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Fringe Comic Book Issue #1 - Oct. 2008:
"Like Minds" / "The Prisoner"

Issue #1 - Oct. 2008 - FringeVITALS
Issue #: 1 of 6 Issue Date: October 2008
Released: September 3, 2008
Writers:
- Zack Whedon & Julia Cho ("Like Minds")
- Alex Katsnelson & Danielle Dispaltro ("The Prisoner")
Story Consultants:
Athena Wickham & Dave Baronoff		 Artist:
Tom Mandrake
Editors: Ben Abernathy & Hank Kanalz
Featured song(s):
- "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)" by Sly & The Family Stone
Story Synopses:

"Like Minds": It is Fall, circa 1970, and the young Harvard physics professor Walter Bishop meets an inquisitive student, William Bell. William becomes the sole supporter of Walter's theory that humans can communicate non-verbally via electrical means. An experiment intended to transfer memory from one mouse to another goes wrong when William is temporarily electrocuted. William subsequently has a flashing memory of a Golden Bird and a man who he doesn't readily recognize.

"The Prisoner": In Nebraska, Frank proposes to Sarah, who accepts. That night, wide awake in bed with Sarah, Frank suddenly finds himself in a prison - with a different name ("Jones") and body! While using a weekly sole phone call allotment to reach Sarah, she claims Frank is with her. Frank, in Jones' body, provokes a fellow prisoner to injure him so he can make another call to Sarah - but by then, her number has been disconnected. The story shifts to Montana, where an electronic transference between humans seemingly fails. Then an English-speaking woman suddenly finds herself in the body of a Russian astronaut in a spacecraft orbiting Earth.
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Fringe Episode Case Files FIND THE PATTERN. FOLLOW THE CLUES.
THE FRINGE COMIC BOOK CASE FILES
The Golden Bird
The Golden Bird

Date: Fall, circa 1970
Location: Harvard University physics lab, Cambridge, MA
Paranormal occurrence(s):
 William Bell's flashing memory of a Golden Bird and a man
Parties involved: William Bell, Walter Bishop, The Marked Mouse
Death(s):
 None
Method(s) used to solve:
Technology used:
 Synaptic Transfer System (experimental), LSD, phenobarbital
New clues/patterns: After William leaves, Walter is shown to be wearing a necklace with a Golden Bird under his shirt.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
Possible hints by story writers: A few days earlier, when Walter meets William for the very first time, the song with which William is singing along is actually entitled (due to songwriter Sly Stone's humor) "Thank You (Falettinme Be Mice Elf Agin)."
Conclusion(s):
See the bigger picture: Fringe Conspiracy ››


"Jones?"
"Jones?"

Date: Unknown
Location: Littleton, NE; a prison (location undefined)
Paranormal occurrence(s):
 Frank finds himself in the body of a prisoner named Jones
Parties involved: Frank, Jones, Sarah, prisoners, unknown person who takes the place of Frank's body
Death(s):
 None
Method(s) used to solve:
Technology used:
 Unknown
New clues/patterns:
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
 Someone has taken over Frank's body as well (unclear if it's Jones or someone else).
Possible hints by story writers: The person who has taken over Frank's body has a dark look on his face when Sarah is speaking to the real Frank (in Jones's body) on the phone.
Conclusion(s):
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"There's been a mistake."
"There's been a mistake."

Date: Unknown
Location: A spaceship orbiting Earth
Paranormal occurrence(s):
 An English-speaking woman finds herself in the body of a Russian astronaut
Parties involved: English-speaking woman, female Russian astronaut, other Russian astronauts
Death(s):
 None
Method(s) used to solve:
Technology used:
 Unknown
New clues/patterns: Very similar to the Frank/Jones situation.
Possible suspects/tie-ins:
Possible hints by story writers: A floating apple is featured significantly in this story.
Conclusion(s):
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UNANSWERED QUESTIONS AND PLOT DANGLERS
  • Why did William ask if the wall behind him moved?
  • Was the memory that was transferred to William really that of the Marked Mouse?
  • What is the significance of the Golden Bird?
  • Was anything else transferred to William from the Marked Mouse?
  • Who is inside Frank's body - is it Jones or someone else?
  • Although the Montana transference seemingly failed, could something else have happened as a result of the attempt?
  • "A mistake" is suspected by both Frank and the English-speaking woman, but what could the mistake be?
  • Is there any significance as to William and Walter both having the same first and last initials?


MEMORABLE QUOTES
  • "Sly Stone helps me think." - William Bell
  • "The undergrads don't take me seriously. They talk to me like I'm one of their drinking buddies." - Walter Bishop
  • "Ambitious. You two have that in common." - Harvard science faculty member, on William and Walter.
  • "There's no such thing as a soul." - Walter Bishop
  • "Did that wall just move?" - William Bell
  • "There's been a mistake." - both Frank (in Jones's body) and the English-speaking woman in the astronaut's body


ISSUE TRIVIA
  • The design of the Golden Bird is similiar to that which is used on the Seal of the President of the United States. It more closely resembles the Small Washington Eagle Cents of 1791.
  • The Morianz Equation is fictional.
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Firebird34 Walter saying "There is no such thing as a soul." 0 May 4 2009, 3:50 PM EDT by Firebird34
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In the first comic Walter talks with William about the soul. In the previous episode Walter has a long discussion with the ZFT scientist about the soul. Connection?
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TheMarkedMouse The Golden Bird 1 Nov 29 2008, 5:51 PM EST by Fringeling
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The Golden Bird is on the necklace worn by Walter Bishop, hidden underneath his shirt. The memory of the Golden Bird and a faceless man seems to have been passed from the marked mouse to William Bell.

What could this symbolize?

There are two possible leads:
1) It may refer to the Brothers Grimm fairy tale "The Golden Bird."
2) The symbol of the bird looks exactly like the bird on the Seal of the President of the United States.
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TheMarkedMouse "Did that wall just move?" 6 Sep 12 2008, 10:22 AM EDT by TheMarkedMouse
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Prior to the accident, and before any significant amount of LSD/phenobarbital can be transferred, William suddenly turns around and asks: "Did that wall just move?" Is it possible something other than a slight hallucination happened?
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