Issue #3
Page 1
Panel 1
1.
Full-Page shot of Max’s annoyed face.
Max
“Look, this is pointless.”
Page 2
Panel 1
1.
Full shot of Kevin, Pac-Man and Max. Kevin is looking at his Wii-mote, whilst pointing it like a compass. Pac-Man is looking up at Max, while Max has his arms crossed and looks really annoyed.
Kevin
“Tell him to shut up.”
Pac-Man
“Shut up!”
Max
“’Pft’ Whatever.”
Panel 2
2.
Show Kevin looking desperate, as he rummages his fingers through his hair in frustration and looks pleadingly at the Wii-mote.
Kevin
“Gah! I thought this would work, but it’s not! Shoot!”
Panel 3
3.
Max is looking smug, and Kevin yells at him as he gloats. Pac-Man is standing between the two of them, thinking.
Max
“Told you it was pointless.”
Kevin
“Shut up! Why are you still with us anyway? Didn’t you say we were all gonna die anyway?”
Panel 4
4.
Close-Up of Max, who is looking coolly at the “off-camera” Kevin.
Max
“Yeah I did. But if we are all going to blow up in the end, I might as well go out fighting.”
Panel 5
5.
Close-Up of Kevin, who is still rummaging his fingers through his hair in frustration.
Kevin
“Gah, whatever. You make no sense!”
Panel 6
6.
Pac-Man interrupts Kevin’s frustration with an idea.
Pac-Man
“Kevin? I just had a thought.”
Kevin
“Huh? Yeah, what is it?”
Page 3
Panel 1
1.
Pac-Man is thoughtfully looking up at Kevin.
Pac-Man
“Why don’t you try asking the machine nicely to find the Ghosts?”
Panel 2
2.
Kevin is looking curiously at Pac-Man, while Max looks insultingly at Pac-Man.
Kevin
“Huh?”
Max
“What?!? That’s got to be the stupidest idea I’ve ever heard!”
Panel 3
3.
Show Pac-Man explaining his reasoning to Max, while Kevin looks at the Wii-mote, contemplating the idea.
Pac-Man
“I don’t know why, but it seems like the right thing to do.”
Max
“You’re kidding me! We’re supposed to trust your gut feeling?”
Panel 4
4.
Max is yelling at Kevin. Kevin is still contemplating.
Max
“You’re not buying into this, are you?”
Panel 5
5.
Show Kevin with the Wii-mote held by both hands near his chest looking at Max.
Panel 6
6.
Same shot, but now Kevin is looking at the Wii-mote.
Panel 7
7.
Same shot, but now Kevin is looking at the audience.
Panel 8
8.
Kevin is on his knees begging to the Wii-mote. Max is annoyed.
Kevin
“Please please please please please please please help us find the Ghosts! Pretty please!!!”
Page 4
Panel 1
1.
Kevin is still on his hands and knees, but nothing’s happening.
Panel 2
2.
Kevin looks at the Wii-mote hopefully, but still nothing happens.
Panel 3
3.
Kevin puts down the Wii-mote in defeat.
Max
“Told you so.”
Panel 4
4.
Everyone looks up in surprise as a wispy voice floats through the air.
5.
Text-Bubble: “Okay.”
Panel 5
6.
The Wii-mote in Kevin’s hand shoots out a beam of light from its “motion-sensor” that continuously points in one direction.
Panel 6
7.
Show the trio looking incredulously at the beam of light.
Panel 7
8.
Same shot, but now Kevin is looking down at the Wii-mote.
Kevin
“Um, thank you.”
Page 5
Panel 1
1.
Close-Up of the Wii-mote in Kevin’s hand, as the wispy voice says something again.
2.
Text-Bubble: “Hehe, you’re welcome.”
Panel 2
3.
Kevin stands up to look at where the beam is pointing.
Panel 3
4.
Close-Up of Kevin’s face in a determined grin.
Kevin
“Let’s go.”
Panel 4
5.
Show the Galaxian ship flying through Arcadia’s sky.
6.
Text-Box: “We’re in Arcadia’s atmosphere and headed to where the reported prison break is.”
