Chapter 247: Fearsome Effect
With the Creed's implicit objectives being hidden in their latest move… it was only a matter of finding out whether any significant objective could be achieved or if there is a very considerable takeaway from it.
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In Creed Store, Mr. Counterboy could not be anything less than a first-hand observer of the things that are happening. He was the point person for almost every market reaction and his reports are quite insightful to whatever HQ or Miss Marker needs.
Of course, he also happens to be the go-to guy for the common fans and nerds for about anything Creed related.
In a way, he was a medium of information that goes both ways… for the main company and the company he meets in the store.
As of the recent, he was mostly dealing with the fanboy that is almost always first to every Creed buy train.
"Come on, mister!" The fanboy urged from his curiosities as he held up his copy of the Back to the Future comic book. "What's this about?"
"Isn't it obvious already that what you have in your hands is a comic book?" Mr. Counterboy sassed but he always appreciated this fanboy fella. "Need I remind you that this is a comic book store and you have always and have already bought a lot of it from here."
"You know what I mean, mister." Fanboy asked with exasperation. "How come we were blindsided by this? There was no advertisement or prior information at all."
"Please." Mr. Counterboy countered. "It's not like this is the first time that the main company did something like this. You guys always eat it up whenever there's a new comic book or comic title that all of you weren't informed of beforehand."
Creed fans were like excited packs of starved hyenas whenever Creed Comics releases something they didn't expect. It is arguably one of the main driving points as to why comic book stores are always packed during new comic book days.
Creed Comics had blindsided to happiness so many times and these nerdy fans were just waiting for that to happen again! This was the ingenuity of Creed marketing and it is why its comic book momentum every week is always high.
"I get what you mean." Fanboy knew what this Creed informant was talking about as being surprised was almost always fun for him. "I'm still reeling from Creed Toys bombarding me with so many toys to collect! Then there's the comic crossover mania as well. I'm still trying to get my hands on a copy of 'RoboCop versus Predator'… I've lost the grabbing race on that one."
Oh! How fresh it was to remember the face of the man that gave him the raspberry treatment! He was just a second too slow to grab the 'RoboCop versus Predator' issue that would never be mass-printed again. A missing piece in his rare collection that needed to be filled!
"Kuhum!" Mr. Counterboy had to cough to wake the fanboy from one of his thoughtful stupors. "Should I check this out for you already? Geez, just how many times do I need to remind you that there's still a line of paying people behind you?" This was clearly not the first time that the fanboy drifted and perhaps the regulars behind him were patient and quiet since they already knew of the fanboy's peculiarities.
"Don't mind them. They get what I do… since my talks with you are also a source of insider Creed information for them." The fanboy wasn't even embarrassed about his thoughts trailing off and just took the mantle of the fanboy that voiced out the questions of the fans behind him.
"As long as you're all in agreement, then it's fine with me." Mr. Counterboy had been met with these situations a lot of times now that he couldn't even be bothered. "Get to the point of what you guys want to know then so that we'll all be quick with it."
A man on the line, behind the fanboy, asked the questions as direct as he could. They can't always rely on the fanboy that gets derailed by his own daydreams. "Well… what's up with this Back to the Future comic book? Isn't this the movie that's being talked to be dominating in the movie theaters? How come it has a comic book already and why is our favorite Mr. Creed in on all of it?"
"Oh! Oh! I already saw the movie myself and it is awesome!" Fanboy butted in. "How exactly does Creed Comics factor in with all of this?"
"Yeah… we want to know!" Yelled another man along the Creed buy train. He wanted to feel included and he also wanted to experience what it was like to be the 3rd voice in a mob.
Mr. Counterboy sighed at their inquiries. "This just goes to show how none of you are paying attention… especially for the ones that already saw Back to the Future. There's a flashy Creed Pictures at the start of the film's showing and there's an Alex Creed on the list of screenwriters. Just connect the dots with that!"
Hopefully, that should sate these people's curiosities and enlighten them about what's what. With their curiosities cradled, he should now be able to start the cashier and counter process… then, tabulate the sales counter already!
Unfortunately, the Creed buy train that he had just enlightened hadn't exactly reacted as he hoped!
When he looked towards the crowd, almost all of them were stunned and he may have stalled his usual job some more…
Without doubt, they were really connecting the dots of all the points he had made!
Of course, as they connected the dots, they found an even much bigger surprise of the day that ties in with the Back to the Future comic book surprise!
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Back to the Future. Creed Pictures. Alex Creed. Screenwriter.
When used in a sentence, they coherently say- Back to the Future is made by Creed Pictures with Alex Creed as a screenwriter.
Well… wasn't that just a totally unexpected bomb that just exploded on their minds?!
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Of course, those exaggeratedly stunned reactions were just an isolated incident. The rest of the over-encompassing comic book niche doesn't really have a Mr. Counterboy and Fanboy interaction that made the Back to the Future and Alex Creed reveal to be a collective movement of stunned silence.
Still… the information did slowly creep up into a realization in the minds of Creed fans…
Alexander Creed released a Back to the Future comic book. A Back to the Future film is made by Creed Pictures. Alex Creed happens to be the screenwriter. Creed Pictures is most likely the one after Creed Comics and Creed Toys… and the facts just went round and round until they became as concrete as they can be.
These were just simple facts that ultimately aligned.
As simple as they may be though… it doesn't detract from the fact that people's reactions to them were anything but simple.
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The Back to the Future comic book with the issue title of [When Marty met Emmett] was a must-have just like any other Creed Comics' new release!
Of course, the Back to the Future film is the one that got all the prevalent love from these enlightened nerds and Creed fans.
Some of them have seen the film already, and some of them have not. Something just compelled them to want to watch or re-watch the film with the new information that came to light.
From Monday to Thursday, Back to the Future's daily box office just numbers around 1.7 million dollars to1.9 million dollars. However, with the rousing and enlightenment of the comic book community… the box office jumped to the steady 4 millions from Friday till Sunday!
In turn, making Back to the Future's second week in the box office with a whopping $20,714,477 on its belt!
It totally outmatched the $20,176,217 that First Blood: Part II had for its opening week! Mind you… this was supposed to be an exhausted second week and not the prime opening!
It even upended the opening week of something established like Mad Max with its Beyond the Thunderdome sequel!
Of course, it also totally outmatched the collective effort of Silverado and Explorers that just had their theatrical debuts!
Back to the Future was becoming a blockbuster in its own right with an incredible momentum that somewhat came from nowhere!
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To think that this all happened because the Creeds wanted to test something out.With old Sullivan being supportive and Alexander just publishing a watered-down version of [When Marty Met Emmett] from [Back to the Future: Untold Tales and Alternate Timelines] that was supposed to be printed by IDW Publishing in 2015.
Anyways, with the supplementing story of how Marty truly met Doc Brown… the Creed fans were intrigued, enlightened, and roused to push a theatrically running film to an impressive degree!
Oh… how fearsome the nerd power of the comic book community can be when it is weaponized
Or perhaps this may truly be the fearsome collective of the fanbase that Alexander Creed, Creed Comics, and Creed Toys have accrued over the year and a few months that it had been operational!
Or maybe this was the effect of the Chaos Butterfly flapping its wings!
Whatever the case was… it achieved a fearsome effect nonetheless…