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MYTHS AND HEROES
Icarus: The amazing flight
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IN ANCIENT GREECE, WHERE MYTHIC HEROES WALK AMONG US MERE MORTALS, EVERYONE THINKS THEYāRE DESTINED FOR GREATNESS! ENTER ICARUSā¦
ITāS TOO DANGEROUS, ICARUS!
BAH! LEAVE ME ALONE!
YOUāLL SPLIT YOUR SKULL ON THE ROCKS!
I CANāT WATCH!!!
IāM TELLING YOU, I GOT THIS!
I CANāT WATCH!
THESE WAX WINGS ARE AWESOME! LOOK WHAT THEY CAN DO!
ā¦KILL YOU?
CHECK IT OUT, DUDES! IāM
FLYING! IāM FLYYYING!
ICARUS, THE FIRST PERSON TO TOUCH THE SUN!
FLAP FLAP
FLAP
THIS IS HOW YOU BECOME A LEGENā¦
WHA?ā¦
OH NO!
THE WAX HOLDING HIS WINGS TOGETHER MELTED!!!
WHO OSH
I TOLD HIM TO USE GLUE!ā¦ OR STAPLES!
ICARUS FELL IN THE WORST PLACE IN THE WORLD!
ā¦MY MOMāS KITCHEN?
TIMMYāS LABYRINTH!!!
NO ONEāS EVER GOTTEN OUT OF THERE ALIVE!
UH OH, HERCULES, WE HAVE ANOTHER PROBLEM!
THATāS IT! IāM GONNA GO IN AND FIND HIM! JUST ADD IT TO MY LIST OF LABORS! 12, 13, WHATāS THE DIFFERENCE...
HERCULES?
ā¦ AND OF COURSE, TIMMYāS NEVER THERE WHEN YOU NEED HIM! ICARUS! CAN YOU HEAR ME? TAG
OH NO! THEREāS SOMEONE TRAPPED INSIDE THE LABYRINTH!!!
WHENāS DINNER? YEAH, I COULD EAT A TROJAN HORSE! HA, HA,
WAIT FOR ME, HERCULES! IāM COMING WITH YOU!
MEDUSA, GO GET HELP!
I MIGHT NOT BE ABLE TO GET BACK OUT!
MEANWHILE, IN TIMMYāS CORNERā¦ FETA, TARAMA, MOUSSAKA, BAKLAVA, CHOCOLATE AND PIZZAā¦
EVERYTHING I NEED TO SURVIVE A SIEGE!
A BIG, SOFT PILLOW STUFFED WITH HYPOALLERGENIC CENTAUR FURā¦ SO COMFY IT SHOULD BE ILLEGALā¦
NOW LETāS MAKE SURE MY EARPLUGS ARE INā¦
CHECK!
ā¦ TOUCHDOWN!
I GUESS IāM PRETTY SPOILEDā¦ ALONE HERE IN THE PEACE AND QUIET OF MY LABYRINTH!
IS ANYONE THERE?
UMM, YEAHā¦ MEā¦ STUPID GAME!
ā¦ AND IāM NOT MOVING A MUSCLE UNTIL I FINISH THESE TWO SCIENCE FICTION BOOKS: THE ILIAD AND THE ODYSSEY!
IāM COMING TO GET YOU!
HERCUUULES!
THIS IS WHAT I GET FOR TRYING TO HELP MY FRIENDSā¦
WHAT A PLUNGEā¦
FETCH?ā¦
HMMPH, 12 LABORS ARE ENOUGH!
IāLL NEEEEEVER BE A GOD!!!
DONāT SAY THAT, TIMMYā¦ THATāS NOT RIGHTā¦
YOUāRE NO DUMBER THAN THE OTHERSā¦ YOUāLL GET THEREā¦
EASY FOR YOU TO SAYā¦ WITH ALL YOUR AWESOME SUPERPOWERSā¦ BUT ME, I CANāT DO ANYTHING AT ALLā¦
HADES, YOU ALREADY KNOW YOUāLL BE GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD, HERMES GOD OF COMMERCE, ARTEMIS GODDESS OF THE HUNTā¦
BUT ME, NOTHING!
SO, HADES, GOD OF THE UNDERWORLD?!? IāM THE ONE WHO CLAIMED THE UNDERWORLD!
