Christopher - Transcript of Lady Satan
Feb 4, 2016 22:28:02 GMT -8
Post by Thy Dungyeon Maestyr on Feb 4, 2016 22:28:02 GMT -8
Lady Satan is an old comic character who only ever appeared in a few anthologies, even being redrawn and renamed for prints that tried to eliminate her eebil moniker. I transcribed the scripts of every Lady Satan comic from its original form, only fixing a few spelling errors along the way. I was not easily able to find out who originally wrote or drew any of it. EDIT- I found she was drawn at least in part by someone named George Tuska, but not sure on the writing yet. Was created under the publisher Harry "A" Chesler.
I made this for my own foolish purposes, but I leave it here for anyone else who can think of a use. I ran all of the stories together into one file, numbering panels without restarting for each. If you want to find the beginning of a story, Ctrl-F for "TITLE."
PANEL 001
LS TAKING OFF HER MASK, HOLDING KNIFE, CHILLING WITH MONOCLE NAZI WHO IS WINE DRINKING
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INTERTITLE: A STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN DEDICATES HER LIFE TO FERRET OUT THE SECRETS OF THE ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY AND TO TURN THESE SECRETS OVER TO THE NATIONS ENGAGED IN A DEATH STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY AGLOW. THIS WEIRD, SWIFT STRIKING CHARACTER IS KNOWN AS...... LADY SATAN.
P 002
LADY SATAN AND HUBBY ON BOAT, SEE PLANES IN SKY
HUBBY: WE'LL BE MARRIED AS SOON AS WE LAND IN NEW YORK. SAY... WHAT'S....
LS: LOOK.... BOMBERS!
P 003
BOMBERS BOMB THE BOAT, HIGH ANGLE
P 004
LS DRIFTING ON DEBRIS, BOAT IN BG, SHE CRIES AND LOOKS TURA-ESQUE
INT: AS A RESCUE SHIP APPROACHES, A HARSH BITTER VOW LEAVES THE GIRL'S LIPS.
LS: ALL I EVER LOVED DESTROYED BY THOSE TYRANTS. I SWEAR HENCEFORTH TO DEVOTE MY LIFE TO THEIR DESTRUCTION. MY ENEMIES WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF LADY SATAN.
PAGE BREAK
P 005
MASKED LS CHILLS AT CAFE WITH MONOCLE NAZI, PASSING HOODED LADY GIVES HER FLOWERS
MN: PERHAPS MADAME SATAN WILL SOME DAY SHOW ME HER FACE... AND TELL ME HER TRUE NAME?
LS: PERHAPS, BUT NOW BUY ME FLOWERS!
HOODED LADY: THESE ROSES WILL MATCH MADAME'S MASK!
INT: WEEKS LATER, A MASKED, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN SITS IN A CAFE IN GERMAN OCCUPIED PARIS.
P 006
MN SLAPS HOOD WHILE LS TAKES THE FLOWERS
MN: MADAME WILL CHOOSE HER OWN AND IT WILL NOT BE THE COLOR OF BLOOD!
HOOD: FORGIVE ME!
LS: BUT I WILL TAKE THESE.
P 007
CU OF HER HANDS PULLING NOTE FROM FLOWERS
INT: SWIFTLY, THE LADY OF MYSTERY REMOVES A CAREFULLY CONCEALED NOTE FROM THE FLOWERS.
P 008
NIGHT LIGHTS BEHIND THEM AND MN DISTRACTED, SHE READS THE NOTE BEHIND THE TABLE
LS THOUGHT: AND FRITZ IS THE MAN TO LEAD ME TO THEM!
NOTE DESCRIBED: ENGLAND MUST HAVE PLANS OF NAZI SUB-DETECTOR -X9.
INT: AS HER ESCORT LOOKS AWAY, SHE HASTILY SCANS ITS CONTENTS.
P 009
A SERVANT TAKES HER CHAIR AS SHE RISES
LS: YOU HAVE PROMISED TO SHOW ME THE CAMP, WHY NOT NOW?
MN: IT'S AGAINST REGULATIONS... BUT WHO CAN RESIST YOUR REQUEST! COME, WE SHALL GO!
P 010
CAR ON TREE-LINED DIRT ROAD, MN DRIVES LS
MN: WE ARE NEARING THE CAMP, MADAME!
P 011
BAYONET NAZI GREETS THEM
BN: GENERAL SCHULTZ' ORDER, REPORT IMMEDIATELY FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT!
MN: EXCUSE ME, MADAME. I WON'T BE LONG!
LS: CERTAINLY, FRITZ, I'LL WAIT!
P 012
SHE'S SPYING HIM IN DISTANCE
LS: THERE GOES FRITZ IN THAT SHACK... I MUST KNOW WHY!
PB
P 013
GENERAL S GIVES MN PAPER ORDERS WHILE LS WATCHES FROM WINDOW OUTSIDE
INT: UNSEEN, MADAME SATAN OVERHEARS THE ORDER.
GS: YOU WILL FLY THE SUBMARINE DETECTOR PLANS TO BERLIN IMMEDIATELY, CAPTAIN. DELIVER THEM TO THE HOTEL DRESDEN.
MN: YES, GENERAL!
P 014
BAYONET NAZI AND PAL SEE HER SPYING, MAKING A LIE OF THE LAST INTERTITLE
BN: HIMMEL... SHE'S SPYING ON THE GENERAL!
NAZI 2: QUICK, WE MUST SEIZE HER!
P 015
THEY ACCOST HER
LS: HOW DARE YOU TREAT A LADY IN THIS MANNER?
BN: YOU WILL COME WITH US!
P 016
THEY'VE BROUGHT HER IN TO SEE THE GENERAL, MONOCLE ISN'T AROUND
GS: WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?
BN: SHE WAS LISTENING TO YOU DIRECT WHERE THE PLANS WERE TO BE DELIVERED, GENERAL.
P 017
GENERAL LOOKS UGLY
GS: YOU MUST BE AN UGLY WOMAN TO KEEP YOUR FACE COVERED. BUT I'LL REMEDY THAT! TAKE HER TO THE FIRING SQUAD!
P 018
SHE IS AGAINST A WALL WITH GUNS AROUND, CAPTAIN A FEW PACES AWAY DIRECTS THE ACTION
CAP: AIM!
LS: ONE MOMENT.. PERHAPS THE CAPTAIN WILL PERMIT ME TO WHISPER ONE LAST MESSAGE IN HIS EAR BEFORE MY MOUTH IS CLOSED FOREVER?
P 019
CAP ARMS AKIMBO SMILING
CAP: WHO COULD RESIST A FINAL REQUEST EVEN FROM A MYSTERY WOMAN. SHOULDER ARMS!
P 020
SHE GESTURES AWAY AS SHE TALKS WITH HIM
CAP: I WILL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE, MADAME!
LS: THAT IS ALL I REQUIRE, LOOK!
PB
P 021
CU OF HER HAND JACKING A GUN
LS: THE CAPTAIN IS EASILY FOOLED!
P 022
SHE SECRETLY HAS THE GUN AT HIS BACK
CAP: SQUAD DISMISSED! I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY THE EXECUTION!
LS: YOU HAVE ACTED WISELY, CAPTAIN!
P 023
NAZIS CHAT WHILE SHE GOES AWAY WITH CAP
NAZI 1: FIRST WE DO, THEN WE DON'T, I DON'T GET IT!
NAZI 2: WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION THE COMMANDS OF AN OFFICER.
P 024
LS AND CAP APPROACH A PLANE
LS: I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PLANE FOR A RIDE - REMEMBER AS LONG AS THE PLANE IS ON THE GROUND- I CAN STILL PUT A BULLET INTO YOU!
CAP: SATAN- YOU HAVE BEEN RIGHTLY NAMED, LADY!
P 025
PLANE FLYING
P 026
MORE PLANES TAKING OFF FOR PURSUIT
INT: BUT AS HER PLANE STREAKS OFF, THE ALARM HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN.
P 027
SHE LOOKS OUT HER WINDOW AT THE APPROACHING NAZIS
LS: I'LL ANSWER THE INVITATION TO DEATH...BUT NOT WITH BULLETS!
P 028
PLANES MANEUVERING IN THE AIR
INT: INSTANTLY, THE FEARLESS LADY SATAN PUTS HER DEVILISH PLAN IN MOTION.
NAZI IN PLANE: SHE'S GONE MAD.. SHE'S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR US!
P 029
PLANES EXPLODING IN AIR
PB
P 030
SHE'S PARACHUTING PAST THE SMOKE TRAIL OF PLUMMETING PLANES
LS: FOOLS- THEY FORGOT THAT I'D GET OUT BEFORE THE CRASH!
P 031
ANOTHER PLANE HAS SPOTTED HER AND MOVES IN FOR THE KILL
INT: BUT IN THE EXCITEMENT, THE SHREWD WOMAN OF MYSTERY OVERLOOKS A DANGEROUS MENACE.
P 032
SHE'S FALLING WITH HER PARACHUTE ON FIRE
LS: HEAVENS... I'M NOT AS LUCKY AS I THOUGHT!
P 033
SHE FALLS FASTER WITH THE PARACHUTE ALMOST GONE
INT: AS THE FLAMES CONSUME THE CUTE, LADY SATAN HURTLES DOWN.
P 034
SHE SPLASHES INTO THE WATER AND TWO NAZIS LOOK ON FROM A PLANE
NAZI 1: THAT FALL HAS SURELY KILLED HER. GOOD RIDDANCE TO THAT FEMALE DEVIL!
NAZI 2: AT LAST WE CAN REPORT THE DEATH OF LADY SATAN!
P 035
SHE'S CRAWLING ONTO THE RIVER BANK
INT: BUT THE FEARLESS ENEMY OF DICTATORSHIP IS NOT DEAD, BUT BADLY STUNNED.
P 036
DUDES DRIVING DOWN ROAD SEE HER CRAWLING AT THE SIDE
PASSENGER SIDE: LOOK! SOMEONE'S IN TROUBLE!
P 037
THEY ARE NAZIS AND ARE CHECKING HER OUT
NAZI 1: MASKED... WONDER WHO SHE IS?
NAZI 2: GET HER IN THE CAR AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HER FACE!
P 038
SHE BUSTS A MOVE TO JACK THEIR RIDE
LS: GOODBYE, MY DULL WITTED FRIENDS!
NAZI 2: WHAT TH--!
PB
P 039
VIEW OF A REAR WHEEL BURNING RUBBER, NAZIS SHOOTING AT HER BEHIND
LS: THIS IS FUN, IF I DON'T GET SHOT!
NAZI 1: KILL HER!
P 040
SHE'S DRIVING DOWN A STREET, A SIGN READS "R-9 BERLIN"
THIS IS THE HOTEL CENTER... I SHOULD FIND THE DRESDEN HERE SOMEWHERE!
P 041
SHE PULLS UP OUTSIDE THE HOTEL, SIGN READING "HOTEL DRESDEN"
LS: THERE IT IS... AND WELL GUARDED. I'LL HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO ....
P 042
A MEETING OF NAZI BROS, SMOKING ONE HOLDING THE PLANS
SMOKING NAZI: LUCKY, WE HAD YOU BRING THE PLANS, CAPTAIN FRITZ... OR THAT LADY SATAN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AT THEM SOMEHOW!
STANDING NAZI: ...AND JUST REPORTED DEAD!
CAPTAIN FRITZ / MONOCLE NAZI: LADY SATAN, A SPY... DEAD... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
P 043
HER SHADOW APPEARS ON THE WALL HOLDING A WEIRD GUN AND THEY FREAK
LS: GENTLEMEN, I AM NOT VERY DEAD!
SMO: WHAT TH--!
MN: IT'S HER!
P 044
THEY CHARGE HER, ONE GOING FOR A GUN INSTEAD, AND SHE READIES
STA: SEIZE THE SHE DEVIL!
LS: THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT... HERE GOES!
SMO: KILL HER!
P 045
SHE SPRAYS THEM WITH POISON GAS FROM HER GUN
LS: A DOSE OF CHLORINE WON'T HURT THEM!
P 046
NAZIS FLAIL IN THE GAS CLOUD WHILE SHE REACHES FOR THE DESK
LS: NOW FOR THE PLANS!
NAZI: UGGGH!
NAZI: HELP!
NAZI: AAGGH!
P 047
SHE HAS THE PLANS AND IS HUSTLING AWAY
LS: HERE THEY ARE! NOW TO GET OUT ....
OFF PANEL VOICE: NOT SO FAST LADY SATAN!
PB
P 048
MONOCLE POINTS A GUN AT HER
MN: TRICKED ME INTO LEADING YOU TO THE PLANS... THE GAS IS GETTING ME, MADAME, BUT BEFORE IT DOES, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! DIE YOU....
P 049
SHE THROWS THE CHLORINE GUN AT HIS HEAD, NAILING HIM
LS: YOU'RE A BLUNDERING FOOL, FRITZ!
MN: YOU.... AAGGGH!
P 050
SHE LOOKS OUT A WINDOW
LS: NOW I'VE GOT TO GET THESE PLANS TO ENGLAND!
P 051
PLANES FLY OVER A STRETCH OF DIRT ROAD
INT: THE FOLLOWING DAY, A SQUADRON OF R.A.F. DAYLIGHT RAIDERS PASS OVER A DESERTED SPOT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN.
RAF GUY IN PLANE: SOMEBODY'S SIGNALING TO US... DIVE, CAPTAIN ...WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS!
P 052
SHE RUNS TO GET CLOSE TO THE PLANE, NOW LOW TO THE GROUND
LS: WHAT LUCK... THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!
P 053
SHE IS SOMEHOW CLINGING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE AS IT FLIES AWAY, LEGS KICKING
LS: YIPEEE! I'VE MADE IT!
P 054
SHE COMES UP BEHIND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT, ALL SMILING
LS: MIND IF I HITCH A RIDE BACK HOME, BOYS?
RAF GUY: HEY, IT'S LADY SATAN. BOY, THE MINISTRY WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU!
P 055
A MILITARY SUIT SHAKES HER HAND
MAJOR BRITISH: YOUR BRINGING THE PLANS WILL ENABLE US TO BREAK THE U-BOAT BLOCKADE. BRITAIN OWES YOU MUCH, LADY SATAN.
LS: NO, MAJOR... MY COMPENSATION IS THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY OVER TYRANNY!
P 056
ART PANEL WITH LS FACE INSIDE A ROUND FRAME WITH TEXT INSCRIBED, RED WHITE AND BLUE STRIPES RADIATE
INSCRIPTION: LADY SATAN - APPEARS IN DYNAMIC COMICS
PB
P 057
NEARLY FULL PAGE PANEL WITH TITLE, SHE HOLDS A SMOKING GUN OVER TWO SHOT NAZIS, THE SMOKE GOES THROUGH THE SOCKETS OF A GIANT SKULL AND BALLOONS TO CONTAIN THE INTERTITLE
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: AN INSIDE STORY THAT MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN TOLD. A SCHEME HATCHED IN THE WARPED BRAIN OF EUROPE'S MAD DICTATOR TO LOP THE HEADS OFF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS IN ONE SWIFT STROKE AND TO LEAVE A BLEEDING WORLD HELPLESS AT HIS FEET. A SCHEME SO FANTASTIC THAT IT COULD NOT FAIL... BUT IT DID! THROUGH THE CUNNING AND COURAGE OF THE DARING LADY SATAN.
P 058
EXT SHOT OF BUILDING WITH CAR PARKED IN FRONT, PEOPLE TALK WITHIN
INT: THE MYSTERIOUS LADY SATAN ARRIVES IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED PARIS.
LS INSIDE BUILDING: YOU WILL CALL FOR ME AT NINE TO-NIGHT, KURT.
OTHER VOICE INSIDE: YES, LADY SATAN.
P 059
INTERIOR NOW, A BABY-HOLDING LADY NOW BESEECHES LS FOR ALMS, LS IS FORGOING THE MASK ON THIS JOB
LADY: LADY, LADY PLEASE SPARE ME A FEW PENNIES, MY BABY IS SICK.
LS: MY BABY IS SICK... FRANCE IS SICK... THE PASSWORD. CERTAINLY, MY FRIEND... I WILL TRY TO HELP THE BABY. LET ME LOOK AT HER.
PB
P 060
LS AND LADY GOTTA BE DISCREET BECAUSE NAZIS LURK
LADY: A MOMENTOUS MEETING IS TO TAKE PLACE. FIND OUT IF IT IS KNOWN BY THE LEADERS OF GERMANY.
LS: THE ORDER WILL BE OBEYED. HERE IS SOME MONEY. TAKE YOUR BABY TO A DOCTOR, IMMEDIATELY.
INT: ONLY A BRIEF SECOND IS REQUIRED FOR VITAL INFORMATION TO BE PASSED.
P 061
LS IS HANGING WITH HER DATE IN HER APARTMENT
LS: YOU ARE LATE, KURT, SELDOM DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY ESCORT.
KT: A THOUSAND PARDONS, LADY SATAN, IT WAS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HIGH COMMAND WHICH DELAYED ME.
INT: A FEW HOURS LATER, LADY SATAN GREETS HER ESCORT IN HER APARTMENT.
P 062
KURT HANDS LS SOME TICKETS
KT: AND I MUST RETURN TO THE MEETING IMMEDIATELY. HERE ARE THE TICKETS FOR THE OPERA. I WILL MEET YOU IN THE LOBBY AFTER THE PERFORMANCE.
LS: AGAIN, YOU PUT YOUR HIGH COMMAND ABOVE OUR APPOINTMENT. THE MEETING MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT... OR PERHAPS THERE IS SOME OTHER GIRL?
P 063
KURT IS UPSET
KT: NO! NO! BELIEVE ME. WE HAVE FOUND OUT SOMETHING. THERE WILL BE A MEETING AT SEA OF THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS. WE ARE PLANNING TO DESTROY THEM WITH ONE STROKE, OHH, I HAVE BETRAYED MY SECRET...
P 064
LS IS DISMISSIVE, KURT KEEPS FUMBLING
LS: BAH! SUCH THINGS ARE CHILDISH PRATTLE. LET THE WORLD FIGHT AND HATE... BUT TO ME THERE IS NOTHING, BUT FRIENDSHIP.
KT: I WAS HOPING THE WORD FRIENDSHIP WOULD BE...
P 065
KURT IS LEAVING, LS HANGS BACK IN ROOM 13
LS: AFTER THE OPERA, THEN.
KT: I WILL BE THERE. ONLY MY COUNTRY MEANS MORE TO ME THAN YOU.
P 066
SHE HAS A HOODED CAPE, A MASK, AND A GUN NOW
LS: THERE IS LITTLE TIME, BUT I MUST ATTEND THAT MEETING.
P 067
SHE HUSTLES ALONG IN SHADOWS
INT: WITH A BLACK HATRED IN HER HEART FOR ALL OPPRESSORS, LADY SATAN HURRIES TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
P 068
HER SHADOWY FIGURE LURKS WHILE NAZIS TALK SHOP
KT: WE MUST HURRY AND NOT KEEP OUR SUPERIORS WAITING.
