QUANTUM Rock of Ages

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QUANTUM: Rock of Ages #2 - Page 08

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on Oct. 26, 2006

PAGE EIGHT (Six Panels). Page Summary: NICK further interrogates STOLTZ about the QUANTUM. STOLTZ is reluctant to tell NICK the whole truth (as to WHY NICK has Quantum, and why the time experiment failed). RECAP!

Panel 1. Zoom out. STOLTZ enlightens NICK further, as he continues cleaning and dressing his wounds.

STOLTZ: YOU SEE–

STOLTZ: –YOU ARE NO LONGER ON YOUR OWN PLANE OF TIME.

STOLTZ: YOU’VE “SKIPPED A LAYER,” SO TO SPEAK.

Panel 2. Another Angle. STOLTZ continues to recap.

STOLTZ: “NEW YORK” WAS RETITLED “NEW AMSTERDAM” SHORTLY AFTER THE WAR–

NICK: THE WAR THAT HITLER…WON?

NICK: AND HE’S KING OF THE WORLD?

Panel 3. STOLTZ’S (or over the shoulder) POV. STOLTZ looks at himself in a piece of
broken mirror, examining his work.

STOLTZ: WELL, ADOLF HITLER DIED SOME YEARS AGO. HIS SON HAS BEEN IN POWER SINCE THE LATE NINETEEN SEVENTIES.

STOLTZ: NOW, AS TO WHY YOU’RE HERE…

Panel 4. Over the shoulder shot. STOLTZ explains further, pointing to the Quantum in NICK’S head.

STOLTZ: SOMEHOW, THANKS TO THIS–THE QUANTUM SILICA…

STOLTZ: SOMEHOW, WE HAVE BEEN GIVEN…GIFTS.

Panel 5. Medium Shot. NICK questions STOLTZ.

NICK: SO THIS QUANTUM–

STOLTZ: –SILICA.

NICK: RIGHT…

NICK: THIS QUANTUM IS THE REASON I CAN DISAPPEAR. AND WHY NEW YORK ISN’T NEW YORK–

Panel 6. Zoom on STOLTZ, who is reluctant to answer NICK’s probing query, as he surveys what used to be his lab.

NICK: –AND IT’S YOUR FAULT?

STOLTZ: IT’S COMPLICATED, NICK. I LOST FAMILY…COLLEAGUES.