37 panel comic entitled “Nosebleed” Chapter 11 by Derick Jones. Letters by Kyle Arrends, Edited by Nancy Scuri. — Reggie, Esper
Panel 1: Esper has found a tree and is urinating. Panel 2: “Snap,” a foot is seen. Panel 3: Close up on Esper, “?” Panel 4: We see Esper looking at Reggie who is holding his side which is the source of the significant blood loss. Esper, “Well. This is awkward. Who are you?” Panel 5: Close up on Reggie who’s entire left side has been injured as well as a gash along his right arm. Reggie is breathing heavily, “huff huff huff.” Panel 6: Esper, “And why are you all beat up.” Panel 7: Reggie reaches into his left pants pocket. Panel 8: Close up on the pill Reggie is pulling out. Panel 9: Esper looking agast as if an anwer to the question of where the pills went, “Son of a b—-” Panel 10: Esper approaches Reggie as calmly as he can, “That pill. Where did you get it.” Reggie continues to breathe with difficulty, “huff, huff”. Panel 11: Just Esper’s face, “It’s very dangerous.” Panel 12: Esper continues, “So be a good boy and hand it over.” Esper is engaging his powers causing the wind to pick up. Panel 13: Reggie leaning away from the approaching Esper who continues, “And tell me where the rest of em are.” Panel 14: Both Esper and Reggie look left hearing Johnny and Chris, “Blood Dude!” The other responds, “Think he went this way!” Panel 15: Seeing Esper taking in the situation, “Friends of yours?” Panel 16: We see Esper realizing Reggie about to ingest the pill from his pocket, “WAIT! NO!” Panel 17: We see Reggie with the pill in his mouth. Panel 18: Reggie is gaining the power endowed by the pill, but he is not aiming it at Esper or his pursuers. Panel 19: The panel reads, “BWIP”, Esper’s arm has shielded him and Reggie is gone. Panel 20: Esper still shielding himself. Panel 21: Esper assessing what just took place, “Huh…” Panel 22: Esper looking into the sky says, “Very interesting.” Panel 23: All black except for the lettering, “THUMP!!” Panel 24: We see Reggie with his eyes closed and electrical static, potential residue sparking around him. Panel 25: Reggie opening his eyes, “Huh?” Panel 26: The panel says, “Bok Building, South Philly”. Reggie takes in the situation, “How the…” Panel 27: Reggie comes to one knee, blood still draining from his nose, “How the fuck did I get up here?” Panel 28: Reggie comes to full standing with the wind blowing, “Woooooo.” Panel 29: We see Esper returning to the agents, “Bout time,” one of the agents says and Esper responds, “Good news.” Panel 30: Focus on Esper, “Those pills are close. Real close.” Panel 31: One of the agents, “Picked up a scent, huh? Good dog.” The other agent, “Lead the way.” Panel 32: We seee Esper with the Agents in the background. Esper says, “But first.” Panel 33: Esper engaging his powers. Panel 34: Esper shows his hand pushing his powers. Panel 35: Looking from behind Esper and the agents we see flame pouring out of his hand. Panel 36: We see the chard remains of the pilot still hanging from the trees, one of the agents says, “It’s a scent alright.” Panel 37: The three walking away from the scene Esper adds, “And it reeks like teen spirit.”
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Nosebleed chapters so far, 1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6 – 7 – 8 – 9 – 10