2009-08-05
Original: 2009-08-05 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1: A robotic claw arm looms over a city street amid flying debris. A large explosion bursts with the text:
BOOM!
Panel 2: Caption box: EARLIER...
A mustached man in a suit (the police commissioner) stands in a dark room.
Commissioner: Batman!
Batman (in silhouette, cape and cowl): What is it, Commissioner?!
Panel 3: The commissioner, wincing, continues.
Commissioner: A team of villainous geeks are about to blast Gotham City with their superlaser!
Panel 4: Close-up of Batman's masked face.
Batman: I'm on it.
Panel 5: Three geeky men stand in a room as several grenades roll on the floor near their feet, making "tink tink tink" sounds.
A man: A bat-grenade!
Sound effects: tink tink tink
Panel 6: One of the men (red-haired, glasses, sweater vest) holds up a grenade and inspects it.
Man with glasses: I don't get it. The pin's still in.
Panel 7: The group of men stand together, unimpressed.
A man: Yeah, does he think we're morons?
Panel 8: Close-up of one red-haired man looking shocked/sweating in the foreground while the others examine the object. The grenade reads:
LIMITED EDITION BAT-PIN!
Votey: A simple black-and-white sketch of a smiling, sweaty man's face. His thought bubble reads:
WORTH IT!
BOOM!
Panel 2: Caption box: EARLIER...
A mustached man in a suit (the police commissioner) stands in a dark room.
Commissioner: Batman!
Batman (in silhouette, cape and cowl): What is it, Commissioner?!
Panel 3: The commissioner, wincing, continues.
Commissioner: A team of villainous geeks are about to blast Gotham City with their superlaser!
Panel 4: Close-up of Batman's masked face.
Batman: I'm on it.
Panel 5: Three geeky men stand in a room as several grenades roll on the floor near their feet, making "tink tink tink" sounds.
A man: A bat-grenade!
Sound effects: tink tink tink
Panel 6: One of the men (red-haired, glasses, sweater vest) holds up a grenade and inspects it.
Man with glasses: I don't get it. The pin's still in.
Panel 7: The group of men stand together, unimpressed.
A man: Yeah, does he think we're morons?
Panel 8: Close-up of one red-haired man looking shocked/sweating in the foreground while the others examine the object. The grenade reads:
LIMITED EDITION BAT-PIN!
Votey: A simple black-and-white sketch of a smiling, sweaty man's face. His thought bubble reads:
WORTH IT!
Alt text
An eight-panel SMBC comic parodying Batman. Panel 1: a robotic claw and an explosion labeled 'BOOM!' over a city. Panel 2, captioned 'EARLIER...': a mustached commissioner says 'Batman!' to a silhouetted Batman, who replies 'What is it, Commissioner?!' Panel 3: the commissioner says villainous geeks are about to blast Gotham City with their superlaser. Panel 4: Batman says 'I'm on it.' Panel 5: three nerdy men watch grenades roll to their feet going 'tink tink tink'; one exclaims 'A bat-grenade!' Panel 6: a bespectacled red-haired man inspects one and says 'I don't get it. The pin's still in.' Panel 7: the group says 'Yeah, does he think we're morons?' Panel 8: a close-up reveals the grenade is stamped 'LIMITED EDITION BAT-PIN!', and a red-haired man reacts with shock. The joke: Batman's 'bat-grenades' are actually collectible bat-pins, irresistible to geeks. Votey: a crude sketch of a grinning, sweaty man whose thought bubble says 'WORTH IT!' as he presumably keeps the pin despite the danger.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.