Samurai: Mystic Cult #2
Night Wynd, 1992, b&w.
s Samurai: Mystic Cult #2 cover by Barry Blair
Rio Del Oro, Amazon Basin: The captain (Miguel?) brings Maire to Homer and Hotachi, telling them she needs their help. She senses danger. Simon, climbing a tree with Jai, asks if he likes Tarzan. Jai asks if it taste good. Simon says, "You don't eat it. It's a guy." Jai tells Simon life here is not badóótil Homer gets drunk and falls into the piranha pools. Jai asks if Simon has candy, then takes out his nose bone. He climbs a tree for bananas. Sargeant Stein comes out to attack Simon with a knife from behind, "Now you die, little fag!" Simon says, "It's that crazy Nazi!" Simon blocks and punches. Hotachi appears and punches his face out and off. Simon tells him, "I did like you showed me, Tachi." Hotachi seems to hug Simon. Jai is up a tree and drops a banana down on Homer's head when Homer yells at him about not protecting Simon, calling the boy a little fart. Maire finds a map. Simon eats a banana and tells Homey not to be a jerk. Someone overhears their plans: it could be Miquel or the captain who might be one and the same. At the hidden temple, Heinrich reports to Randolf who calls him (sarcastically) Himler. Randolf won't let him see his son but has all sorts of fun things to keep the boy occupied. On the boat, Homer tells Maire to quit pointin' at things, it makes him nervous. Homer tells her he is at his best when he is drunk. Simon, in just his shorts and pentagram necklace, and Jai, very bare, are on top deck, trying to get Hotachi to chill out but Jai agrees that this area is a very bad place. Hotachi has to keep telling them to get below and get inside, especially Simon who keeps on deck even when they are attacked by a tribe who has a cable across the river. Maire wonders if she is supposed to be impressed when Hotachi puts on his leather jacket, calling it the James Dean look. Hotachi says it is Samurai armor. They try to crash through the cable. A fat man (who could or might not be Miquel) in a raft with little native boys, orders the natives to attack the boat. Homer tells Maire to take the wheel. They battle the natives, shooting and stabbing. Maire can hold off the warriors with her power but something else rises out of the water: a giant demon with fangs: the vampire lord who has been looking for them.
Backup story: "Hidiochi"