Grrl Power #401 – Bat pact
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Poor Sydney. I would probably cry too if someone made me exercise in the morning. It’s a rough way to start the day, especially for someone who usually stays up late at night reading comics, refreshing reddit, or playing an MMO slash chatting with guildies online. Oh, and despite asking around on twitter, “bootie” is apparently not real military slang. I guess pre-privates are usually just called recruits, but given the amount of slang deployed by the military in most cases, I was surprised “bootie” wasn’t already in their arsenal. So that’s 2 differences between our world and the Grrl-verse. Super powers, and calling people going through boot camp booties. Oh, and apparently aliens living on Earth. Three things. Super power, booties, aliens, fear and surprise…
I was going to have Peggy say (in panel 3) “It doesn’t do anyone any good to have you laid out for 6 weeks with a torn hammy.” but then there’s the team doctor that can heal trauma. I put her in the comic for a few reasons. One, I’ve joked in the past about how often superheroes get knocked out, and how they’d all have boxer palsy by issue 120, (or NFL-itis) well, the doc lets me get away with that stuff, cause she can fix concussions. (Within reason, not if someone gets their head caved in with a hammer) Two, I want there to be a risk of characters actually getting hurt in fights in other ways, like broken bones or stabs or burns or whatever, and let be back on duty within a few days without everyone needing healing factors, like the way nearly every character in a video game does these days. I mean, in Call of Duty if you take a shotgun to the face from 10 feet away, just hide for 4 seconds and you’re back at 100%. Wolverine doesn’t heal that fast barring bad writing. (One time in the Civil War arc, some guy blew him up so hard he was just a few chunks of meat on an adamantium skeleton, and he healed back to his full self in just a few panels. That’s just hilariously bad writing. Another time he basically reincarnated himself from just a drop of blood, skeleton and all, which sounds like bad writing, until you know that his blood splashed onto an Infinity Stone level artifact. That’s better writing.)
But I digress. My point is the doctor is mostly in the story so I can beat up on the characters without the refrigerator logic of “hey why aren’t they covered in scars” (Old timers like Cyclops and Spider-Man should look like badly stitched quilts by now) or “he got shot in the shoulder a week ago and now he’s holding a guy over a ledge with that same arm, I call BS” (Something that is impossible for someone without super strength to do anyway no matter what condition their bodies are in, but that’s a rant for another time… No, actually I’ll rant about it now)
Ok, so the classic “hold a guy over a ledge for info/terror” pose, or for that matter just lifting someone up by one arm is totally impossible. I’m talking straight armed. If your arm was right in front of you like you grabbed their collar and pulled them in for a scowl, a strong person could probably one arm someone off the ground like that. I know, Batman and guys like that are the peak of human capability, but still, nuh uh. For those of you who don’t know (probably most of you, come to think of it) I was into amateur bodybuilding for about a decade. Not competitively, nothing like that, but when I went to the gym, I went with the purpose of building muscle. I had a day dedicated just to shoulders, cause… I don’t know, I wanted big shoulders, I don’t need a reason. My military barbell press got up to about 200-210 (pounds), or 80-85 with dumbells, but for lateral and front raises, I topped out at 35-40 lbs. I could hold that weight out for a second, maybe 2 if I had to, but that’s it, 40 lbs. Now, I didn’t get into bodbuilding till I was 30, so there are plenty of guys bigger and stronger than me, so maaaybe there are guys out there who could do twice that. Maybe. But that’s still not cracking 100 lbs. Even if someone could do 3x that, it’s still not “adult male thug” weight. I saw a cover where Catwoman was doing it once. I’m sorry, but just… no. Try holding a gallon of milk straight out in front of you, see how long you can keep it up. Now do that with 20 gallons, and you’re approaching the low end of thug weight.
Anyway. They have a super doc on the team so it wouldn’t really matter if Sydney blew a hamstring, so I cut that line. Jesus, I need to up my ADD meds or something.
