Exploder Issue 1

8/2/2019 Exploder Issue 1

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Exploder issue 1

By

Josh Calvano


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Panel Description Dialog

Page 1

1.1 the outside of suburban home

on a sunny day. fair sizedporch and one car in thedriveway a nice home but notthe wealthiest probably middleclass maybe a little higher

1.2 bens mother is seen in thekitchen door leading upstairsyelling at her soon it lookslike shes about to leave forwork

MOMBEN WAKE UP OR YOURE GOING TOBE LATE FOR SCHOOL AGAIN we areleaving now

1.3 a medium shot of his fatherstanding by the door waitingfor his wife so they can leavefor work

DADand tell him if he is late againhe is grounded for a month thatboy needs to get his act together

1.4 we see the husband and wifeoutside walking to there car

MOMdont be so hard him rick he isjust at teenager

DADthat is still no excuse to be latefor class every day


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Page 2

2.1 we see the close up of an

alarm clock that shows thetime as 7:30

2.2 the clock nows says 8:30

2.3 a groggy Ben rolls over in hisbed to look at his clock

BENuggh i wonder what time it is

2.4 looking at his clock now hehas a horrified look on hisface

BENoh god!!!! i have ten minutes toget to class my dad is going to

kill me


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Page 3

3.1 ben starts getting dressed at

a break neck speed and get toschool on time

BEN

gaaaah where the hell are my pantslooks like there wont be time toshower

3.2 ben grabbing his pants that hewas looking for and looking atthem if they are suitable towear

BENare these even clean...who caresim going to be late !! no time tobe picky

3.3 ben runs through his kitchen

grabbing his books on thetable and quickly heading outthe door

BEN

if if i take my bike and use theshortcut i can make it i can dothis

3.4 ben is outside and hopping onhis bike and peddling away


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Page 4

4.1 ben is frantically peddling

his way to school

BEN

maybe if i cut throught thewarehouses i can get there in timebefore mrs.Applebomb murders me

4.2 an overhead view of beenpulling into what looks like awarehouse district

4.3 ben peddles by some warehouseworks who have just droppeda oil drum with some green

chemchial it just narrowlymisses ben who is oblivious

BEN(thought bubble)man mom would kill me if she new i

was taking this shortcut

4.4 a close up of an odd lookingspider that could give onesuper powers if bitten

4.5 bens bike crushes the spideras he bikes frantically toschool

BEN(thought bubble)almost there !!!!!


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Page 5

5.1 ben is now at the school it

will be an overhead view ofhim pulling into the school

5.2 ben is now is carting his biketo the bike rack

BENno time to lock this thing i hopethat stupid gorilla shamus doesntsteal it

5.3 a close up of a school bellthat is ringing loudly

5.4 ben is sprinting down the hallinto the class room

BEN(thought bubble)no no no no no Im almost there !

5.5 ben goes springint by theteacher he is trying to beatto class


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Page 6

6.1 ben rips open the door to the

class room

6.2 ben is celeberating that hemade it to class before histeacher

BENyesssss!!!! and he does it againfolks i am a champion!!

6.3 ben looking embarassed whenhis teacher comes up behindhim

MRS.APPLEBOMBgo sit down mr.bradly you are justlucky that i forgot my coffee inthe teachers lounge

6.4 ben is walking towards his sitnext to his bestfriend wes whois handing him a five dollarbill

WESdamn i almost won that bet i heardthe bell ring and i thought i hadit

6.5 ben is now sitting down withfive dollars in his hand

BENas if you would think to betagainst me easiest money i evermade

WESsettle down there flash you arentthat great


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Page 7

7.1 bens face is pressed up

against a sneeze guard at theschool caffteria

BEN

score!! they are serving mac andcheese my favourite !!

7.2 ben is now paying for his mealwith the money get got fromwes

BEN(thought bubble )thank you wes for this delicousmeal...i wonder where that guy is

7.3 ben is now walking around thecafe with tray in hand looking

for wes

7.4 ben spots wes reading a comicbook and goes and sits downnext to him

BENwell look at this wounderful mealyou helped pay for you jealous ?

7.5 ben is now sitting facing wesand its like a side profile ofthem

WESha! not at all you got so luckyyou know that

BEN

not even i had it all figured out!!

WESyour so full of it

BENanyways what are you reading therebuddy


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Page 8

8.1 an over the shoulder on ben

and wes is holding up a comic

WES

nothing its just the newiest issueof spiderman its no big deal

8.2 again back to a profile viewof the two

BENhow do you read those things manstop living in a fantasy world

WESits not a fantasy this stuffhappens like everyday !!! youcant tell me it wouldnt beawesome

BENehhhh i dont know maybe not forme i can barely get through chemclass let alone trying to save theworld

WESthats true you are pretty useless

BENwell that was totally uncalled

for! anyways we should probablyget to gym class

8.3 the boys are seen running lapsin gym class

BENman i gotta start getting more fitmy lungs are burning

WESgeeze you get more fit then me ijust read comics and surf the netpeople like me arent suppose torun this much


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Page 8

8.4 the boys are now standing

infront of there coach withthe other students

COACH

listen hear you babies split upand each take a net practice yourfree throws and lay ups!!

