Annie by Jay Maeder and Alan Kupperberg for August 04, 2002

P1 – Annie – Jay Maeder & Alan KupperbergP2 – Boo! Boo! Boo, drat out! – Skip it, Van Wooter!P3 – Annie and the ghost of Wooter Van the First – Sure! I know who you are! And I know what you were, back in June 1777!P4 – Traitor! That’s what! Sold out the local patriots to the redcoats! Sent them to their doom in the Battle of Hamlet Mountain! – Heh! The child is a historian! But you cannot harm me, my girl.P5 – No, Van Wooter, brave young Annie cannot! But I assure you I can! – Eh?P6 – Why, why, it’s John Drum! – Aye! Just one of many you slew, and now in the name of all that is holy, we make you our prisoner!P7 – Bah! Fool lads! Ragtag farmers! Do you think only you died on Hamlet Mountain? Do you not know that British soldiers sleep here as well? – This time, Van Wooter, we are ready for them!

Morning, Annie fans!OK, a few observations – 1. It seems ghosts can’t hurt each other, but can somehow imprison each other.2. Nothing has been said to this point about the graves of the British soldiers.3. Since the patriots lost the original battle, the spirits of the patriots outnumber those of the British. Thus the outcome of this impending battle is pretty well pre-determined.

thanks for the “translation” and observations David!

Morning Annie fans.

And speeking of fans, something’s about to hit.

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P2: Drat you, not Drat out.I agree that the American dead would greatly outnumber the British dead. We’ll see if the story arc bears this out.

Thanks, Jan. I meant “Drat you!” My fingers were working faster than my brain evidently. Happens all the time.