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Marines usually get called “boots”. Back in the pre-politically correct day we were officially just referred to as “privates”. But depending on how badly you messed up it could change to “pukes”, “cherries”, “God’s greatest mistakes”, and a few less printable things.
Navy too.
Ah, R. Lee Ermy. You inspired so many, and made so many more hate you.
“Have you ever been so boot…?” is the start of many a question about how fucked up newb you’vs seen someone do something, normally in front of Top or the “Old Man”
Dad was a Marine DI and called ’em “cruties” or “crutes,” though I presume only out of hearing range…
“When the ‘alf made recruity goes out to the east, ‘e acts like a babe and ‘e drinks like a beast. And ‘e wonders, as ‘e is often deceased, if ‘e’s fit for to serve as a soldier.”
Thanks! I hadn’t read that one before.
Now I wonder if dad read Kipling, or if he knew someone who did?
John Ringo, the author, is of the opinion that there are two types of soldier. Those who love Kipling and those who haven’t read him yet.
Actually, I just thought of something. Wouldn’t the on call super doc be able to fix Heatwave’s stabbed toe?
According to this page, she did try, but failed.
Unfortunately the wound became necrotic before the Doc could get to her, which shows that her healing powers are limited and won’t be able to heal everything, meaning that in the future we could see some wicked looking scars on some of the less non-permeable team members.
I think you mean durable. Permeable means able to be penetrated or saturated, pretty much the opposite of what I think you meant.
Never mind. Didn’t notice the “non” in front of permeable. I’ll just go say 5 Hail Websters and flagellate myself with a dictionary now.
I’ll watch.
…And Dr. Revenge would probably want to help…
Hey, I can help, I found out a technique that I can use…
“Breaks out the cat out nine verbs.”
Throw the book at him!
…as long as it’s the unabridged dictionary…
Kinky.
She’d have to be able to raise the dead for that and, really, we’re better off that she can’t.
I don’t understand why she didn’t just super heat her body and melt the knife out.
Because in too much pain and the electrical attack from Glowbug ( which caused the Necrosis)
I can imagine having a knife stuck in your toe kinda ruins your concentration :P
“Bootie”…isn’t in the *arse*-nal? Heheheh…
I noninate this the Platinum Pun for the page!
As far as Batman is concerned, I’m fairly sure that by now he’s Charles Atlas’d himself beyond normal human limitations. I mean, between the very active lifestyle and how many magic/scientific/unnatural things that has happened to and around him, he can’t be entirely natural anymore >.>
I liked the implication in The Dark Knight Returns that old Bats was infused with the spirit/energy of the bat that lived in the cave. Basically as much as Batman distrusts magic, his abilities are likely augmented by the supernatural.
I like to imagine him as an epic level human from D&D. Awesome enough to challenge gods, still entirely mortal and yet could be argued as a demigod himself.
Heehee, love the Monty Python reference. That has to be the most referenced sketch they ever performed. “… Fear, surprise and ruthless efficiency … Three weapons …”
When I was in Boot Camp, “boot” was one of the nicer things we were called. Once you ‘graduated’ though, the DI’s turned out to be pretty cool guys just doing their jobs. I had a lot of respect for them after that.
There is still a Drill Sergeant (DS) ((I was in the Army)) on Fort Benning that owes me $20. He said that he will never pay it, that we I could never be truly broke.
So wait! You actually “Dropped and gave him 20”?!?
Did he have an honest face?
Oh yes Pro. Fate, Some of those DIs where pretty cool. Had one tell us of the first time he jumped out of an airplane, funny and cool at the same time. The really funny thing about it is that one of the Corporals in my first duty station was stationed with him before he became a DI, and their where many stories, he was a bit of a nut…..
No, he made a bet that my Basic company couldn’t do something, and if we won the bet he would pay us all $20. Needless to say, my company won the bet.
I was in Alpha Company 2-47 “Shadow Company” on Ft. Benning for basic.
Test of Character! Will Peggy be able to resist telling Maxima about the heresy (and her own over invoking)? Stay tuned…
DaveB: I miss those chibi postscript cartoons you used to do. Any chance you can bring those back? :-)
+1!
