This Very Special Episode of Friday Night Fights comes from the pages of Flash Comics #90 (December 1947) by way of a reprint in 100 Page Super-Spectacular DC-18 (July 1973), and it features the original Atom, a man whose sole superpower was an extreme case of Short Man's Syndrome. For realsies, honest.
Here the Pint-Sized Pugilist works through his body image issues by tossing a piano on top of a fleeing gunman.
I find that it's even more enjoyable to imagine the crook is actually Billy Joel. "Sing us a song, piano man...now that your spine has been pulverized and your innards smooshed into jelly." (Okay, so the Atom is not the only person here with issues. Deal with it.)
Alas the thrill of victory is short-lived, for the greater one's accomplishment, the more likely one will be coldcocked by a little old lady wielding a novelty erotic sculpture, either figuratively or literally. (In my case, it has almost always been the latter.)
You say you're even thinking about dying? Well, before you do anything rash, dig this...
The Main Ingredient - Everybody Plays the Fool (from The Best of the Main Ingredient, 2005) - I can think of no better pallative for a bruised ego and/or skull than some sweet, sweet soul music.(Bahlactus towers over all.)
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3 comments:
Sorry, this has nothing to do with the blog but i have to get this off my chest, my nephew is being called augustus, how fucked up is that, poor kids going to get beaten every day at school, any suggestions of changing stubborn silly bastards minds or whether i should call social services are welcome
A.J
Alrite there
Ive been visiting your excellent site for a while and ive just set up my own mp3 blog. It will feature punk, goth, ska, indie etc,. I have linked to your site and would really appreciate it if you could do the same. My blog is called
Moving away From The pulsebeat
http://the-pulsebeat.blogspot.com/
Cheers
Jase
AJ: If they cannot be swayed from the course, I suggest you sieze the initiative and call the child "Gus" from the get-go, and hope that it will stick.
Jase: Consider it done.
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