JEMINI’S COPYCAT COUNTERATTACK pg4
Hoo geez…this is going to get crazier before it gets any saner (as is usual in this comic…and life in general…). Looks like our little Copycat is living up to the moniker, but who will end up with the scratches and hairballs? Did the analogy not make any sense? No duh…it’s because I’VE GONE CRAZY! So crazy I’m selling two great comics for just twelve bucks! And the busted up Honda out front is only eight hundred dollars and a cheese sandwich! HALP! I NEED MY MEDS! BUY A COMIC!
What kind of cheese sandwich? Grilled, or just cheese on bread? Any mustard?
Hmmm..mustard on grilled cheese? I usually dip mine in ketchup (to the horror of others), but now I think I’ll have to try a grilled cheese with maybe a nice Dijon or honey mustard. Thanks for the idea!
…oh, yeah, there’s also a comic today.
I like how the duplication process also duplicates the clothing.
Hey, this comic has to be SOMEWHAT PG-13!
Okay, things like that do tend to bug me when I see them in movies and cartoons and such. Either Dio’s clothes has nanites in them or…uh…can I say “unstable molecules” or did Marvel trademark those?
FINALLY! Couldn’t get the page to open on my computer, yeesh.
Aw, a HONDA? And I brought this cheese sandwich all the way over here! Ah well, guess I’ll just enjoy the comic.
In grand tradition of Lady Jenn, a weapons check! Despite the big blam markers, the fact the bullet seems to go into the skull but not splatter the background in Dio’s limited gray matter would suggest to me Gemini’s pistol probably falls into the low-caliber range, possibly a .22 or low velocity .38. Larger than that would pass through or shatter significant portions of the head. A .22 is not a big boom, but it CAN lose power on the entry and ricochet around inside a skull, which is why some people use them. Also ammo is quite abundant and a lot of people don’t ask questions about people stocking up on varmint rifle bullets. Which are still very dangerous to people. (Thanks to my dad for being a pistol club member, I’ve heard all the safety lectures…)
Alternately, Dio’s head is UTTERLY empty of anything useable to splatter, and alternately alternately the artist just didn’t feel like goring up the comic…
Let’s say it’s a “.22”, since that would fit with Jemini’s theme, right?…or maybe Harvey Dent, but he’s been pulling that shtick since the 1940’s.
I don’t know why I didn’t make Dio’s deaths all that gruesome; perhaps I feared people would think a comic where an LGBTQ youth getting killed over and over again would be hateful or whatever. Rest assured, folks, the cheery little brat will be just fine (even after another bullet)!
I’m sure it’s also fun to see us bend our brains in hoops to fill in plot holes a little, huh? lol!
It’s good to see you back, Aidan.
I also find myself intensely curious as to what gender Dio actually is.
Welcome back, Andrew! It’s a huge relief to see the ol’ readers returning to this site (times have changed a lot since 2013 or so, huh?) and I’m very grateful that folks still swapped by to leave their comments.
As for Dio’s gender, here’s the big reveal: it’s entirely up to you if Dio is a boy, girl, both, or neither. I can’t make up EVERYTHING that happens in this comic!
Pro: Cute character has my favorite superpower!
Con: They have to get slaughtered to activate it!
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Wait – that’s actually pretty interesting.
Semi-pro-ish: They’re just annoying enough that they’ll be an army in no time!
Semi-con-ish: They’re just annoying enough that they’ll be an army in no time!
Ha! A double-edged sword indeed (and look, I worked in a “double” pun as well! I could be writing for 60’s Batman villains).
We’ll see just what happens when you get too many Dios in the same room…