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Review: Looney Tunes #255

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Review: Looney Tunes #255

[Editor’s Note: This review may contain spoilers]

Writer: Earl Kress, Robbie Busch, Scott Gross

Artist: Dave Alvarez, Scott Gross, Omar Aranda

Colors: David Tanguay

Letters: Gabriela Downie, Nick J. Nap, Travis Lanham

Reviewed by: Carl Bryan

Summary

Three Looney Tunes tales accompany this issue that celebrate racing…if you’re not first….well, you’re last!

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THE DEMON #9-15 MARCH - SEPTEMBER 1991 BY ALAN GRANT, VAL SEMEIKS, DENIS RODIER, BOB SMITH AND ROBBIE BUSCH

SYNOPSIS (FROM DC DATABASE)

Signs of a foreboding evil brings the Phantom Stranger to Arkham, to try and assuage the mind of Tenzin Wyatt. Wyatt manifests a tulpa of rage which converges on Jason Blood's home, as does Klarion, both seeking retribution. Blood however, has already left for Nepal to find himself.

Jason Blood meditates on his past at the Temple of the Green Dragon Society, who have their own apocalyptic agenda. The Phantom Stranger, aware of doomsday portents, attempts to convince Blood to return to Gotham City. When Blood refuses, Stranger tries to appeal to his enraged other half instead. Back in Gotham, Klarion has enlisted the help of Harry in his plans for vengeance against Etrigan.

Klarion inducts two members into his "gang" to help him exact his revenge on Etrigan. Jason Blood continues to meditate on his ambiguous past, while the Green Dragon Society welcomes a celestial visitor to Earth as the prophetic, "Destroyer."

Lobo flies through the skies on his spacehog, very peeved that he was transported to earth against his will. Unfortunately, two fighter jets come across Lobo in military airspace, and they don't make thing any easier for the Czarnian. They fire on him, blowing him out of the sky. He's thrown from his hog by the explosion from the missiles, but isn unharmed. Lobo calls his hog and it catches him, and he turns around and faces the jets. They try to attack again, but he shoots them both out of the air. He leaves the scene, and comes the Temple of the Green Dragon Society. The Green Dragon Society welcomes him, calling him the 'destroyer'.

Meanwhile, Klarion, Harry Matthews, Tenzin Wyatt, and C'th enter a local bar in Gotham City, scaring everyone away. Klarion forges a new Rod of Power for C'th, who accepts it. The villain explains his origins, where he came from, how he was a king, and how he lost everything.

Meanwhile, the Green Dragon Society explains why they summoned Lobo, and how they did it. He asks to see the leader, Guru Chud, but one of the members says that it will be useless. Lobo, annoyed, belts the man, and the others take him to their leader. They find their leader, who is quite dead. Lobo picks him up, and recognizes him. They ask how he could know Chud, since he isn't from earth, and Lobo reveals the sad truth to them. That Guru Chud was an Antarean, not human, and that he was one of the best religious conmen ever. They tell Lobo how Chud told them that Lobo would come and 'purify' the earth, destroying it. Deciding that he already doesn't like earth anyway, and that it would be a fitting memorial to Chud, he decides to do it. They tell him that the best way would be to drop an atom bomb on a major fault line, and Lobo agrees. Jason Blood eavesdrops from around the corner, and realizes that they're talking about destroying the world. He confronts Lobo, and tells the bounty hunter that he can't let him do it. Jason calls them all insane, and Lobo gets annoyed, and punches Jason once, knocking him out.

Jason gets up, and remembering that there is piezo-electricity everywhere, he taps into it, and blasts Lobo in the back. Lobo turns on him, and grips Jason's face in his hand, until Jason falls unconscious. Before he goes under, he recites the poem, and disappears, standing in his place is the demon Etrigan. Etrigan blasts hellfire into Lobo's face, and begins rejoicing over his freedom. Lobo, angry and confused, gets up, but Etrigan belts him in the face. Lobo takes out his hook and chain, and smacks Etrigan with it. Lobo swings it again, this time at Etrigan's feet, but the demon leaps into the air, and avoids the blow. He blasts Lobo into the wall, and pours it on, not letting up for a moment. Etrigan stops, and Lobo falls to the floor. He hits Lobo in the back of head, letting him fall to the floor again. He then liquifies the floor under Lobo, and solidifies it again, trapping Lobo in the floor, so that only his head is visible. Meanwhile, Mark Phillips climbs to the top of one of the mountains near the temple, and he firmly plants an American flag there.

