМР FATHER SO YOU YOUR
COULD KILL THEM! р PARENTS ...
IS ТНАТ МОТ WHAT YOU WANT?
BUT THEY
I KNOW
WHO YOU
ARE, BRIAR.
BUT IF I HAD, YES, X LEP ТНЕМ ТО THE КАТ5.

COULD YOU BLAME ME? NO ONE KNEW
YOUR ENTIRE FAMILY X WAS А , і I
TREATED ME LIKE AN VENI-Y AN-CARI
OLD NURSEMAID. LIKE YOU...
BUT WHEN YOUR
MOTHER REALIZED
X WAS KIDNAPPING YOU
FOR THE
RITUAL...
+++ YOUR FATHER CUT МЕ IN HALF THE МОКИ2 IS FILLED WITH DARK TRUTHS,
WITH AN OL? ABANDONED FARM TOOL. YOUNG ONE ... AND ONE TRUTH І HANE LEARNED
IS DESTINY ALWAYS PREVAILS ...
NOW RISE...
ТАКЕ MY HAND.
ON THE NEXT
FULL MOON WE
WILL PERFORM
THE RITUAL...
N, PARENTS WERE EATEN ALIVE. . .
916
Darker Truths
|
WITH MY COUSIN,
NOW YOU'RE MESSIN’
WITH MY GIRL’
LET'S GO - -
Ghost Circles
FROM THE VERY BEGINING
THE DREAMS SHOWED ME THAT A BONE CREATURE

Darker Truths
REMEMBER
S
у
BARTLEBY?
HE HELPED
РНОМЕУ, GRAN’MA BEN
AN’ ME GET AWAY!
WHAT ABOUT THE

GHOST CIRCLES?
Ghost Circles
с.
BELIEVE ІТ,
FONE ВОМЕ?
LITTLE
BARTLEBY’S
АСК!
AN’ LOOK
HOW HE'S
MESSIN’ WITH
YOUR @IRL, HUH?
920
Chapter Four: Snap! Crackle! Pop!
GO TO
THE LEFT!
THERE ARE GHOST
CIRCLES
AHEAD - -
TO THE LEFT?
CAN’T YOU
STEER THIS
THING?
THE GHOST CIRCLES

ARE INVISIBLE’ ONLY yOu
CAN SEE THEM?
921
Ghost Circles Snap! Crackle! Pop!
THIS IS 4
ABOUT if
TO 4 %
GET REAL f.
DANGEROUS! Z
МЕКЕ
ENTERING
A MASSINE
FIELD OF
GHOST
CIRCLES!
922 923
Ghost Circles
THE RAT CREATURES

ARE DISAPPEARING!
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
THEY’RE RUNNING , I’M FINE, ВИТ THE CIRCLES

INTO Е ARE CLUSTERED TOGETHER HERE
GHOST CIRCLES. Ам Р I NEED А FULL RANGE OF
SIGHT.
YELLING.
Ghost Circles
WE CAN STOP
THANK YOU,
BARTLEBY.
WHAT A WORLD.
... AND
EVERYONE
ELSE
EXCEPT
us
IS РЕАР.
WE’RE NOT SAFE YET,

SO LET’S KEEP HEADING
I THINK WE SOUTH.
SHOULD KEEP
MOVING.
926
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
Ghost Circles
бе Аб
BIRKS
/
Snap! Crackle! Dop!
we Ойу )=
~ aus!
Ws MA
THANK THE )——— IT'S А IN CONKLE”S HOLLOW. .

STARS” м ... I KEPT FOLLOWIN’ А
GUEER BUZZIN’ SOUND IN
MY EAR +
KM
ks
„, FOR THE LIFE OF

МЕ, ТЛА, NEVER KNOW
WHAT МАРЕ МЕ LOOK
THERE.
929
Ghost Circles
LUCIUS?
CAN YOU HEAR
ME?
YOU'RE SAFE, DON’T REMEMBER YEAH, HE’S GOOD - -

BUDDY. YOU'RE GOING MUCH AFTER TH’ ... HIE’S HERE. DON’T THINK
TO BE ALL RIGHT. BLAST... ABOUT THAT RIGHT
Is
JONATHAN
WHY AREN’T YOU
LOOKIN’ ME IN THE
EYE, WENDELL?
WHAT НАРРЕМЕР?
DON’T MOVE, [75 ALL МУ

FAULT,
WE’RE GOING TO
GET YOU CLEANED
UP...
WENDEM-/
(72 ALL МУ
FAULTS
опар! СтасМе! Рор!
I WOULON’T SHOUT
THAT IF 2 WERE YOU, FRIEND.
HEADS UP.
THERE’S PLENTY AROUND
HERE LOOKIN’ TO
PIN BLAME - - HERE COMES
THE HEADMASTER.
|i
7
` ү
НОЈ
© у
YES,
THE QUEEN MOTHER
AND HER GRANDDAUGHTER.
WHERE ARE THEY?
IF THEY'RE
NOT HERE, THEN
т DON’T
KNOW.
Ghost Circles
SHE WAS LAST I DON'T THINK YOU AND І

SEEN WITH YOU AND A г. THE MOUNTAIN THAT WOULD BE ALIVE IF THE
BONE CREATURE HAS SINCE EXPLODED, LOCUST WAS TRULY
HEADING TOWARD FREEING THE LORD OF
THE MOUNTAIN. .. THE LOCUSTS.
АМР IF WE’RE ALIVE,

THEN MAYBE ROSE, THORN
AND THE BONES ARE, TOO.
I KNOW IF ROSE SURVIVED, TO WHAT END? IT’S THE SEAT OF

THEN SHE IS соме SOUTH... THE ANCIENT CAPITAL THE THRONE.
TAKING THORN TO WENT DARK YEARS AGO. SHE AND THORN ARE
ATHEIA. THERE IS NOTHING GOING TO REUNITE
LEFT. OUR PEOPLE AGAINST
THE ENEMY.
WE SHOULD
@O, TOO.
IMMEDIATELY.
THE ONLY SURVIVORS OF

THIS DISASTER ARE
THE MEMBERS OF OUR ORDER
AND YOUR VILLAGERS WHO WERE IN
THE CAVE WITH US.
THE WAR IS OVER AND

WE LOST.
932
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
YOU DON’T KNOW у меро мот THE LOCUST IS

THAT. THERE COULD BE SHARE YOUR FREE, AND
OTHER SURVIVORS - - OPTIMISTIC. THE ENP TIMES
ARE UPON US.
WE WILL pO TAKE LUCIUS TO THE

WHATEVER INFIRMARY AND PLACE A
WE MUST TO GUARD AROUND HIM.
PRESERVE OUR
WAY OF LIFE
TRAITOR TO
THE QUEEN.
Ghost Circles
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
SAY, GUYS, HAVE YOU

NOTICED THAT THE
LANDSCAPE HAS CHANGED?
WHAT DO
YOU MEAN?
IT’S ALL STILL
СОМЕКЕР IN
ASH’
YEAH, BUT IT’S SMILEY’S

JUST ASH. RIGHT.
WHERE’S ALL SOMETHING Opp
THE TREES IS HAPPENING
THE VOLCANO AS WE HEAD
KNOCKED OVER? SOUTH...
WHY’S IT SO I CAN FEEL IT...
SORT OF LIKE
PRESSURE ON
THORN?
935
Ghost Circles
IT’S STRANGE, GRAN’MA. . . IT’S ALMOST AS IF WE’VE MET A

THE GHOST CIRCLES SHOULD BE THINNING NEW SYSTEM OF GHOST CIRCLES
OUT AS WE GET FARTHER FROM THE MOUNTAIN, MOVING UP FROM
BUT INSTEAD THEY SEEM TO BE THE SOUTH TOWARDS US.
GROWING HEAVIER UP AHEAD.
YET OFF TO THE EAST

TOWARD PAWA, THERE’S A
NARROW REGION FREE FROM
ANY GHOST CIRCLES
WHATSOEVER,
OKAY,
BREAK TIME.
WE AIN’T
GOIN’ ANYWHERE
FAST.
936
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
SIT DOWN,
WILL YA?
WE’RE ІМ
JEEZ, LOOK AT A PRETTY
Y Ou
THE FACE, BAD SPOT,
PHONEY. WORRY ТОО
Мисн. WORRY TOO MUCH?
THE WORLD IS
GOING AWAY!
IT’S JUST AN ASH PLUME. -.„ IT’S GONNA ВЕ

IT'LL. BLOW OVER. SO FINE, IN FACT,
THAT YOU AN’ £
ARE GONNA
LOOK, ONCE WE GET BE ON
TO THIS CITY OF ATHEIA SORRY’ EASY STREET!
EVERYTHING’S GONNA
BE FINE...
т РІРМТ
MEAN TO
SHOCK
EASY STREET? DON’T TELL ME YOU'RE UP

TO SOMETHING ~ - AGAIN?//
GET OFF YOUR HIGH HORSE/ ARE yOu

YOU"NE BEEN BLAMING МЕ FOR SAYING
јоџе TROUBLES EVER SINCE WE THIS IS
GOT HERE, BUT I GUESS WE МУ FAULT?/
KNOW WHO’S TO BLAME NOW,
DON’T WE?
937
ЧПОЗІ ИСО
LISTEN UP, СНИМ

THIS IS УОЦЕ FAULT BECAUSE
OF
- THEY DON’T EVEN WANT
THORN ANYMORE
Snap! Crackle! Pop!
OHMYGOSH, FONE BONE! EVERYONE COME

YOU SAID THE НООРЕР ONE HERE.
WAS LOOKING FOR A WEAKER
PARTNER TO PERFORM THE
RITUAL WITH! МЕ МЕ PLOTTED
OUT А РАТН.
PHONEY'S
RIGHT’
YOU'RE THE ONE
THEY WANT’
WE CAN'T GO STRAIGHT THROUGH YOU SURE WE SEE GRAN MI

TO ATHEIA BECAUSE OF THE CAN TRUST YOUR HE TUST ^
@HOST CIRCLES, COMPANION, HERE, SANEP OUR
ВИТ THORN HAS FOUNP А SMILEY? LIVES!
PATH TO THE EAST. і
ITS А
LONGER WAY
AROUND, BUT IT'LL
GET US
THERE.
ALL THE SAME,

; CHEER UP,
FEEF PUAIN EVERYBODY, МЕКЕ
WHERE I CAN ON OUR WAY
SEE HIM. NOW
AND
NOTHIN’ CAN
STOP US!
939
Ghost Circles
Ее Deu
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~
2-
3
Q. ша zV ui 277 T
Dа ж >, “г // d Уз ^
——
LEZ "
ДА СС
940
Chapter Five: The Root Cellar
WHAT’S WRONG, BE CAREFUL,

BARTLEBY? DON’T STEP
INTO ANY
GHOST
CIRCLES!
941
Ghost Circles
HE NEEDS FOOD. HE'S

WEAK FROM HUNGER.
BUT I RATIONED OUT

ALL THE STALE BREAD
THINGIES IN MY
BACKPACK- -
НЕ WOULPN’T EAT HIS RATIONS.

HE INSISTED І EAT ES. I DON'T THINK WE
HIS SHARE. Ac HANE ANY MORE ...
942
The Root Cellar
HE COLLAPSED THORN’ GET US

NOU. WK ИМЕ FROM HUNGER. SOMETHING - -
PONE JUST LIKE QUICK, BEFORE
You WERE ALL SMILEY GETS
GOING TO IF WE WORSE’
DON’T FIND SOME
FOOD SOON.
САУТ YOU РО WATER IS DIFFERENT. ISN’T THERE I’M SORRY, PHONEY.

THE FINGERS- UNDERGROUND SOME ANYTHING THAT
AGAINST- SPRINGS SURVIVED UNDERGROUND WASN’T TRAPPED
THE-FOREHEAD THE EXPLOSION. INSIDE A
THING? GHOST CIRCLE
WAS DESTROYED.
THE
RIVERS ARE
СНОКЕР WITH
МИР АМР YOU
FOUND
МАТЕК...
YOU WANT NOT BY YOURSELF,

INSIDE A GHOST ME TO BUT IF WE HELD
CIRCLE! THIS IS GO INSIDE HANDS LIKE BEFORE,
AN EMERGENCY? AGI MAYBE WE
Pr
CIRCLE? COULD GO INSIDE
АМ? LOOK FOR A
FARM ОЕ A GARDEN...
943
Ghost Circles
МНОА, | HAVE A PIECE WE’LL BE IT WAS

МНОА/ OF THE LOCUST SAFE AS LONG AN ACCIDENT
INSIDE ME TOO. AS WE HOLD BEFORE’
I DION’T MEAN УОИ, HE'S NOT BUILT
HANDS. IT
FONE BONE. WHY BESIDES, FOR DANGER
CAN’T THORN WORKED
I’M NOT BEFORE. THE WAY
@O ALONE? GONNA LET HER YOU ARE.
TAKE ALL
THE RISK’
GRAN’MA,
WHERE ALONG
THE RIVER
ARE WE?
THE CIRCLES MAKE IT THAT MEANS GHOST CIRCLES

VERY CONFUSING, DEAR... WE'RE IN UPPER ARE PART OF THE LOCUST
WE MIGHT BE NEAR THE PAWA. HIMSELF.
BANKS OF FLINT RIDGE - - THERE SHOULP POISONOUS
BE FARMS ALL NIGHTMARES SENT
AROUND US. FORTH TO PEMORALIZE
I DON’T AND CONTROL US.
WANT YOU TO
DO THIS... LAST TIME YOU DID
THIS, IT GAVE AWAY
OUR POSITION TO
THE ENEMY.
THORN, I THINK WHO CARES

THIS IS А STRATEGIC ABOUT THE
ERROR - - STUPID WAR?
WE’RE
РАМА 15 JUST TRYING
HOSTILE TERRITORY. TO
THE FARMERS HERE SURVIVE’
HAVE GONE
ONER TO THE
LOCUST - -
The Роот Cellar
FONE BONE, I THINK WE’RE ON A FARM OKAY.. . STEP RIGHT OVER HERE...
NOW. -.. ГМ DEFINITELY SENSING THIS IS THE EDGE
SOME OF THE OUT BUILDINGS. OF THE CIRCLE...
LET’S GO
BEFORE WE
HAVE TIME
TO THINK
ABOUT IT.
=
гети = -
Ge
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у
"Via
зів
Y Џ A
1
У
945
Ghost Circles
THERE'S АFARMHOUSE I’M NOT SURE.

T THINK SO. БРУНО РАМ? ... THÉ GHOST CIRCLE
МЕ. YES... JEEZ... CHANGED THEM,
МЕ?
IS ANYONE HOME? THERE’S A FAMILY
INSIDE... YOU CAN TELL
HAT?
ARE THEY OKAY?
—
> у
Ca ·
етед 3
CHANGED THEY'RE DEFINITELY FONE BONE!

THEA?” NOT ALIVE... HOLD TIGHT TO
МУ HAND! МЕТЕ INSIDE А
GHOST CIRCLE!
WHAT’S THAT ... BUT THEY'RE
MOVING AROUND.
I DON’T KNOW
WHAT WILL HAPPEN
IF WE LOSE
CONTACT?
LET’S
GET THESE
APPLES АМ?
GET OUT
OF
HERE!
946
The Роот Cellar
RIGHT”
RIGHT! BACKPACK’S FULL. PIP YOU HEAR THAT?
LET’S GO.
MAYBE WE SHOULD
TAKE SOME CABBAGE...
CAN’T HAVE TOO
MUCH FIBER ...
IT’S THE FARMER’S

FAMILY. THEY’RE
COMING HERE!
WE’RE ALMOST TO
THE CIRCLE’S EDGE!
WAIT, THORN’!
YOU'RE GOING TOO
FAST -- oog5!
Ghost Circles
THEY STOPPED BEHIND

THE RIDGE.
FARMERS. . .
POOR FARMERS ..
4 STUBB? IS THAT
YOUR NAME? FARMER
STUBB?
YOUR MOTHER SENPS ...
e.. А... MESSAGE...
МУ
MOTHER - - 7
Му MOTHER’S
РЕАР.
The Root Cellar
AIT! ARE YOU

LEAVING?
DANGER
APPROACHES.
THE LOCUST
SE EKS HIS
MISSING
PIECES,
МЕ DO? LOCUST
TAKE PIECE OF
FROM YOUR
BACKFRIEND...
—
THE
GHOLEAVE
ST CIRCLE.
А А
ж!
ЖУАС
,
Š
је a5)NDМЕТ
Hу AN-
и
Гь пау)
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а (ФУ. (
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:
~ Му NY ce
а < СУ Ú "
Зако
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NEVERMIND.== TUREST
WE ASE SG
WHAT'S
PO IT ADY?
@OIN ON? ФЕТ OUT ОР
НЕКЕ.
САМЕ МЕ
YO UR OTHERÀ
HANP FOR
МОМЕМТ.
949
Ghost Circles
Г c4
Ра
22
-уУ ИРА
РУ?
950
The Роот Cellar
YOU CAN GO IN,

TINSMITH, BUT
THE REST OF THE
FARMERS WILL HAVE
TO WAIT OUT HERE.
Lucius. HOW'S
THE
IT'S NOT
GOING WELL WITH WHAT ABOUT THE
HE REFUSES THEY GO SOUTH?
TO MOVE TONING
THE ATHEIANS IS
THE ONLY WAY
TO SURVIVE.
951
Ghost Circles
THEY'LL РО STUPID THEY SAY FOR WHO?

WHATEVER YOU HOLY MEN. P THEY WANT TO
SAY, LUCIUS, CAN'T SEE PRESERVE THE VENI-YAN
BUT THE STICK-EATERS PAST THEIR WAY OF LIFE. МЕЛА, ALL
ARE WATCHING OUR OWN BE DEAD WHEN
ENERY MOVE. HOODS. THE LOCUST
THEY’RE STARTING GETS HERE.
TO TREAT US
LIKE PRISONERS.
LISTEN...
THERE’S
SOMETHING
I HAVE TO
ASK уои
ABOUT...
ON THE EVE OF THE BATTLE, FIRST HE QUESTIONED

THE HEADMASTER STARTED GRILLING YOUR LOYALTIES TO
ME ABOUT YOUR PAST... THE ORPER... THEN HE
SAI? YOU WERE SOME КІМ? OF
SOLDIER. SUGGESTED YOU WERE
INPISCREET WHEN IT CAME
TO THE ROYAL SISTERS.
ЗОМ OAKS - ~ гм SORRY, LUCIUS, £ KNOW HE

WAS LIKE A SON TO YOU, MAY HE REST ANY
IN PEACE = = BUT HE SAID НЕ SAW THE
CONNECTION
LEADER OF THE RAT CREATURES, BETWEEN THOSE
АМР IT WAS
TWO STORIES?
ROSE BEN’S SISTER,
BRIAR...
... AN’ YOU

WERE IN НЕК
А
952
The Роот Cellar
AND YES,
YEAH, THERE'S THE НООРЕР ONE
£ WAS A PALACE GUARD,
A IS ROSE”S SISTER.
SPENDING MY PAYS
CONNECTION. BUT т PIPN”T
WITH TWO OF THE
KNOW THAT BEFORE
THE BATTLE. MOST BEWITCHING WOMEN
Т EVER MET. Т KNEW 1
SHOULON’T
GET INVOLVED
WITH THEM ...
ВКООРУ STARS!
YOU'P HANE TO ВЕ
A PRIEST TO BE
песни, Ат тнАт
BUT BRIAR SEEMED MORE jf № WOMEN'S WAYS, Е <

ROSE WAS GROWN UP - - YOU KNOW WHAT Г MEAN.
BEAUTIFUL
АМ?
KIND...
I WAS IN LOVE
WITH HER.
-ХА ~ T
=
£
В. СА PICKED THE
у P a WRONG
/Í '
Кац)
АИИ!»
953
Ghost Circles
Т HATE THIS WAR.
YOU KNOW МУ BEST

FRIEND EUCLID...
WELL, 2 HAVEN’T BEEN
ABLE TO FIND HIM
SINCE THE VOLCANO
VILLAGERS
TOGETHER.
954
The Root Cellar
THE FIRST YES! WE'RE BORN WITH S V N AN
TIME LONG, BEAUTIFUL >

I RAN AWAY HAIRLESS TAILS/
WAS ОМСЕ WHAT IN
WHEN І ФОТ — ON Е THE WORLD
MY TAIL CUT TAIL-CUTTING-OFF DAY, FOR? |
OFF. ALL THE ONE YEAR OLpS (
REALLY?
GET THEIR TAILS ' '
RAT
; СНОРРЕР OFF. қ N |
CREATURES У ~ Ма ү` \
HAVE ҹу S |
TAILS?
T Т“ а E
| \
Ж
4 4
ДІ
WC
BECAUSE IF WE DON’T, DON’T LISTEN TO НІМ, ІЙ МЕЖЕ ALSO
THE JEKK WILL COME IN THE BARTLEBY! ГМ SUPPOSED TO
MIPPLE OF THE NIGHT SCARED OF MONSTERS, | GET OUR EARS
ANP PRAG US TOO! SOMETIMES CROPPED, BUT І
AWAY BY OUR TAILS’ L SLEEP RAN AWAY
id QNT WITH A LIGHT

A BEFORE THEY
SO WHAT
HAPPENED
WHEN YOU
WENT BACK?
YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING.

A BUNCH OF MONSTERS
WHO BELIEVE IN A
BOOGIE MAN?
WHAT’S TH’ POINT?
955
Ghost Circles
NOBOPY LIKEP ME.

