02/04/2014
Now before anyone in the audience whines, “Wait! Where did they get a giant robot?! That don’t make no sense! I hate this comic! I hate YOU!“, I would like to reassure you that we’ll find out who built the mechanical monstrosity tomorrow. So knock off that attitude!
It’s not like Scapula doesn’t know any villains who are good with robotics and such. Like that mole guy.
Melvin Mole, from the MAD comic book? “Dig, dig, dig, dig!”
I’m just kind of curious where the mooks are getting their gemological knowledge from. Throgor’s not around! I mean, that’s a pretty solid ballpark. As for the machine….. if it’s Grahm Pah again, I’ll be chuckling!
I always figured Scapula could pull off a few solid capers if he had people willing to listen to him and he applied himself (the SMDL could have worked well under him if not for Moonie!). The problem is eventually people are going to start moving directly against him. He works best when coming outta the blue. I think he also works best under pressure….. whenever he’s relaxed or things are going well, he screws it all up.
That’s a pretty high number, meaning Scap’s lieutenant there is either an expert on the diamond market or is just pulling a number out of his butt (and that’s a special skill!).
Working under pressure does have an odd way of bringing out hidden capabilities in the human brain, even if it does cost you quite a lot of brain cells. “Crunch time” has his merits, although it would definitely be more worth it if you were rewarded with ten million in precious stones!
I can’t knock off the attitude! It’s who I am!
That’s what I used to tell my grade school teachers. Then they all punished me.
Years later and I still have my attitude…and most of those old crabs are all dead. DEAD, I tells ya!
Way to go, Scap! A successful caper. I would advise you to put a few mil in savings because there’s no retirement plan in place for most supervillains and psycho despots.
Most supervillains don’t live to retirement age, and if they do…well, they would be geriatric supervillains. That might be a funny idea for a comic, although I’m sure someone has already done it!
Yes, Marvel. You might recall he was called ‘The Vulture’.
…and the old Vulture is the BEST Vulture. They replaced him more times than any other villain (or even Marvel character) with younger, “cooler” versions, but in the end it was the cantankerous old bastard who kept coming back. Go, Adrian Toomes!
And a happy Amen to that! There’s no replacing the original! (A lesson I really wish most people would learn……)
“I’m sure someone has already done it!”
I’ve seen you commenting on the Superfogeys webcomic, so yeah.
I’ll laugh if all those gems turn out to be cubic zirconia.
Cubic zirconia…why does that sound familiar? Oh, right, it’s those special gems I spent my life savings on! Yessiree, that guy in the alley sure gave me a good deal.