04Thoughtful Three Horned Harpik11 clippings confirmed

Cut from the moody solo-forest page where our young hero, ditched by his friends in the Frowning Forest, chases a mysterious firefly light deeper into the dark. The cut spans two panels across the gutter, capturing the back of his white-blond hair and purple scarf against hanging vines and moonlit blue shadows, the quiet moment right before his first face-to-face with the Thoughtful Three-Horned Harpik.

Cut from the closing panel of the prank scene, right after the Harpik's fake "We Feast!" scare. The cut captures the blue Harpik swooping off to meet the Willful Wizard, with three balloon fragments visible: "Now take me to your wizard!", "Will they be okay?", and the Harpik's perfectly unbothered "Probably!" Notably mounted upside down in the frame, a known quirk that only adds to its story.

Cut from Jim Mahfood's Issue 4 variant cover, the "NDS" of the masthead with Bad Intentions' striped horn rising below. The first confirmed cut from a variant cover, proving both covers of a two-cover issue feed the cut pool.

The Harpik descends with his lantern against the moon, greeting the terrified boy with unexpected kindness.

The Harpik flies off to meet the wizard, leaving the gum-stuck hunters behind — "Probably!" Notably, this relic is mounted upside down in the card, a one-of-a-kind quirk on top of a one-of-one cut.

The doubting friend mocks the tale of the Harpik — "and what did he say it looks like?", moments before the sketch comes out.

The Harpik's face turns from wounded innocence to open cackling — the moment his trickster streak shows.

The trio treks by lantern light toward the Harpik's rumored lair, doubts about the Willful Wizard already creeping in.

The would-be slayers hang wrapped in bubblegum under the Harpik's mock-menacing glow, "I hope you learned your lesson!"

Lost and alone in the Frowning Forest, the boy asks a firefly for help — unaware whose claws are already in frame.

Cut from the front cover, the shadow Harpik's glowing eyes and fangs beneath the VEEFRIENDS logo. Issue 4 keeps the cover-cut streak alive.