They still show up. Just look back a couple of pages.
Poor Sydney. I remember my first “real” PT back in JROTC and although it was y’know the kiddie version of a military workout I can tell you there were a couple of times I wanted to flop down on the ground and cry
As far as I know bootie is not proper military slang but drill sargeants are nothing if not creative. Mine liked to come up with nicknames for his particularly obnoxious students (yes my JROTC instructor was a retired drill sargeant)
fun fact! Stanley Kubrick replaced the actor he had playing the drill instructor with R. Lee Ermey after R. Lee (the consultant on set for the soon-to-be replaced actor) spewed a solid fifteen minutes of profanity, insults, and demoralizing browbeating. without repeating himself. while being pelted with fruits and vegetables by the cast and crew. why is this even more impressive? Kubrick didn’t change ANYTHING about his films. for anybody.
Another point to remember, Peggy is an Air Force Officer. She may or may not not what enlisted drill [sergeants|Instructors] call new personnel.
In the 70’s in the Army it was “Private” or “Recruit” or “Trainee” in decreasing order of what you wanted them to call you. “Private” meant you were about to get, if not an “ataboy” at least not screamed at. Recruit was bad news. Trainee meant that very bad things were about to happen.
You never want to hear a DS say “trainee” in a soft tone of voice. Something very bad is about to happen.
Damn no edit function
Another point to remember, Peggy is an Air Force Officer. She may or may not know what enlisted drill [sergeants|Instructors] call new personnel.
Of course the idea an 1st Lt and a Lt. Col are long time friends is pushing the reality button harder than the super powers. Plus Peggy’s skill set, is, ah, an unusual mix for a female pilot.
Depends on when exactly Peggy and Maxi met, it may have been before Maxi started moving up the ranks
Surprised you didn’t say it was unusual for Peggy to even be a pilot
No, not really, we have had female combat pilots long enough that the first one (Martha McSally) has retired after 22 years in. The first female fighter pilot has hit the point in her career where she will no longer be flying. (Actually, given that happened in 2014, she may be retired as well)
Helicopter pilots, of any service don’t tend to be near god like level snipers. It’s only been in the last few months that she could even train for that.
If they met at any where close to equal ranks something is wrong with one or both of their career paths. O2 to O5 is a way bigger jump than it sounds.
Of course, Max being the firepower equivalence of at least a full Heavy Armor Brigade all on her lonesome might have something to do with being promoted to a level to command a battalion, Peggy’s rank makes her either a grunt pilot or a platoon leader. If she was in the Army she probably wouldn’t be a commissioned officer at all, but a warrant officer.
And just to round out the weirdness of her skill sets snipers are normally NCO (sergeants).
The whole ARC-SWAT rank thing is weirder than hell. Rank, in the US Military, is a pay grade. An E-1 (which is what Sydney is) makes $18,378 a year. That means her first check would be right at $700. That does not require a financial adviser. There are non military commissioned officers, but they make the same amount as a military officer of the same rank / time in service makes. I know there is combat pay, danger pay and few other things that can add to your check (I got isolated duty pay for 4 years) but those aren’t going to raise a pay check to the “more than I made last year” level for a 2 week check.
Peggy is/was a rotor wing pilot, so she may have made her way through the warrant officer ranks before earning a commission. She’s also missing a leg, which meant she spent time convalesing and then learning to walk and run again. That probably stalled her career somewhat. The sniper bit is harder, but Maxims was presumably Air Force Special Forces and likely served with and hand picked Peggy as one of her people. It’s likely Peggy learned her sniper skills while working with Maxima’s team and probably remained a warrant officer, probably CW3 or CW4 and received her lieutenant’s commission on joining ARCSWAT. That’s the best explanation for how such an apparently junior officer and a field grade officer have such a close relationship.