Panel 5
7.
Show Lana sitting in her chair, looking seriously at the holo-screen. Simon stands stoically nearby, arms crossed and mouth shut.
Lana
“How long until Mother Brain’s forces arrive?”
NES
“A couple hours, tops.”
Panel 6
8.
Show Lana getting up with Simon, Mega Man, and Pit following her.
Lana
“Good. Let’s get ready.”
Page 6
Panel 1
1.
Kevin, Max, and Pac-Man are peeking out from behind a rock.
Kevin
“A-ha!”
Panel 2
2.
Show what they’re seeing from behind the rock. All four of the Ghosts are gathered around a giant prison. This one is barrel-shaped.
Kevin
“There they are.”
Panel 3
3.
Max rushes towards where the Ghosts are, but Kevin stops him.
Max
“Let’s get them!”
Kevin
“Wait! We can’t just rush in there without a plan!”
Panel 4
4.
Max and Kevin are arguing while Pac-Man thoughtfully looks on towards the Ghosts.
Max
“What? Why not?”
Kevin
“They’ve got us outnumbered, and besides, we can’t beat them by brute force alone!”
Panel 5
5.
Close-Up of Pac-Man. He seems concerned. Kevin and Max still argue off-camera.
Max
“Again, why not?”
Kevin
“Geez! Think for once would you?”
Pac-Man
“Something’s not right here.”
Panel 6
6.
Kevin and Max stop arguing and look at Pac-Man in surprise.
Max and Kevin
“Huh?”
Pac-Man
“I don’t know why, but something just seems off with those guys.”
Panel 7
7.
Max smacks his forehead and Kevin gets mad at him.
Max
“Come on! Again with that gut feeling?”
Kevin
“Shut up! It’s never steered us wrong before!”
Page 7
Panel 1
1.
Max and Kevin are arguing again. Pac-Man worriedly tries to calm them down.
Max
“SO? That doesn’t mean we should constantly trust it!”
Kevin
“It’s better than just barging into any situation like you always do!”
Max
“You hypocrite! You’re chastising me about taking risks!”
Kevin
“Yeah, I am, because since we’ve met you that’s all you’ve done! You constantly call what we do stupid and then you yourself go out and do something just as stupid!”
Pac-Man
“Um, guys?”
Panel 2
2.
Kevin and Max turn their anger on Pac-Man now.
Max and Kevin
“WHAT!?!”
Panel 3
3.
Same shot, but now instead of angry, Max and Kevin are scared.
Panel 4
4.
Pac-Man is trying to calm Kevin and Max down, unaware that Clyde is standing right behind him.
Pac-Man
“Could you please keep it down? They might notice us?”
Page 8
Panel 1
1.
Show the scared Kevin and Max shaking, while Pac-Man is still oblivious.
Pac-Man
“What?”
Panel 2
2.
Same shot, but now Kevin and Max are pointing behind Pac-Man, and Pac-Man looks behind himself.
Pac-Man
“Hm?”
Panel 3
3.
Clyde looms over the now-scared Pac-Man.
Clyde
“Plum.”
Pac-Man
“AAAAHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!”
Panel 4
4.
Close-Up as Clyde opens his mouth, and energy starts forming in it.
Clyde
“Blahhh”
Panel 5
5.
Max, Kevin, and Pac-Man just barely get out of the way as Clyde shoots a giant energy beam from his mouth.
6.
SFX: “Ka-Zam!”
Page 9
Panel 1
1.
Max, Kevin, and Pac-Man get up, dazed after that devastating blast.
Max
“Holy-“
Kevin
“Are they supposed to be able to do that?”
Pac-Man
“Um, I don’t think so.”
Panel 2
2.
Clyde is prepping for another blast, so naturally the trio freaks out.
Clyde
“Blahhh”
Max, Kevin, and Pac-Man
“AAAHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!”
Panel 3
3.
Show the trio running away scared.
Panel 4
4.
Show another energy blast following them.
5.
SFX: “Ka-Zam!”
Panel 5
6.
The trio is running for their lives now.
Kevin
“Great, now what do we do?”
