SW10/WWW: Powernaut 1995 #13: Aww, F* It

[Drew Nilium]

On 9/18/23 11:44 PM, Scott Eiler wrote:
> On 2023-09-17 22:38, Drew Nilium wrote:
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>> Hmmmmm! Let's see... What actually happened to everyone when the Powernaut was 
>> summoned in #12? And why? X>
>>
>> Drew "slightly baffled" Nilium
> 
> Well, let's start answering!  But this might require two strips' worth of 
> commentary.  (Also uploaded, thanks.)

Oooooh, okay.

> As you know, everyone on that battlefield who had Powernaut powers had 
> collapsed.  At the time, I was able to make a quick battlefield observation.  
> The scientist S.O.S. had said, Powernauts can't share power.  Given these 
> Powernauts had all collapsed, I guessed he was spectacularly right.

Hmmmm, I see.

> Knowing what I learned later, I'd say the original Powernaut went into shock 
> after his resurrection.  And resurrection it was; he'd been discorporated.  That 
> shock cascaded into everyone who had shared his power.

Ahhhhhh, okay! That connection was the thing I wasn't sure about.

> Just before the original Powernaut went into shock, he was asking for some kind 
> of "Paula".  Assuming Powernaut comics are true to life, that's almost certainly 
> the woman who was with him at the time he was discorporated.  That woman was 
> discorporated also.

Oof.

> Other people of course have other theories about "Paula".  S.O.S. himself said 
> on TV, "Paula" was probably Paula Page, the woman who was with Jeff Goldblatt on 
> the beach the same time the Powernaut was. Perhaps the Powernaut was trying to 
> rescue them both - but he felt most urgent about Paula.

Hmmmmm, yeah.

Drew "very interesting" Nilium