LawndaLe, CaLifornia. The nighT afTer

denzeL’s aCCidenT.

so now i’m Like manimaL

or someThing. my rap Career is nuLL

and void.

now boy i said you’re going To be a superhero and

you’re going To a superhero.

i don’T Care. if you

gonna Live under my roof, you’re

gonna be a super-hero and that’s

final.

So you have The d-n-what of

who?

ofanimals.

i don’T wanT To be one. They don’T geT

paid

denzel, god saved you

from The aCCidenT and gave you powers for a reason. i know you wanT To be a rapper, buT desTiny Tends

To geT iTs way.

ThaT’snoT how i see iT, grandma. doCTor

presCoTT hooked me up wiTh a serum unTiL he figures ouT a way

To geT me baCk To normaL. hopefuLLy

soon.

one thing the world doeSn’t

need iS another rapper. iT’s Time To TeLL

a new sTory.

you Can be a

superhero!grandma

i’m noT being no superhero. i goTTa foCus

on The baTTLe of The miCs.

give These kids someThing To

beLieve in besides Snoop dr. Fat whatever. you Can use your powers To geT rid of drugs, Lower Crime, or heLp

worLd peaCe.

andwho’s gonna

be king, you?

i’m proposin’ we

merge our businesses under one ruLe. iT’s a jungLe ouT There and

There shouLd be one king.

Thepoint of

persuasion.

i Can be The CoLor of

deaTh, or…

why wouLd

i give up my TerriTory and my money To

you?

i Can be The CoLor

of money... iT’s your ChoiCe, genTLemen.

i have for you a

new produCT To CorrupT The

minds and bodies of The youTh.

i guess ThaT’s an endorsemenT. we jusT need

funding, then …

world domination.

Black saBBath.

Synthetic cocaine. Cheap ThriLLs for

The boys and girLs.

go on, bumps, don’T aCT Like iT’s your firsT

Time.

mix nightcluB, afTer-hours.

bumpsmy man,

you aLways was smarTer Than

you Look.

whatthe hell was dat?

okay, warThog ...

you have our CooperaTion,

now whaT?

whaT do ya wanT from us?

your disTribuTion

neTworks.

whaT is iT?

our fuTure.

shh! i Can’T hear.

whaT’Cha gonna do -- fighT Crime

in your underwear?

nowi goTTawriTe

some new rhymes.

now we Can hear whaT’s going down in The sTreeTs.

Then you Can swoop in There and give ’em a hand … with this…

you hear ThaT, denzeL? we goT us a

CaLL.

now don’T geT beside yourseLf ’Cause you

goT some superpowers. remember, i’m aLways

krypToniTe Toyou, boy.

yougoTTa spread

eagLe, boy. spreadeagle!

nowremember,

405 Freeway.hurry!

dang, grandma, whaT size is This--extra medium?

iT’s mad smaLL.

weLL,i know you’re

noT suppose Tobe sTanding

around doingnoThing.

The nexT day, earLier Than denzeL

had pLanned...grandma,

whaT are you doin?

whaT’s ThaT?

iT’s a poLiCe sCanner,

fooL.

why do we have

a poLiCe sCanner?

beCause we don’T

have a baT signaL.

whaT’s This?

your ouTfiT.

iT’s a Crime i’m noT aLready a famous rapper! ThaT’s The onLy Crime i’LL be fighTing…

and yeah, maybe i’LL do a video in my underwear.

… multi-car pileup on the 405 Freeway...

we?we ain’T

doing noThing,grandma.

yes, ma’am.

iT’s aerodynamiC,

fooL. i read abouT how To make Those

suiTs on TheinTerneT. nowget going.

she’s goT me up here

wearing a TighT, pLeaTher suiT Looking

Like a gay baTman.

i don’T know whaT i’m supposed To

be doing.

nowjump!

use Them wings

There you go.

iT’s a bird!

is ThaTa broTha Coming

Towards us?

whoops! my bad.

look, Freak,

This is noTime for games.

wesT hoLLywood is in The oTher

direCTion. now Beat it.

whoops!

p4

sfx (CabLe): Twang!

