{"id":1220,"date":"2010-12-03T16:09:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-03T21:09:02","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/?p=1220"},"modified":"2010-12-03T16:09:02","modified_gmt":"2010-12-03T21:09:02","slug":"day-64-kalibaks-beta-club","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/2010\/12\/03\/day-64-kalibaks-beta-club\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 64: Kalibak’s Beta-Club!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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“Terror from Apokolips!<\/em> And it can have no greater force than in the arrival of Kalibak the Cruel!”<\/p>\n

And when the eldest son of Darkseid and half-brother of Orion comes on the scene, you can bet your Mother Box that Kalibak will be wielding his dreaded Beta-Club, with its agonizing Nerve Beam capability!<\/p>\n

It’s a weapon we see when Orion first encounters his sibling in this adventure and, a little bit later, as the Tormentor aims it at the fierce new god. “How high<\/em> is your threshold of pain, Orion!<\/em>” barks the troll-like beast. “This Nerve<\/em> Beam from my Beta-Club will test you!”<\/p>\n

The next caption states: “Turned on to full<\/em> power, the Nerve Beam can cause an army<\/em> to writhe in agony!<\/em> But quick<\/em> use of the Astro-Force<\/em> smothers its total effect!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Though Orion absorbs a portion of the impact, still “My body is afire<\/em> as if with a mortal<\/em> wound,” thinks our hero. Needless to say, Kalibak’s half-brother survives.<\/p>\n

As Orion and his new Earth allies depart Apokolips via Boom Tube, Kalibak hurls his Beta-Club at the retreating guests, but the weapon falls just short of connecting and the Tube dissipates.<\/p>\n

We next see the club briefly in “Spawn” and then, in spectacular fashion, during “The Death Wish of Terrible Turpin,” from the cover and splash page inward, where Jack calls it a “Blast-Club.”<\/p>\n

Kalibak uses his weapon to smash into Dave Lincoln’s apartment and splinter the cop’s furniture. Then the Beta-Club blasts Metropolis police officers, including Detective Sergeant Daniel Turpin, who brazenly takes on Kalibak, only to get beaten to a pulp. Orion flies in with Lightray to save “Terrible” Turpin, who is being flung about like a rag doll by Kalibak.<\/p>\n

Then, in a great Kirby panel of elemental ferocity, Kalibak smashes his club upside Orion’s head and, in the next, square down atop his helmet. Brutal! <\/em>Kalibak turns on Lightray and is about to bludgeon the young new god when Orion grasps his half-brother’s truncheon and, with “overwheming” fierceness, the foster son of Highfather twists the Beta-Club from the beast-man’s grasp.<\/p>\n

Then, in a classic Kirby page, Orion begins to incurvate the Beta-Club with his bare hands. “Now, by what I do<\/em>, you many well get a glimpse<\/em> of inner<\/em> fires that burn with forces unmatched<\/em> by your fire-pits!”<\/p>\n

Kalibak is dumbfounded, sputtering, “My club — I-it’s beginning to –”<\/p>\n

“To bend!<\/em> To crack!<\/em>” says Orion. “To break loose from the sinister energies that bind its atoms as one<\/em> unit!”<\/p>\n

The club strains until… “KRAAK!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

“No! No!<\/em>” screams Kalibak, “Impossible! It can’t be happening!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

But it is. Orion tears apart the weapon, shards flying. “It would take all the might of Darkseid<\/em> himself to do that!!” Kalibak stammers. “You’re a monster<\/em>, Orion!!”<\/p>\n

Grim Orion responds, “Behold a more painful<\/em> truth! — The broken<\/em> fragments of your club!!”<\/p>\n

“SKKATTCH!<\/em>”<\/p>\n

Then, a piece of the disabled weapon in each hand, Orion jams them into the sides of Kalibak’s head, and, well, let’s just say a world-class Super-War donnybrook ensues! That unprecedented “Death of a Weapon” sequence is, of course, the last we see of Kalibak’s Beta-Club!<\/p>\n

Wowza!<\/em><\/p>\n

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