Rude Awakening
"Rude Awakening" is the third issue of the Gargoyles comic book published by Marvel Comics. It was released in April, 1995.
- Script: Martin Pasko
- Breakdowns: Amanda Conner
- Finishes: Alberto Saichann
- Colors: Greg Wright
- Letters: John Costanza
- Editor: Hildy Mesnik
Contents
Summary
Main Plot
Following the cliffhanger of the previous issue, Lexington wakes up just in time to avoid being smashed by Tony Dracon. After a brief scuffle, he returns to the Clock Tower, where Elisa tells him about the previous night's murder, and they realize Broadway has the key piece of evidence they need to put Dracon away. When they realize Brooklyn and Broadway are still missing, their goal becomes to find them and get Broadway's evidence back to Elisa before she runs out of time to charge the suspect with the crime.
Subplots
Brooklyn awakens to find himself in a warehouse, while Broadway finds himself on the back of a pickup truck carrying several other statues. This is following the events of the previous issue, in which they turned to stone atop a condemned church, and all the statues were carried away to be sold during the day.
Lexington believes he can discover Brooklyn and Broadway's locations by using the tracking devices he had given them the night before. However, Dracon took his device while he was roosting. The gargoyles return to Dracon's penthouse to get it back.
Dracon realizes the devices can be used to track the gargoyles and makes note of the tracker's frequency before they retrieve it from him. Once they've left, he sends his butler to the electronics store to get his own tracker, and sends his men to exterminate the gargoyles. A battle breaks out and Dracon's men are defeated.
Elisa remarks that she needs both the gun that was used and the bullet to be able to tie Dracon's men to the crime. Once Brooklyn is located, he is sent back to the scene of the crime to get the gun before the time runs out, while the other gargoyles continue searching for Broadway.
Elisa's sister Beth shows up at her door looking for a place to sleep late that night.
The end of the issue reveals what happened to LaVonne: a boatman who works for Gen-U-Tech comments that he's had to ship a lot of cargo for the company lately, and he's heard rumors that he's been dumping the dead bodies of test subjects. In the middle of his trip, the "body" he's dumping springs to life and breaks out of its crate. It's LaVonne, and she appears to be a gargoyle.
Links
- "Rude Awakening" at the Avalon Archives
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