Attack of the Puppet People Page #2

MANY, MANY DOLLS,

AS YOU CAN SEE.

AS LONG AS:

YOU ENJOY IT.

TELL ME, HOW'S

YOUR DEAR EMMA?

EMMA, EMMA...

THE GIRL WITH:

THE BEAUTIFUL:

GOLDEN HAIR, YOUR WIFE.

I HAVE TRIED SO LONG

TO FORGET THAT NAME,

I SOMETIMES:

ALMOST SUCCEED.

SHE LEFT ME.

WHEN DID:

THIS HAPPEN?

MY MARIONETTES:

WERE PLAYING:

IN LUXEMBOURG.

SHE RAN AWAY WITH

SOMEONE SHE LIKED

BETTER. AN ACROBAT.

ACRO-- THA MUST'VE HURT.

HOW THA MUST'VE HURT.

BUT, I'M HAPPY

NOW AT ANY RATE,

AND THAT'S WHAT COUNTS.

EMIL, LET ME TAKE

YOU TO DINNER.

WHY NOT, WHY NOT?

WE'LL HAVE TIME TO

STOP AT THE THEATER AND

VISIT YOUR MARIONETTES.

THAT'S AN EXCELLENT

IDEA, FRANZ.

SO, LET US GO.

WAIT TILL YOU MEE MY LITTLE PUPPETS.

BRAVO, BRAVO.

EXCELLENT, FRANZ.

EXCELLENT.

YOU KNOW, I HAVEN'T

SEEN A PERFORMANCE

LIKE THAT IN AGES.

WELL, WELL, WELL.

THIS IS LIKE THE GOOD

OLD DAYS, HUH, FRANZ?

YOU WERE ONCE THE BEST

IN OUR PROFESSION.

YOU STILL COULD BE,

IF YOU WANTED TO.

WELL, YOU SEE, THINGS

HAVE BEEN GETTING

TOO MUCH FOR ME LATELY

AND I'VE BEEN

THINKING OF A PARTNER.

WHAT ABOU JOINING ME, HUH?

IT DOESN'T

INTEREST ME.

WHY NOT? BECAUSE

MY MARIONETTES ARE OLD

AND NEED ATTENTION?

I DON'T MIND

REPAIRING THEM,

IT ISN'T THAT.

WHAT IS IT, THEN?

I'M CONTENT IN

MY DOLL FACTORY.

ISN'T IT TIME

WE ATE?

DO YOU KNOW WHAT'S WRONG

WITH YOU, MY FRIEND?

WHY MUST SOMEONE

WHO'S CONTENT WITH

THINGS THE WAY THEY ARE

ALWAYS HAVE SOMETHING

WRONG WITH HIM?

CONTENTMENT:

IS UNNATURAL.

EMMA'S LEAVING MUST'VE

DONE YOU A GREAT DEAL

OF HARM, MY BOY.

YOU THINK SO?

YOU'VE RUN AWAY

FROM LIFE. YOU'VE

SURROUNDED YOURSELF

WITH ALL SHAPES OF

PEOPLE:
THEIR FACES,

THEIR LEGS, THEIR ARMS...

EVEN LITTLE MANNEQUINS

OF THEM. BUT NOT

THEIR SPIRIT.

YOU'RE AFRAID OF THAT.

WELL, I'VE FOUND

PEACE, ANYHOW.

WILL IT LAST?

I HAVE NO FEAR IT WON'T.

I LOVE MY DOLLS AND

I'M QUITE SURE.

THEY'LL NEVER

LEAVE ME.

LET'S FORGET ABOUT

THE PAST, EMIL, AND

HAVE A GOOD TIME, HUH?

LIVING IN THE:

PRESENT IS THE ONLY

IMPORTANT THING.

AFTER DINNER,

WE'LL GO BACK

TO MY SHOP, HUH?

EXCELLENT IDEA.

HOW ABOUT THAT?

HAPPY?

UH-HUH.

DID YOU PICK:

THIS SHOW FOR ANY

PARTICULAR REASON?

I GET TIRED OF:

THE SAME THINGS ALL

THE TIME. DON'T YOU?

YES, I DO.

SUCH AS WHAT?

DOLLS.