Page 10
Panel 1
1.
Still running
Max
“Boy, don’t you wish we’d just rushed in and took ‘em by surprise!”
Kevin
“Shut up! We would’ve been killed!”
Max
“What, you mean like we will be now?”
Panel 2
2.
Another energy blast shoots through the air, and the trio just barely misses it again.
3.
SFX: “Ka-Zam!”
Panel 3
4.
Again, Kevin, Max, and Pac-Man are running, but how long can they keep it up?
Kevin
“Geez, we can’t keep this up!”
Max
“Any ideas, Pac-Man?”
Panel 4
5.
Pac-Man is running, but his head seems to be hurting.
Pac-Man
“Um, I, I think-“
Panel 5
6.
An idea’s dawned on Pac-Man.
Pac-Man
“Waitaminnit!”
Page 11
Panel 1
1.
Max and Kevin are still running as Clyde fires up another blast, but Pac-Man’s stopped.
2.
SFX: “Blahhh”
Kevin
“Huh? Pac-Man, what are you doing!”
Panel 2
3.
Clyde has fired his energy-blast!
4.
SFX: “Ka-Zam!”
Panel 3
5.
Show Pac-Man’s eyes, now determined, and the energy blast’s reflection on them as it shoots straight at him.
Panel 4
6.
Kevin turns around, fearing for his friend’s life.
Kevin
“PAC-MAN!!!”
Panel 5
7.
Show Pac-Man as he swallows the entire energy blast whole!
8.
SFX: “Shoooom”
Panel 6
9.
Show Pac-Man, barely winded, as he stands in the face of his victory.
10.
SFX: “Burp!”
Panel 7
11.
Kevin and Max are shocked and amazed.
Page 12
Panel 1
1.
Pac-Man is sheepishly grinning at Kevin and Max.
Pac-Man
“Hehe, I just remembered something. Yes they’re supposed to do that, but I’m also supposed to do that!”
Panel 2
2.
Pac-Man is in a stance of victory now.
Pac-Man
“Oh yeah, and I’m also supposed to do…”
Panel 3
3.
Pac-Man powers up! Energy surrounds him.
Pac-Man
“…This!”
Panel 4
4.
Clyde turns blue in the energy blast.
5.
SFX: “Dyo-dyo-dyoup!”
Panel 5
6.
Pac-Man swallows Clyde in one gulp!
7.
SFX: “Gulp!”
Page 13
Panel 1
1.
Pac-Man is ready for action and goes running off, while Kevin and Max are still shocked.
Pac-Man
“Alright! Let’s go!”
Panel 2
2.
Max and Kevin look at each other, still amazed.
Panel 3
3.
Max snaps out of it.
Max
“Well, you heard the guy! Let’s get going!”
Panel 4
4.
Max runs off, leaving Kevin.
Panel 5
5.
Kevin looks at the audience.
Kevin
“Oh boy…”
Panel 6
6.
Kevin runs off after Max and Pac-Man.
Kevin
“Hey! Wait up!”
Panel 7
7.
A pair of eyes is floating around, looking for its body.
Page 14
Panel 1
1.
Show the other three Ghosts surrounding the Prison, and we see the feet of the trio step in as they announce their presence.
Pac-Man
“Stop right there!”
Panel 2
2.
Now show the trio in all of their heroic glory.
Pac-Man
“We’re here to put you guys back where you belong!”
Panel 3
3.
Now show the 3 Ghosts in all of their, er…..confusion.
Panel 4
4.
Show the trio and the Ghosts facing off.
Pac-Man
“What’s the matter? Nothing to say?”
Panel 5
5.
Same shot, but now the Ghosts have said something that takes away all of the trio’s bluster.
Blinky
“Um…Who are you?”
Page 15
Panel 1
1.
The trio has huddled to converse, as the confused Ghosts look on.
Max
“What? You mean we were worrying about the end of the world for nothing?”
Kevin
“I guess so. Talk about anticlimactic.”
Pac-Man
“Well, it makes sense. I mean, I lost all of my memories in that prison, so it only makes sense that they’d suffer from memory-loss as well.”
