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Redridge Express Page 17
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Redridge Express Page 17

on May 11, 2014
Chapter: Book 6: The Redridge Express
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  1. Mumby
    Mumby
    May 11, 2014, 1:29 am | # | Reply

    Oooh. Burn.

    Seriously though, this is great. And also, looks like pride comes before a fall from the look of that harpoon.

  2. Dchil
    Dchil
    May 11, 2014, 6:27 am | # | Reply

    OH NO HER HAT!!!!

    Also hunter, as we have all established, is a sneaky bastard. Bun now that he’s melted one of her pistols she has good reason to start using the brass one as her second pistol while she fights. Caustic Potash rounds and all.
    Also we all see the grappling hook or is it my imagination.

    One thing I do have to question though is how does he keep is gloves from spontaneously combusting? Does he only heat a certain area and can therefore only heat the gun whilst keeping his mittens nice and cool?

  3. Dchil
    Dchil
    May 11, 2014, 6:32 am | # | Reply

    I reckon i’m going to have to do an archive binge after this chapter just so i can get more of the implied action into some of these scenes i’ve read after i caught up a few months ago.

  4. Karyl
    Karyl
    May 11, 2014, 7:25 am | # | Reply

    Oh WOW! the effects of the falling man on fire are just superb! and OUCH on several accounts, not the least of which is Vane and the clonk on the head.

  5. My_Little_Annie
    My_Little_Annie
    May 11, 2014, 7:53 am | # | Reply

    So he DID mean to throw her from the train! He even had an accomplice that he summarily silenced!

    OR… not?

    Vane was able to catch herself before falling. Did Hunter count on that? Hunter *could* have followed up with a molten metal blast to Vane to ensure her death. Instead he napalmed Mr. shovel-wielder, her would-be killer. Sooo maybe he didn’t necessarily mean to kill her?

    Can Vane even “die,” being sort of a fiery undead kinda gal?

    Would Hunter KNOW whether or not she could “die?”

    Is Hunter talking about an accident on a train, or will he create a TRAIN accident?!

    Assuming the big shiny thing isn’t Hunter’s in the first place, and he does not intend to re-create the most expensive silent movie shot, how in the heck does he intend to carry away something that big?

    Is that a wolf in the background?

    OH THE QUESTIONS!!!!!!!

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTnuJo8_D4Y

    • Mike
      Mike
      May 16, 2014, 2:49 pm | # | Reply

      Probably a coyote, or a mix. Wolves tend to stay clear of human things.

  6. Maryz
    Maryz
    May 11, 2014, 9:33 am | # | Reply

    She uses gunpowder in her bullets doesn’t she? How come that pistol didn’t explode when he melted it?

    • StupendousMan88
      StupendousMan88
      May 11, 2014, 10:07 pm | # | Reply

      She uses a chemical compound (can’t remember the specific one) that combusts in water in a pistol with a brass reciever. Her normal pistols are the ones with white metal recievers.

      • StupendousMan88
        StupendousMan88
        May 11, 2014, 10:08 pm | # | Reply

        Beg pardon for the misspelled “receivers”.

      • Dchil
        Dchil
        May 12, 2014, 1:53 am | # | Reply

        He melted one of her normal pistols.
        You can see him take it from her in the last page.

  7. SGCEO
    SGCEO
    May 11, 2014, 3:20 pm | # | Reply

    *PTONK* 🙂

  8. Tie Toter
    Tie Toter
    May 11, 2014, 4:17 pm | # | Reply

    It is amazing that you can get that much action into six panels…
    Once again a wonderful update.
    Thanks, Erin.
    And happy Mother’s Day.

  9. StupendousMan88
    StupendousMan88
    May 11, 2014, 11:22 pm | # | Reply

    Miss Black looks irate in the third panel. Maybe “irate” is too light a word.

  10. Arnly
    Arnly
    May 12, 2014, 8:51 pm | # | Reply

    Wow. I have to come back when I have more time and ponder these. There is a lot happening in these panels (like Tie Toter said!).

    You must have grinned at my mention of Ms Black’s hat’s longevity, given the loss here.

    And it’s another testament not only to her quick thinking, but to her resilience immediately after a shovel to the head (great sound effect – works perfectly for the sound of a shovel) that she can get off the grappling hook that fast.

  11. Arnly
    Arnly
    May 12, 2014, 8:55 pm | # | Reply

    Oh – and I can’t think of a more dramatic camera angle for the hat-loss shot than from below the coupling. Wonderful as usual. I can hear the train wheels and the wind suddenly deafening from there. It makes the “Ptonk!” that much louder over all that noise.

  12. Craythey
    Craythey
    May 16, 2014, 2:41 pm | # | Reply

    I don’t know if this has been asked before, Erin, but I was curious if John Henry Hunter’s name comes from John Henry “Doc” Holliday.

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