Today’s page takes us back to Ralph’s Diner, where Captain Heroic proves—once again—that nothing rattles him… not even a surprise soup bath.
Hailey is mortified, Captain Heroic is dripping, and somewhere across the diner, Yazmine Velour is livestreaming the whole thing as heart emojis rain from the internet. It’s a small moment, but one that says a lot about who Cap really is—and why people can’t help falling for him.
Transcript
Panel 1
Hailey (distraught that she has dumped hot soup on Captain Heroic): Omigod Omigod Omigod…
Captain Heroic (turning to another person eating at the diner): Excuse me. Would you hand me a napkin, please? (The person hands him a napkin)
Panel 2
Hailey: I’m so sorry Captain Heroic, sir. I didn’t mean to — {sob}
Panel 3
Captain Heroic (handing her the napkin): Here. Please don’t cry.
Panel 4
Captain Heroic (continues): Most of my first impressions involve disintegration rays. And actual impressions. In concrete.
Panel 5
Captain Heroic: This was far more pleasant — not counting the bay leaf in my shirt.Yazmine Velour (as she livestreams the interaction from the other side of the diner, a torrent of heart emojis flow from her phone as the audience reacts): Omigod Omigod Omigod
After Dark
This week's commissioned MicroFic delivers exactly what you’d want from a pairing between Dynasty and Father Christmas.
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Yes, he lives up to his name.
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Yes, Dynasty knew exactly what she was doing.
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No, the North Pole will never be the same.
I also posted the Goblin Girl MicroFic from the Monster Girl poll — and the response was so good, I might need to make these poll-powered MicroFics a recurring thing!
Tales from the Sinestro Corps
Somewhere the Crypt Keeper is smiling.
Making the
Tales from the Sinestro Corps — found in the back of the current issues of
Green Lantern — in the form of a caring, affectionate homage to the
horror comics of the EC era is a stroke of pure genius. (
Click on the image to the right for a bigger view)
Right down to featuring a
narrator figure carrying a dusty tome with assorted tales of terror, these stories recall the very best of that lost time of horror comics that made such an impression on the culture of the time that the government deemed it necessary to
regulate it.
Beyond the familiar visuals, we’re treated to some truly horrific stories in
Tales worthy of being included alongside EC’s best gore-filled stories.
It’s a well-used, effective tool that’s making the Sinestro Corps extremely creepy. And, technically, they haven’t even started yet.
Somewhere the Crypt Keeper is smiling.
