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This is a preview of: Phoebus Krumm

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PANEL ONE (first three panels are half page tall, each one-third wide)

Now Holder puts his hand on another object, clamped nearby to the
taffrail with a wing-headed bolt, like an old-fashioned meatgrinder.
It's a swivelgun, also a miniature of a projecteur, but only the size
of a softball, with a tiller by which it can be manually aimed.

Krumm: 'Stand fast, Mr. Holder. I also want more of these swivel guns,
for deck-sweeping.'

Holder: 'Ship's chandler planetside, sir?'

Krumm: 'No, I brought them with me -- and sent the bill to the Ceo!'



PANEL TWO

Krumm starts walking toward the mast, but turns his head back to
speak to Holder in the foreground, right. Demondion-Echeverria is in
the middle ground left, starting to follow the Captain.

Krumm: 'Now, Mr. Holder, if it please you, kindly assemble the crew.'

Holder: 'Aye, Sir!'

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PANEL THREE

Krumm, close up, still looking back.

Krumm: 'Raise the rigger's lift a trifle, if you will.'

Holder (from out of panel): ''Twill be my pleasure, sir.'

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PANEL FOUR (lower half of page)

Krumm stands at the rail of the circular platform which has been
raised up about six feet. Demondion-Echeverria, with him, stands back,
close to the mast. The crew's heads can be seen as they crowd together
to listen to their new captain. Among them, we can see Tarrant.

Krumm: 'I am Captain Phoebus Krumm. Some know me as 'The Baker'. We
are a fighting ship on a fighting mission, and I am a hard
taskmaster.'