NAZI 2: IT IS IMPORTANT AND MOST SECRET.
INT: AS THE OFFICERS GATHER AT THE HALL, A DARK AND SHAPELESS FORM LURKS IN THE SHADOWS.
PB
P 069
LS CLIMBS A TREE
INT: SWIFTLY, THE CLOAKED FIGURE CLIMBS THE HANGING IVY.
P 070
HER SHADOW LURKS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF AN OBLIVIOUS NAZI
LS: I MUST LEARN THEIR SECRET. THE FATE OF NATIONS MAY DEPEND ON ME.
P 071
LS LOOPS A GARROTE AROUND THE NAZI'S NECK
LS: THIS IS THE MOST SILENT WEAPON.
P 072
LS GARROTES THE NAZI
NAZI: AAAAGGGHH!
P 073
THREE NAZIS COME INTO THE ROOM AND LS LURKS BEHIND THE DOOR
KT: WE ARE ON TIME, THE HIGH COMMAND HAS NOT YET ARRIVED.
NAZI 2: I STATIONED A GUARD HERE. HE WILL BE SHOT FOR NEGLECTING HIS POST!
P 074
A BIGGER NAZI COMES IN AND THE THREE SNAP TO
BIG NAZI: GENTLEMEN... THE MEETING WILL BE SHORT. I AM ABOUT TO REQUEST ONE OF YOU TO MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC.
P 075
BN IS LOOKING HAUGHTY
BN: WE REQUEST ONE OF YOU TO VOLUNTEER TO DISGUISE HIMSELF AS THE HEAD OF THE FREE FRENCH FORCES AND ATTEND THAT MEETING, AND... YOU UNDERSTAND, GENTLEMEN... YOU CANNOT HOPE TO RETURN AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR TASK.
P 076
KURT RESPONDS TO HIM
KT: WHEN MY COUNTRY CALLS, IT IS THE ONLY VOICE I HEAR.
INT: A DEVOTED FANATIC OFFERS HIS LIFE TO THE CAUSE OF DICTATORS.
PB
P 077
NAZIS SHAKE ON IT WHILE LS SPIES
BN: YOU ARE BRAVE, LIEUTENANT KURT, GO BELOW WHERE EXPERTS WILL DISGUISE YOU AS DE GAULLE, COMMANDER OF THE FREE FRENCH FORCES. THE DETAILS OF THE PART YOU ARE TO PLAY WILL BE TOLD TO YOU.
P 078
LS NOTICES THE GUY SHE GARROTED IS COMING AROUND
LS: WHAT'S THAT! THE GUARD... HE'S COMING TO!
NAZI: AAAAHHH!
P 079
THE NAZIS TAKE NOTICE
BN: SOMEONE GROANED...
KT: SOMEONE IS SPYING BEHIND THAT CURTAIN.
P 080
SHE HAS TO PULL THE GUN ON THEM
BN: GRAB HER... DON'T STAND THERE!
LS: A STEP CLOSER AND I'LL CUT YOU ALL DOWN!
P 081
GARROTED NAZI GRABS HER GUN ARM
NAZI: I'VE GOT IT.
LS: YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!
P 082
SHE HOLDS A KNIFE TO HER CHEST WHILE GUYS BUST MOVES
LS: YOU'LL NEVER BRING ME TO TRIAL BEFORE YOUR MOCK JUSTICE.
BN: SEIZE HER!
P 083
SHE STABS HERSELF IN THE CHEST
LS: OHHHHH!
NAZI OFF PANEL: SHE HAS SAVED US TIME AND TROUBLE.
P 084
THE NAZIS STAND OVER HER BODY
BN: SHE DID HER DUTY AS SHE SAW IT!
NAZI 3: IT IS A DANGEROUS GAME AND ONLY THE BRAVE ATTEMPT IT. COME, WE WILL SEND THE GUARD TO BURY HER.
PB
P 085
LS RISES FROM THE FLOOR
INT: WHEN THE OTHERS LEAVE, LADY SATAN REVEALS HER CLEVER RUSE.
LS: A RUBBER DAGGER WITH CRIMSON PAINT. AS ITS POINT TOUCHED MY BODY, THE PAINT WAS RELEASED. A VERY HANDY WEAPON.
P 086
LS VINE SWINGS TO THE GROUND WHERE A CAR WAITS
LS: I MUST WIN THIS RACE!
P 087
A NAZI TRIES TO WAVE HER DOWN AND SHE KEEPS DRIVING
NAZI: HALT! HALT!
LS: NO TIME FOR DATES WITH YOU, MY FRIEND.
P 088
AS SHE DRIVES AWAY, SOMEONE IS DRIVING UP FROM BEHIND
LS: THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME! THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL RACE FROM DEATH.
P 089
AT AN AIRFIELD, HER CAR PULLS IN
INT: THE RACE IS CLOSE, BUT LADY SATAN HAS A FEW MOMENTS TO SPARE.
P 090
KURT IS IN PILOT GEAR NOW OUTSIDE A PLANE, GETTING SEEN OFF BY ANOTHER NAZI
NAZI: YOU HAVE THE LOCATION AS SUPPLIED BY THE AGENTS. SHOULD YOU SUCCEED, THE WAR IS WON FOR GERMANY.
KT: I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST.
INT: IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FIELD, KURT IS READY TO LEAVE ...
P 091
SHE'S RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD, CAPE TRAILING, SEEING KURT'S PLANE ABOVE
LS: THAT'S KURT, UP THERE. I HAVE TO GET HIM. HE MUST NOT GET AWAY.
P 092
A NAZI IS RUNNING AFTER HER AS SHE CLIMBS INTO ANOTHER PLANE
NAZI: STOP OR I SHOOT!
LS: TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME!
PB
P 093
LS BUSTS A CAP IN NAZI FROM THE COCKPIT
NAZI: OHHHH!
LS: NOW TO FOLLOW THE FRENCH PLANE.
P 094
LS AND KURT APPROACH SOME SHIPS AT SEA, KURT IN THE LEAD
INT: FAR OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC THE TWO PLANES RACE. ONE ON A DEADLY MISSION, THE OTHER TO STOP IT, IF POSSIBLE.
P 095
CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT ARE CHILLING ON A BOAT WITH A NAVY GUY AS A PLANE APPROACHES
NAVY: THAT'S GENERAL DE GAULLE. HE RADIOED HE'S COMING TO JOIN THE CONFERENCE.
INT: UNAWARE OF THE IMPENDING DANGER, THE RULERS OF TWO GREAT COUNTRIES PREPARE TO WELCOME ANOTHER.
P 096
NAVY SEES LS PLANE APPROACH, READY GUNS
NAVY: A PLANE! WITH THE NAZI SWASTIKA. TAKE YOUR RANGE AND FIRE.
INT: AS THE SECOND PLANE COMES INTO VIEW.
P 097
BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR AROUND LS'S PLANE
INT: DESPITE THE HAIL OF SHELLS FROM THOSE SHE SEEKS TO SAVE, LADY SATAN GALLANTLY KEEPS HER SPEEDY PLANE POINTED FORWARD.
P 098
ONE AIRPLANE HAS LANDED ON THE WATER, THE OTHER HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN, AND SOMEONE PARACHUTES
INT: A DIRECT HIT AND LADY SATAN IS FORCED FROM THE BURNING PLANE.
P 099
AN ESCORT CRAFT PICKS LS OUT OF THE WATER
LS: TAKE ME TO THE BATTLESHIP PRINCE OF WALES, IMMEDIATELY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SAILOR: SORRY, LADY, BUT YOU HAVE ARRIVED UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE MOST COMPLETE INVESTIGATION. YOU WILL BE QUARTERED IN ONE OF THE DESTROYERS.
INT: THREATS AND PLEADING WILL NOT SWERVE THE LOYAL SAILOR FROM HIS DUTY.
P 100
NOW SHE HAS PULLED A GUN ON THE SAILOR
INT: BUT THE LADY OF MYSTERY IS DETERMINED TO COMPLETE HER MISSION.
LS: I KNOW THAT YOU WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT THE SAFETY OF TWO GREAT MEN DEPENDS ON HOW SOON YOU GET ME TO THE 'WALES,' NOW HURRY.
PB
P 101
FAKE CHARLES DE GAULLE SEES THE ESCORT SHIP APPROACH
INT: FORCED AT THE POINT OF A GUN, THE SAILORS TRANSFER HER TO THE BATTLESHIP.
KURT: IF I DIDN'T KNOW A CERTAIN LADY WAS WAITING FOR ME IN PARIS... I'D SWEAR IT WAS HER. BUT NOW I HAVE WORK!
P 102
WHILE NAVY IS BEHIND HIM, KURT PREPARES HIS GUN
KT: AND NOW I GO TO MEET THE TWO GREAT LEADERS AND SEND THEM TO THEIR DOOM.
P 103
LS HAS GOTTEN TO AN UPPER DECK AND IS LOOKING DOWN AT HIM
LS: I MUST HURRY... KURT'S GOING TO SHOOT THEM DOWN!
P 104
LS TACKLES HIM FROM BEHIND AND HE LOSES THE GUN
INT: AS THE MURDEROUS ASSASSIN IS ABOUT TO STRIKE, LADY SATAN HAS ALREADY LAUNCHED HER ATTACK.
KT: THERE GREAT ONES, YOU... WHAT'S HAPPENED?
LS: I HAVE GROWN TIRED OF WAITING, KURT...
P 105
LS STABS HIM IN THE BACK
LS: I HAVE COME TO YOU.
KT: THEY HAVE RIGHTLY NAMED YOU.... LADY SATAN... AAAGGGHH!
P 106
NAVY PALAVERS WITH CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT
NAVY: AND TO THINK, I THOUGHT SHE WAS A FOREIGN AGENT!
CHURCHILL: A CLEVER WOMAN... AND A BRAVE ONE.
ROOSEVELT: I'D LIKE TO THANK HER PERSONALLY. HAVE HER BROUGHT HERE.
P 107
A SAILOR TALKS TO LS NEAR THE FOOT OF STAIRS LEADING TO A SMALLER BOAT - SHE'S LEAVING
SAILOR: MR. CHURCHILL AND THE PRESIDENT REQUEST YOUR PRESENCE, MAM!
LS: I REGRET THAT I CANNOT COMPLY. BUT THERE IS IMPORTANT WORK FOR ME IN PARIS... I CANNOT DELAY ANY LONGER.
P 108
CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT WAVE AT HER PLANE AS IT FLIES AWAY, THE END GRAPHIC APPEARS OVER THE PANEL WITH LS SMILING IN PROFILE
CHURCHILL: WHOEVER SHE IS, SHE IS A GREAT WOMAN!
ROOSEVELT: PERHAPS SOME DAY HER FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN.
GRAPHIC TEXT: LADY SATAN - APPEARS IN DYNAMIC COMICS
PB
P 109
HUGE TITLE PANEL WHERE LS IS WRESTLING WITH A SHAGGY DUDE WHILE THREE WOLVES ATTACK HER, FULL MOON IN THE BG
TITLE: LADY SATAN
P 110
A CAR DRIVES ON A RAINY NIGHT AND ENCOUNTERS A SMALL MISERABLE LOOKING CROWD BY THE ROADSIDE, WHILE THE GIANT SCROLL-STYLED INTERTITLE HAS A PICTURE OF MASKED LADY SATAN AND NARRATION BY HER IN SOMETHING LIKE A COURIER FONT - UPPER & LOWER CASE UNLIKE THE REST OF THE COMIC
INT: Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of Black Magic. That is why I am called Lady Satan. If you are an unbeliever and scorn the idea that such creatures as ghosts, vampires, and werewolves really exist, read this story and you'll change your mind. It was a dark stormy night. The rain was beating against my windshield when--
P 111
INT CAR, LS IS IN A BLACK MASK AND RED HEAD SCARF
LS: WHAT'S THAT AHEAD ON THE ROAD? GOOD HEAVENS!
PB
P 112
THE MISERABLE GROUP IS THREE CHILDREN TALKING IN THE FOREGROUND AS LS APPROACHES - BLONDE BOY, DARK-HAIRED BOY, AND GIRL
BLD: SOMEONE'S COMING!
DHB: IF WE COULD ONLY WARN HER OF THE MASTER!
P 113
LS TALKS WITH THEM
LS: WHY, YOU POOR DEARS! WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I'LL TAKE YOU HOME!
GRL: YES, YES! PLEASE TAKE US HOME!
P 114
SHAGGY SCUMBAG LOOKS ON FROM HIDING
INT: Unseen by the roadside--
SCUM: AH-- ANOTHER VICTIM FOR MY WOLF PACK! SOON SHE WILL BE IN MY POWER!
P 115
SCUMBAG DOES SORCERY AS HE CHECKS OUT THE SCENE
SCUM: TOOTH AND CLAW AND VIPERS THREE! CHANGE! BRING ME BLOOD THAT I MAY NOT DIE!
P 116
THE KIDS TURN INTO WOLVES AND LS RECOILS IN SHOCK
LS: I'LL DRIVE YOU INTO TOWN AT ONCE--WHAT!!
P 117
SHE DODGES THE WEREWOLVES
LS: WEREWOLVES! ONE SCRATCH AND I'LL BE ONE OF THEM!
P 118
SCUM'S SHADOW LURKS WHILE LS LOOKS SERIOUS
LS: THE XANDA POWDER-- MY ONLY CHANCE!
INT: They were coming at me-- I could feel their hot breath at my throat. I fumbled inside my robe and--
P 119
LS GIVES THE DOGS THE WHAMMY WITH MAGIC AND POWDER
LS: BACK, BACK, FIENDS OF DARKNESS! BACK TO YOUR MASTER!
PB
P 120
LADY SATAN IS CAPE FURLY WHILE THE WOLVES SLINK AWAY
LS: YOU ARE WEREWOLVES AND MUST OBEY YOUR MASTER-- BUT I WILL COME AND SAVE YOU FOR THE SHADOWS WILL TELL ME WHERE YOU HIDE!
P 121
THE DOGS RETURN TO THEIR MASTER
SCUM: IT'S LADY SATAN-- WHO KNOWS ALL OUR SECRETS! WE MUST FLEE!
P 122
HE COMMANDS THEM TO COME WITH HIM
SCUM: COME, LITTLE PLAYMATES-- HURRY! SHE MUST NOT KNOW WHERE WE HIDE!
P 123
THEY COME TO A RUINED BUILDING
SCUM: WE'RE SAFE-- WE'RE SAFE! SHE'LL NEVER FIND US HERE!
P 124
HE RADIATES RED SPOOKINESS
SCUM: YOU ARE WOLVES NO MORE! RESUME YOUR NATURAL SHAPES!
P 125
HUMAN AGAIN, THE DOGS ARE DISORIENTED, THE MASTER BOSSY
BLD: I THOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL LADY WAS GOING TO TAKE US HOME!
SCUM: YES! NOW GET YOU TO THE CELLAR! TOMORROW SOME MORE OF YOUR FRIENDS WILL JOIN YOU!
P 126
LS IS IN AN OCCULT LAIR WITH BOOKS AND PARAPHERNALIA
INT: I myself could not follow the shadows. I returned to my home to summon the Shadow People to help me, so--
LS: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A TIBETAN LAMA! HE SWORE IT WOULD NOT FAIL!
PB
P 127
LS IS DOING MAGIC OVER THE URN, WHICH HAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT
LS: COME, PEOPLE FROM THE SHADOW WORLD! COME-- FOR I NEED YOU!
P 128
SHADOWY FIGURES APPEAR ALL AROUND LS
INT: Instantly--
LS: AH-- PEOPLE OF DARKNESS, YOU CANNOT TALK BUT YOU MUST OBEY! TOMORROW LEAD ME TO WHERE THE MASTER FINDS HIS PREY!
P 129
LS SEES AN UNNATURAL SHADOW MOVING ON THE WALL
INT: Then the light went out and I retired, confident I would trail the werewolf master to his lair. Dawn came--
LS: AH-- MY GUIDE WAITS! I WILL FOLLOW!
P 130
LS RUNS TOWARD THE SCENE FOLLOWING SHADOWS, A CAR WITH TWO BOYS STANDING BY IT
INT: 8 Minutes Later--
LS: THERE'S MY QUARRY! THAT'S HOW HE GETS THE CHILDREN FOR HIS WEREWOLF PACK!
P 131
SCUM IS LURING TWO KIDS INTO HIS BACK SEAT WITH CANDY
SCUM: GET IN! I'LL TAKE YOU WHERE THERE'S PLENTY MORE CANDY!
KID: GEE-- IT'S GOOD-- MISTER!
P 132
LS CHASES AFTER THE CAR
INT: I saw they were trapped. The fiend was feeding them something that placed them in his power. I heard the car start. Then--
LS: IF THEY ESCAPE ME, THOSE CHILDREN ARE DOOMED!
P 133
SOMEHOW SHE LOOSELY CLINGS TO THE BACK AS IS ZOOMS ALONG
LS: GOOD! I MADE IT! BUT THE TEST IS AHEAD-- ARE HIS POWERS GREATER THAN MINE?
P 134
SCUM SEES LS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
SCUM: WE'LL SOON BE HOME, CHILDREN! LADY SATAN'S FACE! SHE'S TRAILING ME. AH- THE BRIDGE! I'LL FOOL HER YET!
PB
P 135
LS IS STILL CLINGING TO THE CAR ON A WINDING HILLSIDE ROAD
INT: SSS
P 136
INT CAR, SCUM LOOKS STARTLED, KIDS FREAKING OUT
KID 1: LOOK OUT!
KID 2: WE'RE GOING TO CRASH!
P 137
THE CAR GOES OFF A BRIDGE INTO THE WATER WITH LS ON BACK
P 138
LS IS IN THE WATER AND SEES A WOLF GETTING AWAY
LS: THAT'S THE MASTER-- BUT THE CHILDREN-- I MUST SAVE THEM!
P 139
UNDERWATER, BOYS ARE PANICKED AS WATER ENCROACHES
INT: While below--
P 140
LS SWIMS SHOELESS INTO THE DEEPER WATER
LS: THEY'RE TRAPPED LIKE RATS!
P 141
LS PULLS A LIMP KID FROM THE CAR
LS: GOOD-- BUT I MUST HURRY-- I CAN ONLY TAKE ONE UP AT A TIME!
P 142
SCUM IS HUMANOID AGAIN, WADING OUT OF THE RIVER
SCUM: NO SIGN OF LADY SATAN OR THE BRATS! I'M SAFE-- SHE'S DEAD!
PB
P 143
SCUM IS CHECKING OUT HIS KIDS FROM BEFORE, WHO HE HAS BEHIND BARS
INT: And soon--
SCUM: I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BRING YOU NEW FRIENDS BUT SOMETHING INTERFERED! NEVER MIND-- TONIGHT, I'LL TRY AGAIN!
P 144
FROM INSIDE THE CELL THE CHILDREN PLEAD
GRL: PLEASE-- PLEASE-- LET US OUT!
