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I imagine DCU cops react like this a lot

I imagine DCU cops react like this a lot

The lead feature in Detective Comics #253 is “The Fox, the Shark and the Vulture” by Dave Wood and Sheldon Moldoff. It’s a forgettable story in which three gimmick villains — specializing in land, sea, and air-based tech respectively — prove no more interesting than if they were going solo. Though name-only variation of this Z-list team have cropped up on TV in B:TAS, Beware the Batman and Batman: The Brave and the Bold, proving again that you never know how much potential characters have.Even so, when I read the story recently in the first Batman: The Silver Age Omnibus I was struck by one panel, posted below:It’s the deadpan message reporting a “criminal wearing vulture-like disguise” as if this were a matter-of-fact occurrence — which in the DCU I imagine is true. After a couple of years on the job in Gotham City, a dude in a “vulture-like disguise” would be as unremarkable as a DUI.

It doesn’t make the story good, but it is an amusing moment.

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5 Comments

  1. Le Messor

    One of the times when they remember what their universe is actually like! So many times you get ‘there’s no such thing as –‘ in a world where ‘–‘ is pretty much a daily occurrence.

      1. Le Messor

        I remember that line, and rolling my eyes at it.
        Though I also always remember the counterpoint, from the Justice League animated:

        Flash:
        Let’s see, after I caught the gorilla, he told me that…
        Green Lantern:
        He talked to you?
        Flash:
        Yeah, right after I stopped his car.
        Green Lantern:
        I’m supposed to believe this?
        Flash:
        Hey, we’ve both got a Martian’s phone number on our speed dial. I think I deserve the benefit of the doubt here.

        1. There’s a scene in Astro City where new superhero Quarrel is wondering why everyone recognizes her: “I found out when I fell back in time six years, stayed in 1976 for a couple of months and left after I founded the Omega Rangers,” Quite unremarkable, that’s what life in Astro City is like.

          1. Le Messor

            Spectacular Spider-Man #20:
            Traffic cop: “C’mon, Mac — move along! Watcha Starin’ at!”
            Random driver, points at Spider-Man: “A-A-At him, officer!”
            Traffic cop: “Out-of-towners huh? Well — you get used to seeing this kind of thing after awhile!”

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