You know your a comic book geek when....... every time you see a falling star you secretly hope it's a dying alien who's going to give you a power ring.
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Awww... I wish people would call me about comic book information.
I think we all know who's not getting the power ring, Mr. I-hope-someone-dies-so-I-can-gain-from-it. The ring is mine. *Hopes the shooting star is a dying alien with a power ring*
__________________ Originally posted by -Pr- a great big penis.
Basicly the idea was to take advatage of how thw world should react to superhuman powers in order to make the guy more dangerous.
For example when the Flash and most other speedsters move at high speeds they have some mutation or force that prevents them from wrecking everything around them. If you remove that completely and merely make a character that won't die from moving a high Mach speeds you end up with a person who can cripple an army just by walking by. Comic books also tend to ignore what a thunderclap should do to a person especially if you wave your hand past thier ear at Mach5.
Obviously the Flash and other speedsters are capable of these feats but in this case to focus is on how useful the collatoral effects are and not the speed power itself.
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Graffiti outside Latin class.
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A juvenal prank.
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You know when you're a comic book geek when....
...you buy different action figures from DC Direct. Then you get a video camera and start making your own Justice League Movie. Then load the video to Youtube.com.
Story 1:
My mom was shocked when she heard about Cap in the news...
...then more shocked when I already knew about it, AND what the next issue is about (the autopsy). I was like, "Mom. It's me. If you know something about comics, I knew it last week."
Story 2:
I only have 1 friend that will watch any Justice League episode with me. He likes hearing about power levels, continuity, and other random sh*t. Everyone else just gets annoyed...