Mantis and Troy
By
Ben Isaac
Page 3
front desk of inner-mind adversting agency a young teen
(wearing glasses and a stripped button-up shirt and gray
pants) as a receptionist is listening to phone3.1 Caption: This is Benny Baker age
26 who lives in the world of
superheros sadly he isn’t one of
them.
BENNY BAKER
yes, Mr. Johnson, we are working
hard on this account very hard.
MR..JOHNSON
you better be (click)
3.2 Benny hears someone yelling YELLER
Everyone take out your cameras,
Man-tees and Troy are battling the
evil snake queen!
3.3 Benny turns around in his
chair
3.4 from the window Benny sees a
superhero in a green jumpsuit
with red eyes and a utility
belt flying past.
3.5 the boss Mr. Wilson mid 50’s
with long white hair a black
suit jumps out of his seat
which says world’s worst boss
on a coffee cup on his desk
3.6 the window right next to Benny
breaks with a smash
(thought)
what the?
YELLER
It’s mantis all right, where is
Troy?
MR.WILSON
Get back to work, this kinda thing
happens every week!
Page 4 (splash page) the mantis’s body is full of glass as blood
splashes on Benny’s glasses as he looks up to Benny.
Panel Description Dialog
4.1 MANTIS
Well, that was a bad idea.
Page 5
bloody body
Panel Description Dialog
5.1 Benny looks down at the body
of the Mantis
5.2 Mantis looks up at him as his
helmet falls to the floor (as
he coughs up blood) ( he has
yellow hair and green eyes
with a few zits on the left
side of his face which looks
like it hasn’t been shaven for
a few months)
5.3 a man wearing a weird dark
blue strip going around his
body and a dark blue mask
fly towards Mantis (using ice
powers)
MANTIS
hey kid get out of here before
TROY
Hey,Mantis i just..
5.4 mantis looks up to troy MANTIS
yea I know I fucked up
Page 6 (still inside the building)
Panel Description Dialog
6.1 Troy looks at Benny TROY
did the kid see?
6.2 Mantis looks back wiping the
blood from his mouth
6.3 troy pulls up mantis’s body
to start to float in the air (
with ice)
6.4 Benny looks up at troy
standing heroically over him
MANTIS
yep did you deal with..?
TROY
yea, I took her to the cops
(lying)
TROY
kid, you saw his face, sorry we
have to take you with us
Page 7
splash page or 3 panels ( all black, Benny falling)
Panel Description Dialog
7.1 Caption: I don’t remember after
that point, all of my schooling in
adversting didn’t prepare me for
this
Page 8 (inside the mantis cave)
Panel Description Dialog
8.1 inside a small basement with
posters, of mantis and troy
the TV show and gadgets and
small labels that read do not
touch, Benny sits lost and
confused inside the room
8.2 Troy takes off half of his
mask to eat some pudding with
a small wooden spoon.(think
Rorschach but blue)
8.3 Benny looks worried, and
nearly peeing in his pants
(thought)
were in hell am i?
TROY
welcome to the Hive, or the cave
or something, we never really
had a name for this place, more
of a hideout then anything, I
mean the government pays for
our services, but honesty, they
don’t pay enough, maybe for food
and keeping the costumes looking
sharp,but not enough to live by
you know kid?
BENNY
look, What the fuck is going on?
8.4 Troy looks thoughtful TROY
Look, kid we weren’t going to
kill you that’s villain stuff,
but wasn’t that building something
about marketing?
8.5 Benny standing next to Troy
now showing a smile
8.6 Troy pulling his mask back
on with his two eyes gleaming
back at Benny
BENNY
well,yea the building you took me
from was an advertising agency
TROY
Oh, that building, i was, too
FUCKING busy to notice, that
fucking Man-tis or mantis what
ever the fucker wants to call
himself...
BENNY
is he OK?
Page 9 Crying time
Panel Description Dialog
9.1 Troy starts to cry as his
tears turn to ice as they hit
the floor
9.2 Troy walks to the back part of
the basement and walks into a
closet.
