The details of the series' setting are in the previous post. All you need to know is that it's 1962, the Dibnys are done with their nomad days and they have decided to settle in NYC, right at the building from the pic.
The plots are not detailed, but there are enough elements there to guess who did it. The culprit and his fate will be explained in future fake solicitations. Enjoy.
RALPH DIBNY: THE WORLD-FAMOUS ELONGATED MAN #1
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| The Dibnys in front of their new home (no, not the Guggenheim, the other). Art by yours truly. |
Issue #1 on sale MAY 12 • Issue #2 on sale MAY 26 • 40 pg (#1), 32 pg (#2), FC, $2.99 US
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J. M. DEMATTEIS art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA LOPEZ.
"The World Famous Elongated man Vs. the NYC garbage collection system"
Cold open: Ralph has solved a mystery in Paris involving L'Escargot, his old enemy from the "Europe '92" mini. When he finishes explaining how he cracked the case, the villain retaliates by pushing his car down a cliff, destroying all of Sue's clothes and their stuff. So, Ralph is like: "That's it, the Dibnys are getting a home!". (If it was a show, this is where the opening theme would start).
The Dibnys are back in Manhattan, and this time is for good. As they settle in a luxurious apartment at Manhattan's Upper East Side, Sue goes on a crusade against Professor Head** , a. k. a. Egghead, the former supervillain who terrorized Gotham with a doomsday machine, and their obnoxious neighbor from across the hall, who plays loud music and seems to be stealing her newspaper. Meanwhile, Ralph starts investigating with The Super-Heroes League of New York* ways to reduce the general crime of the metropolitan area, which quickly leads him to deduce that there's a single person controls it. However, his research is interrupted when the League is asked to work on a series of high-tech robberies. It looks like somebody is making an improved version of Egghead's Doomsday Machine...
This issue features 2 Garfield-like comic strips of Frazier, Central Park's Own Terrier, by FRANK CHO.
RALPH DIBNY: THE WORLD-FAMOUS ELONGATED MAN #2
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| Frazier, Central Park's own terrier. Click to enlarge. Art by yours truly, Rafa Rivas. (And yeah, I totally stole the plot from a Jim Davis). |
Written by KEITH GIFFEN and J. M. DEMATTEIS art by JOSE LUIS GARCIA LOPEZ.
This issue opens with 2 Garfield-like comic strips of Frazier, Central Park's Own Terrier, by FRANK CHO. That dog's pranks on hobos have no shame, ha, ha.
"The World Famous Elongated man Vs. the NYC garbage collection system, Part II"
Professor Head is quickly clears himself from the high tech thefts, and provides technical information. So the questions are still who, how and why. Ralph suspect's the Central Park hobos did the high tech robberies, so he spies on them, which leaves him to the shocking discovery of the real culprit.
Meanwhile, Professor Head might not be a super-criminal anymore, but he's still a lousy neighbor from across the hall, and Sue's war with him escalates when she finds out that he's also their nightly loud upstairs neighbor.
NOTES:
*The Super-Heroes League of New York: Also known as the Super Buddies, an association of New York-based superheroes who offer free services to the community. The list is really long, but the common suspects include Power Girl, Blue Beetle, Booster Gold, Fire, Ice, Rocket Red (exchange member) and Guy Gardner. It is managed by the sleazy Maxwell Lord, along with L-Ron and Oberon.
**Professor Edgar Head: Their obnoxious neighbor from across the hall, who plays loud music and seems to be stealing Sue's newspaper. (It's right there in the plot, didn't you see it?).
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