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|image= The Incomplete Death's Head Two Heads.jpg | |||
|series= ''[[Death's Head]]'' comic stories | |||
|main character = [[Death's Head II]], [[Death's Head]] | |||
|featuring= [[Seventh Doctor]], [[Tuck (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Tuck]] | |||
|enemy= [[Hob]] | |||
|setting= [[Maruthea]], [[Time Vortex]] | |||
|storyby = aaa | |||
|writer= [[John Freeman]] (story) <br /> [[Dan Abnett]] | |||
|editor= [[John Freeman]] (editor) <br /> [[Paul Neary]] (editor-in-chief) | |||
|artist= [[Simon Coleby]] | |||
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|publication= [[The Incomplete Death's Head]] [[TIDH 1|1]] - [[TIDH 12|12]] | |||
|release date= [[1993 (releases)|1993]] | |||
|cover date= | |||
|publisher= Marvel Comics | |||
|format= Comic - 12 parts | |||
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|next= }} | |||
The comic story '''''[[The Incomplete Death's Head]]''''' was published in [[1993 (releases)|1993]], and served as a sequel to many comics featuring the original Marvel character [[Death's Head]]. The story featured [[Death's Head II]], a ressurected version of the original character, experiencing memories of the original figure. The story is a sequel to ''[[Time Bomb! (comic story)|Time Bomb]]'' and runs congruent to ''[[Party Animals (comic story)|Party Animals]]''. | |||
== Summary == | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Plot == | |||
=== Issue 1 === | |||
Death's Head II and his companion Tuck find themselves teleported to an unknown area in an unknown planet. Greeted by three [[Defense Synths]], they quickly dispatch that threat before investigating their location. Using a telepathic interface, Death's Head II discovers that the entire archive that they are currently in is dedicated to the life of the original [[Death's Head]]. Viewing images of his creators ([[Lupex]] and [[Pyra]]), Death's Head II begins to explain his upbringing to Tuck. | |||
Lupex and Pyra built the original Death's Head from the Forces of Majik and Techno on Styrakos. Someone or something stole the Cyborg body created by the pair and dumped it on the planet [[Scarvix]], programmed with a killer instinct. Young Death's Head built himself a bounty hunting business. Head's earliest memories are of Scarvix, learning the basic tricks of the business, such as killing a man named Tex. | |||
: ''Death's Head and Tuck view the events of the Marvel back-up comic strip'' [[High Noon Tex (comic story)|High Noon Tex]] | |||
Tuck notes that even at his start, Death's Head was good for a laugh. She tries to find an answer to where they are, as Death's Head asks the archive's computer to explain more of his history. After months spent on Scarvix, Death's Head was apprehended by an [[Seventh Doctor|unknown individual]] and was transplanted through a [[Warp Gate]] to a [[parallel universe]] where a war was being forged between two races of robotic giants. The computer apologises, as this era of Head's life is poorly archived. Death's Head at this point was greatly enlarged and was forced to fight in a wide range of battles, including some of the most fierce in the dimension's ancient war. The computer again apologises for the lack of clear quality on the images, noting that the recordings are over three million years old. | |||
In the final days of the war, the Death's Head cyborg was caught in the gravitation well of a collapsing planet, which accelerated him at trans-temporal speeds into the time-space continuum. Here he entered... | |||
: ''Death's Head and Tuck view the events of the [[DWM]] comic strip ''[[The Crossroads of Time (comic story)|The Crossroads of Time]]'', followed by the'' {{wi|Dragon's Claws}} comic ''[[Watch Out Dragon's Claws, Here's Death's Head (comic story)|Watch Out Dragon's Claws, Here's Death's Head]]'' | |||
Upon seeing Death's Head surviving even after being nearly blown entirely to smithereens, she notes that even then he did not know when to give up. She suggests that they stop viewing the archive's chapters to instead explore the station. Death's Head II states that he would rather stay, because it is important to him to know who the original Death's Head had truly been. When created by Doctor Necker, the robot that would become Death's Head II was programmed with over 105 personalities and memories. It was when Death's Head became dominant that he was able to break her control. He sees this as the perfect change to learn more about the character running his life. At this moment, he is electrocuted by the machine, as his brain is dragged into the archive itself. | |||
=== Issue 2 === | |||
Tuck tries to wake up Death's Head II, but to no avail. He is trapped in the archive, being forced to relive his past life... | |||
Finally freed from the memory, Death's Head II awakens in Cyberspace and is greeted by a virtual duplicate of the original Death's Head, who controls the virtual universe. Death's Head mocks the power that he has over Death's Head II, and tells him that to escape he has to deduce the identity of his holder from his own broken memory archive. The pair as sweeped in by a bright light as another record plays... | |||