For those that don’t know, the rank of Warrant Officer is sort of a parallel officer ranks that exists between the enlisted ranks and the commissioned ranks. It’s usually given to enlisted who have very specialized jobs within the military, such as pilot of maintenance chief, to name a few. There are five warrant officer ranks. Given Peggy’s skill as both a sniper and pilot, I’m betting she made Cheif Warrant Officer 3 or 4. Granted, the real world Air Force doesn’t use Warrant Officer Ranks, but the real world Air Force didn’t have a Special Forces team with a golden superwoman on it either.
Oh, they also receive a “stipend” on top of their base pay. I imagine it’s probably based on what sort of equipment the government doesn’t have to deploy and maintain while they’re on the payroll. Take Sydney. Given her speed (MACH 4+) and true sight, she can preform as well as a high speed spy plane like the SR-71. Her PPO gives her at least the firepower of an attack helicopter, he shield gives her resistance to destruction better than any equipment known to man at this point. She probably can easily replace a few hundred million dollars worth of hardware and the government likely gives her at least a percentage of the money they save by having her on staff.
Didn’t Dave explain that they all got good pay to discourage corruption/criminality?
Also to entice them away from more lucrative and less hazardous private sector jobs
Yeah, that was a bit of a dig
Archonites aren’t getting regular-military paychecks, and Sydney said her first paycheck was a heck of a lot more than her usual yearly paycheck, and that was just her first Archon-check
But these guys aren’t really being paid by the government. They get their paychecks from some kind of merchandising scheme.
Not exactly. Arianna stated that the Merchandising was to offset her overall cost to the Government. They are drawing paychecks from the US government like any other branch of military, hence the reason they are using Military Command structures and not making it up as they go. Also during the first day press conference, Arianna stated that several of the team members were already in the Military, so to make things easier, ARC-Swat is placed under the jurisdiction of the DoD (Department of Defence for the laymen out there) instead of under the civilian command structures like police and fire.
Gonna note that they still wouldn’t want a recruit suffering a serious injury (like a broken limb or ripped hamstring) during physical training, even with a doctor who can make it all better by the afternoon. Pain is still pain, and it’s unpleasant. Bad injuries could make a recruit more unwilling to push themselves to the limit on the obstacle course and so forth, actually slowing their training, or making them quit entirely (while yes, they sign contracts, one function of boot camp is to winnow out those folks who just aren’t suited to the military but who attempted to sign up anyway (I was almost in that category, but I literally realized how big a mistake I was making while my pen hovered over the dotted line; I’m about ninety percent certain I would’ve been sent home after a few weeks in any case–and if I wasn’t, that would’ve been worse, because I have no doubt about my ability to screw up badly enough to get a fellow squad member injured or killed).
And, of course, it’s also a trust issue–knowing that you can rely on your trainer, and your teammates, to recognize when you’re hitting your limits is also a key factor in enabling you to push those limits in a combat situation. If Peggy were willing to let Sydney rip a tendon in training, what kind of injury might she be willing to let Sydney take in the course of a mission?
I don’t know if this is just me being nit-picky, but in panel one, Peggy says, “It’s okay, we’re done for today,” and then in panel three she says, “Besides, this isn’t the last time today we’ll be exercising.” That seems off to me; can I suggest changing that first panel to saying “It’s okay, we’re done for now,” or something like that? If not, it’s fine, you’re the writer, I’m the reader, and I yield to thy superior standing in this power balance. :)
Yeah, that would probably make more sense.
Don’t change a thing. Done with PT never means done with exercise for the day in basic.
^^^
He is right you know. Just because you are done with morning PT, doesn’t mean that she won’t get dropped and have to do push ups at some point in the day.
Well yes, but it just feels kinda weird to read that back to back from Peggy. That said, it’s up to DaveB, and I yield to his superior authority.
Nearly everyone who has been through boot camp in any of the military services has hated their D.I. – at least for a while.
And the D.I. has hoped they’d hate him/her for a LONG time…
Reason i love the book “Old Man’s War” by John Scalzi. the first day of basic, the Drill Sargeant finds a reason to hate each and every one of the recruits himself… except one… said guy he makes platoon leader, just so he hate him when he screws up. That trilogy’s a good read for any Sci-Fi fan. :)
Loved that entire series, Ms Lackey was a wonderful person and it was an honour to be in a group of online friends with her (this was in the late 90’s, early 00’s, have since lost touch with the entire group :( )
That was so annoying sounding that I could not get past about 30 seconds of it.