OH YEAH?!? IN YOUR DREAMS!
HOLD ON! I SAID COMMERCE OR THE HUNT. I HAVENāT MADE UP MY MIND!!!
COMMERCE, THATāS ALL MINE. PERIOD!
THE HUNT?! YOU?! SNIPE HUNT, MORE LIKE!
AND YOU, HOWSABOUT GOD OF BRUISES AND BLACK EYES?
NO, BUDDY, I PREFER GOD OF KUNG FU!
OH YEAH? YEAH!
HMMMā¦ IS GOD OF WAR ALREADY TAKEN?
IT IS! I TOLD YOU! I TOLD YOU ITāS THE MIGHTY HERCULES!
I CANāT BELIEVE IT, I CANāT BELIEVE IT, I CANāT BELIEVE ITā¦
MISTER HERCULES, WEāRE HUGE FANS OF YOUR WORK!
WAIT āTIL WE TELL OUR FRIENDS!
HOW DID YOU PULVERIZE THE NEMEAN LION? DID YOU SLUG HIM WITH A SUPER SLAM?
BAMPOW CRACK
AND THE HYDRA OF LERNA? DID YOU PUNCH ALL ITS TEETH OUT?
I BET YOU DID! KILLER!
NO, NOā¦ THATāS ALL LEGENDā¦ ACTUALLY, I DONāT HAVE ANY SUPERPOWERS JUST YETā¦ YA KNOW, SUPERHUMAN STRENGTH AND ALL THAT JAZZā¦
REALLY?
WELLā¦ THATāS EXACTLY WHAT WE WANTED TO HEARā¦
HEE HEE HEE HEE HEE
BUT IāLL HAVE THEM SOON, DONāT YOU WORRYā¦ ITāS JUST THAT ACCORDING TO ZEUS, IāM NOT āREADYā YETā¦
NO KIDDING?
LET US KNOW WHEN YOU GET THEMTHERE POWERS, AND WEāLL STOP COMING āROUND TO BOTHER YOU, OK?
WILLā¦ DOā¦ NOM NOM MUNCH MUNCH
HAHA WAH HA A HA HA
A WALL OF SOUND?
IS THAT IT?
H A HA
I SWEAR! LOOK AT THESE SANDALS AND THE WINGS ON MY HELMET!
YUP! AND WITHOUT BREAKING A SWEAT. PRETTY COOL, HUH?
ARENāT YOU IMPRESSED?
WANT PROOF? NO PROBLEM! BUT PLUG YOUR EARS, THIS IS GONNA BE BRUTAL!
THUMP THUMP
H O O O O
PSHTā¦ WALL OF SOUNDā¦ COULDNāT EVEN BREAK THROUGH THE WALL OF THE CYCLOPS FARM!
TO BE FAIR, IT WAS PRETTY BRUTAL!
YEEEAAAH!!! THATāS AN AWESOME BOAT, ODYSSEUS!
I USED ALEPPO PINE FOR THE FRAME! ITāS A WOOD THAT NEVER ROTS!
UMMā¦ SUREā¦ EVERYONE KNOWS THATā¦
EVERY LITTLE THING! RIGGING, SAILS, TONNAGE, MAST, YARD, THE MOTION OF THE OCEANā¦ IāVE LEFT NOTHING TO CHANCE!!!
I JUST FINISHED BUILDING IT, TIMMYā¦ HEE HEE!
YOUāLL NOTICE THE HULL IS COMPLETELY SEALED SO IT CANāT BE EATEN AWAY BY BARNACLES!
WHOAā¦ YOUāVE REALLY THOUGHT OF EVERYTHINGā¦
HOW WILL YOU GET IT IN THE WATER?
HE WONāT BE MAKING WAVES ANYTIME SOONā¦
HERCULES, ITāS TIME TO TELL YOU THE 12 LABORS YOU MUST ACCOMPLISH!
COULDNāT IT WAIT A COUPLA MINUTES, EURYSTHEUS?
TO BEGIN: CHOKE THE LION OF NEMEA! HERE WE GO AGAIN! I KEEP TRYING!
SLAY THE LERNAEAN HYDRA AND THE BLOODTHIRSTY BIRDS OF LAKE STYMPHALIA!
