Fringe Preview Comic
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| Fringe 2008 Convention Exclusive | |
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| Number | Prequel |
| Release Date | July 2008 |
| Writers | J.J. Abrams Roberto Orci Alex Kurtzman Jeff Pinkner |
| Artist | Tom Mandrake |
| Colorist | Carrie Strachan |
| Letterer | Wes Abbott |
| Editors | Ben Abernathy Hank Kanalz |
| Next Issue | Fringe #1 |
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The Fringe Preview Comic (officially titled "Fringe 2008 Convention Exclusive") is the prequel to the six-part FRINGE comic book series from WildStorm Productions. It was distributed as a freebie at the San Diego Comic-Con convention in July 2008.
Being that the comic book series itself has been advertised as being a prequel, this preview comic can be considered a "prequel to the prequel." The issue also contains full-page photos of the main characters of the TV series, along with vital information for each.
Synopsis
Professor Ku (not seen) of the National University of Singapore gives a presentation on a series of unexplained phenomena, all of which point to The Pattern.
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Phenomena
The phenomena described by Professor Ku in his lecture are as follows:
Dead Cattle with Human Organs
On December 22, 2007, in a ranch 27 miles outside of Topeka, Kansas, 210 healthy head of cattle die. Autopsies reveal that the carcasses all contain human organs.
Moratuwa Tsunami Disaster
On March 8, 2008, off the southwest coast of Sri Lanka, a high-pitched frequency badly damages a fishing boat, shattering windows and disabling the engine. This occurs just moments after a plane of unknown origin and design flew close to the ocean's surface at high speed.
An hour later, an offshore earthquake measuring 8.7 on the Richter scale creates a tsunami that wipes out the nearby city of Moratuwa, Sri Lanka, killing 83,000 people. There are no aftershocks, as no one outside of Moratuwa experiences or feels any effects of the tsunami or earthquake.
Adam Sears
On April 24, 1998, a boy named Adam Sears disappeared from a church parking lot in Chicago. He is found a decade later asleep in the loading dock of a pharmaceutical factory outside Munich, Germany, and is returned to his family exactly 10 years after he was reported lost. He hasn't aged a day, nor does he have any memories of anything that happened over the last decade. In Pilot, it is revealed that 46 other kids - including John Thompson - were also reported missing in 1998, only to turn up halfway around the world in 2008, without having aged.
Navy Coordinates
On May 11, 2008, 87-year-old Javier Aguilar wakes up from a 23-year coma, unable to talk nor communicate. However, he writes down a series of seemingly random numbers, which turn out to be precise real-time coordinates of every U.S. Navy ship in the Pacific at the moment he woke up.
The Taylor Incident
This occurs July 19, 2008 in Portland, Oregon. Although this issue doesn't go into great detail about this incident, the drawings indicate that it involves a birth gone horribly wrong. After the delivery, the baby is placed in the arms of the mother, who becomes horrified at what she sees. Professor Ku indicates that this incident will be described in detail that afternoon, "from a neonatal perspective."
Unanswered Questions
| Theories about these unanswered questions should be placed and read at Fringe Preview Comic/Theories |
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- Is the "Taylor Incident" the same as the "Alcott Incident" in The Same Old Story?
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