5 page preview of #71 (text-free from CBR, but still; " *spoilers* ")

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...eview&id=13766



both men look winded, but in the final panel of the preview, it looks looks like Hughie is sitting in a big puddle of blood. they're on a lower level of the ESB, so I'm guessing they both fall and Hughie lands in a worse way than Billy.

[Simon Rogerson]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/?p...eview&id=13766 both men look winded, but in the final panel of the preview, it looks looks like Hughie is sitting in a big puddle of blood. they're on a lower level of the ESB, so I'm guessing they both fall and Hughie lands in a worse way than Billy.

I dunno. Hughie can move his arms and looks pretty bright eyed. Is that blood or his coat? By contrast Butcher looks immobile and dull-eyed. Is that Butcher's trigger device lying broken on the observation deck? In either case, there's an echo of 'The Man Who Would be King' here.

[BDR626]

I dunno. Hughie can move his arms and looks pretty bright eyed. Is that blood or his coat? By contrast Butcher looks immobile and dull-eyed. Is that Butcher's trigger device lying broken on the observation deck? In either case, there's an echo of 'The Man Who Would be King' here.

the color beneath Hughie definitely looks red on my monitor. I think the facial expressions make Butcher look like a man ready to meet his end, but I don't think that because he didn't raise a hand to shield his eyes from the police spotlight means anything. although now, looking again, I'm thinking you might be right about immobile. Hughie's left arm is very bloody. I'm thinking he punched a hole through Billy's midsection, maybe from not knowing his own strength due to his Mother's Milk snack, and as something of a call-back to his first fight with The Boys when he killed Blarney Cock.

[Simon Rogerson]

I'm thinking he punched a hole through Billy's midsection, maybe from not knowing his own strength due to his Mother's Milk snack, and as something of a call-back to his first fight with The Boys when he killed Blarney Cock.

Naaah – Butcher stepped to one side and Hughie went through the window, remember? If Butcher had been eviscerated he wouldn't have been able to hold onto Hughie, and I would have thought would have mentioned it rather than complaining about his bad hand. Unless you're suggesting Hughie gave him a sly punch as they fell...?

[ambaxtoxin]

Naaah – Butcher stepped to one side and Hughie went through the window, remember? If Butcher had been eviscerated he wouldn't have been able to hold onto Hughie, and I would have thought would have mentioned it rather than complaining about his bad hand. Unless you're suggesting Hughie gave him a sly punch as they fell...?

It seems to me that this preview is from the middle of the issue, rather than the normal first eight pages that we normally get.

[Simon Rogerson]

It seems to me that this preview is from the middle of the issue, rather than the normal first eight pages that we normally get.

I think you could be on the money there.. but it's hard to say without da words.