JackHammer: The Corn Maze Monster

Page 1

Panel 1
Jack is sitting on a bus seat, it's a close up profile of him from the knees up. He's got his head against the window with a bored/tired expression.
He's thinking "I finally get to head home for some good 'ol R&R."

Panel 2
We see what he sees looking out of the window. The angle can either be showing the back of his head, or just the view from the window. If it's the back of his head then we can be fancy and see a transparent reflection of his face on the glass.
The view is of two supers fighting a villain. Let's say it's Appladay and Bees Knees fighting Pussywillow just for the sake of it. Appladay is using his burning apple breath and Bees Knees is midair coming down towards her.
Jack is thinking "Oh..."

Panel 3
Jack is sitting up in his bus seat holding his bag in his lap now.
He's thinking "Do I need to join in?"

Panel 4
He's put the bag back down to his feet and thinking "No, they've got this."



Page 2

Panel 1
Jack is exiting the bus. He's on the final step of the stairs from the door. His back is slung over his shoulder.
He's thinking "I wonder if anything's changed around here."
From off panel someone calls his name "Jack!"

Panel 2
It's a floating panel of the two men standing side-by-side doing a secret handshake.
Jack: "My man! You beat me home, Kurt!"

Panel 3
The two of them are walking down the sidewalk chit-chatting. There's a movie theater in the background with the listings showing Halloween movies so we establish what season it is.
Jack: "So what's happening? Still all quiet on the homefront?"

Panel 4
Close up of Kurt scratching his head
Kurt: "Well, not exactly. Keep your eyes peeled and you'll spot them soon enough."
Jack: "Spot what?"

Panel 5
The POV is from either behind them or from the side. Kurt is pointing up at a floating robot eyeball drone.
Kurt: "That. Those things have been everywhere for the past two days."



Page 3

Panel 1
A close up of the robot eyeball drone hovering in the sky. Ominously.
Jack (off panel): "What is that?"
Kurt (off panel): "A drone, I think. I feel like I've seen those before somewhere, but I can't place them."

Panel 2
Jack is shrugging. Kurt is waving goodbye.
Jack: "It'll come to you. I gotta catch up with my folks, but I'll see ya at the fair tonight."
Kurt: "Alright man, peace!"

Panel 3
Jack is watching the sky, there are more drones circling the city. The angle is pointed upwards so
Jack (thinking): "I sure hope it's nothing."



Page 4

Panel 1
Establishing shot of the county fair. There are tents, games, a ferris wheel, a corn maze.
Narration box: "Later that night..."

Panel 2
Jack is eating a corn dog or some cotton candy while watching some big strong dudes wearing matching uniforms haul a big box into a tent.
Jack: "Well dang, looks like they got some extra help this year."
From off panel he hears a "Come on!"

Panel 3
Jack is watching a little kid struggling to lift the mallet for a strength test game. The carnie running it is smiling, trying not to laugh since the mallet is bigger than the kid.
Carnie: "Don't hurt yourself, kid."

Panel 4
Jack is knelt down next to the kid, his hand is on the mallet head.
Jack: "You gotta life with your legs, not you back. Stand more like this."

Panel 5
Jack's hand is still on the mallet head, the kid has taken a wider stance.

Panel 6
Jack has let go of the mallet head and the kid has swung the mallet upward above his head very suddenly and much to his and the carnie's surprise

Panel 7
The kid has slammed the mallet down with incredible speed, enough to make the weight shoot all the way up to the bell.



Page 5

Panel 1
Jack is in the background as the kid is walking away with his prize. The carnie is holding the mallet looking at it like what the hell just happened.
There's a narration box next to Jack reading
"JackHammer"
"He can manipulate the mass of any object he touches making it lighter than air or heavy as a mountain! The effect only lasts a moment after he breaks contact, but he can cancel the effect sooner at will."

Panel 2
Kurt appears behind Jack with a hand on his shoulder. They're both smiling or laughing.
Kurt: "Heh, I saw that."
Jack: "You know that game was rigged anyway."

Panel 3
Kurt has his smartphone out and they're both looking at it.
Kurt: "Remember those drones? Check this out."

