(November 1995)(collected as part of the RECKONINGS trade paperback)
* John Ney Rieber: writer * Peter Gross: artist *
* Sherilyn Van Valkenburgh: colorist *
* Richard Starkings and Comicraft : lettering *
* Neil Gaiman: consultant * Julie Rottenberg: editor *
* August Hall: cover art *
page 1, panel 6: No One is wearing the same t-shirt (albeit differently-colored) that Time wore in VERTIGO RAVE #1. (submitted by Shannon
Patrick Sullivan)
page 2, panel 2: "Bodysnatcher": "Invasion Of The Body Snatchers" was a 1959 movie in which aliens replaced the people of a small American
town with doppelgangers of their own devising. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: "Theriomorphic": assuming animal form. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 10, panel 1: "Babel": in the Bible, the Babylonians tried to build a tower, the Tower of Babel, which would reach up to the clouds. God
interrupted this work by confusing the languages of the workers, rendering them incapable of understanding ea ch other. (submitted by Shannon
Patrick Sullivan)
page ?, panel 4: The picture behind Barbatos appears to be an interpretation of Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden. (submitted by Shannon
Patrick Sullivan)
page 13, panel 2: In fairy tales, bridges are often guarded by trolls (or other nefarious creatures) who demand payment before a traveller is
permitted to cross. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
page 20, panel 2: A popular theme in fairy tales is the story of the frog who is in reality an ensorcelled prince, who can be freed from his
transformed state only by a kiss. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Su llivan)
page 21, panel 1: Just behind Molly is a medieval iron maiden. (submitted by Shannon Patrick Sullivan)
