Many of you have been commenting on how calm Spy Gal has been so far in this chapter and how scary that makes her. I think whenever someone is behaving in a manner contrary to how we expect, that can be a little concerning. If a child knows he’s done wrong and he knows his parents know and the parents are not letting him have it, then he’s just waiting for the hammer to fall. The longer the scenario drags out, the worse it gets. Until finally it does come down and then… oh boy. Watch out.
This isn’t the first time we’ve seen the device Spy Gal has placed on Jerry’s arms. Waaaaaay back in SuperFogeys 11 – The Power Dampener, Spy Gal first got outfitted with one of her own, and then memorably got rid of it in SF 363 – Liberated. Gene was the one who put the dampener on Spy Gal in the first place, but of course he was under orders from… Dr. Klein.
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Exit the Third Man as an active influence on events. He’s not going anywhere with those on his wrists, after all. Ah well, it was good while it lasted.
It’s true. Power dampeners to the rescue.
Here’s a question: anyone guess this would happen after last Wednesday’s strip?
I didn’t, though now I know what exactly Spy Gal asked Gene to bring to her.
Though I AM a bit surprised Gene didn’t just shrugged Spy Gal’s threats until she ended up beating him up hard, or something of the sort. 😛
I think the lesson there is that Gene is a big ol’ coward. Which means we all lose. I mean, who doesn’t want to see Gene get beat up?
Beat up, sure. Shot? Not so much. It would have been neat if Gene had gotten history to repeat itself by slapping the dampeners on Spy Gal instead of handing them over, mind.
Sure, I can see that. Spy Gal shooting Gene would be a level of violence we haven’t seen before in SF… which probably means it would be kind of awesome if it actually happened, completely terrible. There’s a moments in the Angel episode “A Hole in the World” where a formerly nebbish character just straight up shoots a guy in the knee for not doing his job quickly enough (a loved one is in jeopardy) and it’s a powerful, shocking moment. It doesn’t fit and that’s how you know ho much that character means it.
Which is not to say, necessarily, that Spy Gal would have really shot Gene. Nice thing is, we don’t have to find out.
…………..IS IT WEDNESDAY YET!!?? (it’s barely monday and i’m dying for the next strip!) Power Dampeners…BUT when you consider jerry had those put on spy gal one has to wonder if he didn’t take precautions so they couldn’t be used against him?
(probably reading TOO into things BUT with this series how can you not! You hide clues SO well and over the course of the entire strip!!!!)
Until they cast Danny DeVito as Tangerine!!! MAKE MINE SUPERFOGEYS!!!
Haha. Drew, I love the enthusiasm! Plus, as an old school Marvel fan, I see what you did there.
SWEET lol i’m glad someone caught it!!! 😀 😀
Good call on the power dampeners, though. They might indeed have been made for other supers only.
This may backfire on Spy Girl given who Jerry really is. 🙁
Too true. If there’s anything Jerry is a master at… it’s escape.
Is creating a hole the same as phasing? Tune in next week to find out.
Or Wednesday. If Jerry is going to escape, it really should be before what Spy Gal wants to do to him on Wednesday.
Someone’s about to get a “talking to”.
Never read Bone. I went looking for it, but it doesn’t seem I can read it online. Am I looking in the wrong place?
Yeah, Bone is strictly “print only.” It’s available in both b&w and color on Amazon and at many bookstores. It’s a modern day classic, so getting copies should be pretty easy. And you’re welcome. Bone is amazing.
Did not see that coming. I figured she would just beat the snot out of him. Maybe throw some pots and pans around. 😉 clearly this is why you are the genius behind this series and I am still throwing pots and pans around when I get mad! Hahaha!
Hey, I wouldn’t mess with you.
Now, unscramble Thrice Evil’s brain and leave the two of them alone to work things out. Jerry might be able to escape once Thrice rips his arms off. 🙂
Ooh… yeah, that would be quite a scene. Thrice… Thrice… when are we gonna get back to that guy?
I miss that guy. 🙁