BLD: DON'T CHANGE US INTO WOLVES AGAIN!
SCUM: SILENCE! A FEW MORE VICTIMS AND YOU WILL BECOME LIKE ME-- A WEREWOLF, ANXIOUS TO HUNT OUT YOUR PREY!
P 145
LS TALKS TO THE OTHER BOYS SHE JUST RESCUED
INT: While, at the river bank--
KID 1: YOU SAVED US! WE NEARLY DROWNED!
KID 2: NOW WE MUST GO HOME!
LS: YES! GO-- BUT NEVER TO TRUST STRANGERS AGAIN. NOW I MUST LEAVE FOR I HAVE A JOB TO DO!
P 146
LATER LS MOVES ALONG A BRICK WALL IN THE DARK
LS: HE FORGOT THAT HIS WET FOOTPRINTS LEFT A TRAIL! THIS IS THE HOUSE-- HARK-- VOICES DOWNSTAIRS!
P 147
WITH A YELLOW AURA IN THE DARKNESS, SCUM CASTS MAGIC UNTIL HE GETS STARTLED
SCUM: YOUR HUMAN FORMS ARE CHANGING NOW-- AND THE WOLVES ARE COMING-- TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF BLOOD-- WHAT'S THAT?
P 148
HE'S JUST TOTALLY SHOCKED BY LADY SATAN SHOWING UP
SCUM: YOU-- YOU. LADY SATAN!
LS: YES-- AND I'M HERE TO END YOUR DEVIL MAGIC!
P 149
HE BEGS FOR MERCY AS SHE SOMEHOW SETS HIM ON FIRE
SCUM: NO! NO! MERCY-- LADY SATAN!
LS: BURN, DRINKER OF BLOOD-- BURN, WEREWOLF MASTER!
INT: So died the most evil of all dwellers of the darkness-- the Master Werewolf. With my powers, I cured the children.-- Perhaps, you still don't believe in these strange creatures of the night-- but you will --if sometime you meet one. (in script) Lady Satan
PB
P 150
BIG TITLE PANEL WITH LS SHACKLED IN A DUNGEON WITH BATS AND SKELETONS
TITLE: LADY SATAN
P 151
LS READS A LETTER BY CANDLELIGHT WITH A BIG SCROLLISH INTERTITLE BENEATH
INT: Was Nancy Strong losing her mind in the murky halls of an ancestral mansion? Answering her frantic plea, Lady Satan uncovered a phantom, a friend, and a startling legacy!
P 152
LS IS DRIVING IN HER MASK AND CAPE WITH THE HOOD UP
LS: WILD ACRES IS JUST AHEAD. I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO NANCY!
P 153
EXT HER CAR APPROACHES STEREOTYPICAL HAUNTED HOUSE WITH FULL MOON
LS: ABNER STRONG WAS A WEALTHY MAN. WONDER WHY HIS DAUGHTER STAYS AT THIS DESOLATE PLACE!
PB
P 154
A LADY IN A GREEN DRESS GREETS LADY SATAN
LADY: OH-- I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME, LADY SATAN!
LS: I HAD TO COME WHEN I READ YOUR LETTER MISS STRONG!
P 155
INSIDE THEY MEET TWO SHEISTY LOOKING SERVANTS, LS LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, MS. NANCY STRONG LOOKS GLAMOROUSLY CONFLICTED
LADY SERVANT: WHO IS SHE? SEND HER AWAY! WE DON'T WANT STRANGERS!
NANCY: HUSH, REBECCA! THIS WAY, LADY SATAN!
P 156
LS LOUNGES AND NANCY EXPRESSES HER ANXIETY WITH INTENSE EMOTING
LS: YOUR FATHER DISAPPEARED AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIS MONEY?
NANCY: THAT'S RIGHT-- AND EVERY NIGHT I HEAR STRANGE NOISES-- LISTEN!
P 157
REBECCA LOOKS SHEISTY FROM THE DOOR
REB: PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME TEA MISS NANCY?
P 158
AS REB GIVES THEM TEA, NANCY INTRODUCES HER
NANCY: REBECCA AND HER HUSBAND WERE FATHER'S HOUSEKEEPERS FOR YEARS!
REB: AND WE SERVED HIM VERY FAITHFULLY!
P 159
NANCY DOWNS HERS BUT LS SNEAKILY DUMPS IT IN A POTTED PLANT
NANCY: THANK YOU, REBECCA! IT WAS DELICIOUS!
LS THOUGHT: SHE'S SO EXCITED. SHE DIDN'T NOTICE THE QUEER TASTE!
P 160
REB IS LEAVING, NANCY YAWNS, AND LS HAS A SMOKE
NANCY: I FEEL TERRIBLY SLEEPY-- SUDDENLY!
LS: SO DO I. PERHAPS WE'D BETTER RETIRE NOW AND DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEM IN THE MORNING!
PB
P 161
NANCY IS STILL EMOTING HER FEARS WHILE LS LOUNGES MOST SEXILY
NANCY: SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND FEEL SOMEONE IS HERE WITH ME!
LS: PERHAPS IT'S ONLY A BAD DREAM. GOOD NIGHT, NANCY!
P 162
NANCY IS ASLEEP WHILE LS RISES
INT: After the clock strikes midnight--
LS THOUGHT: SOMEONE'S COMING. I CAN HEAR THE FLOOR CREAKING!
P 163
LS SEES THE GHOST OF ABNER STRONG STANDING ABOVE NANCY
LS: IT'S NO USE, MR. STRONG. EVEN IS NANCY WERE AWAKE SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU, BUT I CAN! WHAT DO YOU WANT?
P 164
HIS HAND IS BECKONING
LS: OH, I UNDERSTAND. YOU CANNOT SPEAK BUT YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW YOU. WAIT TILL I SLIP ON NANCY'S CLOTHES.
P 165
LS TALKS WITH THE GHOST
LS: YOU WERE HER FATHER SO I BELIEVE I CAN TRUST YOU!
P 166
AS LS FOLLOWS THE GHOST, REB & HUBBY SPY
LS: I HOPE YOU'RE LEADING ME TO SOMETHING BESIDES A TRAP!
P 167
AS SHE KEEPS ON, CREEPS CREEP BEHIND HER
LS: FASTER! IF ANYONE SEES ME, THEY'LL THINK IT'S NANCY WALKING IN HER SLEEP!
PB
P 168
LS SEES GHOST POINTING TO THE BRICKS
LS: SOMETHING HIDDEN HERE? YOU WANT ME TO PULL OUT THE STONE?
P 169
LS PULLS A BRICK OUT
LS: I WONDER WHAT IT CAN BE! BETTER GET IT OUT AND RUN BEFORE SOMEONE COMES ALONG!
P 170
LS HAS A BAG OF LOOT AND THE GHOST LOOKS ON
LS: THE MONEY YOU LEFT FOR NANCY! YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IT TO HER! SHH! WAIT! WHAT WAS THAT?
P 171
IT'S REB AND HUB, THEY HAVE AGGRO FACES
HUB: SHE LED US TO THE MONEY! I KNEW SHE WOULD!
REB: GRAB HER QUICK!
P 172
LS WRESTLES WITH HUB
HUB: SHE'S CLAWING MY EYES-- STOP HER!
P 173
HUB KNOCKS HER OUT WITH A RIGHT CROSS AS REB LOOKS ON
HUB: THAT TAKES CARE OF HER! WE'LL LET HER DIE THE LONG WAY!
P 174
HUB CARRIES LS AND REB HAS THE MONEY
HUB: I'LL TAKE HER DOWNSTAIRS!
REB: YES, HURRY! I'LL LIGHT THE WAY!
PB
P 175
REB HAS A CANDLE AND IS FURTHER DOWN THE STAIRS AS HUB CARRIES LS INTO THE DUNGEON, THEY ASSUME LS IS NANCY BECAUSE IT'S DARK I GUESS
HUB: SOON, SHE'LL SEE HER FATHER AGAIN!
REB: VERY SOON. VERY SOON, INDEED!
P 176
THEY'VE SHACKLED HER TO THE WALL AND SOMEHOW STILL DON'T NOTICE THE MASK
HUB: HURRY! SHE'S COMING TO!
REB: IT IS DONE. NOW WE'LL INTRODUCE HER TO HER FATHER!
P 177
REB TALKS SHIT OVER A SKELETON WHILE LS HANGS IN THE BG
REB: HERE'S YOUR FATHER, NANCY. WHAT'S LEFT OF HIM. HE REFUSED TO TELL US WHERE HE HID HIS MONEY!
P 178
REB IS SHOCKED AS LS FINALLY RAISES HER HEAD
REB: BUT YOU SHOWED US-- WHAT? YOU'RE NOT NANCY! YOU'RE LADY SATAN!
LS: YES, AND NOW YOU'LL FEEL BUT NOT SEE THE GHOST OF YOUR VICTIM!
P 179
LS HAS POPPED SOMETHING OUT OF A RING AND REB COVERS HER FACE IN PAIN
LS: IT IS THE POWDER OF THE DRAGON'S SCALES! IT UNVEILS THE SHADOW WORLD!
REB: WHAT? MY EYES! MY EYES!
P 180
REB AND HUB ARE DISTRACTED BY EXPERIENCING THE GHOST
REB: ABNER STRONG! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!
HUB: HE'S COME BACK FROM THE DEAD! COMING TO CLAIM OUR SOULS!
P 181
LS BUSTS THE CHAIN SCARING SOME BATS
LS: MY MAGIC GIVES ME THE STRENGTH OF TWENTY MEN-- GOOD, THE RING IS LOOSENING!
PB
P 182
REB AND HUB TRY TO RECOVER THEIR STEEL, HUDDLED TOGETHER
REB: HE'S ONLY A SHADOW! HE CAN'T HURT US, BUT LOOK!
HUB: LADY SATAN'S FREE!
P 183
LS STILL HAD HANDS BOUND BUT NO LONGER TO THE WALL, WHACKS HUB ACROSS THE FACE
HUB: YOU WON'T ESCAPE! --YOU WON'T!
P 184
LS KEEPS BEATING ON FOOLS
LS: BACK--SPAWN OF EVIL--BACK!
HUB: NO! NO! STOP!
P 185
REB GOES FLYING INTO A DARK CORNER OF DANGEROUS DEBRIS
REB: TAKE HER AWAY! TAKE HER AWAY! HELP!
P 186
REB IS FACE DOWN WITH A PITCHFORK IN HER BACK AND HUB HAS HIS FACE IN HIS HANDS
HUB: REBECCA! SPEAK TO ME! SHE--SHE'S DYING! YOU'VE KILLED HER!
P 187
LS TALKS TO GHOST ABNER
LS: YOU'VE HAD YOUR REVENGE, MR. STRONG. ALL THAT REMAINS IS FOR NANCY TO OVERCOME HER GRIEF.
P 188
LS WAKES UP NANCY WITH THE BAG OF LOOT
LS: HERE, NANCY. HERE'S YOUR MONEY. YOUR FATHER'S SPIRIT SHOWED ME WHERE IT WAS HIDDEN!
NANCY: THAT'S STRANGE! I WONDER WHY I COULDN'T SEE HIM. YOU MUST HAVE REMARKABLE EYES, LADY SATAN!
PB
P 189
BIG TITLE PANEL HAS LS BAREFOOT UP A TREE SHOCKED THAT A GUY IS BEING HUNG FROM IT, STILL ALIVE AND THROAT-GRASPING, AND ARMED WITH A PISTOL
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: THE CURSE OF THE WALKING DEAD DEFIES LADY SATAN'S SUPERNATURAL POWERS! WHAT WEIRD SORCERY WORKS THIS IMPOSSIBLE NIGHTMARE, THREATENING A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH TO THE DARING ENEMY OF ALL THINGS DIABOLICAL? HOW CAN LADY SATAN DISCOVER THAT HER MYSTIC POWERS ARE PITTED AGAINST INSANE INVENTIONS INSTEAD OF INHUMAN PHENOMENA?
P 190
A BLOND LADY WAKES UP TO SEE A FEDORA GUY IN THE FOREGROUND
INT: PATRICIA GREY AWAKENS INTO HORRIBLE DREAD---
FEDORA GUY: LEAVE! LEAVE THIS HOUSE FOREVER OR YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ALIVE!
PAT: FATHER! IS THAT YOU FATHER?
P 191
CU OF PAT LOOKING GLAMOROUSLY TERRIFIED
PAT: GO! GO AWAY! YOU CAN'T HURT US NOW! YOU'RE DEAD!
P 192
PAJAMA GUY RUNS INTO ROOM SO FAST HE LOSES A SLIPPER
GUY: PAT! WHAT'S THE TROUBLE? YOU ALL RIGHT?
PB
P 193
GUY COMFORTS PAT
GUY: WAS IT UNCLE FELIX AGAIN?
PAT: NO! MUCH WORSE! THIS TIME IT WAS OUR FATHER! OH-ART-WE CAN'T STAY. WE MUST SELL THE HOUSE!
P 194
NIGHT ROBE LADY WITH ARMS AKIMBO IS ANGRY AT THEM
ANGRY: UP TO YOUR OLD TRICKS AGAIN, EH? YOU WILL NOT SELL THIS HOUSE AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE!
GUY / ART: PLEASE, AUNT VICTORIA! YOU MUSTN'T BE SO STUBBORN!
P 195
ART GOES TO TALK TO VIC
ART: PAT WAS AWAKENED BY FATHER'S GHOST! HE WARNED HER TO LEAVE. I KNOW IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC, BUT I'M CERTAIN PAT WASN'T DREAMING!
ANGRY / VIC: NONSENSE. OF COURSE SHE WAS. SO WERE YOU THE OTHER NIGHT. WHAT YOU TWO NEED IS A PSYCHIATRIST! I'LL CALL ONE TO-MORROW!
P 196
VIC IS GONE AND PAT TALKS TO ART
PAT: DON'T WORRY, ART! SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO CALL IN A PSYCHIATRIST. BUT WE MUST ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
ART: YES! WHATEVER THE EVIL FORCE MAY BE, WE CAN'T RISK OUT LIVES IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO STOP IT! I'LL TRY TO LOCATE LADY SATAN!
P 197
SOON ART IS AT THE POLICE STATION TALKING TO A BALD DESK JOCKEY
INT: NEXT DAY
ART: IT'S NOT A CASE FOR THE POLICE, CAPTAIN. THERE'S A WOMAN KNOWN AS LADY SATAN WHO MIGHT--
COP: CORRECT, MR. GREY. BUT HER HOME AND PHONE NUMBER ARE CLOSELY GUARDED SECRETS. I'LL PUT HER IN TOUCH WITH YOU!
P 198
AT HOME LS LOUNGES WITH SKULLS, CANDLES, AND A TELEPHONE IN HAND
INT: LADY SATAN AGREES TO TAKE THE CASE--
LS: I'LL PRETEND I WAS IN BOARDING SCHOOL WITH THE GIRL SO NO ONE BUT SHE AND HER BROTHER WILL KNOW WHO I REALLY AM!
P 199
EXT LS'S CAR AS IT DRIVES A DIRT ROAD
LS: OF COURSE, I'VE GOT TO SEE FOR MYSELF BEFORE I BELIEVE THE INTRUDERS ARE GHOSTS! JUST A MILE BEYOND BROOK PARK, THE CAPTAIN SAID.
PB
P 200
OUTSIDE THE NICELY KEPT HOUSE, ART AND PAT
PAT: SHE OUGHT TO BE HERE ANY MOMENT, PAT!
ART: YES. I'LL RUN BACK AND TELL BART TO MAKE ROOM FOR HER CAR IN THE GARAGE!
P 201
ART TALKS TO UNSAVORY DUDE WITH MONKEY WRENCH IN THE GARAGE
ART: YOU'LL HAVE TO CLEAR YOUR JUNK AWAY, BART! WE HAVE A GUEST COMING!
BART: YOU GOT A NERVE CALLING MY TOOLS JUNK! WELL, IF YOU SAY SO I SUPPOSE I'LL MAKE ROOM HERE!
P 202
AFTER ART GOES, BART WAVES HIS MONKEY WRENCH AND TALKS SMACK
BART: SOME DAY YOU'LL BE SORRY, PAT! FIRST OU MAKE ME MOVE MY STUFF FROM THE CELLAR! NOW YOU WON'T LET ME PUT UP A WORKSHOP IN THE GARAGE!
P 203
BART SEES LS DRIVE UP TO PAT
BART THOUGHT: ANOTHER ONE OF PAT'S SNOOTY SCHOOL CHUMS! I'LL SEE THAT THEY DON'T VISIT HER AFTER WE'RE MARRIED!
P 204
LS TALKS TO PAT AND ART FROM THE CAR
LS: YOU MUST FOLLOW CAPTAIN HULLEY'S INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT FAIL AND TREAT ME LIKE AN OLD FRIEND!
PAT: YES. NOTHING UNUSUAL WILL HAPPEN TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT!
P 205
LS LOUNGES SEXILY IN BED FLIPPING THROUGH A BOOK
INT: THAT NIGHT WHEN THE FAMILY HAS RETIRED---
LS THOUGHT: THIS PHOTO ALBUM WILL HELP ME TO IDENTIFY UNCLE FELIX AND THEIR STERN OLD FATHER- OR ANY REASONABLE FACSIMILES!
P 206
LS SEES GUY IN A FLATCAP AND GUN AT THE DOOR
LS: THE LAMP BULB BURNED OUT- OH, NO! I HAVE A VISITOR FROM THE GRAVE!
FC: LEAVE THIS HOUSE AT ONCE, MEDDLER!
P 207
SHE TOSSES THE BOOK AND SPRINGS INTO ACTION
LS: JUST A MOMENT, UNCLE FELIX! PERHAPS I CAN QUIET YOUR TROUBLED SPIRIT!
P 208
AS SHE COMES INTO THE HALL, SHE DOESN'T NOTICE FEET IN SPATS FLYING ABOVE
LS: WELL, I'LL BE A DONKEY'S DAUGHTER! COULD HAVE SWORN THAT FIGURE WASN'T A PHANTOM - BUT NO LIVING PERSON COULD VANISH SO QUICKLY!
P 209
VIC COMES IN ON LS, SURPRISING HER
VIC: NOW LOOK HERE, MISS SUTTON! IF PAT ASKED YOU HERE TO WITNESS HER SILLY NIGHTMARES, I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE!
LS: OH- MISS GREY, ER, AUNT VIC!
P 210
LS GRABS VIC BY THE COLLAR AND VIC THROWS HER HANDS UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SHOCK AND ANNOYANCE
LS: YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THE TRUTH, MISS GREY- OR PAY THE CONSEQUENCES!
VIC: YOU LITTLE FOOL! I'LL TAKE NONE OF YOUR INSULTS.
P 211
LS POINTS ANGRY AT VIC AND SHE IS HAUGHTY
LS: ONE OF YOUR DEAD BROTHERS ENTERED MY ROOM. WHY IS IT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM?
