Comic Discussion > ALICE GROVE
Alice Grove MCDLT - April 2017
cesium133:
New comic, with a flashback.
(click to show/hide)Alice wasn't kidding about that pool of lava thing....
pwhodges:
So... He did well to survive that, and has been training for 5000 years to give Alice her comeuppance. Has she got the reserves to best him again? Well I guess the comic being named for her is a clue, because otherwise it's not looking so good.
cesium133:
Unless this is how the story ends...
BenRG:
Interesting.
(click to show/hide)Anyone else notice that Alice was talking gibberish to human ears when she was calling down fire on Church's head?
It's probably just an artistic flourish on Jeph's part (there's no reason to believe the humans and post-humans are speaking English or any contemporary language 5 millennia after the collapse of civilisation). However, there is a tiny possibility that it might be a clue to some unexpected aspect to Alice's powers.
The world was pretty much a write-off towards the climax of the Great War, wasn't it? Whoever stepped in to perform the Blink had a good reason to do so!
brasca:
--- Quote from: pwhodges on 15 Apr 2017, 11:47 ---So... He did well to survive that, and has been training for 5000 years to give Alice her comeuppance. Has she got the reserves to best him again? Well I guess the comic being named for her is a clue, because otherwise it's not looking so good.
--- End quote ---
From the look of things Alice called down an air or orbital strike that left Church half submerged in lava and then appears hovering over him to deliver the finishing move. This is probably where his eye was damaged. As such it took assistance to bring down Church 5000 years ago which is probably why she was so afraid when she sees him again later without any of the same resources to fall back on.
It's notable that Alice speaks some indecipherable language before Church is hit. Perhaps it's some computer code or AI language. She used to wield a matching war hammer, but it's unclear if she's hovering or leaping over Church in the last panel. If she can hover then it's an ability she doesn't seem to use anymore.
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