After several hours of applied mad sciences, Dr. Muskiday finally has a plan.
The macronanos have been feeding on Fairmount City’s emotions, growing stronger with every burst of anger, embarrassment, infatuation, and fear. Muskiday’s new device is designed to reverse the process — converting a macronano back into harmless micronanos while safely discharging all that stolen emotional energy.
There’s just one problem.
To test the thing, they need a macronano.
Fortunately, HoloClone Miss Match knows exactly how to bait the hook. A little romance. A little melodrama. And perhaps just a touch more enthusiasm than Dr. Muskiday was expecting.
Science demands sacrifice. Apparently, dignity is first on the list.
One Hot August
On Friday, I posted a wrap-up of all of the August exclusives — complete with previews of all the spicy selections. You can download all of them without becoming a Patreon backer here.
Transcript
Panel 1
Dr. Muskiday finishes tinkering on his device in front of a whiteboard that shows how the device works.
Macronano —> containment unit —> compression field emitter —> emotion output emitter
Muskiday: OK… I think we’re ready to test it out. Can you attract one of the macronanos?
Panel 2
HoloClone Miss Match: Musky, darling, this may be our last chance to consummate our love before the macronanos take over!
Panel 3
A macronano reacts as Holoclone Miss Match (continues off-panel): Take me, my love. I’m yours, body and soul!
Panel 4
The macronano enters the lab, and HoloClone Miss Match slams the door behind it.
HoloClone Miss Match: Ha-HA! You sure are gullible! I can’t believe you fell for that. GET ’IM MUSKY!
Panel 5
Dr. Muskiday is in the act of taking off his pants: …Huh??
Victor Buono would be proud.
As you may know, some of the villains that appeared on the Batman TV show from the 60s were created solely for the tube — instead of being developed from the comic.
King Tut was one such villain, appearing in five episodes. But, as CBR reports, he’s going to finally get his proper due on the printed page.
[CBR]: [Co-writer Nunzio] DeFilippis told CBR News that King Tut was one of his personal favorites from the cult classic TV show, so it was a decidedly cool assignment to bring the character to the DC Universe proper, even though this incarnation is slightly different than the one from the ’60s series. “He’s a bit different in comic form than he was in the TV show for two reasons,” explained DeFilippis. “One, the tone of the comics versus the tone of the show and two, legal/copyright issues. The TV show exists in a strange place where DC, which is part of Warner Bros., owns Batman and Robin and the Commissioner and the characters invented in the comic, but the show itself is now owned by Fox. So who owns the characters invented for the show? It’s a thorny issue, and it’s generally kept the show’s new villains far from the comics.”
Read the entire story.
King Tut enters the villainscape on very modest ground, coming in at a VQ rating of 3. That’s actually not too bad for the newcomer. To be fair, it would have been a 2, but… Victor Buono, man! He was in Robin and the 7 Hoods. If he’s good enough for The Chairman, that’s good enough for VQ.
