Sell Fish and Out to Sea
Issues 21 - 22

Heroin addict Jack Daw recounts his story to fellow addict Mikey. Jack is a loser. He was given an attaché by Graves in the usual way, although Graves is not seen in the story. In the hours that followed, he lost his job doing security in a night club. Holding down jobs is not something Jack excels at. He then got a glass in the face during a bar fight before rolling round to his ex-girlfriend Cheryl's apartment. With Jack drunk, they discussed their relationship. As Cheryl bared her soul, Jack passed out. The next morning Jack was woken by Cheryl's new man, who obviously has a deep loathing for Jack.

Having scored a supply of drugs for breakfast, Jack went to visit his brother and mother, who run a fishery down by the docks. Although Jack's brother has little time for him, his mother will always love him it seems. We learn that Jack's father committed suicide and that perhaps Jack was planning to do the same. He didn't, at least not then. 

Having acquired money from his mother, we return to the present as Jack finishes his story. Mikey tells Jack his story is lame, and doesn't go anywhere. How can a story about a gun and 100 bullets be so dull? He berates Jack about his life and how he lives, complaining of the smell in the derelict building Jack lives in. When Mikey goes to see if there is a dead animal in the cellar he discovers the rotting corpses of other addicts and derelicts at the bottom of the stairs.

Jack stands behind him, gun at the ready. "The old man gave me...a hundred untraceable bullets. So I figure, I really only gotta save one..." As Mikey yells in fear, we see the photograph from Graves' attaché. It's of Jack himself.

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