VIC: IF YOU'RE ACCUSING ME OF HAVING SOME PART OF THIS HAUNTING, YOU'RE CRAZY! I DON'T WANT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW TO LEAVE HERE!
P 212
AS VIC CLOSES THE DOOR WE SEE STALKING HANDS COMING INTO THE PANEL
VIC: I SHOWED HER WHO'S BOSS AROUND THIS HOUSE! NOW I'LL TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP!
STALKER THOUGHT: THE LONGEST SLEEP YOU EVER HAD, YOU OLD VULTURE!
P 213
IT'S BART AND HE IS MOVING A PILLOW OVER VIC'S FACE
STALKER / BART: THEY LIED TO ME! THEY SAID YOU WANTED THEM TO LEAVE. NOW YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO LEAVE!
PB
P 214
AUNT VIC IS DEAD IN BED WITH PAT, LS, AND ART NOW IN THE ROOM
PAT: AUNT VIC! I HEARD NOISES AND FOUND HER LIKE THIS. HER FACE IS BLUE! SHE'S NOT BREATHING!
LS: DEATH BY FRIGHT, HER FACE IS WHITE. LOOK FOR CLUE WHEN FACE IS BLUE. THAT GRIM LITTLE RHYME SPELLS SUFFOCATION!
P 215
ART AND LS TALK WHILE PAT CRIES
ART: ONE OF HER BROTHERS - MAYBE MY FATHER - DID IT! KILLED HER BEFORE SHE REVEALED THEIR SECRET!
LS: NO MARKS ON HER THROAT, BUT THE CORONER'S REPORT WILL NOT STATE THAT A GHOST PRESSED HER INTO A PILLOW UNLESS--
P 216
PAT CLINGS TO ART AS HE LOOKS READY FOR ACTION
PAT: DON'T FOLLOW HER, ART! DON'T LEAVE ME!
ART: COME DOWNSTAIRS, PAT. I'VE A HUNCH YOUR WACKY BOYFRIEND IS A JEKYL-HYDE!
P 217
ART IS STANDING AT A DOOR TALKING TO PAT, WHO HAS HUNG BACK
ART: NO, BY GOSH! THERE WAS A STRUGGLE IN THE PARLOR! THE THING MAY HAVE GOT BART, TOO!
P 218
ART AND PAT COME INTO THE WRECKED-UP PARLOR
PAT: BLOOD! THERE'S SOME FRESH BLOOD ON THE CUSHIONS! CALL LADY SATAN, ART. QUICK!
P 219
LS IS WEARING HER RED NIGHTY AND MASK, AND RUNNING BAREFOOT AFTER SOMEONE
LS THOUGHT: THAT THING RUNS AS FAST AND SILENTLY AS A GHOST! HEADING FOR THE SWAMP! I'M PUTTING MY NECK OUT THIS TIME!
P 220
WE SEE IT IS BART AND WHILE HE TRIPS AND LANDS ON HIS FACE, LS LOSES TRACK OF HIM
BART: MY MOUF! KNOCKED MY TEEF OUT! CURSE DAT SHE-DEVIL-- I'LL LET HER FIND ME DEAD AND KILL HER!
LS: VANISHED! A REAL GHOST!
PB
P 221
LS IS IN A SWAMP, SLOWER NOW
LS: I'VE FOLLOWED THIS CREEK NEARLY A MILE. NO SIGN OF THAT PHANTOM, SO I'LL TURN BACK.
P 222
SHE SEES BART HANGING, HE HAS HIS GUN READY OUT OF HER VIEW
BART THOUGHT: SHE SEES ME! THINKS I'VE HANGED MYSELF - AND SO WILL PAT AND ART!
P 223
AS HE SHOOTS AT HER, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS HIS NOOSE WAS FOOLERY, AND HE MISSES
BART: CURIOSITY KILLED A CAT AND IT WILL PAY YOU THE SAME DIVIDEND!
LS: YOU FOX! YOU - YOU'RE NOT DEAD!
P 224
IT'S ART AND PAT NOW, ART WITH A SMOKING RIFLE
ART: IT'S BART HANGING BY A TRICK ROPE! I'LL GET HIM BEFORE HE SHOOTS AT LADY SATAN AGAIN!
PAT: NO! THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE! DON'T KILL HIM, ARTHUR!
P 225
NOW BART REALLY DOES APPEAR TO BE LIMP AND LS IS READY TO DROP HIM WHILE PAT AND ART LOOK ON FROM BELOW
LS: DRAG HIM OUT WHEN HE HITS THE WATER OR HE WILL DROWN, NOT THAT HE WOULDN'T DESERVE IT!
P 226
ART ATTENDS TO BART AS LS IS AGAIN ON THE GROUND
ART: HE IMPERSONATED THE GHOSTS TO SCARE US INTO SELLING THE HOUSE, FIGURING THAT PAT WOULD CUT HIM IN ON HER SHARE!
LS: HE SMOTHERED YOUR AUNT, FEARING SHE SUSPECTED HIM! DRAG HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE!
P 227
LS IS IN HER CAR AND ART IS TALKING TO HER
ART: DON'T LEAVE, LADY SATAN. WAIT FOR THE POLICE!
LS: HAVE TO GO. YOU CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT MY HELP- NOW!
PB
P 228
BIG TITLE PANEL, LADY SATAN BOUND BY ANIMATE BRANCHES TO A LOG IN A SWAMP WITH BATS ABOUT, INTERTITLE SCROLL IN COURIER-LIKE FONT
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: How can Lady Satan defy the weird terror that comes to life after sundown in Abbot's Arbor? Are the grotesque creatures human flesh and blood or some fiendish reincarnation of the restless dead? She must discover the secret of their origin even though an unmarked grave is the grim reward awaiting her!
P 229
A LITTLE BLONDE GIRL IS WALKING WITH HER DOG WHEN THE CUR STARTS BARKING UP A TREE
GIRL: STOP BARKING AT THAT TREE, PRINCE! WE'LL BE LOST IF WE DON'T FIND THE PATH BEFORE DARK!
P 230
HAND-LIKE BRANCHES REACH OUT FOR HER
GIRL: OH! WHO-- WHO ARE YOU? PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME!
P 231
AS THE BRANCH GRABS HER SHOULDER, SHE IS SCARED AND THE DOG BARKS
GIRL: PRINCE! MAKE HIM LET GO OF ME! HELP! BITE HIM!
PB
P 232
NOW THE BRANCH HANDS STRANGLE THE DOG
P 233
A MAN AND WOMAN SEARCH FOR THE GIRL WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND EMOTIONAL FACES
MAN: BETTY! WHERE ARE YOU, BETTY? IT'S DAD AND MOM!
WOMAN: WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LET HER GO ON THE PICNIC, JOHN.
P 234
THEY FIND HER LAYING LIMP
MAN / JOHN: GOOD HEAVENS! SHE MUST HAVE FALLEN AND STRUCK HER HEAD!
P 235
MOM EMBRACES BETTY
WOMAN / MOM: BETTY! SPEAK TO ME! IT'S MOM!
BETTY: MY NECK HURTS AWFUL! PRINCE TRIED TO STOP HIM. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THEN!
P 236
JOHN FINDS THE DEAD DOG
JOHN: POOR LITTLE PRINCE! I'LL COME BACK AND BURY YOU TOMORROW!
P 237
DAD LOOKS COMFORTING, BETTY SAD, MOM UPSET
JOHN: DID YOU SEE THE MAN'S FACE, BETTY?
BETTY: YES! HIS FACE WAS COVERED WITH BARK AND HIS ARMS WERE LIKE BIG ROOTS!
P 238
EXT CAR AS THEY DRIVE AWAY AT NIGHT
JOHN: I'LL TELL THE POLICE EVERYTHING SHE SAID, JUDITH!
MOM / JUDITH: THEY'LL LAUGH AT YOU, JOHN! I'M GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LADY SATAN!
PB
P 239
THE FAMILY APPROACH A WELL-GROOMED LARGE HOUSE
JOHN: THAT WOODLAND IS A HANGOUT FOR TRAMPS. MR. WHITT OUGHT TO SELL IT AS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT!
JUDITH: HE WANTS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR IT!
P 240
MOM COMFORTS DAUGHTER AS DAD DRIVES AWAY
BETTY: WHERE'S DAD GOING, MOM?
JUDITH: HE'S GOING TO THE POLICE STATION AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED!
P 241
AS MOM IS ON THE PHONE, GIRL SEES SOMETHING SCARY
JUDITH: EVENING TRIBUNE? WILL SOMEONE PLEASE CONTACT LADY SATAN? TELL HER TO COME AT ONCE TO THE BENSONS ON THE ABBOT ARBOR ROAD.
P 242
MOM COMFORTS GIRL AGAIN, EMBRACING
JUDITH: WHY, WHAT'S THE MATTER DARLING?
BETTY: ONE OF THE TREE MEN, MOM! HE WAS LOOKING RIGHT IN THE WINDOW!
P 243
MOM IS FOR REAL GOING TO CHECK IT OUT, BETTY DOESN'T LIKE IT, THE PHONE LOOMS LARGE IN FG
JUDITH: IF I DON'T COME BACK IN TWO MINUTES, BETTY, PHONE THE POLICE! THEIR NUMBER IS TWO SIX HUNDRED!
BETTY: PLEASE, MOMMY! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! THEY'LL HURT YOU!
P 244
MOM IS PISTOL PROWLING OBLIVIOUS TO LOOMING CREEP TREE
JUDITH THOUGHT: MUST BE BETTY'S IMAGINATION! THERE'S NO ONE OUT HERE NOW!
P 245
LS IS DRIVING WITH HER HAIR WHIPPING
LS: GALLOPIN' GHOSTS! ABBOT'S ARBOR IS EERIE AFTER DARK! THE TRIBUNE WOULDN'T HAVE RADIOED ME UNLESS THEY SUSPECTED TROUBLE OUT HERE!
PB
P 246
JUDITH IS GETTING TOSSED ON THE GROUND BY TREE GUY AS LS'S CAR ROLLS UP IN THE BG
LS: NOT A SECOND TOO LATE! WHAT UNEARTHLY THING IS THAT?
P 247
LS RUNS TO JUDITH, CAPE FLYING, AND TREE GUY IS GONE, JUDITH IS STILL ON THE GROUND
LS: I WASN'T QUICK ENOUGH TO CATCH A CLOSE LOOK. IT DISSOLVED LIKE A WRAITH OF BLACK SMOKE!
P 248
TREE GUY LURKS IN THE FG SPYING ON LS
TG THOUGHT: SHE IS THE WITCH WHO FIGHTS PHANTOMS! UM, YES--BUT TONIGHT HER GHOSTCRAFT WILL MEET ITS MASTER!
P 249
JUDITH HAS WOKEN UP AND SHOOTS HER GUN
JUDITH: LOOK OUT LADY SATAN! IT'S THE APPLE TREE! IT'S ALIVE!
P 250
LS AND JUDITH CHECK OUT THE TREE BUT DO NOT SEE TG ON A BRANCH ABOVE
LS: YOUR SHOT HIT THE TRUNK DEAD CENTER, MRS. BENSON, BUT THIS TREE DIED YEARS AGO!
P 251
JUDITH IS FRAZZLED AND LS IS SERIOUS
JUDITH: PLEASE-- YOU MUST BELIEVE ME! THE POLICE WON'T OF COURSE. OUR LITTLE GIRL WAS ATTACKED BY THE SAME THING!
LS: WHO PHONED THE POLICE? HERE THEY COME!
P 252
LS TALKS WITH THE COPS
COP 1: SO! YOU'RE GIVIN' US COMPETITION AGAIN! WHAT KIND OF GILLIES AND GHOSTIES ARE THEY THIS TIME?
LS: YOU'D TURN PALE IF YOU SAW A TREE TRUNK SUDDENLY TAKE THE SHAPE OF A MAN!
PB
P 253
THE COP WITH THE GUN IS KNOCKED OUT BY TG AS HE REAPPEARS AND GRABS THE GUN
COP 2: HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE?
P 254
TG BARKS ORDERS WITH THE GUN AIMED AT THE CROWD
TG: BACK TO THE HOUSE, ALL OF YOU!
LS THOUGHT: THE VOICE IS ALMOST HUMAN, BUT THE THING DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FLESH AND BLOOD!
P 255
APPARENTLY TG JUST LET THEM WALK AWAY FROM HIM, AND THEY ENCOUNTER MOUSTACHIOED GUY
MOUSTACHE: WHAT'S THE TROUBLE HERE-- SOMEBODY GET HURT?
COP 1: IT'S MR. WHITT FROM THE HOUSE DOWN THE ROAD!
P 256
JUDITH LOOKS CRANKY, MR. WHITT MORE BEMUSED
JUDITH: BETTY AND HER CHUMS WERE PICNICKING IN YOUR WOODS WHEN SHE STRAYED FROM THE OTHERS ANS WAS ALMOST STRANGLED TO DEATH BY A TRAMP!
MOUSTACHE / MR. W: I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE POLICE MANY TIMES MYSELF!
P 257
MR. W TALKS WITH AN AGITATED COP
MR. W: MY BROTHER JACK SAYS HERMAN THE HERMIT IS CRAZY. WHY DON'T YOU ARREST HIM?
COP 1: WE'LL QUESTION HIM. BUT HE HAS SQUATTERS RIGHTS IN ABBOT'S ARBOR. WE CAN'T MAKE HIM MOVE!
P 258
THE COP TALKS WITH LS
COP 1: I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED IT WAS HERMAN THE HERMIT! GO CHASE A NIGHTMARE, LADY SATAN!
LS: DON'T COUNT YOUR CULPRITS BEFORE THEY'RE CAUGHT, COPPER!
P 259
LS RUNS OFF FAST, COP AND MR. W LOOKING ON
COP 1: YOU MUSTN'T GO TO THE WOODS, LADY SATAN. IF IT'S THE HERMIT, HE MAY KILL YOU!
LS: MANY HAVE TRIED AND ALL HAVE DIED!
PB
P 260
LS RUNS THROUGH THE WOODS
LS THOUGHT: I SMELL SMOKE BUT CAN'T SEE FIRE. THAT MEANS THE HERMIT'S HUT MUST BE IN THE WEST RAVINE!
P 261
LS RACES TOWARD THE BURNING HERMIT HUT
LS THOUGHT: NOT MUCH LEFT OF THE HERMIT'S HUT, BUT SOMETHING MAY GIVE ME A CLUE!
P 262
LS SEES THE BURNED BODY OF THE HERMIT AND THE GUN FROM BEFORE
LS THOUGHT: WHOEVER KILLED THE HERMIT AND SET FIRE TO HIS HUT RETURNED TO DROP THIS GUN TO PROVE THAT THE HERMIT WAS THE TREE MAN!
P 263
LS LOOKS ON AND SEES THE COPS INVESTIGATING THE BURNING HUT
COP 1: MUST'VE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE HE WAS OUT SCARING FOLKS!
COP 2: NO. THERE'S A CHARRED BODY! RECKON HE WAS DRUNK AND KNOCKED OVER AN OIL LAMP!
P 264
TG SCHEMES WITH MR. W
MR. W: FOLLOW HER UNTIL SHE'S FAR ENOUGH SO THE COPS WON'T HEAR HER SCREAM!
P 265
LS KNEELS NEAR SOME LIQUID
LS: AND HERE LIES THE KEY TO THE MYSTERY! ABBOT'S ARBOR HAS BEEN HAUNTED PURPOSELY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DISCOVERING THIS!
P 266
LS IS GRABBED FROM BEHIND BY TG
TG: ONE DOES NOT HURRY, LADY SATAN, WHEN DEATH LIES AHEAD!
LS: NO! LET GO, YOU BEAST!
PB
P 267
LS BRINGS THE GRAPPLING LOW
LS THOUGHT: THE HERMIT!
VOICE FROM BEHIND ROCK: BREAK HER NECK! LET ME HEAR IT SNAP! THEN LET THE SWAMP SWALLOW HER BODY!
P 268
LS COMPLETES A JUDO FLIP ON TG
LS: NO IMITATION SQUIRREL NEST IS GOING TO BREAK MY NECK! TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAME!
P 269
TG CRASHES INTO MR. W
MR. W: YOU FOOL! WHY DID YOU LET HER DO THAT?
TG: SHE'S A WILDCAT, BOSS! WATCH OUT FOR HER!
P 270
LS SLAMS MR. W INTO A TREE
LS: UNLESS YOU'VE A CAST IRON SKULL, YOU WON'T MAKE ANY MORE TROUBLE!
P 271
LS UNMASKS TG
LS: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE, TREE MAN! YOU'RE TOO FAR OUT ON A LIMB!
P 272
THE COPS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE MAKING ARRESTS WHILE LS PREPARES TO TAKE OFF AGAIN
COP 1: JEEPERS! IT'S MR. WHITT! THIS GUY I GRABBED IS HIS BUTLER!
LS: TAKE THEM IN FOR THE MURDER OF THE HERMIT. I'M RUNNING BACK TO THE BENSONS.
P 273
LS TALKS WITH THE FAMILY
LS: WHY DIDN'T WHITT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW THERE'S A RICH DEPOSIT OF OIL BENEATH HIS LAND?
JOHN: HE'S NOT THE SOLE OWNER. HE MUST'VE BEEN SCHEMING TO GET HIS COUSINS TO SELL THEIR SHARES SO HE COULD HOG IT ALL!
THAT'S ALL
I made this for my own foolish purposes, but I leave it here for anyone else who can think of a use. I ran all of the stories together into one file, numbering panels without restarting for each. If you want to find the beginning of a story, Ctrl-F for "TITLE."
LADY SATAN
SCRIPT
SCRIPT
PANEL 001
LS TAKING OFF HER MASK, HOLDING KNIFE, CHILLING WITH MONOCLE NAZI WHO IS WINE DRINKING
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INTERTITLE: A STRANGE, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN DEDICATES HER LIFE TO FERRET OUT THE SECRETS OF THE ENEMIES OF DEMOCRACY AND TO TURN THESE SECRETS OVER TO THE NATIONS ENGAGED IN A DEATH STRUGGLE TO KEEP THE LIGHT OF LIBERTY AGLOW. THIS WEIRD, SWIFT STRIKING CHARACTER IS KNOWN AS...... LADY SATAN.
P 002
LADY SATAN AND HUBBY ON BOAT, SEE PLANES IN SKY
HUBBY: WE'LL BE MARRIED AS SOON AS WE LAND IN NEW YORK. SAY... WHAT'S....
LS: LOOK.... BOMBERS!
P 003
BOMBERS BOMB THE BOAT, HIGH ANGLE
P 004
LS DRIFTING ON DEBRIS, BOAT IN BG, SHE CRIES AND LOOKS TURA-ESQUE
INT: AS A RESCUE SHIP APPROACHES, A HARSH BITTER VOW LEAVES THE GIRL'S LIPS.
LS: ALL I EVER LOVED DESTROYED BY THOSE TYRANTS. I SWEAR HENCEFORTH TO DEVOTE MY LIFE TO THEIR DESTRUCTION. MY ENEMIES WILL FEEL THE WRATH OF LADY SATAN.