Swear to Bob Kane? [gravel]*SWEAR TO MEEE!*[/gravel]
8D
Dave, I can’t help find it a little funny that you call BS at batman holding guys over a ledge with one arm, while yourself have Math doing things that is many levels more impossible for someone without superpowers, like the way he kicks and throws Concretia around at the fight in the restaurant…
I am selectively realistic I suppose.
It’s possible that the ultra-skilled types (Peggy and Math, among others) have some degree of super-enhancement that does quite broach the normal ‘power rank’ scale, but still would make it remarkably easy for them to pull off seemingly impossible feats through training.
Heh heh, loving Chibi-Sydney in panel five :D
Umm, what is that expression on Peggy’s face in the last panel? o_O
My guess would be a mixture of mild surprise at what has Sydney so worried and some amusement.
Not sure about the ‘amusement’ part
I think its cute that Peggy is only covering her face from Sydney’s craziness, where as a couple of days ago she was going for her gun.
Sydney should not be too worried about spending all her time in training. In addition to her other activities I am sure that Ark Dark has scheduled some time to sit down with Sydney along with Dabbler, Gwen, Zephan and any other technomages they have on staff. They are going to want to have another go at deciphering the major and minor functions of her orbs now that they know the skill tree. Dabbler will need Sydney to copy down any of the glyphs she can see from activated orbs. She might get a hit on matching them to her ship’s copy of the Encyclopedia Galactica.
The Encyclopedia Galactica? Hasn’t that been supplanted by The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy?
Only in the more relaxed civilizations of the Outer Eastern Rim of the Galaxy.
Or whatever the Intergalactic Wikipedia is called.
She’s also on her period. That’s probably not helping.
I don’t really know what I’m talking about. Anyone wanna help me out here? She’s on her second day. How’s second day period?
second day period: second only to first day period in horridness. still, exercise is meant to help pain and the exhaustion would probably distract her. not envious of after her rest tho- stomach cramps + all other cramps + stiffness + post-strenuous exercise nausea = one not happy girl (speaking from experience here)
Son of a cankerous yak-drinking pygmy-emu! Just found out that DC are putting out their “Graphic Novel Collection”, always wanted that but still getting the Marvel GNC (around 70 ‘regular’ books plus about 35 ‘classics’) and just started getting the “Judge Dredd GNC” (going to be around 60-70 of those) :(
I’m a marine, but as an Amtracker I spent a lot more time on ship with Navy personnel than most marines. I also got to do Africa Partnership Station, which is tour of duty where you go country to country doing joint training with other countries (not just African ones actually). I wanted to say that “Bootie” is fine. Never heard it before, but that’s what helps it (for me) be much more believable. It only makes sense that ARC would have a unique military culture that would have it’s own dictionary full of acronyms, slang, insult, and other vocabulary. It’s really not uncommon for Navy and Marines to have communications hiccups, and those two branches are historically connected. Training in other countries really teaches you just how different militaries can be. I can’t remember specifics, but I remember them even bragging about how the strength of a given military is it’s culture and how Marine Corps culture was the best ever back in boot camp. It wouldn’t surprise me if there were theorists who spent a serious amount of time thinking about “what the ideal culture for your military is” and “how to cultivate that culture.
For ARC, I imagine they are going to be more… topical than any other US branch (even more than the air force). It doesn’t seem to have a very strong influence from the other branches with the exception of people like Peggy and Maxima. The majority of the people in ARC were civilian until very recently. Even the Airforce was a part of the Army before it became its own branch. 50 years from now, ARC’s culture will still be heavily influenced by it’s first Generation (the people in this comic), so it will basically look like civilian comic nerds from the 2010’s, but with a sprinkling of military culture on top.
