Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 2

Comic Issue 2
Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1
Issue No.	2
Story Title	Saga of the Medusa Mask
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Release Date	December 22nd, 1999
Writer	Dan Jurgens
Pencil	Andy Park
Ink	Jonathan Sibal
Colors	Jonathan D. Smith
Letters	Dennis Heisler
Pages	32
Price	$2.50

Tomb Raider: The Series Vol. 1, Issue 2 Continues the Saga of the Medusa Mask begun in Issue 1. After the loss of her yacht, Lara continues to hunt for the person who found the Medusa Mask aboard the sunken Spanish galleon.

Lara Croft's 1st quest for the incredibly powerful Medusa Mask takes her to the mountains of Katmandu and a meeting with the enigmatic Chase Carver, one of her greatest competitors. And you won't believe what happens when the mask is actually found! Plus, if that wasn't enough, Lara's life will soon be turned upside down when an individual from her past returns from the dead!

Official Description

important (Story-)Elements

Characters

• Lara Croft
• Hartford Compton
• Paris D'Arseine (only in the introduction)
• Henshingley Croft (Comics), Lara's father (in flashbacks)
• Andrea Croft, Lara's mother (in flashbacks)
• Roger, Lara's deceased fiancée (in a flashback)
• [[Chase Carver], mainly mentioned, unrecognisable on the last page
• Taj, a criminal

Artefacts

• Chase Carver's Calling Card, a chess piece
• the Medusa Mask, old mentioned

Locations

• Athens, Greece
• Kathmandu, Nepal

Full Story

After her air was cut off, Lara is floating in the ocean. Despite her appearance, she is not unconscious. When two divers approach her, she goes on pretending, trying to figure out what they want from her. When she realises that they want the item she has found, she takes the knife of one of the divers and struggles with them. She then takes one of the men's diving masks and sets off to get back to the boat. After struggling with sharks, she is shocked to find her yacht at the bottom of the ocean.

Assuming Compton was killed when the ship was sunk, Lara thinks back to a time when Compton saved the lives of her and her family. When Lord Croft was in London for a business meeting, Lara and his wife Andrea accompanying him, they were attacked by Irish terrorists. Compton intervened and fought them off. This was the first time Lara realized that Compton was not only their driver, but their bodyguard, and she also learned that her father and Compton fought together in the Falklands War.

Another flashback lets Lara think back to a time when Compton, whom she got to regard as a guardian angel, wasn't there for the family. The tragic plane crash that killed her parents and her fiancée. Someone else was piloting the plane that day.

When Lara emerges on the surface, she is surprised and relieved to find that Compton did not die when the yacht explored, but is picking her up with a helicopter. They travel to Athens, where Lara expects to pick up the trail. She reveals to Compton that she has found a Calling Card in the wreck of the Spanish Galleon, belonging to Chase Carver, a man Lara has a personal history with. Compton is not shy to express how much he despised Carver.

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