Panel 4
The phone's screen is taking up the panel, there's an embedded video on a thread in "/su/ - super heroes"
In the video there's the same logo as the drone and KillFeed makes his appearance. He's sitting in a chair at a desk with "KillFeed" written across it.
KF: "Tune in for a special Halloween unmasking!"

Panel 5
Kurt is putting his phone away and Jack looks concerned/annoyed.
Jack: "Aw man."
Kurt: "Keep your guard up Jack, this guy's no joke."



Page 6

Panel 1
Jack is rubbing the back of his head.
Jack: "Do you think I should just bail? If he's after me, I don't want him ruining everyone else's evening."

Panel 2
Kurt looks like he's about to say something, but is cut off by an announcement from off panel.
"Ladies and gentlemen! May I have your attention, please!"

Panel 3
One of the tents has dropped revealing a giant jumbotron screen with KillFeed on it doing a double thumbs up to point at himself.
KF: "Welcome one and all! I am your host, KillFeed! Thank you for joining me tonight for another episode of Under the Cowl! Where we unmask those colorful costumed capes for the world to know!"

Panel 4
Jack and Kurt exchange glances as KillFeed continues off panel
KF: "For tonight's broadcast we'll be unmasking the recent upstart who has been making waves: JackHammer! We have it on good authority that his hometown must be nearby and have prepared something special for him!"

Panel 5
KillFeed is standing to one side so the screen is mostly taken up by some kids tied up under the blades of a farming combine.
KF: "Some lovely hostages, located conveniently in the center of your local county fair's corn maze!"



Page 7

Panel 1
Both Jack and Kurt are visibly enraged. Kurt has a tight grip on Jack's shoulder to keep him from running off.
KF (off panel): "And if anyone else tries to upstage the star of tonight's program, I have a wonderful selection of henchmen patrolling the maze who would be happy to add you to our hostage collection! That's all for now!"

Panel 2
The corn maze's entrance is all lit up and both Jack and Kurt are staring into it.
Jack: "He knows I'm here. If I show up as JackHammer he'll just pin my identity from his drone cameras!"
Kurt: "I'm right there with you man, this is one hell of a trap."

Panel 3
Kurt is holding up a scarecrow. It has a jack-o-lantern head, straw coat, straw hat. He's showing it to Jack.
Kurt: "Hear me out, what if JackHammer DOESN'T make an appearance? Catch my drift?"

Panel 4
Kurt his shoving the scarecrow into Jack's arms.
Kurt: "Great. Now get changed while I get you some privacy!"

Panel 5
Kurt is now in the background running alongside the boarders of the maze, the drones are following him.


Page 8

Panel 1
A goon is patrolling the maze. He has a flashlight gun combo and a radio. Something is rustling in the corn surrounding him and he's going to investigate.

Panel 2
He has his gun/light illuminating a scarecrow in the field and is on his radio.
Goon: "All clear here, just corn and scarecrows. Over."
Radio: "Copy. Circle back around to double check. Some dumb kid tried to make a run at the maze. Over."

Panel 3
As the goon is walking away the scarecrow is now standing right behind him, arms outstretched like it's about to grab his neck.



Page 9

Panel 1
An establishing shot of the center of the corn maze. There's the combine, goons surrounding the perimeter, and a large van with a satellite on top. This panel can be removed if you think it is unnecessary.

Panel 2
KillFeed is in his broadcasting van looking at the array of monitors and checking the time.
KF is speaking into his radio "The hero should be making his entrance any minute now. Start up the combine to speed him along."

Panel 3
KillFeed is still sitting in his van looking at the screens. Nothing has changed. The idea here is the silence is telling him something has gone wrong.

Panel 4
KillFeed is exiting his van. One arm up in the air waving at his men, the other arm grabbing the side of the van. One leg on the ground, the other still in the back of the van.
KF: "Hello?! I said start up the machine! What's the hold up, men? We're still doing a show!

Panel 5
One of the crew answers him out of the group just standing around looking at each other.
Goon: "The guy on combine duty just went missing."
KF: "Well fantastic! That means the hero is here, go find him!"

Panel 6
The goons disperse into the corn, one of them is carrying a TV camera on his shoulder.



Page 10

Panel 1
The goons are out in the corn flashing their lights everywhere. They hear a scream in the distance.