Etrigan laughs at Lobo, and pinches the Czarnian's nose. Lobo's space hog flies in, and blows open the floor, freeing Lobo. Etrigan jumps onto the vehicle and flies off, where he careens through the mountaintop, annihilating Mark, the flag, and the top of the mountain. Lobo recalls his bike, and it turns, throwing Etrigan off. Etrigan grabs the end and hangs on, but slams into an oncoming rock.

Lobo stands triumphantly over the limp, unconscious form of Etrigan declaring that he's the unbeaten champion of the known universe. He turns to leave and starts mounting his spacehog muttering about his plans to blow up earth. Etrigan gets up, and furiously slams into Lobo's back. The two fly off of the temple, and plummet towards the snow covered ground below. Lobo starts insulting Etrigan, and receives a fist to his face. They finally hit the side of mountain, and continue rolling and bouncing before finally coming to a halt at the bottom. As the Green Dragon Society watches from the balcony of heir temple, Lobo's head pops out of the snow, but is quickly pulled back under by Etrigan.

In Gotham City, Glenda Mark and Randu Singh sit inside Glenda's apartment trying to figure out where Jason Blood is, and what his motives are for shunning his friends. They are both surprised by a visit from Klarion, Harry Matthews, C'th, and Tenzin Wyatt. Klarion threatens that unless Randu tells them where Etrigan is, Teekl will hurt Glenda. Randu senses Etrigan's presence, but swears that he doesn't know where the demon is. Accepting this, the witch-boy and the others leave Teekl with Glenda and Randu, letting them know that they'll try again later.

Meanwhile, the Green Dragon Society enjoy the show, watching Etrigan and Lobo brutalize each other. Etrigan punches Lobo into the air, where he flies up to eye-level with the men on the balcony. He falls back down, and does the same to Etrigan. The demon knocks Lobo back across the snowy plain, but the bounty hunter refuses to submit. He kicks Etrigan in the face, drawing blood. Etrigan angrily punches Lobo back down into the snow, and the annoyed Czarnian wonders where the demon's weak spot is. The two continue beating on each other, each punching the other in the face repeatedly. Both finally knock each other down, and they lie in the snow, exhausted. Lobo asks if Etrigan wants to take five, and Etrigan asks if he's yielding. Lobo rebuffs this, but says that he has a job to do, and once he finishes it, then they can fight more later. Lobo tells the demon of his plan to drop the atom bomb on the fault line in Meggido, and Etrigan agrees to help.

Randu contacts Etrigan again, and recalls him to Gotham. Lobo takes this to mean that Etrigan knows where they can find an atom bomb in the city, so he happily follows the demon's lead. Back in Gotham, Klarion steals a vehicle form the Spott Family, and he, his gang, Glenda and Randu all pile in. Etrigan and Lobo ride Lobo's space hog back to Gotham, and Lobo asks if destroying the earth will inconvenience Etrigan, since he lives there. Etrigan replies that his home is Hell, and he says that he doesn't know what'll happen to it if earth dies, but he does know that they all deserve it, and that if they're going to die, it might as we'll be by his hand. Lobo says that he likes Etrigan, and the demon's rhymes. He tries rhyming, but Etrigan tells him to keep practicing.

Meanwhile, Klarion drives the Spott bus to a nearby military base, and inside the bus, C'th tells Harry and Glenda that they will belong to him once they defeat Etrigan. The bus crashes through the gates of the base, and soldiers begin firing on it. Etrigan and Lobo arrive in Gotham and head to the military base as well, both planning on double-crossing each other when the time comes. Klarion stops the bus, and gets out. He hypnotizes the leading general, and makes him believe that Klarion is his nephew. The general has his men lay down their arms, and they get everyone else out of the bus. Etrigan and Lobo attack the base, and Etrigan leaps off of the bike, and lands on an incoming missile, using a spell on it and changing its direction. He directs it at the base, and jumps off, back onto Lobo's bike, and the missile hits the tanks and guns firing at them, exploding all of it.

