Page One
Panel Two: "Do I need to get you some boots?" A reference to Puss in Boots, a fairy tale.
Page Two
Panel Two: The bottle is labeled: "Ne", the atomic symbol for Neon. Krosp informs Agatha that she's a spark.
The Baron and Othar
Page Three
Pages Three thru Five are drawn primarily in red, as if the scene was taking place in a photographer's dark room. It abruptly goes back to normal color in the middle of page five. Why?
Page Four
Panel Two: The Baron states that Othar is also a spark. An adventurer, yes. A spark? Has he created clanks? constructs? anything? Is it possible to identify someone as a spark if they haven't built anything?
Page Five
Panel Two: The lab instrument is labeled: "Brain Corer".
Panel Four: We're back to normal coloration.
Page Six
Panel One: One bottle in the lab is labeled: "Essence of Beef".
Page Seven
Panel Four: The Baron off-handedly mentions that he's married. TO WHOM??? The bottles are labeled: "Flesh Dissolver", "Blood Salts", and "Neuric".
Panel Six: The lab instrument is labeled: "Lil Rippy". Is this what happened to Dr. Dimitri?
Page Eight
No commentary.
Page Nine
Panel Five: There's a dis-embodied brain in a jar in the lab. Another spark?
Bangladesh DuPree
Page Ten
Panel Three: "First" appearance of Bangladesh DuPree. Her earlier appearance was a flashback in Moloch's story. This time, she's actually in the plotline.
Page Eleven
Panel Four: The book cover is labeled: "The Book of DuPree". The book spine is labeled: "Phenomena Observed:DuPree".
Page Twelve
Panel One: Bang sees a portal with Agatha, Moloch, Gil dressed as a White Lady and a White Lady. This is immediately after Moloch's gunboat was destroyed and Moloch is saying "They made it!". This may be significant later.
Panel Three: Bang says it's two weeks later.
Panel Four: The portal re-appears. Gil can see that Bang has a gun, so vision is two-way thru the portal. Agatha starts a sentence that she finishes in the earlier portal. This means the portals are not limited by time. We still don't know if it's possible to pass through a portal. Or what the range is in time or space. The Dragon King of Mars was a story and not reliable data.
Page Thirteen
Panel Five: Othar has escaped.
Gil's Lab
Page Fifteen
Panel One: Agatha is introduced to Zoing. Zoing speaks English, sorta. "Schmeka Teee?" is "She's making tea?".
Panel Three: The washtub is labelled "GET BIGGER TUB"
Panel Four: Agatha is introduced to Ardsley.
Page Sixteen
Panel One: Check out the tuning fork hanging on the tool board. It's an optical illusion. The handle is two square prongs, the ends are three round prongs. The hippo helmet has a sign that reads "Needs work".
From Miod:Mimmoth Sighting: two mimmoths above tool board.
Panel Two: Brace yourselves! It's the library!
Page Seventeen
Panel One: Agatha selects "Trelawney Thorpe, Girl Adventurer in the Seraglio of the Iron Sheik". The publisher is "A Jolly Good Book! Co." We learned in issue #5, page 132 that Theo is the son of The Iron Sheik.
From Asuka: "Seraglio" is a rather fancy name for a harem, as in the Mozart Opera "The Abduction From the Seraglio". Notice Agatha hasn't made the conection, and Gil's trying desperately to ensure she won't. Meanwhile Wooster is chearfully teasing Gil's lack of romantic success "a favorite.." ala Othar. Gil must have been a bit shy in Paris..
Panel Two: Another set of library shelves!
Page Eighteen and Nineteen
Double Page Panel: Gil and Agatha dance to a mechanical orchestra!
Page Twenty
Panel Four: First appearance of the blue globe, a genuine Heterodyne artifact. It will be significant later.
The Fencing Clank
Page Twenty One
Panel One: Mimmoth sighting, under Agatha's word balloon. -- Miod
Panel Two: First appearance of Gil's lightning generator.
Panel Four: Would you really put your face in front of a lightning generator and then repeatedly click the on switch? Sparks may be bright, but sometimes, they're not too bright! :D
Panel Five: First appearance of Gil's fencing clank.
Page Twenty Two
Panel Four: A fencing opponent with four arms and power tools is a "more realistic" opponent??? Who does Gil expect to meet???
Page Twenty Three
Panel Four: Agatha defeats the fencing clank.
Page Twenty Four
Panel One: Aha! Now we know who Gil is expecting to meet. :D
Page Twenty Five
Panel One: From Miod: one of the clanks' arm opens and reveals a miniature action figure with a mace (to the right of Agatha's head). Soooo cute!
Panel Two: Agatha defeats the fencing clank. Again. How's that spark ego and temper holding up Gil? :)
Othar Spoils the Mood
Page Twenty Six
Panel Two: The Baron has an awful lot of surgical stitching. Adventuring with the Heterodyne Brothers takes it's toll. The card games says he's a construct, but does that mean repairs or built from scratch?
Page Twenty Seven
No commentary.
Page Twenty Eight
Panel One: The Baron comments that Othar isn't even damaged. And he's been hit in the head with a pipe wrench. He must be nearly as tough as a Jaegermonster. The door reads "Sponge Control Station 7". The pipe is marked "Steam Conduit".