CAPTURE THE CERYNEIAN HIND AND ERYMANTHIAN BOAR! ā¦
CLEAR OUT THE STABLES OF KING AUGEASā¦ TAME THE MAD BULL OF MINOS!
CAPTURE THE MANEATING MARES OF DIOMEDES!
OOH, LOVE THAT ONEā¦
STEAL THE BELT OF HIPPOLYTA AND THE GOLDEN APPLES OF HESPERIDES!
DEFEAT THE GIANT GERYON AND RESCUE THESEUS FROM THE UNDERWORLD! AND THATāS IT!
YOU CAN RELY ONLY ON YOUR STRENGTH AND COURAGE TO SUCCEED!
ā¦ CAN I ALSO HAVE A WAGON?
MOST IMPORTANTLY, DONāT LET HIM SCARE YOU, HERCULES!
YOU GOT THIS!
YEAHā¦ NO FEAR!
TAKE A DEEP BREATH! DEEPER! AGAIN!
AFTER ALL, HEāS JUST A HUGE LION! LIKE A GREAT BIG KITTEN!
YOU COMPLETED THE FIRST OF YOUR 12 LABORS? YOU DEFEATED THE NEMEAN LION? HOW BRAVEā¦
NO WAY! DID YOU SEE THAT THING?
IāD GO WITH YOU, HERCULES, BUT SOMEONE HAS TO LIVE TO TELL THE STORYā¦ GO ON!
ITāSā¦ ITāS DONEā¦ Iā¦ I DID ITā¦
REALLY?
I CLEANED HIS LITTER BOX. THATāS A GOOD START, ISNāT IT?
GRAT GRATGRAT
NOW, MY LITTLE MEDUSA, DID WE FORGET WE HAVE SNAKES INSTEAD OF HAIR AGAIN? GETS ME EVERY TIMEā¦ SNIFFā¦
HEEHEHEEHE HE HEE EHEE HEEHEHE
LOOK WHAT I BOUGHT FROM EUROPA! A MAGIC JAVELIN THAT NEVER MISSES ITS TARGET!
NOOOOOO!
THAT THINGāS TOTALLY WORTHLESS! SHEāS BEEN TRYING TO FIND A SUCKER TO SELL IT TO FOR MONTHS!
SEE, LOOKā¦ EYES CLOSEDā¦ BULLSEYE!
HEY NOW! I TRIED IT OUT! IāM NO FOOL!
OVER THE SHOULDERā¦ BOOM! BULLSEYE! TWANG
GOTCHA!
DONāT BELIEVE ME, ATLAS? HERE, HOWSABOUT WE EAT PIGEON SANDWICH FOR LUNCH?
IāM NOT EVEN LOOKING!
WELL, YOU WERE RIGHT ABOUT ONE THING. IT NEVER MISSES ITS TARGET!
AND THATāS EXACTLY THE PROBLEM!
IāVE NEVER MET A MORE STUBBORN HUMAN!
WELL, TECHNICALLY IāM HALF GOD! HEHEHE!
AND DO YOU KNOW WHATāLL HAPPEN IF YOU THROW IT AT THAT NEMEAN LION? DO YOU?
NO? GIMME THAT!
YOU THINK I HAVENāT THOUGHT OF THAT, SENOR ATLAS?!
AND SINCE I SPENT MY LAST CENT ON THIS SPEAR, I WILL MAKE IT WORK!
BUT ITāS NOT EVEN WORTH A HAIR ON A FLEA ON A PEGASUS!
ITāLL END UP RIGHT BACK IN THE MIDDLE OF THIS TARGET! āCAUSE THATāS ALL IT CAN DO!
THEREāS YOUR FORMIDABLE WEAPONā¦
GO PICK SOME OLIVES AND LEAVE THIS TO THE EXPERTS! YOU AND ME, YA BIG DUMB BEAST!
HEREā¦ HEREā¦ STAY STILLā¦
NOWā¦ WHEREāSā¦ WHEREāS THAT JAVELINā¦?
A VISION! ? ?
IāVE HAD A VISION!
ITāS THE ORACLE OF DELPHIā¦
YEAHā¦ I KNOW! THE OLD FOGEY WHO CAN SEE THE FUTUREā¦
I FEEL... I FEEL... I FEEL THE PRESENCE OF ZEUS. HE WAS HERE!!!
