Editing 663: Sagan-Man

{{comic
| number    = 663
| date      = November 16, 2009
| title     = Sagan-Man
| image     = sagan-man.png
| titletext = They laugh now, but within 10 years the city's entire criminal class will have quit to work on space research.
}}

==Explanation==
{{w|Carl Sagan}} was an advocate for science, space and {{w|SETI}} (Search for Extra-Terrestrial Intelligence). He wrote the book ''Contact'', which was later made into the movie by the same name. While Sagan did not emit anomalous radiation in his lifetime,{{Citation Needed}} he did receive acclaim in the field of radiology, namely for using radiation to synthesize amino acids from simpler chemicals.

This comic is parodying {{w|Spider-Man}}, in which Peter Parker is bitten by a radioactive spider to become Spider-Man. In this comic "a radioactive Carl Sagan" turns the person into "Sagan-Man". Apparently, Sagan-Man is able to stop thieves in their tracks by blowing their minds with inspiring scientific facts.

The title text implies that Sagan-Man's vivid imagery inspires the entire "criminal class" to give up their anti-social ways and turn to space research.

==Transcript==
:[Bitten by a radioactive Carl Sagan in 1995, Sagan-Man possesses the powers and abilities of Carl Sagan.]
:Victim (off-panel): Help! Thief!
:[Sagan-Man spins around. A blue cape appears on his back.]
:[Sagan-Man runs towards the direction of the shout.]
:[He encounters the thief, holding a purse.]
:Sagan-Man: Hey, you!
:Thief: What?
:Sagan-Man: Do you realize just how crazy it is that we've ''BEEN TO THE MOON?''

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