PAGE BREAK
P 005
MASKED LS CHILLS AT CAFE WITH MONOCLE NAZI, PASSING HOODED LADY GIVES HER FLOWERS
MN: PERHAPS MADAME SATAN WILL SOME DAY SHOW ME HER FACE... AND TELL ME HER TRUE NAME?
LS: PERHAPS, BUT NOW BUY ME FLOWERS!
HOODED LADY: THESE ROSES WILL MATCH MADAME'S MASK!
INT: WEEKS LATER, A MASKED, MYSTERIOUS WOMAN SITS IN A CAFE IN GERMAN OCCUPIED PARIS.
P 006
MN SLAPS HOOD WHILE LS TAKES THE FLOWERS
MN: MADAME WILL CHOOSE HER OWN AND IT WILL NOT BE THE COLOR OF BLOOD!
HOOD: FORGIVE ME!
LS: BUT I WILL TAKE THESE.
P 007
CU OF HER HANDS PULLING NOTE FROM FLOWERS
INT: SWIFTLY, THE LADY OF MYSTERY REMOVES A CAREFULLY CONCEALED NOTE FROM THE FLOWERS.
P 008
NIGHT LIGHTS BEHIND THEM AND MN DISTRACTED, SHE READS THE NOTE BEHIND THE TABLE
LS THOUGHT: AND FRITZ IS THE MAN TO LEAD ME TO THEM!
NOTE DESCRIBED: ENGLAND MUST HAVE PLANS OF NAZI SUB-DETECTOR -X9.
INT: AS HER ESCORT LOOKS AWAY, SHE HASTILY SCANS ITS CONTENTS.
P 009
A SERVANT TAKES HER CHAIR AS SHE RISES
LS: YOU HAVE PROMISED TO SHOW ME THE CAMP, WHY NOT NOW?
MN: IT'S AGAINST REGULATIONS... BUT WHO CAN RESIST YOUR REQUEST! COME, WE SHALL GO!
P 010
CAR ON TREE-LINED DIRT ROAD, MN DRIVES LS
MN: WE ARE NEARING THE CAMP, MADAME!
P 011
BAYONET NAZI GREETS THEM
BN: GENERAL SCHULTZ' ORDER, REPORT IMMEDIATELY FOR SPECIAL ASSIGNMENT!
MN: EXCUSE ME, MADAME. I WON'T BE LONG!
LS: CERTAINLY, FRITZ, I'LL WAIT!
P 012
SHE'S SPYING HIM IN DISTANCE
LS: THERE GOES FRITZ IN THAT SHACK... I MUST KNOW WHY!
PB
P 013
GENERAL S GIVES MN PAPER ORDERS WHILE LS WATCHES FROM WINDOW OUTSIDE
INT: UNSEEN, MADAME SATAN OVERHEARS THE ORDER.
GS: YOU WILL FLY THE SUBMARINE DETECTOR PLANS TO BERLIN IMMEDIATELY, CAPTAIN. DELIVER THEM TO THE HOTEL DRESDEN.
MN: YES, GENERAL!
P 014
BAYONET NAZI AND PAL SEE HER SPYING, MAKING A LIE OF THE LAST INTERTITLE
BN: HIMMEL... SHE'S SPYING ON THE GENERAL!
NAZI 2: QUICK, WE MUST SEIZE HER!
P 015
THEY ACCOST HER
LS: HOW DARE YOU TREAT A LADY IN THIS MANNER?
BN: YOU WILL COME WITH US!
P 016
THEY'VE BROUGHT HER IN TO SEE THE GENERAL, MONOCLE ISN'T AROUND
GS: WHAT'S THE MEANING OF THIS?
BN: SHE WAS LISTENING TO YOU DIRECT WHERE THE PLANS WERE TO BE DELIVERED, GENERAL.
P 017
GENERAL LOOKS UGLY
GS: YOU MUST BE AN UGLY WOMAN TO KEEP YOUR FACE COVERED. BUT I'LL REMEDY THAT! TAKE HER TO THE FIRING SQUAD!
P 018
SHE IS AGAINST A WALL WITH GUNS AROUND, CAPTAIN A FEW PACES AWAY DIRECTS THE ACTION
CAP: AIM!
LS: ONE MOMENT.. PERHAPS THE CAPTAIN WILL PERMIT ME TO WHISPER ONE LAST MESSAGE IN HIS EAR BEFORE MY MOUTH IS CLOSED FOREVER?
P 019
CAP ARMS AKIMBO SMILING
CAP: WHO COULD RESIST A FINAL REQUEST EVEN FROM A MYSTERY WOMAN. SHOULDER ARMS!
P 020
SHE GESTURES AWAY AS SHE TALKS WITH HIM
CAP: I WILL GIVE YOU ONE MINUTE, MADAME!
LS: THAT IS ALL I REQUIRE, LOOK!
PB
P 021
CU OF HER HAND JACKING A GUN
LS: THE CAPTAIN IS EASILY FOOLED!
P 022
SHE SECRETLY HAS THE GUN AT HIS BACK
CAP: SQUAD DISMISSED! I HAVE DECIDED TO STAY THE EXECUTION!
LS: YOU HAVE ACTED WISELY, CAPTAIN!
P 023
NAZIS CHAT WHILE SHE GOES AWAY WITH CAP
NAZI 1: FIRST WE DO, THEN WE DON'T, I DON'T GET IT!
NAZI 2: WHO ARE WE TO QUESTION THE COMMANDS OF AN OFFICER.
P 024
LS AND CAP APPROACH A PLANE
LS: I'M GOING TO TAKE THIS PLANE FOR A RIDE - REMEMBER AS LONG AS THE PLANE IS ON THE GROUND- I CAN STILL PUT A BULLET INTO YOU!
CAP: SATAN- YOU HAVE BEEN RIGHTLY NAMED, LADY!
P 025
PLANE FLYING
P 026
MORE PLANES TAKING OFF FOR PURSUIT
INT: BUT AS HER PLANE STREAKS OFF, THE ALARM HAS ALREADY BEEN GIVEN.
P 027
SHE LOOKS OUT HER WINDOW AT THE APPROACHING NAZIS
LS: I'LL ANSWER THE INVITATION TO DEATH...BUT NOT WITH BULLETS!
P 028
PLANES MANEUVERING IN THE AIR
INT: INSTANTLY, THE FEARLESS LADY SATAN PUTS HER DEVILISH PLAN IN MOTION.
NAZI IN PLANE: SHE'S GONE MAD.. SHE'S HEADING STRAIGHT FOR US!
P 029
PLANES EXPLODING IN AIR
PB
P 030
SHE'S PARACHUTING PAST THE SMOKE TRAIL OF PLUMMETING PLANES
LS: FOOLS- THEY FORGOT THAT I'D GET OUT BEFORE THE CRASH!
P 031
ANOTHER PLANE HAS SPOTTED HER AND MOVES IN FOR THE KILL
INT: BUT IN THE EXCITEMENT, THE SHREWD WOMAN OF MYSTERY OVERLOOKS A DANGEROUS MENACE.
P 032
SHE'S FALLING WITH HER PARACHUTE ON FIRE
LS: HEAVENS... I'M NOT AS LUCKY AS I THOUGHT!
P 033
SHE FALLS FASTER WITH THE PARACHUTE ALMOST GONE
INT: AS THE FLAMES CONSUME THE CUTE, LADY SATAN HURTLES DOWN.
P 034
SHE SPLASHES INTO THE WATER AND TWO NAZIS LOOK ON FROM A PLANE
NAZI 1: THAT FALL HAS SURELY KILLED HER. GOOD RIDDANCE TO THAT FEMALE DEVIL!
NAZI 2: AT LAST WE CAN REPORT THE DEATH OF LADY SATAN!
P 035
SHE'S CRAWLING ONTO THE RIVER BANK
INT: BUT THE FEARLESS ENEMY OF DICTATORSHIP IS NOT DEAD, BUT BADLY STUNNED.
P 036
DUDES DRIVING DOWN ROAD SEE HER CRAWLING AT THE SIDE
PASSENGER SIDE: LOOK! SOMEONE'S IN TROUBLE!
P 037
THEY ARE NAZIS AND ARE CHECKING HER OUT
NAZI 1: MASKED... WONDER WHO SHE IS?
NAZI 2: GET HER IN THE CAR AND WE'LL TAKE A LOOK AT HER FACE!
P 038
SHE BUSTS A MOVE TO JACK THEIR RIDE
LS: GOODBYE, MY DULL WITTED FRIENDS!
NAZI 2: WHAT TH--!
PB
P 039
VIEW OF A REAR WHEEL BURNING RUBBER, NAZIS SHOOTING AT HER BEHIND
LS: THIS IS FUN, IF I DON'T GET SHOT!
NAZI 1: KILL HER!
P 040
SHE'S DRIVING DOWN A STREET, A SIGN READS "R-9 BERLIN"
THIS IS THE HOTEL CENTER... I SHOULD FIND THE DRESDEN HERE SOMEWHERE!
P 041
SHE PULLS UP OUTSIDE THE HOTEL, SIGN READING "HOTEL DRESDEN"
LS: THERE IT IS... AND WELL GUARDED. I'LL HAVE TO FIND SOME WAY TO ....
P 042
A MEETING OF NAZI BROS, SMOKING ONE HOLDING THE PLANS
SMOKING NAZI: LUCKY, WE HAD YOU BRING THE PLANS, CAPTAIN FRITZ... OR THAT LADY SATAN WOULD HAVE GOTTEN AT THEM SOMEHOW!
STANDING NAZI: ...AND JUST REPORTED DEAD!
CAPTAIN FRITZ / MONOCLE NAZI: LADY SATAN, A SPY... DEAD... I CAN'T BELIEVE IT!
P 043
HER SHADOW APPEARS ON THE WALL HOLDING A WEIRD GUN AND THEY FREAK
LS: GENTLEMEN, I AM NOT VERY DEAD!
SMO: WHAT TH--!
MN: IT'S HER!
P 044
THEY CHARGE HER, ONE GOING FOR A GUN INSTEAD, AND SHE READIES
STA: SEIZE THE SHE DEVIL!
LS: THEY'RE ASKING FOR IT... HERE GOES!
SMO: KILL HER!
P 045
SHE SPRAYS THEM WITH POISON GAS FROM HER GUN
LS: A DOSE OF CHLORINE WON'T HURT THEM!
P 046
NAZIS FLAIL IN THE GAS CLOUD WHILE SHE REACHES FOR THE DESK
LS: NOW FOR THE PLANS!
NAZI: UGGGH!
NAZI: HELP!
NAZI: AAGGH!
P 047
SHE HAS THE PLANS AND IS HUSTLING AWAY
LS: HERE THEY ARE! NOW TO GET OUT ....
OFF PANEL VOICE: NOT SO FAST LADY SATAN!
PB
P 048
MONOCLE POINTS A GUN AT HER
MN: TRICKED ME INTO LEADING YOU TO THE PLANS... THE GAS IS GETTING ME, MADAME, BUT BEFORE IT DOES, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU! DIE YOU....
P 049
SHE THROWS THE CHLORINE GUN AT HIS HEAD, NAILING HIM
LS: YOU'RE A BLUNDERING FOOL, FRITZ!
MN: YOU.... AAGGGH!
P 050
SHE LOOKS OUT A WINDOW
LS: NOW I'VE GOT TO GET THESE PLANS TO ENGLAND!
P 051
PLANES FLY OVER A STRETCH OF DIRT ROAD
INT: THE FOLLOWING DAY, A SQUADRON OF R.A.F. DAYLIGHT RAIDERS PASS OVER A DESERTED SPOT ON THE OUTSKIRTS OF BERLIN.
RAF GUY IN PLANE: SOMEBODY'S SIGNALING TO US... DIVE, CAPTAIN ...WE'LL SEE WHAT IT IS!
P 052
SHE RUNS TO GET CLOSE TO THE PLANE, NOW LOW TO THE GROUND
LS: WHAT LUCK... THEY'RE COMING FOR ME!
P 053
SHE IS SOMEHOW CLINGING TO THE BOTTOM OF THE PLANE AS IT FLIES AWAY, LEGS KICKING
LS: YIPEEE! I'VE MADE IT!
P 054
SHE COMES UP BEHIND THE PILOT AND CO-PILOT, ALL SMILING
LS: MIND IF I HITCH A RIDE BACK HOME, BOYS?
RAF GUY: HEY, IT'S LADY SATAN. BOY, THE MINISTRY WILL BE GLAD TO SEE YOU!
P 055
A MILITARY SUIT SHAKES HER HAND
MAJOR BRITISH: YOUR BRINGING THE PLANS WILL ENABLE US TO BREAK THE U-BOAT BLOCKADE. BRITAIN OWES YOU MUCH, LADY SATAN.
LS: NO, MAJOR... MY COMPENSATION IS THE TRIUMPH OF LIBERTY OVER TYRANNY!
P 056
ART PANEL WITH LS FACE INSIDE A ROUND FRAME WITH TEXT INSCRIBED, RED WHITE AND BLUE STRIPES RADIATE
INSCRIPTION: LADY SATAN - APPEARS IN DYNAMIC COMICS
PB
P 057
NEARLY FULL PAGE PANEL WITH TITLE, SHE HOLDS A SMOKING GUN OVER TWO SHOT NAZIS, THE SMOKE GOES THROUGH THE SOCKETS OF A GIANT SKULL AND BALLOONS TO CONTAIN THE INTERTITLE
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: AN INSIDE STORY THAT MIGHT NEVER HAVE BEEN TOLD. A SCHEME HATCHED IN THE WARPED BRAIN OF EUROPE'S MAD DICTATOR TO LOP THE HEADS OFF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS IN ONE SWIFT STROKE AND TO LEAVE A BLEEDING WORLD HELPLESS AT HIS FEET. A SCHEME SO FANTASTIC THAT IT COULD NOT FAIL... BUT IT DID! THROUGH THE CUNNING AND COURAGE OF THE DARING LADY SATAN.
P 058
EXT SHOT OF BUILDING WITH CAR PARKED IN FRONT, PEOPLE TALK WITHIN
INT: THE MYSTERIOUS LADY SATAN ARRIVES IN GERMAN-OCCUPIED PARIS.
LS INSIDE BUILDING: YOU WILL CALL FOR ME AT NINE TO-NIGHT, KURT.
OTHER VOICE INSIDE: YES, LADY SATAN.
P 059
INTERIOR NOW, A BABY-HOLDING LADY NOW BESEECHES LS FOR ALMS, LS IS FORGOING THE MASK ON THIS JOB
LADY: LADY, LADY PLEASE SPARE ME A FEW PENNIES, MY BABY IS SICK.
LS: MY BABY IS SICK... FRANCE IS SICK... THE PASSWORD. CERTAINLY, MY FRIEND... I WILL TRY TO HELP THE BABY. LET ME LOOK AT HER.
PB
P 060
LS AND LADY GOTTA BE DISCREET BECAUSE NAZIS LURK
LADY: A MOMENTOUS MEETING IS TO TAKE PLACE. FIND OUT IF IT IS KNOWN BY THE LEADERS OF GERMANY.
LS: THE ORDER WILL BE OBEYED. HERE IS SOME MONEY. TAKE YOUR BABY TO A DOCTOR, IMMEDIATELY.
INT: ONLY A BRIEF SECOND IS REQUIRED FOR VITAL INFORMATION TO BE PASSED.
P 061
LS IS HANGING WITH HER DATE IN HER APARTMENT
LS: YOU ARE LATE, KURT, SELDOM DO I HAVE TO WAIT FOR MY ESCORT.
KT: A THOUSAND PARDONS, LADY SATAN, IT WAS A SPECIAL MEETING OF THE HIGH COMMAND WHICH DELAYED ME.
INT: A FEW HOURS LATER, LADY SATAN GREETS HER ESCORT IN HER APARTMENT.
P 062
KURT HANDS LS SOME TICKETS
KT: AND I MUST RETURN TO THE MEETING IMMEDIATELY. HERE ARE THE TICKETS FOR THE OPERA. I WILL MEET YOU IN THE LOBBY AFTER THE PERFORMANCE.
LS: AGAIN, YOU PUT YOUR HIGH COMMAND ABOVE OUR APPOINTMENT. THE MEETING MUST BE VERY IMPORTANT... OR PERHAPS THERE IS SOME OTHER GIRL?
P 063
KURT IS UPSET
KT: NO! NO! BELIEVE ME. WE HAVE FOUND OUT SOMETHING. THERE WILL BE A MEETING AT SEA OF THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC NATIONS. WE ARE PLANNING TO DESTROY THEM WITH ONE STROKE, OHH, I HAVE BETRAYED MY SECRET...
P 064
LS IS DISMISSIVE, KURT KEEPS FUMBLING
LS: BAH! SUCH THINGS ARE CHILDISH PRATTLE. LET THE WORLD FIGHT AND HATE... BUT TO ME THERE IS NOTHING, BUT FRIENDSHIP.
KT: I WAS HOPING THE WORD FRIENDSHIP WOULD BE...
P 065
KURT IS LEAVING, LS HANGS BACK IN ROOM 13
LS: AFTER THE OPERA, THEN.
KT: I WILL BE THERE. ONLY MY COUNTRY MEANS MORE TO ME THAN YOU.
P 066
SHE HAS A HOODED CAPE, A MASK, AND A GUN NOW
LS: THERE IS LITTLE TIME, BUT I MUST ATTEND THAT MEETING.
P 067
SHE HUSTLES ALONG IN SHADOWS
INT: WITH A BLACK HATRED IN HER HEART FOR ALL OPPRESSORS, LADY SATAN HURRIES TOWARD THE GOVERNMENT BUILDING.
P 068
HER SHADOWY FIGURE LURKS WHILE NAZIS TALK SHOP
KT: WE MUST HURRY AND NOT KEEP OUR SUPERIORS WAITING.
NAZI 2: IT IS IMPORTANT AND MOST SECRET.
INT: AS THE OFFICERS GATHER AT THE HALL, A DARK AND SHAPELESS FORM LURKS IN THE SHADOWS.
PB
P 069
LS CLIMBS A TREE
INT: SWIFTLY, THE CLOAKED FIGURE CLIMBS THE HANGING IVY.
P 070
HER SHADOW LURKS OUTSIDE THE WINDOW OF AN OBLIVIOUS NAZI
LS: I MUST LEARN THEIR SECRET. THE FATE OF NATIONS MAY DEPEND ON ME.
P 071
LS LOOPS A GARROTE AROUND THE NAZI'S NECK
LS: THIS IS THE MOST SILENT WEAPON.
P 072
LS GARROTES THE NAZI
NAZI: AAAAGGGHH!
P 073
THREE NAZIS COME INTO THE ROOM AND LS LURKS BEHIND THE DOOR
KT: WE ARE ON TIME, THE HIGH COMMAND HAS NOT YET ARRIVED.
