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Flee-Marquette

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We are also going to have a consolation prize. As soon as the correct answer is posted, we will post this image. ^^ This will start the lightning round where the first person to repeat the winning answer in a post will win $25 cash. So even if you don't have a clue as to how to figure out the puzzle, you can still win just by hanging around and being the fastest to repeat the correct answer! :D

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The rules for the Flee/MCMiles Grails contest are as follows. We are looking for the name

of a real person. The following story is fiction, but the characters are real people. There will

be four picture puzzles that will reveal the clues needed to determine the correct name/answer.

First person to post the final answer (person's name) is the winner. The winner

will receive an X-Men #58 CGC 8.5 and we are adding an X-men 222 CGC 9.4 Marc Silvestri

Signature Series! Good Luck!

 

The Story:

 

If you had any aspirations of being a cartoonist in the 30's, then you dreamed of joining

the bullpen of William Randolph Hearst's King Features Syndicate. Hearst's newspaper

empire launched a significant number of our treasured comic strips. Blondie, Bringing

Up Father, Katzenjammer Kids, Prince Valiant, Flash Gordon, the list is endless. Even

though he kept busy overseeing his empire and rubbing shoulders with heads of state, he

always kept a watchful eye on his beloved "funnies".

 

My grandfather worked in the mailroom of the New York office of King Features. He

sorted the mail into the boxes so the clerks could deliver them floor by floor. It was boring

work and he was on his feet all day, but he was glad to be employed. The highlight of his

day was when correspondence from a certain artist would come in. He was instructed to

put it in a particular slot and it was not to be delivered. None other than Mr Hearst would

come down to the mail room and pick it up himself. Everyone knew that if there was a

letter in that slot, that they better mind their p's and q's, because a visit was imminent. The

curious thing was that he would always look at the artwork, tear it up and then throw it in

the trash right there in the mailroom. On one such visit, while looking at the artwork, he

received an important call and just tossed the strip in the waste basket as he hurried out.

Grandpa fished it out when nobody was looking and took it home with him to his apartment.

 

The art was similar to a lot of the other budding cartoonists looking for work, but for some

reason, this artist was handled differently. Grandpa didn't tell a soul and kept that comic

strip squirreled away in his dresser. Years later,when the turmoil in Europe blew up into a

World War, Grandpa's number got called and he prepared to head off to boot camp. On his

last day of work, he got up the nerve to ask Mr Hearst how come he didn't like that particular

artist. Mr Hearst seem startled, but realizing that the man standing before him was about to

leave to defend his country, he smiled and said "come up to my office after you finish work

today". Later that evening he ran up the flights of stairs to the top floor and was quickly

ushered into a waiting room. A few minutes later, a secretary came out and handed him an

envelope and said that "Mr Hearst was tied up, but he said to give you this and to say that

the answer to your question is contained within."

 

On the subway ride home, Grandpa kept a firm grip on the manila envelope, his mind

racing at the possibilities of who the mystery artist was. Once he arrived home and secured

the locks on the door, he rushed over to the kitchen table, tore open the envelope and

pulled out 4 pictures.......

 

kitchentable2.jpg

 

Grails Game, the "Flee/MCMiles Edition", will begin tomorrow at 12 Noon Eastern Thursday,

Jan 3rd in its own thread.

 

 

Great idea guys! Really looking forward to seeing this play out.

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We have a winner!

 

That was the game I got lucky in last month, and this morning arrived the prize!

 

grailsss18.jpg

 

What a beauty! 9.0, WHITE pages. Shipped all the way to England just for joining in a free, friendly game. I'm constantly amazed at Grails' generosity (worship)

 

 

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Thanks again! (thumbs u

 

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Flee-Marquette

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Finally cashed in my Grails game gift certificate with Quality Comix and got these beauties in today.

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Many thanks to Grails for his generosity, to Brent at Quality for his excellent service and to MCMiles for giving me the opportunity to participate in that wild game!

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Greetings players,

 

As some of you know, I am wrapping up over three years in Iraq next week and returning home. I will be posting with less frequency now as I will only be stateside for about a month before leaving for Central America. I will be there for six months in several countries so I will not have continuous internet access.

 

I have enjoyed hosting Grails Game and will ensure that a game is still posted every month until I return.

 

Charlie

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covert secret mission?

 

:grin: My wife is from that region. We are going to get away from the grind for a while. I will be making a few trips back to the US during that time as needed for HOTG business.

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who's doing the art on the comic? Gene is just doing covers correct?

 

David Gutierrez is doing the book. He has also inked the cover after Gene which is posted in my HOTG thread.

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