THEY SAID І SPENT
TiOO MUCH TIME
1
WITH YOU GUYS, ANP Г
WOULPN’T EAT YOU
WHEN THE TIME
THE ONE PLACE IN

ALL THE VALLEY THAT HASN'T
SUCCUMBED TO THE
GHOST CIRCLES.
- И ||
ы! }
p MAINA У |
if
; M и!
ir 1]
HANG ON, THORN. NV
ме ке ALMOST \
THERE. 7
956
The Root Cellar
e
pa ems
Wi
S ^
x Sa
ТАМЕМ GARD...
SACRED BURIAL GROUND ONCE WE PASS THROUGH THAT
OF THE DRAGONS. GORGE, I KNOW PEOPLE IN
ATHEIA THAT CAN HELP THORN.
THEN WHAT
ARE WE
WAITING FOR?
LET’S GO!
957
Ghost Circles
IT’S FORBIDDEN FOR ANYONE

OTHER THAN A PRAGON
AFTER WHAT WE’VE ET FOOT IN TANEN GARD.
BEEN THROUGH, WHAT >
COULP IT POSSIBLY —
м MATTER IF THERE’S = 2 š THE PENALTY FOR
A CATCH? 7 2 TRESPASSING
IS DEATH.
958
Chapter Six: Prayer Stones
THORN IS REALLY
SICK, GRAN’MA - -
I DON’T THINK
SHE CAN ВО ON.
Ghost Circles
BUT, GRAN’MA, OF COURSE THIS IS I KNOW SHE HAS A THORN IS A

£ THINK THIS IS SERIOUS? SHE HAS PIECE OF THE VENI-Y AN-CARI,
SERI A PIECE OF THE LOCUST BONE.
LOCUST INSIDE НЕК! INSIDE HER - - SHE’S FAR MORE
WHAT?” DID SHE

I’M WORRIED... TOUCH IT?
WHEN WE WERE INSIDE WHY DIDN’T YOU
THE GHOST CIRCLE, SAY SOMETHING?
IT FELT LIKE
SHE WAS TRYING TO
TAKE THE PIECE THAT WAS
INSIDE МЕ, AND PUT IT
INSIDE HERSELF!
COME ON, BONE.

ONCE WE CROSS THIS
GORGE, МЕЛА,
960
Prayer Stones
ә РА < © с T
HOW FAR ү: С d | ха \ МОТ РАК.
£ PS N I JUST HOPE THE
Ë LEGENDS ABOUT
HOW PEEP IT IS
EXAGGERATED.
961
Ghost Circles
Е.
s
ARE YOU SURE | (( ATHEIAIS
МЕ NEED TO /. ON THE
CROSS? о THER SIDE
ВА \
ДИТЬ )
21 M ja
)
Prayer Stones
NOT SO LOUD,
РНОМЕУ!
THE DRAGONS’LL
HEAR?
YOU REMEMBER WHEN WE

WERE KIDS, AN’ YOU USEP ТО
MAKE ME STEAL FOOP FOR
OUR MEALS?
WHAT’RE WE WERE ORPHANS. YOU WERE

YOU TALKING STEAL PIES OFF WE HAP TO NEVER WORRIED
WINPOWSILLS BECAUSE GET OUR MEALS THAT WE’? ФЕТ
I WAS THE TALLEST, SOMEWHERE’ CAUGHT,
REMEMBER? T ALWAYS REMEMBER
WORRIED THAT?
МЕР GET
CAUGHT!
YEAH, Т ALSO AND РМ WHAT’S THE MATTER? £ FEEL LIKE

REMEMBER THAT ONCE VERY PROUD YOU АЕКАР OF GETTING I’M PINCHIN’
т BECAME THE RICHEST OF YOU CAUGHT IN THE DRAGONS’ PIES OFF
BONE IN BONEVILLE, YOU FOR THAT, GRAVEYARD? OL’ LADY
МАРЕ ME GO AROUND PHONEY. .. TOHNSON
AND PAY EVERYONE BONE’S
BACK. BUT WINDOWSILL/
£ STILL
DON’T
FEEL
WE
SHOULON’T
BE HERE,
IT’S AS-
RESPECT-
FuL.
963
Ghost Circles
ALL THAT STUFF THE DRAGONS HAVE DON’T THINK ABOUT THAT?
ABOUT SACRED BURIAL `BIGGER THINGS TO WORRY THINK ABOUT ALL THE NICE
GROUNPS IS ABOUT THAN US STUFF YOU’RE GONNA ВАТ
TRESPASSING IN ONCE WE GET TO ATHEIA.
THEIR WOODS) ROAST BEEF, MASHEP
POTATOES ...
АМ? А
SOFT BED ...
BUT THE
PENALTY FOR
TRESPASSING
HERE
IS DEATH?
OKAY. BUT WHEN THE

DANGER’S OVER, CAN WE
GO HOME TO
BONEVILLE?
YEAH, YEAH, BUT YES, THAT'S ALL Т

ATHEIA MIGHT BE OUR THINK ABOUT!
LAST CHANCE TO AND JUST LET
FIND GOLP, SO IF THAT ME PO TH’ THINKING,
MEANS WE @OTTA CUT ALL YOU THINK AN’ WE'LL BOTH ВЕ
THROUGH A GRAVEYARD, ABOUT? GOLD? BETTER OFF.
THEN SO BE IT?
GIMME A HAND,
WILL YA? I САУТ
EACH,
REMEMBER!
YOU'LL NEVER ФЕТ
ANYWHERE WITHOUT
964
Prayer Stones
IT’S A BIG ROCK ARCH

THAT’S REAL SKINNY AT THE
TOP AND ABOUT A HUNDRED
YARDS LONG.
WE FOUND A WAY
ACROSS?
РО YOU FEEL THAT?

THE GROUND IS VIBRATING!
Ghost Circles
т DON’T KNOW, IT'S

BUT IT WAS BIG, THE PRAGONS/
AN’ IT WAS COMIN’
THEY KNOW WE'RE HERE!’ I THINK IT MIGHT

TRESPASSING ON BE А ФООР IPEA IF
THEIR BURIAL МЕ KEEP OUR
VOICES РО\ММ.
GROUNDS!
THERE’S THE
BRIDGE!
966
Prayer Stones
967
Ghost Circles
968
Prayer Stones
THIS IS
vs sú
KINDA ау
шо9549 5:
SLIPPERY.
FONE BONE’
969
Ghost Circles
HOW? WHAT
z м.< 9 є ы М.ш ш =
HAPPENED?
REALLY GREAT!
970
Prayer Stones
IT’S THIS PLACE, COME! 22

SOMEHOW IT'S МЕРЕ ALMOST TO THE 4
HEALING YOU. OTHER SIPE’
I САУТ
WE МАРЕ IT THROUGH BELIEVE IT/ THAT WASN'T
TANEN GARP? NO ONE HAS SO TOUGH?
THROUGH PART WHERE
THERE FONE BONE
ALMOST BIT IT.
WE’RE PAST THE

GHOST CIRCLES?!
Ghost Circles
ARE YOU ALL CLEAR. EVEN THAT ... WHAT САМ ГМ SORRY, GRAN’MA.
MYSTERIOUS SECOND IT’S STILL
SYSTEM WE ENCOUNTERED you
DARK UP THERE.
SEEMS TO BE
WEST OF US NOW.
BUT I’M SURE ANY SURVIVORS WILL

START MAKING THEIR WAY МЕКЕ...
-. ЛЕ THEY CAN FIND А WAY
PAST THE GHOST CIRCLES.
972
Prayer Stones
Ghost Circles
YOU'RE THROUGH
GININ’ ORDERS AROUND
HERE, STICK-EATER/ YEAH! WE
WANT LUCIUS
OUT OF THAT
ІЛА. CA 7 L^
YOU'RE MAKING
М
SAVE IT FOR THE
HEADMASTER» - ASIDE IEE A MISTAKE, LUCIUS. BROTHERHOOD.
Ñ WERE YOU, IT’S DANGEROUSl в
SONNY BOY. OUT THERE;
EVERYBODY GOOD
/ TO GO, WENDELL?
WOMEN
Y^
АМО CHILPREN Й YOU GONNA BE OKAY GONNA HAVE
TO BE.
THE CREEK. 2 ОМ THAT LEG? oe
Prayer Stones
ALL RIGHT, BOYS, LOOK WHAT’S GOING ON HERE, LUCIUS? |

ALIVE. WE’RE GOIN’ OUT THE I GAVE ORDERS FOR YOU TO
FRONT DOOR. STAY IN YOUR CELL.
WE’RE LEAVING. WE’RE NOT ASKING YOU TO WHERE WOULD YOU GO? THE
GO WITH US, BUT WE’RE LEAVING. VALLEY HAS BEEN DESTROYED.
OUT THERE IS DEATH...
HERE - - ONLY HERE HAS ANYTHING

SURVIVED. WE HAVE FOOD
AN? SUPPLIES.
GATHER UP YOUR
SUPPLIES АМР COME WITH US’
WE’LL GO SOUTH TO THIS IS THE END OF THE
THE OLD KINGDOM. WORLD AND WE ARE
THERE MUST BE OTHER DISCIPLES OF VENU.
SURVIVORS’ IT IS OUR DUTY TO PROTECT
THE Ne WAY OF
Ее!
Ghost Circles
x ARE YOU BLIND? WHY DON’T YOU TAKE

WE’RE GONNA DIE HERE! OFF YOUR HOODS АМ? SEE?”
WHO CARES ABOUT PROTECTING

YOUR SECRET BROTHERHOOD? МЕМЕ
GOT WIVES АМР CHILDREN,
IS THAT WHAT YOU WANT TO РО,

HEADMASTER? PROTECT A SECRET
BROTHERHOOD?
AT THIS POINT, 1 HAVE ТО ASK - -
WHO
ARE YOU
PROTECTING
IT
FOR?
[ WELL? WHAT’RE YOU GONNA РО?

WE’RE IN A BIT OF A HURRY.
THE WORLD
Is
ENDING,
REMEMBER?
Prayer Stones
GATHER THE SUPPLIES.

WE WILL GO TO THE
OLD KINGDOM
с
TOGETHER.
віз
Re
Ghost Circles
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ж
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Prayer Stones
Ghost Circles
s
MORE
y Vee
CLIMBING?!
AT LEAST THE
we ~ | GHOST CIRCLES
| UNA WERE FLAT)
WE CAN GET A GOOD НЕУ-- ARE THOSE WE ARE.

VIEW FROM UP НЕКЕ... GRAVE STONES? THOSE ARE
I THOUGHT WE PRAYER STONES
AN? I WANT TO МЕКЕ OUT OF PUT HERE By
TAKE A LOOK AT THE SACRED THE PEOPLE OF
THE ROAP THAT LEAPS BURIAL GROUND. ATHEIA.
TO ATHEIA.
WHAT FOR? ON THE STONE IS A ... BUT AROUND THE NECK

WHAT ARE PRAYER ASKING THE DRAGONS OF EVERY ATHEIAN, IN А SMALL
PRAYER FOR BALANCE BETWEEN THE POUCH, IS A SMALLER,
WORLD AND THE PREAMING. PERSONAL PRAYER.
980
Prayer Stones
THE ONE YOU HAVE ON, THORN - - BUT DOWN HERE, THE DRAGONS
THAT BELONGEP TO YOUR MOTHER. ARE TREATEP AS REPRESENTATINES
YOU WERE NENER GIVEN ONE OF L OF THE DREAMING.
YOUR OWN BECAUSE UP NORTH Г |
ТНЕУ PON”T BELIEVE
IN PRAGONS.
CARVING
THE PRAYER IN
STONE GIVES IT
STRENGTH AND
PERMANENCE...
... AND BURYING IT YOU'RE GONNA £ FIGURE ONE

IN THE GROUND DELIVERS LEAVE YOUR 7 MORE GOOD PRAYER
IT STRAIGHT TO THE
DRAGONS
STONE BEHIND - -
г,; оџент TO ве^
THEMSELVES. 2 ; ENOUGH FOR
LET’S GET OUR

BEARINGS, SHALL WE?
Ghost Circles
THAT’S THE PATH WE JUST TO THE SOUTH OF US LIES

CAME DOWN FROM THE THE OLD PAWA-ATHEIA ROAD.
BURIAL GROUND. THE CITY OF PAWA
IS IN THE
TANEN ФАРР IS PART OF THE SAME FOOTHILLS OF THE
RIVER АМР GORGE SYSTEM EASTERN MOUTAINS.
AS OLD MAN’S CAVE.
THE RIVER RUNS ALL THE
WAY UP THROUGH THE
VALLEY BACK TO BARRELHAVEN.
D 1
^ № Mn
Й
THE BRIDGE IS OUT. THE PAWANIANS THIS IS THE DIRECTION

THE ROAD IS HAVE GONE OVER WE NEED TO GO.
ABANDONED. TO THE LOCUST.
TRADE BETWEEN THE
TWO ANCIENT CITIES
HAS CEASED,
TWO DAYS WALK WILL

BRING US TO WITHIN SIGHT
OF ATHEIA’S GATES.
A " Е HMMM. THE GHOST CIRCLES WILL SLOW

и ту .. Y THE RAT CREATURES DOWN, ВИТ THAT’S
*f Y а. STILL TWO DAYS OUT IN THE OPEN.
982
Prayer Stones
IT’S RISKY, BUT IT’S OUR BEST

HOPE OF FINDING SANCTUARY
АМР MOUNTING A DEFENSE.
Q )€ ж. ES m АД 4
£ STILL HAVEN’T LOCATED THE UNTIL WE FIN? THAT

SOURCE OF SOURCE, THERE’S UNKNOWN
77 THE SOUTHERN DANGER ENEN HERE IN THE
GHOST CIRCLES. OLD KINGDOM.
JUST А LITTLE
FARTHER, EVERYONE.
WE'RE ALMOST
YOU'RE A FUNNY EGG,

YOU KNOW THAT?
£ BET TH’
STREETS ARE
PAVED WITH
GOLD!
Ghost Circles
I’M A
FUNNY EGG?
YOU'RE A
FUNNY EGG!
NO, I’M NOT!

WHAT АЛ 7,
BARTLEBY?
YOU'RE
ACES, E
SMILEY! á
984
Book Eight
Treasure Hunters
Prologue: Lucius
HE’S TALKING
TO THE BUG
THEN
WE HAVE NO
CHOICE BUT
TO WAIT.
THE BUG
IS THE ONLY
МЕ WHO
CAN SEE A PATH
THROUGH
THE GHOST
CIRCLES.
AM p UN
` — = ‘i Ke Е чи я QN
с М ы ~ S | | i 25 ж
EXHAUSTED. к UNDERSTANDABLE. Y OUR SUPPLIES
А ВТ FRIGHTENED N MAYBE WE SHOULD ARE LIMITED,
BY THE BREAK OUT TINSMITH.
THE WATER т URGE |
WE WAIT UNTIL
NIGHTFALL.
Treasure Hunters
WHY WAIT? WE WE HAVE ENOUGH ERR LU IE

HAVE МОКЕ ТНАМ PROVISIONS
ENOUGH WATER FOR A ONE WAY -- ЛЕ ATHEIA PIPN^T
TO REACH TOURNEY. ЗИКММЕ THE
ATHEIA. EXPLOSION?
WHAT PO YOU
PROPOSE WE DO...
LUCIUS THINKS IT DID.

AND AS LONG AS ТМЕ
KNOWN НІМ, НЕ” ALWAYS THE SOLDIERS
BEEN RIGHT. DON’T TRUST
HIM.
E KNOW THERE WAS TROUBLE I’M NOT I WAS WITH

BUT THE TALKING CAPTAIN DOWN
VILLAGERS РО. BACK WHEN НЕ WAS CAPTAIN OF 4
THE GUARD. SOMETHING ABOUT ABOUT А | THAT NIGHT
I'LL REMIND ROYAL | FIFTY YEARS
you THAT A ROMP WITH THE ROYAL
SISTERS. BUT OUT HERE, SCANDAL.
LUCIUS DOWN
IS A PERSONAL WE DON’T CARE.
FRIEND OF
MINE.
Lucius
HE MARCHED OUR ARMY YOU МЕКЕ THE RAT CREATURES COULD

STRAIGHT INTO A AMBUSHED. NOT HAVE AMBUSHED US
RAT CREATURE TRAP. THE SO WHAT? WITHOUT INSIDE KNOWLEDGE
BLOODBATH THAT FOLLOWED OF OUR ROUTE.
WAS THE BEGINNING OF THE
GREAT WAR ITSELF.
V
WHY WOULP HE РО IT? HE WAS THE ONLY
LUCIUS DOESN’T ONE WHO KNEW OUR ONLY HE
LIKE RAT CREATURES. ROUTE THAT NIGHT. COULD HAVE
HE FIGHTS THEM! ALERTED
И
(ИДА
БТ LATERЕЗ А YOUNG FARMER

TER, NAMED
MOREa S JONATHAN OAKS
HAS GIVEN US
OUR PROOF.
7 и.
7 `
жа BZ
989
Treasure Hunters
JUST
EIGHT DAYS AGO, -- DOING NOTHING
YOUNG JONATHAN к, WHILE OUR ТКООРЗ
WITNESSEP LUCIUS IN МЕКЕ АТТАСКЕР BY
- RAT CREATURES.
Т BELIEVE
JONATHAN TOLD YES. АМР LUCIUS
YOU THE SAME STORY HIMSELF TOLD ME
НЕ TOLD US. THAT THE НООРЕР ONE
IS ACTUALLY
PRINCESS BRIAR - -
ONE OF THE TWO
ROYAL SISTERS.
WHICH BRINGS
us
TO THE
DISCOVERY
OF THE
TRACKS ...
Lucius
IT АРРЕАКЪ ТНАТ
CAPT. DOWN ANP HIS BUG
HAVE BROUGHT US
RIGHT TO OUR
Lucius. GATHER YOUR PEOPLE, BOTH OF

YOU. WE NEED TO HURRY BEFORE
THE WIND COVERS
UP THESE FOOTPRINTS.
УОМ EXPECT US DEAD SERIOUS.

TO FOLLOW THESE | GHOST CIRCLES KILL
NOT RAT CREATURES ,
SERIOUS. TOS = WHEREVER
THEY
CAN WALK,
WE CAN
WALK.
991
Treasure Hunters
CAPTAIN DOWN! YOU HAVE NO RIGHT

TO PUT THESE PEOPLE AT
RISK. WE'LL CUT OUR
TRAVEL TIME ТО
Д2 АТНАА IN HALF.
YOU ФО TOO РАК. ULL HANE г

I WON’T ALLOW IT. ENCO THE Eus WITHOUT THE Вие,
ON AHEAD. THERE ARE ONLY
TWO CHOICES ...
FOLLOW
THESE TRACKS - -
OR
STUMBLE THROUGH
THE GHOST CIRCLES
ON YOUR OWN.
Lucius
993
Treasure Hunters
Chapter One: The Gate of Atheia
THE GHOST
CIRCLES
HAVE FORCED
EVERY LIVING
CREATURE
OF THE VALLEY
INTO
IT’S LIKE A EVEN THOUGH

REFUGEE CAMP- - T ONE WORP FROM
у AND IF ALL THESE EITHER OF YOUu
FOLKS WANT TO @ET - -| WOULD RAISE THE A
INSIDE THE CITY, ж» A GATE SO FAST 41 INSIPE THE CITY,
IT” A Sasера то |: THEIR HEADS = IT'S BEST TO 4
K : WOULP SPIN/
EASIER FOR US? =
WE'LL GET IN.

GRAN’MA BEN IS
TRYING TO FIND
-N SOMEONE ТО
~ SMUGGLE ФР
995
Treasure Hunters The Gate of Atheia
RIGHT! BACK TO SPEAKING OF > 0 2 BYx ш Е ~

TH’ PLAN’ WE STILL WHICH ... =
№
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HAVE TO FIND WHERE DID YOU
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TO TAKE BACK TO Lan и]
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AY
YOU KNOW, FONE BONE

THE MORE I LOOK AROUND,
THE LESS WORRIED I AM
THAT WE’LL STICK OUT
N
SN
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|
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Treasure Hunters
„Г LOOKS LIKE GRAN’MA BEN: ра eae сес тя

THE WAY
NG SHE APPEARS IN
SHE APTE | THAT SAME CROWN.
LET’S TAKE
REMARKABLE, THIS
LOOKS JUST LIKE di THE FIRST (ү YOU ИКЕ
МУ РКЕАМ. A, n HUMAN (2) 1 ТО МАКЕ
АМ
OFFERING?
THIS IS VEN, 3 T кә?
THE QUEEN > ZR MY PRAYER
4 4 "| STONES ARE
OF THE
HIGHEST
QUALITY.
The Gate of Atheia
A SMALL OFFERING. THEY ARE TELL ME, SISTER,

ONLY AS MUCH AS BEAUTIFUL. ARE YOU A
YOU FEEL MOVED NORTHERNER?
TO MAKE.
I HAVE MANY
BEAUTIFUL STONES.
HERE’ SEE FOR
YOURSELF,
Fa HIGH
QUALITY.
THIS IS MIM, THE FIRST PRAGON.

A YOU SEE HER LONG BODY? SHE HOLDS
wHO'S ON Y HER TAIL IN НЕК MOUTH AND
THIS GINES LIFE TO THE WORLD.
SHRINE? |
` 7 (ії
SHE IS THE
THISISALSOMM-- ЕЁSHES. | CREATOR dAND
Mu
BUT IN HER DARK ТИ ee 4
LOCUST. | YOU CANNOT HAVE
Z | x LIFE WITHOUT DEATH.
THE TWO ARE ALWAYS
TOGETHER,
PRAYER ON
THE STONE
SEEKS A
BALANCE
BETWEEN
THEM.
Treasure Hunters
THERE 15 AN WHAT
AIR OF BALANCE MIRACLE HAS ALLOWED
ABOUT YOU, қ YOU TO PASS THROUGH
NORTHERN ві" THE GHOST CIRCLES THAT
| SURROUND OUR CITY?
TELL МЕ, Фа HOW HAVE YOU REACHED US IN
WHY HAVE I NOT SEEN 7 OUR PART OF THE J
YOUR FACE HERE : > VALLEY?
BEFORE TODAY?
KEEP THIS.
The Gate of Atheia
V
Ob, No! PHONEY BONE WHERE DID
AND SMILEY! THEY WERE THEY GET
SUPPOSED TO WAIT FOR US THAT OX
I’M TELLIN’ YOU, BUT I WANT TO BUY IT! WE LIKE THE SMELL OF IT
YOU CAN’T HAVE WHY DID YOU BRING RIGHT, PHONEY? i
ANY НАУ! YOUR HAY TO MARKET
IF YOU DON’T
WANT ТО SELL ІТ?
YEAH, THAT’S RIGHT.

WE LOVE THE MUSTY SMELL
OF MILDEWEP STRAW.
WE LIKE TO KEEP IT
NEAR US...
NOW SHOVE OFF?
Treasure Hunters
WAIT - - 7 HEY, РНОМЕУ! LOOK?

