A Daily Dose of the 1970s in Action
"I came for the cakes. I stayed for the comments." – An Official Review from “Anonymous”
Hmm…”friend” is awfully mysterious.
Oh wait! I know. Batman must be this “friend” Hal is meeting. After all, we know that Batman was very anxious to blow Robin off so that he wouldn’t miss any acts of the play. And since he’s going as Green Lantern, it can’t be any of his normal friends. And according to this book, Carol Ferris doesn’t exist.
I bet Hal was late and Bruce had to miss part of the first act anyway. Because that’s how Hal rolls.
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And with that, my friends, we conclude not just today’s jam-packed page of definitions, but also the letter B! (On a nice even 30 pages, no less.) Join us tomorrow for another edition of The Super Dictionary and we’ll find out what kind of shenanigans the letter C has in store for us!
Check out under the cut for the last whole page of B!
I’m not really sure what kind of effect they were going for here.
But mostly it’s just awkward looking. You either break the panel borders or you don’t.
Careful Conjura! It’s probably full of bees. Or magic. Or magic bees!
Money can be exchanged for goods and services!
That sounds like Jonna can only buy food on Earth. That’s not very practical for her, since she’s supposed to be a space explorer. She can’t come back to Earth on a weekly basis for her food shopping.
Think about the rocket fuel she’s wasting! The price has got to be astronomical.
(…Yes. Yes that was entirely necessary.)
Wow, that’s the best you can do, Super Dictionary?
“Thing?” Just a “thing?”
Nevermind that buttons often have holes all the way through, and that the only type of button that doesn’t have holes all the way through are shank buttons (I’m kind of craftsy and I know these things — so sue me).
Maybe you could go so far as to venture “a small, round, flat disc with holes.” Or some other descriptor than “thing.”
Then again, this is the last page of the letter B. Something tells me the writers were getting a little antsy to move on to C.
But let’s just blame this shameful definition of “button” on King Creepy McCreeperson.
I would think so, Supergirl. I would think so.
Unless that butterfly is somehow also Kryptonian, as its color scheme implies, I’m pretty sure that it’s just common knowledge that you can fly faster than a butterfly.
They’re not exactly speed demons.
I’m kind of surprised that we don’t just have Atom riding that butterfly. Just for the hell of it.
(Supergirl Costume Tally: Holding at five! For now.)
Buttered bread is a great snack.
That’s speciesist, Super Dictionary! You can get butter from any mammal!
It’s just that cow butter is the most common butter.
But that’s still a little strange, since SR-12 isn’t from our planet. So while she could have animals to get butter from on her planet, it is highly unlikely that it would be from a cow.
Sadly this is neither a mark in favor nor against SR-12 being a robot or android. We need more evidence!
The unnamed hero of the Batman mythos
Damn straight no more butlers are needed there. Alfred is magic. The end.
Joker, you’re coming off a little more creepy uncle than I think you meant to.
That’s a lie, Robin. Joker scares you plenty. And don’t wait on Batman coming in to save you. He’s busy fighting bad men.
What’s in that bag, anyway, Joker? Is it that money you stole from yourself? In which case, Robin, why are you sneaking around in the dark in Joker’s lair? Because that doesn’t seem very smart.
(For a second I thought that door was totally spattered with blood, but it’s just some magenta colored Joker symbol.)
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And on that lovely Batman related note, we conclude today’s page of The Super Dictionary!
Come back tomorrow for more adventures with our favorite heroes!
Check out under the cut for today’s unchopped page!
Batman is busy, Robin. You need to come back another time.
Hear that, Robin? Batman is just busy!
You can’t blame him for doing his job instead of loving you, can you?
(Oh wait, you totally can. It’s okay, Dick. We’re here for you.)
It’s business time!
I’m going to interpret the word “business” as “prostitution ring,” because otherwise this definition isn’t funny or inaccurate.
