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8. The Battle of the Id!

Writer/Artist: Jack Kirby

I…uh, I teared up a little as I read this one.

Dragged off in separate directions, Scott and Barda have to take separate paths to reach the goal. Barda immediately walks straight into the headquarters of the Female Furies, takes complete command, and leads them to Section Zero to break Scott out. Meanwhile, Scott is in psychic battle with The Lump, a grotesquely misshapen creature with a deep psychic landscape.

Scott is imprisoned within that landscape, where the Lump constantly stalks and outmatches him. But Barda eventually breaks in, and Scott breaks out, each using his or her own method.

Okay. So the part that made me tear up came toward the end. Barda thinks Scott is dead, so she attacks and restrains Granny Goodness, telling her:

When my Furies return from the chamber with Scott’s dead body, I’m going to kill you.

It’s frighteningly straightforward, and pretty brutal. You can feel Barda’s love for Scott, as well as her blistering rage, and it’s incredibly affecting. And when she learns that Scott’s still alive, the single tear running down her cheek just really spoke to me.

The love between these characters is just printed in every panel.