JUST OUT OF IT’S FONE BONE AND THORN!
CURIOSITY- -
WOULD YOU HAVE
USED GOLD ТО
©,
PAY FOR IT?
\ WHERE’? ON THE SIDE WHEN GRAN’MA

you 4 OF THE ROAD. FINDS OUT, SHE'S
(| GUYS FIND b IT МАЗ `\ GONNA ВЕ MAD!
| THE HAY ABANDONED!
WAGON?
WHAT AM £
GOING TO BE MAD
ABOUT?
ВЕТТЕК МОТ ВЕ
WHAT T THINK
The Gate of Atheia
т GOT NOTHIN’ TO DO
WITH THIS.
DO YOU HAVE THAT WE COULDN'T SMILEY BONE, YOU

BABY RAT CREATURE LEAVE HIM ALL ALONE, TURN THIS CART
НІРРЕМ UNDER ФКАЋУМА, HE/S AROUND? RIGHT NOW
THERE? Һ, ONLY ONE AN’ A ANP GET THAT THING
(| HALF YEARS OLD! OUT OF TOWN
BEFORE YOU GET US
ALL KILLED!
2
I САМ/Т PO THAT, THIS ISN’T A
GRAN’MA. BARTLEBY REQUEST - -
DEPENDS ON МЕ! т GET THAT
HAVE TO TAKE CREATURE
1003
Treasure Hunters
- =
I’M SORRY, FONE BONE, y I HEAR YOU
BUT IT WOULDN’T BE RIGHT. ME, WANT TO BUY
BARTLEBY SAVED OUR LIVES! РУ РА Ë А COYOTE?
IT JUST WOULPN^T
BE RIGHT.
7 Р п
M
D ий
2. Р-
22.
|
s< —
Z 7
Z > M аа
WILLIAM VA THE GHOST CIRCLES i-r CAN YOU GET US INSIDE
THE АМО THE CROWDS ARE THE СІТУ- - PAST THE
N< BAKER. | MAKING THE CITY LEADERS GUARPS, WITHOUT ANY
NERVOUS. VERY FEW QUESTIONS?
OUTSIDERS ARE ALLOWED :
THROUGH THE GATES.
А НАХСАКТ WILL NOT

BE SO EASY.
DO YOU KNOW ANYONE

ON THE INSIDE?
PERHAPS THAT WILL
Е
FIVE PLUS А
HAYCART.
1004
The Gate of Atheia
Г? >
£ РО, BUT I HAVE MUCH HAS CHANGE EXCUSE ME, MISS.

НАР NO CONTACT WITH ІМ THE LAST |, MAY I SEE THAT?
ANYONE INSIPE THE EAR 55
CITY FOR NEARLY
А YEAR.
WHERE РР YOU — 5 SUM FROM THE LITTLE GIRL

CET THIS STONE? > Sp | яС OVER BY THE SHRINES.
2 THAT IS TANEAL.
SHE IS MY SISTER.
АМР SHE 15
А VERY GOOD
JUDGE OF
CHARACTER.
1005
Treasure Hunters
EOM | o =l
pag = Lm m
АТ LAST!
WE’RE GONNA
FIND GOLD!
Т. /
A 2от
4| ,
ве.
PHONEY THINKS SEEMS LIKE AN

THE STREETS IMPRACTICAL
WILL BE
PAVED WITH MATERIAL TO
GOLD. ME. HEAD STAMPED
ON THEM”
The Gate of Atheia
BUT THEY DON’T “Z SHUT UP, Y THE GUARD IS

HAVE А KING - - YOU LUNKHÉAD/ WAVING US
OR A QUEEN, '\ YOU WANT TO THROUGH - -
REMEMBER? ) |До GIVE US M
THORN AN” GRAN ИЕА УУЛ
ARE WITH из! | ` а | IS IY! FATСАТУ
«Да HERE МЕ COME?
b RAN
THE УЕМ-УАМ
WARRIORS HERE
£ HAVE TAKEN CARE = P UD.
OF IT. WHEN WE REACH F eee
THE STABLES WE CAN 2: БИЕ
DISCUSS МУ FEE. == -
Treasure Hunters
HMM, I DON’T š Sniff! sniff: pee yews THE TINGLE IN

SEEM TO SEE /2» г THINK TH’ STREETS MY SCALP CAN
ANY GOLD ARE PAVED WITH --4 ONLY MEAN ONE
PANEMENT. SEWAGE! I
THERE’S
TREASURE
ММ. IT’S COVERED

БРАКА
STONE £ SPE THE,
THAT TANEAL GAVE IN SECRET WRITING.
TO YOU?
А SECRET PRAYER STONE?

STRANGE. WHAT DOES
THAT MEAN?
т DON’T KNOW, BUT

Т HAVE AN OLD FRIEND WHO
RUNS A SMALL ROOFTOP KITCHEN
WHO MIGHT BE ABLE
TO TELL US.
к !
2 e.
Г,
№ !yn
1008
The Gate of Atheia
FONE BONE, РО YOU THINK HE HAS WATER AND FOOD,

BARTLEBY IS OKAY IN THE STABLE? АМР WE LOCKED THE DOOR. AS
NO ONE WILL FIN? НІМ, LONG AS HE DOESN'T MAKE
WILL THEY? ANY NOISE, НЕЛА, BE FINE.
1009
Treasure Hunters
FOOD IS WHAT БАТ NOW.

YOU NEED AFTER A
LONG JOURNEY.
IT IS GOOD!
a IF YOU DON’T
NEN FATIT Akt |
EAT EVERY DROP,
HOW CAN £ FORETELL
YOUR DOOM?
ALL
GONE, LIKE
@OOD
LITTLE
CHILDREN’
1010
Chapter Two: The Cold Spot
A
DARKNESS
HAS
FALLEN
THAT
CANNOT DANGER
E BESETS US
LIFTED. FROM
WITHOUT
AND
WITHIN.
FATE HAS
DECREED
THAT THIS IS
YOUR
DOOM...
-.. FATE HAS DECREED

THAT THESE ARE THE
ENP TIMES AND YOU
MUST SUFFER.
Treasure Hunters
YOU LAUGH Ат NOBODY ROLLS THE DICE

FATE, YOU MISERABLE FOR ME, PAL. THE ONLY DANGER
LITTLE CREATURE? WITHIN US IS THIS SLOP
YOU’RE DISHIN’ OUT/
APPARENTLY THE WISE THIS SLOP, YOU IMP,

DON’T KNOW ABOUT IS A TRADITIONAL
REFRIGERATION. PAWANIAN DISH - -
YOU TRYIN’ TO
GIVE US IT TAKES FOURTEEN DAYS
FOOD POISONING, JUST ТО CURDLE!
OLD MAN?
PHONCIBLE, THIS É
МУ TEACHER’ HE IS RESPECTED
BY THE WISE AS A GREAT
DREAMING MASTER?
WE HAVE SEEN A GREAT DISASTER -.. 1 НАМЕ СОМЕ TO

IN THE NORTH. ASH FALLS FROM SEEK YOUR COUNCIL АМ?
THE SKY, AND THE VALLEY IS TO LEARN THE STATE OF
FILLING WITH GHOSTLY POCKETS AFFAIRS WITHIN THE WALLS
OF CRUELTY AND SORROW... OF OUR GREAT CITY.
THE PEOPLE
ARE FRIGHTENED.
THE GHOST CIRCLES THAT

SURROUND US
FORETELL THE COMING OF
THE LOCUST.
The Cold Spot
ISN’T THERE YOU WERE NEVER THE ТЛА. TAKE THAT WHEN MY NATIVE
ANYTHING IN MOST ATTENTIVE PUPIL, AS А NO.
РАМА DECLARED
OUR LORE YOUR MASESTY. YOUR KITCHEN ITSELF FOR THE
THAT MIGHT YOU PREFERRED THE LOOKS NEGLECTED, LOCUST,
TELL US HOW STABLES TO YOUR OLP FRIEND. Му CUISINE AND г
TO ESCAPE LESSONS. YOU HAD A HAS SOMETHING
FELL OUT
OUR DOOM? PARTICULAR FONDNESS HAPPENED?
OF FAVOR.
FOR COWS, AS т
RECALL,
MUCH HAS
CHANGED. ..
I SHOULD THE INNER COUNCIL THAT THE ORDER OF THE

NEVER HAVE WATCHED ОМЕК THE CITY DREAMING EYE.
HAS BEEN DISSOLVED. THEY ACCEPT AS TRUTH ONLY
THEY HAVE BEEN REPLACED THE TEACHINGS OF VEN,
BY DISCIPLES OF VENU WHO THE HUMAN QUEEN.
CALL THEMSELVES THE
WHAT? HOW CAN THEY BE CAREFuL,

SEPARATE VEN FROM THE YOUR HIGHNESS. SUCH ном DID
THIS
DRAGONS? WORDS WILL GET YOU HAPPEN?
VEN WAS TAUGHT BY ARRESTED OR WORSE
19 THE PRAGONS’ THE МЕРИ
BELIEVE THE
DRAGONS ARE ANIMALS,
АМ? ARE IMPURE.
YOUR
ГА MASESTY.
Treasure Hunters
МО, MASTER, IT IS YOU THORN, PLEASE

WHO MUST FORGIVE US. BRING OUT
I SWEAR TO YOU THAT THE PRAYER STONE
I WILL NOT LEAVE YOU YOU RECEIVED
ALONE AGAIN. AT THE SHRINE.
Л рев: THIS IS ONE OF OURS.

Е FOR THOSE OF US WHO
27% RESIST THE VEDU.
HOW INTERESTING THAT IT
SHOULD COME INTO YOUR
GRANPPAUGHTER’S
POSSESSION.
IT SAYS:
MOONWORT.
и IN TIMES OF
TORN DARKNESS, HER
. THOUGHTS
WERE ALWAYS FOR HER
PEOPLE FIRST- -
27) ке
LOOK out!
The Cold Spot
Ж IT'S BRIAR!
|
ЕР
Ж.У,
SHE'S HERE!
x 5 z 3 и 2 ° aQ =® щ~ x ° 3 ~
OWN, PRINCESS ....
THE LOCUST SUMMONS YOu.
SHE’S WALKING
SHADOW! TOWARD US - -
RIGHT IN A TRANCE!
WHERE THE
T
COLD SPO
1015
Treasure Hunters
COME, PRINCESS,
LET ALL YOUR TROUBLES MELT AWAY...
THAT’S RIGHT, COME TO ME.
STOP НЕК” 32 ERNH/ SHE’S COLD | AND SHE’S

DON’T LET АМР HAR? AS STILL
HER REACH THE TO WALKING!
COLD SPOT!
1016
The Cold Spot
ЗМУ!
СОМЕ AROUND
ТО THIS SIDE
AND PUSH?
WE’RE ALMOST
TO THE
SHADOW?
YES ... ALMOST THERE ~ ~
I MUST SEEK THE

CROWN OF HORNS.
^^. THE
CROWN OF HORNS.
1017
Treasure Hunters
THIS IS YOUR LAST CHANCE, GIRL’
THE GHOST CIRCLES ARE TIPPING THE BALANCE
WITHOUT YOU. ТАКЕ МУ HAND!
де.
WU
и \
«СУ
YOU WILL REGRET THIS” YOU WILL
BRING DESTRUCTION ON
EVERYTHING YOU
1018
The Cold Spot
WORN Ае хои
ALL RIGHT?
HAS THIS . I/NE NEVER WITNESSEP ANYTHING

НАРРЕМЕР LIKE IT. THE LOCUST JUST ATTEMPTED
STEAL YOUR GRANDDAUGHTER ~ ~ RIGHT IN
FRONT OF 15!
IN THE HEART OF THE SACRED CITY”
ISN’T THIS WHAT DO NOT LEAVE Y I WON'T. АМР IT MIGHT

THIS IS A WE “ЕЕ, WORRIED HER ALONE FOR BE BEST IF YOU CALLED
WARFARE.
NEW KIND OF
ABOUT? VEN TOGETHER ANY MEMBERS
AN INSTANT. )\ OF THE INNER COUNCIL
LN WHO ARE STILL
I’M TAKING HER
BACK TO THE
IT WILL
BE
DONE.
Treasure Hunters
JUST A MOMENT,
YOUNG FELLOW.
TELL ME EXACTLY you SAW
BLURRY
SHADOW.
I WAS
TOO BUSY
SAVING THE
PRINCESS
TO REALLY
LOOK,
NOW
WASN’T т?
ТАД. SEND А 2 I THINK IT L

MESSENGER WOULP BE BEST ) '/ yes THANK YOU.
AS SOON AS | IF yOu
THE INNER COUNCIL те GOOD NIGHT,
TRY TO КЕЕР Š. TEACHER. '
IS ASSEMBLED. зе HER AWAKE,
\
Qm
р
1020
The Cold Spot
Treasure Hunters
pO YOu
HEAR МЕ, MASTER..... ?
BRIAR .
|y
|
ж
"W
Т ||| Гур т
O, GREAT LOCUST. . . WE ARE GROWING STRONGER...
= =>
nm "n
р C ШІ
YES, LORD, YOUR PLANS +++ THE GHOST CIRCLES ARE CAUSING
ARE BEARING FRUIT. . . ТЕККОК THROUGHOUT THE КАМ ...
SOON YOU WILL BE STRONG ENOUGH
TO FREE YOURSELF WITHOUT

|| THE HELP OF THE LIVING PRINCESS ... ~ 7
"ж Ai
| y ПТ | | m" Т |
и
|
W М li
The Cold Spot
THE SHE IS NOT WITH YOU ....

VENI-YAN-CARI... || DOES SHE STILL OPPOSE US?
MORE THAN YOU KNOW, MY MASTER, HOW CAN

FOR I HAVE SEEN WITHIN HER HEART
THIS
BE?
THE NAME OF THE OBJECT YOU FEAR MOST ...
«++ THE CROWN OF HORNS...
SHE HAS PEERED WITHIN A GHOST CIRCLE
АМР THE NAME WAS DELIVERED ТО HER ВУ
HER DEAD MOTHER ...
HOWENER, SHE DOES NOT GRASP YOU FROM

HER WILL PREVENT
LEARNING
ITS MEANING, NOR DOES SHE KNOW ITS THE SECRET.
SECRET LOCATION
Treasure Hunters
OF COURSE, .. МУ КАТ CREATURES ARE NEARING TANEN GARP
WHERE THEY WILL JOIN FORCES WITH THE ARMY ОР РАМА.
TOGETHER OUR ARMIES WILL LAUNCH A DEVASTATING
ATTACK ON THE OLP KINGPOM.
WE WILL CRUSH THE CITY, KILL THE PRINCESS,
АМР CREATE SUCH TERROR AS

GO FORTH,
TO FREE YOU OF THE STONE FOREVER. BELOVED ,..
THIS PLAN PLEASES Us.
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1025
Treasure Hunters
AT LAST
МЕ МЕЕТ,
GENERAL,
OUR TWO ARMIES
HAVE ENDURED MUCH
HARDSHIP
SO THAT WE MIGHT
COME TOGETHER HERE IN THE
FOOTHILLS OF
TANEN ФАКР....
1026
The Cold Spot
I REGRET I HAVE NO
LUXURIES TO OFFER YOU ....
.. . МО CUSHIONS TO SIT UPON...
...1Т IS MY BELIEF... THAT

... NO WINE TO DRINK...
MATERIAL NEEDS ARE A SIGN
OF WEAKNESS.
AS WE MARCHED
OUR ARMY HERE TO
wae sige
We ey
che
ROUTES. TANEN GARD, WE
BUT SOMETHING IS THE LAND - -

era. у
TROUBLING US... Ем, RINGS OF DEATH
HAS THE CITY BEEN...
( я THAT OUR
ISOUATERE ^ К 2 HOLY MEN CALL
GHOST CIRCLES.
DO NOT CONCERN - -VERY OLD WITHOUT THE

YOURSELF. AND IMP. ОЕТАМТ PRAGONS
By JOINING OUR ARMIES THE ATHEIANS
ALLIES OF BETWEEN THEM, ARE
WE HAVE CUT OFF ANY ASSISTANCE NOTHING.
TANEN GARD THE ATHEIANS. WE WILL CRUSH
THE CITY MAY HAVE HOPED FOR
BELONGS TO THE
FROM THAT QUARTER.
МУ LORD,
ABOUT THE
PLAGUE - -
1027
Treasure Hunters
ТАМ CONPUCTING
) YOU SHOULD PREPARE YOUR SOLDIERS. WE WILL LEAVE
THIS WAR, GENERAL... .
A BATTALION HERE Ат TANEN ФАКР....
OUR MAIN FORCE LEAVES IMMEDIATELY
FOR ATHEIA.
YOU ARE DISMISSED.
( 2 (5 x МА
=
| АМР УЕТ, ЯР you
E SENT MANY OF i WE PO NOT ABANPON THE/A
|| SEE THEM IN THE
| НЕКЕ GHOST |
OLP MAN'S
YOUR
CAVE.
ASSAULT ON
WITH YOU. CIRCLES?
1028
The Cold Spot
МНЕКЕ ARE OUR N Ve YOUR SOLDIERS FOUGHT

BROTHERS
ER:
STICK-EATER? ху | b» & BRAVELY, GENERAL...
... ВИТ 2 WAS
FINISHED
WITH THEM.
Treasure Hunters
REMEMBER
OUR
AGREEMENT, — = Е
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GENTLEMEN ... Е 5 №122
- Ro — ү
THE PAWA ARMY IS 7

\
MINE TO
\ 22 IN RETURN ...
. COMMAND? UNTIL WE , YOUR WARRIORS CAN PLUNDER
SACK THE CITY.
ATHEIA FOR ALL HER
бк Т) ⁄4 7 Р ‘TREASURE.
\ ANY
`Ñ ү 7 | à Мз $
WE PIDN^T KNOW oh, vou ppw?

YOU МОЧИ? DESTROY
THE VALLEY. ү Ñ 2 АМР NOW YOU THINK THE TREASURE WON'T BE
1030
The Cold Spot
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£ HAVE МАТЕР А LONG TIME
FOR MY REVENGE. ... £ WILL NOT ВЕ

STOPPED ВУ YOUR LACK OF
4 22?
ША CONVICTION ....
š 5 РО YOUR PEOPLE WANT
ғ ASG THE ATHEIANS DESTROYED
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И I SEE... AND YOU THINK RISE,

YOU WOULD MAKE BETTER GENERAL.
RICH, ARROGANT OVERLORDS. т АМ GOING TO GINE YOU
A SECOND CHANCE.
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MASTER, THE SOLDIERS WHAT SHOULD
WE DO IF THE
YOU WILL REMAIN
OF PAWA ARE THE BRAVEST
HERE TO COMMAND
IN THE WORLD... BUT EVEN GREAT RED DRAGON
THE BATTALION WE CAN'T FIGHT PRAGONS. APPEARS?
WE LEAVE АТ
TANEN GARD.
NOT TO WORRY,
GENERAL ....
I HAVE A
BACK UP
PLAN.
1033
Treasure Hunters
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1034
Chapter Three: Pals
On $3
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1035
Treasure Hunters
HMM? HE’S PROBABLY

CHECKING ON BARTLEBY.
I DON’T LIKE THE IDEA OF MY DISGUISE. ..

ANY OF US BEING ALONE IN THE I DON’T SEE HOW
CITY. HERE, DON’T FORGET THIS IS SUPPOSED TO
YOUR DISGUISE. MAKE US BLEND IN.
THIS HAT MAKES ME
LOOK RIDICULOUS!
IS THAT SO?
AN? WHAT ARE YOu
SUPPOSED TO BE?
À LAWN GNOME?
1036
pals
=
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à
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554QUE
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"EE =
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u
1037
Treasure Hunters
WATCH ІТ! YOU'RE

GETTIN’ TOO BIG WHAT 712 YOU I BROUGHT
TO LEAN ON МЕ! BRING ME? SOME OF IT’S STINKY
OUR DINNER FROM AN’ GROSS - -
LAST NIGHT. JUST THE WAY
YOU LIKE IT/
YOU KNOW, BARTLEBY,

I NEVER HAD A PAL
LIKE YOU
BEFORE.
pals
ERR
22 =>
WHAT’S GOING
ON HERE?
THIS FARMER CLAIMS HIS.

HAYCART WAS STOLEN AND
HE WANTS TO ENTER
THE CITY TO SEARCH
FOR IT.
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МА
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7 РИ ~. R
Treasure Hunters
4 I WAS TAKIN’ А МАР A HAYCART WAS ALLOWED TO

BY THE ROAD WHEN PASS THE GATES LAST
TWO LITTLE EVENING, SIR, BUT AN
FELLOWS WITH OLD WOMAN AND НЕК ФКАМР-
HUGE NOSES DAUGHTER WERE
STOLE OFF DRINING.
WITH IT!
ФО AWAY, FARMER. BUT IT’S MY

WE HAVE MORE SERIOUS WAGON’ NOW, OR
MATTERS AT HAND HOW РО YOU EXPECT I'LL PUT YOUR
THAN WORRYING ABOUT ME TO MAKE MY LEGS IN IRON
YOUR HAY. LIVING? ~ РОК YOU.
1040
WHERE ARE УОЏ т WANT N МОВОРУ ASKEP
GOING? THE TO CHECK OUT YOU ТО COME ALONG.
STABLES ARE THE MARKETPLACE. BUT IF YOU'RE
BACK THAT SEE WHAT THE GONNA INSIST, JUST TRY
LOCALS ARE USING TO KEEP UP, OKAY?
FOR CURRENCY. 5
Treasure Hunters
1042
Срартег Four: То Ве or not То Вее
YOU'RE NOT GONNA W

FIN? ANY GOLD -- И
I JUST WANT TO
SEE WHAT THEY
USE FOR
CURRENCY- -
1043
Treasure Hunters
PHONEY/
WAIT UP!
THERE'S A
WELL, THE TRANSACTION
TINGLING TAKING PLACE
RIGHT NOW. |
SENSATION IN MY
SCALP SAY
ЕУ pO”
SHE”LL PAY FOR IT

WITH AN EGG, JUST
LIKE EVERYWHERE ELSE
IN THE VALLEY.
SHE’S BUYING THE

BLANKET. SHE HASN’T PAID
T YET.
FOR IT
LET’S JUST WATCH” k
1044
То Ве or nol to Бее
BOY, THAT’S
DISAPPOINTING.
Treasure Hunters
ү MESSIN WITH MISS BEE, PLEASE

4
TELL YOUR FRIEND я А?

ТНАТ YOU РОМТ ANTAS WE РОМТ KNOW
KNOW ME. Л | < EACH OTHEK.
1046
Г YOU HNEÀ ~
< №n 87INGER!
‘GET OFF ММ,

YOU PUMP
ete!
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B
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Treasure Hunters
PROMISED
NO MORE |
STINGING
PEOPLE.
JS you vio it! / ^ ENER SINCE

YOU CHASED THE GHOST CIRCLES |
THE BIG BULLY OFF! BEE 15 TRAPPED HIM <
Š INSIDE THE CITY,
BUSINESS IS DOWN.
FOLKS ARE
TOO SCARED
TO SHOP?
`X THIS EGG IS MY BREAKFAST!