WHY DON'T YOU ASK ME WHAT

IT FEELS LIKE TO BE A FREAK?

PLEASE, SIR, I...

THIS IS HOW IT:

FEELS TO BE SO BIG YOU

CAN STICK YOUR FIST

THROUGH A CIRCUS TOP!

[Colossal Man]

LIKE A CLOWN!

MR. FRANZ SAID YOU

WERE GOING BACK TO

ST. LOUIS TOMORROW.

MAYBE.

[Colossal Man] I CAN GROW

TO BE 100 FEET TALL!

AND I DON'T NEED

A CHANGE OF WARDROBE.

HOW WOULD YOU LIKE

TO COME WITH ME?

WHAT WOULD I DO:

IN ST. LOUIS?

LIVE IN A PRETTY

LITTLE HOUSE.

BECOME MRS.

BOB WESTLEY.

[Colossal Man] "MAN LIVES

THROUGH PLUTONIUM BLAST."

THAT'S A GREAT JOKE,

ISN'T IT, SERGEANT?

WHY DO YOU THINK

I'VE BEEN HANGING AROUND

ALL THESE WEEKS?

WHAT DO YOU SAY?

I DON'T KNOWWHAT TO SAY.

THEN DON'T SAY ANYTHING.

[Colossal Man] WANT TO GO

BACK AND TELL YOUR FRIENDS

ABOUT THE MONSTER?

THE CIRCUS FREAK?

THAT'S RIGHT, SERGEANT.

I'M A CIRCUS FREAK.

HAVE A TENT, WILL TRAVEL.

WHY DON'T YOU

MAKE A SIGN SAYING:

"SEE THE AMAZING COLOSSAL MAN"?

SAY, I GO A TERRIFIC IDEA.

WHY DON'T WE FLY TO

LAS VEGAS TOMORROW

AND GET MARRIED?

I COULDN'T LEAVE

WITHOUT TELLING:

MR. FRANZ I'M GOING.

WELL, LET ME TELL

HIM. I'LL SEE HIM FIRST

THING IN THE MORNING.

YOU GET PACKED AND

BE READY. I'LL PICK

YOU UP AT 10:
00.

HOW'S THAT?

WONDERFUL.

[Colossal Man] I'M NOT

GROWING, YOU'RE SHRINKING!

[Phone rings]

[Sally]HELLO?

[Franz]MISS REYNOLDS.

IS ANYTHING THE MATTER?

WHEN YOU DIDN'T COME

TO THE OFFICE THIS MORNING,

I BEGAN TO WORRY.

HASN'T MR. WESTLEY

BEEN TO SEE YOU?

YES, HE WAS HERE

EARLIER, BUT HE'S LEFT.

[Sally] WHERE

DID HE GO?

BACK TO ST. LOUIS,

I BELIEVE.

[Franz] MISS REYNOLDS?

ARE YOU ALL RIGHT?

YES.

CAN I EXPECT YOU

AT THE OFFICE:

THIS MORNING?

YES. I'LL BE THERE.

[Franz] ALL RIGHT.

THERE YOU ARE.

NOW THINGS ARE:

AS THEY SHOULD BE.

BY THE WAY, I LEFT THE

BILL FOR THOSE ST. LOUIS

SHIPMENTS ON YOUR DESK.

I'LL SEE TO THEM

RIGHT AWAY.

MR. FRANZ, DID

BOB GO BY AIR?

NO. BY TRAIN.

I BELIEVE HE HAD

HIS TICKET ALL READY.

IT WAS VERY SUDDEN.

HE'D BEEN

NEGLECTING HIS:

BUSINESS LATELY.

IT PROBABLY CAUGHT

UP WITH HIM.

DIDN'T HE TELL YOU

ANYTHING ABOUT ME?

YES, HE DID. HE TOLD

ME THAT HE'D ASKED YOU

TO MARRY HIM,

AND THAT YOU HAD

CONSENTED. WHEN'S

IT TO BE?

HE DIDN'T... I MEAN,

WE HAVEN'T SET THE DATE.

BOB GAVE ME TO UNDERSTAND THAT

YOU WOULDN'T HAVE WORKED FOR ME

AFTER YOU WERE MARRIED.

