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Bad, Comic, Bad: Pigeons

There are two main things vintage comics are good for: history and stupidity. And since we already have Sounds of Nostalgia, I figured we’d highlight the stupidity. That’s always fun.

Last time (ohh, puns) I checked, Clark Kent was Superman. Unless pigeons have some sort of weird, Bizarro-esque effect on Supes. Maybe he really isn’t Superman, and we’ve all been misled—because he apparently has to ask people to pull his weight … his Man of Steel weight.

It might just be me, but I think the whole “weak Superman who can’t shake off a pigeon and climb a rope thing” would probably clue people in that he’s not Superman … If, you know, we’re believing that.

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Bad, Comic, Bad: Sad Robot

There are two main things vintage comics are good for: history and stupidity. And since we already have Sounds of Nostalgia, I figured we’d highlight the stupidity. That’s always fun.

Poor, abused robot. Your creators are sadists. Cruel, cruel sadists. And yet I’m laughing at your pain, because it is damn funny.

But look on the bright side, robot-man! Maybe your existence is for the greater good. Maybe it’s a social experiment, or maybe your misery will somehow lead to a cure for cancer … Or maybe that guy in the background is Hitler.

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Bad, Comic, Bad: Heroism

There are two main things vintage comics are good for: history and stupidity. And since we already have Sounds of Nostalgia, I figured we’d highlight the stupidity. That’s always fun.

Reading takes you to fabulous places, tickling your imagination … blah, blah. We all know the routine. But did you know that reading is also dangerous? That avid readers develop a ninja-like focus that also causes them to ignore, or become oblivious to, the goings-on of daily life? It’s true! The power of books can be deadly, and whatever that strange, green “funny odor” is, there’s a good chance it won’t lead to deliciously harmless apple pie.

That kid looks like he’s been in bed for awhile, and judging how he apparently doesn’t know his hair looks like a leopard died on it, there’s no prying him away from his gripping book … about heroics.

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Bad, Comic, Bad: Ray Power

There are two main things vintage comics are good for: history and stupidity. And since we already have Sounds of Nostalgia, I figured we’d highlight the stupidity. That’s always fun.

That guy’s expression just says it all: “What kind of idiot world did I walk into, and when can I leave? Some moron dressed like a fish just sprayed me with gross green water and he seriously just said, ‘Whence come you?’ And more importantly, what the hell am I wearing?”

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Bad, Comic, Bad: Robins

There are two main things vintage comics are good for: history and stupidity. And since we already have Sounds of Nostalgia, I figured we’d highlight the stupidity. That’s always fun.

Hats. They really are good for everything. And apparently they’re extremely relevant to Batman. It’s like, six degrees of Batman … with hats.

There’s a lot to love about this panel. The fact that Bats and Robin are actually wearing robin hats (the irony is killing you, I know), the assumption that they’re actually flying (again, the irony is just too much), and imagining Batman telling the Boy Wonder to “shut up” takes the cake for classicism.

And what the hell are they planning, exactly? What comes next? Oohhh, don’t we want to know. Okay, not really. I’m kind of scared, to be honest. So do I, uh, feel like this is just a little bit weird, Dick? Yes. Yes, I do.

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