Panel Three: Agatha is starting to realize she may not be with 'the good guys'.
Page Twenty Nine
Panel Five: The Baron thinks that Gil wants Agatha for his mistress.
Page Thirty
Panel Three: Zoing says "ugettagurl?" Translation: "You get a girl?"
Panel Four: Othar is awake and makes a remark about Gil's actual taste in women. How would he know?
Panel Five: Bottles are labeled "ADT", "O2", "75" and "Caution".
Page Thirty One
No commentary.
Page Thirty Two
Panel Four: Agatha gives a direct order to Dr. Rovainen and he obeys and calls her 'mistress'. Is he just trying to get away from suspected spark with a temper, or does she have some sort of control over him, like she may have with Von Pimm?
Krosp's Story
Page Thirty Three
Panel One: Agatha informs her friends that Othar is prisoner aboard ship.
Page Thirty Four
Panel One: Krosp tells Agatha his name.
Panel Three: Krosp explains he's a construct. Over the next two pages, he explains how he was supposed to be used and why it didn't work.
Page Thirty Five
Panel Five: Agatha remarks 'Oh good. I can serve the King of the Cats'. This is the first time Krosp is addressed as The King of Cats.
Page Thirty Six
Panel One: Krosp says he accept her fealty. Depending on the local culture, this may be a binding contract. In panel four, he says he's now responsible for her safety.
Panel Five: Krosp says his creator was Dr. Vapnoodle and he couldn't save him. Is Dr. Vapnoodle dead? or has a lobotomy made him Dr. Dimitri?
Page Thirty Seven
No commentary.
Activating the Engine
Page Thirty Eight
Panel One: The sign on the wall reads "No Alchemy". A note attached to it reads, "Unless it works". The hive engine can be seen in the next room.
Panel Four: Mr. Rovainen stabs Dr. Vg.
Page Thirty Nine
Panel One: Rovainen activates the Hive Engine.
Panel Three: Rovainen admits to the dying Dr. Vg that he is a revenant.
Panel Four: Dr. Vg says "The Other" is dead.
Panel Five: Rovainen says the other lives and he has seen HER.
Agatha is Dreaming
Page Forty and Forty One
Double Page Panel: Agatha is dreaming of a clockwork universe. A standard Earth globe is just over her head. A stylized sun is in the upper left corner. There are three colored circles on wide sweeping arcs. A red circle is labeled with the symbol for Mars, a green circle with the symbol for Venus, and a blue circle with the symbol for Jupiter. They are also the symbols for man, woman and tin, but I don't think those interpretations apply here.
Agatha Wakes Up
Page Forty Two and
Page Forty Three
Double Page Panel
Panel One: Agatha is 'heterodying' again.
Panel Two: We see that it's Dingbot Prime who's helping her.
Panel Three: Agatha notices Dingbot Prime for the first time.
Double Page Panel:
There are dozens of dingbots all over Gil's lab in every possible configuration. No, I'm NOT going to count them. The sign on the wall reads "Formula #". A note over it reads "17". A book at Gil's feet reads "Fun Gear Ratios". The various canisters read "7", "012", "3", "62", "777".
From Miod: There are three mimmoths immediately to the right of the yellow dingbot, and a dingbot above them that seems to be looking at them in surprise. His shape is close to the shape of the one hunting them two pages later, he might be the same one!
Page Forty Four
Panel One: Mimmoth sighting: On top of the machine on the shelf behind Gil's head
Page Forty Four
Panel One: Agatha's new clank is made from the fencing clank, the wrecked flying machine, and the mechanical orchestra.
From Miod: There's one dingbot on the column to the left. There are three other ones looking at a plan in the bottom right.
Page Forty Five
Panel Two: Mimmoth sighting: A dingbot is chasing a mimmoth in the background.
The Alarm
Page Forty Six
No commentary.
Page Forty Seven
Panel Four: The door is labelled "Lab Full of Exploding Things #5"
Page Forty Eight
Panel Three: The door is labelled "CLOSING in 021 seconds"
From Miod: There is a jaegermonster clank behind the door.
Page Forty Nine
Panels Five thru Seven: I love this scene. "Well, if I'm going AFTER her-- you'll have to OPEN that DOOR!" and then the dingbots all pop out their knives, screwdrivers and wrenches, like a scene from West Side Story in miniature.
Rescuing Othar
Page Fifty
Panel Four: Othar is hanging upside-down. WARNING: Don't try this at home!!! Your body's not built to work this way. Five minutes of continuous upside-down suspension will over-work your heart and give you a stroke! Note Agatha's clank on the right.
Page Fifty One
Panel One: Well, now we know what Agatha's big clank is for, to rescue Othar!
Page Fifty Two
No commentary.
Page Fifty Three
Full Page Panel: Agatha sees a hive-engine's slaver wasp and realizes the hive-engine is active.
The Baron Gets News
Page Fifty Four
From Miod: There is a drawing error on the munitions belt between panels one and four; There's at least five items to the right of the belt buckle in panel one, and only three in panel four. (-:
Page Fifty Five
Panels Three and Four: I love the exchange between Von Pimm and Bang.
VP: I teach restraint.
Bang: Oh, so your dressmaker's an A+ student then.
VP: SSSSSS
Bang: You're losing air, sweetheart!