A Clean Slate

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"A Clean Slate"
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Series The Flintstones
Issue The Flintstones #1
Publisher DC Comics
Number of pages 27
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"A Clean Slate" is the single story in The Flintstones #1, published by DC Comics. The issue was published on July 6, 2016.

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In the present day, a female tour guide at the Museum of Natural History shows a man the museum's most popular exhibit, a Neanderthal nicknamed "Lorenzo", explaining that they'd found him in Bedrock Valley alongside a Stone Age civilization.

100,000 years ago, in the town of Bedrock, George Slate, owner of Slate's Quarry, calls Fred Flintstone into his office to introduce him to some new employees, three Neanderthals that he mistakes for Cro-Magnons. He asks Fred to show them around, tempting him with the position of foreman. As Fred leaves work with the Neanderthals, he calls his wife Wilma, who is painting, letting her know he'll be home late. Driving his car, they pick up Barney Rubble, before they head to a meeting with the Veterans of the Paleolithic Wars. While there, Fred comforts a fellow veteran after he reminisces on horrific memories.

Following that, Fred and Barney took the Neanderthals to a boxing match at Madistone Square Garden between Gravels Limepit and Marbles, the former winning by knockout. After the match, they finished up by going to the Outback Snakehouse, Lorenzo sad after his pig balloon deflated. Fred headed home, where he found Wilma looking through their old wedding photos. She gave him an invitation from Mr. Slate to an employee hot tub party the following night.

The following morning, Fred went to see Mr. Slate. He assured him that he did his best to welcome the Neanderthals to Bedrock, but Slate wanted him to do better and have them working for him permanently. Fred and the Neanderthals went to work, before knocking off at the end of the day, receiving money, a foreign concept to the Neanderthals. Fred's shell phone began to rang, picking it up. Wilma told him that she'd received a letter accepting one of her artworks in to the Bedrock Museum of Art. Needing something to wear, Wilma went shopping to Dress Cave with Betty Rubble, only finding one dress that remotely looked artsy.

That night, Fred and Wilma arrived at the Slate Mansion, much to the awe of the latter. Mr. Slate was attempting to get Lorenzo to eat a tarantula, but he was stopped by another man. Slate proceeded to ask Fred if he believed in fate, explaining the geological and militaristic history of the Bedrock area, claiming that all anyone would remember of the area would be his name. Following, a number of the guests sat in the hot tub. Slate wished to show everyone a creation of his named ice cream, calling his turtle Philip to bring some. By the time Philip crawled over to them, the ice cream had melted. Spotting a mammoth in the distance, Slate asked someone to go kill it in order for them to have barbecue. A woman stood up with her club, but sat back when she realized how cold the ice was. Making a deal with Lorenzo, Slate promised to give him his chain that Lorenzo had been eyeing up all night if he brought back the mammoth. As Lorenzo approached the mammoth, however, it freaked out and flipped the ice they were standing on, sending them both under.

Later that night, everyone began leaving, Mr. Slate apologizing for the events surrounding Lorenzo's death. Despite his apology and pleas, the Neanderthals decided not to live in civilization, believing Slate to just be using them to do his killing for him. Because of this, Mr. Slate denied Fred the foreman position. After this, Slate sat on his couch, believing Philip, who was approaching with cake, to be the only one who understood him.

The following night, Fred and Wilma attended the Bedrock Museum of Art to view the latter's art. They walked past a number of well-known artists' pieces, before going outside to find a number of critical viewers surrounding Wilma's art, hurting her feelings. She explained to Fred that what bothered her was that absolutely nobody got the meaning behind her handprint painting, explaining how her tribe as a child had the tradition of putting handprints on a wall before trekking south for the winter, not everyone making it. To Wilma, the handprints gave her a place in the world.

In the present day, the female tour guide once again explained "Lorenzo" to an audience. She inferred from the jewellery he had been wearing at his death that he might have ran the local quarry, before hurrying along the group.

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