Originally published June 28, 1996, in Comics Buyer’s Guide #1180
Not too long ago, a fellow on CompuServ asked me to try my hand at attacking comic book titles. I didn’t understand the challenge, and said so. Why in heaven’s name, I asked, should I want to attack comic books? I try to defend them, not tear them down. But another poster explained, rather nicely, I thought, that it would be to parody censors’ tactics, to hone rhetorical skills, and to try and second-guess where such attacks might go. Having had it explained to me in sufficient one-syllable words, I took a whack at it. The result was not half bad, I thought, and so I’m running it for you here as well, in slightly expanded form.
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