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EXT. AN ABANDONED FARMHOUSE – EARLY MORNING

A rotting wooden fence, which once held cattle, is some distance away from the house. Twelve cans are set upon the fence.

WHITNEY

He is an angelic-looking man in his early twenties. He holds two revolvers in his hands.

He fires the gun in his right hand. He empties it in seconds.

THE CANS

Six of them are hit by the bullets. The other six remain on the fence.

RESUME WHITNEY

He is unsure of himself as he aims the gun in his left hand.

WHITNEY

Come on, Whitney. You can do it.

He fires the gun and empties it in seconds.

RESUME THE CANS

Four of the six remaining cans are hit by the bullets. The other two remain on the fence.

WHITNEY (V.O.)

Hey. That’s pretty good.

Whitney enters the scene. The revolvers are in his pockets.

WHITNEY

But I can do better.

Next to the fence is a trash bag full of empty cans. Whitney puts twelve cans on the fence.

Next to the trash bag is a box of ammunition. Whitney grabs the box and reloads his guns.

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INT. THE ABANDONED FARMHOUSE - MORNING

Twelve GUNSHOTS are heard. Each one is followed by AN EMPTY CAN BEING HIT.

While we hear the GUNSHOTS, Whitney sets fire to the farmhouse.

As the flames spread, a force field appears around Whitney’s body. Whitney beams.

WHITNEY

I still got it.

He walks into the flames, but the force field directs them away from his body. He doesn’t cough or sweat.

He almost trips a few times as he walks on the uneven, burning floor.

WHITNEY (CONT’D)

Keep it up. No matter what.

Whitney takes out his revolvers. The force field surrounds them as well.

WHITNEY (CONT’D)

Concentrate.

Whitney looks at the guns and focuses. Then the force field

retreats a bit and exposes the gun barrels.

WHITNEY (CONT’D)

(beams with pride)

There we go.

Whitney shoots the guns in all directions. He laughs with evil glee.

WHITNEY (CONT’D)

Wait till they get a load of me.

He finishes off the rounds. He continues to laugh.

As the flames and smoke engulf the scene, Whitney finally takes his leave.

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INT. WHITNEY’S BATHROOM - DAY

Whitney is dressed in a T-shirt and short pants. He puts a sweat suit over his clothes.

Whitney now holds up a bottle of spirit gum. He uses the brush to apply the adhesive to his face.

He then applies false whiskers to his face. He looks like he has a natural beard when he is done.

He puts on a mullet wig that matches his beard. Now he does not look like himself.

He puts dentures over his teeth. He smiles and looks at his new reflection in the mirror.

A cap and sunglasses complete the disguise. He is now SIR PLUS.

He puts the revolvers in his jacket pockets. He checks himself in the mirror. The revolvers are not visible in his pockets.

SIR PLUS

Stand up straight.

He does so. He looks much taller.

INT. THE LIVING ROOM - DAY

He holds the revolvers like he is aiming them at some people.

SIR PLUS

Everyone stay still!

He sighs as his arms drop to his sides.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

Disguise your voice, dummy.

He holds up the revolvers again.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

(deeper voice)

Everyone stay still!

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He shakes his head.

SIR PRIZE (CONT’D)

(regular voice)

No. More threatening.

(deeper voice)

Don’t anybody move!

He sighs and scratches his head with a revolver.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

(regular voice)

I’m going to line them up against a wall. Why would I tell them not to move?

He holds up the revolvers again.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

This is going to be harder than I thought.

(deeper voice)

Everybody up against the wall!

INT. SYBIL’S MANSION/LIVING ROOM – AFTERNOON

SYBIL is seated in a chair. HAWKINS and DOVER are seated in the sofa.

Sybil eats a bonbon as she looks into the Delphi Crystal. It shows the SUPERIMPOSED IMAGE of

A HANDWRITTEN NOTE

It reads: MISTER HAWKINS AND MISS DOVER SHALL BE AT COMICS ODYSSEY AT 5:30 TODAY.