BENugh i hate this exercise and whydoes coach larson have to be somean about it

8.5 the boys are shooting somebaskets when they hear ascuffle break out

BENhey you wanna go for pizza tonightmaybe hit up the mall would evenhit up your nerd fortress thatcomic book shop you love so much

WEShey man dont knock it a lot ofcool people work there !!


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Page 9

9.1 the boys here some ruckus

going on and look to see whatit is

MELVIN

hey just leave me aloneshamus!!(off page)

BENhuh ? whats going on over there

WESsounds like that gorilla shamusis hassling kids again

9.2 we see further down the courtthat a bigger mean looking kidand a small nerdy looking kidare getting into it

SHAMUSgive me the ball you little shitor ill drop you

MELVINno way just leave me alone why areyou always picking on me

9.3 the boys are now talking aboutwhat they are seeing

BENthat guy is such a prick why doeshe always have to be like that itpisse me off show much

WESi feel you man but what are yougoing to do about it you are pansy

BENwhat no way im no pansy youre apansy !!

9.4 back to shamus who has nowripped the ball from melvinshands and is winding up thehurl it at him

SHAMUSon second thought i dont even wantthis


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Page 10

10.1 we see shamus drilling the

ball into melvins chest andfalling over

SHAMUS

here you go queers hears yourball back!

10.2 back t o ben a nd w es a nd b enlooks angry we can see thatthe ball he is holding isstarting to glow

BENive had enough of this guy whodoes he think he

WESuh hey man whats going on withthat ball in your hand

10.3 ben winds up and hurls the nowsuper charged ball at shamusand wes has a look of terroron his face

BENhey shamus !!! eat this

10.4 now a view from down court asthe ball comes hurling towardsshamus and a very unatruallyhigh speed

10.5 it slams into shamus gut


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Page 11

11.1 we see ben freaking out cause

his hands are smoking slightlyand wes has a shocked look onhis face

BEN

what just happend !!! and why aremy hands smoking !!!

WESuhmm dude i think you just supercharged that ball like some kindof super hero !!!!!!!!! do youknow what this means

BENforget it that didnt happenits just an optical illusion orsomething i have no super powers

now stop thinking like that ! igotta get out of here

11.2 Ben starts running away fromthe scene of the crime as thecoach starts yelling at him

COACHcome back here Bradly!!! yourgoing to be in some huge shit!

11.3 ben is now walking home andthinking about what justhappend

BEN(thought bubble)what happened back there i could

feel the ball heating up and iguess it was glowing but here isno way in hell that i shot thatthing like a missile

11.4 a man w ith a p urse in h is handcomes running by and shovesben

THEIFget out of my way kid!

BENgeeze no need to be an ass

11.5 a woman comes running upscreaming about her purse

WOMANhelp help that man has my purse


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Page 12

12.1 ben notices a garbage can and

lifts up the lid to chuck itat the thief

BEN

lets see if i can do it again heyscum bag!!

12.2 we see the lid come hurldingtowards the theif and hittinghim in the back of the legknocking him down

THEIFwhat the hell!!

12.3 ben retrieve the womans pursefrom the theif

BENuhh here you go mam

WOMANoh please let me repay you

BENno no i uh i need to get home !


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Page 13

13.1 ben makes it home to find wes

waiting for him on his porch

WES

hey man ive been waiting for anhour after you split from classi figured you would come righthome we need to talk about whathappened back there

BENno we dont nothing happenedback there ok it was an opticalillusion or something leave mealone go read your stupid comicbooks

13.2 wes is now stepping of theporch and heading home

WESno need to be an ass about it imjust saying it was weird ok andkinda looked like you had sometype of super power its not thatuncommon anymore

13.3 ben steps pass wes and goesinto his house


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Page 14

14.1 we see ben in his room eagerly

looking at his computer screen

BEN

(thought bubble)hmm maybe i should look some ofthis stuff up and i can find ananswer online

14.2 we s ee a close u p of hiscomputer screen varies newsarticles saying how heroeshave been appearing for thelast 20 years or so we learnnow that super heroes do existin this universe

BEN(thought bubble)this just seems so crazy to mei cant be one of these guysbut then again i did launch abasketball like a torpedo so maybei am

14.3 ben is leaning back in hischair thinking

BENmaybe being a super hero wont beso bad you know im sure these guyspick up a lot of girls maybe i canget my own line of action figures

BENbut first i should probablyapologize to wes and tell him hewas right god im never going to

live this down


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Page 15

15.1 ben i s at s chool n ow i n the

caf looking for wes and hefinaly finds him sitting at atable

BEN

hey man mind if i sit here ?

WESwhatever

BENive been thinking maybe your rightabout these superpower things andi know you know alot about thisstuff so i was wondering if youwould help me ?

