Sure! I probably should have done that at first. Capt. Philomena Flask first appears in the strip of 09/16/2010. The first “hint” that I notice is on 9/29/2010 , where Prof. Mallard indicates the Endtown High Council tells Flask “about as badly as they’ll view YOU once I tell them the truth about you” The strip never really is about Flask, but the events along the way demonstrate results from her backstory. For instance; when she discovers Al and Gustine’s pal P.T. (Petey) and her reaction to the control unit. Not giving a date for that. It’s a good story, and I encourage folks to read it.
Since I mentioned Flask: It is worth the time to go back to read the early strips and follow her life. All along, there were subtle hints dropped about where she’d come from, and what motivated her, until the time she told her own story. Interesting character.
For those that are asking; that’s a “zero scalpel”. They’ve made appearances throughout the strip. Flask caused a lot of damage with one a while ago. It’s what Terrance was going to use to cut Alan’s hand off (the one that was stuck in the wall). strip on: 08/31/2023
Are those different ray beams shown in panel 4? The previous strips are not showing any indications of the passage of bullets. The Zero gun has a broad beam, and is in Duffy’s hands. Those appear to be Duffy’s legs as he is running forward (and away from our viewpoint). So he’d be firing away from us (as he is in panel 3). So…is someone or something else firing a different weapon?
If anyone is interested, we’ve seen MUTTs terminated before. I’ve found these examples: improved Mallard ray gun-04/21/2009;Leo shoots a MUTT in the “head” with a Mallard ray gun, showing organic material-02/01/2011;Flask clears a roomful of MUTTs, implied (but not shown) that she used her Zero gun-12/09/2011;Holly shoots a MUTT in the head with a Mallard ray gun-12/15/2011. Many other MUTTs shot—mostly in the head—in the next Endtown installments
1) So that’s where Terrance is. 2) The gun has fired for Duffy before-in fact it had demanded that Duffy pick it up and use it. (10/26/2021). 3) And…oh $#^&…I think we’re going to see what happens when we add the element of Duffy (who had tried to jump off a cliff), to this survival equation. 4) I am happy to see that Kirbee is with Chic.
Sure! I probably should have done that at first. Capt. Philomena Flask first appears in the strip of 09/16/2010. The first “hint” that I notice is on 9/29/2010 , where Prof. Mallard indicates the Endtown High Council tells Flask “about as badly as they’ll view YOU once I tell them the truth about you” The strip never really is about Flask, but the events along the way demonstrate results from her backstory. For instance; when she discovers Al and Gustine’s pal P.T. (Petey) and her reaction to the control unit. Not giving a date for that. It’s a good story, and I encourage folks to read it.