THEY ONLY PAY WITH EGGS
OUT IN THE STICKS’
LISTEN, WE HAVE
A PROPOSITION FOR
YOU FELLOWS...
BUT EVER SINCE THE GHOST \

THE BEES WEREN'T ) — {CIRCLES POISONED THE WATER,
SO BAD AT FIRST, WHEN 2 EY’VE BEEN NOTHING
THEY JUST SWARMED 4 É Us вит и
AROUND THE WELL
| Рата
ERR
sZ |
wy SD
=
42 N Q
THE SOLDIERS вит THEY'RE занву” ||) ENERY

YES, YES! THAT BEE COMES HERE
DAY AND LOSES HIS TEMPER.
HAVE A RESERVE THEY ONLY НАМР IT OUT IN
WATER SUPPLY. THESE LITTLE, TINY | WE'LL GIVE YOU MORE GOLD COINS
IF YOU COME BACK TOMORROW!
5,
REALLY? THE QUEEN OF itМІ

TLL pO IT! НО DREAMS SMILES =,( NO PROBLEM!
SEE YOU
TOMORROW!
Treasure Hunters
WHAT THEY'RE A SIMPLE DISTRIBUTION ON TOP OF

DOING TO THOSE PROBLEM! ги.
BEES IS TERRIBLE! GINE THE BEE A PIECE THAT,
OF MY FEE, SO HE MY SCALP IS
CAN PAY THE MERCHANTS! BIG TINGUN',
EVERYBODY’S HAPPY, AND FONE BONE,
T STILL МАКЕ A KILLIN’!
. |THAT ONLY
HAPPENS WHEN ГМ
ABOUT TO
SCORE BIG?!
FORGET THE THIS HAS NOTHIN’ Or COURSE

GOLD. TO DO WITH HER. IT'S WRONG”
GONNA GO w
МНОА, WAIT.
I’M NOT ТЛА, HANDLE THE DEAL
SO EVERYBODY’S | 15
GONNA LET YOU
JEOPARDIZE HAPPY. THIS THE WAY
THORN’S SAFETY. Т PROMISE МЕ САМЕ IN?
NOTHIN'LL GO
ANYWAY, NOBODY’S
UP AND GET OUR GOING TO FIND OUT THAT
BEARINGS. THORN IS A PRINCESS
ІМ PISGUISE ~ -
1050
THIS IS SERIOUS. YEAH, YEAH, AN’ THE X] YEP. WE’RE HANGIN’

УОЦ НЕАКР THE OLD RAT CREATURES ARE AROUND JUST LONG
TEACHER LAST Мент! COMIN’, BUT WE’RE ENOUGH TO GET
THERE’S BEEN SOME GONNA BE LONG GONE MORE GOLP.
КІМ? OF A TAKE OVER. BEFORE
IF ANYONE FINPS OUT ANY OF THAT
WHO SHE IS, IT'LL. BE HAPPENS.
DANGEROUS!
JEEZ.
HOW MUCH
GOLD DO
YOU NEED?
aw
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ty СА
a 2
1051
Treasure Hunters
I THINK YOU”RE RIGHT.

WHAT РО YOU THERE’S THE ROYAL
THINK IT MIGHT BE SEAL
THIS USED ALL THAT’S і
LEFT OF THE
PALACE.
I PICTURED
SOMETHING А LOT
MORE OPULENT.
BOY. THE RAT CREATURES REALLY Ai

DID A NUMBER ON THIS PLACE. б SOMEONE’S
ui COMING. J
IT’S THE GUARPS/

QUICK, WE HANE
ТО HIDE!
””
‘Wp. Е
2 | РА БЕ
(С d Pн. з
/”
ДА a 7. -
1052
PLEASE.
COME IN.
I МАМАФЕР TO ROUND UP SOME WATER

HOW IS SHE? HAVE YOU RATIONS, AND BROUGHT MERMIE WITH ME.
KEPT HER AWAKE?
SHE’S AN EXPERT IN HERBAL TEAS.
IT IS ESSENTIAL THAT МЕ IT WILL BE MORE DIFFICULT

KEEP THE PRINCESS FOR THE LOCUST
IF HE CANNOT USE THE
MEDIUM OF DREAMS
TO CONTACT HER.
GOOD MORNING, ARE YOU SURE?

YOUR HIGHNESS. WOULD YOU LOOK A BIT
YOU LIKE SOME TEA? TIRED.
I’M SURE.
THANK YOU.
1053
Treasure Hunters
HAVE SOME @RAN AA, ТМЕ МАУВЕ SHE ARE YOU SURE YOU
MORE TEA, BEEN DRINKING NEEDS A WOULPN'T LIKE SOME
THORN. TEA ALL NIGHT. BLANKET. TEA?
IF £ HAVE A
ANOTHER PROP WOULD HER
I’M GOING TO HIGHNESS
THROW UP. LIKE THE WINDOW
OPEN?
WHAT Г? LIKE
IS TO DISCUSS
THE SITUATION
WHAT SHE REALLY GOOD IDEA.

NEEDS IS THE SMELLY THAT WILL WHERE WISER
TEA. GIVE ME THE KEEP HER FOLK THAN US
BAG OF HERBS. AWAKE UNTIL CAN DECIDE
THE WHAT TO pO
MEETING
TONIGHT!
WOULD YOU
LIKE HONEY
TELL МЕ ABOUT THIS EDICT TARSIL, HE'S AL WAYS

OUTLAWING THE CAPTAIN OF CHALLENGED THE
DRAGON THE QUEEN'S PRAGONS’
LORE. GUARD. AUTHORITY.
WHO IS
RESPONSIBLE?
HE EVEN LED AN BUT THE DRAGONS THERE WAS A SHORT

EXPEDITION AS A YOUNG PUNISHED НМ. BATTLE. THE PRAGONS
COMMANPER TO THE VERY THEY CRIPPLED GANE FAIR WARNING
EDGE OF THE TARSIL FOR HIS BEFORE ATTACKING
DRAGONS’ SACRED
BURIAL GROUNDS.
«4
S
a
TARSIL REPENTED, HE’S SURROUNDED

BUT HIS і | б ВУ FIERCE АМР LOYAL
КЕЗЕМТМЕМТ ШЕ WARRIORS. ..
IS WELL KNOWN. n WE COUNCIL. MEMBERS
ARE ОБР ANP FEEBLE. . .
WHEN THE
GHOST CIRCLES
FIRST APPEARED, HE
OPENLY BLAMED THE
DRAGONS AND
ORDERED HIS SOLDIERS
TO DESTROY ALL
DRAGON SHRINES.
Treasure Hunters
TARSIL KNOWS FOR AWHILE YOU THINK HE”LL WE ARE A

ABOUT US. HE WAS ONE OF VIEW US AS THREAT.
THE PEOPLE = A THREAT?
KEPT IN CONTACT
WITH PURING OUR
EXILE IN
BARRELHAVEN.
HIS MEN WILL

BE ON THE LOOKOUT
FOR US.
WOULP YOU LIKE YOU AND YOUR- -!

ФООР. ЗОМЕ TEA, НОМ? GET ІТ OUT OF
АМР МЕ НАМЕ ТНЕ
АРМАМТАФЕ
AS LONG AS НЕ
DOESN’T KNOW
WE’RE HERE.
SHE CERTAINLY
TAKES AFTER
NO, BUT
I’M TELLING YOU
Т SAW THEM
COME UP HERE.
YOU'RE SURE YES. ... AND THIS

THEY WERE TARSIL DESCRIBED MORNING, THE GUARD AT
BONE THEM PERFECTLY. THE GATE SAID AN OLD
CREATURES? HE SAID THE WOMAN АМР HER GRAND-
QUEEN WOULD DAUGHTER ENTERED THE CITY
BE TRAVELING LAST NIGHT AT DUSK.
WITH THEM. ..
"PS
SHRINE?
N WRONG
WITH THESE
PEORES.
RE
/——J
~
Treasure Hunters
TROUBLEMAKERS IF I EVER WE
ALWAYS PUT CATCH THE HANE TO GET
THESE UP MALS THAT ТО GRAN'MA BEN
DURING THE ANE O THIS, АМР WARN НЕК!
Мент. I'LL BREAK THEIR
LLS.
ANARCHY.
THAT’S WHAT THE
PROBLEM IS.
MAYBE WE CAN
SLIP DOWN THE BACK
WHILE THEY’RE
BUSY DEFACING THERE'S НО NORMALCY.
THE GOVERNMENT’S BROKEN DOWN

AND THERE’S NO ONE
TO PAY TAXES TO.
HAVE A
KING,
REMEMBER?
1058
1059
Treasure Hunters
Ж
Ж ж 7
# # (PV “by Жж
ж P 22
Chapter Five: Moonwort
THIS IS
IT.
WE FOUND
THE AARKET
SQUARE.
9
ЙN
У\
ШИ
/ AT LEAST А |
WE KNOW OUR OH, NO YOU DON’T...
WAY W. à
FROM HERE. . t YOU LISTEN TO ME,
сее но WE COME
GOTTA ON,
TELL у PHONCIBLE P. BONE...
SMILEY ABOUT
TH
1061
Treasure Hunters
BECAUSE OF Uus, WHAT ABOUT THE FORGET THE BEE’ OKAY, FORGET |]
TARSIL KNOWS GIANT BEE? I TOLD you THE BEE - -
GRAN’MA BEN AND WE'RE GONNA NEE? THAT PLAN IS
THORN ARE IN THE SMILEY’S HELP GONNA LET’S FIGURE
CITY. WE HAVE TO PROTECT THE BACKFIRE! OUT WHERE THE
TO WARN THEM! PEDDLERS. PEDDLERS GOT
ALL THIS GOLD
TO PAY US
IT'S GOLD, WE’RE CAUGHT,

FONE BONE! РНОНЕУ/ SOLDIERS
OKAY.
DON’T POP A
GOLD! INSIDE THE WALLS BLOOD VESSEL.
WHERE PID АМ? RAT CREATURES
THEY GET OUTSIDE,
SO MUCH
OF IT?!
Г. GO ФЕТ
SMILEY, YOU
ФО WARN THORN.
RIGHT. АМР BE CAREFUL,

WE'LL RENDEZVOUS THERE’S STILL A LOT
АТ ФКА МА BEN’S ROOM OF GUARDS LURKING
BEFORE THE
UNDERGROUND
MEETING.
1062
Moonwort
IF HE GETS
HIMSELF SURROUNDED By
SOLDIERS, HE’LL WISH HE
LISTENED TO ME.
1063
Treasure Hunters
YOU AWAKE
IN THERE?
Moonwort
COME OUT ON THE

BALCONY, THORN.
THERE’S SOMEONE
TO SEE YOU.
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ХХХ)
d
МИТАЛ
ХУА
ХА
ММ Daa AAYA
WELL, THANK
AT УОМ“- you!
SO BEAUTIFUL, | THE МООМ
I SWEAR Is
YOU LOOKS LOVELY!
MORE LIKE
MOON
ЕМЕК'РАУ!
У /
КА ХА)
NOT THE MOON!

MOONWORT
YOUR WAS HER NAME?
MOTHER?
MOONWORT/
Treasure Hunters
YOUR MOTHER WAS КІМ? SHE BELIEVED IN THAT'S

AN’ BEAUTIFUL. BUILDIN’ THINGS LIKE WONDERFUL,’ |
SHE LOVED EVER’ONE LIBRARIES AN’ PARKS.
AN’ EVER’THING. WHY, ALMOS’ ALL THE
ART AN’ PUBLIC
GARDENS IN ATHEIA
WAS PUT UP BY HER.
WHAT ABOUT YOU,

GRAN’MA?
|
I BUILT THE WALLS THAT
WHEN YOU WERE SURROUND THE CITY.
QUEEN, РІ?
2700)
YOU BUILD
ANYTHING?
(Қ
"ХХХ
с
IA
AG
“АХАХХА
ККLIVININTY |
TED, HOW LONG WILL ОН, YEAH?

IT TAKE FOR LUCIUS AND THANKS ТО
THE OTHERS TO REACH you GOIN
ATHEIA? AROUN’ CAVE WHEN
GATHERIN’ THE GHOST
UP FAMILIES,
ALMOS’
EVER’ONE 15
STILL ALIVE!
1066
Moonwort
>
LET’S NOT CELEBRATE УУ т FIGGER Т SEEN УЕК SISTER
JUST YET .... LUCIUS AN’ OUT WITH TH”
HOW LONG, TED? HIS WARRIORS RAT CREATURES
= WILL MOS’ OVER TO
LIKELY REACH TANEN GARD.
HERE IN SHE JOININ’ FORCES
TWO DAYS. WITH TH’ PAWANS.
WHOLE
NASTY ARMY
BE HERE EARLY
AS TOMORROW.
Е y
BRIAR MADE IT TED, Т МЕЕР YOU TELL HIM WE'LL HOLD OFF
THROUGH THE | TO TAKE A MESSAGE А BRIAR’S ARMY AS LONG AS
GHOST CIRCLES TO LUCIUS RIGHT 2
QUICKER WE: CAN же
TRAN; THOUGHT: ON THE SECONP NIGHT
FROM TONIGHT, HAVE
LUCIUS POSITION HIS MEN BEHIND
THE RAT CREATURES - -
OPPOSITE THE WEST GATE...
... WHEN HE/S READY, | 4 SEN

HANE HIM LIGHT À TORCH 7 4 .
UP ON SINNER’S ROCK. BUT МЕКЕ HAVING | 7 SECOND
WHEN WE SEE THAT SIGNAL, A MEETING OF THE NIGHT,
WE'LL CHARGE OUT UNPERGROUN? SIGNAL FIRE UP
THE GATE - - TRAPPING THE TONIGHT. ON SINNER’S
ENEMY BETWEEN US’ ROCK.
Treasure Hunters
BY THE WEST GATE, TED, YOU TOO,

T’S IMPORTANT. TED.
WE’LL KEEP BRIAR’S MAIN FORCE GOOD BYE!
THERE IF WE CAN.
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А 2002 )| і|,
ed VIR
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У 4 4
IT ONLY DEALS WITH

THE PROBLEMS WE HAVE «++ INSIDE, WE STILL HAVE
OUTSIDE THE TARSIL THE USURPER TO
WALLS. .. | DEAL WITH.
1068
Moonwort
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2.P"
ГА
Ч
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7
Ñ
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7
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Kl
COUSIN РНОМЕУ! AT! Г/М

YOU’RE JUST IN TIME ` но“
TO JOIN BARTLEBY AN’ МЕ
FOR SUPPER WHATHAVIN’?
КЕ WE
1069
Treasure Hunters
SIT DOWN, SIT DOWN! FIRST, WE CUT А

WE’RE HAVING BLANK BLANK SLICE OF BREAD - -
SANDWICHES. SANDWICHES? AN? REMOVE
THE CRUST...
WATCH IT/ IT’S КІМРА TRICKY.
И `
THERE. NOW HOLD YOU NOW РИТ`ЕМ TOGETHER
BREAD LIKE THIS... , АМР YOU HAVE А BLANK
SANPWICH”
FORTUNATELY, NOT EVEN

yOu CAN РАМРЕМ МУ
SPIRITS TODAY. ..
Moonwort
ME AN’ FONE BONE JUST FOR IT WAS A BIG BEE,

CHASED A BEE OUT CHASIN’ BUT GUESS WHAT?
OF THE OFF A BEE? THEY’LL PAY US
MARKET SQUARE, ў TWENTY GOLD COINS
AND THE MERCHANTS EVERY MORNING IF
REWARDED US WE'LL COME BACK
WITH TWENTY AND KEEP THE
PIECES OF GOLD! BEE AWAY!
NO KIPPIN’. 50... SURE. GOLD'S А @OOp' NATCH/ BUT ARE THEY

PO YOU THINK YOU SOFT METAL AN” `CAUSE REALLY GONNA MAKE
CAN REWORK WE’VE GOT HAMMERS. A LEADER YOU THEIR LEADER
THESE COINS AND PUT I САМ RIG UP A HAS TO JUST FOR CHASIN’
MY FACE ОМЕМ? STRIKE OPERATION, HAVE COINS OFF A BEE?
NO SWEAT. WITH
HIS FACE
ON'EM/
ENGRAVING
Үт. ),
THESE POOR PEOPLE ДААА NOT YET. BUT IT

ARE LONGING FOR A е2 үт oe MUST BE HUGE’ DO YOU THINK
PROTECTOR. SOMEONE YOU FIND THE LOOK WHAT THEY CAN |WHOEVER IS KING
TO LOOK OUT TREASURE? AFFORD TO PAY GETS TO KEEP
FOR THEIR BEST JUST TO SWAT THE TREASURE?
INTERESTS. .. А BEE/
SOMEONE TO PE
THEIR KING.
1071
Treasure Hunters
OF COURSE! IFWHOA, МИСBEN

GRAN’MA ` WM, sues7 ветер. 3UST LONG
THAT’S THE АМР THORN’S JUST
PRINCESS. А ENOUGH
CLA TO
HE
IS QUEEN, DOESN’T THE
WHOLE POINT TREASURE,
OF BEING ыы
KING! BESIDES, I’M ONLY HUH?
GONNA BE KING FOR
A COUPLE OF DAYS.
RIGHT! THEN WE’RE SPLITTIN’

FOR BONEVILLE, BECAUSE
WE DON’T WANT TO BE /
HERE WHEN THE 0 BOY
RAT CREATURES SHOW UP. , є THIS IS IT?
WE'RE FINALLY GOIN’
HOME TO BONE - -
SPEAKING OF
WHICH, т BETTER ФЕТ
ONER ТО GRAN’MA’S
ROOM FOR THE
UNDERGROUND MEETING.
1072
Moonwort
THE PAWANS AND THE

RAT CREATURES ARE WORKING
TOGETHER. . .
... THIS IS NOT А .. THERE ARE МАМУ IN THE GUILD

ТКАРЕ ЕМВАКФО, WHO BELIEVE THE PAWAN ARMY
GUILD MASTER. WOULD ENP ITS BLOCKADE OF OUR
THIS IS AN TRADE ROUTES IF YOU RELAXED
ACT OF WAR. YOUR BAN ON DRAGON LORE - -
LORD TARSIL,
IF Т MAY SPEAK ОМ
BEHALF OF THE
MERCHANT HOUSES ...
WHAT YOU ARE

SAYING IS
HERESY,
GUILD MASTER.
. ONLY IN THE PROVINCES,

MANYOF THE MERCHANTS FEEL WE COULD
WIN THE COMMON PEOPLE
AND ROB THE PAWAN ARMY OF LOCAL SUPPORT.
THE BLOCKADE WOULD CRUMBLE.
1073
Treasure Hunters
ОРАУ, WE WOULDN'T DREAM OF ,

SKING SUCH А THING, i YOUR WORSHIP- - ZZ
Z WHAT THE DRAGONS
EVERYONE ON THE COUNCIL
KNOWS OF YOUR GREAT SACRIFICE - - HAVE РОМЕ ТО МЕ,
THEY MEAN TO
DO TO OUR
WHOLE WAY OF
LIFE.
EVERY DAY
THE BLOCKADE
CONTINUES
THE MERCHANTS
ARE LOSING
THEY ARE
CORRUPT
BEINGS.
THEY LIVE
IN THE EARTH LIKE
WORMS...
THEY ARE NOT:

OF THE LIGHT...
ИКЕ YOU...
Moonwort
YOUR GREATNESS, |У SOLDIERS

JUST AS YOU PREDICTED, ARE THE QUEEN.
TWO OF THE BONE SEARCHING
CREATURES HAVE NEAR THE WHAT OF THE
BEEN SPOTTED OLD SQUARE QUEEN AND HER
IN THE CITY. NOW. GRANDDAUGHTER ..7
ТНЕ НЕК TO
ТНЕ ТНКОМЕ?
АМ OLP МОМАМ РИТ МОКЕ

АМР HER GRANDDAUGHTER SOLDIERS ON
ENTERED THE WEST THE STREET...
GATE LAST NIGHT,
BUT THEIR WHEREABOUTS
ARE UNKNOWN.
1075
Treasure Hunters
FINP THOSE ВОМЕ ‚ ONCE THEY LEAD YOU

CREATURES... И A TO THE PRINCESS, ARREST HER
D АМР BRING HER TO ME.
577 п
THE CHARGES
4 | HERESY, |N
МУ LORD? ^| SARGEANT |’
AT ARMS...
"
M у О - S „ка.
IT iS
AGAINST THE
LAW TO
WORSHIP
DRAGONS
AND
SHE SHALL ВЕ
BURNED AT THE
STAKE UNTIL
1076
Moonwort
THAT IS, UNLESS THE GUILD HAS

AN OBJECTION TO CARRYING OUT
THE LAW... 7 NO
OBJECTION.
1077
Treasure Hunters
тн | @RAN AA, WHAT'S I’M NOT SURE,

GET AWAY FROM GOING ON? BUT IT CAN’T BE
THAT WINDOW. > SOLDIERS ARE \= GOOD.
SWARMING ALL TAKE YOUR
ONER THE SHAWL. WE HAVE
STREETS. TO GET TO THE
MEETING.
РОТА» WE CAN'T LEAVE YET... \=0 WHAT PO YOU MEAN

FONE BONE’S NOT HERE. /--) HE/'S NOT HERE?
| г HE SHOULD HAVE
| 3 : BEEN HERE А LONG
| | МЕ А
1078
Moonwort
COULD HE NOT NOW. THE LIVES OF

HAVE GOTTEN ENERYONE IN THE CITY
DEPEND ON OUR MEETING
PHONEY? TONIGHT. ТЛА. SEND
MERMIE OUT TO LOOK
FOR FONE BONE.
A
NOW LET’S
R. J- 6O- -
АМ? KEEP
‚| YOUR HEADS
DOWN...
Treasure Hunters
YOUR HIGHNESS
К
EVERYONE IS WAITING. МЕКМЕ,
FONE BONE IS
MISSING - -
LOST OR WORSE.
SEE IF YOU CAN FIN?
HIM, PLEASE.
I DON’T WANT А YES, A GHOST CIRCLE SHE CAN WE CAN TOO,

REPEAT OF WAS FORMING HERE pO THAT? TO AN EXTENT.
LAST NIGHT. IN THE MIDDLE OF BRIAR CAN WHEN THE
DID YOU FIGURE MY KITCHEN. CONTROL GHOST CIRCLES
OUT WHAT YOUR SISTER BRIAR GHOST FIRST APPEARED
THAT WAS ATTEMPTING CIRCLES, FROM THE NORTH,
COLD SPOT TO REACH WE USED
WAS ? THROUGH OUR ј PRAYER ЗТОМЕЗ
DEFENSES. \ | TO TURN ТНЕМ
YOU MUST HAVE USED

A LOT OF PRAYER STONES.
I THINK WE SAW IT’S POSSIBLE. .. I’M VERY DON’T THANK ME YET.

