Quantum and Woody Vol 3 4

What's the deal with the goat?

-- Negative One

Solicitation[]

There are bad dads. And then there’s Rutherford Van Chelton…

They went looking for Woody’s birth father…and they’re about to wish they didn’t! Woody’s pop has left a long trail of broken promises and broken bottles behind him across the decades. Now, Quantum and Woody – the world’s worst superhero team, currently estranged – are thousands of miles from home, riding shotgun across Australia with the human dive bar that forever changed the course of both their lives. Will the senior Van Chelton convert his long-lost son to his hard-traveling ways? And can Quantum take on an older, smarter, and slightly more inebriated version of his unpredictable partner?

Valiant’s high-energy superheroes are hitting the road for a once-in-a-lifetime family reunion as rising star Daniel Kibblesmith (The Late Show with Stephen Colbert) and eye-popping artist Kano (Daredevil) bring “KISS KISS, KLANG KLANG” south of the equator!

Issue #4[]

Appearances[]

Featured Characters:

Quantum and Woody
- Eric "Quantum" Henderson
- Woodrow "Woody" Henderson

Supporting Characters:

The Company Men
Keith (Head of security; with a broken arm, an injured eye, and a tooth knocked out)
Rutherford Van Chelton
Vincent Van Goat (Cameo)

Villains:

Kid Tesla / Nikolai "Nicky" Tesla-Greenblatt III (First appearance)
Negative One
Thedge the Hedge

Other Characters:

13 Cabs driver
Derek Henderson (Mentioned only)
Doctor Unfathomable (Flashback only)
E.R.A. (hologram)
- Thomas Edison (hologram)
Lucy Van Chelton (Woody's mom) (Mentioned only)
Nikolai Tesla (as hologram(p))
Spice Girls (Mentioned only)
- Scary Spice (in a way... not mentioned)
- Sporty Spice (also kinda... not mentioned)
- Ninja Spice (definitely... not mentioned)
United States Government (Mentioned only)

Locations:

Australia (down under)
- Sydney
  - Sydney Opera House (down under, still)
Pacific Ocean (map, and above)
Washington, D.C.
- Wherehouse

Items:

A tooth
Blue potato chips
Bō stick
Doomsday Device (hologram)
The Epsilon Box (Mentioned only)
Goat food
Quantum Bands
The Sway Gun (Wherehouse Item #114-65) (First appearance)
Woody's guitar (Rutherford's got one, too)
World Peace, Phase One

Vehicles:

13 Cabs (it's just one actually)
Private jet (on auto-hedge)

Credits[]

Writers: Daniel Kibblesmith
Pencilers: Kano
Inkers: Kano
Colorists: Kano
Letterers: Dave Sharpe
Cover Artists: Julian Totino Tedesco (A), Geoff Shaw & Gabe Eltaeb (B), Nick Pitarra & Michael Garland (Pre-Order), Jen Bartel (Meme), Geoff Shaw & Gabe Eltaeb (1:20), Fred Hembeck (1:50)
Editors: David Menchel (assistant), Danny Khazem, Charlotte Greenbaum
Editor-in-Chief: Warren Simons
Quantum & Woody created by MD Bright and Priest

Chapter Headings[]

Where were we?
Insert whatever the biggest hip-hop anthem at whatever time you're reading this.
Oh crap, we forgot to do a flashback sequence. Oh well, this next part is important.
Ron Howard voice: "It wasn't."

Synopsis[]

This article does not have a synopsis recorded yet.

Notes[]

The "meme" cover by Jen Bartel is a homage to the "Three Wolf Moon" meme.

Pre-Order Edition[]

The "Pre-Order Edition" of Quantum and Woody (2017) #4 contains the following extra material:

Cover Klangs: Sketch and final of issues #3-4 (regular cover A's by Julian Totino Tedesco);
Page in Progress: Script, inks, colors, final (for page 21);
Commentary by Valiant staff;
Inside the Punchline - Script Excerpts:
- The Deal with the Goat
- SMACK!
- We hope you enjoyed your flight
- Hologramps
- Doomsday Device;
Daniel Kibblesmith on Rutherford Van Chelton.

Quotes[]

What's the deal with the goat?

-- Negative One

...why is that the only thing anyone ever wants to know? There's no deal with the goat. When it "gave birth" to my "dad," it purged all the energy anomalies in its system. Now it's just an ordinary goat."

-- Eric "Quantum" Henderson

Whatever."

-- Negative One

He's not doing to "do" anything. Because deep down, Eric knows he $&%#*@ up. If he'd told me the truth about my real father hiding out in Australia, instead of keeping me in the dark, he wouldn't be strapped to that chair right now. So whether he admits it or not, he owes me this trip. And when it's all over. Negative One's "mysterious benefactor" will get our armbands off, and we'll never have to see each other again. And this gets to be our last "klang" ever.

-- Negative One

I'm...I'm ftarting to fhink maybe you guys don't really work for the gofernment.

-- Keith

You're in Australia, mate.

-- 13 Cabs driver

Sorry about my hologramps, but I couldn't take any chances. I'm Nicky Tesla-Greenblatt III. But you can call me-- KID TESLA.