The two find the nuclear hangar, and Etrigan allows Lobo to go in first. Lobo goes in, and Etrigan kicks Lobo in the butt, sending him flying into the hangar. He closet door and locks Lobo inside, and leaves. No sooner has Lobo gotten off of the floor, then Klarion's rage tulpa leaps out of the shadows and attacks him. He kicks it off of him, and Klarion and C'th realize that he isn't Etrigan. Realizing that his rod needs to be fed, C'th decides to kill Lobo anyway, blasting him in the chest with it.

Lobo belts C'th for blasting him with his Rod of Power, declaring that "No one puts the frazzle on the Main Man". He jumps at C'th again, but is stopped by a blast in the back from Klarion. Klarion tries to hypnotize Lobo, who acts like it worked. They leave, and he ducks around another corner, easily losing them. Meanwhile, Etrigan finds the h-bomb room, and is delighted by the thought that he'll steal the bomb while Lobo deals with Klarion and the others. However, he is abruptly pulled from his thoughts by Klarion's Rage Tupla, which brutally attacks Etrigan from behind. One of General Whitehead's troops reports unauthorized entry in the missile silo, but Whitehead, still under Klarion's spell, doesn't do anything. In the Spott bus, Randu senses that Etrigan is near, and he also senses the Rage Tupla, and he realizes that the two are fighting. Glenda asks if there's any way to snap Tenzin Waytt, who is also in the bus with them out of his catatonic state, and Harry replies that he goes crazy when you mention Etrigan, but that's it. Tension suddenly grows angry, and another Rage Tupla forms from his anger and it bursts out of the bus and heads into the base.

Etrigan continues his battle with the rage Tulpa in the missile silo, and Etrigan pushes the tulpa backwards where he is impaled on several missiles. Etrigan burns the tulpa's corpse, killing it, and the tulpa's body turns to dust. C'th and Klarion find Etrigan, and the demon proves to be no match for their combined might. Etrigan tears a control panel out of the floor and throws it at C'th, and it hits the lizard man squarely in the stomach. Etrigan picks Klarion up by the hair, but the boy blasts him in the eyes, temporarily blinding him. The second Rage Tupla barges through the doorway, and it too attacks Etrigan. Meanwhile, Lobo finds an unconscious guard, and he picks up the man's walkman. I Am the Law by Anthrax is playing, and Lobo decides that he likes it. He continues listening as he walks down the hall, and he sees the shadow of Teekl's human female form. Lobo finds her dancing, and he dances with her. suddenly, she cuts him in the back with her claws, and he beats her down.

In the silo, the tulpa continues pounding on Etrigan, who finally musters the strength to punch it off of him. C'th and Klarion both begin blasting Etrigan again, and they finally succeed in knocking the demon out cold. He comes to, but the tulpa holds him firmly while Klarion recites the poem to imprison Etrigan again. It works, and Jason Blood appears in the demon's place. Elsewhere, Teekl reverts back to her cat form, and Lobo hurls her against the wall, sending her unconscious. Lobo finds the doors to another missile silo, and he blows them open. He finds the Phantom Stranger inside, and the Stranger pleads with Lobo to reconsider his decision to blow up the earth. Lobo grabs a bomb and loads it on one of the carrier jeeps, and leaves. Meanwhile, Klarion has Jason tied to the pipes on the wall, where he's been torturing Blood. C'th notes that he's kept his part of the bargain, and now Klarion will keep his. C'th leaves, and Klarion sends the Rage Tulpa away.

C'th goes outside, and takes Glenda from the bus, throwing her over his shoulder and walking off to a more secluded part of the base. Lobo sees this, butt thinks that if he rescues her, she'll probably turn into another vampire or something. However, he notices that C'th is capturing her, and he attacked Lobo earlier, and the Czarnian also notes Glenda's butt. Taking both things into consideration, he decides to help her. C'th starts coming on to Glenda, but Lobo slams C'th into one of the tanks, and then he drags him over to one of the other tanks, where he jams the villain's head into the barrel of next tank's gun. Lobo fires the tank's gun, successfully blowing C'th's head off, killing him. He returns to look for Glenda, but finds that she's gone. Randu and Harry leave the bus, and Glenda races through the halls of the base, searching for Jason.

She finds Klarion torturing him with his spells, and she beats Klarion over the head with a piece of metal debris. She hugs Jason's limp form, and begs Jason not to die.

