ROM SPACEKNIGHT #9

The Stalker in the Night!

Recap:
Brandy Clark and Steve Jackson are at the hospital where they learn that Artie Packer has died. Suspiciously enough, the doctor operating to save his life was a Dire Wraith. Brandy and Steve are taken into custody by the police because of their ties with the "Rom Murders." Rom finds himself in a large cave under the cemetery where he collapsed last issue. He explores. Serpentyne catches up with him. They trade a lot of back story. Serpentyne wants the glory of wiping out the Dire Wraiths to himself. He dies fighting Rom.

P.S. Rom still doesn't have his neutralizer but he knows where to find it.

Favorite Panels:

Artie Dead!

 Would you trust a doctor that has eyes like a hammerhead shark? WRAITH!

Back Stabber!

 Leave it to a cold-blooded lizard to strike an unarmed Spaceknight from behind.

The Death of Serpentyne!

When I read this the first time around (a year ago) I was really excited that Serpentyne would become Rom's sidekick. Too bad!

Reflection:
The fragility of life. One wrong step can spell the end of a life. It's frighteningly easy. We forget how easy it is.

Serpentyne missteps and is impaled on a sharp rock. Just like that it's over. Granted it's not everyday you find yourself in a subterranean cavern with sharp rocks but the danger still lurks everywhere.

All it takes is and impact on the head or a cut in the right place. We all drive cars and handle knives etc. on a daily basis. Just a thin layer of skin is keeping your blood inside of you. Be careful people-- but don't be afraid!

All Artie Packer had to do was be crushed in the thorns of a living plant!