Now we start getting into the weird stuff... And increasingly difficult pages to pencil.

Al wanted a literal medieval dungeon. I thought that a bit far-fetched myself, and preferred something a little more clinical. But the 13th. century look was what he wanted and what I finally gave him. But if you look closely, the "torture devices" mostly have modern origins and rationale behind them. Sweat boxes, a gurney, traction, work-out weights etc. You might even explain away the hot poker by saying it is used to cauterize wounds (that you have perhaps just inflicted).