: ''Death's Head II is forced to re-live the events of the Marvel comic'' [[Death's Head Revisited (comic story)|Death's Head Revisited]] | |||
In the real world, Tuck notes that even then Death's Head had a mismatched relationship with his partner. Suddenly, the screens of the archive are over-taken by the face of Death's Head II, who warns Tuck that they are on the planet [[Maruthea]], a dangerous place due to its unpredictability. As Tuck turns away from the screen, a gigantic figure looms behind her. | |||
=== Issue 3 === | |||
: ''Death's Head II is forced to relive the events of the Marvel comic strip'' [[High Stakes (comic story)|High Stakes]]'', followed by half of the the DWM comic strip'' [[Keepsake (comic story)|Keepsake]] | |||
Halfway through the transmission of an archive featuring the [[Seventh Doctor]], Tuck grows frustrated with the archives inability to help her free Death's Head II. She turns, and finally notices the robotic creature that has been watching her. | |||
=== Issue 4 === | |||
In a gap between archives, Death's Head II is shocked by how much information exists about his past incarnation's life. The computer duplication of Death's Head agrees, and questions Death's Head II about how he will one day kill the original Death's Head. Death's Head then is finally shown by his previous incarnation that Tuck is under attack, and that in order for him to escape he must deduce the identity of her attacker. As Death's Head II tries to argue with this, Death's Head points out that an important supplemental memory is about to start playing... | |||
: ''Death's Head II is forced to experience the second-half of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Keepsake (comic story)|Keepsake]] | |||
Death's Head II suddenly has to defend himself from a creature which has come alive from his own memories. As soon as he is able to comprehend this fact, he is thrown into another memory... | |||
: ''Death's Head II is forced to re-experience the events of'' [[PlagueDog! (comic story)]] | |||
In the real world, Tuck is flung across the room by the machine which has attacked her. Knocked out, the machine states that their attempt to infiltrate the [[Death's Head Archive|archive]] has meant very little. He then identifies himself as [[Hob]]. | |||
=== Issue 5 === | |||
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=== Issue 6 === | |||
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=== Issue 7 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Issue 8 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Issue 9 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Issue 10 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Issue 11 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
=== Issue 12 === | |||
''to be added'' | |||
== Characters == | |||
* [[Death's Head II]] | |||
* [[Tuck (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Tuck]] | |||
* [[Hob]] | |||
* [[Death's Head]] | |||
=== Party attendants === | |||
* [[Bonjaxx]] | |||
* [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|The Doctor]] | |||
* [[Dr. Strange]] | |||
* [[Penguin]]s | |||
* [[Doctor Octopus]] | |||
* A [[Dalek]] | |||
* [[Doctor Doom]] | |||
* [[The Thing]] | |||
* [[Rocket Racoon]] | |||
* [[Conan the Barbarian]] | |||
* [[Hulk]] | |||
* [[Human Torch]] | |||
* [[Random (Connections)|Random]] | |||
* [[Scarlet Witch]] | |||
* [[Thor]] | |||
* [[Vostagg the Voluminous]] | |||
* [[Apocalypse]] | |||
== References == | |||
* ''Connections'' is set during the events of [[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals]]''. Because of this, the same party is shown in various brief glimpses. However, the only characters seen at the party in both stories are [[Bonjaxx]], the [[Seventh Doctor]], a [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|future incarnation of the Doctor]], a [[Sontaran]], a [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|penguin]], a [[Dalek]], the [[Hulk]], and [[Death's Head]]. In ''The Incomplete Death's Head'', individuals seen at the party include [[Dr. Strange]], [[Doctor Octopus]], [[Doctor Doom]], [[The Thing]], [[Rocket Racoon]], [[Conan the Barbarian]], [[Human Torch]], [[Random (The Incomplete Death's Head)|Random]], [[Scarlet Witch]], [[Thor]], [[Apocalypse]], and [[Vostagg the Voluminous]]. | |||
== Notes == | |||
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== Continuity == | |||
* As the Doctor enters [[Bonjaxx's Bar]], a [[Penguin (Once upon a Time-Lord)|penguin]] enters besides him. A group of Penguins has previously appeared outside the bar in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals]]'', and the penguins had first appeared in ''[[Once Upon a Time-Lord (comic story)|Once Upon a Time-Lord]]''. | |||
* When [[Hob]] is seen spying on the [[Seventh Doctor]], the figure that stands next to him is actually his [[The Doctor (Party Animals)|future incarnation]]. ([[COMIC]]: ''[[Party Animals]]'') An identical "Doctor" also appears in [[COMIC]]: ''[[The Final Chapter (comic story)|The Final Chapter]]'' and ''[[Wormwood (comic story)|Wormwood]]'', but was revealed to be a disguise taken on by [[Shayde]]. | |||
* Bonjaxx resembles the [[Daemon]]-like race seen in [[COMIC]]: ''[[Menace of the Molags (comic story)|Menace of the Molags]]''. | |||
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