QUANTUM: Rock of Ages #1 - Page 15
DreamchildNYC on Oct. 4, 2006
PAGE ELEVEN (Seven Panels)
Panel 1. Close Shot. NICK is startled to see that the bench he was sitting on has become a wheelchair, and the Nazi’s are back on his trail. His lab coat has changed to a high school letterer’s jacket. Background suggests TONY’S timeline.
NICK: !
NAZI#1(OP, burst): DORT IST ER!! STOLTZ!!
Panel 2. Wide Shot. NICK is wheeling away like a madman, fleeing from ever-gaining Nazis. A couple of them have cameras and microphones, like Paparazzi. The background is eventually fading to black.
PAPZZI#1: PLEASE! WE JUST WANT TO ASK YOU A FEW QUESTIONS!!
NICK: WHAT THE HELL IS THIS??
SFX (cameras): CLICK! CLICK! FLASH!! SNAP! SNAP! CLICK!
Panel 3. Medium Shot. NICK’S wheelchair has suddenly stopped, and he’s thrown out of it towards the darkness.
SFX (wheelchair): bump!
NICK: WHOULF!
Panel 4. Wide Shot. NICK is rising to his feet, only to find that he’s center stage at a rock concert. His physique and clothing are that of a Pop diva.
SFX (crowd): SKYLER! SKYLER!
NICK: DID SOMEBODY SLIP ME SOMETHING?
NICK: TELL ME THIS IS A JOKE, JOE.
SFX (crowd): SKYLER!! SKYLER!!
Panel 5. Medium Shot. NICK is dumbfounded to be standing in front of an audience, looking like Britney Spears. A tall dark man wearing a black Armani suit and sunglasses is approaching NICK from offstage. It is FROSCH.
FROSCH: YOU DON’T HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT IT IS, DO YOU?
SFX (crowd/music): BOOM! BOOM! BOOM! BOOM!
Panel 6. Another Angle. The scary dude in the dark glasses has clearly changed into STOLTZ. He’s holding a gun point blank at NICK’S head. NICK has reverted to his own appearance and clothing, and is sincerely freaked out. The audience is going wild.
STOLTZ: –WHAT OUR MAD LITTLE SCIENTIST HAS WHIPPED UP?
SFX (crowd/music): THOOM! THOOM! THOOM! THOOM! THOOM!
Panel 7. Close Shot. NICK’S POV, looking down the barrel at the gunman. STOLTZ has become FROSCH again and has a maniacal grin on his face. He cocks the hammer of the gun, finger on the trigger.
FROSCH: FORGIVE THE PUN…
SFX (gun): CLACK!!!
FROSCH: …BUT IT’S TIME
SFX (gun): BOOM!
