Volume 1. No 7 - “The sacrament of Meat”
In Part two of ‘The Blasphemers’, our assorted rabble of Blaspheming, flesh-eating Breeders are tooling down the highway in a truck, heading for a confrontation with Boone and Co.
Meanwhile Boone almost comes to blows with Kinski over something he said (!) -but the situation is quickly diffused and the attention of Boone and friends is drawn to TV coverage of the Blasphemers’ actions…
Bursting in on the party, a battle ensues as the Blasphemers try to ‘convert’ Boone away from the Baphomet-adoring messiah that he has become (and is struggling with). By using the almost-naked (again) Lori as bait and ransom, they nearly manage to get Boone to eat the flesh of the natural they’ve tied to a stake and are happily barbecuing. Urged by Kinski and Lori, Boone refuses the meat, which the gargoyle Mulciber compares to 'the Fruit of the Tree of Knowledge' and 'Ambrosia, the food of the Gods'.
A huge battle between Boone’s mob and the Blasphemers takes place, but most significantly it is witnessed by a man called Allen Ritegrig, who becomes critical to the storyline later on… “What do you know? There IS a God! It’s got fangs and claws and kicks some serious Ass…”
In the aftermath of the battle (the Blasphemers beat a retreat in the truck), Eigerman shows up to lead the investigation (so Ashberry didn’t kill him!) and is using the half-mad priest to sniff out the breed. Surprisingly, Eigerman shoots the duty cop and takes his badge to add to the growing collection inside his jacket– his ‘kill trophies!’ and sets off with Ashberry to hunt the Breed.
After a farcical scene in a cinema where the Blasphemers are letting off steam, this issue concludes with Ritegrig doing a ‘deal’ with the Blasphemers, after trapping them in a cinema and setting it alight… “I want you to give me what you’ve got– I want you to give me the Night.”
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