THAT LINE OF WE SENT THE WHOLE IMPRESSED, WAIT UNTIL YOU FIND
GHOST CIRCLES [ FRONT LINE BOUNCING OLD FRIEND. т OUT WHOSE
YOU TURNED BACK TOWARD YOU. FEEL SAFER LORE WAS
BACK. IS THAT | ALREADY. ACTUALLY
POSSIBLE? RESPONSIBLE.
FOR TONIGHT’S
MEETING, WE’VE
SURROUNDED THE
ENTIRE KITCHEN
WITH PRAYER
Moonwort
YES, IT IS
YOUR OLD
НЕАРМАЗТЕК. ..
| || А б
io қ
NS S
...Т РІРМТ BUT I HAP ТО

ы РЕОТЕСТ МУ
Ñ ONLY
BE HERE. , ` GRANDDAUGHTER.
H, YES.
THE VENI-YAN-CARI. | BEGIN THE
LET US HOPE MEETING.
IT WAS
Treasure Hunters
I'VL COME RIGHT TO I KNOW ТАКО WE HANE SEEN HIS

THE POINT. MY SISTER BRIAR IS HAS TAKEN CONTROL SOLDIERS BRINGING
STILL ALIVE АМР IS LEADING АМ OF OUR ARMY, ANIMALS AND FODDER
INVASION FORCE THAT COULD BE BUT HOW SMART IS HE? INSIDE THE MAIN
HERE AS EARLY AS CAN HE DEFEND THE CITY WALLS, AN? HE HAS
TOMORROW MORNING. AGAINST AN BEGUN RATIONING
ATTACK?
INTERESTING. .. IN DIRECT WELL, AT LEAST

WHEN т FIRST VIOLATION OF SOME OF THE TRAINING
ARRIVED, Т NOTICED THE TREATY WE I GANE НМ WASN’T
@OOD.
THAT MOST OF THE SIGNED WITH THE WASTED.
HE’S
FORTIFICATIONS PREPARING RAT CREATURES,
HAD BEEN I SHOULD POINT
REBUILT- -
POORLY TRAINED THE REST

AND BADLY DISCIPLINED. АКЕ EITHER I BELIEVE THEY
A SMALL GROUP OF MERCENARIES ARE ALL LOYAL.
WHAT ABOUT THE IF WE TOLD THEM
SOLDIERS FANATICS KNOWN OR LOYAL
AS THE МЕРИ TO THE THAT YOU
THEMSELVES? HAD RETURNED,
ENFORCE TARSIL’S OLD
KINGDOM. THEY WOULD TURN
кин
ON THE USURPER
AND KILL HIM.
1082
Moonwort
HAS ANYONE BOTHERED

TO TALK WITH THIS TARSIL? JUST LIKE
WE HAVE A COMMON ENEMY, YOUR MOTHER.
PERHAPS WE COULD
COOPERATE - -
WHAT ABOUT THE TREASURE ? ... BUT TARSIL KNOWS THIS.

IF WE HAD THAT, TARSIL WOULD HE’S НІРРЕМ THE TREASURE
LOSE HIS HOLD ON THE WHERE NO ONE
MERCENARIES. HE COULON’T CAN FINP IT.
PAY THEM.
THEN WE’D BETTER PLAY THE

LOYALTY CARD. HEADMASTER, SOMEONE IS
SPREAD THE WORD THROUGH COMING!
THE RANKS THIS VERY
NIGHT THE QUEEN HAS
RETURNED - -
Treasure Hunters
DION’T PHONEY
TELL YOU?SAW US,
HIS GUARDS FOLLOW
HERE? YOU
AN’ THEY KNOW |
МЕКЕ TRAVELING
WITH YOU!
Moonwort
1085
Chapter Six: The Crown of Horns
HURRY,
FONE BONE, PRY
THAT SHUTTER
WHERE’S ,
PHONEY BONE? THE SOLDIERS

DION’T ARE COMING - -
THE RUNT
SEE US TURN
BACK
THERE?
1087
Treasure Hunters
BUT = THINK МЕРЕ O —( т HOPE THE OTHER

STUCK HERE FOR A М У ВЕР THE
WHILE - - I HOPE = RESISTANCE GOT
PHONEY GOT AWAY. AWAY.
THEY WENT
PAST US.
FONE BONE, YOU SORRY. £ THOUGHT

SHOULON’T HAVE GETTING CAUGHT AND
BEEN SO ROUGH THROWN IN A DUNGEON LIVING DREAM~ SORRY,
PULLING THE WOUVP"NE BEEN MASTER. ФКАМ'МА.
HEADMASTER SHOW SOME
THROUGH THE RESPECT!
WINDOW!
1088
The Crown of Horns
SO THIS IS FONE BONE ... THE LITTLE IT REMAINS TO BE SEEN,

CREATURE WHO HAS COME INTO OUR VALLEY MR. BONE FROM BONEVILLE ...
AND AWAKENED THE SLEEPING PRINCESS.
WHETHER YOU HAVE

SAVED US...
MASTER. . . IT’S UNFAIR

THAT TO BLAME FONE BONE.
SUPPOSED THORN WAS BOUND TO
LEARN THE TRUTH. IT WAS
UNAVOIPABLE.
BY THE TIME FONE BONE THE RAT CREATURES THE DRAGON WAS
WANDERED ONTO OUR FARM, I AGREE
WERE DEFYING THE RIGHT. AS MUCH THE FAILURE
THE GREAT RED DRAGON HAD TREATY, BUT T WAS AS І WISHED? ТО
BEEN TRYING FOR YEARS IS YOURS,
TOO STUBBORN PROTECT HER, IT IS BUT
TO CONVINCE ME TO LISTEN. THORN’S DESTINY
ТО TELL НЕК. 4 THE BURDEN
TO REBUILD THE
KINGDOM. IS HERS.
Treasure Hunters
SORELY TESTED, BUT SHE HAS REACHED

SHE WILL BE THE TURNING WITHOUT
TESTED. I’M AFRAID, AS ARE ALL
WHO ARE CHOSEN. ANY TRAINING, AND T
AM CONCERNED THAT
SHE WILL FAIL,
I HANE HEARP ABOUT THESE

MASTER, IF YOU HAD DON’T YOU SEE HOW
ESCAPADES. WRESTLING WITH
SEEN WHAT THIS THE LOCUST HIMSELF - - PANGEROUS THIS IS,
YOUNG WOMAN HAS TEARING OFF A PIECE OF HIS YOUR МАЗЕБТУ?
BEEN THROUGH, AND HOW BLACK SOUL AND KEEPING IT
SHE HAS HANDLED WITHIN HER BOSOM!
HERSELF, YOU WOULD
BE LESS WORRIED.
THE VEIL THAT SEPARATES - -THE DRAGONS

THE TWO WORLDS OF HANE @ONE
THE DREAMING ARE THIS WORLD FROM THE NEXT
HAS BEEN PIERCED, AND UNPERCROUNP
OUT OF BALANCE... ANP LEFT
GHOST CIRCLES HAVE BEGUN
TO POOL AND FORM...
THESE ARE
THE ENP TIMES,
AND SHE IS THE
VENI-Y AN-CARI.
The Crown of Horns
IF SHE FAILS - - WAIT- -

WHAT IF Е
IT WILL BE PIDN^T
CATASTROPHIC. TAKE THIS TEST?
WOULD THAT STOP
THE DISASTER
FROM HAPPENING?
COULD WE STOP
THE WAR?
IN LIFE, THAT’S WHAT VENI-YAN-CARI

TESTS COME MEANS, THE АМАКЕМЕР ONE.
UPON ONE
UNANNOUNCEP
AN? WITHOUT
WARNING.
BAH! TAKE HER BACK TO

THE FARM. HER PRESENCE
HERE MAKES THE
SITUATION FAR
TOO DANGEROUS - -
1091
Treasure Hunters
AND уби! WHAT ДЕК, МНО РОЕФ НЕ I HAVE A GREAT

2
DEAL MORE
пете ле то је | EXPERIENCE IN
THIS NUTTY i q NEEP HIS THESE MATTERS
v, > HELP BEFORE, THAN yOu,
AN’ WE DON’T YOUNG MAN.
NEED IT
THAT’S HARP TO
BELIEVE - -
HAVE YOU EVER BEEN
INSIDE A GHOST CIRCLE
АМР TALKED
TO DEAD PEOPLE?
WE HAVE.
I THOUGHT WE SORRY, WHAT ARE YOU TWO IMPOSSIBLE!

WEREN'T GOING TO THAT WAS RASH. TALKING ABOUT? NO ONE BUT THE
SHARE THAT. BUT THIS GUY WHEN DID THIS DRAGONS CAN
DOESN’T KNOW HAPPEN? TALK TO
THE DEAD! ді
The Crown of Horns
РОЕВ THIS МЕАМ OF COURSE WELL, у I РО NOT’)

YOU BELIEVE МЕ, EVEN І BELIEVE УОИ. VOICES IN А
THOUGH YOU COULDN’T 4 GHOST CIRCLE?
HEAR THEIR VOICES.
YOURSELF?
rj’
Ай, и!
ONLY DRAGONS I DON’T KNOW WHAT DEPTH THE

SPEAK TO THE DEAD. —— CIRCLE TOOK US TO, BUT МУ DEAD
NO HUMAN CAN TRAVEL MOTHER SENT THIS MESSAGE ...
TO THAT DEPTH OF THE ча SEEK THE CROWN OF HORNS.
DREAMING AND RETURN.
1093
Treasure Hunters
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JUST THIS CRAZY THERE'S WOR? GOING AROUND

OLD FARMER WHO THAT THE QUEEN HERSELF
CLAIMS HIS HAYCART WAS AT THE MEETING.
WAS STOLEN.
HE WANTS IN
THEY MAY BE
TO FIND IT. PLANNING AN
INSURRECTION.
BLOODY STARS. Т HOPE YOU CATCH

HALF THE MEN ARE THOSE DRAGON-LOVERS DON’T WORRY.
IN THE TOWERS NOW AND RIP THEIR GUTS OUT. THEY WON’T
N WATCHING FOR GET AWAY.
AN ATTACK FROM
РАМА- -
NOW THIS?
The Crown of Horns
1095
Treasure Hunters
SMILEY, ARE YOU

IN HERE?
WE ФОТТА- -
PERFECT” ONE WHAT ARE YOU

MORE TO ФО! РОМС?!
q WE MADE A STAMP BARTLEBY IS SO STRONG,

WITH YOUR FACE HE CAN STRIKE IT IN THE
ON IT, PHONEY. ..
THIS IS THE
HAPPIEST DAY
OF MY LIFE.
The Crown of Horns
т LOVE! LISTEN - - M [нот poc? emme No, No,

No ----
I KNOW WHERE THE GET МУ HAT? y
TREASURE IS! | E OU STAZ HERE,
BUT WE HAVE TO о з АМР T
HURRY BEFORE са SESAFE
THE STREETS GET LOOKING FOR US.
TOO CROWDED. IF THEY FIND A
| BABY RAT CREATURE,
WE'RE DEAD MEAT?
GEE, PHONEY, ТМ NOT GOING

IF IT’S THAT BACK TO BONEVILLE
DANGEROUS, EMPTY HANDED’
MAYBE WE
SHOULP LAY
LOW...
1097
Treasure Hunters
IMPOSSIBLE?’
NO ONE, NOT EVEN

THE ROYAL FAMILY KNOWS
ABOUT THE CROWN OF
HORNS.
ITIS
THE DRAGONS’
GREATEST
SECRET.
you SEEM YOU MAKE LIGHT, YOUNG YOUR HIGHNESS, IF IT

TO MAN, BUT EVEN AMONG PLEASES YOU, 1 WOULD
KNOW THE HOLY, ALMOST LIKE TO HEAR YOUR
ABOUT IT. NOTHING IS KNOWN STORY ABOUT TALKING
ABOUT THIS SACRED TO THE DEAD.
OBJECT.
ACTUALLY, THE FARMERS I SPOKE

WITH WERE NOT РЕАР. THEY МЕКЕ BUT ГМ CONVINCED THE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH... GHOST CIRCLES AREN’T FULLY
FORMED AND WE STILL HAVE TIME
WHICH IS WHAT TO RESCUE THESE POOR PEOPLE.
MAKES THEIR
SITUATION SO MY MOTHER MUST
UNBEARABLE. HAVE THOUGHT
THE CROWN OF HORNS
WOULD HELP US.
1098
The Crown of Horns
BUT. .. Witt TELL YOU

I HOPE Т CAN HELP YOU
PRINCESS. ALMOST NOTHING 15 WHAT LITTLE Т pO KNOW - -
KNOWN ABOUT THIS OBJECT.
NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN IT.
THE CROWN OF HORNS

SITS DIRECTLY UPON THE VEIL,
HALF IN OUR WORLD, AND HALF
IN THE PREAMING WORLD.
IT IS THE TIPPING POINT - - THE

POINT OF BALANCE.
SOME SAY IT IS THE

VERY HEART OF OUR
WORLD.
HMM. THE GHOST CIRCLES MIGHT ALL WE HAVE ТО РО 15

VANISH IF WE COULD RESTORE FIND THE CROWN OF HORNS AND
BALANCE. TIP IT BACK INTO PLACE.
YEAH, BUT
HOW?
NO, NO, NO, NO. THIS IS EXACTLY THE

DON’T YOU SEE? LACK OF TRAINING
I WAS TALKING ABOUT!
РО YOU KNOW WHAT
WOULD HAPPEN IF SHE
EVEN TOUCHED THIS
SACRED OBJECT?
Treasure Hunters
SHE’S А VENI-YAN-CARI THE SLIGHTEST CONTACT

WHO CARRIES A PIECE OF WITH THE CROWN OF HORNS
THE LOCUST’S SPIRIT WOULP CAUSE A TREMENDOUS
WITHIN HER BREAST. DISRUPTION?
TWO OPPOSING
FORCES OF ENERGY
TOGETHER - -
ALL OF EXISTENCE
WOULP FLICKER LIKE A
CANDLE - - PERHAPS EVEN
GO Our”
RIGHT. IF MASTER, YOU SPREAD THE WORD

WE’RE AMONG THE LOYAL TO GATHER
GONNA PO AT THE FRONT GATE. HAVE THEM
THIS THE BRING ANY WEAPON ТНЕУ CAN.
OLD FASHIONED
GET STARTED.
THE SUN’S
ALREADY UP.
THORN, YOU АМР т ARE GOING ТО

РАУ AN EARLY MORNING VISIT ТО
OUR TYRANT FRIEND, TARSIL.
FONE BONE, YOU

MAKE SURE YOUR
COUSIN PHONEY BONE
STAYS OUT OF
TROUBLE.
WHY pO Т
ALWAYS GET
THE HARDEST
ЗОР?
The Crown of Horns
OKAY, ОКАУ- - C’MERE/
AT THE MEETING LAST NIGHT

THEY WERE TALKING ABOUT TARSIL
RATIONING THE WATER SUPPLY!
IF THE CITY HAS A MAYBE IT’S THE WHEN WE WERE OUT

WELL, YOU DON’T GHOST CIRCLES. IN THE GHOST CIRCLES,
NEED TO RATION THEY COULP/NE THORN TOLD US
THE WATER! МОТ RUINED THE THAT ONLY SURFACE
WHEN THERE ISN’T A WATER SO ТНЕУ"? WATER WAS RUINED - -
DROUGHT HAVE TO SEAL TH’ EVERY THING
WELL SHUT. UNDERGROUND
WAS SAFE?
АМ? THEN THEY

TALKED ABOUT TARSIL
HIDING THE CITY'S
TREASURE WHERE
NO ONE CAN
FIND IT”
1101
Treasure Hunters
ИМ... PHONEY? WAIT A MINUTE. MAYBE IT’S

HOW COME THE YOU’RE RIGHT. THIS A HOLIDAY!
MARKET SQUARE 15 TIME YESTERDAY, THE
SO EMPTY? PLACE WAS PACKED.
STRANGE.
WHAT ARE YOU

TALKIN’ ABOUT - -
Y im уоо-ноо' OH, GREAT.

IT’S THE GUY
HAVEN’T YOU
HEARD
SOMETHING’ s
WRONG. WHO HIRED ME THE RUMORS
TO CHASE ABOUT THE
OFF THE BEE. INVASION?
SS
C’MON, LET’S
DITCH HIM. ~ е
ME
5 | Z
NN
WORD ON THE C YES! MAYBE EVEN

STREET SAYS THIS MORNING!
THE PAWANS ARE I WAS SO WORRIED YOU
COMING. THEY WEREN'T GOING TO
MIGHT ATTACK COME АМ? PROTECT
MY WARES!
1102
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«7
WELL, Т NOW, INE ALREADY YOU'RE WORRIED IT’S STILL DANGEROUS!
SUPPOSE, SET UP MY ABOUT BEES ТМЕ GOT ALL THIS
IF YOU'NE JARS ONER THERE. WHEN INVADERS WATER,
ФОТ THE THEY'RE VERY VALUABLE’ ARE COMING? AND THE BEES
MONEY ... - я BLACK MARKET THERE’S NO COULD SPOT ALL THIS
CUSTOMERS!
WATER AT VERY WATER |
AFFORDABLE PRICES. ANY ПМЕ NOW
FROM THE SOLDIERS’
OWN RESERVES - -
TROUBLE IS,
OF COURSE
WATER IS WHAT
ATTRACTS THE
BEES! А
EXCUSE МЕ, WE HAVE TO THERE YOU ARE!

РНОМРУ, LEAVE NOW. " | COMING!
WHERE ARE THE THEY WERE BUSY
САМ £ TALK DO NOT PASS GO,
РО NOT COLLECT ANY GUARPS? BREAKING UP
TO YOU PROTECTION FEES
РОКА A GANG OF
FROM CRAZY DRAGON
MINUTE? PEOPLE.
WORSHIPPERS.
© | 5 СИНІЙ
ав
SIGH.
I GUESS
YOU'RE RIGHT- ~
Вит
WHAT ABOUT
THE BURIED
TREASURE?
THE BONES ARE HERE STALL THEM! JUST А QUICK PEEK,

NOW, BUT WITHOUT IF THEY GET AWAY, NOW, АКО IF THE SURE, SURE!
ANY BEES ГМ WE WON’T GET THE TREASURE’S IN THERE, Т PROMISE.
AFRAID THEY’RE REWARD MONEY’ WE'LL GET IT
GONNA LEAVE! LATER, ALL RIGI HT?
OR THE MONEY
BACK THAT WE GAVE
THEM YESTERDAY- ~
HEY! WHERE'P THEY GO?
Treasure Hunters
=
4444 C’MON, PUSH! SMILEY, OLD PAL, “4 РОМТ МОМЕ,
IT’S SEALED UP JUST THINK OF ALL THE WHEN I BECOME YOUR MAJESTY - -
PRETTY TIGHT? NEW COINS WE'RE THE KING, 214. MAKE
GONNA MAKE WITH MY YOU MY YOU'RE UNDER
FACE ON THEM! PRIME MINISTER -- ARREST?!
LOOK дит! ARE YOU PP ДЕЕ

THERE’S A SWARM TRYING TO MORE THAN A
OF ANGRY BEES SCARE US? SWARM FULL OF
BEHIND YOU! NICE TRY. EE dA
2 FLOWER SUCKERS
TO SCARE Us.
FILL YOUR HANDS

WITH SWORDS!
WE’RE GONNA
TEAR YOU A
NEW STAMEN
AN’ PISTIL/
The Crown of Horns
EVEN TARSIL CAN’T

ARREST, EVERYONE.
THE SUN’S BEEN UP WHAT S GOING
FOR HALF AN HOUR AND
THE STREETS ARE
STILL EMPTY. THE TOWNSFOLK
KNOW SOMETHING
WE DON’T.
WORD MAY
HANE SPREAP
OF AN
APPROACHING
ARMY.
WE’RE GOING UP TO WE HAVE LOOKOUTS

THE RAMPART AND LOOK IN THE FOOTHILLS WITH
OVER THE GATE. LOOKOUTS GREAT HORNS THEY CAN
Ш SOUND IF АМ ENEMY
SOMETHING? DRAWS NEAR.
DON’T YOU
HAVE A
WARNING
SYSTEM
IN PLACE?
1105
Treasure Hunters
CHECK IT OUT...
THE VILLAGE IS DESERTED.
EVEN THE ANIMALS
ARE QUIET.
YOU'RE RIGHT- - IT SENSE

MONEMENT OUT THERE.
COULD YOUR SISTER BE USING
GHOST CIRCLES TO CLOUD
HER APPROACH?
1106
The Crown of Horns
WE DON’T HAVE ISN’T THAT

THE MARKET
SQUARE?’
IT’S PHONEY” WE РОМТ WE HAVE TO ТМ. SAVE HIM ~ -

HE’S IN TROUBLE’ HAVE TIME SAVE HIM” YOU BOTH STAY
FOR THIS. HERE AND
DON’T MOVE!
GUARD!
LET ME
STOLEN! KNOW THE

RULES. YOU
CAN’T GET IN
WITHOUT A
PERMIT.
HEY, GUARD! GRAN’MA, THAT THORN, GET

THAT КІР IS LITTLE GIRL WHO DOWN BEHIND THE
BUILDING A HELPED US - - PARAPET AND
DRAGON SHRINE!
TANEAL - - STAY PUT
DON’T THE RULES SHE’S SETTING UP UNTIL Т ФЕТ
APPLY TO HER? A SHRINE RIGHT
IN FRONT OF A
SOLDIER!
Treasure Hunters
HEY, KID! ТМЕ WARNED YOU

ABOUT THOSE SHRINES „4 : X MEAN IT,
BEFORE - - < THORN’
TAKE IT DOWN OR : STAY DOWN’
I'LL BREAK YOUR й
NECK”
ГМ OPENING
THE GATE - -
МАТЛА, т
GET МУ HANDS
ON YOU - -
ALL YOU BRATS DO ... TUST TO ФЕТ

THIS ON PURPOSE - - ME IN TROUBLE.
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Treasure Hunters
GET AWAY, RAT!
1110
The Crown of Horns
Treasure Hunters
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1112
The Crown of Horns
МЕМЕ GOT
THE WATER!
Treasure Hunters
WHERE”S THE WHICH ONE? THEY'RE Ж IDIOTS.

