major thunder - vol 1 - plague doctor

7/17/2019 Major Thunder - Vol 1 - Plague Doctor

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Story:

Artyom Gabrelyanov

Eugene Fedotov

Artist:

Constantine

Tarasov

Edits, layout:

Svyatoslav

Kaverin

Colorist:

Saikono

Fonts:

Comicraft,

Paratype

English

translation:

Volnaib

and

cm-dore


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St Petersburg

Thiscity is sick. The citizensare drowning in a stinking slush

of chaos, refuse and terror.

The streets are full of

sewage,

pus in every cell.

Nick,

Pass it!

Cmon!

Every

Pore

Nobility and honor do not

matter anymore; it is wealth

and power that rule.

Damn!

Its time to end it all

Hold on!

Soon


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Soon.


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Vitya, whats

takin so long!?You fall asleep? Vitya, Im

tired of ya!

Im going to heal this city. Save it

from all the parasites that cling

to it, sucking the life from it.

Holy Crap!

Engulfed

In purifying flames.


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This Dance of Death has

begun,

So wait for your sentence,

Quake with fear, crooks,

For the epidemic is

coming!

for the

Epidemic is coming

Great way to

start the day!

Well,

lets

proceed

Good morning

officers!

Please get your

elbows off the

evidence!

Major Grom*, senior

investigating officer.

Keep the jokes

about my last name to

yourself lets get down to

business.

What happened here?

*Grom in Russian means Thunder


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A murder. One body,

already identified. The son of the public

prosecutor, Cyril Grechkin, a known road-

hog and playboy. The killer, apparently,

set fire to him in his own car.

Hmmm. Interesting.

He was killed in the same

spot where he ran downtwo pedestrians about a

year ago. Where are the

leaflets from?

Witnesses claim the killerscattered these around

the crime scene. He pinned

one with a white ribbon tied

around it to the speed limit

sign.

So there were

witnesses?

Yeah, a kid that

accidently met up with

him. Poor guys still

stuttering.

Why? Did he see the

Grim Reaper with his

scythe or something?

Worse.Bloody

hell...

Thats a sketch of the

suspect.

I think the kids still in

shock, honestly. The killer

cant be walking around in a

parrot mask, can he?

Hes all right

Its a Medieval Plague Doctor mask.

During the plague in Europe, these guys went

around treating the sick, and if the patient was

untreatable and died, the doctor would burn

their house down, bodies inside, to keep the

plague from spreading.

It all comes

together

So, that guy had the

plague or what?

Um No.

The killer says that

St. Petersburg is under a rage

of plague. In a metaphorical sense, of

course apparently hes talking about the

chaos and mayhem that goes on. Like in

Grechkins case, even though he wasnt a

criminal, he did run over two people and kill

them both, in broad daylight, in frontof a lot of people


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So it has all fallen into place.

The "Dance of Death" mentioned in the

leaflet is a known subject of many of

medieval paintings and poems, and it

emerged right at the time of the plague

epidemic. The leading motif of all the

works

was the following:

all are equal before the

face of Death, be you a king,

or earl, or beggar. That's a

round intimation that

superiority and inviolability of

those wielding power has

come to its end.

Seems that some madman

fancies himself as a plague doctor and

decided to redeem the city of the

"decease", using violence beyond most

reasonable limits and by killing

particular"infected individuals".

And that is his

first victim.

Whos the

pretty boy?

Who let him in?

Thats the new

CID officer, its his

first case with

a stiff.

First

case,

You say?

Hey newbie!

Come here!

The names Igor.

Dima*.

*Dima Sounds like dee-muh


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Come closer, we need

to get acquainted with

the body.

Um can I get

acquainted with it

from over here?

Come here, what's with the

lack of enthusiasm? Don't

worry, he doesn't bite!

You know what

forensic

odorology is?Information system

dealing with scents,

applied to forensic

science.

Attaboy! "A+" on theory!

What about in practice?

Sniff it. You know what

scent is this?

Thats sweat, bloodand gasoline

Of burnt paint, singed

tire-covers and

scorched meat

Of madness, terror and

death, agonydespair..

