Epic Illustrated Vol 1 30

The story opens showing a unicorn wandering into a clearing, with aged, crumbling and vine covered marble roman columns around a pool in a forest. At the far end of the pool, is a marble statue of an angel sitting on it's heels, serenely; it's face downcast. The unicorn wanders over and views the statue, appreciatively.

Based on the title, and the length of the unicorn's goatee, it could be reasoned that the unicorn is elderly and seeks an idyllic location to spend it's winter years, which the small clearing/glade personifies.

Later, the unicorn awakes to see some wretched goblin-like creatures trashing the clearing and using ropes to pull the angel statue down. Enraged, the unicorn fights off the small horde, becoming fatally wounded as the last of the goblins are driven off. The unicorn lays down in front of the statue (and dies) as it starts to rain. The last image is a close up of the angel statue, the rain running down the cheeks of it's downcast face, as if crying for the unicorn.

Appearing in "The Sign"

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Appearing in "Raven Banner"

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Appearing in "Journey to Outer Earth"

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Appearing in "Toadswart"

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Appearing in "The Fix"

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Solicit Synopsis

Earth faces its final fate - as Galactus gathers strength to challenge the cosmic menace threatening the universe, in Chapter Four of "The Last Galactus Story," written and penciled by John Byrne, inked by Terry Austin and colored by Glynis Oliver; two full-color Cerebus stories by Dave Sim and Gerhard - "Selling Insurance," in which the barbarian and aardvark brings applied psychology to ancient Estarcion, and "The Girl Next Door," which chronicles his first romance, a sword-and-sorcery story set in Japan, by Jo Duffy and Kent Williams, pitting a mysterious samurai against a demonic cult; "Toadswart" by Tim Conrad; "Cobalt 60," by Mark Bode and Larry Todd, in which our mutant hero gathers new allies in his war against the radio people and reveals more of his origin; and a special fantasy rock album portfolio by Jeff Jones, Jay Muth, Jim Starlin and Dan Green. Plus, a rock theme cover from the same project, by Berni Wrightson! From the Epic line. Printed on high-quality Danner paper. For mature readers.

Notes

"The End of the Earth" is the fifth chapter of The Last Galactus Story.
"Selling Insurance" and "The Girl Next Door" are Cerebus the Aardvark stories.
"Raven Banner" is a seven-page excerpt from "The Raven Banner: A Tale of Asgard" in Marvel Graphic Novel #15.
"Toadswart" is the fifth chapter of Toadswart.

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Epic Illustrated Vol 1 30

Appearing in "The Last Galactus Story, Chapter Five: The End of the Earth"

Synopsis for "The Last Galactus Story, Chapter Five: The End of the Earth"

Appearing in "Selling Insurance"

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Appearing in "The Girl Next Door"

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Appearing in "Cobalt-60"

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Appearing in "Unicorn Autumn"

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