HAWKINS (V.O.)

Oh, goody. The super-heroes finally go to the comic-book store.

DOVER (V.O.)

Probably because a super-villain will be appearing there.

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RESUME SYBIL, HAWKINS, AND DOVER

SYBIL

I believe you are right, Miss Dover. What better place is there to learn about becoming an evil superhuman?

HAWKINS

Debra, your love spell can make sure nothing happens to the people in the store. All you got to do is hypnotize everybody in there.

DOVER

Everybody? But I don’t want to use my powers on innocent people.

HAWKINS

You may not have a choice.

We won’t know who is the latest Zodiac Killer until he uses his powers. By then he could have killed someone.

SYBIL

But if you use your power on everyone who enters the store, then you can ask them who

bought a Zodiac Elixir. Once you find out who that is,

Mister Hawkins can take that man away. While you remain behind and make the others forget about seeing you three.

DOVER

My love spell can cause amnesia? I didn’t know that.

SYBIL

Selective amnesia. You do not want the people to forget

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SYBIL (CONT’D)

everything that happened to them today.

DOVER

Well, if I’m going to use my power on so many people, I’d

better be fully charged, don’t you think?

SYBIL

Of course.

Sybil aims the crystal at the heroes. It then shines a bright beam on them.

HAWKINS

Ah. Now that’s more like it.

DOVER

Wow. I feel better than I ever did before.

HAWKINS

Now that you mention it, so do I.

Sybil frowns at the crystal.

SYBIL (V.O.)

What is happening? The crystal is rejuvenating their bodies at a phenomenal rate. I did not know that the crystal had this much power.

The crystal stops shining its beam. Sybil smiles at the heroes.

SYBIL (V.O. CONT’D)

The crystal must have a reason for doing this. But what can it be?

SYBIL

So who wants pizza?

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DOVER

Pizza? Now?

SYBIL

Why not? Who knows how long you will be at Comics Odyssey?

HAWKINS

That’s a strange question coming from a prophetess. In more ways

than one.

SYBIL

You both can eat just a few slices to tide you over.

HAWKINS

Can we order from Junction Square? They got the best pizza.

SYBIL

Of course.

DOVER

Oh, I love their pasta. Count me in.

INT. COMICS ODYSSEY – LATE AFTERNOON

It is a somewhat cramped place. Boxes of back issues fix the middle of the room, and racks of comic books line the wall.

On the other side is a glass counter with a cash register, credit-card machine, laptop, and business phone on top of it. Some super-hero merchandise is inside the counter.

The CLERK rings up a CUSTOMER’S purchase while some ADULTS and TEENS mill about the store.

TEEN BOY #1

Who do you think should play Knight and Daze?

TEEN BOY #2

I don’t know.

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TEEN BOY #1

Paul Carson looks like Knight,

but he doesn’t seem to have

the emotional range to do him

right. Chester Mann has the

the range, but he doesn’t look look like Knight. Now Stacey

Donovan would make a killer

Daze.

TEEN BOY #2

What? She’s too flat-

chested.

TEEN BOY #1

Is that all you think about?

Stacey looks exactly like Daze. Besides, they can always give her a pushup

bra.

TEEN BOY #2

That’s true.

Hawkins and Dover enter the store.

CLERK

Hi there. Welcome to Comics

Odyssey.

HAWKINS

Hello.

(whispers to Dover)

All men. Makes it easier on you.

DOVER

(whispers to Hawkins)

Here goes nothing.

(louder to everyone)

You all love me! You all want to answer my questions!

Everyone turns to face Dover. They all have lovesick looks on their faces.

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DOVER (CONT’D)

Did any of you ever buy a Zodiac Elixir from the Mesa

Mall?

The men tell her no in a variety of ways--shaking their heads,

looking confused, and saying things like “Huh?” and “What?”

CLERK

What’s a Zodiac Elixir?