BONE CREATURE | THE SOLDIERS PROBABLY ON
| ARRESTED SN
EOTH OF ТНЕМ
JUST BEFORE
THE RIOT
BROKE OUT!
IT’S ALL RIGHT,

TANEAL.
ARE YOU HURT?
YOU SHOULPN'T i H SHE’S RIGHT, RASH? WELL, THAT

HAVE DONE THORN. GUY DIDN’T
ТНАТ- - Е REVEALINƏ KNOW ЈАСК.
THEY WILL | 2 YOURSELF
KILL YOU NOW. i LIKE THAT
The Crown of Horns
RE SHE 15!
2 WITCH
WHEN THEY STOP

RESISTING, GET THEM
TO THEIR FEET.
Treasure Hunters
YOU ARE UNDER

THE PUNISHMENT
ARREST, WITCH, FOR
THE CRIME OF BURNED ALIVE!
DRAGON WORSHIP.
(ет THOSE
A Two INSI
THE PAWANS?
HOW’? THEY ФЕТ
SO CLOSE
S, NOWLE
WITHOUT BEING
SEEN?
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Treasure Hunters
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/ | BRING POWN THE
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Book Nine
Crown of Horns
Chapter One: The Dungeon & The Parapet
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THERE IS FIGHTING m WE WON’T MAKE

IN THE STREETS - - (О, E ДАР 7 IT. THE RAT
ҮШ | 522 REATURES ARE
YOUR MAJESTY, YOU LES Ar
У,
CLOSING IN!
ИУ УЧИ
MUST LEAVE THE CITY. =
т =
т CAN TAKE THEA УМУ МИА THAT WON'T ВЕ EASY- - ВИТ -

TO MY SISTER. // WE HAVE NO OTHER CHOICE. T
а : /Д WiLL LEAD THE MONSTERS AWAY,
WHILE YOU MAKE FOR THE
SECRET PATH. =Й]
FOLLOW BRIAR? SHE WILL

DELIVER YOU ТО ROSE AND
THE RED DRAGON!
YOU ARE SAFE! d НЕ IS HERE. LET US

m WHERE IS MY HURRY TO DEREN GARD.
ME GRANDDAUGHTER? Дъ =
1125
Crown of Horns
7 QUICKLY!
ДР тик лев M
ДАМ SOUNDS IN B
UR THE PASS d
МЕ АКЕ
BETRAYED!
1126
Ж YOU MUST TURN WW

: BACK. HURRY!
т WILL GO 2 е. НЕ 5
ON WITH THE GIRL. À КЫ, > WAITING! ДЕ |
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ВЕ STILL, `
LITTLE ONE.
1128
Crown of Horns
YOU MUST GO INTO DEREN GARD.

YOU WILL BE SAFE THERE UNTIL Е
TURN.
FOLLOW ME.
E. `
(би
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1132
WE STILL HAVE А LONG

WAY TO GO. YOU MAY
CLIMB ON MY BACK.
1133
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СОМЕ HERE, ) Z —
The Dungeon ë The Parapet
IT IS TOO BRIGHT.
I CANNOT SEE ANYTHING.
WAIT. . т SEE
А WATERFALL.
BUT IT IS
FROZEN.
ARE YOU
SURE?
WHAT ELSE WHY pO YOU

FORCE AE TO
LOOK, PRAGON?
I ТОМ? you
IT IS TOO
BRIGHT TO
SEE.
PERHAPS
YOU HAVE
SEEN
ENERYTHING.
1135
Crown of Horns
WAKE UP,
PLEASE.
1
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1136
TARSIL’S SOLDIERS BEAT

THE TAR OUT OF US AND Ж
LOCKED US IN THE DUNGEON. Ж
YOU MUST’VE BLACKED OUT
OR SOMETHING.
YEAH. THE ONE WHERE

MY PARENTS GIVE ME
TO THE DRAGONS.
HAD SINCE YOU

WERE A KID?
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BUT WHEN THE DRAGONS TOOK SHE WENT

ME TO THE UNDERGROUND TO RESCUE
CHAMBER FULL OF LIGHT, PHONEY BONE
WHAT THEY WERE HAVE ANY IDEA WE WERE UP ON

TRYING TO SHOW ME. WHAT НАРРЕМЕР THE RAMPARTS
LOOKING FOR - -
RA COPаа,
we ABOUT
CANTDO
ан A THING
[T FROM
THEY’RE COMING ТО
WE HAVE TO
GET OUT OF HERE
АМ? HELP
GRAN’MA BEN!
SHE CAN’T
DEFEND THE CITY
BY HERSELF - -
HOW IRONIC
THAT
WE’RE TRYING
OWN SOLDIERS
ARE TRYING TO
STOP US!
І THINK ONE ОР МУ
TEETH 15 + -
OH, FONE BONE. WHAT ARE

GOING WE
TO PO?
DON’T WORRY,
THORN, МЕЛИ
ET
Crown of Horns
1140
, Y z CAN SEE THERE’S NO EYE SYMBOL

ON YOUR HOODS, BUT I DON’T HAVE
TIME TO PLAY, BOYS ... ARE YOU
2 GOING
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WE ARE NOT МЕРИ” OUR WEAPONS ARE

WE HANE NO YOURS, HIGHNESS.
LOYALTY TO THE WE xc ONLY
TYRANT ТАКСИ, ,
YOUR LONG REIGN AS

MASTERS OF THE VALLEY HAS
COME TO AN END...
Ди
Қы /
ш =
C
LA dДЕ |
OPEN THE GATES AND SURRENDER ...

WE OFFER YOU
ONE CHANCE TO LIVE... РРОЗЕ US AND DIE 44
/
б m Sq
° - š 4 r p =
МА
— v
||/|
об оре ЛІ
1142
GET OUT YOUR

TINDERBOXES AND
STRIKE ME A FIRE.
WHY SHOULD WE ANSWER TO ТИ МНО PARES APPROACH THE

A MOB THAT GATHERS WORLD’S MIGHTIEST CITADEL
AT OUR DOORSTEP? WITH À к RAG- TAG АКМУ OF
HILLPEOPLE?
4 АМР I HAVE А FAR GREATER
CLAIM TO THIS CITY THAN УОИ,
О TARSIL THE USURPER ....
X AM ы
THE PRINCESS BRIAR .... “
AND I HAVE СОМЕ TO RECLAIM
MY KINGDOM.
Crown of Horns
т WARN YOU FOR THE LAST TIME... LAY DOWN YOUR FAMILY NO LONGER RULES HERE.
YOUR ARMS АМ? SURRENDER UNCONDITIONALLY. TAKE YOUR BLACK ARMY AND LEAVE?
THIS ARMY
you pO NOT
IS PROTECTED BY FRIGHTEN
THE LORD OF THE LOCUST
YES ...I THOUGHT YOU WOULD You CANT
SAY THAT ....1

SEE
THERE IS STILL MUCH TO ТЕ ACH ME

AREN'T г
ү HANPSOME?
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1146
ТҮЗ
zZ
SET FIRE To THOSE

~ BUILDINGS NEAR
- ЖЕ THE WALL:
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ez
Vez
E
Ул
3 РЕМ Ln
`
eQ
> Là NOEL Е
952
(
Қаш
|
> E
Crown of Horns
а ° > ° =) x щ < ~ Е а < = с.
Т THINK THE WAR

HAS STARTED...
“ри Ду
A /
И
1150
CAN ANYBODY HEAR МЕ?/

> WE HIVE 70 e Е! BE
1151
Crown of Horns
МУРУ
WHERE ARE YOU?
OF COURSE
HE DOES, LUNKHEAD, PHONEY/
MOVE OVER! CAN YOU SEE
LET ME TALK IN ANY GUARDS
FROM WHERE
YOU ARE?
WE’RE IN
TH’ CELL
NEXT TO
OR GONE TO HIDE?
THERE AREN’T ANY GUARDS EITHER WAY, THIS
LEFT! THEY ALL TOOK ОРЕ PLACE IS UNGUARDED.
WHEN THE FIGHTIN’ ALL WE GOTTA
STARTED. РО IS WAIT GRAN’MA
FOR GRAN’MA BEN DOESN’T
THEY TO BUST US KNOW WHERE
MUST’VE GONE OUTTA HERE! WE ARE.
TO JOIN NOBODY
THE BATTLE.
'
NOBODY?
WHAT Р
МЕ РО 7
HOW ARE WE
SUPPOSED TO
GET OUT IF
NOBODY KNOWS
WHERE WE
АВЕ?’
WE'RE TRAPPED!
WE’RE GONNA DIE!
The Dungeon ë The Parapet
LISTEN, GUYS - - THAT’S RIGHT, AN’ HALF OF IT

WE HAVE TO Y'KNOW WHAT? IS YOURS IF YOU GET МЕ
KEEP OUR HEADS. OUT OF HERE...
THERE’S A WAR
GOING ON, АМ? HI
СРАМ МА COULD TREASURE IS... WHY, т OUGHT ес
ВЕ IN TROUBLE.
IT'S UP ТО US ~ ~
1153
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YOUR
HEART?
==
YOU MEAN RIGHT
NOW?
DUM
v
>
2 )
[А 2
=
LA=
WHOA, WAIT A MINUTE.
THE OLP НАЕУ-МОБЕР HEADMASTER
TOLD US TO FORGET
ABOUT THE CROWN OF HORNS ...
PEOPLE ARE
PANICKING ...
WE HAVE TO
GET OUT - -
CONFUSION
|
EVERY WHERE.
Crown of Horns
LET’S GO - - WHY ARE YOU STILL IS THE ORDER OF THE

DO AS MUCH DAMAGE STANDING THERE? EYE WITH US OR
ON THE w AS YOU HEARD THE QUEEN? AGAINST US?
POSSIBLE.,
2”
1157
Crown of Horns
DO NOT EXPECT THE BUT EVEN WITH ALL THE

us TO BOW DOWN - - UNDER
TH DISCIPLES ОР VENU FIGHTING
TO YOUR EXILED QUEEN, CIRCUMSTANCES - - AS ONE...
BROTHER. WE ARE WITH YOU.
...Т АМ AFRAID THE ENEMY’S NUMBERS WILL

OVERWHELM US.
STAY TOGETHER, DON’T

LET THEM SEPARATE YOU!
72
A
Sols
=(Ne
4Q [5s
Crown of Horns
THOU DONG?! Фет OUT.

у ARE TRYING TO
| YOU KNOW I/D ^ ФРАВ THIS WHEN YOU WRESTLED

FOLLOW YOU CHAIN - - MAYBE WITH THE LOCUST IN
ANYWHERE = = WE CAN PULL IT YOUR DREAMS, YOU
WERE INFECTED. . .
IF YOU SO MUCH AS
TOUCH THE CROWN
OF HORNS, IT
COULD SET OFF A
CHAIN REACTION!
A I DON'T MY MOTHER WOULDN'T

CHAN REACTION 5 HAVE TOLD МЕ ТО ЕМ
Т. = = IF IT WAS GOING TO
KI
EVERYTHING” NT KILL EVERY THING.
: С ( и LET'S TRY
| - AGAIN.
1160
BUT YOU pO IT’S А SACRED

THINK THE WHAT ARE рс с THAT ы
CHAIN YOU GUYS
REACTION TALKING | ТЕСЕ
WILL KILL THE Y ABOUT? | CoN STOP DE
WHAT KINDA we
THAT MEANS IT WILL

KILL YOU, TOO.
THE LOCUST IS PART
OF YOU NOW.
ровемт iT, Hee ME СЕТ. ІТ DOES MEAN THAT!

UP | V PROMISE ME YOU
WON'T PO IT!
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OKAY, I PROMISE.
Ми
RX
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/
И
А
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Ж”
/
D
aN
^
Yip 7
6
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4
ид,
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A
( :,
0 й Uf 4
Ë
1162
у YES, HELLO IT IS МЕ!

DO YOU КЕМЕМВЕК Му
BROTHER? HE IS GETTING
YOUR COUSINS OUT
OF THE CELL NEXT
TO YOURS’
MR. BONE!
SISTER THORN’
DO NOT MAKE
А SOUND!
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING
ON THE FAR SIDE OF
THE COURTYARD - -
MANY SOLDIERS ARE GATHERING.
I MUST HIDE,
1163
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| LEASE
ВАЗЕ | к
SISTER ЕЕ £ THORN,
— í | FONE BONE!
= WE'RE OUT
- WE ARE Е В А BACK... /\( THANKS TO
( AN THESE TWO + -
^ : 2 e [^ >
==
+ Q , |
da к | А|і 4
„(С THORNS NoT` SISTER, Т OVERHEARD

THE SOLDIERS BEFORE
-(. BREATHING/ THEY RAN AWAY- =
THEY SAID SOMETHING
ВАР HAD HAPPENED. ..
<2а > ° > v 9 У< а 2 e т У z <и
2
SEEN FIGHTING NEARBY,
BUT SHE WAS OVERWHELMED
BY THE ENEMY WHO POURED
OVER THE PARAPET!’
И KILLED BEFORE THE GATE

IN FRONT OF HIS OWN A
1165
Crown of Horns
5 9 5 = о 7% ==ш > < \ \
ТАЯ» сит HER

HEAD OFF!
1166
QM
(
Џ |
/ ANN SN Ww
NX [|
] УММҮ
Й fo 4
і // 2 N í /
1167
Crown of Horns
КИК! WE CAN'T
FIGHT там
— N
E " |
Был
1 = сета.
ou га --
а
<7 сар. |
f q
j
ТО N
1,/М
/
qoo up eese "Т p Š S|
сечі a ZAN Ee А
NOTHING TO FEAR, YOUR HIGHNESS. Í YOUR MAJESTY, THANK
ТА SIMPLE VISION TO THE STARS YOU ARE SAFE’
CHASE OFF OUR ENEMIES.
MERMIE/ THANK TEACHER, WHERE

GOODNESS! IS MY GRAND-
WHERE ARE THE DAUGHTER?
OTHER DREAM
MASTERS?
6 ‘ 4 > | a
: 1% swe) p А jЕ
ж” 7.
WHAT ARE WE Кет

DOING HERE? SHOW УА...
WE DON’T KNOW
HOW TO FIGHT’ FIRST THING
WE NEED IS
A SHIELD - -
GOOP ТО SEE YOU,

PRINCESS. COVER YOUR
EYES, PLEASE. <
ALL OF THEM.
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ir xg HEY! WE PIP IT”

THEY'RE RUNNING
YOUR FACE/ AWAY”
1170
Е THE RAT CREATURES AND THE PAWANS UNLIKELY,

zd we ARE RETREATING!
TEACHER,’ YOUR PREAM VISIONS
FRIGHTENED OFF THE ENTIRE
INVASION FORCE!
1 EVEN POWERFUL VISIONS I pO NOT KNOW, BUT CLEARLY

LIKE MERMIE’S CAN ONLY BE SEEN YOUR SISTER CALLED THEM
BY SMALL GROUPS AT A TIME. BACK FOR A REASON.
1171
Crown of Horns
SOMETHING IS HAPPENING Ж , МОМ WHAT IS IT, THORN?

TO THE STARS... ҰЙҚЫ j IT LOOKS LIKE THE
. STARS ARE GOING Our.
GHOST CIRCLES
| ARE DESCENDING
AROUND THE CITY.
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1172
РЕ p
ter Tw
o: Mi
m
LOOK
НЕAGAIN
е н
WHAT p
SEEO? YOU
1-
ITIS
BRIGiH oe
T.
Y'M SORRY.
..
|
9g1
?A
|
* КУ
\
N ШІ
WHEN THE WORLD

AN? DREAMS
HOT HAD
ZET
RECEDED FROM
WAKING РАУ...THE
... DRAGONS
RULED
THE EART
H.
1173
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THE FIRST
DRAGON
WAS A QUEEN
NAMED MIM.
MIM WAS
KEEPER
OF ALL
WHO
DREAMED.
SHE NURTURED
THE DREAMING
BY ENCIRCLING
THE WORLD
АМР HOLDING
HER TAIL
IN HER
MOUTH ...
AS LONG AS ММ
HELD HER TAIL IN THIS WAY,
THERE WOULD BE BALANCE
BETWEEN LIFE AND DEATH,
АМР GOOD AND EVIL...
AND THE
DREAMING
WOULD
FLOURISH.
1174
Mim
MIM WATCHED THE DREAMING WITH CARE,

АМ? ALL CREATURES LIVED TOGETHER IN
PEACE AND HARMONY.
UNTIL ONE DAY, A SPIRIT KNOWN TO MOVE ON THE FACE

ONLY AS THE LOCUST OF THIS WORLD, Е
BECAME UNHAPPY. НЕ MUST TAKEOF
POSSESSION
A MORTAL
HE CHOSE THE MOST

POWERFUL MORTAL OF
CREATURE WITHOUT SHAPE OR FORM ALL - - MIM, QUEEN
WHO COULD EXIST ONLY
OF THE DRAGONS. Л
IN THE SPIRIT WORLD.
THE LOCUST ENTERED

HER MINO AND THE QUEEN
WENT MAD.
BALANCE
WAS LOST, AND
THE WORLD
GREW
THE DREAM BECAME

A NIGHTMARE.
1175
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4 AS THE PRAGONS FOUGHT,

THEY CRASHED BACK AND FORTH
PUSHING UP ROCKS
ON AND ON THEY STRUGGLED, UNTIL AT LAST

WITH MANY VALIANT THE DRAGONS DESPAIRED
DRAGONS LOSING THEIR OF SAVING THEIR
ES QUEEN, AND WERE FORCED
TO TAKE DESPERATE
MEASURES.
1176
THEY KNEW IT Ж
WOULD ВЕ THE END THE GOOD
OF THEIR OF THE WORLD,
BELOVED MIM... А Амр ТО
5 5 PESTROY THE
TRUE
я
> 6 од Z,
2 Ж iP O У
Я я Я
ZEN
„МИ 5;
f Ў
В: p f^ 5
E P. fi 4
- є TRAPPING THE LOCUST INSIDE HER UNTIL THE

END OF TIMES.
LATER, THE LAND COOLED,

АМР THE VALLEY WAS BORN.
NEVER AGAIN WOULD THE BALANCE BE PERFECT,

FOR THE LOCUST LIES HIDDEN BELOW THE SURFACE...
. WAITING FOR
THE
ENP OF TIMES.
Chapter Three: Gaps
WHERE ТН’ НЕСК ARE WE

GOING, SMILEY?
WE’RE SITTING DUCKS
UP HERE,
THE RAT CREATURES

Д RAN AWAY WHEN THE
GHOST CIRCLES
= 2
РР THEY RUN РАК?”

ARROWS GO A LONG
WAZ YOU FPO W: £ GUESS THAT'S WHAT
GRAN’MA BEN WANTS
TO CHECK OUT...
1178
WHAT PO
YOU SEE?
1179
Crown of Horns
EoAURAА ^^
DN е М.
THE ENEMY HASN'T WHAT ABOUT THE THEY RING

GONE AWAY... GHOST CIRCLES? THE CITY
THEY'VE GATHERED COMPLETELY.
INTO FOUR CAMPS. WE’RE
SURROUNDED.
1180
Gaps
EVEN AROUND OHMYGOSH, WE'RE TRAPPED!