By the way,

wanna gyro?

They all do

that the first

time

So, has the press

come yet?

Not yet.


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Good. Then they

havent contaminated

the crime scene yet.

Gasoline stains.

Someone was in a

hurry and just

kinda poured it all

over the place.

The car, expensive

judging by whats left of

it, was burned up in

minutes.

A knife with a white

ribbion crooks and

thieves in the note Too

ostentatious to be an

ordinary murder.

Who are you.? A civil

rights activist or a lone

psychopath?

Call all the expensive

night clubs, ask security

if theyve seen this car

recently, and if they saw

anyone talking with the

owner.

Interrogate

all the people

who live on

this street.

Check for

any hidden

evidence.

Check out the

victims

families

and those

leaflets

Get those

leaflets outta

here, we dont

need that

nonsense!


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Ill tackle the

red tape and

question my

sources.

Dima! Find me this

poor guys address.

Meet me at his place

in two hours!

For now the police

havent commented on

the victims

personality.

But our reporters have

discovered that the burned

car belonged to CyrilGrechkin, son of the public

prosecutor.

Cyril Grechkin,

about a year ago, ran down two

pedestrians with this particular car,

but the case had not been taken to the

court, since due to unknown reasons

video recordings from the surveillance

cameras at that time have all

disappeared

and all the

witnesses refused to

testify.

There were leaflets scattered

over the crime scene which

claimed that this murder for

justice will not be the last. We

will keep you informed, stay

tuned!


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Saint Petersburg

is shocked by a

terrible murder!

We have tried to

connect with Cyril,

but it turned out

that his cell phone is

blocked!

Hey! Where ya goin;

its a red light! Have

you seen the

pedestrian crossing?!

Insulting a police

officer! And driving

without plates! Im

gonna teach you

good manners!

Oh Crap!

Pick-pockets!


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You, freeze!Kid, you've managed to

break two Criminal Code

articles and two

Administrative Code ones

in one minute! You are so

talented!

OOF!

Attacking a police

officer on duty! Three

articles of Criminals!

Youre gonna hold a

record!

Scum!

Oh

Crap!


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Oof!

In Your face, nit!

Nimble son

of a bitch!

Huh?

Catch

it!

Have a

nice trip!


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Okay, one is

down.

You, Stop!


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OOF!

Come on!

Toro, bull!

Toro!

In your

face, scum!

Urgh!


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Ugh!

You screwed

with the wrongguy!

Lets get outof here!


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Ill get you!

Insolent punks!

And they left her

purse!

Dropped this,

lady?


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Oh, thanks a lot!

Seems these guys

were after the

contents of your

handbag.

What ya got in

here? Star Wars

screenplay signed

by George Lucas?

Intercontinental

ballistic missile

codes?

Your phone

number?

Oh, its a long

story!

Let me tell you over a cup of

coffee, okay?

*

HmM

*Julia Pchyolkina - Journalist

Goodbye,

super stranger!


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An Hour later

Sorry, Im a little

late! Got sidetracked

on my way here

Did you find out theexact address? Yes,

apartment 84.

GreatNeighbors from his

floor havent checked

their mailboxes in a

while


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Police,

open up!

No point in knocking,

theresno one there.

You saw the body

yourself!

Well then, lets

interrogate the

neighbors?

They went on

vacation at least

two weekends ago,

judging by the

overflowing

mailboxes.

Cover me!

Are you picking the

lock? We dont have a

warrant! This is

madness!

Madness? This is


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Wow, that was cool!

Just like the movie,

right?

What about

the warrant?

Heres your

warrant, stop

whining! Got it half

an hour ago!


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Its pretty

cozy here

Hm.

Lives alone,

c rt i .

Football fan.

Loves

.

Adores

u ti g.

Lets re-

dial the

last

telephone

number

Uh-huh.

io tt .

Hey Beauty!

Nope, its the right

number!

Helluva collection!

Youre Violetta arent you?

