Issue 99
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| June 1987: Accurately Inexplicable | |
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| Issue 99 | |
| President | Dave Sim |
| Administrator | Karen McKiel |
| Backgrounds, cover-colour, and tones | Gerhard |
| Circulation | 32,000 |
| Church & State II | |
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Issue Summary
The trial continues with Astoria's definition of truth. She and Bishop Powers argue over Tarim vs. Terim.
Then Astoria detects "echoes" of events in other times. Cerebus taps into the "echoes" as well, seeing Astoria as an male aardvark, and himself as the a female Pontiff figure who looks like Astoria. It seems that disasters surrounding past attempts at Ascension are coming full circle.
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Characters
- Astoria (last seen in issue 98; next appearance in issue 100)
- Bishop Powers (last seen in issue 98; next appearance in issue 100)
- Cerebus (last seen in issue 98; next appearance in issue 100)
- Not named Sepran soldier (last seen in issue 98; next appearance in issue 100)
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Locations
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Artist Notes
If Dave has something to say on the issue, add it here
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Annotations
- p. 2: Astoria's response to 'What is Truth?': "There is but ONE truth. . .birth and rebirth. That which was once. . .is again...and shall be, once more, at its appointed time."
- In issue 160 it is revealed by Suenteus Po that the trial that Cerebus and Astoria are seeing echoes of is a trial in which Po was the aardvark and the Great Andrena was the pontiff figure. Issue 160, p. 8 - 9.
- From an article entitled "'Cerebus' goes bi-weekly to catch up before #100" from Comic Buyer's Guide #701 this issue shipped on June 15, 1987.
