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"Heroes of the Revolution"

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Image:Quote1.png It is destiny for the aristocracy to ever triumph over the hayseed dregs of democracy! Image:Quote2.png
-- Lord Shilling


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Synopsis for "Heroes of the Revolution"

The Timestream
Time Masters Rip Hunter and Jeff Smith are traveling through the timestream, catching glimpses of pivotal points in American history. Along their path, they have a chance encounter with the Swamp Thing who, through no fault of his own, has been bouncing backwards through time. Rip calculates his path and determines that he will end up somewhere in the late 18th century.

1800
The citizens of Gotham Town prepare to usher in the new year. A festival is held in which the town leaders hold an exhibition showcasing famous heroes of the frontier such as Tomahawk, Dan Hunter and Miss Liberty. However, these are not the true heroes of folklore, but rather paid actors. The real Tomahawk, aka, Thomas Haukins, is present in the audience. He drunkenly approaches the stage and accuses the actors as being frauds. A scuffle ensues and the actors frantically depart. The man playing the role of Tomahawk is actually Tomahawk's old foe, the master of disguise, Lord Gerald Shilling.

Shilling runs outside and changes costumes. He disguises himself as Stovepipe, a member of Tomahawk's Rangers. He finds Tom Haukins and reminds him that they must collect taxes from the Transvaal Trader before it leaves port. They paddle out to the ship and board it only to find that one of its passengers is the occult scholar Jason Blood.

While Haukins and "Stovepipe" conduct their business, two Apaches named Wise Owl and Moon Fawn row alongside Tom Haukins' boat. They know it is their destiny that they should be here this evening and Moon Fawn leaves a piece of amber in Tomahawk's boat for him to find.

Once they complete their business, Tomahawk and Stovepipe get back into their boat. Tom finds the amber fragment. Stovepipe talks about old times and mentions one of their past adventures in Quebec. Tom, sobering up, recalls that Stovepipe wasn't with them on the Quebec mission and now realizes that he is being fooled. He pounces on Stovepipe and reveals him as Lord Shilling. As the two wrestle against one another, the spirit of the Swamp Thing, still housed within the amber fragment, takes action. He causes long, spiky tendrils to grow from the wooden sides of the skiff, attacking both men. The boat slams into a nearby embankment and the two combatants take their fight onto dry land. They fall through a deep chasm into a massive bat-filled cavern.

Shilling knows that Tomahawk now has the amber artifact and because of an earlier conversation with Jason Blood, is aware of its power. He tries to stab Tomahawk and recover the amber, but a giant bat bears down upon them and scoops Tomahawk out of the way. It drops Tomahawk near a river of molten liquid and the amber fragment falls into it. Shilling rushes over and shoves his arm into the river desperately scrambling for the fragment. When he withdraws his arm, he finds the amber fused to his hand. His arm is now dessicated and mummified. Tomahawk tears Lord Shilling's rotted arm away and races out of the cavern.

He runs out to Gotham River and finds Wise Owl and Moon Fawn waiting for him. He gets into their canoe and begin to paddle away.

Meanwhile, the Transvaal Trader mysteriously bursts into flame. The demon Etrigan is seen walking away from the sinking ship.

Wise Owl and Moon Fawn explain to Tomahawk the origins of the amber rock and the prophecy of the earth elemental. He learns that he is destined to wed Moon Fawn and that she will bear his children.

The Present
Abigail Holland and Chester Williams are having breakfast outside of Chester's tent. Abby finds the memoirs of Tomahawk's first son, Hawk, Son of Tomahawk. Reading the historical accounts of Hawk and his infamous father, Abby learns that the earth elemental is her husband. She knows that he has been trapped in time.

Notes

  • The events from this issue coincide with events chronicled in Time Masters #4.
  • Issue includes cameo appearances of Easy Company and Enemy Ace. The Swamp Thing encountered Easy Company in issue #82 and Enemy Ace in issue #83.
  • Apparently Tomahawk became a tax collector in Gotham Town along with Stovepipe during this downward period in his life.
  • Reference is made to Darius Wayne. Darius Wayne is an ancestor of Bruce Wayne and the architect of Wayne Manor. As per this issue, construction on the manor has not yet been completed.
  • Tomahawk states that Dan Hunter was captured, skinned and killed at some point prior to the events from this issue. Dan Hunter is actually from the 20th century and is the cousin of time traveler Rip Hunter (who appears in this issue). Dan Hunter traveled back in time from 1990 to 1770 whereupon he first met Tomahawk and joined Tomahawk's Rangers. [1]
  • Although never stated outright, it is heavily implied that the cavern that Tomahawk and Lord Shilling fight one another in is the future Batcave.
  • The demon Etrigan is the alter ego of Jason Blood.
  • One of the actors present at the New Year's celebration portrays the role of Bess Lynn, aka, Miss Liberty. Forgetting that Bess Lynn would be in her forties at the time that this story takes place, the orchestrators of the celebration have also forgotten that she was killed while protecting the Liberty Bell in 1776. [2]
  • The giant bat that Tomhawk encounters in the cavern is actually a mythological creature created in the 6th century by the sorceress, Morgaine le Fey. [3]


Trivia

  • One of the establishments seen in Gotham Town is Thorne's House of Glamor. This was likely named after Frank Thorne, an artist who contributed work to several issues of Tomahawk.

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Links and References

  1. ↑ Time Masters #4
  2. ↑ All-Star Squadron #45
  3. ↑ Swamp Thing (Volume 2) #87

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