Yeah, an acquaintance of

mine gave it to me! Im in

need of a womans TLC.

Could we meet

today? Uh-huh

okay, see ya!


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Dont touch

anything.

Examine all of

the firearms andtake

fingerprints.

Im going to interrogate

Violetta, for now its our

only hook.

But shes a

prostitute!

Look, if our stiff slept with an

academic theater band-master,

I would gladly talk to him

But we only

have a prostitute.

Im gonna leave the

card and the gun with

you meanwhile! This issome elite and private

brothel, theres surely

security that wont be

happy to see a CID with

a gun.

Okay, Im off to

a meeting with

our pussy cat!

You stay here!

The suspects

sketch is at the disposal of

our TV channel now! This is

a middle-aged male wearing

a bird mask If you saw

him the night of the

murder, contact the police

immediately via

this phone number

More news! Another civil

society organization is up to

join the search for the

popular blogger Ivan Penkov

who went missing several

months ago


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Good evening, I'm

meeting with

Violetta!

Do you mind if

we check you

out?

One has bags under his

eyes... apparently drinks a

lot, sick liver...

Another one has a

hardening on his leg

looks like a tightening

strap for a sore knee

Most likely injured

during squatting in the

gym.

Hmmm


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You're

clear,

walk in.

Hey, Vasyok, he's got

a cop's mug.

Its an ordinary mug,

your snoot is no better

than his!

So I wasnt told

stories You are a

beauty indeed

Whatd you think?

Im talented too. Tell

me, what do you want?

Massage first, maybe?


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Lets talk

first,

okay?

Okay? What

turns you

on?

Cyril Grechkin turns

me on, and everything

related to him.

Honey, why

talk about

him?

Listen up, he was burned

alive in his car last night. Be

a good girl and tell me

about him and his little

activities

You Better

let me help

you relax.

Dont get me involved

in this! Guys, help!

Hey, hey, chill out,

no need to call

anyone! I just

want to-


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talk peacefully!

She doesnt want

to talk to you,

sucker!

But wait!

Grish, looks like he doesnt

get it in a friendly way!

Ought to teach

him a lesson!

Oh Man

Fine

You asked for it!

Shut up!

DAmmit!

GAH!


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Freeze,

you skunk!

You wait

scum!

Hello Knee


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Youre

dead!

Hello, liver.

Argh...

Enough with

drinking!

Lie

down!


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Sorry guys,

nothing

personal

Please,dont hit

mE!

Ill do anything

you want!

I am an old warrior

and I know not the language of love*

Better tell me all you know about Cyril.

Where did you meet him with him, how

long ago?

I dont remember!

Became accuainted a

couple of months

ago in a club!

He was with a

friend, they were

celebratingsomething. Then

moved to sauna.

MeT several times after that.

I came to his place. We

Stop! No need to go further. What

about his friend? What were they

Discussing, what were they doing?

They were drunk, talked that they

wanted to get back to the drawing

board... start over.

Whatd the friend look like?

Like a peasant, drunk and

turned on! You all look the

same!

Fine, here's my phone number. If

you remember anything, call

immediately. Say sorry for me to

the guys... But they've started it.

'


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That evening Who are you,

anyway? What do

you want?

Hi, it's Dima! The dactyloscopy

results have arrived, all clear:

the suspect left noT a single

fingerprint at the locus delicti.

No witnesses except the kid who

compiled the photofit.

The car accident decedants'

relatives are out of the affair,

they all have an airtight alibi.

Can't say they're much

disappointed, though. You think

some competitors killed him

off?

What competitors could a 25

year old high roller have? Ithink it's much more serious:

this is a maniac with a precise

civil attitude who happens to be

a Middle Ages geek.

Community has already named the masked

vigilante "The Citizen", and created a group

of the same name in the "Together" social

network... The social network founder,

Sergey Razumovsky, stated that there is

nothing criminal creating the group...


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As long as it does

not call upon to

hate and violence.

FOLLOW

One of societys

sores has been

opened


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But there is a long way

towards purification

No one will

stand in my

way.

NO ONE.

To be continued


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