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Hector Plasm Volume 1: Born Into Night Battles
First seen in INVINCIBLE over 15 years ago, Hector Plasm returns! In a world where the dead tell stories, Hector Plasm roams the earth as exorcist, con man, and shaman, confronting the supernatural at...
![Philippe: How come you're looking out the window so much today, T??odor? T??odor: Michael Jackson died, Philippe. Philippe: Oh, I'm sorry. I'll go to my room. T??odor: No, no. He was a big deal to people my age, is all. T??odor: Have you ever heard of the "moonwalk"? Philippe: Yeah! It never happened! Lyle can prove it! [[T??odor turns way from the window]] T??odor: No, this is the moonwalk. Watch. [[T??odor moonwalks across the room. Philippe is perplexed, then shocked, then thrilled.]] Roast Beef: Looks like you heard about Michael T??odor: Hey. Yeah. Roast Beef: I ain't even listen to the guy's stuff but for some reason I'm doin' a thing T??odor: Me too. Never owned an album, but it's like there's a... smoggy orange Los Angeles sunset gel across the sky today. Roast Beef: I mean hearin' that Michael Jackson died is like hearin' that another Space Shuttle blew up Roast Beef: Everything about it is so big you ain't got the synaptic bandwidth to process the girth of the grief Cornelius: He was your Elvis, and when your Elvis dies, so does the private lie that someday you will be young once again, and feel at capricious intervals the weightlessness of a joy that is unchecked by the injuries of experience and failure. [[Cornelius takes a drag off his cigarette.]] Cornelius: In other words, you two died a bit today. [[Cornelius exhales. Roast Beef and T??odor look away.]] Cornelius: Welcome to the only game in town. {{title text: In Michael's world, traffic lights would be blacklight (go) or strobe (stop).}}](https://cdn.bsky.app/img/feed_thumbnail/plain/did:plc:f6h5g4ef5qw6qbodktg5bzhp/bafkreidw5dfqi7kbdcuolgld2oarh3j3oqlulpyndqgazdssb5sbiap37m)