9.3 troy walks out with a new
costume that is in shades of
white and blue
9.4 Troy throws Benny a mantis
suit which is dark green
almost black
9.5 Benny wearing a black version
of the mantis costume with
blue eyes and it seems a bit
big for him as his hands only
touch the part where the arm
pit
TROY
Did...Did he look right to you
kid?
BENNY
I mean.. what happened to him?
TROY
Mantis went to the military
hospital, they all know who we
really are in a case of war, they
want us to be used as state issued
Heroes, the fuckers.
TROY
at least they give us new
costumes, it would suck sew much
if we had to sow on our own
BENNY
whats this?
TROY
if you don’t want to loose memory
over the past 5 years, then wear
it, just say your a side kick or
something the military love that
shit.
(NOTE FOR LATER WHEN I WRITE, THE
MILITARY BUILDING INTRODUCTION TO
GENERAL SPADE AND PROFESSOR ARCHER
AND TO THE PRIME MINSTER ATLAS)
Page 9 Crying time
Panel Description Dialog
9.6 the the costume snaps into
place as troy and Benny in
black mantis costume walk
towards a tube labeled to
clinic
BENNY
what just happened?
9.7 troy looks back for a second TROY
you don’t want to know kid
Page 10 into the tube
Panel Description Dialog
10.1 ( use the whole page not just
one panel to show Benny and
troy being sucked up by this
tube to get to the hospital)
Page 11 int. cave army hospital base
Panel Description Dialog
11.1 a wide shot of the white
marble base with signs of the
united earth government brand
united kingdom colones branch.
11.2 general Spade (mid 30’s
wearing a blue trench coat,
a heavy chin and a black
mustache with curls on the
end and professor archer a
women in her mid 30’s wearing
a red lab coat skinny with
curly green hair in a pony
tail walks toward troy and
Benny
11.3 close up on troy as he takes
off his mask in front of the
general in a sign of respect
(show the back of his head)
11.4 professor spade smiles as she
chews on a yellow pen
Caption: the UKA Base known as the
united kingdom colones branch.
GENERAL SPADE
oh troy your here, who is the
second mantis?
TROY
oh, I General, we got a new
recruit, I found him the wreckage
of the building, meet the side
kick of the mantis you fuckers can
figure out the name
PROFESSOR SPADE
you, recruiting someone, that’s a
new one Troy.
11.5 troy pushes Benny towards them TROY
well, he is your problem now,
why not call him buzz boy or
something?
11.6 General spade looks him over GENERAL SPADE
well, whats your background boy?
11.7 Benny looks a bit worried
staring back into the
general’s eyes
BENNY BAKER
PR and ads sir!
Page 11 int. cave army hospital base
Panel Description Dialog
11.8 General spade, forces a smile
(creepy)
GENERAL SPADE
Fine,Fine, just go to our public
relations board maybe you can
get public support into our boys,
maybe be a 3 team, maybe a forth
if you find a women, too much a
boy’s club in hero bigness.
Caption: But what could this
General really be up to?
Page 12 int. cave army hospital base
Panel Description Dialog
12.1 professor spade sighs as she
washes her glasses with a
white handkerchief
12.2 General puts his finger in the
air
12.3 professor Spade close up with
her eyebrows pushing down
12.4 troy and Benny face palm at
the same time
PROFESSOR ARCHER
well sir, since the snake woman is
still lose and we don’t want our
heroes to look weak..
GENERAL SPADE
Of course!
PROFESSOR ARCHER
Then lets strap a rocket on
this Mock mantis, that way other
governments will know we are still
strong!
12.5 troy yells at the general TROY
With all due respect, my partner
is not replaceable, and the snake
woman is behind bars what don’t
you get!
12.6 Troy grabs Benny- mantis black
suit,
12.7 Benny and troy look over
mantis’s hospital bed as
mantis looks up with him
without his mask on
TROY
lets go visit mantis.
TROY
how are you feeling Roy?
