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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