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"I've conquered the six to twelve minute barrier. I've conquered brain death!"
Herbert West
"Re-Animator"
Re-Animator 2
Re-Animator
Title: "Re-Animator"
Volume: 1
Number: 2
Cover price: $2.95
Cover date: December, 1991
Publisher: Adventure Comics
Credits
Chief: Chris Ulm
Writers: Steven Philip Jones
Pencilers: Christopher Jones
Inkers: Christopher Jones
Cover artists: Lurene Haines
Cover inker: Lurene Haines
Cover colorist: Lurene Haines
Colorists: Michelle Mach
Letterers: Joseph Allen
Assistants: Dan Danko
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"Re-Animator" is the second issue of a three-issue Re-Animator comic book limited series published by Adventure Comics - an imprint of Malibu Graphics. The story was written by Steven Philip Jones with artwork by Christopher Jones. It was colored by Michelle Mach, lettered by Joseph Allen and features a painted cover illustrated by Lurene Haines. This issue shipped with a December, 1991 cover date and carries a cover price of $2.95 per copy (US).

Synopsis[]

Cat throwing

That's a bad kitty!

Dan and Herbert skulk about the basement of Dan's house, looking for Rufus. Dan has a baseball bat, and Herbert is wielding a croquet mallet. Rufus leaps out of the shadows and slams into Dan, knocking him to the ground. Dan wrestles with the undead animal before slamming it into a wall where it splatters. After taking a moment to breathe, Dan stitches up Herbert's facial injury. West places the ruined cat into a tray and withdraws his special reagent formula. He tells Dan about conquering the six to twelve minute window governing brain death, then tells him about his work with Hans Gruber in Zürich. Implying that he tested his formula on his still-living mentor, Herbert recalls how Doctor Gruber went into a mad frenzy and tore out his own eyes. As a result, West was asked to leave the school.

Birth is always painful

Birth is always painful.

Dan doesn't believe Herbert West and thinks he just used some form of trickery on Rufus. Herbert asks him if he believes the cat is currently dead. Then he injects him with his reagent. The carcass comes to life, but makes a horrific sound. West punctuates the grisly scene by saying, "Birth is always painful". Unfortunately for both of them, Megan Halsey enters the basement and sees the grotesque Rufus. Dan rushes her out of the room.

Corpse test

"This guy looks good!"

On October 13th, Doctor Harrod tells Dan that he is to report to Dean Halsey's office. Megan had told her father about what she had witnessed at Dan's house with the cat. Dan tells Dean Halsey about Herbert West's experiments in reanimating dead animal tissue. The Dean is unhappy and tells Dan that he is pulling his grant and loan funding. Furthermore, he is no longer to see his daughter, Megan. Doctor Carl Hill is present and could not be happier. A grin creeps across his mouth at the notion of Megan's availability. Dan spots this furtive look and tells Hill to stay away from Megan.

Dan's in trouble

Dan's in trouble.

Later, Dan smuggles Herbert West into the morgue at Miskatonic University by hiding him under a sheet on a rolling gurney. They scavenge through the cadavers looking for one that would be appropriate to test Hebert's reagent upon. They find a corpse that may have expired from heart failure, but is otherwise a perfect physical specimen. They inject him with Reagent and the thing springs to undead life and runs amok.

He's a biter

Watch out! He's a biter!"

Dean Halsey comes to the medical center with Megan looking for Dan. Doctor Harrod directs him towards the morgue, but indicates that Megan has to stay in the waiting area. Halsey goes to the morgue and begins banging on the locked door. The reanimate, gifted with superhuman strength, pushes the heavy steel door off its hinges, which lands on top of Halsey. The creature attacks Halsey, slamming him against a wall and biting off his fingers. Herbert West comes up behind them with a drill and drives it through the reanimate causing it to collapse. The dean however, is dead. Herbert West sees this as a perfect opportunity.

Shortly thereafter, Doctor Carl Hill arrives at the medical school. Doctor Harrod has called him in on an urgent matter, and tells him that Dean Halsey came here in search of Dan Cain. She further tells him that Halsey apparently went insane and attacked Dan's roommate. When Hill gets to the morgue, he finds Dan there with Herbert West and Megan. Dean Halsey is crouched in the corner of the room with blood across his face. He has been reanimated.

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