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02.20.08 Outted

The other day I was hanging out with James at the comic book store he works at, doing "research" for an article. Under a shelf of comics I notice several boxes of old books. One section is full of Jimmy Olsen comics from the 50's and 60's.

"How did Jimmy Olsen get his own series of books?" I ask James. "Superman was a really huge deal back then," James says. "They gave all the supporting characters their own books to capitalize on the success. Jimmy, Lois, all of them."

"Did Perry White ever have his own series?" I ask. "Because that I would read." James laughs and tells me no, Perry White didn't have his own series. "But I think there was a general Daily Bugle series that he was in a lot."

"Daily Bugle?" I ask. "Isn't that Spiderman, not Superman?"

"Ahhh!" James smiles at me. "Geek test!"


Comments

+The Maiden Metallurgist says...

I was addicted to Spiderman comics when I was little. I'd climb into my mom's giant water bed (hey, it was the '80s) and reread the whole stack in order over and over.

+Josh says...

Oh, Spiderman!

When I first started going to my dry cleaners, before they knew me, they always used to ask my name. "You look like Peter Parker," the guy working there said, sifting through my shirts. When it came time to fill out a name on the ticket he asked, "What's your name?"


"Peter Parker," I told him. "Really?" he asked. "No," I replied.

If only I had stuck with the lie.

+stine says...

And yet you have no problem calling yourself "Rex" at Jamba Juice....




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