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I’d like to welcome to the HeroesARG family two new writers. MrScaryMuffin and Sarah will be commenting on the graphic novels, discussing their different [or same] opinions on each week’s novel, hopefully bringing to light different parts of the novel, maybe making us put a little more thought into them. Please welcome them and let them know how they’re doing. — Frank

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Clever title, I didn’t really give it much thought until I started writing this.

Hello all, I’m MrScaryMuffin and, along with Sarah, I will be commenting on the weekly graphic novels. Let’s hope that the writer’s strike won’t interfere with the consistent run of the comics.

This week’s comic has the good grace to further confusticate our notions of one Richard Drucker. Insofar, the ARG has provided us with a bunch of information about Drucker before slowly stripping each “fact” of their validity. I’ll admit that this guy has got me well perplexed. I no longer know if he was in Bhutan the whole time or he planted Goose to impersonate him while he continued gallivanting across the globe in his particular style. Even when Goose mentions that they stuck around for fifteen years, I feel that the “they” is purposefully ambiguous.

We learn eventually that Drucker was flying the plane when it crashed. His comment at the end of the first page tells us that Goose did not know of Drucker’s plans until after the crash. The computer in Goose’s (Geese?) room suggests that he and Drucker may be maintaining contact. That is, Drucker is giving instructions and Goose is able to let Drucker know if anyone is out looking for him. Goose seems like a nice, mellow guy in his cavalier readiness to accept any given situation. Pity he’s dead.

I already mentioned this, but I really like the title. The Golden Goose obviously refers to the way Goose died, but it also draws our attention to what everyone is after: the wild chase for that nugget of “truth”. As well, it could also refer to the all-important clue of Drucker’s whereabouts, something as valuable as gold. Or more valuable, if you get as much of the yellow stuff as Bob does.

Speaking of Bob, I wonder if I was the only person who had a hard time pinning him. I have no real complaints about the art style, but I feel that the slight unrecognizable quality of Bob in his first appearance in this novel added an unnecessary confusion in an already confusing plotline. He seems skinnier in the comic, which is funny since, in the easter egg, his pose prominently portrays his protruding portliness.

The next volume is “Villains” and it seems that our attention is being drawn towards the antagonistic side of characters; in this case, Bob. This is suggested through last week’s hint of Adam’s eventual escape from earthworm heaven and Drucker emerging as a crazy-eyed schizophrenic.