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3. The Paranoid Pill!

Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby

Holy hell.

I had heard that this issue was incredible, but this…It’s rad as hell to the extreme. In the issue, Doctor Bedlam appears on Earth to defeat Mr. Miracle on behalf of Darkseid. He does this by calling him on the phone and telling him to meet him on the top floor of a certain building at a certain time.

Scott shows up, and Bedlam reveals the plot. He locks down the building, leaving the ground floor as the only way out. That done, he uses the Paranoid Pill to poison everyone in the building. This turns them all into scared, angry psychos, who try to murder each other and anyone else they might see. And Scott has to get through 50 floors of them. It’s awesome.

The issue ends as Scott is grabbed, locked in a box, and thrown down the middle of a staircase. This is my fear.

Speaking of which, in this issue’s standout art sequence, Scott teaches Oberon about Bedlam’s terrifying talents. The panel that chilled me to my core has monsters clawing at a perfectly calm Scott’s face.

As a quick note, I love that we haven’t yet seen Darkseid, although people keep mentioning him. Real sense of foreboding.