I BEGGED HIM NOT TO

TAKE YOU AWAY. I TOLD

HIM HOW SAD IT IS

WHEN PEOPLE GO.

[Franz]

OH, MY DEAR.

I DIDN'T MEAN TO

MAKE YOU UNHAPPY.

IS IT BECAUSE HE

DIDN'T COME AND

SAY GOODBYE?

THAT WASN'T THOUGHTFUL

OF HIM. WILL YOU LISTEN

TO AN OLD FRIEND?

PERHAPS IT WOULD BE

BETTER IF YOU TRIED

TO FORGET HIM.

I DON'T KNOW

WHAT TO THINK.

THAT'S NOT TRUE,

I DO KNOW.

BOB WOULDN'T TREAT

ME THIS WAY IF HE

COULD HELP IT.

SOMETHING'S HAPPENED

TO HIM.

WHEN DID YOU MAKE

THIS, MR. FRANZ?

WHILE BOB WAS HERE.

IT COULD BE:

HIM, ALMOST.

THANK YOU FOR:

THE COMPLIMENT.

THE AIM OF EVERY

COMPOSER IS TO:

FIT THE WORLD:

WITHIN THE LIMITS

OF HIS SYMPHONY.

[Franz] A WRITER WANTS TO

PUT ALL OF LIFE BETWEEN

THE COVERS OF HIS BOOK.

IF I CAN MAKE MY DOLLS

IN THE IMAGE OF THOSE

I KNOW AND LOVE,

I'M SATISFIED.

IT'S A SMALL TALENT,

I KNOW, BUT I HAVE TO

MAKE THE MOST OF IT.

IT'S THE ONLY

ONE I HAVE.

I'LL BE OUT OF THE

OFFICE FOR AN HOUR

OR SO, MISS REYNOLDS.

WILL YOU LOCK UP, MY DEAR?

I HAVE MY OWN KEY.

PARDON ME.

CAN YOU TELL ME:

WHERE SERGEANT:

PATERSON IS?

THANK YOU.

SERGEANT PATERSON?

YES.

I'M SALLY REYNOLDS.

THE MAN AT THE DESK

SENT ME TO YOU.

OH, YES. SIT DOWN,

MISS REYNOLDS.

HERE IT IS.

YOU SAY IN THIS REPORT

YOU MADE DOWNSTAIRS

THAT YOUR FIANCE

DISAPPEARED:

MYSTERIOUSLY.

JUST WHAT DOES:

THAT MEAN?

SOMETHING MR. FRANZ

DID TO HIM.

SUCH AS?

MR. FRANZ DIDSOMETHING TO HIM.

YOU SAID THAT.

I DON'T KNOW HOW

ELSE TO PUT IT.

DID HE HIT HIM?

DID HE SHOOT HIM?

DID HE STRANGLE HIM?

NO, HE...

YOU WON'T BELIEVE ME.

WELL, THAT'S MY BUSINESS.

NOW TELL ME, JUST WHAT

DID HE DO?

HE MADE BOB INTO A DOLL.

HE MADE YOUR FIANCE

INTO A DOLL. I SEE.

WE'LL LET YOU KNOW

IF WE LEARN ANYTHING,

MISS REYNOLDS.

I KNEW YOU WOULDN'T

BELIEVE ME.

SUPPOSE THERE WERE

SOME OTHER PEOPLE

THAT DISAPPEARED THE

SAME WAY? WOULD YOU

DO SOMETHING THEN?

THAT ALL DEPENDS.

WHO WERE THEY?

JANET HALL.

ANYONE ELSE?

A MAILMANNAMED ERNIE.

ERNIE LARSON.

GO ON.

ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?

I GUESS IT IS.

OKAY. LET'S GO SEE

THIS MR. FRANZ.

HE'S TAKEN BOB DOWN.

HE MUST HAVE:

HIM INSIDE.

[Sergeant]

IS THIS THE MAN?

[Sally]

YES.

THE LADY SAYS YOU'VE

BEEN MAKING PEOPLE

DISAPPEAR MYSTERIOUSLY.

[Sergeant] TURNING

THEM INTO DOLLS.

WHY, MISS REYNOLDS,

WHAT MADE YOU SAY

SUCH A THING?

[Franz] THAT'S

PERFECTLY RIDICULOUS.

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