Invisibles 1,19
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Credits
Grant Morrison (Writer) Phil Jiminez (Pencils) John Stokes (Inks) Daniel Vozzo (Colors) Ellie Deville (Letters) Julie Rottenberg (Asst. Editor) Stuart Moore (Editor)
The Invisibles created by Grant Morrison
Summary
Sir Miles is inside King Mob's mind, rifling through his memories. He injects his prisoner with Key 23, a chemical that makes people see words as the things they represent. Jim Crow, Boy and Ragged Robin start to psychically look for their colleagues. Lord Fanny has recovered enough in her cell to attack Sir Miles magically, and taking advantage of his weakness, King Mob strikes at him with Scorpion Psychic Martial Arts. Sir Miles, under the influence of his prisoner, unlocks his cuffs. Fanny, back at full strength, escapes her cell. She meets King Mob in the corridor, who collapses bleeding and horribly wounded. In the next room the King-of-all-Tears activates Miss Dwyer's prayer armour - she is dressed for the hunt.
Characters
King Mob Sir Miles Delacourt Lord Fanny ElFayed Jolly Roger Miss Dwyer Boy Ragged Robin Jim Crow King of all Tears
Analysis
Moorcock, Michael Dick, Philip K. Prisoner, The
Annotations
PAGE 1
Panel 5 Gideon is singing the Sex Pistols' "Anarchy in the UK." [CG]
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Pictures in the background include O.J. Simpson, Pamela Anderson, and the AIDS Quilt(?) [RM] Picture of Marilyn Manson? [KF]
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Panel 1 5 is a key number in Discordianism [BSI] Grant took part in a band called The Five [RK] "An occult group in Leeds": Obvious reference to the the chaos magic group the IOT which originated there circa 1978 formed by Peter Carrol and Ray Sherwin. The IOT was the first organized chaos magic group. Liber Null andPsychonaut by Carrol and Condensed Chaos by Phil Hine introduce the chaos magic paradigm; most people will be able to find them readily available offline [RK] Panel 4 I believe this temple or whatever it is is where KM "first" meets Edie in 1988, while he is contemplating suicide. KM talks about this event in Invisibles 2,10, pages 17-18 [JB]
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Panel 2 Does the 'm' with the hook on the door have any significance? [BSI] It's the zodiac sign for the scorpion. [PV] Panel 6 First appearance of Jolly Roger? [BSI]
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Panel 2 "plausible like Michael and Lisa-Marie being in love": Of course a reference to the marriage of Michael Jackson and Lisa-Marie Presley, which was often in the news during that time and later failed [RL]
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Who is controlling Sir Miles here: King Mob or Fanny? [RM] I think Fanny attacks Sir Miles, weakening him for King Mob's attack who then gains control over Miles [L]
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Panel 1 That's an "A to Zed" that Jim's got there. It's a complete index of all the streets in London [CG]
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Panel 1 "Be seeing you." This is an oft-repeated line in The Prisoner (completing the reference from Invisibles 1,18) [RM]
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Is there any significance to the fact that Gideon and Genevieve have managed to destroy a world without getting killed? [L] The idea of a couple (possibly brother and sister) surviving the end of the world to start a new one comes from Norse mythology, where a man and a woman (Askr and Embla?) survive Ragnarok and presumably start things anew. This ties in with Gideon hanging from the powerline, like Odin (and/or the Hanged Man from the Tarot) [HE]
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