Lobo Annual (Volume 2) #2 is an issue of the series Lobo Annual (Volume 2) with a cover date of July, 1994. It was published on May 24, 1994.
Synopsis for "A Fistful of Bastiches: Fraggin' Train!"
This Elseworlds Annual features a series of non-continuity stories that are pastiches of many famous Western movies and television programs.
The wagonmaster leads a wagon train through the harsh desert, destination: Sweetwater Valley. However they encounter the local tribe who refuse the offering of paltry trinkets, extorting them instead for all their alcohol. To avoid any additional costs in the future, Lobo slaughters them all with a gatling gun while they're in a drunken state.
Appearing in "A Fistful of Bastiches: Fraggin' Train!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Settlers
- Old Timer (Unnamed)
- Native Americans (Unnamed)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Desert (Unnamed)
- Sweetwater Valley (Mentioned only)
Items:
- Gatling Gun
Vehicles:
- Canvas Wagons
- Horseback
Synopsis for "Geronibo!"
Hearing of the massacre of his people, Chief Geronibo asks the Sky-Spirit for guidance. He is immediately struck by lightning and, by assumption, prepares for war. Upon attacking the settlers, they too are outmatched by the gatling guns. Geronibo lies riddled with bullets and questions why the Sky-Spirit would allow this. Another bolt of lightning leaves nothing but ash and bone.
Appearing in "Geronibo!"
Featured Characters:
- Geronibo (Dies)
- Wagonmaster
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Native Americans (Unnamed)
- Settlers
- Sky-Spirit (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Desert (Unnamed)
- Tribal Village
- Desert (Unnamed)
Items:
- Gatling Gun
Vehicles:
- Horseback
Synopsis for "Frag 'Em High!"
A lynch mob tries to hang a man for cheating at cards. As the noose tightens, the sheriff intervenes, gunning the angry men down. The victim thanks the sheriff for saving his life, only to be executed himself once he reveals himself to be Billy the Kid, wanted dead or alive.
Appearing in "Frag 'Em High!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
- Lynch Mob (Dies)
Other Characters:
- Billy the Kid (Dies)
- Liberty Valance (Dies)
- The man who shot Liberty Valance
- Townswoman (Unnamed)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
- The Gallows Tree
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
Items:
- Noose
Vehicles:
- Horseback
Synopsis for "The Lone Fragger and Tontbo!"
The age of the vigilante. The masked heroes The Lone Fragger and Tontbo gun down a gang of bank robbers.
Appearing in "The Lone Fragger and Tontbo!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
- Bank Robbers (Unnamed)
Other Characters:
- The man that shot Liberty Valance. (Dies)
- The man that shot the man that shot Liberty Valance.
Locations:
- American Old West
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Horseback
Synopsis for "Workin' on th' Railroad!"
Whist hammering railroad spikes into the transcontinental line, one worker becomes irritated with another worker's singing. Refusing to stop his annoying tune, the first worker hammers his head into the tracks.
Appearing in "Workin' on th' Railroad!"
Featured Characters:
- Railway Worker #1
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Railway Worker #2 (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Transcontinental Railway
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Fistful of Frag!"
Two rival ranchers hired bounty hunters to take each other out. On his arrival, Th' Man with No Name turns out to be hired by both parties. He shoots them both before leaving as abruptly as he arrived.
Appearing in "Fistful of Frag!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Rancher #1 (Unnamed) (Dies)
- Rancher #2 (Unnamed) (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Idabo (Mentioned only)
- Aribona (Mentioned only)
- Dabota (Mentioned only)
- New Mexibo (Mentioned only)
- Colorabo (Mentioned only)
- Bohio (Mentioned only)
- Mississippi (Mentioned only)
- Chicago
Items:
Vehicles:
- Steam Train
Synopsis for "Treasure of Sierra Lobo!"
An old prospector meets a stranger on the way down the mountain. When the old man tries to defend his saddlebags laden with gold, he gets a knife embedded in his skull. The thief then adds the pack mule to his collection.
