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Panel 1: And we see that the clock on the police
cruiser’s dashboard reads 11:25.
Panels 2-13: And the realization of Veidt’s plan comes to
this intersection of New York.
Panels 6-12: And the older Bernie finally realizes his
goal (“I took this job to meet people,
y’know?”) as he and the younger Bernie embrace in the final seconds of
their lives.
Panel 9: This image of the two Bernies embracing in silhouette
against the enveloping white is reminiscent of the Hiroshima Lovers’ graffiti
seen throughout this story.
Panel 12: Note that the final image of the two Bernies forms
into the blood spatter, which opened this chapter. And, like the butterfly seen through that
initial opening in the snow, this image demonstrates the fragility of life, as
the two Bernies become this formless spatter and then fade away into
Panel 13: and an all-white panel. This white panel – white being the absence of
color – symbolizes the absence of life at ground zero of Veidt’s “attack.”
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