Dillon battles the evil Odin, who is using a sonic device to menace the
world. Dillon, whose catamaran is called the Copperfin, drinks a can of Tenku Beer. Double-O agents are
mentioned in a flashback, and British Secret Service agent Gregory Tipp has an
office on the tenth floor of the Transworld Consortium building, which is an
elaborate front for the Service itself. At the headquarters of Odin’s ally Dr.
Numby, Dillon admires swords handcrafted by Domingo Montoya, one of the
greatest swordcrafters who ever lived. The president of the United States meets
with Doctor Michael Cadwallander, Director of Special Projects for the
Henderson Institute of Alternative Technologies, and Milo Dane, head of the
Omega Elite, the U.S. government’s ultimate “dirty tricks” department. Dillon’s
friend Eli Creed drinks Old Dusseldorf beer. Dillon’s catamaran is named after the U.S.S. Copperfin submarine
seen in the film Destination Tokyo. Tenku Beer is from the film Kill
Bill: Vol. 1. Double-O agents and Transworld Consortium are from Ian
Fleming’s James Bond novels. Domingo Montoya is the father of Inigo Montoya,
one of the main characters of William Goldman’s novel The Princess Bride.
The Henderson Institute of Alternative Technologies is run by Dr. Sylvester
Henderson, whose brother Mongrel has appeared in stories by Ferguson for
Airship 27 Productions’ Mystery Men (& Women) anthology series. Omega Elite has been
mentioned in several of Ferguson’s stories. Old Dusseldorf beer is from the
television series Magnum, P.I.
The Crossover UniverseTM is a companion blog to the books Crossovers: A Secret Chronology of the World Volumes 1-2 by Win Scott Eckert, and the forthcoming Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1-2 by Sean Levin. Material excerpted from Crossovers Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2010-2014 by Win Scott Eckert. All rights reserved. Material excerpted from Crossovers Expanded Volumes 1 & 2 is © copyright 2014-present by Sean Levin. All rights reserved.
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