Issue 156
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| March 1992: Mind Game V | |
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| President | Dave Sim |
| Vice-President | Gerhard |
| Typesetting | Linda Berzins |
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Synopsis
Cerebus in the Seventh Sphere. He sees pass the illusions when he keeps saying the voices he hears isn't the real Suenteus Po. When he gets past the illusions he decides to go up.
Fret MacMury calms the Pigts and we see their idol - it's left ear has fallen off. The two Judges continue to argue about who is who. Cirin gets a report on Punisheroach.
Hammond talks to Mrs Thatcher about having to rebuild the sphere mold.
Characters
- Cerebus (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 157)
- Cirin (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 158)
- Elf (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 157)
- Evil Twin Judge (last seen in issue 155; final appearance)
- Fret Mac Mury (last seen in issue 5; final appearance)
- General Greer (first appearance; next appearance in issue 165)
- Harmon Blakely (last seen in issue 102; next appearance in issue 157)
- Judge (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 157)
- K'Cor (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 158)
- Mr. Hammond (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 161)
- Mrs Thatcher (last seen in issue 154; next appearance in issue 158)
- Suenteus Po (last seen in issue 155; next appearance in issue 157) As disembodied voice
Locations
Artist Notes
1992 USEnet Interview
Jeff: What is the year at this point in the story line? Unless the snow is out of season I would guess that it is early in the winter of 1415-16 but enough unusual things have happened that it could be as late as 1418.
Dave: As of Cerebus #156, it is, indeed early winter of 1415-16.
Back up material
Central Hotel Varanasi (Gillette) short story (12)
Annotations
- The cover to this Mind Games issue is very similar to the cover for issue 28.
- When Po asks the rhetorical question You might as well ask "how high the moon?" Cerebus responds The Moon? Two Hundred and thirty thousand miles...
- Cover: This cover is very similar in style to that of issue 28, the last time that Suenteus Po appeared. (Alexx)
- 3: Fret Mac Mury was last heard from in issue 67, where he was revealed to be a political opponent of Bran Mak Mufin and of Cerebus. (Alexx)
- 5: "Fake Regency Elf" Quite probably the FRE *was* Suenteus Po, or at least an aspect of him (see 158 for more details). (Alexx)
- 8: "This isn't the Seventh Sphere." Unclear why Cerebus is so certain of this. See notes to issue 157 for more discussion. (Alexx)
- 10: "rooting for Weisshaupt" (107, p.7). (Alexx)
- 13: "infertiles" In a society where citizenship is based upon live birth, infertiles are clearly second-class citizens. (Alexx)
- 15: "Goddess of life eternal" K'Cor was not previously known to worship a goddess. Whether this goddess is to be identified with Terim is unclear. His Sacred Venusian Death-Symbol appears to be about 70 percent complete, judging from the blueprints in issue 9, p.10. (Alexx)
- 20: "You told Cerebus" (20, p.7). (Alexx)