405 freeway, Los angeLes.

iT’s a pLane!

who,and what,

The heLL areyou?

i’m here To

heLp.

whine

durham geneTiC researCh Lab

it can’tBe … The one man ThaT CouLd save

me … dead?

buT,damn, this

wasn’T supposedTo happen.

iT LooksLike The guy in The earTha kiTT ouTfiT sTarTed

a hiLLsidefire.

jusTdo iT,freak!

puTyour hands

or paws where we Can see’em or we’LL

shooT.

you’reseriousLy

going To arresTme. ThaT ain’T

righT…

i’m mainTaining,

conSidering...

don’T worry abouTiT, man. you don’T

wanna be around me wiTh aLL This weird sTuff ThaT’s been

happening.

hey,LisTen up.

dr. presCoTT waskiLLed a few nighTs ago when he visiTed Those

sLime baLLs fromThe prisonesCape....

iT’s someThing The doCTor gave me. iT pumps

mediCine inTo my bLood.

drug? LeT me geT

some.

i knowhow To puTThis ouT…

shooTme? i jusT

saved Thosekids Lives!

okay,This isn’T

good.

yo,d, good Tosee you inone pieCe.

whaT’sup, bruh.

i didn’T Think you’d be baCk

so soon.

you good?

Look,i wouLd

of visiTedyou aT ThehospiTaL.

buTyou know,

a broTher goTwarranTs.

weirder Than ThaT freak on The freeway LasT nighT?

weirder Than ThaTbraCeLeT?

or shouLd i say,

gay-CeLeT?

sorry. Things have jusT been

Crazy.

damn, whaT are They

giving you, sTeroids?

dr. presCoTT’s researCh LaboraTory.

meTro raiL.an hour LaTer.

Lake hoLLywood reservoir

meanwhiLe, noT Too far away as The squirreL fLies…

There’sno Cure!

hey,man, whaT’sgoing on?

naw.i don’T know.

Then whaT are we

waiTing for? LeT’s be ouTTa

here.

hey,we’ve been

boys sinCe The sixTh grade. don’T

sTarT pLayingme To The

LefT.

LongTongue ain’T bad, heLL i wouLdn’T

mind havingThaT.

ricky!

yo, man, roCk The

miC.

apparenTLy, i aLso goT me some super-hearing beCause a girL’s sCream

jusT pierCed my brain.

oh my god! ricky!somebody

help!

hey,i goT way

more pressing issues Than

roCk ThemiC.

noThing.

you’rerighT--i’LL

spiLL, buT noThere.

sowhaT are

yourpowers?

i CanfLy and i

have a Long Tongue

doC say you gonna be aLL

righT?

you know,superheroes

geT The girLs. andhaLLe barry is

avaiLabLe…

naw.

i don’T know.

riCky,geT ouT of

There rightnow!

someone’s in TroubLe. i’m ouTTa

here!

whaT’swrong?

Three miLes down The river. don’T

worry, miss. we have This under

ConTroL.

i see The kid Coming

now.

~gurgle~

pLease don’T LeTriCky drown. i was

supposed To be waTChing

him.

we LosThim! we need

anoTher seT updown sTream,

now!

hey, you, waiT

righT There!

i’m nobody.

i’m jusT a man Trying

To do The righT Thing.

who are you?

The nexTday ...

The nexTnighT ...

wiLshire aparTmenTs

Lord, i wasn’T

gonna drink iT.i promise. you

know my hearT.

Take iT! jusT don’T

hurT us.

sorry abouT The roof, i’ve goTTa Learn

To sTiCk The Landing.

i Think we have

ourseLves a superhero.

yep,and you

were aLsosTanding righThere when ThaTpunk robbed

us.

exCuse me, i’m sTandingrighT here.

i don’TThink we

have enough manpower To

save ThemaLL!

peopLe: ahhhh!! heLp!!

fireman:

boy,whaT’sgoingon?

gimme your

money.

wow, i love ThaT Tongue.

don’Tworry. This is

good shiT. i boughT iT from a bLaCk guy named moses. said iT’s The promised

Land.

help!somebodyheLp me! mybaby’s in

There.

whiCh way is

wiLshire?

This is some

good shiT, homes.

whaT you mean your Ladders Can’T reaCh?

you’re The fire deparTmenT.

i Think you need To

Take This ChiLd To proTeCTive

serviCes.

Thanks for Cushioning

my faLL,feLLas.

ThaT’smy boy!

ThisbeTTer be

some good shiT, homes. noT Like ThaT

dirT you boughTfrom heCTor

LasT week.

Thanks, feLLa.

iT’s ThaT way.

ma’am,iT’s okay! whaT

fLoor is Thebaby on?