Appearing in "Treasure of Sierra Lobo!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Prospector (Unnamed) (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Sierra Nevadas
Items:
- Bowie Knife
- Gold
Vehicles:
- Pack mules
Synopsis for "Bo-Nanza!"
Paw Cartwright strikes it rich, and celebrates by loosing his virginity to three working girls. Nine months later however they arrive on his doorstep with three boys. Paw raised those boys to adulthood by himself, Adam, Hoss and Little Boe. He explains to them that when he's gone, Adam will be first in line, then Hoss, followed by Boe. Too impatient, Boe decides to claim his inheritance then and there.
Appearing in "Bo-Nanza!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Paw Cartwright
- Adam Cartwright
- Hoss Cartwright
- Chippies (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- New Mexibo
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
- Ponderosa, AKA Ponderobo
- New Mexibo
Items:
Vehicles:
- Horseback
- Horse-drawn buggy
Synopsis for "For a Few Frags More!"
It's a three-way Mexican standoff between Th' Man with No Name, "Angel Eyes" and "Tuco." The Man sets up a music box and tells them to fire when the music stops. When Hell breaks loose, it is Tuco who is targeted by the other two. The Man then hands over the box to Angel Eyes and walks away, allowing enough time to be out of range of the explosion.
Appearing in "For a Few Frags More!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- "Tuco" (Unnamed) (Dies)
- "Angel Eyes" (Unnamed) (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Cemetery (Unnamed)
Items:
- Music box
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Main Man on th' Prairie!"
Laura brings her new friend, Little Bo, to introduce him to her mother. Little Bo offers them a gift before leaving. On his way out, Bo kills their goat just before Walnut Grove goes up in flame.
Appearing in "The Main Man on th' Prairie!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Laura Ingalls (Dies)
- Caroline Ingalls (Unnamed) (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Walnut Grove
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Good, the Bad and the Bastich!"
A "nun" holds Jimbo at gunpoint, forcing him to unearth an unknown grave, in which the buried coffin contains purloined wealth. But a third party sneaks up on them. Billy the Rat shoots Jimbo in the back before taking the woman's disguise, and making her finish the job. When the coffin is finally opened, Billy finds a fourth party hiding inside waiting to blow him away. Th' Man with No Name then offers the scantily clad woman if she'd like to help him spend the reward money. They walk off into the sunset together.
Appearing in "The Good, the Bad and the Bastich!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- "Sister Sara" (Unnamed)
- Jimbo (Dies)
- Billy the Rat (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Desert (Unnamed)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Boklahoma!"
As the corn farmers are harvesting their crop, they inadvertently wake up Annie Boakley sleeping in the back of their wagon. She opens fire on all the happy-go-lucky townsfolk before returning to her siesta.
Appearing in "Boklahoma!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Corn farmers (Dies)
- The man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Boklahoma
Items:
Vehicles:
- Stagecoach
Synopsis for "Gunfight at the Karaoke Corral!"
During kakaoke night at the local saloon, Butch Cassidy is booed off stage when singing, A Cowboy Needs a Horse. Wild Bo Hickock takes his place, singing the Theme from Rawhide, but he too is replaced by Buffalo Bo singing, Ghost Riders in the Sky. Once again the song is interrupted, this time by Comancherbo, inciting a bar fight which no one survives. When the undertaker arrives to claim the corpses, he pauses to pick up the megaphone and sings, Six More Miles to the Graveyard.
Appearing in "Gunfight at the Karaoke Corral!"
Featured Characters:
- Wild Bo Hickock (Dies)
- Buffalo Bo (Dies)
- Comancherbo (Dies)
- Lobo the Horse (Dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- Butch Cassidy
- Undertaker (Unnamed)
- The man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance.
Locations:
- American Old West
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
- Saloon
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
Items:
- Megaphone
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Fragnificent Seven!"
A small Mexican town hires seven gringos to protect them from the desperadoes led by Pancho Lobo. They work hard to fortify the town and train the men. When the bandits arrived, they pulled the leader down from his horse and beat him to death, or so they thought. It was a decoy, and the real Pancho Lobo was disguised as the horse. Revealing himself, brandishing a large gatling gun, Lobo destroyed all the men in sight before hitting the cantina.
