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Panel 1: Iara the Velociraptor (brown feathers and green eyes, in a black mask) and Theo the T.rex (orange and tan feathers, in a purple mask, cape and gloves) sit in the theater at the convention. The screen says Feature Presentation. Several gray aliens sit around them.
Theo: “The premiere of Raptorman—I can’t wait!”
Iara: “Shh! It’s starting!”
Panels 2-7: Opening scenes from the film Raptorman, on a film strip background.
Panel 2-New Mexico, 1993
Panel 3-Two people stand in the New Mexico desert, dressed in khaki desert gear. “Dr. Wayne? We’ve found it!” one person in the background says. The person in the foreground, with blonde hair and glasses, says, “My God…”
Panel 4-“The rumors were true! So many games!” Closeup on a pit dug in the desert with several video game cartridges in it, aglow with green radiation. “Dr. Wayne, wait!”
Panel 5-Dr. Wayne’s hand reaches for the Sega Genesis game Primal Rage and they scream.
Panel 6-“Richard, what’s happened to me?” asks a red feathered dinosaur, with a white headcrest and white and black stripes down its back. It growls.
Panel 7-“It’s too late for me, too!” says a green feathered Dilophosaurus. “What’ll we do now?”
Panel 8: Iara and Theo sit next to each other in the theater, with a soda near Theo.
Theo: “A radioactive video game? Seriously? That’s how they interpreted the comic?”
Iara: “Well…more plausible than a radioactive spider!”

Story and characters in this episode: (C) 2021 DLP