Sydney’s just lucky Peggy is so understanding! No matter how tough things got, it seemed like whoever “fell out” was always picked on by their fellow marine (which pissed me off. Your brother needs to have your back, and need to help every one in the unit get stronger, not pray on their weakest member. I could rant about this for a long time) If some one was lucky and had me as their Cpl or Sergeant, I’d stop it if I could but I’m sure there were cases of hazing I never learned about every time some one couldn’t hack it in a run. Peggy is not unheard of, actually she might even be the ideal in this regard, but she’s a pretty rare person to encounter in the Marines (excuse me if I missed it in a previous comic, but I assume she’s a Marine because she pilots a Marine exclusive aircraft, the Osprey). That might be a contributing factor to why she was picked for ARC as well. I’m not 100% on this, but I have my own theory that MARSOC filters out “toxic” individuals that aren’t like Peggy before letting them in, but that’s just a theory.
The Air Force has been flying CV-22 from 2009 on, in the 8th Special Operations Squadron. They have seen combat, so it possible for her to be either a Marine or an Airman.
Or, as I used to say “a jarhead or a zommie”, back in my days of being either called a “scope dope” or a “duck hunter”…
Batman is a bitch. Mask of the Phantasm proves it.
This page really makes me like Peggy. I liked her a lot before, but she’s the good stuff.
One small problem with her people skills. Sydney is feeling out of place and inadequate to the rest of the team. Peggy’s response is to send her to the showers to cheer her up. Because we all know what a boost to her confidence it was last time. https://www.grrlpowercomic.com/archives/1799
With all this talk of Batman, I wonder how many of these facts Sydney would know, or others here for that matter. Would not be surprised if Sydney knew them all, but what of others?
I knew none of course (what? I’m an alien, can’t learn everything overnight…), Daniel the Human surprisingly only knew the “other Harvey Dent” but nothing else. He is a little bit of a Batman fan apparently, but not that much I guess…
DID SOMEONE SAY HERESY!!!!
No. N9o one said that.
Did some one say HERSHY’S?
What new recruits are called can be called different between services with nicknames. Arc isn’t army, even if Max was army.
However, the use of a nickname may be considered offensive, and why the military sticks to recruit. :p
Max and Hero are both active duty Air Force. While Peggy could be Medically retired Army.
When I went through Navy Boot we weren’t called Boots, or Recruits. We were ‘Pukes’ until after Boot was 3/4s over. Then we were called ‘Swabbies’.
In regard to 4 second heal times in games, you should look at the Shooter Guy song, especially 2:16.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALd0ILisKvI
Even with the doc’s powers she’d probably have something to say about recklessly pushing recruits to the point where they do pull their hams that bad. That even though she can fix it is not excuse to abuse her power like that. And I don’t know how you set her up, but something like if it happens too often, there can still be long term problems for the patient- strain of healing too many times or something.
I would have thought Sydney familiar enough with Batman history to know that Bob Kane basically came up with the name and not much else. She should really be swearing to Bill Finger, if anyone.
Yeah, I was going to post that.
Of course, it could be that Sydney actually is a poser. She works in a comics store, which is a job where she’s better off pretending to be interested in more comics than she really is so she can talk to the customers. She’s obviously interested in some geeky things for real, but she could be exaggerating her interest in others.
Yay for chibi face, then Sydney trying to ‘force’ an amused Peggy to keep her ‘oh so terrible’ secret
Still REALLY loving the characters Dave, keep it up! (;
Personally don’t believe that that is an ‘amused face’, perplexed probably, but not ‘amused’
Based on her face, I’m pretty sure Peggy knew what it was she was supposed to be quiet about. She just wanted to lighten the mood….or just mess with Sydney. (Probably both, and/or see how Sydney would react.)
I knew a drill sergeant who’s also into RPG’s who called his recruits “Goblins”, so I think making up your own ARC boot camp slang is fair game.
How does Batman straight arm people over a ledge? That’s easy.
