Another page where the lettering got surprisingly tricky, I spent a disproportionately long time on the second panel.
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First an admission- somewhat similar to the Eve sequence from a few weeks back, the next two pages are actually recycled from a previous scene from the “old days” that had been removed very soon after originally appearing. Unlike the earlier sequence where the original scene itself was just moved for continuity purposes (the “new” scene basically played out as it did originally), these pages are being completely overhauled for the purposes of this scene (only the art is being used, the entire scene is now different). Just wanted to get that out of the way in the spirit of full disclosure.
It might not seem like it but there’s actually a lot going in that final panel (okay, maybe not a lot but definitely something major to be picked up on for later) aside from just being a subtle American Pie homage. I’m not giving any hints other than to (re)direct you all to what I said here. In hindsight this is one of those pages where I really wish I was a professional letterer who actually knew what he was doing 
, while I think I did an adequate job of laying out the word balloons in that final panel to produce the desired effect, looking back I think it could have been done just a bit better. The lettering process is actually something I’ve gained a great appreciation for from doing Stealth, it’s always the thing that gives me the most trouble.
Special (no-)prize to the first person who picks up on the reference in Ashley’s phone number .
The part where Allen tells Carrie he’s a superhero and she doesn’t believe him was actually a last second re-write (seems to happen a lot with me), that sequence was originally totally different but at the last second I decided I wasn’t really comfortable with the dialogue and what was going on with the scene so there went that. I think it’s kind of cute, I’d had a scene worked out in my head that showed how Carrie doesn’t like people using her real name but figured I’d throw that bit in here. Her stated reason is that it’s too “girly” but the real reason why she doesn’t like it has a lot to do with one of the many similarities she has with Allen (one of which eagle=eyed readers may have already picked up on when it was casually mentioned here).
The new sequence actually plays into one of my favorite superhero arguments- whenever someone complains that everyone in Metropolis should be able to figure out that Superman is Clark Kent, my response is always that no one in that world could actually believe Clark can be Superman because he’s well, he’s Clark Kent and who would really think that guy could possibly be a superhero. That’s kind of what Carrie’s response is supposed to represent- even if she could see him right there prancing around his room still in his Stealth pants, there’s no way she could believe Allen White is a superhero, its just unthinkable. Or something like that.