DOVER

Never mind. Forget that I said anything. Go back to

what you were doing.

The men turn their backs on the heroes. All except the clerk.

CLERK

How may I help you?

HAWKINS

Oh, we’re just looking. I

never been in here before.

CLERK

Well, if you need any help,

just let me know.

The heroes look in the back-issue boxes. Dover’s face lights up.

DOVER

Hey, Harry. Look at this.

Hawk and Dove comics.

HAWKINS

Never heard of them.

Dover takes the comics out of the box and looks at them.

DOVER

I wonder if these inspired Sybil to . . . you know.

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HAWKINS

I doubt it. She was around during the Vietnam War.

DOVER

Still . . . I want to know more about this Dove woman.

Unlike the other super-heroines I’ve seen, she’s fully dressed.

HAWKINS

Super-heroine. That sounds like a narcotic in its purest

form.

DOVER

Tell me about it. I don’t like calling myself something that sounds illegal. Here.

Hold onto these.

She hands him the comics.

DOVER (CONT’D)

I see some Batgirl comics.

And Batwoman? Who’s that?

Dover heads for the comic-book racks when Sir Prize enters the store.

CLERK

Hello, sir. Welcome to Comics

Odyssey.

Dover quickly turns around and points at Sir Plus. Hawkins faces him as well.

DOVER

You love me now. You will do as I say.

Sir Plus’s force field appears. He looks at Dover.

SIR PLUS

Are you talking to me?

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DOVER (V.O.)

My power’s not hitting him!

And he’s glowing!

DOVER

No! I was talking to my boyfriend!

HAWKINS

Whoa! You’re glowing!

Some of the other men take notice. They react to what they see.

SIR PLUS

Personal force field. Which is why I call myself Sir Plus. Because I’m the man

with the power.

He takes out his revolvers. The force field retreats to expose

the barrels. The others react now in fear.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

The power over life and death.

WHITNEY (V.O.)

Hey! This is easier than I thought!

SYBIL

She looks at the SUPERIMPOSED IMAGE of Sir Prize in the Delphi Crystal.

SYBIL

A force field? Which elixir gave him that power?

SIR PLUS AND OTHERS

CLERK

Hey! Take it easy! We’ll

give you all of our money!

Right, guys?

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The others, except Hawkins and Dover, say yes in a variety of ways--nodding their heads, taking out their wallets, and saying,

“Oh, yeah!” and “You got it!”

SIR PLUS

I don’t want your money!

I want comic books to be

the way they used to be!

HAWKINS

What do you mean?

SIR PLUS

(to Dover)

Did you know that Barbara Gordon was practically raped by the Joker?

DOVER

What? No!

SIR PLUS

It’s true! In The Killing

Joke, he shot and paralyzed her! Then he stripped her naked and took pictures of her! Yvonne Craig called it a sick rape of her character!

HAWKINS (V.O.)

Who’s Yvonne--Never mind!

I’ve got to keep him talking!

SIR PLUS

And it was stupid of Barbara

to open the door without

looking out the peephole!

How could Alan Moore make her out to be so dumb?

Of course, what do you expect from that pervert?

He had the Invisible Man

rape Pollyanna! And turned

Alice, Dorothy, and Wendy

into lesbian lovers!

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DOVER (V.O.)

Good Lord Almighty!

SIR PLUS

And speaking of dumb perverts!

Brad Meltzer had that nice

Sue Dibny be raped and murdered

in Identity Crisis! He had the gall to have Sue be raped in the Justice League satellite! By that ridiculous Doctor

Light, believe it or not! And

Sue was later killed by Jean

Loring, the Atom’s ex-wife!

All because Jean wanted to get back together with Ray!

(laughs)

Hell! All Jean had to do was come onto Ray! There was no logical reason for her to go on a murder spree! And she was a lawyer! Meltzer didn’t even show her defend herself in court! And he’s a lawyer,

too! How could he not write a compelling court-room drama with all those characters?

