Chapter 53
Summary
Speedwagon, having attempted suicide in detainment, has been put in a straitjacket by the Nazis. Stroheim takes this as confirmation that Speedwagon knows something of value to their cause, and a shutter opens behind him revealing the man in the pillar. The Nazis have secured it in a large room, and are slowly pumping it with human blood from slaves in order to awaken it.
Elsewhere, Joseph is riding a motorcycle through the Mexican desert, but stops at a nearby town. After accidentally drinking the water laid out for horses, he resorts to beating up a bunch of Mexican thugs and forces them to supply him with food and gasoline.
Back at the Nazi base, Speedwagon has been given a truth serum, and the Nazis learn about the stone masks and the physical enhancement they grant one who wears them..
