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MONOLITH #3
Cover Date: June 2004
Cover Price: $2.95
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Cover Credits:
Art: Phil Winslade (Signed)
Colors: Chris Chuckry (Signed)
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Credits:
| Story | Jimmy Palmiotti, Justin Gray |
| Art | Phil Winslade |
| Lettering | Phil Balsman |
| Colors | Chris Chuckry |
| Color separations | Chris Chuckry |
| Assistant editing | Harvey Richards |
| Editing | Joey Cavalieri |
Feature Character(s):
Supporting Character(s):
- Alice Cohen II
- Tilt
- Alice Cohen I (in flashback following flashback in issue #9)
- Han (in flashback following flashback in issue #9)
- Rabbi Rava (flashback between flashback in issue #9 and flashback in #4)
Villain(s):
- Prince (dies)
- Fuji (dies) : Various unnamed smugglers (first appearance; in flashback; all die)
- An unnamed child molester (first appearance; in flashback; dies)
Other Character(s):
- Maria Fiori (first appearance; a landlady and Tommy and Ian's mother; in flashback)
- Thomas "Tommy" Fiori (Maria's eldest boy; injured behind the scenes in flashback)
- Ian Fiori (first appearance; Tommy's brother; in flashback)
- D-Tox (first appearance; a gang member)
- Pop Fly (first appearance; a gang member)
- The unnamed prostitute
Comment(s):
- This story has two running plots. One set in the modern day and one set in the Prohibition-era.
- Story continued from the previous issue
Synopsis: - In 1933, The Monolith has walked the streets of New York for a year, protecting the weak and killing those he considers guilty. His actions are increasingly violent and unnecessary. While attacking a group of smugglers, he cripples an otherwise, innocent boy. Alice's grandmother, Han, and Rabbi Rava realize they must put a stop to their creation. They wall him up and bind him with Kabalistic magic so he can't escape.
In the present day, Alice and Tilt are trapped in the basement as Prince and Fuji prepare to kill them. Alice breaks down the wall, but the magic prevents The Monolith from escaping. Prince shoots and wounds Alice, her blood splattering across the Monolith. This frees the golem who attacks Prince and Fuji. In the fracas, Fuji is killed. The Monolith wants to kill Prince, but Alice prevents him. Instead, they let Prince go threatening to kill him if he ever comes back. Prince is then conveniently kill by gang-bangers he ran afoul of.