Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for January 08, 2021
Transcript:
Man: Your skin as as strong as steel, right? Captain Victorious: Yep. Man: And you can fly at supersonic speeds? Captain Victorious: You know it! Man: Then what exactly made you think that crashing into me at Mach-2 was somehow going to be less painful than letting me hit the pavement?!? Captain Victorious: I use lots of fabric softener.
distortion almost 4 years ago
Drop him, Cap. Let him find out which is more painful.
StoicLion1973 almost 4 years ago
Do you townspeople want “The Incredibles”? ’Cuz this is how you get “The Incredibles”!
Znox11 almost 4 years ago
The fabric softener must work, he’s still alive and not smeared across Caps chest.
Ed The Red Premium Member almost 4 years ago
I will confess, I have wondered about this myself. Someone falling off a 1000 foot building (not unusual in the comics) is going 172 miles an hour. They are still traveling at that same velocity when the superhero catches them in their arms. Plus, there’s the sideways velocity.
jsimpso1 almost 4 years ago
This is a shout out to the controversial death of the character Gwen Stacy in The Amazing Spider-Man #121 from June 1973. She’d been thrown off a bridge and Spider Man tried to arrest her fall with his webbing. In the one time physics intruded into Marvel comics the sudden stop snapped her neck. It was also shown with slightly different circumstances in 2014’s film version, The Amazing Spider-Man 2
ChessPirate almost 4 years ago
And here’s “The Big Bang Theory’s” Sheldon explaining the physics of this situation:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DlB1PcgkYLU
WCraft Premium Member almost 4 years ago
At least there is no creepy smelling of the garments like in the commercials…
6th Billiard Ball Student almost 4 years ago
DROSS adult neglect in progress.
knight1192a almost 4 years ago
And there’s a difference?