Incognegro: Renaissance #4
In "Part IV: Pigeons," Zane spends a night with Bette as they recover the final pieces of Xavier's manuscript, which includes unsettling passages told from the viewpoint of a pigeon. When Zane follows Douglass to uncover whether he was blackmailing Bette, the trail leads him into a hidden gay nightclub, where Douglass reveals a painful truth: he was in love with Xavier and claims Van Horn’s latest novel was partially written by him—its most haunting chapter narrated by a pigeon. Written by Mat Johnson and illustrated by Warren Pleece, with lettering by Clem Robins, the cover by Warren Pleece captures the story’s brooding, layered tension.
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Zane spends a night with Bette and they retrieve the rest of Xavier's manuscript. Bette notes the manuscript includes passages from the perspective of a pigeon. Zane follows Douglass to learn if he was blackmailing Bette but the trail leads him into a secret gay nightclub. Douglass reveals he was in love with Xavier and describes how Van Horn's most recent novel was partially ghostwritten by Xavier. Then he mentions Van Horn's book had a chapter from the perspective of a pigeon...
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