SNIFF?
SNIFF?
THEN WITH HIS LIGHTNING HE SPLIT THIS TREE TRUNK TO IGNITE HOPE!!!
BLAM!
ITāS A SIGN!
HEā¦ HE WAS SITTING ON THESE STEPS TO PONDER THE AFFAIRS OF US MORTALS!
I CAN SEE HIM!
ZEUS WILL COME AND SAVE US ALL! ...
I FORESEE! YOU DONāT SAY?
WHOAā¦ WHAT HAPPENED TO YOU, ZEUS?
I MISSED A STEP AND HIT MY HEAD ON A TREE TRUNK!!!
YA THINK ITāS A SIGN?
I HOPE YOU KIDS HAVE ENJOYED THIS LITTLE SNACK!
OH YES, MISTER EURYSTHEUS!
MUNCH
MUNCH
WELLā¦ TECHNICALLY I HAVE SUPERIOR STRENGTHā¦ BUT NOT EXACTLY SUPERā¦ YETā¦ THATāLL COME LATERā¦
MUNCH
ME!
ME!
SIR, ME!!!
IāM LISTENING, IMPATIENT ORPHEUS!
HERMES?
OH, ME? I CAN RUN AT THE SPEED OF LIGHT! EXCEPT AT NIGHTā¦
NOW I WANT TO HEAR HOW YOUR SUPERPOWERS ARE COMING ALONG! HERCULES?
Mā¦ ME?
AND YOU, MINOTAUR?
UMMā¦ I DID BUY A WHOOPEE CUSHIONā¦ BUT OTHER THAN THATā¦
I HAVE THE POWER TO MOVE OBJECTS WITH MY MAGIC LYRE! THAT IS A REAL SUPERPOWER!
FANTASTIC! EXACTLY WHAT I NEED RIGHT NOW!
ā¦ AND MAKE SURE YOU DONāT BREAK ANYTHING!
GO, HERMES, MESSENGER OF THE GODS, AND DELIVER MY REPLYā¦
YESSIR, MISTER ZEUSā¦
MRS. THETIS! MRS. THETIS!!! YOU HAVE A MESSAGE FROM ZEUS! FINALLY!
IT MUST BE THE ANSWER TO MY REQUESTā¦ SO, WHAT MUST I DO TO MAKE MY SON ACHILLES INVINCIBLE?
THE GREAT AND MIGHTY ZEUS SAYS YOU MUST SOAK HIM IN THE WATERS OF THE RIVER STYX, GATEWAY TO THE UNDERWORLD!
SPLASH!
NOW WHAT?
ON MY WAY!
HE DIDNāT SAY TO LET HIM GOā¦ THATāS FOR SUREā¦
GAGA?
GAGAā¦
WEāRE DEAD! WEāRE DEAD!
OH FUDGE! OH FUDGE!
IN MY LABYRINTH! WEāLL BE SAFE THERE!
YA THINK? OF COURSE!
TIMMY, NOT SO FAST!
TIMMY!!
DO THIS, TIMMY, FREEZE!
QUUIIICK!
NOT HERE! THIS IS A TERRIBLE HIDING SPOT!
THIS WAY!
PSSST, ATLAS, OVER HERE, QUICK!
Iā¦ I THINK IāM LOSTā¦
WHEREā¦ WHERE ARE YOU?
ZEUSā LIGHTNING BOLT WASNāT SO GREAT AND MIGHTY AFTER ALL! DID YOU SEE HOW IT BROKE?
TIMMY?
YEAHā¦ ā¦ AND IF HE EVER FINDS US, WEāRE DEADā¦
NOT GONNA HAPPEN! MY LABYRINTH IS THE BEST HIDING SPOT IN THE WHOLE WORLD!
HIYA, MISTER SISYPHUS! HOWāS IT ROLLING?
HARDY HAR!
GOOD ONE! LIKE IāVE NEVER HEARD THAT JOKE BEFORE!
DID I SAY SOMETHING FUNNY?
GRUNT
LOOK, I HAD AN IDEA TO KEEP YOUR BOULDER FROM ROLLING ALL THE WAY DOWN THE HILL ALL DAY EVERY DAY!