15.2 wes kind of has a stunned lookin his face

WESi uh of course !!!!!

BENhahaha i knew you would be downfor this im going to need some oneto be my sidekick

15.3 wes looking super excitedwhile he sits with ben

WESive got so many great idea ! meetme at my house tonight

BENwhat kind of ideas ?

WESdont worry about that now just bethere !


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Page 16

16.1 ben is biking towards wes

house

BEN

(thought bubble)i wonder what we are going to bedoing here and what crazy plans myfriend has in store

16.2 he is now in wes backyard withwes where wes has set up someitems on a table

BENwhat is all this stuff ??

WESthis is going to help us figureout how your powers work

BENhows a frisbee going to help withthat ??

WESjust trust me ok pick up thatfrisbee

16.3 ben is now holding thefrisbee in his hand and wesis standing next to him

WESok now just concentrait and launchthat frisbee like you did the ball

at shamus

BENok but i still think this is crazy

WESjust do it !

16.4 ben conentraiting launched thefrisbee at a stack of brickscausing them to explode


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Page 16

16.5 wes is now excited and ben

looks stunned

WES

just as i thought you supercharged that frisbee makingthe atoms unstable and endedup turning it into an explosiveprojectile

BENhow do you know that???

WESphhft and you said comice bookswhere a waste

WESok well we know that you can supercharge onjects now lets see if youcan charge yourself


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Page 17

17.1 ben and wes are now standing

infront of a table with awatermelon on it

WES

ok for this try charging up yourfist and you should be able tosmash up this water melon

BENwes this is crazy

WEScome on just do it!!

17.2 ben c ocks h is f it u p is n owconcetraiting hard and hisfist is now glowing

17.3 ben lets his fist down ontothe watermelon which has nowburst every where

17.4 ben and wes look totallyshocked

BENwoah i didnt think that wouldactually work that was kind ofcool

WES

totally!! ok so you can supercharge your fist and projectilethings that is so badass !!!

17.5 the boys stand besideeachother talking

BENnow what?

WESwhat do you mean now what now wego on patrol!

BENugh are you sure

WESyeah man your a hero now thatswhat they do

BENugh fine


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Page 18

18.1 its night now and the boys are

walking around the warehousedistrict

BEN

wes this is so boring we have beenat this for hours and no criminalsand this mask is starting to makeme itch

WESjust keep the mask on ok i promisenext time ill give you somethingbetter its the best i could do onsuch short notice

18.2 the boys are still arguingwhen they suddenly hear anoise

BENwhy do i need a stupid maskanyways ?

WESare you serious do you wanteveryone to know who you are

18.3 the boys hear a loud noise andgo to investigate

BENwhat the hell was that ??

WES

i dont know lets go investigate

18.4 the boys walk in on awarehouse being raided by someweird looking plant men

BENthose guys look like they are partplant

WESyeah sorta this is weird...anywaysyou gotta go in there this is yourtime to shine

BENthis looks dangerous i dont wantto do this !

18.5 wes pushed ben attracting thecriminals

WESstop being a baby!

BENyour such an ass


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Page 19

19.1 ben stumbles out and is now

just being stared at by thecriminals

BEN

uh hmm halt in the name of the law!

WESthats really the best you couldthink of

BENshut up!

19.2 the criminal that looks likehe is in charge tells theother to attack ben

LEADER CRIMINALwho is this kid ? whatever thedoc wont like this so why dont youidiots go and take care of this !!

19.3 the criminals charge at ben

19.4 ben takes a super chargedswing at the one closest tohim

BENeat this !!! cabbage head !!

19.5 the criminal ends up soaring

and knocking down all theother criminals


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Page 20

20.1 lead criminal looks displeased LEADER CRIMINAL

fools looks like ill take care ofthis myself

20.2 lead criminal starts swingingat ben

BENwho are these guys and why do theylook like plants ?

LEADER CRIMINALshut up kid are im going to tearyou apart

20.3 ben winds up and kicks theleader criminal sending himflying

BENtake that garden salad !! pointfor the good guys !

20.4 the sounds of sirens and theapproaching cops

BENcrap cops we better get out ofhere or things are going to getworse

BENwes come on stop hiding and lets

go!

WESi wasnt hiding ok ! you lookedlike you had things under control

20.5 the boys are scene runningaway from the scene of thecrime just as the cops pull upnarrowlying missing there exit


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Page 21

21.1 the boys are now back in bens

room sitting and out of breath

BEN

that was nuts man did you see mehit those plant guys

WESyeah that was crazy or when youpunted that big guy into the truckor when called him garden saladlike what does that even mean

BENi have no idea i just thought ofit i guess my banter can use somework

21.2 stilling sitting and talkingin bens room

WESyou know your going to need a nameright

BENlike what explosion man ? exploderfist ??

WESthats it !!! exploder !

21.3 ben ponders the name BENhmm exploder eh i like it itreally rolls off the tongue andsounds super tough maybe being asuperhero wont be so bad afterall

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