DOVER (V.O.)

Got to keep casting my love spell! Maybe he’ll get so worked up, his force field will disappear!

SIR PLUS

Oh, and let us not forget about the oh-so-mighty Geoff

Johns! Now talk about rape!

He actually raped his dead

sister’s memory! He based

Stargirl on Courtney Johns!

But that wasn’t her first codename! She was originally

Star-Spangled Kid NUMBER TWO!

Like in shit!

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Sir Plus laughs hysterically.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

Johns didn’t seem to love Courtney very much! Stargirl

was a bitchy character! Some

comic-book readers couldn’t

stand her and let Johns know it! Then he revealed that she was based on his dead sister and made them feel like they were attacking the dead!

(sighs)

Johns also dragged his family’s good name through the mud! A

character named Geoff Johns was a Kryptonite killer on Smallville! And we all know what he wanted to do sexually when he wrote for the Avengers!

HAWKINS

What are you talking about?

SIR PLUS

You really don’t know? Huh!

He had Ant-Man crawl into the Wasp’s vagina and pleasure her from the inside out! And get this! Marvel rated that comic book PSR! Their version of PG! If they had shown that story to the Comics Code

Authority, it never would have been published!

(inhales deeply)

Johns said on his website that comic-book retailers will be placing stickers with an R

rating over the PSR’s! But I

bet you that if we look on

Avengers 71, we won’t find

the sticker on the cover!

The clerk sheepishly looks away. Sir Plus smiles viciously.

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SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

I thought so! And get this!

That issue must have been

mailed to kids who had

subscriptions to the Avengers

comic book! I wonder how many know parents know that

Marvel sent pornography to

their kids!

Sir Plus paces in front of the hostages.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

Oh, and speaking of children!

Marc Andreyko had posted a

cute picture with two little

kids on !

HAWKINS

That’s still around?

SIR PLUS

Oh, yes! The creator of of the female Manhunter

series had this picture on his website! The picture

showed a Norman Rockwell kind of painting with Superman talking to a couple of small children! And the caption read, “Buy Manhunter comics, or I’ll rape your mothers!”

DOVER

Oh, my God!

SIR PLUS

I know! I’d sure hate to be his mother! Andreyko tried to defend himself by saying that he had a gay man’s sense of humor, and that he found the

picture funny!

Sir Plus growls loudly.

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DOVER

Wait a minute! The homosexuals I know would never find that funny!

HAWKINS (V.O.)

Debra knows gay people?

SIR PLUS

Thank God for that! Not every gay man thinks like John Waters!

HAWKINS (V.O.)

Sounds like he’s winding up his speech! I’ve got to do something!

SIR PLUS

And that Gail Simone! She is still friends with Andreyko!

What woman in her right mind wants to associate with him?

DOVER

Well . . . did he apologize for his actions?

SIR PLUS

Eventually! But it wasn’t because Simone forced him to!

Ironically enough, it was a man who got Andreyko to finally take down the picture! After being on Myspace for six months!

Simone must have seen that picture lots of times, but she never said anything about it! So much for her being a feminist!

DOVER

That little traitor!

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SIR PLUS

The people at DC and Marvel

need to be taught a lesson!

They can’t keep degrading their good characters like

that! Super-heroes are

supposed to be role models!

They’re not supposed to bring

out the evil in their readers!

Maybe if I kill enough of their readers, things will change!

Hawkins and Dover look at each other. The others look at one another. Sir Plus motions everyone to move towards the comic-book racks.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

Line up please!

DOVER

Killing us won’t make things better!

SIR PLUS

Oh, but I’ve got to start a revolution! And revolutions

cost people their lives!

He motions for the crowd to move. They reluctantly do.

TEEN BOY #2

But we’re just kids!

SIR PLUS

Who have been corrupted by

comic books!

(smiles)

But I may spare you two!

After all, someone needs to

tell my story to the

authorities!

He clicks the revolvers.

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SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

And to tell the comic-book companies to stop raping their characters!