THE CLIFFS? CAN THE GHOST CIRCLES
HURT US?
THE GHOST CIRCLES

CAN COME NO NEARER
FOR THE MOMENT.
ч `
=>19
ДУР МЕ N
THERE 15 TOO МИСН LIFE BRIAR MUST BE USING THE CIRCLES
IN THIS CITY. PRINCESS BRIAR TO KEEP US FROM ESCAPING - -
DOES NOT HAVE THE STRENGTH THE ONLY OPENINGS ARE DIRECTLY
TO SNUFF IT OUT...
FOR THAT, SHE

WILL NEED HER MASTER,
THE LOCUST.
THE FIRST IS IN THE WEST,

МРЕК SINNER’S ROCK. THE OTHER THREE
ARE SPACED OUT ACROSS THE PLAIN
TO THE EASTERN MOUNTAINS.
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? THORN, LOOK
nes ' PAST THE WAIT- - YES/
INTERESTING. .. GHOST CIRCLES - -
Is THERE 15
ANYTHING ELSE * SOMETHING. . .
OUT THERE?
WF DON’T WE HAVE HE’S UP IN

ENOUGH TROUBLE THE EASTERN
WITHOUT HIM STICKIN’ FOOTHILLS ...
HIS NOSE IN?/
WHAT'S HE
DOING <МБАКІМ”
AROUND HERE?
WE МАУ NOT NEED REALLY. |

ТО WORRY- - НЕ АТТАСКЕР
ROQUE 3A IS А YOU ANP г ОЦЕ TAње
MOUNTAIN CREATURE. THORN + - YOU KNOW WHAT
т DON’T THINK SOUNDS LIKE I’M LOOKING
HE’LL TAKE SIDES IN A HE PICKED Z 5 FOR.
VALLEY CONFLICT.
1182
Gaps
I’M SORRY, GRAN’MA. THERE ARE TOO IT’S NOT

THERE’S NO SIGN OF LUCIUS y MANY GHOST \ УОЦЕ
ОК THE WARRIORS CIRCLES TO < Е FAULT,
FROM ОМ? MAN'S САМЕ. ( SEE ІМ ТНАТ / PEAR.
PIRECTION - -
MY SISTER 15 DETERMINED
TO PESTROY ENERYONE I LONE.
ESPECIALLY LUCIUS.
KS AND x CAN'T STOP HER! УОИ WANT МЕ? IF T COME OUT THERE,
DEATH CAN’T STOP HER - - WILL YOU LEAVE EVERYONE ELSE ALONE?”
90 You BRIAR?!
E ИШ т.
s G S> =
TAKE IT EASY,
CRAN'MA/
YOU CAN'T BLAME
YOURSELF FOR
WHO YOU'RE
RELATEP ТО!
DON’T WORRY, Y YOUR HlGHNESS'/ Š FEAR WEAKENS THE

GRAN’MA. ТМЕ JUST HAD A | SPIRIT, WHICH IS OUR
LUCIUS WILL ("М TROUBLING J ONLY COUNTERBALANCE
BE OKAY. THOUGHT. ) = AGAINST THE GREAT
І ; 4 EMPTINESS OF THE
YOUR SISTER е HOUSE OF MIST.
COULD BE TRYING if
TO USE THE | IF THE BALANCE EVER
GHOST CIRCLES 4 TIPPED TOO РАК - -
ТО СКЕАТЕ FEAR.
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1184
Gaps
'1\
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y }
1185
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WE’RE LUCKY THE

1S EVERY OME WALLS DIDN’T
у COLLAPSE! THERE’S
SOMETHING
WRONG WITH
THORN,
IT’S MY GRANPPAUGHTER/
ANYONE HURT WE NEED TO МЕРИ
UP HERE? GET HER DOWN TO OVER THE ARMORY
Ë THE ARMORY! ANP WON’T LET МЕКЕ ОМ
ANYONE IN. OUR SIDE!
NOW THAT YOU ARE IN

CHARGE, THEY ARE AFRAID MANY PRIVILEGES, AMONG ANY THING? WE
THEY WILL LOSE THEIR THEY’RE THEM BONUS WAGES NEED TO GET IN
PRIVILEGES - - NEGOTIATING?” DURING BATTLE - - THE ARMORY
SOMETHING’S
HAPPENING - -
Gaps
`
МЕЧЕ TRIEP, 2 ВИТ ТНЕУ WITHOUT THE TREASURE,
DO NOT BELIEVE YOU - - YOU CAN’T BACK
TARSIL НР THE TREASURE YOUR PROMISES - -
AN? TOOK THE SECRET
TO HIS GRAVE ~ -
GET THOSE
МЕРИ OUT OR
THEY’LL DEAL
WITH ME?!
1187
Crown of Horns
SMILEY AN’ г KNOW WHAT? Е YEAH, CUZ’ WHAT PLANET ARE

WHERE THE TREASURE 15 ARE YOU THIS IS IT? YOU ON, PHONEY?
... ALL WE HAVE TO TALKING WE’RE GOIN’ WE’RE NOT
DO IS LOAD IT ON A CART AND TO GOING ;
SNEAK IT OUT THROUGH ONE ? М ANY WHERE:
OF THE GAPS IN THE f
GHOST CIRCLES?
C/MON, SMILEY!
OH, RIGHT; HE’S GONNA MEET
у А
US AT THE
OKAY, WE'LL. GET THE
TREASURE ... YOU MEET US
AT THE MAIN GATE IN
THIRTY MINUTES!
VÀ
WHAT PO YOU TERROR WEAKENS YOUR SISTER IS USING
MERNE 1E АЕ EXPECT OUR SPIRIT, THE GHOST CIRCLES
ABOUT THE AMOUNT FROM THEM? TIPPING THE TO FORCE A BREACH
OF FEAR THAT IS THE CITY'S BALANCE IN 1 IN THE DREAMING - -
BEING RAISED AMONG IN FLAMES - - THE ENEMY’S /.
OUR PEOPLE. ⁄ THE LOCUST
- (= Bok COULD
ESCAPE,
WILL GET OUT АМР SEEK

THE MORTAL FLESH
OF А NEW HOST?
WHAT IF THE Ра
TREASURE ISN^T
IN THE WELL? OF COURSE
IT’S IN THE
WELL,’
WHY ELSE WOULD

TARSIL MAKE UP THAT
STi
АМР CET THE HAY CART,
WATER? T 512 ТНЕМ МЕЕТ МЕ
НЕ WAS TRYIN’ |. JA - . =. BACK HERE’
TO SCARE
PEOPLE,
OKAY! OKAY! BRING 7

NO? HE'S A RAT
HIM! SUSTGET 5
CREATURE! á ТИ CART/
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THORN, BABY, LOOK

АТ МЕ - -
YES, ФКАМ МА.
ARE YOU ALL I’M FINE/ THE LOCUST
HAS FOUN? A NEW HOST,
BUT IT ISN’T
I THOUGHT THE WHOLE HE FOUN? А THE GHOST CIRCLES HAVE TIPPED THE
DEAL WAS HE NEEDED VENI-YAN-CARI BALANCE OF THE DREAMING ENOUGH FOR
YOU TO BE HIS HOST FAR MORE THE LOCUST TO FREE HIMSELF - - AND
BECAUSE YOU'RE THE POWERFUL HIS ORIGINAL HOST.
VENI-YAN-CARI. THAN ME.
MERMIE WAS
RIGHT. ..
THE EARTHQUAKE WE RIGHT NOW THERE 15

HOST WAS MIM... FELT WAS THE CRUST A SWARM OF LOCUSTS
THE QUEEN WHO OF THE EARTH BREAKING AS WIDE AS THE
TURNED TO OPEN + - SPEWING GAS, VALLEY HEADED THIS
MAY WE BE
EQUAL TO THE STONE. DIRT, АМ? LOCUSTS. WAY, AND
BURDEN. I SAW IT IN INSIDE ІТ...
A VISION.
SHE”S STILL ALIVE.
THAT’S WHY THE PRAGONS
LEFT US - - THEY DON’T
WANT TO FACE THEIR
YOUR MAJESTY- - IF IT IS
MIM, АМР SHE 15 UNDER THE
LOCUST’S SPELL, EVERYTHING
IN HER PATH WILL BE
DESTROYED!
1191
Crown of Horns
GRAB THAT
CHAIN AN”
ом
ШТ k abs NA
p ТШ
| f M N
NO, BARTLEBY! NOW N [< s ЕНУ?

ФЕТ ВАСКIN THERE. ФЕТ А НАММЕР
МЕКЕ NOT TAKING ANY ` AN’ OPEN ONE
CHANCES ON YOU Se ,
BEING SEEN!
ws
ÀN М"
SS <
Сй = я 5
дА
2 % S
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WHAT РО YOU THINK
ІТ WILL BE? GOLD?
JEWELS?
22и 254
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7 Cp
A
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1192
OH, WAIT’LL THEY IT’S ALMOST RIGHT! LET’S GET THE
GET A LOAD OF THIS TIME TO MEET REST OF THIS BOOTY
BACK HOME! ТЛА, BE FONE BONE AT ON THE CART AND
THE RICHEST BONE IN THE GATE. GET OUT
BONEVILLE OF HERE!
ва
SWEET, SWEET
JEWEL ENCRUSTEP
COO-GAHS/
Ид
SOUND THE
THE RAT CREATURES
ARE COMING THROUGH
THE GAPS!
HORNS’
THEY’RE
ATTACKING!
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,N ^N
2 ent
bis
о E.
HE HAS TO.
WHEN WE SEE THIS
МЕКЕ IN THE LITTLE BEAUTY?
WE'LL Buy OUR
FONE ВОМЕ CIRCLES WAY OUT.
DOESN’T MEET HE SWORE А КЕРАХ/
SOLEMN OATH WE’RE
TO ME PRACTICALLY
НЕ"? LEAVE HOME FREE! /
WHENEVER
ФУ,
| ном'р you GET WHAT’S WRONG
IN THERE? WITH YOU?
CAN’T YOU SEE
V. WE'RE UNDER ATTACK?
D ММ
1 >
THIS 15 МУ НАУСАКТ! TO sss

THESE ARE MY COWS; ТИ! EF./ MТ |y COMING, WITH ME?
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YOU'RE RISKING
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MERMIE/ WHICH WAY

PI? THORN ФО?
RIGHT INTO THE BURNING TOWN’

SHE SUMPED!!
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2 САМ JUMP
THAT РАК/
CLIMB ON MY
BACK, X'LL
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PO SOMETHING, ФКАМ МА!

ТНЕУ”КЕ GONNA GET AWAY”
THE SOUTH TOWER IS UNDER THE SOUTHERN

HEAVY ATTACK - - AOST OF THE GATE WILL BE
PEOPLE DEFENDING IT ARE BROKEN IF
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DON’T WORRY,
FONE BONE.
WELL FIN? HER.
HAS TO BE SOMEWHERE YEAH, YOU’RE RIGHT.

IN THE VILLAGE, SHE САМТ THE RAT CREATURES CONTROL
GET PAST THE ALL THE GAPS IN THE BARRIER.
GHOST CIRCLES, RIGHT? ESCAPE’S IMPOSSIBLE.
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SO WE BETTER PE
CAREFUL ~ - IF WE STEP
IN THE WRONG PLACE
WE'LL DISAPPEAR IN A PUFF
OF SMOKE?
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SHE'S PICKING UP А
SWORD FROM THAT DEAD GUY.
HURRY, BARTLEBY, LET’S
CATCH UP TO HER - -
IT?
SOLPIERS ARE
COMING’
WE HAVE TO
TAKE COVER’
‘DID YOU SEE THAT?!

THORN RAN INTO
A GHOST CIRCLE!
SPREAD OUT АМР SEARCH

THE AREA’ THERE COULD BE
MORE SURVIVORS?
ми “А
Е од
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РО YOU THINK т DON’T KNOW. MAYBE SHE IS ALIVE

THORN IS SHE MIGHT BE АМР SHE'S GOING
ALIVE? ABLE TO THROUGH THE
SURVIVE IN A GHOST CIRCLE TO
GHOST CIRCLE... ESCAPE THE CITY/
SHE DID IT
BEFORE.
YOU IPIOTS/ т WARNED YOU NOW GET BACK TO CAMP

ТО BE CAREFUL, BEFORE YOU ALL GET EVAPORATED!
/ HEY! THOSE RATS HAVE

TO GO THROUGH
ONE OF THE GAPS TO IF THORN DID SURVIVE,
REACH THEIR CAMP. SHE’S NOT GONNA SHAKE US
THAT EASY...
COME ON?
I/NE GOT AN IDEA!
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JUST то
ТНЕ ОТНЕК ў Е
SIDE... МУ HEAP”S
GETTING
МУ FAMILY ANP Т WERE REFUGEES

TRAPPEP INSIDE THE VILLAGE WHEN
THE GHOST CIRCLES АРРЕАКЕР .
WAS
TEAR КАНТАМ,
A
FARMER'S — =
DAUGHTER ... ння
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TANEN GARP ANP FIND x
THE CROWN OF HORNS. ONCE £ TOuCH THAT
SACRED ОВЗЕСТ,
THE GHOST CIRCLES WILL
BE UNDONE - -
YOU CAN BRING

US BACK TO
LIFE?
IF I CAN,
£ WILL.
BUT I MUST
GET THROUGH
THE VILLAGE
FIRST - -
IT IS THE LOCUST/
HE KNOWS YOU
ARE HERE/
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COMPANY С. REPORT? WE SAW A LONE FEMALE,

РО YOU HAVE ANY BUT SHE WAS KILLED
PRISONERS? WHEN SHE STEPPED
INTO A CIRCLE,
NEW MARCHING ORPERS - ~

YOU'RE GOING TO
SINNER’S ROCK TO
REINFORCE THE ATTACK
ON THE SOUTHERN GATE.
WHEW,’
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TE IT. GOOD JOB, BARTLEBY: d
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ENEMY CAMF. THE MOUNTAINS ...
АМР WE’RE
THROUGH
THE
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HEY! WATCH WHERE HOW AM £ SUPPOSEP \

YOU'RE GOING -- TO KNOW WHERE THEY
THERE’RE GHOST CIRCLES ARE? THEY’RE
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FONE BONE/ HOW РР YOU Е SANE IT.

AND BARTLEBY GET OUT OF 1 WE DON’T
THE CITY? | HAVE MUCH
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DO YOU SEE THAT

STORM? INSIDE IS THE
LOCUST IN THE FORM OF MIM,
THE GREAT QUEEN OF
THE DRAGONS,
ANP SHE'S
COMING THIS МАУ!
WE HANE TO REACH
TANEN GARP AND FIND THE
CROWN OF HORNS BEFORE BUT IT TOOK
THAT STORM GETS HERE! us TWO DAYS TO
WALK HERE FROM
TANEN GARD 7 7,
2
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YOU'NE СОМЕ! J
THE ENEMY IS
USING А
BATTERING RAM,
АМР THE ФАТЕ
WON’T HOLD
MUCH
LONGER,
GET EVERYONE BEHIND ME YOUR MASESTY - -? ARE YOU KIDDING?

АМО GET READY TO OPEN ARE YOU SURE WE CAN &| SHE CAN FIGHT "ЄМ
FIGHT THEM WITH THIS SINGLEHANDED IF
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ON OUR SIDE.
YOU MEN BEHIND ME - - М MERMIE, YOU

GO STRAIGHT FOR THE 5 HANDLE THE
ARMED SOLDIERS WAITING BOYS ON THE
TO RUSH IN! ANY BATTERING
RAM.
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BREAK THOSE
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RE-BARRED...
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WOULD? you NOT FAR FROM WHERE WE

LIKE TO GO HOME NOW, ARE STANDING IS THE ENTRANCE TO
PHONCIBLE P. BONE? i A SECRET TUNNEL THAT WILL ТАКЕ
) YOU PAST THE GHOST CIRCLES
АМР UP TO THE MOUNTAINS ...
YOU CAN LEAVE FOR BONEVILLE.
i THE TUNNEL IS REAL. IF YOU

WANT TO GO, ANSWER QUICKLY.
LEAVE
WITHOUT
МУ
COUSINS.
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CHECKING.
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THIS ESCAPE TUNNEL ONCE

BELONGED TO THE ROYAL FAMILY.
THE ORIGINAL ENTRANCE WAS
DESTROYED LONG AGO.
WHERE ARE
GOING?
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STOP WORRYING.
THIS TRENCH HAS TO
FEED INTO THE
BURIAL GROUND GORGE
s ОМЕМНЕКЕ.
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va5 Meee”
STARTEP THIS
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NO, WE DON’T HAVE TIME.

WE’LL HAVE TO I'M NOT AFRAIP/
YOU ФОМНА ВЕ I’M NOT SCAREP OF
SNEAK PAST НМ.
OKAY, BARTLEBY? ANYTHING - -
<
EXCEPT
DRAGONS.
WE’LL GO ONE AT А TIME.

ANP BE CAREFUL NOT TO TOUCH
HIS WHISKERS?!
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BARTLEBY...
COME OVER
TOUS...
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YES/ JUST BEYOND THOSE

PEAKS IS THE BOTTOMLESS
PIT OF TANEN ФАКР - -
THE DRAGONS’ SACRED
BURIAL GROUND.
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$ да y
Jen дума и
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S oR ча Ат ТНЕ АКМУ
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ТО STOP US’
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COME HERE TO FIND m %
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ТО ФЕТ PAST THE I’M GOING IN,

ARMY, ТЛА. NEED А РОМЕ BONE.
А PISTRACTION - - <|
LET’S TALK
ABOUT THIS A и YOU САМ HELP
SECOND! ME OR NOT.
OKAY, THEN. YOU AN? BARTLEBY ... TRY ТО GET AS CLOSE TO THE ARMY
WORK YOUR WAY ALONG THESE \ AS YOU CAN, THEN MAKE SOME NOISE!
LEAD AS MANY AS POSSIBLE
INTO THE MOUNTAINS.
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WHILE THEY’RE AG ORP OU HAYE
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ТЛА, SLIP INTO THEIR |
АМ!
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. SHE'S GOING АМР WE'LL BE STUCK

RUNNING AROUND THE STAY BEHINP
INTO THE DRAGON’S THE ROCKS,’
CRANEY ARP? ( MOUNTAINS WITH AN
ARMY ON OUR
BUTTS!
WHAT AM I DOING?! YOU KNOW WHAT?

I CAN'T LET HER GO г I’M GOIN’ BACK.
THIS = A TERRIBLE
THORNS WALKING
OUT To күт THEM
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4 WITHOUT ME H WE HAVE TO
рожі о ' | GET OUT OF
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SHE CAN'T PO THAT ТО МЕ"! V NV K ПА РЕСЕ OF GOLD TO THE ONE

СОМЕ ON! WERE GOING „/ ААУ IN I WHO KILLS THE BONE CREATURE!
IN AFTER НЕК!
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PO YOU SMELL
THAT? IT’S
BRIMSTONE.
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THERE ARE PRAGONS
EVERY WHERE!
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РОК МЕ...
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THORN AND
BE CAREFUL - -
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ARE REALLY
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т THOUGHT
YOU WERE
WHAT ARE YOU
WATCHING
DOING? THE
PRISONERS!
I’M DOING BETTER THAN THAT- - = -| YOU'RE BAKING FOR THEM

7 I’M BAKING THEM A QUICHE! “_ |WHILE WE’RE UNDER SIEGE?’
mo BUT WE HANE A FOOP
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[7 I HAP THIS IPEA THAT ALL WE HAVE ТО РО IS FEED OUR TWO

MA EXPLAIN, ) (F THE RAT CREATURES CAPTIVE RAT CREATURES PLENTY OF g
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OUTLAST A SIEGE, LET THEM ESCAPE’
THEY'LL GIVE UP! /№ 7 SN
EXACTLY! THEN THEY'LL

GO BACK AND TELL THE THEY'LL THINK
OTHERS THAT WE HAVE THE SIEGE IF YOU REALLY
SO MUCH FOOD EVEN IS HOPELESS. WANT TO
THERE’S ONLY ONE IMPRESS
OUR PRISONERS EAT THEM, PUT
LIKE KINGS! THING MISSING. . . А LITTLE DAB
ON ТОР - -
HE ¿ т DON’T KNOW WHERE TUST FOLLOW CHOW TIME,

WE’RE TRYING TO | YOU BONES LEARNED TO MY LEAD, INCARCERATES/
TRICK THEM, COOK, BUT YOU HAVE ТЕАСНЕК-МАМ/ =
NOT POISON NO SENSE РОК THE
THEM! SAVORY PLEASURES
IN LIFE. `h.
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HERE YOU 20, IT’S YOUR

FELLAS. OP FAVORITE,’
PIPING НОТ... CUSTARD
RIGHT QUTOFJ,лим IT IS? PIE WITH
CHEESE AND
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BE STRONG!
MONSTERS BUT COMRADE, I’M ОН, WELL! WE CERTAINLY

DON’T EAT STARVING.’ OUR ARMY HAVE A LOT OF FOOD
FLAKEY BAKERY HAS NO ЕООР/ WE HAVEN'T HERE, DON’T WE, TEACH?
PROPUCTS/ EATEN SINCE THE GHOST A LOT OF FOOD...
ФЕТ А CIRCLES APPEARED!
HOLP OF
YOURSELF,’
MASTER! СОМЕ HAVE YOU ALERTED

GUEEN ROSE?
RIGHT AWAY!
A GREAT CLOUD
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WHAT? BUT SHE JUST SIR, Т JUST SPOKE NO ONE SAW THE
LED A CHARGE OUT OF WITH МЕКМЕ. SHE HAS QUEEN RE-ENTER
THE SOUTH GATE - - NOT SEEN THE QUEEN. THE GATE?
SHE WAS WITH MERMIE/
АМР МУ COUSIN
PHONEY BONE’
CAPTAIN, HAVE YOUR

MEN SWEEP THE CITY. PHONEY AND
c
WE WILL GO TO GRAN’MA BEN
THE GATE. ГА wa ARE OKAY.
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ARE YOU SURE THIS

IS A GOOD IDEA,
GRAN’MA?
WE’RE NEAR THE
DIVERGENCE NOW.
THE ROAD TO THE LEFT

THERE IT GOES TO THE MOUNTAINS,
IS” ANP EVENTUALLY BACK TO IT’S THE PATH
THE TWO THE PASS THAT BROUGHT THORN AND HER
TUNNELS... Б YOU HERE FROM PARENTS TOOK
; BONEVILLE. - THE NIGHT THEY
| = WERE AMBUSHED.
WHERE DOES
THE ROAD TO
THE RIGHT
TO SINNER’S ROCK... р NOT IF ТЕР

Му
AND Му SISTER. GONNA FIGHT ЕВА,
А YOUR SISTER
| AND THE
RAT ст пасе WITH ANY LUCK,
у LUCIUS АМ? THE
OURSELVES? VENI-YAN WARRIORS
WILL MEET US
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SINCE WE CAN’T STOP YEAH, BUT WHY RISK OUR LIVES?

THAT STORM CLOUD FONE BONE АМР THORN ARE LOOKING
OF LOCUSTS, OUR ‚ FOR THE CROWN OF HORNS . .. ALL
ONLY HOPE IS TO SHE’S THE THEY GOTTA РО IS TOUCH IT AND
SLIP BEHIND ENEMY ONE THE EVIL LOCUST-THINGIE DIES ...
LINES AND ATTACK CONTROLLING
MY SISTER BRIAR ALL OF
FROM THE REAR... ... OR GETS
ЗИСКЕР INTO ITS
OWN PIAENSION
OR
WHATENER.
YOU THINK THIS IS A GAME, PHONEY? IT WAS AN NO ONE HAS ENER

YOU HAVE NO IDEA WHAT THE CROWN EDUCATED PENETRATED THE
OF HORNS 15 - - OR WHERE IT 15, GUESS SULFUR PITS
BUT ON A HUNCH, YOU SENT THORN BASED ON OF TANEN GARP AND
SEARCHING FOR IT IN THE DRAGONS’ SOUND LIVED - - THE DRAGONS
BURIAL GROUNDS! PRINCIPLES KILL ALL
OF WEALTH
AND
POWER- -
YOU'NE SENT МУ THAT’S WHY YOU'RE

CRANDPAUGHTER GOING TO HELP МЕ STOP
АМР YOUR MY SISTER, IF IT KILLS
COUSIN уои роме IT.
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THEIR DOOM.
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ALL RIGHT, THIS IS

THE EXIT TO SINNER’S
ROCK, SO BE
CAREFUL.
WE’RE BEHIND
ENEMY LINES
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YOU MUST WONPER HOW ІРО IT...
HOW £ OUTSMART YOU AGAIN АМР АФАМ....
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ENPR SINCE. 2 WAS ALITTLE GIRL IT’S LIKE BEING THE SMARTEST
І COULD HEAR THE LOCUST WHISPERING TO ME себі ar WORP
МЕРЕ MY HEAP . . ..
PO YOU KNOW WHAT THAT'S LIKE... 7
AND YES, Т KNOW WHAT YOUR PRECIOUS 9|
GRANDDAUGHTER IS UP TO ....
BUT SHE WILL NEVER REACH THE CROWN OF HORNS
ALIVE ....
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Т HAVE TO WAIT FOR

THE WATER LEVEL
TO RISE - -
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WHERE ARE
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THEY’RE WAY TO WARN HER
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PASS,
KINGDOK.
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ММА ММ ТШ? CM | T с
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РЕЗТЕОУЕР.
THE LOCUST
HAS BETRAYED
BOTH OUR
PEOPLE.
WHY PO you
STOP ME?
ME...LAMWASА ONCE
LOOK M NOW A MIGHTY
SLAVE~-A
KINGг
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£ WILL NOT
KILL you.
NOW FOR THE

ФООР OF OUR
PEOPLE,
STAND ASIDE.
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HELP AE N/ THIS/
TOUCH THE ў I HAVE TO
REACH IT...
THE WALL IS THE

CROWN OF HORNS?
THAT’S NOT WHAT
I PICTURED.
ти, TOUCH IT.

