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What if Ashley's working?

I don't want her to think

that I'm spyin' on her.

Even though you are.

[Kevin] But I don't

want it to look like I am.

'Kay, tell ya what.

I'll go in first, I'll

scope out the scene,

and, if everything's clear,

I'll ring you on your cell.

[Kevin] You're a good friend.

Okay, just wait for my call.

Hey, Kev?

Coast is clear, dude.

Seriously?

You're gonna call

me from outside

when the shop's right next door.

I said I'd call.

Come on.

Hey, PJ.

Hey, Kevin, what's up?

Not much.

Oh, I know, you

wanna see Ashley.

Hold on, she's in the back room.

Let me go get here.

No, no, no. (moans)

And you didn't ask if

she was in the back.

I didn't think of it.

Dude, I swear

if you had brains,

you'd be an idiot.

[Woman] Hey, Kev.

Hey, Ash.

So how have you been?

Good, how 'bout you?

Uh, you know, I still have that

Hellblazer graphic novel

of yours at the house.

I didn't know if you wanted

me to bring it here or?

No.

Constantine was always

more your thing than mine.

You keep it.

[Kevin] Are you sure.

- Yeah.

- All right.

I guess I'll see ya later.

See ya.

[Man] Todd?

You must be Zod Killer?

So, you gotta tell me this.

Your screen name

on dbhookedup.com

is Zod Killer but your

real name is Clark?

Oh, you think I'm.

Todd, there's been something

I've been meaning to tell you.

I am really, no!

I'm just a huge

Superman fan, man.

Yeah, when I found

out that we actually

had the same exact name.

My full name is

Clark Kent Allan.

Well, I was infatuated with him.

I mean, seriously,

I only read Superman

and DC Comics.

Okay, yeah, that's great.

Dude, I can't wait!

[Kevin] Yay.

Oh, Kevin, will you crawl out

of your Ashley-sized hole

long enough to see daylight?

We've been waiting for

this for four years!

I still can't believe it.

Believe it.

[Woman] Hey, guys, what's up?

Not much.

Yeah, you can say that again.

What's up with Darth

Vasidious over here?

He's mad I won't go

see a movie with him.

A movie?

A movie?

Try the movie

of the century.

Dude, century's only

like 13 years old.

You're gonna have

to be more specific.

[Kevin] It's the movie

adaptation of Hellblazer.

The John Constantine comic?

Didn't they already make one?

Yeah, right, that Keanu

Reeves piece of bantha fodder.

Like that even counts.

Dude, is that, like, a demon?

Bogus.

This is an independent

film from Thailand,

and they didn't get

permission from DC Comics,

so they had to change all

the main characters' names.

A small price to pay.

Finally, a John Constantine

movie that's dark and gritty

and doesn't star some

brain-dead Nic Cage wannabe.

Dude, they changed the

main character's name

to Ben Affleck.

Like that matters.

They could've changed his

name to Brittany Spears

for all I care.

It's just that we,

we've been waiting

to see this for four years,

and now Dave Depression here

is wimping out on going with me.

Look,

Mark's gonna go see a movie,

and I just got the biggest

shipment of the month.

And then Ashley has

a life of her own,

which is more than I

could say for myself.

And I'm stuck here with nobody

to help with the largest

shipment of the month.

Excuse me.

Did I hear you say you

have a new shipment

coming in today?

Yeah, are you

looking for something

that we're out of, or?

Well I was wondering,

do you pull boxes first

or do you catalog

your whole shipment

before itemization?

Do you have enough

boards and bags,

or do those come in

a separate delivery?

Uh, exactly what

are you asking?

Well, I was just noticing

that you can probably

use some help,

and I have some

experience in comic shops.

My name's Carley.

Kevin.

- Where'd you work?

- Comic Underground.

Is that around here?

Uh, no, I just

moved back home.

I've been in Oberlin for

the past couple years.

It's local to there.

College girl, huh?

I went to college once myself.

I, it wasn't really

my thing, though, so.

You worked at a college,

Mark, in the cafeteria.

You quit when the

lady's volleyball team

gave you a wedgie, remember?

Are you lookin' for work?

I am.

I wasn't exactly coming

in here looking for that,

but if opportunity knocks.

Can, can you start today?

I can start right now.

Oh my gosh, good.

Well, exactly why'd

you come in here?

I was wondering if you had any

Strangers in

Paradise collection.

My roommate used to read that,

and I haven't had a

chance to pick one up

since I moved out.

That's one of my

favorite series.

- No way!

- Yeah!

I, we're out of stock

of it here right now.

But guess what?

I have the complete

series at my house.

I can let you borrow it

until I talk to the suppliers

and get some more in.

Dude, that would be so cool.

Awesome.

Well, let's go check

out the stockroom,

so that way we'll be

ready for the trucks.

All right, lead the way, boss.

Dude's smooth, you

gotta give him that.

I'd hardly call

that maneuvering.

Are you kidding?

She's a comic fan.

Her favorite comic is

his favorite comic.

She's smoking hot,

and she's new in town

so there's no

longstanding dating pools.

He'd be crazy to pass up

an opportunity like this.

I don't know.

Something tells me this

girl isn't on the market.

Well what, is she

training to be a nun,

and helping troubled youths

through working in

comic book stores?

Sounds like a Hallmark

Channel movie.

I don't know, but my

spider sense is tingling.

He should be careful.

This is Kevin we're

talking about here.

[Woman] Right, the master

of the emotional belly flop.

Well, she's helping out

when we need her the most.

What could go wrong?

You do realize,

by saying that,

you're practically

begging the universe,

show me, show me

what could go wrong.

I'd think a Constantine

fan would know better

than to tempt fate like that.

I know, yeah,

speakin' of Constantine,

I'll be back in a few hours.

Don't worry.

Man, I would've loved

to see Todd's face

when he found out

Clark was a DC guy.

God, I can't

imagine a worse fate.

Be like if a Star Trek

fan and a Star Wars fan

tried to get married.

Right?

It's like the True

Story, Swear to God.

New comic we just got in.

It's about a guy

from California,

meets a girl from Puerto Rico.

Talked for a couple months.

He flies out to see

ho it'd work out.

They actually live

happily ever after now.

So, what you're saying is

Clark and Todd need to

move to Puerto Rico?

No.

Who's ever happy in Puerto Rico?

I'm just sayin',

Todd's a good guy.

If he wants to make it work,

he's not gonna base it off

of DC versus Marvel comics.

He's just gonna make

sure that the love furls

- and keeps growing.

- Um.

Yeah, how 'bout, um, I

think we're low on bags.

Can you go in the

back and check to see

if we have some bags?

Okay.

I'll go see if we

have some bags.

Okay, you go, you go do that.

Hey, uh, is there anything

I can help ya find?

Uh, yeah, hey, what, what's

up with all these books here?

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