Panel 2
2.
Kevin breaks from the huddle to give the Ghosts a “One second, please.” Sign. The Ghosts still are confused.
Panel 3
3.
The trio is now huddling over how to proceed with the situation.
Kevin
“So what do we do? I mean, we can’t let them get their memories back.”
Pac-Man
“Yeah, but how do we do that?”
Max
“I have an idea.”
Panel 4
4.
Max has broken the huddle and is going to talk to the Ghosts.
Max
“Ah, how wonderful. We thought we had lost you all!”
Panel 5
5.
The Ghosts look even more confused.
Blinky
“Excuse me?”
Page 16
Panel 1
1.
Max looks shocked. He’s hamming it up.
Max
“You mean you don’t remember? Oh, yes, that’s understandable. After all, the fiends that separated you from the generator were rather forceful. Their ham-fistedness must have shocked you to the point of memory-loss.”
Panel 2
2.
Pac-Man and Kevin are whispering to one another.
Kevin
“What do you think? Should we stop him?”
Pac-Man
“No, I think he has this well in hand.”
Panel 3
3.
Max is a pro at this, and he weaves a story effortlessly to the Ghosts.
Max
“You see, you three were once heroes of this world. And after you failed to prevent an apocalyptic threat, you took on a herculean task. You all sealed yourselves in a giant, black generator, a generator that would slowly, but surely, heal this world from the damage that was inflicted; powered by your own life-forces. However, you were recently whisked away by evil villains, who wished to take the power of your life-forces for themselves. We stopped these fiends before they could do that, but you all were still released, and so we set out to find you and take you back to the generator.”
Page 17
Panel 1
1.
Kevin and Pac-Man are impressed.
Kevin
“He’s good.”
Pac-Man
“He is, he is.”
Panel 2
2.
Blinky looks like a lost, little child. The other Ghosts look almost brain-dead.
Blinky
“So, if we go back to the generator, and seal ourselves within it, this world will heal? And we’ll get our memories back?”
Panel 3
3.
Max has kneeled down and put his hand on Blinky’s “shoulder”.
Max
“Yes, I guarantee it.”
Panel 4
4.
Show Blinky looking up at Max, still appearing lost and insecure.
Blinky
“Alright then, we’ll go. Just one question.”
Panel 5
5.
Max smiles sweetly and sincerely.
Max
“Of course.”
Panel 6
6.
Close-Up of Blinky. His eyes have changed color, and he’s smiling an evil smile.
Blinky
“Just how stupid do you think I am?”
Page 18
Panel 1
1.
Max looks surprised as a giant gash flashes across his body.
2.
SFX: “Shnk”
Panel 2
3.
Kevin and Pac-Man yell in shock as Max falls to the ground, bleeding.
Kevin
“No!”
Panel 3
4.
Blinky is flying in the air on giant, red wings. He’s totally evil, and he’s gone Cruise Elroy! The other two ghosts just stare blankly, like there’s nothing behind those glazed eyes of theirs.
Cruise Elroy
“Ha! I can’t believe you actually fell for that! Of course, these idiots may have forgotten what happened, even that weakling Blinky may have forgotten. But not Cruise Elroy! Not even those centuries trapped in that box could wipe away my hatred for you, Pac-Man! My only reason for living is to see you destroyed!”
Page 19
Panel 1
1.
Cruise Elroy swoops over to the Prison, and touches it. It starts to glow where he’s touched it.
Cruise Elroy
“Now then…”
Panel 2
2.
The whole Prison starts to glow, and a door opens.
Panel 3
3.
And out of the door steps a raging, snorting, spitting Donkey Kong! Cruise Elroy smiles viciously.
Cruise Elroy
“Annihilate them.”
Page 20
Panel 1
1.
Cruise Elroy flies off, looking evil.
Cruise Elroy
“I think I’ll go see what other chaos I can cause on this planet.”
Panel 2
2.
The savage Donkey Kong turns towards Kevin and Pac-Man, ready to destroy them.
Panel 3
3.
Close-Up of Kevin and Pac-Man. They’re scared and without hope.
Kevin
“No.”