Comic Book Villains Page #8

She said, "oh, Carter?

Oh, yeah. I'll tell you

where he is."

Sorry.

So...

What now?

What now?

What now?

I have a gun. Ok?

And my hand's

not shaking anymore.

Not now.

And I want your gun.

What gun?

don't f*** with me!

I see you have

a gun right there!

In the back

of your pants, Carter.

Aah! Ah! Ah! Ah ha ha!

Ha! Slowly!

Toss it.

Ok, up. Let's go.

Why don't you lead?

Ok. You're the boss.

Watch that cable.

Motherf***er.

Aah! Aah!

Aah!

Aah!

Aw.

Macgillicuddy

fall down.

Ungh!

Ha!

Aah!

Aah! Aah!

Son of a b*tch!

What the f***

are you doin'?!

Son of a b*tch! Aah!

Aw, sh*t!

Aw, sh*t!

Jesus!

Son of a b*tch!

You son of a b*tch!

If you'd only

done as I asked,

we'd both be rich.

But no! No!

See, I would have

been somebody.

But you...

Who--who--who

were you gonna

sell 'em to, huh?

They're comics,

you ass!

I remember them

from when I was a kid.

I didn't need you.

Oh! Ok! Oh, yeah!

You're a f***ing

encyclopedia

about comics.

You're the oracle

of delphi on comics!

Please! Please!

First appearance

of superman.

Uh,

action comics

#1.

Uh,

action comics

#1.

Everyone knows that.

Batman.

Uh...

Detective comics

Spider-man.

Uh,

spider man

#1.

Uh-uh.

Oh, wait. Wait.

Uh, uh...

Amazing fantasy

Golden age flash.

Flash comics

#1.

Silver age flash.

Showcase

Uh, uh,

the human torch.

Uh, uh,

the human torch.

Human torch...

Fantastic four

#1.

No! I am

talking about

the 1940's torch.

Oh. Oh. Uh...

Marvel mystery

#1.

Wonder woman.

Wonder woman.

Wonder woman.

Wonder woman.

Sensation

Ahh! Wrong!

No. No. Wait.

I'm right.

It's definitely

sensation

Wrong! Wrong!

Wrong! Wrong!

Well, it's not

wonder woman

#1,

if that's what

you're thinking.

What are you

trying to do?

Are you trying

to insult me?

Do you

think I'm stupid?

I'm standing here

before you.

You think I'm stupid?

Wonder woman first

appeared in

all star

8,

a justice society

backup story.

So either you're

trying to patronize me,

or you're trying

to f*** with me,

or you're trying

to get yourself killed.

And, by the way,

you're doing

a very good job.

No, wait.

And the bullets

didn't even bounce

off your chest.

And the bullets

didn't even bounce

off your chest.

Hi.

Who is it?

Who is it?

It's me,

ray macgillicuddy

what do you want?

Some polite

conversation.

Drink?

Yeah.

I don't drink.

I don't smoke.

Ok.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

Come on.

My store's on fire.

It was an accident.

It's ok.

It's ok.

These things happen.

I killed a man tonight.

Me, too.

Did yours

deserve it?

Yes. Yes, he did.

Did yours?

Remember that feeling?

Remember that feeling?

That feeling

when the hunt

became everything.

Just the comics

and us hating you

and you hating us.

And food and sex

and deep breaths,

everything felt better.

I remember food

tasting really good.

All because

of comic books.

It was rude

to run you over.

Yeah. I oughta...

I oughta get ya

for that one! Aah!

Whoo!

Oh!

My ride's here.

My ride's here.

I gotta go.

I've got nothing left,

and I've got no reason to stay.

Are you comin'?

Ah, the store's

open late.

If they come in,

maybe they'll

buy something.

It's a nice shop.

Summer was

a hot one that year.

It came about

a month later,

hotter than hell.

All the worse for

the guys I knew.

All the worse for

the guys I knew.

They had to make the trek

to the next town

for their comic books now,

with Raymond dead

and Judy in jail.

It made me sad so few

of Raymond's customers

came to his funeral.

You'd have thought

he mattered more to people,

but I guess he knew better,

especially at the end.

When the town did get

a new comic store,

it made sense

who'd run it.

Conan's mom had money.

I just never guessed

how much.

I just never guessed

how much.

Not that I cared by then.

I had money, too.

And I was long gone.

I'd done what

Mrs. cresswell had told me.

I looked in her son's closet

and found baseball cards.

Robinson, koufax,

mays, mantle,

and a million other names

I never even heard of--

together worth more than

even the comic books.

The thing is,

I don't like baseball...

I don't like baseball...

So I sold them.

Does that make me

as bad as the others?

I don't know.

I don't know.

But at least

I did something

with the money,

like I think Mrs. cresswell

would have wanted.

After all that had happened,

life and the living of it

seemed too fleeting

to waste in one place...

To waste in one place...

Or on arguing

whether superman

was stronger

than the hulk.

So I traveled.

First America,

then Europe...

Really taking my time

at each place

learning and growing,

but always knowing where

I'd eventually settle down.

Barcelona.

They have comics here, too.

They have comics here, too.

But I can't understand them.

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