CRACK A DICTIONARY

…and next to the term “Pyrrhic Victory,” you’ll see a picture of “Captain Marvel.”

The book appears to have a lock on winning the “U-Decide.” Except on his website, Joe Q. has effectively promised I’ll be fired if I ever write a negative word about Marvel ever again. Because it means I’m not on his team.

Me, I didn’t know Marvel still had a team. I know, because I used to play on it. Softball. I pitched. Sometimes I was catcher if my knees held up. And Volleyball. There used to be glorious volleyball games.

And we’d play against other publishers, including DC. And everyone got along. Because there were always public disagreements, jibes, challenges between companies at conventions, etc., but in the end, everyone understood: It’s comics, for God’s sake.

Those were great days.

I miss those days. Days of a sense of community.

Days of teams.

Ah well.

I don’t do well with threats.

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