QUANTUM Rock of Ages

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QUANTUM: Rock of Ages #2 - Page 23

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on Nov. 10, 2006

PAGE TWENTY-THREE (Four Panels). Page Summary: SPY is yanked back to Fosch’s H.Q. We see a hint of FROSCH’S TIMELINE. We also see the NAZIS from STOLTZ’S TIMELINE in attendance, and dark silhouettes of FROSCH building to…

Panel 1. Low shot of the Nazi Soldier falling out of the other side of the wormhole, which appears to be in the middle of a dimly-lit, high-class (almost Victorian) office. We see a well-dressed man’s lower leg and foot in the foreground. Somewhere in the office hangs a Union Jack.

FROSCH (OP): AH–AH–AH…

FROSCH (OP): I SAID “OBSERVE.”

SOLDIER: WOULF!

Panel 2. Zoom on the soldier, as he wearily pulls himself to his feet. He is addressing a smartly-dressed MAN IN SHADOW. Somewhere there is a desk with a nameplate reading “Amarillo Frosch.”

SOLDIER: uuuugh…

SOLDIER: HOW LONG MUST WE WAIT TO TAKE ZE TRAITOR IN?

SOLDIER: OUR DEAL–

FROSCH: SILLY, SILLY MAN…

Panel 3. Another Angle. The conversation continues between the Nazi Soldier and the MAN IN SHADOW, who is examining a globe of the world. We also see a few more of the Soldier’s squadron, who are at-ease in the office.

FROSCH: I MAKE THE DEALS NOW.

FROSCH: OR…YOU COULD SIMPLY GO BACK TO WHENCE YOU CAME.

FROSCH: NO?

Panel 4. Zoom in on the MAN IN SHADOW, revealing more of his features, but not revealing his face yet. He has picked up an ornate letter-opener (dagger) from his desk.

FROSCH: WORRY NOT, MY GERMAN FRIENDS.

FROSCH: YOU JUST DO AS I SAY, AND I’LL MAKE SURE YOU GET YOUR TROBLESOME PROFESSOR STOLTZ.

FROSCH: FIRST HIM…