- "I came to sever the vein of information and it all starts here at Eben and Stella Olemaun's home. First I find what she left here. Then I help kill every last one of you."
- ―Agent Norris
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| 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow | |
| Title: | "Return to Barrow" |
| Volume: | 1 |
| Cover price: | $3.99 |
| Cover date: | August, 2004 |
| Publisher: | IDW Publishing |
| Credits | |
| Chief: | Jeff Mariotte |
| Writers: | Steve Niles |
| Pencilers: | Ben Templesmith |
| Inkers: | Ben Templesmith |
| Cover artists: | Ben Templesmith |
| Cover inker: | Ben Templesmith |
| Cover colorist: | Ben Templesmith |
| Colorists: | Ben Templesmith |
| Letterers: | Robbie Robbins |
| Assistants: | Chance Boren; Jeremy Corps |
| Editors: | Jeff Mariotte |
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"Return to Barrow" is the sixth and final issue of the 30 Days of Night: Return to Barrow comic book limited series published by IDW Publishing. The story was written by Steve Niles with interior artwork and painted cover art by Ben Templesmith. It was lettered by Robbie Robbins and edited by Jeff Mariotte with Chance Boren and Jeremy Corps as assistant editors. This issue shipped with a July, 2004 cover date and carries a cover price of $3.99 per copy (US).
"Return to Barrow"[]
John Ikos mans a heavy machine gun and opens fire on the line of vampires advancing towards his squad. He warns his team to stop them from reaching the fence, but Donna Sikorski cries that there are too many of them. John tells another squad member to forget the gun belt and pick up a rifle. One of their number, Korey, goes down as he is shot in the head by an armed vampire.
Meanwhile, Agent Norris walks inside the seemingly empty home of former residents Eben and Stella Olemaun. He spies a black cat, which he kicks, then places his palms on a wall - knowing that somebody is hiding behind it. It is Marcus Kitka, Brian's young son. Norris hisses that Marcus is "going to die very soon". Norris tears the wall down, exposing Marcus' hiding spot. Suddenly, a female vampire appears behind Norris. She whispers "Hello" and "Good-bye", then rips Norris' throat out. Brian Kitka is outside racing towards the house. He stops when he sees Norris' body crashing through the wall. He triggers the hand grenade he had been carrying it and drops it. The explosion finishes Norris off. Brian takes up his handgun and fires at the other vampires outside the house, but they outnumber him. While changing his ammunition, something decimates the vampires, leaving behind only bloody severed limbs. He rushes into the house to find that Marcus is safe. He tells his father that the "lady in the picture" saved him.
Meanwhile, John Ikos, Donna Sikorski, and the others hold the line. Donna gets tagged in the shoulder with a bullet, and runs out of ammo. Werner appears before her, ready to kill. John Ikos approaches from behind and attacks Werner. The vampire turns around and shouts "You dare!", to which Ikos replies, "Yeah. I fucking dare". Werner lunges, and Ikos counters by hurling his hunting knife at him, which strikes the vampire in the middle of the forehead, killing him. John then checks on Donna, who unexpectedly kisses him.
By this point, the survivors of Barrow begin to take notice of the fact that all of the vampires are gone. They have either been torn apart, or have fled. The citizens begin the arduous task of cleaning up their town, burying their dead, and tending to the injured.
John Ikos goes to the Olemaun house and finds Brian and Marcus safe and sound. His eyes grow wide as Eben Olemaun and Stella Olemaun - vampires both, emerge from the shadows. They are the ones who have been conducting hit and run tactics against the vampires. Stella tells John, "Nobody will ever hurt this town again. We will always be watching over you". They silently turn, and disappear back into the shadows.
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