tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post5635833324736261574..comments2024-03-27T19:04:14.544-05:00Comments on The Absorbascon: Green Arrow vs. The Pirates, #4: "Aren't You Green Arrow?"Scipiohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16217376618860561999noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-89821033441142657912020-06-09T13:39:35.440-05:002020-06-09T13:39:35.440-05:00Good as Red-Hat is, I feel like the absolute tops ...Good as Red-Hat is, I feel like the absolute tops for Hypercompetent Sidekick to Incompetent hero has got to be Avenger and Bird-Man. Seriously, he bets the villain single-handed in almost half the cartoons, and saves Bird-Man from certain death in all but a handful.Dick McGeehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14521293874696659063noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-35321377659232712012020-04-15T07:43:18.668-05:002020-04-15T07:43:18.668-05:00So what? So what? The image of Kilgore, Paul Ben...So what? <b>So what?</b> The image of Kilgore, Paul Benedict, Bald-Waldo, and Green Arrow just uncomfortably staring at each other for twelve hours while one of them struggles to think of something clever to say is the kind of comic book action I <i>live</i> for!John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-85417475553855414312020-04-14T16:48:36.186-05:002020-04-14T16:48:36.186-05:00Gasp! A hero can't just phlogiston his way th...Gasp! A hero can't just phlogiston his way through the Star City Maritime Museum of Defunct Light Frigates! The tourism money only just barely covers the insurance premiums as it is, without adding arson to their nightly gala schedule. Plus, he'd probably just Wile E. Coyote his way into trapping himself in a ring of burning derelict pirate ships, and that's a <i>Saturday</i> activity.<br /><br />Speaking of ancient relics, how long has Johnny Jimmy Jakey Joshie Joe been in that...is it a payroll office? Because the chair and desk kind of look like it. Anyway, his piratin' onesie has faded from its original emerald green, his chains are no longer longer than his arm-span (still too long, though), and he seems to be radioactive, too!<br /><br />And...yeah, some quick research suggests that a bucket of Quikrete is going to take a couple of hours to set enough to work around, and about a day to dry, so I have to imagine that Ollie was just standing there workshopping his stand-up routine until they all went to sleep. I mean, there's even that old saying, that "concrete with a pastry bag aimed at it never dries." Wait, <i>please</i> tell me that Kilgore is going to put little floral accents on the cement shoes! Because that would cover at least part of the bill, right?John Chttps://john.colagioia.net/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11737441.post-80627797144339650852020-04-14T16:45:36.691-05:002020-04-14T16:45:36.691-05:00Y'know, the arrow-piton thing is really kind o...Y'know, the arrow-piton thing is really kind of clever, except for the fact that stabbing arrows into the hull of the ship is going to be pretty noisy. So it's no wonder evil Popeye caught Ollie. I find it curious that a wooden schooner has bags of cement aboard. Perhaps they were installing a fireplace?Bryan Lhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04358102127982954750noreply@blogger.com