NAZI 2: I STATIONED A GUARD HERE. HE WILL BE SHOT FOR NEGLECTING HIS POST!
P 074
A BIGGER NAZI COMES IN AND THE THREE SNAP TO
BIG NAZI: GENTLEMEN... THE MEETING WILL BE SHORT. I AM ABOUT TO REQUEST ONE OF YOU TO MAKE THE SUPREME SACRIFICE. THE HEAD OF THE BRITISH GOVERNMENT IS TO MEET THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES SOMEWHERE IN THE ATLANTIC.
P 075
BN IS LOOKING HAUGHTY
BN: WE REQUEST ONE OF YOU TO VOLUNTEER TO DISGUISE HIMSELF AS THE HEAD OF THE FREE FRENCH FORCES AND ATTEND THAT MEETING, AND... YOU UNDERSTAND, GENTLEMEN... YOU CANNOT HOPE TO RETURN AFTER YOU HAVE COMPLETED YOUR TASK.
P 076
KURT RESPONDS TO HIM
KT: WHEN MY COUNTRY CALLS, IT IS THE ONLY VOICE I HEAR.
INT: A DEVOTED FANATIC OFFERS HIS LIFE TO THE CAUSE OF DICTATORS.
PB
P 077
NAZIS SHAKE ON IT WHILE LS SPIES
BN: YOU ARE BRAVE, LIEUTENANT KURT, GO BELOW WHERE EXPERTS WILL DISGUISE YOU AS DE GAULLE, COMMANDER OF THE FREE FRENCH FORCES. THE DETAILS OF THE PART YOU ARE TO PLAY WILL BE TOLD TO YOU.
P 078
LS NOTICES THE GUY SHE GARROTED IS COMING AROUND
LS: WHAT'S THAT! THE GUARD... HE'S COMING TO!
NAZI: AAAAHHH!
P 079
THE NAZIS TAKE NOTICE
BN: SOMEONE GROANED...
KT: SOMEONE IS SPYING BEHIND THAT CURTAIN.
P 080
SHE HAS TO PULL THE GUN ON THEM
BN: GRAB HER... DON'T STAND THERE!
LS: A STEP CLOSER AND I'LL CUT YOU ALL DOWN!
P 081
GARROTED NAZI GRABS HER GUN ARM
NAZI: I'VE GOT IT.
LS: YOU'LL NEVER TAKE ME ALIVE!
P 082
SHE HOLDS A KNIFE TO HER CHEST WHILE GUYS BUST MOVES
LS: YOU'LL NEVER BRING ME TO TRIAL BEFORE YOUR MOCK JUSTICE.
BN: SEIZE HER!
P 083
SHE STABS HERSELF IN THE CHEST
LS: OHHHHH!
NAZI OFF PANEL: SHE HAS SAVED US TIME AND TROUBLE.
P 084
THE NAZIS STAND OVER HER BODY
BN: SHE DID HER DUTY AS SHE SAW IT!
NAZI 3: IT IS A DANGEROUS GAME AND ONLY THE BRAVE ATTEMPT IT. COME, WE WILL SEND THE GUARD TO BURY HER.
PB
P 085
LS RISES FROM THE FLOOR
INT: WHEN THE OTHERS LEAVE, LADY SATAN REVEALS HER CLEVER RUSE.
LS: A RUBBER DAGGER WITH CRIMSON PAINT. AS ITS POINT TOUCHED MY BODY, THE PAINT WAS RELEASED. A VERY HANDY WEAPON.
P 086
LS VINE SWINGS TO THE GROUND WHERE A CAR WAITS
LS: I MUST WIN THIS RACE!
P 087
A NAZI TRIES TO WAVE HER DOWN AND SHE KEEPS DRIVING
NAZI: HALT! HALT!
LS: NO TIME FOR DATES WITH YOU, MY FRIEND.
P 088
AS SHE DRIVES AWAY, SOMEONE IS DRIVING UP FROM BEHIND
LS: THEY'RE COMING AFTER ME! THIS IS GOING TO BE A REAL RACE FROM DEATH.
P 089
AT AN AIRFIELD, HER CAR PULLS IN
INT: THE RACE IS CLOSE, BUT LADY SATAN HAS A FEW MOMENTS TO SPARE.
P 090
KURT IS IN PILOT GEAR NOW OUTSIDE A PLANE, GETTING SEEN OFF BY ANOTHER NAZI
NAZI: YOU HAVE THE LOCATION AS SUPPLIED BY THE AGENTS. SHOULD YOU SUCCEED, THE WAR IS WON FOR GERMANY.
KT: I PROMISE TO DO MY BEST.
INT: IN ANOTHER PART OF THE FIELD, KURT IS READY TO LEAVE ...
P 091
SHE'S RUNNING ACROSS THE FIELD, CAPE TRAILING, SEEING KURT'S PLANE ABOVE
LS: THAT'S KURT, UP THERE. I HAVE TO GET HIM. HE MUST NOT GET AWAY.
P 092
A NAZI IS RUNNING AFTER HER AS SHE CLIMBS INTO ANOTHER PLANE
NAZI: STOP OR I SHOOT!
LS: TWO CAN PLAY AT THAT GAME!
PB
P 093
LS BUSTS A CAP IN NAZI FROM THE COCKPIT
NAZI: OHHHH!
LS: NOW TO FOLLOW THE FRENCH PLANE.
P 094
LS AND KURT APPROACH SOME SHIPS AT SEA, KURT IN THE LEAD
INT: FAR OUT INTO THE ATLANTIC THE TWO PLANES RACE. ONE ON A DEADLY MISSION, THE OTHER TO STOP IT, IF POSSIBLE.
P 095
CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT ARE CHILLING ON A BOAT WITH A NAVY GUY AS A PLANE APPROACHES
NAVY: THAT'S GENERAL DE GAULLE. HE RADIOED HE'S COMING TO JOIN THE CONFERENCE.
INT: UNAWARE OF THE IMPENDING DANGER, THE RULERS OF TWO GREAT COUNTRIES PREPARE TO WELCOME ANOTHER.
P 096
NAVY SEES LS PLANE APPROACH, READY GUNS
NAVY: A PLANE! WITH THE NAZI SWASTIKA. TAKE YOUR RANGE AND FIRE.
INT: AS THE SECOND PLANE COMES INTO VIEW.
P 097
BOMBS BURSTING IN AIR AROUND LS'S PLANE
INT: DESPITE THE HAIL OF SHELLS FROM THOSE SHE SEEKS TO SAVE, LADY SATAN GALLANTLY KEEPS HER SPEEDY PLANE POINTED FORWARD.
P 098
ONE AIRPLANE HAS LANDED ON THE WATER, THE OTHER HAS BEEN SHOT DOWN, AND SOMEONE PARACHUTES
INT: A DIRECT HIT AND LADY SATAN IS FORCED FROM THE BURNING PLANE.
P 099
AN ESCORT CRAFT PICKS LS OUT OF THE WATER
LS: TAKE ME TO THE BATTLESHIP PRINCE OF WALES, IMMEDIATELY. IT'S VERY IMPORTANT.
SAILOR: SORRY, LADY, BUT YOU HAVE ARRIVED UNDER CIRCUMSTANCES WHICH WILL REQUIRE THE MOST COMPLETE INVESTIGATION. YOU WILL BE QUARTERED IN ONE OF THE DESTROYERS.
INT: THREATS AND PLEADING WILL NOT SWERVE THE LOYAL SAILOR FROM HIS DUTY.
P 100
NOW SHE HAS PULLED A GUN ON THE SAILOR
INT: BUT THE LADY OF MYSTERY IS DETERMINED TO COMPLETE HER MISSION.
LS: I KNOW THAT YOU WERE DOING THE RIGHT THING. BUT THE SAFETY OF TWO GREAT MEN DEPENDS ON HOW SOON YOU GET ME TO THE 'WALES,' NOW HURRY.
PB
P 101
FAKE CHARLES DE GAULLE SEES THE ESCORT SHIP APPROACH
INT: FORCED AT THE POINT OF A GUN, THE SAILORS TRANSFER HER TO THE BATTLESHIP.
KURT: IF I DIDN'T KNOW A CERTAIN LADY WAS WAITING FOR ME IN PARIS... I'D SWEAR IT WAS HER. BUT NOW I HAVE WORK!
P 102
WHILE NAVY IS BEHIND HIM, KURT PREPARES HIS GUN
KT: AND NOW I GO TO MEET THE TWO GREAT LEADERS AND SEND THEM TO THEIR DOOM.
P 103
LS HAS GOTTEN TO AN UPPER DECK AND IS LOOKING DOWN AT HIM
LS: I MUST HURRY... KURT'S GOING TO SHOOT THEM DOWN!
P 104
LS TACKLES HIM FROM BEHIND AND HE LOSES THE GUN
INT: AS THE MURDEROUS ASSASSIN IS ABOUT TO STRIKE, LADY SATAN HAS ALREADY LAUNCHED HER ATTACK.
KT: THERE GREAT ONES, YOU... WHAT'S HAPPENED?
LS: I HAVE GROWN TIRED OF WAITING, KURT...
P 105
LS STABS HIM IN THE BACK
LS: I HAVE COME TO YOU.
KT: THEY HAVE RIGHTLY NAMED YOU.... LADY SATAN... AAAGGGHH!
P 106
NAVY PALAVERS WITH CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT
NAVY: AND TO THINK, I THOUGHT SHE WAS A FOREIGN AGENT!
CHURCHILL: A CLEVER WOMAN... AND A BRAVE ONE.
ROOSEVELT: I'D LIKE TO THANK HER PERSONALLY. HAVE HER BROUGHT HERE.
P 107
A SAILOR TALKS TO LS NEAR THE FOOT OF STAIRS LEADING TO A SMALLER BOAT - SHE'S LEAVING
SAILOR: MR. CHURCHILL AND THE PRESIDENT REQUEST YOUR PRESENCE, MAM!
LS: I REGRET THAT I CANNOT COMPLY. BUT THERE IS IMPORTANT WORK FOR ME IN PARIS... I CANNOT DELAY ANY LONGER.
P 108
CHURCHILL AND ROOSEVELT WAVE AT HER PLANE AS IT FLIES AWAY, THE END GRAPHIC APPEARS OVER THE PANEL WITH LS SMILING IN PROFILE
CHURCHILL: WHOEVER SHE IS, SHE IS A GREAT WOMAN!
ROOSEVELT: PERHAPS SOME DAY HER FIGHT FOR LIBERTY AND JUSTICE WILL NOT HAVE BEEN IN VAIN.
GRAPHIC TEXT: LADY SATAN - APPEARS IN DYNAMIC COMICS
PB
P 109
HUGE TITLE PANEL WHERE LS IS WRESTLING WITH A SHAGGY DUDE WHILE THREE WOLVES ATTACK HER, FULL MOON IN THE BG
TITLE: LADY SATAN
P 110
A CAR DRIVES ON A RAINY NIGHT AND ENCOUNTERS A SMALL MISERABLE LOOKING CROWD BY THE ROADSIDE, WHILE THE GIANT SCROLL-STYLED INTERTITLE HAS A PICTURE OF MASKED LADY SATAN AND NARRATION BY HER IN SOMETHING LIKE A COURIER FONT - UPPER & LOWER CASE UNLIKE THE REST OF THE COMIC
INT: Perhaps I am the only person in the world today who is a master of the art of Black Magic. That is why I am called Lady Satan. If you are an unbeliever and scorn the idea that such creatures as ghosts, vampires, and werewolves really exist, read this story and you'll change your mind. It was a dark stormy night. The rain was beating against my windshield when--
P 111
INT CAR, LS IS IN A BLACK MASK AND RED HEAD SCARF
LS: WHAT'S THAT AHEAD ON THE ROAD? GOOD HEAVENS!
PB
P 112
THE MISERABLE GROUP IS THREE CHILDREN TALKING IN THE FOREGROUND AS LS APPROACHES - BLONDE BOY, DARK-HAIRED BOY, AND GIRL
BLD: SOMEONE'S COMING!
DHB: IF WE COULD ONLY WARN HER OF THE MASTER!
P 113
LS TALKS WITH THEM
LS: WHY, YOU POOR DEARS! WHERE DO YOU LIVE? I'LL TAKE YOU HOME!
GRL: YES, YES! PLEASE TAKE US HOME!
P 114
SHAGGY SCUMBAG LOOKS ON FROM HIDING
INT: Unseen by the roadside--
SCUM: AH-- ANOTHER VICTIM FOR MY WOLF PACK! SOON SHE WILL BE IN MY POWER!
P 115
SCUMBAG DOES SORCERY AS HE CHECKS OUT THE SCENE
SCUM: TOOTH AND CLAW AND VIPERS THREE! CHANGE! BRING ME BLOOD THAT I MAY NOT DIE!
P 116
THE KIDS TURN INTO WOLVES AND LS RECOILS IN SHOCK
LS: I'LL DRIVE YOU INTO TOWN AT ONCE--WHAT!!
P 117
SHE DODGES THE WEREWOLVES
LS: WEREWOLVES! ONE SCRATCH AND I'LL BE ONE OF THEM!
P 118
SCUM'S SHADOW LURKS WHILE LS LOOKS SERIOUS
LS: THE XANDA POWDER-- MY ONLY CHANCE!
INT: They were coming at me-- I could feel their hot breath at my throat. I fumbled inside my robe and--
P 119
LS GIVES THE DOGS THE WHAMMY WITH MAGIC AND POWDER
LS: BACK, BACK, FIENDS OF DARKNESS! BACK TO YOUR MASTER!
PB
P 120
LADY SATAN IS CAPE FURLY WHILE THE WOLVES SLINK AWAY
LS: YOU ARE WEREWOLVES AND MUST OBEY YOUR MASTER-- BUT I WILL COME AND SAVE YOU FOR THE SHADOWS WILL TELL ME WHERE YOU HIDE!
P 121
THE DOGS RETURN TO THEIR MASTER
SCUM: IT'S LADY SATAN-- WHO KNOWS ALL OUR SECRETS! WE MUST FLEE!
P 122
HE COMMANDS THEM TO COME WITH HIM
SCUM: COME, LITTLE PLAYMATES-- HURRY! SHE MUST NOT KNOW WHERE WE HIDE!
P 123
THEY COME TO A RUINED BUILDING
SCUM: WE'RE SAFE-- WE'RE SAFE! SHE'LL NEVER FIND US HERE!
P 124
HE RADIATES RED SPOOKINESS
SCUM: YOU ARE WOLVES NO MORE! RESUME YOUR NATURAL SHAPES!
P 125
HUMAN AGAIN, THE DOGS ARE DISORIENTED, THE MASTER BOSSY
BLD: I THOUGHT A BEAUTIFUL LADY WAS GOING TO TAKE US HOME!
SCUM: YES! NOW GET YOU TO THE CELLAR! TOMORROW SOME MORE OF YOUR FRIENDS WILL JOIN YOU!
P 126
LS IS IN AN OCCULT LAIR WITH BOOKS AND PARAPHERNALIA
INT: I myself could not follow the shadows. I returned to my home to summon the Shadow People to help me, so--
LS: THIS WAS GIVEN TO ME BY A TIBETAN LAMA! HE SWORE IT WOULD NOT FAIL!
PB
P 127
LS IS DOING MAGIC OVER THE URN, WHICH HAS SMOKE COMING OUT OF IT
LS: COME, PEOPLE FROM THE SHADOW WORLD! COME-- FOR I NEED YOU!
P 128
SHADOWY FIGURES APPEAR ALL AROUND LS
INT: Instantly--
LS: AH-- PEOPLE OF DARKNESS, YOU CANNOT TALK BUT YOU MUST OBEY! TOMORROW LEAD ME TO WHERE THE MASTER FINDS HIS PREY!
P 129
LS SEES AN UNNATURAL SHADOW MOVING ON THE WALL
INT: Then the light went out and I retired, confident I would trail the werewolf master to his lair. Dawn came--
LS: AH-- MY GUIDE WAITS! I WILL FOLLOW!
P 130
LS RUNS TOWARD THE SCENE FOLLOWING SHADOWS, A CAR WITH TWO BOYS STANDING BY IT
INT: 8 Minutes Later--
LS: THERE'S MY QUARRY! THAT'S HOW HE GETS THE CHILDREN FOR HIS WEREWOLF PACK!
P 131
SCUM IS LURING TWO KIDS INTO HIS BACK SEAT WITH CANDY
SCUM: GET IN! I'LL TAKE YOU WHERE THERE'S PLENTY MORE CANDY!
KID: GEE-- IT'S GOOD-- MISTER!
P 132
LS CHASES AFTER THE CAR
INT: I saw they were trapped. The fiend was feeding them something that placed them in his power. I heard the car start. Then--
LS: IF THEY ESCAPE ME, THOSE CHILDREN ARE DOOMED!
P 133
SOMEHOW SHE LOOSELY CLINGS TO THE BACK AS IS ZOOMS ALONG
LS: GOOD! I MADE IT! BUT THE TEST IS AHEAD-- ARE HIS POWERS GREATER THAN MINE?
P 134
SCUM SEES LS IN THE REARVIEW MIRROR
SCUM: WE'LL SOON BE HOME, CHILDREN! LADY SATAN'S FACE! SHE'S TRAILING ME. AH- THE BRIDGE! I'LL FOOL HER YET!
PB
P 135
LS IS STILL CLINGING TO THE CAR ON A WINDING HILLSIDE ROAD
INT: SSS
P 136
INT CAR, SCUM LOOKS STARTLED, KIDS FREAKING OUT
KID 1: LOOK OUT!
KID 2: WE'RE GOING TO CRASH!
P 137
THE CAR GOES OFF A BRIDGE INTO THE WATER WITH LS ON BACK
P 138
LS IS IN THE WATER AND SEES A WOLF GETTING AWAY
LS: THAT'S THE MASTER-- BUT THE CHILDREN-- I MUST SAVE THEM!
P 139
UNDERWATER, BOYS ARE PANICKED AS WATER ENCROACHES
INT: While below--
P 140
LS SWIMS SHOELESS INTO THE DEEPER WATER
LS: THEY'RE TRAPPED LIKE RATS!
P 141
LS PULLS A LIMP KID FROM THE CAR
LS: GOOD-- BUT I MUST HURRY-- I CAN ONLY TAKE ONE UP AT A TIME!
P 142
SCUM IS HUMANOID AGAIN, WADING OUT OF THE RIVER
SCUM: NO SIGN OF LADY SATAN OR THE BRATS! I'M SAFE-- SHE'S DEAD!
PB
P 143
SCUM IS CHECKING OUT HIS KIDS FROM BEFORE, WHO HE HAS BEHIND BARS
INT: And soon--
SCUM: I THOUGHT I WAS GOING TO BRING YOU NEW FRIENDS BUT SOMETHING INTERFERED! NEVER MIND-- TONIGHT, I'LL TRY AGAIN!
P 144
FROM INSIDE THE CELL THE CHILDREN PLEAD
GRL: PLEASE-- PLEASE-- LET US OUT!
