Venus In Stone
"Venus In Stone" is the fifth issue of the Gargoyles comic book published by Marvel Comics. It was released in June, 1995.
Contents
Summary
Main Plot
Having learned about Gen-U-Tech Island from Glasses in the previous issue, Elisa and the gargoyles decide to go there in the hopes of putting an end to Xanatos' experiments. They arrive just as a conflict breaks out between Xanatos, Dr. Phobos, and Demona. Xanatos reveals the project he's been having Dr. Phobos work on: The Medusa Device, a weapon which can turn living beings to stone. As the gargoyles battle with him, Dr. Phobos brings Venus to life: a gargoyle he genetically engineered using Goliath and Elisa's DNA in the hopes of using her to destroy the gargoyles.
Subplots
It is revealed that the reason Demona deliberately lured Goliath and Elisa to Xanatos' laboratory in the first issue was because Xanatos wanted Goliath's DNA. This enabled Dr. Phobos to develop the technology to turn living beings to stone, and he also secretly merged Goliath's DNA with Elisa's to create Venus, a gargoyle who resembles Elisa Maza.
The tension between Xanatos and Dr. Phobos continues, with Dr. Phobos believing he has managed to keep Venus' existence a secret from Xanatos. When Xanatos disappears through a secret wall even he hadn't known about, Dr. Phobos realizes there's nothing he can keep secret from Xanatos.
Demona reveals she also knows about Venus, as well as the code for getting into the chamber in which Venus was being incubated - both of which Dr. Phobos believed were secret.
The conflict between Xanatos and Demona begins when she demands the Medusa Device from him, with Dr. Phobos caught in the middle.
Beth goes back to school in Arizona, having had her share of excitement in the city. In her private thoughts, Elisa confesses to feeling guilty about lying to her about the "monsters" she saw.
Links
- "Venus In Stone" at the Avalon Archives
| << Preceded by: "Blood From A Stone" | Followed by: "Venus Rising" >> |
