Fringe #2
"Bell and Bishop Part 2: Excellent Soap" delivers a sharp, unsettling turn in the Fringe series, as Walter and William face dwindling resources—until Richard Bradbury of the Fresh Start Soap Company offers a mysterious lifeline. The duo journeys to a remote Alaskan base, where they encounter Dr. Rachael Matheson and uncover a chilling discovery: a cache of decapitated scientists, their fates unknown. With Mike Johnson writing and Tom Mandrake handling both art and inks, the issue builds tension through quiet dread and layered mystery, all wrapped in Tony Aviña and Carrie Strachan’s evocative colors and Wes Abbott’s precise lettering.
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As Walter and William continue their experiments they start to run low on funding. Then Richard Bradbury from the Fresh Start Soap Company appears and offers them unlimited funding at a secret Alaska base. At the base they meet Dr. Rachael Matheson and stumble upon a cache of decapitated missing scientists.
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