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| title = Wrong Superhero | | title = Wrong Superhero | ||
| image = wrong_superhero.png | | image = wrong_superhero.png | ||
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| titletext = Hi! Someone call for me? I'm a superhero who specializes in the study of God's creation of Man in the Book of Genesi-- HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG! | | titletext = Hi! Someone call for me? I'm a superhero who specializes in the study of God's creation of Man in the Book of Genesi-- HOLY SHIT A GIANT BUG! | ||
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==Explanation== | ==Explanation== | ||
− | + | The super hero from just [[1010|two comics ago]], Etymology-Man, returns. And just like that comic, Etymology-Man is explaining the origination of words instead of actually helping. {{w|Etymology}} is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time. | |
− | + | Who they want is Entomology-Man because they are fighting a giant praying mantis and an army of little praying mantises. Honestly, those "little" praying mantises still look huge compared to the typical size of mantises. {{w|Entomology}} is the study of insects. | |
− | In | + | In the title text, we find out instead of getting Entomology-Man, they accidentally call a superhero of Etiology. {{w|Etiology}} is the study of causation, or origination. Thus, Etiology-Man would be a superhero studying the origination of man in Genesis. |
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==Transcript== | ==Transcript== | ||
− | :[A giant praying mantis attacks a team of scientists | + | :[A giant praying mantis and its legion of regular-sized praying mantises attacks a team of scientists. Two of them fight back, with a gun and a baseball bat respectively, while a third is in the mantis' clutches, held aloft by his foot, his goggles falling off his face. Bullets whiz by the giant mantis' head, and a fourth scientist hides behind a desk, on which rests a microscope and an Erlenmeyer flask. A man in a cape approaches the hiding scientist.] |
− | :Etymology-man: Ah, no—you wanted '''''ENTO'''''mology-Man, spelled with an "N". See, it's from the Greek ''entomon'', meaning "insect, | + | :Etymology-man: Ah, no—you wanted '''''ENTO'''''mology-Man, spelled with an "N". See, it's from the Greek ''entomon'', meaning "insect", which is itself the neuter form of ''entomos'', meaning "segmented" or... |
:'''BLAM BLAM BLAM''' | :'''BLAM BLAM BLAM''' | ||
{{comic discussion}} | {{comic discussion}} | ||
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[[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Cueball]] | ||
[[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | [[Category:Comics featuring Ponytail]] | ||
[[Category:Language]] | [[Category:Language]] | ||
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