І HAVE THE LOCUST
INSIDE ME, TOO.
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THE OTHER DRAGONS і б THEY’LL RIP US APART IF

HURRY. ARE BLIND WITH RAGE... THEY CATCH US.
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UNDERNEATH US?
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YOUR MASESTY,
PLEASE LET ME
PUT A BANDAGE ON
QUEEN
YOUR ARM AND
R0SE!
THE RAT CREATURES
ARE RE-GROUPING
ANP THE
FUNNEL CLOUD
IS BEGINNING
TO BUILD
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MOVING IT?
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THE LOCUST WAS SENDING MIM AGAINST US. THE DRAGONS?!
IT’S НЕК” HEADMASTER,

WARN YOUR PEOPLE
THAT WE ARE STILL
UNDER ATTACK!
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THEY MUST на ме GETHIS |

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TOWARD ТЕ TUNN
KNOW YOU'RE
HERE.
А WERE LEAVING!
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COULD USE SOME HELF.
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WHAT ARE YOU GUYS DOIN’ ARE УА TAKIN” А BREAK - -

SITTIN’ AROUND? THERE’S A WHERE’S THE ENEMY? WHERE’S
WAR ON AN’ т BROUGHT THE RAT CREATURES?
THE RESERVES!
THE DRAGONS TYPICAL. HOGGIN’ ALL

WE BROUGHT THE GLORY FOR
HERE YOURSELF! )
ENDED IT?! WELL, I’M STILL А
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SOMETHING IS
WRON = WITH
GRAN’MA ВЕМ--
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IT’S ХУ т АМ NOT . . . OUR LITTLE THORN

COMPLETELY DISCUSSING IS BEING CROWNED
OUT OF THE THIS IN THE QUEEN OF THE VALLEY”
GUESTION. MIDDLE OF
THI E
CEREMONY.
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AND HER LEG 15 HEALING

NICELY, JUST LIKE YOUR EYE.
I THINK TOUCHING THE
CROWN OF HORNS HAD
SOMETHING TO РО
WITH YOUR SPEEDY
RECOVERIES.
WHO CARES!
ARE YOU COMING PHONEY, HE DOESN’T
FROM THE SAME CRYSTAL BACK TO HAVE TO DECIDE NOW.
THAT THE CROWN OF HORNS BONENILLE HE'S GOT THE WHOLE
IS MAPE OF... SEE? WITH us TRIP TO BARRELHANEN
OR NOT? TO THINK ABOUT IT.
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т DON’T WANNA WAIT`TIL МЕ ФЕТ PHONCIBLE P. BONE, YOU ARE

TO BARRELHAVEN, SMILEY. GOING TO SUPPORT YOUR COUSIN
THORN ASKED HIM TO STAY NO MATTER WHAT DECISION HE
AND I WANNA KNOW NOW” MAKES BECAUSE YOU
ARE YOU GONNA LOVE HIM.
HELP RULE THE
KINGDOM OR ARE YOU
COMIN’ WITH US?
NOW, IN A COUPLE OF DAYS WE’RE THAT’S BETTER.

GONNA GO WITH THORN AND WE’RE BEHIND YOU A
GRAN’MA BEN TO LAY LUCIUS TO
ALL RIGHT. т GUESS | PUNPREP PERCENT,
REST BESIDE THE OLD
WHATEVER YOU WANT ONS PONE,
BARRELHAVEN TAVERN ...
FONE BONE CAN DECIDE WHEN WILL BE OKAY WITH /-
WE GET THERE.
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C’MON, PHONEY, LUCIUS LOVED THE LATE FALL. 27

CHEER ЧР, IT’S I THINK НЕ"? BE HAPPY TRAVELING
A BEAUTIFUL MORNING. TO THE NORTH WOODS THIS
TIME OF YEAR.
IT’S TOO
COLD TO
TRAVEL. |
£ BROUGHT YOU A NEW

THANK YOU FOR PRAYER STONE’ IT WILL BRING
DOING THIS, THE BLESSING OF THE DRAGONS
DEAR. UPON YOUR JOURNEY!
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THANK УОИ, MR. BONE! I HANE IT SHOWS HOW YOU

га, BRING YOU BEGUN A NEW CARVING HELPED SISTER THORN
SOMETHING FROM OF YOU АМ? BARTLEBY! DEFEAT THE LOCUST AND
THE NORTH WHEN BANISH THE GHOST
CIRCLES. IT WILL BE
FINISHED BY THE TIME
YOU GET BACK.
JUST IN CASE YOU CAN’T

FORGOTTEN YOUR HIGHNESS, MAKE IT BACK BEFORE IT SNOWS,
ANYTHING. EVERYTHING WILL BE THE GREAT RED DRAGON HAS
FINE. MERMIE АМР Т PROMISED TO HELP KEEP AN EYE
WILL SEE TO ON THE KINGDOM.
=
BUT THAT WON’T VERY GOOD. WE ARE YOU GOING TO / LLL WALK
BE А PROBLEM - - SHOULD START THEN. RIDE OR WALK FOR A WHILE.
I HAVE READ ç ALONGSIDE?
THE SIGNS AND А.
I PREDICT А
MILD WINTER!
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Y EXCUSE МЕ" SIR PHONCIBI LE y = YOUR HAYCART. WE/NE BEEN

WOULD YOU LIKE TO ТАКЕ Щи HOLPIN@ IT FOR YOU
YOUR HAYCART?
IS THIS THE SAME WHY, YES, Г МОЦЬР LIKE

HAYCART THAT GOT ТО TAKE IT. THANK YOU!
KNOCKED OVER (ФООР-ВУЕ, EVERYONE!
IN THE STREET- - 7 GOOD-BYE!
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SAY, PO YOU GUYS MIND

IF WE STOP FOR A SECOND?
Т WANT TO CHECK
SOMETHING REAL FAST...
GOTTA MAKE SURE ALL JUST CHECKING FOR МУ НАУ...

МУ... HAY... 15 HERE. AH, YES, HERE WE ARE...
WHAT ABEAUTIFUL
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TRINELING! |
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I THINK МЕКЕ THE FAIRGROUNPS?/ О BOY!

ALMOST THERE, THE LAST TIME £ WAS AT
SMILEY- - ду THE FAIRGROUNDS WAS FOR
THAT'S THE THE GREAT СОМ RACE/
FAIRGROUNDS REMEMBER THAT?
THROUGH THOSE
WOULD? YOU SIT

DOWN, PHONEY?
YOU'NE BEEN MAKE IT TO THE САМЕ! WE’RE NEVER
ҒІРФЕТІМФ THE PASS BEFORE IT GONNA GET OUT
ENTIRE TRIP OF THIS VALLEY’
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PHONEY, GRAN’MA BEN HAS A LOT ... PEOPLE NEEDED TIME OKAY, OKAY.
OF FRIENDS AT OLD MAN’S CAVE. TO SHOW THEIR / I’M JUST
AND LUCIUS WAS A HERO... \ RESPECT. ; SAYING
1 THERE’S
ONLY SO
MANY BAYS
LEFT BEFORE
IT SNOWS
FOR REAL.
Фо ü [7
THE OLD TEACHER О! l Жу РР YOU SEE ТНАТ?

READ THE SIGNS ХАСТЬУ! Га THAT WAS A FLAKE.
AND PREDICTED A '
MILD WINTER - -
IF НЕ WAS STEPPIN’
ON A BANANA PEEL? J
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MNC WENDELL! AN’ LOOK WHO'S
WITH HIM! IT’S EUCLID!
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CAN YOU I WAS INSIDE A GHOST I UNDERSTAND THAT I HAVE

BELIEVE IT? CIRCLE, BUT THEN ONE DAY УОЦ TO THANK...
HE WAS WAITING Т WOKE UP FROM A DEEP YOUR MAJESTY.
FOR ME WHEN £ (А SLEEP АМР IT WAS GONE!
GOT BACK!
АМР THAT GOES FOR YOU,TOO, HEY, EUCLID!

LITTLE MASTER ВОМЕ. YOU FORGOT
SOMEONE.
THE REASON WE WALKED ОН, NO’ YOU COULD BE. т HAP TO THEY'RE Ñ
OUT ТО МЕЕТ YOU IS THINK IT’S OUR LET THEM GO ONCE NOT SUCH
BECAUSE A COUPLE OF TWO RAT THE NEW TREATY WAS BAD GUYS,
MANGY RAT CREATURES CREATURES? SIGNED. REALLY.
HAVE BEEN SPOTTED
SCROUNGING AROUND.
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IF IT IS THE SAME TWO, THEY’RE

PROBABLY NOT DANGEROUS - - JUST
LOOKING FOR SOMETHING TO EAT,
BUT WE’LL KEEP OUR EYES OPEN.
WELCOME HOME,
OLD FRIEND.
EVERYTHING’S READY.
Т SUPPOSE WE SHOULD GET
HIM IN THE GROUND.
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MISS THORN - - £ MEAN, YOUR

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ЕР LIKE YOU TO HANE THIS. I WOKE UP IN A GHOST CIRCLE.

^S А SPECIAL GRAIN, HARDY THANKS TO YOU, I’M AROUNP TO
АМР STRONG. HARVEST MY CORN.
IT WOULD PLEASE ME
IF YOU'P ТАКЕ A BUSHEL.
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SHE'S GOING TO HOW IS SHE S4 SHE HAS THE BEST

HANE TO GET USEP HANPLINC HER NEW | ADVISORS. MERMIE AND Му
TO THIS KIND
OF TREATMENT.
THE ONLY PROBLEM IS WE CAN'T NI Г HEY! IT SMELLS LIKE

FIND THE CITY’S TREASURE THAT S SNOW OUTSIPE.
TARSIL НР. ВИТ WE'LL HANE TO - - :
WE CAN’T RUN THE KINGDOM
WITHOUT IT.
WHAT PO IT’S COLD AN’ SMELLS BUT WE STILL HAVE TO GO

YOU MEAN? LIKE IT’S GONNA SNOW. TO GRAN’MA’S FARMHOUSE - ~
C/MON, WE ФОТТА АМР FONE BONE HASN'T
LEANE. Í DECIDED IF HE’S STAYING
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YOU KNOW, ROSE, YOU CAN OH, YOU"NE BOTH РОМЕ A WONDERFUL
STAY HERE. EUCLID AND I HAVE ЗОВ, WENPELL LUCIUS WOULD BE PROUD,
BEEN WORKING PRETTY HARD TO BUT ГР ИКЕ TO SPEND A LITTLE
REBUILD THIS PLACE, AND THE TIME AT THE OLD HOUSE BEFORE
NORTH BEDROOMS ARE THORN АМР I GO BACK TO
FINISHED. ATHEIA.
ME, ТОО! т BOY, YOU SHOULD SEE HE’S STILL

САУТ WAIT TO У: ALL THE CORN AND Р WORRIED WE’RE
SEE THE PLACE! /’/ GRAIN AN’ STUFF THE X Е GONNA ФЕТ
4 TOWNSFOLK GAVE US. SNOWED IN FOR
THE WINTER.
Barrel-
| нетen.
ЗА
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WHAT CAN ONE

SNOWFLAKE
HURT?
1316
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YOU GOT A OF COURSE МЕ РО BOY, IS THAT

/ TREE, THORN? SMILEY! BRINGING | A RELIEF!
AND МАМИ ЕЕ», YOU Фи AN EVERGREEN INTO NOW WE
YOU SEE THE F THE HOUSE ON THE HANE SOME-
TREE THAT SHORTEST, DARKEST WHERE TO
DAY OF WINTER PUT OUR
IS A VERY PRIZES?
OLD TRADITION!
1317
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THE TREE слани НЕУ, РНОМЕУ!

REPRESENTS РО WE CELEBRATE
CELEBRATE TH- NINTERK IN
SOLSTICE
BACK IN BONENILLE?? BUT FOR
BONEVILLE? DIFFERENT REASONS.
DIFFERENT REASONS ... ЖМ БЕР TO. NOW

DIFFERENT NAMES ... x GUEST SIT HERE
IT AL- COMES DOWN TO зр Ра
TH’ SAME THING - -
BUSINESS PICKS UP, INSIDE, LIKE РЕСАУІМ
AN” 2 MAKE A LOTTA Stove die LEAVES BENEATH
THE SNOW.
MONEY! HOLIDAY!
C'A ON” AS LONG AS

LET’S PLAY WE’RE GONNA
SOME MAKE MUSIC,
INSTRUMENTS! IT DON’T
MATTER TO
ME IF WE
CELEBRATE
FOR DIFFERENT
REASONS’
1318
Solstice
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AROUND HERE
SOMEWHERE,’
TASTE INSTANT,
М |воору DEATH, 7
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1319
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NOT THIS TIME, GUYS!

TODAY IS DIFFERENT?
EARTH,
FELLAS/
Саб RR
WHY QUESTION
IT?
IT’S JUST SOM
EAT YOUR
QUICHE.
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TIME'S UP, FONE BONE!

ARE YOU STAYIN’ OR COMIN’
WITH SMILEY AN’ МЕ?
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NOW, ГРОМТ WANT ТО SWAY YOU, Вит = WHAT? NO”

WHEN T ФЕТ HOME TO BONEVILLE, S =f I’M JUST SAYIN...
ТМ GOIN’ TO CORN POG HUT™. PIZZA-IN-A-CUP7)
Yum yuM
BONNEVILLE
DELICACIES?
ра
WELL, HERE, НЕЛА. IF HE STAYS HEY, GUYS.
ВЕ RICH AND HE”LL. NEVER X APPRECIATE EVERYONE’S
FAMOUS - - HELP, BUT ТМЕ ALREADY
IF HE RULES THE МАРЕ UP MY MIND. . .
KINGDOM, HE’LL HAVE
POWER!
1322
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ARE YOU SURE?

£ WANT ТО 20 I KNOW. £ MEAN, YOU HAVE A
BACK TO IT'S OKAY. WHOLE NEW LIFE NOW - -
BONENILLE. YOU'RE QUEEN, AN”
YOU'RE GONNA HAVE А
MILLION THINGS
YOU PON'T HANE TO ЕХРЬАМ, BESIDES, I KIND OF GUESSED YOU p

РОМЕ ВОМЕ. Т KNOW HOW WERE LEAVING WHEN YOU PACKED (|. —
MUCH YOU LONE YOUR YOUR BAG THIS MORNING. Ше
COUSIN
YOU KNOW WHATEVER

YOU DECIDE 15 OKAY
WITH ME.
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YOURE
LETIN OUR
STUFF СЕТ
FALLS IF YOU’RE NOT
CAREFUL
WATCH IT, WILL YA?

OUR SPECIAL
"SUPPLIES “ARE IN
THESE CHESTS’
STAY WHERE
YOU ARE’
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THINK YOU CAN |- -/ SORRY, MAN,

HANDLE IT FROM THE CART HIT
HERE? — A ROCK OR
SOMETHING.
HEY- - I JUST SAW

SOMETHING МОМЕ |
UNDER THE TREES,’ |,
PSST! 2067.
OUT THE SPEARS’
1325
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1326
River Crossing
HOW
MUCH
FARTHER?
THIS IS IT, BART? AN? NOT A MOMENT

WE’RE ON OUR WAY TOO SOON...
TO YOUR NEW
HOME,
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HATE TO RUN, YOU CRAZY CRACKERS, GOOD-BYE, ТАКЕ CARE OF

BUT ГУЕ GOT AN EMPIRE TO REBUILD! GRAN’MA BEN. YOURSELF,
HERO’S WELCOMES, TICKERTAPE THANK YOU FOR
PARADES - - THAT KIND OF EVERY THING.
TUFF!
и
ЧЕЛ РКАСОН ЧЕ TRAVEL АТ NIGHT, FONE BONE, KEEP THE
BY re VOU AROUND: А SUNSET ON YOUR LEFT, NORTH STAR ON
YOUR RIGHT. YOU'LL FIN? YOUR WAY.
AND
THANKS
FOR THE
HELP, KID.
Т PACKED YOU A LITTLE

BASKET OF BISCUITS AND HONEY.
I SAVED ІТ UNTIL NOW
BECAUSE ... I WAS HOPING
YOU'P CHANGE YOUR
IND.
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SO МИСН НАЗ СНАМФЕР SINCE ... BUT NOT EVERYTHING

THAT DAY WE MET AT THE CHANGES. REMEMBER ME WHEN
HOT SPRINGS, AND YOU WALKED YOU'RE BACK IN BONENILLE.
OUT OF THE WOODS WITH YOUR
HAT ON FIRE. . .
oh, FORGET
L -- -TLL
YOU,
NEVER
THORN.
COOP! Now Y DON’T WORRY ABOUT US,

YOU HAVE GRAN’MA! WE HAVE
PLENTY OF MORE SUPPLIES
SUPPLIES - - THAN YOU'LL
EVER IMAGINE!
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Y WE’ , VE GOT PLENTY OF THOSE HARD,

GOT FOUR TREASURE CHESTS PULL STUFFED BREAP-THINGIES? THERE
А ^ , s
OF THOSE HARD, STALE ALMOST WASN’T ROOM IN THE CART,

BREAD-THINGIES/ ВИТ GRAN’MA HELPED EMPTY OUT
THE TREASURE CHESTS - -
72
7
7 EMME? OUT
THE TREASURE?!
= ~ AND REFILLED THEM WITH DON’T FEEL BAD, PHONCIBLE. HERE,
ENOUGH BREAD-THINGIES TO LAST HANE SOME GOLP COINS - - THEY'RE
ALL THE WAY ACROSS THE THE ONES WITH YOUR FACE STAMPED ON
SERT” ТНЕМ. NO ONE AROUND HERE
WANTS “EM ANYWAY/
ANP ON THAT NOTE...

A FEW COINS?
I'M
RUINED. GIODIYUF
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GOOD-BYE!
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BETTER LEARN TO GIMME A GOLD

lisent LIKE “ЕМ. THEY'RE THE HAND МЕ COIN FIRST.
ONLY РООР ON ONE.
I DON'T ENEN
LIKE HARD,
STUFFED BREAD-
THINGIES.
OH, GIVE HIM

A GOLD COIN,
PHONEY.
WE’RE OUT IN
THE MIDDLE
OF THE
DESERT.
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Valley
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PRAYER
STONE HILL
Acknowledgments
I have many people to thank on a project that took this long to

complete, but first and foremost is Vijaya Iyer, my wife and part-
ner. Vijaya not only handled the nuts and bolts of printing, dis-
tributing, and licensing BONE all over the world, but more
importantly sustained a singular creative vision with me for over
twelve years. I could not have done it without her.
A complete list of everyone who has extended us a helping hand

would be impossible, but the following friends and organizations
have all gone above and beyond the call of duty. Some of these
friends I have known since childhood, others have passed on to
better places. Thank you, Charles Vess, Jim Kammerud, Bonnie &
Bill Smith, Randall Smith, Avaday & Krishna Iyer, Dan Root,
Mike Brooks, Jennifer Oliver, Colleen Doran, Paul Pope, Terry
Moore, Neil Gaiman, Bryan Talbot, Kathleen Glosan, Steve
Hamaker, Todd Blind, The Comics Journal, Frank Miller, Heidi
MacDonald, Lucy Caswell and The Ohio State University Cartoon
Research Library, The Lantern, Bob Chapman, Andreas Knigge,
Stan Sakai, Sergio Aragones, Larry Marder, Jim Valentino and the
Image boys, Scott McCloud, Chris Oarr, Greg Bennett, The Small
Press Expo, Don Thompson, Maggie Thompson and the crew at
The Comic Виуег 5 Guide, Linda Medley, Mark Crilley, Jill
Thompson, Alex Robinson, James Kochalka, Sparky & Jeanie
Schulz, Mark Cohen & Rosie McDaniels, Planet Studios, Dennis
Kitchen, Steve Weiner, Jules Feiffer, Alex Ross, The Museum of
Comics and Cartoon Art, Will Eisner, Art Spiegelman, Francoise
Mouly, Diana Schutz, RC Harvey, Wizard, Hogans Alley, The
National Cartoonists Society, Mike Russell, Harlan Ellison, Kyle
Baker, Mark Askwith, Liz Lewis, Mike Zarlenga, Wayne Markley,
David Reed, Bruce Peck, Marv Wolfman, Tom Sniegoski, Comic-
Con International, Randy Bowen, Comic Images, Craig Russell,
Garrett Chin, Jeff Mason, Evan Dorkin, Judd Winick, Justin
Chung, Shannon Wheeler, Tom Spurgeon, Mike Pawuk, Vince
Waldman, Craig Thompson, Bob Fingerman, Dean Haspiel, Josh
Neufeld, Carolyn Kelly, The Laughing Ogre, Diamond Comics
Distributors, and the much missed Hero Illustrated. Last, but not
least, the comic store retailers themselves, because they believe in
comics.
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Comicdom-Best Greek Edition of Foreign Harvey Award-Best Cartoonist
Comic Adamson (Sweden)-Best Comic Book
Premio Fumo Di China (Italy)-
2005 Best Cartoon Character
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Named One of the Ten Best Graphic Novels of All Time by TIME MAGAZINE

“I love BONE! BONE is great!” Май Groening, creator of The Simpsons

THE COMPLETE CARTOON EPIC IN ONE VOLUME

Bone: Quest for the Spark Book 2

Bone: Quest for the Spark Book 3 (Spring 2013

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Presented in black and white as originally published.

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Hardcover ISBN: 1-888963-17-4

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