He lives in the DCU, where people can do that. They can also master over 100 martial arts and obtain multiple advanced degrees in less than 10 years, get by on almost no sleep, raise a kid sidekick from age 10 to 25 in only 5 years, and jump or swing between buildings without becoming street pizza or ripping their arms out of their sockets. Also, aliens look like humans, and can fly and shoot beams out of their eyes. And any random industrial accident can give you superpowers or mutate you horribly.
The DCU is NOT our world. It laughs at such silliness as “the laws of physics” or “limitations of human biology.”
It’s just best to explain impossible acts in fiction by assuming the rules are different in that universe. Also helps explain away writing inconsistencies–just dump anything you don’t like into Earth 6798-B and forget about it.
Yup, ‘comic book’ logic and slash or physics don’t apply to anywhere outside of comics, but the GP-verse at least attempts to have things feasible if not logical and slash or possible
Taking a moment to touch on the obvious gags:
“Swearing to Bill Finger would be acceptable as well.”
Peggy considers her hands curiously for a moment. “Which is my bill finger?”
-Or-
Peggy frowns. “Who is Finger and how much should we bill him?”
. . . what? I never said I was a comedian! Hey, quit throwing things at me! OUCH!
*Throws high speed 2 oz lead .58 cal objects at Ignoble.*
Just so long as you do throw and don’t shoot them at me . . .
Hmmm! To be safe, maybe I should go duck behind Maxima.
Said objects being thrown by 1861 Springfield Rifle-Musket.
“Throws high speed 50 ton rock at Kaeto.”
*Shatters rock and shoves all 50 tons of gravel up Dr. Revenge’s nose.*
I thought it was established in the comics that Spiderman has a medium level healing factor. That one time he actually went to a doctor as Peter Parker who after a checkup called him out as a super, because noone with that many (fully healed) fractures would still be in such good shape.
Does anyone else find it funny that, according to Sydney, it’s a Thursday? I get that comic time doesn’t sync with real time, but I find it amusingly coincidental that while the comic’s current day is not the true day, it just happens to be the only other day of the week that the comic updates?
And yes, sure, it has to be Thursday SOMETIME in the comic, sure, sure. Just let me have my laugh.
I think this is linked to the previous in-comic day, where Sydney complained about being called in on ‘new comics’ day. This is traditionally a Wednesday, so this makes the current day Thursday. The specific date, month and year are still up for debate.
In the Marvel-verse I always wondered why Thor never thought to mention to the rest of the Avengers “You named a day of the week after me? Thanks guys.”
Love the comic, keep up the great art and humor. All the characters have so much personality, it’s really fun. So, now my question. In your vote incentive, which is every form of the word “Hot” I can think of, Heatwave is sitting naked in a pot of liquid metal. Would she really sink like that, or would buoyancy not be an issue? I realize the power of boners is stronger than science, but it got me thinking of the Terminator scene with Ah-nold sinking into the metal, thumbs up. As a metal frame his actual displacement would be too great to float in water (and what if he didn’t melt? They would pour out the metal into ingots and a man sized frame of metal would clunk out), and because he sinks in the movie I have to assume he doesn’t float in metal. But a person, impervious to fire and heat, would just dent the metal a little, right? Unless she weighs hundreds of pounds, she should just be sexy laying on the top (assuming our selective science holds true), Or is there something heat related that I don’t understand going on here?
Steel has a specific gravity of about 7.9, so it would be hard to sink into. If however she is in a pool of molten magnesium with a specific gravity of 1.7 then she might be able to make it work.
in the Marines they call them Boot or Boots…
Don’t swear to Bob Kane.
SWEAR TO ME!
#%*!%##&&@$%%^@
Almost, but not quite. That’s swearing AT him, not TO him…
When I went through Air Force basic in 2003 we were called “Rainbows” or “Trainees”. At first, we were all Rainbows. After we were issued our uniforms and had our heads shaved; we were Trainees. At least until we pulled some civilian stunt; then you were, at best, a Rainbow again.
Ah Lackland, I kind of miss you. I never slept so well in my adult life. Exhaustion does a body good.
vote people ,7’th place is bad,make some distance