The story I submitted was not one of the ones chosen for the anthology; but since I never like letting material go to waste, I decided to post my story here.
JILL TRENT: SCIENCE SLEUTH
“TRUTH OR DARE”
by Kurt Wilcken
PAGE
ONE
PANEL 1:
ACTION: Splash panel showing JILL TRENT strapped into what looks like an
electric chair. A grim-faced figure hunches over a piece of electrical
apparatus connected to the chair. She is
surrounded by several THUGS, including BOSS KREZNIK, who stands over her,
gloating. Perhaps DAISY SMYTHE looks on
in shock as another THUG holds her back.
1 TITLE: JILL TRENT:
SCIENCE SLEUTH
2 CAPTION: Jill Trent
uses her keen intellect and scientific skills to solve mysteries and fight
crime; but when one of her ingenious devices is used against her, can she outwit
her own invention?
3 SUB-TITLE: “TRUTH OR DARE!”
4 CREDITS: Story by Kurt Wilcken; Art by _____________
PANEL 2:
ACTION: JILL and DAISY are driving along a country
road in a sleek convertible. JILL is
behind the wheel.
5 DAISY: So, this William Moulton Marston we’re
seeing, is he the one who writes those funny-books?
6 JILL: Ha!
He’s more than that, Daisy!
7 JILL: He’s also a psychologist who has done
a lot of work with polygraphs.
PANEL 3
ACTION: Closer view of JILL and DAISY in the front
seat
8 JILL: He has some interesting ideas. You’ll enjoy meeting him.
PAGE
TWO
PANEL 1:
ACTION: The living room of the Marston home, a
well-to-do house with 1930s style deco furnishings. Perhaps, if there’s room, there might be a
framed copy of a SENSATION COMICS comic book on the wall. JILL introduces DAISY to ELIZABETH
MARSTON. OLIVE, a attractive,
athletic-looking girl, stands nearby.
1 JILL: This is Elizabeth, Dr. Marston‘s wife,
and their house guest, Olive.
Elizabeth, this is my friend Daisy Smythe.
2 DAISY: Pleased to meet you
3 ELIZABETH: I’m so sorry William isn’t here yet. He phoned to say he’d be delayed.
PANEL 2:
ACTION: Several THUGS burst through the front door
with guns drawn
4 THUG #1: Okay, youse dames! Don’t nobody move, and no one gets hurt!
5 THUG #2: Where’s Doc Marston?
6 DAISY: Holy cats!
PANEL 3:
ACTION: OLIVE, her fists balled up and ready to
fight, confronts THUG #1, who has his gun trained on her.
7 OLIVE: What do you want with Dr. Marston?
8 THUG #1: We just need to borrow
him. The boss wants an expert on lie
detectors. As long as he co-operates,
no one has to get hurt!
PANEL 4:
ACTION: Small, dramatic pane. JILL puts her hand on OLIVE’s shoulder and
steps forward to face the viewer.
9 JILL: I am Doctor Marston!
PANEL 5
ACTION: The THUGS are puzzled. She is obviously much curvier than they
expected the Doc to be. JILL is
brazening it out.
10 THUG #1: You’re W. M. Marston?
11 THUG #2: But you’re a dame!
12 JILL: Good eye.
PANEL 6:
ACTION: Close, intimate view of DAISY whispering to
JILL, worried. JILL reassures her.
13 DAISY: (whispers): Are you crazy, Jill?
14 JILL: (whispers): Shh! We have to protect the
Marstons! Don’t worry, I have a plan!
PANEL 7
ACTION: JILL takes command, pointing towards the door
(off-panel). In the foreground, DAISY is
going off in the direction she points.
DAISY’s face is to the viewer and she can see the smile she’s concealing
from the THUGS; she guesses what Jill’s plan is. The THUGS are bewildered that their “prisoner”
has started giving orders.
15 JILL:
I’ll need some of my equipment. Daisy, get the apparatus from the trunk
of the car.
16 THUG #1: Wot the--- ?
17 JILL: You want my help, don’t you?
...
To be continued !
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