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PANEL 1 (SPLASH): The gym is a shambles. Tetsuko stands in tattered clothes over the forms of the fallen aliens. Ichi, Asrial, and the Zetramen stare dumbfounded at the carnage, and at Tetsuko's cool, collected demeanor.

TETSUKO: Well... THANKS, everyone, but you're TOO LATE. I took care of these goons MYSELF.

PANEL 2: Tetsuko in foreground has a brilliant idea; everyone else is running as fast as the can for b.g.

TETSUKO: BUT, you're just in time to help me CLEAN UP THE MESS...

EVERYONE ELSE: RUN AWAY! RUN AWAY!

COMMENTS: And there you have it. After re-reading it, I do feel a little bit of an urge to go ahead and do finished art for it... but I couldn't really do anything with it. The storyline of the regular NHS series has no doubt moved beyond the situations of the first few issues (Jeremy, Ichi, Asrial and co. have probably graduated high school by now), making the story out of date. But it was fun to look back over this story, and I hope you've enjoyed reading it as well.

"Ninja High School", its associated characters, locations, designs, etc. © Antarctic Press

All other material © 2006 David C. Matthews