Meanwhile, V has brought Evey to The Shadow Gallery, his home. In the second chapter, Almond goes to Jordan Tower at seven in the morning and meets with Lewis Prothero, the voice behind the Voice of Fate. He tells Derek Almond, head of the Finger, that he wants the culprit’s head. The point of view switches to the Leader receiving reports of the night’s events. V tells Evey to come with him to prepare for the first act. Evey and other Londoners are mesmerized by fireworks that go off. On a rooftop with the houses of parliament in the background, V tells Evey it’s a celebration: the anniversary of the Gunpowder Plot. The two survivors say they’ve got to find V. The hand explodes, killing the man holding it and two officers next to him. The officer grabs V’s wrist and his hand comes off: from the hole, V sprays tear gas at the Fingermen then grabs Evey and flees. Just as he and his colleagues are threatening Evey by saying they’ll do anything they want and then kill her, V appears, quoting Macbeth. The man reveals a badge: he is a Fingerman (secret police) on a stakeout. Meanwhile, V puts on his gloves and mask.Įvey propositions a man on the street, asking him to pay her for sex she says she has a munitions job but needs more money. The Voice of Fate radio broadcast plays overtop, discussing weather, quarantine zones, meat rationing, a terrorist ring, and the sixteen-year-old Queen Zara. Panels cut between London at night and Evey getting ready to go out with a look of concern. ‘V’ is a also a complete bad-ass in the comics.The comic opens on November 5, 1997. The strip makes no mention of the 5th of November or any other date for that matter. The speech in the comic is completely different from the one in the movie. 16), a great British comic book series, which, unfortunately, had a very short run.

I have scanned the original black and white strip containing the speech from my treasured Warrior comic magazine (No. The writer dissociated himself from the movie, as he felt that the movie adaptations based on his works were not up to the mark.

The movie was based on the ‘ V for Vendetta’ comic book series by the acclaimed writer Alan Moore. In the movie, ‘V’ exhorts his countrymen to join the revolution against a tyrannical government, with his “Remember, remember the 5th of November” speech. A provocative speech by the principal character in the ‘ V for Vendetta’ movie (directed by the Wachowski brothers) was used by Ron Paul’s supporters to raise record breaking funds for his election campaign.

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