MANTIS
feeling better, Kennie
Caption: revealing there true
identity’s for mantis is really
Roy Mathewson teen millionaire
and troy is his boy hood friend
Kennie Budapest professor of
hydro-history at Gore tech. ( but
you readers just like Benny here
has no idea who these people are
do you?)
Page 13 Benny’s head
Panel Description Dialog
13.1 Benny’s head quickly looks to
both of the men looking into
each others eyes romanticly
(yaio style)
Caption: ( is this two men who
worked together for a long time
or are they gay for each other we
have no idea?)
(Benny thinks)
I AM GETTING THE FUCK OUT OF HERE
13.2 troy turns his head confused TROY
Come on, we got training to do
13.3 Benny and troy leave the
hospital room
13.4 Benny and troy enter a
training room in the style
of Chinese cats. standing in
the center of the room stands
the Sifu mark (cat)
13.5 Close up on Sifu mark with
white hair, a crooked smile,
with a missing 2 front teeth,
wearing jeans and a black
hoodey.
13.6 Benny shakes his head side to
side
Caption: who is this teacher and
what strange powers does he have?
SIFU MARK
well, we have our selves a newbie,
ever been a fight before in your
life?
BENNY BAKER
And i don’t plan to be, i just
need to get back to work.
13.7 Troy smirks TROY
sorry kid, you know too much and
also we told them that you died.
13.8 Benny looks at troy with a
horrific face
Page 14 other people’s money
Panel Description Dialog
14.1 Troy walks away from the arena
as looks back to Benny
14.2 See-foo Mark throws gloves at
the back of Benny’s head
14.3 Benny tries to punch at Sifu
mark as Sifu mark slaps away
the punches
14.4 SIFU Mark and Benny look at
each other
14.5 Sifu Mark walks out of the
ring towards a wooden block
with 3 sticks facing out.
14.6 Sifu mark shows Benny how to
use the blocks ( by using his
upper arm to hit the enemy)
TROY
Na, just fucking with you, see you
after your done with training
Caption: Benny’s thoughts
"Training for what?"
SIFU MARK
get these on, lesson one! you
gotta to pop them stop them.
SIFU MARK
oh, I used to know a man by the
name of Misha goldmen a great
Jew, who who would hang with my
See-foo and miysha would eat the
pork while my sensie would eat the
bread!
Caption: ( this guy maybe old but
he is good)
SIFU MARK
What we practice in this Dojo is
Wing Chung Kung fu, you need to
be hard and then soft when dealing
with these villains.
SIFU MARK
this is where, you would toughen
your bones for battle for in a
real fight you don’t want them
to get broken and always remember
this is Mr. Meany your Mr goody!
SIFU MARK
you must be like the kitten, out
with the licky in with the pretty!
14.7 Benny looks up at him BENNY
this is all well and good but,
they need me back at work
Page 14 other people’s money
Panel Description Dialog
14.8 SIFU Mark smiles and looks at
him
SIFU MARK
Sorry, kid this is your job.
Page 15 part 2 ( in real training takes years to master a marshal
art)
Panel Description Dialog
15.1 SIFU mark and general spade
are far way from Benny as he
is training as muttering to
each other.
15.2 Snake Girl, Skunk man and
Captain potato, are in a
meeting with there manger a
late 50’s Victor Stevenson
around a large wooden table.
15.3 Victor smiles and winks ( his
is wearing a blue jean jacket,
jean shirt and black jeans)
15.4 Close up on Potato man as he
grabs another bag of potato
chips
15.5 Victor Nods as he puts his
hands out
15.6 in outer space a young Benny
is fighting troy in a sparing
match, the two of them are in
matching space suits.
15.7 SIFU Mark, standing on the
moon while he looks up at
Benny
Caption: Meanwhile on the campus
of Team U.K.W.C ( united kingdom
of west Canada)
Caption: who is this strange group
and what plans are they cooking
up?