Appearing in "The Fragnificent Seven!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- The Fragnificent Seven (Unnamed)
- Gina
- The man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance (Mentioned only)
Locations:
- Mexico
- Peasant Town (Unnamed)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "Custer's Last Stand!"
While General Custer is indulging in feminine company, a native surreptitiously sneaks up to the roof, throwing a bundle of dynamite through the window.
Appearing in "Custer's Last Stand!"
Featured Characters:
- Sitting Bo
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- General Custer (Dies)
- Chippie (Unnamed) (Dies)
Locations:
- American Old West
- Saloon
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "The Man Who Shot the Man!"
The running gag come to a close as the final gunslinger bumps into the wrong saloon patron.
Appearing in "The Man Who Shot the Man!"
Featured Characters:
- Th' man who blew up th' man who shot the man who shot th' man et-fraggin'-cetera right up ta Liberty fraggin' Valance
Supporting Characters:
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
- The man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance (Dies)
- The man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot the man who shot who shot the man who shot Liberty Valance (Dies)
- Saloon patron (Unnamed)
Locations:
- The Wild West
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
- Saloon
- Frontier Town (Unnamed)
Items:
Vehicles:
Synopsis for "High Lanes Drifter!"
A lone desperado, the last of his kind, rides over the vast open desert, through a gap in the majestic rock faces and into the sunset... er... or rather, oncoming traffic.
Appearing in "High Lanes Drifter!"
Featured Characters:
- The Last Desperado (Dies)
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
- American Old West
- Desert (Unnamed)
- Highway (Unnamed)
Items:
Vehicles:
- Horseback
- Semi Truck and Trailer
Synopsis for "How the West Was Fragged!"
With the passing decades the Old West becomes a fleeting memory. Technology continues advancing until Professor Bo Boppenheimer succeeded in splitting the atom. Satisfying his own curiosity he fires his atomic gun at the unstable atom, creating the biggest explosion ever known, and destroying the Earth.
Appearing in "How the West Was Fragged!"
Featured Characters:
Supporting Characters:
- Jonas Glim (Narrator)
Antagonists:
Other Characters:
Locations:
Items:
- Atomic Gun
Vehicles:
Trivia
- "The Fragnificent Seven" was also the title to Lobo (Volume 2) #7.
- In Chapter 9; A Few Frags More, one of the tombstones reads, "Snake" Plissken.
See Also
Recommended Reading
- Lobo Recommended Reading
- Batman/Lobo: Deadly Serious (Volume 1)
- Bob, the Galactic Bum (Volume 1)
- Lobo (Volume 1)
- Lobo (Volume 2)
- Lobo: A Contract on Gawd (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Death and Taxes (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Highway to Hell (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Infanticide (Volume 1)
- Lobo/Mask (Volume 1)
- Lobo's Back (Volume 1)
- Lobo: Unamerican Gladiators (Volume 1)
- Lobo Unbound (Volume 1)
- Lobo (One-Shots)
Links and References
  This issue was part of the 1994 Elseworlds Annuals crossover event, in which every annual was an alternate universe story of their respective title characters. This template will categorize articles that include it into the Annuals and Elseworlds Annuals category. Checklist
Action Comics Annual #6 • Adventures of Superman Annual #6 • Batman Annual #18 • Batman: Legends of the Dark Knight Annual #4 • Batman: Shadow of the Bat Annual #2 • Catwoman Annual #1 • Deathstroke the Terminator Annual #3 • Detective Comics Annual #7 • The Flash Annual #7 • Green Lantern Annual #3 • Justice League America Annual #8 • Justice League International Annual #5 • L.E.G.I.O.N. Annual #5 • Legionnaires Annual #1 • Legion of Super-Heroes Annual #5 • Lobo Annual #2 • New Titans Annual #10 • Robin Annual #3 • Steel Annual #1 • Superboy Annual #1 • Superman Annual #6 • Superman: The Man of Steel Annual #3 • Team Titans Annual #2 |