Glenda Mark stands before the tortured, bleeding, and unconscious form of Jason Blood tied to the wall of the missile room. She kisses Jason and confesses her love for him, but he his unconscious ears hear none of it. Realizing that there in only one way to save Jason, Glenda begrudgingly recites the poem needed to release the Demon Etrigan. Etrigan easily breaks out of his bonds, and kisses Glenda as thanks for releasing him. Glenda pushes Etrigan away, disgusted with him, but Etrigan only laughs.

The Demon remembers the situation, after they defeated Klarion's gang, Lobo drove off with an h-bomb, headed for Meggido, Israel. Etrigan lists off the vile things he'll do to Lobo before dropping the bomb himself, and teleports away in search of Lobo, leaving Glenda with the unconscious form of Klarion. But just then, Randu, Harry, and the Phantom Stranger arrive. The three see Klarion's body, and Glenda explains that she had to attack him to save Jason. Glenda gives them the skinny on the bomb, and Phantom Stranger reveals to them how the bomb is so powerful, and how it will effect earth.

Meanwhile, Lobo speeds through the skies on his space hog, with the bomb in tow. Etrigan teleports, and lands on top of Lobo. As the space hog spirals out of control, the two begin grappling while falling through the air. Back at the base, the Stranger explains that every 26,000 years, earth completes its orbit, but halfway through the cycle, the earth vibrates at a higher frequency then normal. He says that Lobo will drop the bomb on a fault line in Meggido essentially destroying the planet. None of them see the recovered Klarion sneak away to another part of the facility. Klarion finds Teekl's mangled body, but the cat wakes up and heals, returning to normal. Elsewhere, Etrigan and Lobo continue to duke it out in the air while plummeting towards Meggido rather quickly. Lobo finally manages to throw Etrigan off of his hog, and dives off of it, falling after Etrigan. Meanwhile, the Stranger explains that the bomb will be more than enough to cause a massive earthquake, which will cause a chain reaction, resulting in the earth's destruction. Back at the base, Klarion and Teekl wander around outside, and find C'th's power rod. They use it against several soldiers that find them.

Back at Meggido, Etrigan and Lobo fight with each other as they approach the ground. Nearby military bases see them, and begin firing at them as they fall. Stray bullets from the army's guns snap the ropes holding the bomb to Lobo's hog. As the pair fight, they see the bomb fall past them. Meanwhile, the Stranger finishes his account of what will happen to the earth if the bomb does blow up on Meggido. Randu suddenly gets a pain in his head, and it alerts him to the spell that Klarion is casting on Etrigan and Lobo outside. Phantom Stranger tells Harry to throw his magic in with Klarion's. Puzzled, Harry agrees, and begins using his magic along with Klarion. In Meggido, Lobo decides to leave, and his hog catches him out of the air. Etrigan does the same, and teleports himself away. But before either of them can leave the scene, they both notice Klarion's magic beginning to take effect. The magic works, and a shield is created around Meggido. Inside the shield, the bomb explodes. Lobo and Etrigan are both blasted in separate directions and Lobo is throw safely back into space. With the bomb safely contained, and no innocent lives lost, the throwback at the base wait to see if it worked. After a moment, the Stranger informs them that it worked. As they begin to celebrate, Glenda remembers that Jason, or rather, Etrigan, was in the vicinity of the blast. The Stranger tells her that even power of the Demon could not have survived without diminished or unaltered. The Stranger tells her that though she may have lost Jason, his sacrifice for the world will be remembered. With that, he leaves.

The military raid the base later,only o find the comatose Tenzin Wyatt. Klarion and Teekl drive back to Gotham City, but Teekl teleports them to a theme park. At the temple of the Green Dragon Society, the other members throw Guru Chud's corpse off of their mountain, and they promptly disband the Green Dragon Society and leave.

REVIEW

It is a bit strange to read Alan Grant during your childhood and discovering these comics when you are already an adult. It’s like the guy had two very different sides (or perhaps I should re-read those Batman comics again). In any case, you add up Lobo to the mix and this has to be FUN.

Lobo usually has problems fitting other comics. When he does, he suddenly loses a part of himself, here he fits perfectly (maybe because Grant is already familiar with writing him).

Semeiks draws a beautiful Etrigan as well (and his Lobo looks like the real thing).

I give this story a score of 8

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