Panel 2
The goons have arrived with their lights and camera pointing at the ground. There's a human head sitting there. It's not moving. They're all surrounding it not paying attention to their rears as the scarecrow is closing in on another one.
Goon 1: "Holy fuck! He beheaded Bill!
Goon 2: "Boss... that was the guy on combine duty."

Panel 3
KillFeed is sitting in his van with one of the screens showing the head. He's up out of his seat and staring closely at it.
KF: "Decapitation's not JackHammer's M.O. Book it, boys. Back to base."

Panel 4
There are fewer goons there now. Two left to be exact. The one holding the camera and one with a gun.
Goon: "Where'd everyone go?"

Panel 5
The two goons are running through the corn now. The one with the camera keeps running even when he hears a yell from behind him.

Panel 6
The screen showing the feed from the camera in KF's van now just shows the corn sideways since the camera has been dropped and there are only screams coming over the radio.



Page 11

Panel 1
Jack has a hand on a goon's head. Maybe there's some waves coming out of his hand to show he's using his powers. The waves are also coming out of his foot into the ground.

Panel 2
The goon is shoved into the ground up to his neck. The ground was made soft and the goon was made heavy to make it happen.

Panel 3
Jack is emerging from the corn into the center clearing. The van is in his sights.
Jack (thinking): "That's the last of the henchmen, now for their boss."

Panel 4
Jack has opened up the back of the van. There's a chair facing the lit up monitors, many of which are now displaying static. It's a high contrast between light and dark.

Panel 5
Jack has his hands on the back of the chair.

Panel 6
He spins it around and there's a dummy in the chair.



Page 12

Panel 1
The screens all are all displaying Jack now, it's all him in his pumpkin head scarecrow costume.

Panel 2
Click. KillFeed has a gun pressed up against Jack's back.
KF: "Splendid performance. Very on-season. But it's time for the main event, the big reveal, the unmasking of JackHammer!"

Panel 3
Jack is standing very still as KillFeed reaches for the pumpkin head.
Jack asks "JackHammer?"

Panel 4
KillFeed hesitates. One of his arms is shaking like he's struggling to hold his gun.

Panel 5
KillFeed's arm drops the ground, his hand is pinned under his gun which now weighs like a ton.
Jack is now reaching for KillFeed.
Jack: "JackHammer's on vacation."

Panel 6
Jack has placed a hand on KillFeed causing his entire body to become too heavy to support.
Jack: "I'm Jack-o-lantern."



Page 13

Panel 1
The kids are free and the cops have surrounded the area.

Panel 2
Jack still has a hand on KF to keep him pinned. KF is still struggling to move, his hand is creeping closer to his mask.
KF: "That's it for this episode of Under the Cowl folks. So sorry I wasn't able to deliver the big reveal I promised, but..."

Panel 3
It's a close up of KillFeed's static mask. His hand has managed to reach a button on the side of it.
KF: "If there's one thing people absolutely love about a good show... IT'S A SEQUEL!"

Panel 4
The static from KF's mask is flying out of it and into the screens in the van. Jack is unable to stop this.

Panel 5
The satellite shoots a beam up into space which is KF escaping.

Panel 6
Jack is staring up at the stars. The pumpkin mask concealing his expression.

Panel 7
He walks off into the corn before anyone could notice or question him.



Page 14

Panel 1
Jack and Kurt are back at the fair grounds sitting at a picnic table. Jack is back in his regular clothes.
Kurt: "So he got away. Didn't know he could move through TVs."
Jack: "I don't think anyone did."

Panel 2
Kurt has his phone out looking at a stream.
Kurt: "That live stream really blew up. You're a regular horror movie monster!"
Jack (sarcastically): "Maybe I have a career in acting ahead of me. You never know."

Panel 3
Jack and Kurt are laughing.
Kurt: "Maybe you've started a new urban legend!"

Panel 4
Jack brings the mood back down.
Jack: "That guy was bad news. How'd he know where I was going to be?"
Kurt: "He's got all kinds of sources. No way that's the last we'll see of him."

Panel 5
Jack is watching the kids reunited with their parents happily chatting away.
Jack: "Heroing isn't supposed to be easy. I'm just glad none of them got hurt."
Kurt: "Yeah man, that's what it's all about."