Today I want to share a page from a comic book that I bought from there about 35 years ago and how, after all this time, it is still stuck in my head.
The book in question is Ambush Bug#1 by Keith Giffen with dialogue by Robert Loren Fleming and inks by Bob Oskner.
Ambush Bug was this guy.
He could teleport. He was also a persistent pain in the ass who knew he was in a comic book.
Because he knew he was in a comic book, he has a phony alien invasion on page 1 of his new solo book to goose sales.
And this is the thing that has stuck with me after all these years.
I can't go to Acme Comics without referencing this damn page.
"Well, I'm off to Acme for my loved ones. No, not my family. My co-mick books! Es-pesh-a-lee the good DC wonz!"
Three and a half damn decades later, I'm still quoting this damn page!
"Where did I put my loved ones? No, not my family. My co-mick books! Es-pesh-a-lee the good DC wonz!"
"I'm going to spend some time with my loved ones. No, not my family. My co-mick books! Es-pesh-a-lee the good DC wonz!"
Yes, I am a sad, pathetic man.
Just look away. And leave me alone. Alone with my loved ones.
No, not my family.
My co-mick books! Es-pesh-a-lee the good DC wonz!
Dammit!
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