VICTOR STEVENSON
Great Job Snake girl, you got us
15 points on the official leader
board today, and the rest of you
as well adding another ten to the
score!
POTATO MAN
Did I do good job boss?
VICTOR STEVENSON
All right team, we heard from
local tv station that the mantis
might be out of the season because
of lack of wings,a few more hits
like that, and we can go on to the
national level!
Caption: mean while in outer space
SIFU MARK
once, my SIfu once had a punching
bag with legs on it! always,
remember, to learn how to attack,
perry, and run in all spaces as
long as you know where your center
line is!
Page 15 part 2 ( in real training takes years to master a marshal
art)
Panel Description Dialog
Page 16 part 2 ( in real training takes years to master a marshal
art)
Panel Description Dialog
16.1 close up on Benny’s Eyes as he
starts to understand
16.2 he tries to use an upper cut
on Troy’s suit
16.3 And this misses Troy
16.4 and falls into the side of a
small asteroid
16.5 on a tower with a Question
mark back on earth
16.6 a group of heros are sitting
down on a couch
Caption: Wow readers, in this
change of events maybe Benny
really has this fighting thing
down
Caption: or Maybe not
Caption: mean while with the Group
known as Preteen Giants
Caption: its Kid rooster, Dovey
the girl with strange powers from
hell,astroid jane from planet x,
Changer major, and robot kid (
think teen titants)
16.7 Kid rooster blocks there tv KID ROOSTER
Preteens we have only gotten a
few points this year on the yearly
16.8 Dovey sighs as she uses her
hellish powers to open a
portal to hell to summon a
small book
super’s live compation, ever one
will be watching if you don’t go!
DOVEY
honesty Rooster, we have tried
this year after year and we never
get anywhere
Page 17 side ideas
Panel Description Dialog
17.1 Astroid Jane nods with her
flowly blue hair as kid
rooster seems to drool over
here
17.2 Astriod Jane sighs and grabs
the remote from Kid rooster
who is trying to kiss her and
turns on the tv.
17.3 TV news anchor David small
with yellow hair with ears
that would make his mother
weeep looks towards the screen
17.4 Changer major sighs as well as
he turns himself into a blue
puppy
ASTROID JANE
Honesty rooster, even if we did
the groups of 2 each, we would
never stand against the one known
as mantis and Troy
DAVID SMALL
Good! Mooorning.... City of
Gore! tonight, we have a story
of passion, romantic and yet none
of those things as we look at what
happend to the greatest of the
teams in the league.. Mantis and
Troy. the Biggest players in the
leage making people like prime
minster Wallice, Eisenhower, miss
Dent all the rest.
17.5 and sits on Dovey’s lap CHANGER MAJOR
I am sorry commander dude, but
honesty I just don’t know how we
can fight for people for office
when we don’t even have our
national fight status yet
Caption: what will happen to this
group or the U.K.W.C. find out in
part 3 true belivers!
Page 18 back to Benny
Panel Description Dialog
18.1 Benny stands on a plank as
he stands right underneath a
volcano full of lava
BENNY
You sure this is Safe Master?
18.2 SIFU mark chuckles SIFU MARK
you Got to learn by doing, but
don’t worry my powers will protect
you.
18.3 Benny gets to the other side
of the Volcano
BENNY
(thought)
well that was easy.... I hope
18.4 the universe Caption: mean while on the other
side of the spiral arm of this
Galaxy which people call the
cowlick way, for which the reason
no one really knows
18.5 a young girl rides an astriod
towards a green yellow planet
with bits of blue and white
YOUNG GIRL
I will get that Astriod Jane yet!
Caption: who is this young girl
and what is her story?
Page 19 part 3 the death without a phone number
Panel Description Dialog
19.1 in a room with an narrator in
a booth
19.2 Narrator starts to freak out
as papers fly around him like
small bees
19.3 Kid rooster has a towel on
and starts to scream as he is
about to enter the shower
NARRATOR
What chilling ends will befall
our heros?, wait we are still
rolling and we have a bunch more
to do are you kidding me?
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