Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal by Zach Weinersmith for February 17, 2015

On a plus note, it means that Batman’s not past his primes yet.

But wouldn’t he just go look for evidence of the bomb?Being the world’s greatest detective and having one clue with no obvious usefulness, he would seek out other avenues.Occupying the mind with other matters is often the best way to resolve an impasse.

Dr. Matrix might have made an interesting villain..a, b …………..………………….………………….………………..c

Sometimes you just can’t get a riddle of a bomb.

@ThreeStepsOverJapanSure, but if he solves the clue and the real parts aren’t 0.5, then he still doesn’t know whether there’s a bomb. Whether he works at solving the clue or looking for evidence, he only works on the antecedent of a conditional whose consequent is that a bomb is beneath a downtown dive. In neither case can he be assured that there is not one. However, if he looks and doesn’t find one, then he has some evidence that there isn’t one, evidence that goes beyond the conversational implicature of a crook known for twisting language.

Darn that Riddler…I bet he’s ruined a great many weekends for Batman because of riddles like that one.

For once, the Riddler outdoes the Joker.

You guys are overthinking it. The point of the comic is that Zach wants us all to know that he knows some esoteric math. Congrats, Zach!

The bomb isn’t there because there are infinitely many y=0 where x <> .5