gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman) (09/30/84)
I was reading the latest issue of World's Finest, (which I
don't recommend), and a funny thought occurred to me.
In this issue, Batman, and the mystery super hero (Sonik)
were captured by the bad guys, and they (the bad guys)
decided to off our heroes by dropping a bus on them.
The thing was set in a garage, and the bus was up on one of
those big mechanics lifts, and the bad guys set the thing to
come down slowly on our poor helpless heroes.
My question is
Why, if none of these crooks have any compunctions
about killing super heroes, do they *ALL* have to
come up with clever ways of doing it. Don't you think
that in the 40 some odd years of comic books, *SOME*
crook would have just taken a shotgun or a .45 to
*SOME* hero somewhere along the line.
Chew on that for a while
I am
GINOmoriarty@fluke.UUCP (Jeff Meyer) (10/02/84)
>My question is > Why, if none of these crooks have any compunctions > about killing super heroes, do they *ALL* have to > come up with clever ways of doing it. Don't you think > that in the 40 some odd years of comic books, *SOME* > crook would have just taken a shotgun or a .45 to > *SOME* hero somewhere along the line. > >Chew on that for a while > >I am >GINO What about artistic integrity and originality?! What about tradition? (villains have been doing for near fifty years (longer if you count all of Doc Savage's foes in the pulps)) Actually, it's probably specified in their contracts or in their Union rules ("Sorry, Penguin, but you've got to put him in a cage and drop him in acid. No using Saturday Night Specials." "WAAAAKK! You know the price of giant bird cages since Bill Finger died?"). "The maniac will please refrain from waxing nostalgic." Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer John Fluke Mfg. Co., Inc. UUCP: {cornell,decvax,ihnp4,sdcsvax,tektronix,utcsrgv}!uw-beaver \ {allegra,gatech!sb1,hplabs!lbl-csam,decwrl!sun,ssc-vax} -- !fluke!moriarty ARPA: fluke!moriarty@uw-beaver.ARPA