Wednesday, April 23, 2008

Super-Duper-Powers Wednesday!


Ah, the excitement of watching a telepath in action.

I've never understood why almost every team needs a telepath. That has got to be, bar none, one of the most boring abilities ever. Hey! It looks like Saturn Girl is about to .... concentrate! Sockamagee!

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It's not that Matter-Eater Lad had the most practical of super-powers to begin with, but as a strategic move, would you send him somewhere he has to wear a helmet? The guy eats things. That's pretty much all he does. Slap a fishbowl helmet on him, and you can rest assured nothing cool is going to happen.

Unless he himself got eaten. Yeah, I'd stick around for that.
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This was an idea that just barely missed the mark. No boy wants the Petticoat Junction locomotive. He wants a model of the three sisters swimming naked in the water tower.

Don't believe me? Look at the expression of the kid asking for a catalogue in the second panel. He clearly thinks "catalogue" is slang for "Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue."

3 comments:

Comixbear said...

That's why it's called Hooterville, my friend. Because of the half-naked women lounging around the water tower! Of course, stay on the train for another 20 minutes and you end up in Ball Branch.

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Sea-of-Green said...

"Hooterville?"

SallyP said...

Man, Petticoat Junction is even before MY time, and I'm oooolllllldd.

And yes, watching Saturn Girl "concentrate" must have been...riveting.