BLD: DON'T CHANGE US INTO WOLVES AGAIN!
SCUM: SILENCE! A FEW MORE VICTIMS AND YOU WILL BECOME LIKE ME-- A WEREWOLF, ANXIOUS TO HUNT OUT YOUR PREY!
P 145
LS TALKS TO THE OTHER BOYS SHE JUST RESCUED
INT: While, at the river bank--
KID 1: YOU SAVED US! WE NEARLY DROWNED!
KID 2: NOW WE MUST GO HOME!
LS: YES! GO-- BUT NEVER TO TRUST STRANGERS AGAIN. NOW I MUST LEAVE FOR I HAVE A JOB TO DO!
P 146
LATER LS MOVES ALONG A BRICK WALL IN THE DARK
LS: HE FORGOT THAT HIS WET FOOTPRINTS LEFT A TRAIL! THIS IS THE HOUSE-- HARK-- VOICES DOWNSTAIRS!
P 147
WITH A YELLOW AURA IN THE DARKNESS, SCUM CASTS MAGIC UNTIL HE GETS STARTLED
SCUM: YOUR HUMAN FORMS ARE CHANGING NOW-- AND THE WOLVES ARE COMING-- TO FOLLOW THE TRAIL OF BLOOD-- WHAT'S THAT?
P 148
HE'S JUST TOTALLY SHOCKED BY LADY SATAN SHOWING UP
SCUM: YOU-- YOU. LADY SATAN!
LS: YES-- AND I'M HERE TO END YOUR DEVIL MAGIC!
P 149
HE BEGS FOR MERCY AS SHE SOMEHOW SETS HIM ON FIRE
SCUM: NO! NO! MERCY-- LADY SATAN!
LS: BURN, DRINKER OF BLOOD-- BURN, WEREWOLF MASTER!
INT: So died the most evil of all dwellers of the darkness-- the Master Werewolf. With my powers, I cured the children.-- Perhaps, you still don't believe in these strange creatures of the night-- but you will --if sometime you meet one. (in script) Lady Satan
PB
P 150
BIG TITLE PANEL WITH LS SHACKLED IN A DUNGEON WITH BATS AND SKELETONS
TITLE: LADY SATAN
P 151
LS READS A LETTER BY CANDLELIGHT WITH A BIG SCROLLISH INTERTITLE BENEATH
INT: Was Nancy Strong losing her mind in the murky halls of an ancestral mansion? Answering her frantic plea, Lady Satan uncovered a phantom, a friend, and a startling legacy!
P 152
LS IS DRIVING IN HER MASK AND CAPE WITH THE HOOD UP
LS: WILD ACRES IS JUST AHEAD. I HOPE NOTHING HAS HAPPENED TO NANCY!
P 153
EXT HER CAR APPROACHES STEREOTYPICAL HAUNTED HOUSE WITH FULL MOON
LS: ABNER STRONG WAS A WEALTHY MAN. WONDER WHY HIS DAUGHTER STAYS AT THIS DESOLATE PLACE!
PB
P 154
A LADY IN A GREEN DRESS GREETS LADY SATAN
LADY: OH-- I'M SO GLAD YOU CAME, LADY SATAN!
LS: I HAD TO COME WHEN I READ YOUR LETTER MISS STRONG!
P 155
INSIDE THEY MEET TWO SHEISTY LOOKING SERVANTS, LS LOOKS SUSPICIOUS, MS. NANCY STRONG LOOKS GLAMOROUSLY CONFLICTED
LADY SERVANT: WHO IS SHE? SEND HER AWAY! WE DON'T WANT STRANGERS!
NANCY: HUSH, REBECCA! THIS WAY, LADY SATAN!
P 156
LS LOUNGES AND NANCY EXPRESSES HER ANXIETY WITH INTENSE EMOTING
LS: YOUR FATHER DISAPPEARED AND YOU HAVEN'T BEEN ABLE TO FIND HIS MONEY?
NANCY: THAT'S RIGHT-- AND EVERY NIGHT I HEAR STRANGE NOISES-- LISTEN!
P 157
REBECCA LOOKS SHEISTY FROM THE DOOR
REB: PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO HAVE SOME TEA MISS NANCY?
P 158
AS REB GIVES THEM TEA, NANCY INTRODUCES HER
NANCY: REBECCA AND HER HUSBAND WERE FATHER'S HOUSEKEEPERS FOR YEARS!
REB: AND WE SERVED HIM VERY FAITHFULLY!
P 159
NANCY DOWNS HERS BUT LS SNEAKILY DUMPS IT IN A POTTED PLANT
NANCY: THANK YOU, REBECCA! IT WAS DELICIOUS!
LS THOUGHT: SHE'S SO EXCITED. SHE DIDN'T NOTICE THE QUEER TASTE!
P 160
REB IS LEAVING, NANCY YAWNS, AND LS HAS A SMOKE
NANCY: I FEEL TERRIBLY SLEEPY-- SUDDENLY!
LS: SO DO I. PERHAPS WE'D BETTER RETIRE NOW AND DISCUSS YOUR PROBLEM IN THE MORNING!
PB
P 161
NANCY IS STILL EMOTING HER FEARS WHILE LS LOUNGES MOST SEXILY
NANCY: SOMETIMES I WAKE UP AND FEEL SOMEONE IS HERE WITH ME!
LS: PERHAPS IT'S ONLY A BAD DREAM. GOOD NIGHT, NANCY!
P 162
NANCY IS ASLEEP WHILE LS RISES
INT: After the clock strikes midnight--
LS THOUGHT: SOMEONE'S COMING. I CAN HEAR THE FLOOR CREAKING!
P 163
LS SEES THE GHOST OF ABNER STRONG STANDING ABOVE NANCY
LS: IT'S NO USE, MR. STRONG. EVEN IS NANCY WERE AWAKE SHE WOULDN'T BE ABLE TO SEE YOU, BUT I CAN! WHAT DO YOU WANT?
P 164
HIS HAND IS BECKONING
LS: OH, I UNDERSTAND. YOU CANNOT SPEAK BUT YOU WANT ME TO FOLLOW YOU. WAIT TILL I SLIP ON NANCY'S CLOTHES.
P 165
LS TALKS WITH THE GHOST
LS: YOU WERE HER FATHER SO I BELIEVE I CAN TRUST YOU!
P 166
AS LS FOLLOWS THE GHOST, REB & HUBBY SPY
LS: I HOPE YOU'RE LEADING ME TO SOMETHING BESIDES A TRAP!
P 167
AS SHE KEEPS ON, CREEPS CREEP BEHIND HER
LS: FASTER! IF ANYONE SEES ME, THEY'LL THINK IT'S NANCY WALKING IN HER SLEEP!
PB
P 168
LS SEES GHOST POINTING TO THE BRICKS
LS: SOMETHING HIDDEN HERE? YOU WANT ME TO PULL OUT THE STONE?
P 169
LS PULLS A BRICK OUT
LS: I WONDER WHAT IT CAN BE! BETTER GET IT OUT AND RUN BEFORE SOMEONE COMES ALONG!
P 170
LS HAS A BAG OF LOOT AND THE GHOST LOOKS ON
LS: THE MONEY YOU LEFT FOR NANCY! YOU WANT ME TO GIVE IT TO HER! SHH! WAIT! WHAT WAS THAT?
P 171
IT'S REB AND HUB, THEY HAVE AGGRO FACES
HUB: SHE LED US TO THE MONEY! I KNEW SHE WOULD!
REB: GRAB HER QUICK!
P 172
LS WRESTLES WITH HUB
HUB: SHE'S CLAWING MY EYES-- STOP HER!
P 173
HUB KNOCKS HER OUT WITH A RIGHT CROSS AS REB LOOKS ON
HUB: THAT TAKES CARE OF HER! WE'LL LET HER DIE THE LONG WAY!
P 174
HUB CARRIES LS AND REB HAS THE MONEY
HUB: I'LL TAKE HER DOWNSTAIRS!
REB: YES, HURRY! I'LL LIGHT THE WAY!
PB
P 175
REB HAS A CANDLE AND IS FURTHER DOWN THE STAIRS AS HUB CARRIES LS INTO THE DUNGEON, THEY ASSUME LS IS NANCY BECAUSE IT'S DARK I GUESS
HUB: SOON, SHE'LL SEE HER FATHER AGAIN!
REB: VERY SOON. VERY SOON, INDEED!
P 176
THEY'VE SHACKLED HER TO THE WALL AND SOMEHOW STILL DON'T NOTICE THE MASK
HUB: HURRY! SHE'S COMING TO!
REB: IT IS DONE. NOW WE'LL INTRODUCE HER TO HER FATHER!
P 177
REB TALKS SHIT OVER A SKELETON WHILE LS HANGS IN THE BG
REB: HERE'S YOUR FATHER, NANCY. WHAT'S LEFT OF HIM. HE REFUSED TO TELL US WHERE HE HID HIS MONEY!
P 178
REB IS SHOCKED AS LS FINALLY RAISES HER HEAD
REB: BUT YOU SHOWED US-- WHAT? YOU'RE NOT NANCY! YOU'RE LADY SATAN!
LS: YES, AND NOW YOU'LL FEEL BUT NOT SEE THE GHOST OF YOUR VICTIM!
P 179
LS HAS POPPED SOMETHING OUT OF A RING AND REB COVERS HER FACE IN PAIN
LS: IT IS THE POWDER OF THE DRAGON'S SCALES! IT UNVEILS THE SHADOW WORLD!
REB: WHAT? MY EYES! MY EYES!
P 180
REB AND HUB ARE DISTRACTED BY EXPERIENCING THE GHOST
REB: ABNER STRONG! GO AWAY! GO AWAY!
HUB: HE'S COME BACK FROM THE DEAD! COMING TO CLAIM OUR SOULS!
P 181
LS BUSTS THE CHAIN SCARING SOME BATS
LS: MY MAGIC GIVES ME THE STRENGTH OF TWENTY MEN-- GOOD, THE RING IS LOOSENING!
PB
P 182
REB AND HUB TRY TO RECOVER THEIR STEEL, HUDDLED TOGETHER
REB: HE'S ONLY A SHADOW! HE CAN'T HURT US, BUT LOOK!
HUB: LADY SATAN'S FREE!
P 183
LS STILL HAD HANDS BOUND BUT NO LONGER TO THE WALL, WHACKS HUB ACROSS THE FACE
HUB: YOU WON'T ESCAPE! --YOU WON'T!
P 184
LS KEEPS BEATING ON FOOLS
LS: BACK--SPAWN OF EVIL--BACK!
HUB: NO! NO! STOP!
P 185
REB GOES FLYING INTO A DARK CORNER OF DANGEROUS DEBRIS
REB: TAKE HER AWAY! TAKE HER AWAY! HELP!
P 186
REB IS FACE DOWN WITH A PITCHFORK IN HER BACK AND HUB HAS HIS FACE IN HIS HANDS
HUB: REBECCA! SPEAK TO ME! SHE--SHE'S DYING! YOU'VE KILLED HER!
P 187
LS TALKS TO GHOST ABNER
LS: YOU'VE HAD YOUR REVENGE, MR. STRONG. ALL THAT REMAINS IS FOR NANCY TO OVERCOME HER GRIEF.
P 188
LS WAKES UP NANCY WITH THE BAG OF LOOT
LS: HERE, NANCY. HERE'S YOUR MONEY. YOUR FATHER'S SPIRIT SHOWED ME WHERE IT WAS HIDDEN!
NANCY: THAT'S STRANGE! I WONDER WHY I COULDN'T SEE HIM. YOU MUST HAVE REMARKABLE EYES, LADY SATAN!
PB
P 189
BIG TITLE PANEL HAS LS BAREFOOT UP A TREE SHOCKED THAT A GUY IS BEING HUNG FROM IT, STILL ALIVE AND THROAT-GRASPING, AND ARMED WITH A PISTOL
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: THE CURSE OF THE WALKING DEAD DEFIES LADY SATAN'S SUPERNATURAL POWERS! WHAT WEIRD SORCERY WORKS THIS IMPOSSIBLE NIGHTMARE, THREATENING A FATE WORSE THAN DEATH TO THE DARING ENEMY OF ALL THINGS DIABOLICAL? HOW CAN LADY SATAN DISCOVER THAT HER MYSTIC POWERS ARE PITTED AGAINST INSANE INVENTIONS INSTEAD OF INHUMAN PHENOMENA?
P 190
A BLOND LADY WAKES UP TO SEE A FEDORA GUY IN THE FOREGROUND
INT: PATRICIA GREY AWAKENS INTO HORRIBLE DREAD---
FEDORA GUY: LEAVE! LEAVE THIS HOUSE FOREVER OR YOU WILL NEVER LEAVE ALIVE!
PAT: FATHER! IS THAT YOU FATHER?
P 191
CU OF PAT LOOKING GLAMOROUSLY TERRIFIED
PAT: GO! GO AWAY! YOU CAN'T HURT US NOW! YOU'RE DEAD!
P 192
PAJAMA GUY RUNS INTO ROOM SO FAST HE LOSES A SLIPPER
GUY: PAT! WHAT'S THE TROUBLE? YOU ALL RIGHT?
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P 193
GUY COMFORTS PAT
GUY: WAS IT UNCLE FELIX AGAIN?
PAT: NO! MUCH WORSE! THIS TIME IT WAS OUR FATHER! OH-ART-WE CAN'T STAY. WE MUST SELL THE HOUSE!
P 194
NIGHT ROBE LADY WITH ARMS AKIMBO IS ANGRY AT THEM
ANGRY: UP TO YOUR OLD TRICKS AGAIN, EH? YOU WILL NOT SELL THIS HOUSE AS LONG AS I'M ALIVE!
GUY / ART: PLEASE, AUNT VICTORIA! YOU MUSTN'T BE SO STUBBORN!
P 195
ART GOES TO TALK TO VIC
ART: PAT WAS AWAKENED BY FATHER'S GHOST! HE WARNED HER TO LEAVE. I KNOW IT SOUNDS FANTASTIC, BUT I'M CERTAIN PAT WASN'T DREAMING!
ANGRY / VIC: NONSENSE. OF COURSE SHE WAS. SO WERE YOU THE OTHER NIGHT. WHAT YOU TWO NEED IS A PSYCHIATRIST! I'LL CALL ONE TO-MORROW!
P 196
VIC IS GONE AND PAT TALKS TO ART
PAT: DON'T WORRY, ART! SHE CAN'T AFFORD TO CALL IN A PSYCHIATRIST. BUT WE MUST ACT BEFORE IT'S TOO LATE!
ART: YES! WHATEVER THE EVIL FORCE MAY BE, WE CAN'T RISK OUT LIVES IN A FUTILE ATTEMPT TO STOP IT! I'LL TRY TO LOCATE LADY SATAN!
P 197
SOON ART IS AT THE POLICE STATION TALKING TO A BALD DESK JOCKEY
INT: NEXT DAY
ART: IT'S NOT A CASE FOR THE POLICE, CAPTAIN. THERE'S A WOMAN KNOWN AS LADY SATAN WHO MIGHT--
COP: CORRECT, MR. GREY. BUT HER HOME AND PHONE NUMBER ARE CLOSELY GUARDED SECRETS. I'LL PUT HER IN TOUCH WITH YOU!
P 198
AT HOME LS LOUNGES WITH SKULLS, CANDLES, AND A TELEPHONE IN HAND
INT: LADY SATAN AGREES TO TAKE THE CASE--
LS: I'LL PRETEND I WAS IN BOARDING SCHOOL WITH THE GIRL SO NO ONE BUT SHE AND HER BROTHER WILL KNOW WHO I REALLY AM!
P 199
EXT LS'S CAR AS IT DRIVES A DIRT ROAD
LS: OF COURSE, I'VE GOT TO SEE FOR MYSELF BEFORE I BELIEVE THE INTRUDERS ARE GHOSTS! JUST A MILE BEYOND BROOK PARK, THE CAPTAIN SAID.
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P 200
OUTSIDE THE NICELY KEPT HOUSE, ART AND PAT
PAT: SHE OUGHT TO BE HERE ANY MOMENT, PAT!
ART: YES. I'LL RUN BACK AND TELL BART TO MAKE ROOM FOR HER CAR IN THE GARAGE!
P 201
ART TALKS TO UNSAVORY DUDE WITH MONKEY WRENCH IN THE GARAGE
ART: YOU'LL HAVE TO CLEAR YOUR JUNK AWAY, BART! WE HAVE A GUEST COMING!
BART: YOU GOT A NERVE CALLING MY TOOLS JUNK! WELL, IF YOU SAY SO I SUPPOSE I'LL MAKE ROOM HERE!
P 202
AFTER ART GOES, BART WAVES HIS MONKEY WRENCH AND TALKS SMACK
BART: SOME DAY YOU'LL BE SORRY, PAT! FIRST OU MAKE ME MOVE MY STUFF FROM THE CELLAR! NOW YOU WON'T LET ME PUT UP A WORKSHOP IN THE GARAGE!
P 203
BART SEES LS DRIVE UP TO PAT
BART THOUGHT: ANOTHER ONE OF PAT'S SNOOTY SCHOOL CHUMS! I'LL SEE THAT THEY DON'T VISIT HER AFTER WE'RE MARRIED!
P 204
LS TALKS TO PAT AND ART FROM THE CAR
LS: YOU MUST FOLLOW CAPTAIN HULLEY'S INSTRUCTIONS WITHOUT FAIL AND TREAT ME LIKE AN OLD FRIEND!
PAT: YES. NOTHING UNUSUAL WILL HAPPEN TILL AFTER MIDNIGHT!
P 205
LS LOUNGES SEXILY IN BED FLIPPING THROUGH A BOOK
INT: THAT NIGHT WHEN THE FAMILY HAS RETIRED---
LS THOUGHT: THIS PHOTO ALBUM WILL HELP ME TO IDENTIFY UNCLE FELIX AND THEIR STERN OLD FATHER- OR ANY REASONABLE FACSIMILES!
P 206
LS SEES GUY IN A FLATCAP AND GUN AT THE DOOR
LS: THE LAMP BULB BURNED OUT- OH, NO! I HAVE A VISITOR FROM THE GRAVE!
FC: LEAVE THIS HOUSE AT ONCE, MEDDLER!
P 207
SHE TOSSES THE BOOK AND SPRINGS INTO ACTION
LS: JUST A MOMENT, UNCLE FELIX! PERHAPS I CAN QUIET YOUR TROUBLED SPIRIT!
P 208
AS SHE COMES INTO THE HALL, SHE DOESN'T NOTICE FEET IN SPATS FLYING ABOVE
LS: WELL, I'LL BE A DONKEY'S DAUGHTER! COULD HAVE SWORN THAT FIGURE WASN'T A PHANTOM - BUT NO LIVING PERSON COULD VANISH SO QUICKLY!
P 209
VIC COMES IN ON LS, SURPRISING HER
VIC: NOW LOOK HERE, MISS SUTTON! IF PAT ASKED YOU HERE TO WITNESS HER SILLY NIGHTMARES, I MUST ASK YOU TO LEAVE!