HAWKINS

Sir Plus, look at me.

SIR PLUS

I’m through talking!

HAWKINS

Look at me! I’m flying!

Hawkins hovers off of the floor. The others react. Especially

Sir Plus.

SIR PLUS

Holy shit!

Hawkins extends his hands.

HAWKINS

I can fly. And you can fly,

too. With my help.

SIR PLUS

You’ll do that? Even after what I done?

Hawkins smiles.

HAWKINS

It’s not like you’ve gone past the point of no return. (a beat)

Have you?

SIR PLUS

N-No!

HAWKINS

Then let these nice people go.

And I’ll fly you away from here.

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DOVER

And I’ll make you forget your rage. You don’t need to remember these things that upset you so much. I can

start you off with a clean

slate.

SIR PLUS

You can? I want to forget

this ever happened! I want

to stop being so angry! I

want to stop being reminded

of--

Tears run down Sir Plus’s eyes.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

I want to forget what they did to me! I want to forget so

much!

HAWKINS

Forget what?

DOVER

(gasps)

Oh, my God!

DOVER (V.O.)

He was raped!

DOVER

I can make you forget. I

have that power.

SIR PLUS

You’ll do that for me? Even after I--

DOVER

But I can’t do it while you have your force field up.

I need to be able to touch

you.

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HAWKINS

Debra can do it, Sir Plus.

You just got to trust her.

SIR PLUS

I do.

His force field disappears.

SIR PLUS (CONT’D)

I only had it on in case the cops showed up.

Dover holds his hand and looks at him.

DOVER

You love me now. You’re going to do exactly what I tell you.

HAWKINS

He lands in front of the astonished men.

SYBIL (V.O.)

Mister Hawkins, bring Sir

Prize to me. I need to question him.

HAWKINS

Yes, Sybil.

SYBIL

She looks into the Delphi Crystal. It shows the SUPERIMPOSED IMAGE of

DOVER

She is mesmerizing the men in the comic-book store. Dover looks very tired.

SYBIL (V.O.)

Now I know why the crystal gave them so much power.

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SYBIL (V.O. CONT’D)

It is taking all of Miss

Dover’s will power to alter their memories.

INT. SYBIL’S MANSION/BASEMENT – NIGHT

The mesmerized Sir Prize stands in between Sybil, Hawkins, and Dover. He is not wearing his cap and sunglasses.

SYBIL

Who are you?

SIR PRIZE

I’m Whitney Carr.

He takes off the wig, dentures, and whiskers to become Whitney again.

SYBIL

I thought you were wearing a disguise. I smelled the spirit gum on your face.

You were going to lose your costume after the shoot-out, were you not?

WHITNEY

Yes, ma’am.

SYBIL

What Zodiac sign are you?

WHITNEY

I’m a Virgo.

HAWKINS

How ironic.

Dover elbows him.

SYBIL

That would explain the force field. It kept you pure. So to speak.

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DOVER

Have you ever killed anyone, Whitney?

WHITNEY

No.

SYBIL

That is good. But why would you consider yourself evil?

WHITNEY

I must have been a bad person.

Otherwise, God wouldn’t have let those men . . . attack me.

SYBIL

They were the bad people,

Whitney. You were just their victim. Always remember that.

WHITNEY

(tearing up)

You said you were going to

make me forget.

DOVER

And I will, Whitney.

SYBIL

But first we must cleanse your body. We can not allow you to use your power again.

It might inspire you to make . . . unwise decisions.

Sybil holds up the Delphi Crystal. It shines a beam on Whitney.

SYBIL (CONT’D)

Normally I do not take pity on the likes of you. But this time is different.

Because I know exactly what

you are going through.

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Hawkins and Dover look at each other. Then they look at Sybil.

SYBIL (CONT’D)

And if I were not immune to Miss Dover’s powers, she

would make me forget as

well.

END EPISODE SEVEN. TO BE CONTINUED.

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