TheSeventeenth

fLoor.

hey,jim, our

Ladders Can’T reaCh ThaT

high.

don’tBlame us,

our budgeT goTCuT. apparenTLy, you diCkweeds needed

more squadCars.

somebody Lose ababy?

waiTa minuTe... yeah,

how did you geT down

here?

Thankyou. Thank

you.how did

you geT downhere wiThouTyour baby?

who are

you?

i’mjusT a man.

areyou a freak?

where do you Come

from?

and afTerThaT daring

resCue, we Can aLL agree ThaT la’s

got a newman!

broken miC sTudios.

how’d iT sound?

i Can’Tsneak you

in hereanymore--

whydon’T you

Come off ThaT waLL so we Can sTomp The biTCh

ouTTa ya!

i goTa big bed

ThaT CouLd show ThaT young body

many Things.

andThis nighT jusT geTs beTTer and

beTTer…

girL,i’ve kiLLedfor Less.

enoughof This shiT.

how abouT we Take Care of boTh you

biTChes.

aaacckk!

defenseLess my fooT.

where’s iT aT? yo mama’s house?

weLLi’d haTe

To puT you baCk in.

LooksLike somebodyLosT Their way.

maybe she needsa big sTrong man

To show herThe way

sorry,baby. work

is work.

i onLyhave Two

songs done.whaT abouTmy demo?

youwere kiLLin’

iT, ma. This gonnabe a hot

demo.

yo, kim, we goTTa bounCe.

yeah, hejusT goT ouT

yesTerday.

now LeT’s make This easy on yourseLf. LeT The Lady go abouT her

business and yougo baCk To being

Losers.

weLL i’mnoT The one

Trying To fighT a defenseLess

woman.

hoLd up,who said i was defenseLess?

youonLy wanTed

To heLp beCause you ThoughT i wasa viCTim. go geT

your ThriLLssomewhereeLse, freak.

hey, i was jusT Trying To

heLp.

i jusT goTa projeCT in new york, so

i goTTaroLL.

don’T needsuperman’s eyes

To see ThaTbody.

aahhh!!

The nexT day,seCuriTy firsT bank.

riCoCheTTheaTer.

noBodymoves!

wronganswer.

someoneBetter point mein the direction

of the vaultkey!

urk!

i don’Thave The

key…

i knowwhaT you’re

going To ask and “yes” i’m

avaiLabLe.

jusTevery day

of myLife.

nah, we’dbe hooked up

if we had.

in ThaTCase we

shouLd skipThis joinT and go geT LoTTery

TiCkeTs.

we?we’re pLuraL

aLready?

You!open The

vauLT!

you shouLd

be.

There’ssomeThing

abouT your eyes--have we meT

before?

damndawg. five

hundred andTweLve.

exCuse me…

for reaL, huh? i Can

CuT an aLbum waiTing on

my Turn.

youwanna go

geT married andhave kids and

Then ComebaCk?

is ThaTwhere youregisTer?

weLL,iT doesn’T

maTTer whaTnumber i am,

’Cause i don’T Lose.

sureThing, buT

iT’s a gang of peopLe Trying To geT puT on--Like

over 500.

i Likewinners.

kim.

denzeL...

Like TheaCTor.

i guessyou geT ThaTa LoT, huh?

uh…

yeah, youCaLLed me a

freak!

CaTChyou

LaTer.

The pubLiChas a righT

To know whaT’sgoing on in The

bank. i undersTand There are muTanTs

hoLdinghosTages.

wantto try

me?

arrestthis

freak!

maybe so, buTi beTTer go regisTer.

niCe meeTing you, denzeL.

yeah,uh…

noT now, ms. weaTherTon.

uh-oh...i hear

sirens. damn, super duTies

CaLL. areyou gonnaTeLL me ThaT

wasn’T a muTanT ThaT feLL ouT

of The skyeiTher?

whaT bringsyou here...uh, man?

i Came To

heLp--

arresTme? for what?

we goTa bunCh of

muTanT freaksrobbing The bank.

how do i know you’re noT in on

iT wiTh Them?

don’T geTsmarT, freak! i goT

shooTers aLL around The buiLding. one

word from me ends your paTheTiC,

miserabLeLife.

TO BE CONTINUED…

‘Causei’m ouT here

Trying To heLpyou.

TO BE CONTINUED…