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Terror

Appearing in "The Dismemberment Plan"

Featured Characters:

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Antagonists:

  • Roy Montgomery (First appearance; dies)
  • Dan (First appearance) (Death)
  • Agent Manning (First appearance)
  • Roman Empire (Only in flashback)
    • The Mare

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Synopsis for "The Dismemberment Plan"

The first half of the issue recaps who/what Terror is. During the 5th century, he and his Anglo Saxon tribes sacked Rome. Though a treaty was signed, apparently the Pope called upon dark forces and the creature known as the Mare attacked Terror's village. He single-handedly destroyed the demon, but its curse affected him and his body began to decay. In order to counteract this, he has to replenish himself with body parts from living creatures. He eventually met Draghighnazzo, a powerful shadow night, and became his squire. When Draghighnazzo fell in battle, Terror continued to fight for Talita, Draghighnazzo's love. In time, Terror and her also fell in love. During her final battle, she ordered Terror to cut off her limbs for him to use in order to survive. Not wanting to lose her limbs to decay, he had a witch and blacksmith forge metal on the arm so it would sustain.

Now, in Los Angeles, Terror runs a successful business as a mercenary of sorts. His newest job comes from Roger Harper, a high level official for Homeland Security, who wants him to kill Roy Montgomery, a mole inside the government. Terror infiltrates his hotel suite at the Beverly Wilshire Hotel with guns blazing. He ultimately encounters Montgomery, who doesn't know anyone named Harper, and is shot by Agent Manning, one of the government agents that were protecting him, before Terror could. Terror then muses out loud that the government was just setting him up, which Agent Manning confirms before he and the SWAT team shoot him up. Since Terror is essentially immortal, he blows up the room, but Manning was able to get outside the blast. In the last scenes, Manning is shown taking an ax to Terror as he orders the men to prepare an acid bath.

Solicit Synopsis

Meet Mr. Terror -- he's dapper, he's charming, he owns and operates his own VERY successful business...and, oh yeah, he's fifteen and a half centuries old and rotting fast. Doomed to decompose for all eternity, Terror forever replaces his festering limbs with fresh parts. The curse keeps him alive, but it's what's left of his twelfth-century sweetheart -- encased in enchanted metal and serving as his right arm -- that keeps him honest. Today, Terror runs a high-stakes private eye firm -- espionage, investigations and assassinations for the extremely rich and extremely powerful. But after eliminating who he was told was a very bad guy, with extreme prejudice and in his own inimitable idiom, Terror learns he's been had -- he's just murdered a major government intelligence chief. Now, with the feds on his rancid tail and whoever set him up looking to tie their loose ends, Terror's on the run to clear his name and bring down the real bad guys. But the killers know exactly who they're dealing with, and they aren't making it easy for him... Don't miss this 5-issue series of blood, guts, sex and salvation written by David Lapham (STRAY BULLETS) with jaw-dropping art by Patrick Zircher (CABLE & DEADPOOL).

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