LS: OH- MISS GREY, ER, AUNT VIC!
P 210
LS GRABS VIC BY THE COLLAR AND VIC THROWS HER HANDS UP SOMEWHERE BETWEEN SHOCK AND ANNOYANCE
LS: YOU'RE GOING TO TELL ME THE TRUTH, MISS GREY- OR PAY THE CONSEQUENCES!
VIC: YOU LITTLE FOOL! I'LL TAKE NONE OF YOUR INSULTS.
P 211
LS POINTS ANGRY AT VIC AND SHE IS HAUGHTY
LS: ONE OF YOUR DEAD BROTHERS ENTERED MY ROOM. WHY IS IT YOU HAVE NEVER SEEN THEM?
VIC: IF YOU'RE ACCUSING ME OF HAVING SOME PART OF THIS HAUNTING, YOU'RE CRAZY! I DON'T WANT MY NIECE AND NEPHEW TO LEAVE HERE!
P 212
AS VIC CLOSES THE DOOR WE SEE STALKING HANDS COMING INTO THE PANEL
VIC: I SHOWED HER WHO'S BOSS AROUND THIS HOUSE! NOW I'LL TRY TO GET SOME SLEEP!
STALKER THOUGHT: THE LONGEST SLEEP YOU EVER HAD, YOU OLD VULTURE!
P 213
IT'S BART AND HE IS MOVING A PILLOW OVER VIC'S FACE
STALKER / BART: THEY LIED TO ME! THEY SAID YOU WANTED THEM TO LEAVE. NOW YOU'LL BE THE FIRST TO LEAVE!
PB
P 214
AUNT VIC IS DEAD IN BED WITH PAT, LS, AND ART NOW IN THE ROOM
PAT: AUNT VIC! I HEARD NOISES AND FOUND HER LIKE THIS. HER FACE IS BLUE! SHE'S NOT BREATHING!
LS: DEATH BY FRIGHT, HER FACE IS WHITE. LOOK FOR CLUE WHEN FACE IS BLUE. THAT GRIM LITTLE RHYME SPELLS SUFFOCATION!
P 215
ART AND LS TALK WHILE PAT CRIES
ART: ONE OF HER BROTHERS - MAYBE MY FATHER - DID IT! KILLED HER BEFORE SHE REVEALED THEIR SECRET!
LS: NO MARKS ON HER THROAT, BUT THE CORONER'S REPORT WILL NOT STATE THAT A GHOST PRESSED HER INTO A PILLOW UNLESS--
P 216
PAT CLINGS TO ART AS HE LOOKS READY FOR ACTION
PAT: DON'T FOLLOW HER, ART! DON'T LEAVE ME!
ART: COME DOWNSTAIRS, PAT. I'VE A HUNCH YOUR WACKY BOYFRIEND IS A JEKYL-HYDE!
P 217
ART IS STANDING AT A DOOR TALKING TO PAT, WHO HAS HUNG BACK
ART: NO, BY GOSH! THERE WAS A STRUGGLE IN THE PARLOR! THE THING MAY HAVE GOT BART, TOO!
P 218
ART AND PAT COME INTO THE WRECKED-UP PARLOR
PAT: BLOOD! THERE'S SOME FRESH BLOOD ON THE CUSHIONS! CALL LADY SATAN, ART. QUICK!
P 219
LS IS WEARING HER RED NIGHTY AND MASK, AND RUNNING BAREFOOT AFTER SOMEONE
LS THOUGHT: THAT THING RUNS AS FAST AND SILENTLY AS A GHOST! HEADING FOR THE SWAMP! I'M PUTTING MY NECK OUT THIS TIME!
P 220
WE SEE IT IS BART AND WHILE HE TRIPS AND LANDS ON HIS FACE, LS LOSES TRACK OF HIM
BART: MY MOUF! KNOCKED MY TEEF OUT! CURSE DAT SHE-DEVIL-- I'LL LET HER FIND ME DEAD AND KILL HER!
LS: VANISHED! A REAL GHOST!
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P 221
LS IS IN A SWAMP, SLOWER NOW
LS: I'VE FOLLOWED THIS CREEK NEARLY A MILE. NO SIGN OF THAT PHANTOM, SO I'LL TURN BACK.
P 222
SHE SEES BART HANGING, HE HAS HIS GUN READY OUT OF HER VIEW
BART THOUGHT: SHE SEES ME! THINKS I'VE HANGED MYSELF - AND SO WILL PAT AND ART!
P 223
AS HE SHOOTS AT HER, IT BECOMES OBVIOUS HIS NOOSE WAS FOOLERY, AND HE MISSES
BART: CURIOSITY KILLED A CAT AND IT WILL PAY YOU THE SAME DIVIDEND!
LS: YOU FOX! YOU - YOU'RE NOT DEAD!
P 224
IT'S ART AND PAT NOW, ART WITH A SMOKING RIFLE
ART: IT'S BART HANGING BY A TRICK ROPE! I'LL GET HIM BEFORE HE SHOOTS AT LADY SATAN AGAIN!
PAT: NO! THERE MUST BE SOME MISTAKE! DON'T KILL HIM, ARTHUR!
P 225
NOW BART REALLY DOES APPEAR TO BE LIMP AND LS IS READY TO DROP HIM WHILE PAT AND ART LOOK ON FROM BELOW
LS: DRAG HIM OUT WHEN HE HITS THE WATER OR HE WILL DROWN, NOT THAT HE WOULDN'T DESERVE IT!
P 226
ART ATTENDS TO BART AS LS IS AGAIN ON THE GROUND
ART: HE IMPERSONATED THE GHOSTS TO SCARE US INTO SELLING THE HOUSE, FIGURING THAT PAT WOULD CUT HIM IN ON HER SHARE!
LS: HE SMOTHERED YOUR AUNT, FEARING SHE SUSPECTED HIM! DRAG HIM BACK TO THE HOUSE!
P 227
LS IS IN HER CAR AND ART IS TALKING TO HER
ART: DON'T LEAVE, LADY SATAN. WAIT FOR THE POLICE!
LS: HAVE TO GO. YOU CAN GET ALONG WITHOUT MY HELP- NOW!
PB
P 228
BIG TITLE PANEL, LADY SATAN BOUND BY ANIMATE BRANCHES TO A LOG IN A SWAMP WITH BATS ABOUT, INTERTITLE SCROLL IN COURIER-LIKE FONT
TITLE: LADY SATAN
INT: How can Lady Satan defy the weird terror that comes to life after sundown in Abbot's Arbor? Are the grotesque creatures human flesh and blood or some fiendish reincarnation of the restless dead? She must discover the secret of their origin even though an unmarked grave is the grim reward awaiting her!
P 229
A LITTLE BLONDE GIRL IS WALKING WITH HER DOG WHEN THE CUR STARTS BARKING UP A TREE
GIRL: STOP BARKING AT THAT TREE, PRINCE! WE'LL BE LOST IF WE DON'T FIND THE PATH BEFORE DARK!
P 230
HAND-LIKE BRANCHES REACH OUT FOR HER
GIRL: OH! WHO-- WHO ARE YOU? PLEASE DON'T TOUCH ME!
P 231
AS THE BRANCH GRABS HER SHOULDER, SHE IS SCARED AND THE DOG BARKS
GIRL: PRINCE! MAKE HIM LET GO OF ME! HELP! BITE HIM!
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P 232
NOW THE BRANCH HANDS STRANGLE THE DOG
P 233
A MAN AND WOMAN SEARCH FOR THE GIRL WITH A FLASHLIGHT AND EMOTIONAL FACES
MAN: BETTY! WHERE ARE YOU, BETTY? IT'S DAD AND MOM!
WOMAN: WE SHOULD HAVE NEVER LET HER GO ON THE PICNIC, JOHN.
P 234
THEY FIND HER LAYING LIMP
MAN / JOHN: GOOD HEAVENS! SHE MUST HAVE FALLEN AND STRUCK HER HEAD!
P 235
MOM EMBRACES BETTY
WOMAN / MOM: BETTY! SPEAK TO ME! IT'S MOM!
BETTY: MY NECK HURTS AWFUL! PRINCE TRIED TO STOP HIM. I CAN'T REMEMBER WHAT HAPPENED THEN!
P 236
JOHN FINDS THE DEAD DOG
JOHN: POOR LITTLE PRINCE! I'LL COME BACK AND BURY YOU TOMORROW!
P 237
DAD LOOKS COMFORTING, BETTY SAD, MOM UPSET
JOHN: DID YOU SEE THE MAN'S FACE, BETTY?
BETTY: YES! HIS FACE WAS COVERED WITH BARK AND HIS ARMS WERE LIKE BIG ROOTS!
P 238
EXT CAR AS THEY DRIVE AWAY AT NIGHT
JOHN: I'LL TELL THE POLICE EVERYTHING SHE SAID, JUDITH!
MOM / JUDITH: THEY'LL LAUGH AT YOU, JOHN! I'M GOING TO GET IN TOUCH WITH LADY SATAN!
PB
P 239
THE FAMILY APPROACH A WELL-GROOMED LARGE HOUSE
JOHN: THAT WOODLAND IS A HANGOUT FOR TRAMPS. MR. WHITT OUGHT TO SELL IT AS A HOUSING DEVELOPMENT!
JUDITH: HE WANTS TOO MUCH MONEY FOR IT!
P 240
MOM COMFORTS DAUGHTER AS DAD DRIVES AWAY
BETTY: WHERE'S DAD GOING, MOM?
JUDITH: HE'S GOING TO THE POLICE STATION AND TELL THEM WHAT HAPPENED!
P 241
AS MOM IS ON THE PHONE, GIRL SEES SOMETHING SCARY
JUDITH: EVENING TRIBUNE? WILL SOMEONE PLEASE CONTACT LADY SATAN? TELL HER TO COME AT ONCE TO THE BENSONS ON THE ABBOT ARBOR ROAD.
P 242
MOM COMFORTS GIRL AGAIN, EMBRACING
JUDITH: WHY, WHAT'S THE MATTER DARLING?
BETTY: ONE OF THE TREE MEN, MOM! HE WAS LOOKING RIGHT IN THE WINDOW!
P 243
MOM IS FOR REAL GOING TO CHECK IT OUT, BETTY DOESN'T LIKE IT, THE PHONE LOOMS LARGE IN FG
JUDITH: IF I DON'T COME BACK IN TWO MINUTES, BETTY, PHONE THE POLICE! THEIR NUMBER IS TWO SIX HUNDRED!
BETTY: PLEASE, MOMMY! DON'T LEAVE ME ALONE! THEY'LL HURT YOU!
P 244
MOM IS PISTOL PROWLING OBLIVIOUS TO LOOMING CREEP TREE
JUDITH THOUGHT: MUST BE BETTY'S IMAGINATION! THERE'S NO ONE OUT HERE NOW!
P 245
LS IS DRIVING WITH HER HAIR WHIPPING
LS: GALLOPIN' GHOSTS! ABBOT'S ARBOR IS EERIE AFTER DARK! THE TRIBUNE WOULDN'T HAVE RADIOED ME UNLESS THEY SUSPECTED TROUBLE OUT HERE!
PB
P 246
JUDITH IS GETTING TOSSED ON THE GROUND BY TREE GUY AS LS'S CAR ROLLS UP IN THE BG
LS: NOT A SECOND TOO LATE! WHAT UNEARTHLY THING IS THAT?
P 247
LS RUNS TO JUDITH, CAPE FLYING, AND TREE GUY IS GONE, JUDITH IS STILL ON THE GROUND
LS: I WASN'T QUICK ENOUGH TO CATCH A CLOSE LOOK. IT DISSOLVED LIKE A WRAITH OF BLACK SMOKE!
P 248
TREE GUY LURKS IN THE FG SPYING ON LS
TG THOUGHT: SHE IS THE WITCH WHO FIGHTS PHANTOMS! UM, YES--BUT TONIGHT HER GHOSTCRAFT WILL MEET ITS MASTER!
P 249
JUDITH HAS WOKEN UP AND SHOOTS HER GUN
JUDITH: LOOK OUT LADY SATAN! IT'S THE APPLE TREE! IT'S ALIVE!
P 250
LS AND JUDITH CHECK OUT THE TREE BUT DO NOT SEE TG ON A BRANCH ABOVE
LS: YOUR SHOT HIT THE TRUNK DEAD CENTER, MRS. BENSON, BUT THIS TREE DIED YEARS AGO!
P 251
JUDITH IS FRAZZLED AND LS IS SERIOUS
JUDITH: PLEASE-- YOU MUST BELIEVE ME! THE POLICE WON'T OF COURSE. OUR LITTLE GIRL WAS ATTACKED BY THE SAME THING!
LS: WHO PHONED THE POLICE? HERE THEY COME!
P 252
LS TALKS WITH THE COPS
COP 1: SO! YOU'RE GIVIN' US COMPETITION AGAIN! WHAT KIND OF GILLIES AND GHOSTIES ARE THEY THIS TIME?
LS: YOU'D TURN PALE IF YOU SAW A TREE TRUNK SUDDENLY TAKE THE SHAPE OF A MAN!
PB
P 253
THE COP WITH THE GUN IS KNOCKED OUT BY TG AS HE REAPPEARS AND GRABS THE GUN
COP 2: HEY! WHAT'S GOIN' ON HERE?
P 254
TG BARKS ORDERS WITH THE GUN AIMED AT THE CROWD
TG: BACK TO THE HOUSE, ALL OF YOU!
LS THOUGHT: THE VOICE IS ALMOST HUMAN, BUT THE THING DOESN'T SEEM TO BE FLESH AND BLOOD!
P 255
APPARENTLY TG JUST LET THEM WALK AWAY FROM HIM, AND THEY ENCOUNTER MOUSTACHIOED GUY
MOUSTACHE: WHAT'S THE TROUBLE HERE-- SOMEBODY GET HURT?
COP 1: IT'S MR. WHITT FROM THE HOUSE DOWN THE ROAD!
P 256
JUDITH LOOKS CRANKY, MR. WHITT MORE BEMUSED
JUDITH: BETTY AND HER CHUMS WERE PICNICKING IN YOUR WOODS WHEN SHE STRAYED FROM THE OTHERS ANS WAS ALMOST STRANGLED TO DEATH BY A TRAMP!
MOUSTACHE / MR. W: I'VE COMPLAINED TO THE POLICE MANY TIMES MYSELF!
P 257
MR. W TALKS WITH AN AGITATED COP
MR. W: MY BROTHER JACK SAYS HERMAN THE HERMIT IS CRAZY. WHY DON'T YOU ARREST HIM?
COP 1: WE'LL QUESTION HIM. BUT HE HAS SQUATTERS RIGHTS IN ABBOT'S ARBOR. WE CAN'T MAKE HIM MOVE!
P 258
THE COP TALKS WITH LS
COP 1: I SHOULD HAVE GUESSED IT WAS HERMAN THE HERMIT! GO CHASE A NIGHTMARE, LADY SATAN!
LS: DON'T COUNT YOUR CULPRITS BEFORE THEY'RE CAUGHT, COPPER!
P 259
LS RUNS OFF FAST, COP AND MR. W LOOKING ON
COP 1: YOU MUSTN'T GO TO THE WOODS, LADY SATAN. IF IT'S THE HERMIT, HE MAY KILL YOU!
LS: MANY HAVE TRIED AND ALL HAVE DIED!
PB
P 260
LS RUNS THROUGH THE WOODS
LS THOUGHT: I SMELL SMOKE BUT CAN'T SEE FIRE. THAT MEANS THE HERMIT'S HUT MUST BE IN THE WEST RAVINE!
P 261
LS RACES TOWARD THE BURNING HERMIT HUT
LS THOUGHT: NOT MUCH LEFT OF THE HERMIT'S HUT, BUT SOMETHING MAY GIVE ME A CLUE!
P 262
LS SEES THE BURNED BODY OF THE HERMIT AND THE GUN FROM BEFORE
LS THOUGHT: WHOEVER KILLED THE HERMIT AND SET FIRE TO HIS HUT RETURNED TO DROP THIS GUN TO PROVE THAT THE HERMIT WAS THE TREE MAN!
P 263
LS LOOKS ON AND SEES THE COPS INVESTIGATING THE BURNING HUT
COP 1: MUST'VE CAUGHT FIRE WHILE HE WAS OUT SCARING FOLKS!
COP 2: NO. THERE'S A CHARRED BODY! RECKON HE WAS DRUNK AND KNOCKED OVER AN OIL LAMP!
P 264
TG SCHEMES WITH MR. W
MR. W: FOLLOW HER UNTIL SHE'S FAR ENOUGH SO THE COPS WON'T HEAR HER SCREAM!
P 265
LS KNEELS NEAR SOME LIQUID
LS: AND HERE LIES THE KEY TO THE MYSTERY! ABBOT'S ARBOR HAS BEEN HAUNTED PURPOSELY TO KEEP PEOPLE FROM DISCOVERING THIS!
P 266
LS IS GRABBED FROM BEHIND BY TG
TG: ONE DOES NOT HURRY, LADY SATAN, WHEN DEATH LIES AHEAD!
LS: NO! LET GO, YOU BEAST!
PB
P 267
LS BRINGS THE GRAPPLING LOW
LS THOUGHT: THE HERMIT!
VOICE FROM BEHIND ROCK: BREAK HER NECK! LET ME HEAR IT SNAP! THEN LET THE SWAMP SWALLOW HER BODY!
P 268
LS COMPLETES A JUDO FLIP ON TG
LS: NO IMITATION SQUIRREL NEST IS GOING TO BREAK MY NECK! TWO CAN PLAY THIS GAME!
P 269
TG CRASHES INTO MR. W
MR. W: YOU FOOL! WHY DID YOU LET HER DO THAT?
TG: SHE'S A WILDCAT, BOSS! WATCH OUT FOR HER!
P 270
LS SLAMS MR. W INTO A TREE
LS: UNLESS YOU'VE A CAST IRON SKULL, YOU WON'T MAKE ANY MORE TROUBLE!
P 271
LS UNMASKS TG
LS: YOU CAN'T ESCAPE, TREE MAN! YOU'RE TOO FAR OUT ON A LIMB!
P 272
THE COPS HAVE ARRIVED AND ARE MAKING ARRESTS WHILE LS PREPARES TO TAKE OFF AGAIN
COP 1: JEEPERS! IT'S MR. WHITT! THIS GUY I GRABBED IS HIS BUTLER!
LS: TAKE THEM IN FOR THE MURDER OF THE HERMIT. I'M RUNNING BACK TO THE BENSONS.
P 273
LS TALKS WITH THE FAMILY
LS: WHY DIDN'T WHITT WANT ANYONE TO KNOW THERE'S A RICH DEPOSIT OF OIL BENEATH HIS LAND?
JOHN: HE'S NOT THE SOLE OWNER. HE MUST'VE BEEN SCHEMING TO GET HIS COUSINS TO SELL THEIR SHARES SO HE COULD HOG IT ALL!
THAT'S ALL