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by cuavsfan
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I love it in VEN when there are all those stories about the hand, then at the end Doc asks him about it:

Dr. Venture: How'd you get that thing?
Billy: That's an excellent question, I have no idea.

Pure genius! Can't wait to see the actual reason (assuming we get an actual reason, that is... I wouldn't put it past them to fake us out with the title).

Jun. 2, 2008, 6:35am

by Miller Industries
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I hear from a very reliable source that... blah blah blah. Watch the previews and commercials. They are totally going to go retro in that episode and show us Billy's (and Phantom Dick's) past.I happen to believe it will be more in line with the Monarch's origin of the Phantom. Afterall, he did work for the dick.

In the commercial we see Billy pull a lever and Phantom Limb is strappe into some kind of contraption. Could be two different episodes, I know. But one can hope, right?

I just can't wait for the episode with "The Rusty Venture Show," as storyboarded on Steven Destefano's blog. Spoiler alert anyone!?

Jun. 2, 2008, 9:23am

by Phil
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In the commercial Adult Swim is running, Billy already has his robotic hand during the flashback. Also, in the season three preview that Publick and Hammer put together, he's got it during the nozzle scene as well. So we may not actually find out how he got the hand...

In the title "The Invisible Hand" may refer to Phantom Limb...he calls himself The Invisible Hand in Showdown at Cremation Creek.

Jun. 2, 2008, 3:07pm

by Miller Industries
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True. Maybe the origin of Billy's hand has nothing to do with Phantm Limb's missing... err... limbs. Maybe Billy just had a hand in Phantamos' experiment that turned him evil.

Or maybe it's not a flashback, and Phantom Limb comes to Billy to get his "phantom limbs" back! He totally had robotic arms at the end of Shadowman 9!

Jun. 2, 2008, 10:41pm

by Pirate Hippy
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I only saw one arm (hand and a forearm) at the end of Shadowman 9, and it was glowing/pulsing/showing his internal bones, etc., just like it did in Season Two.

Jun. 8, 2008, 2:28pm

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