"Yeah, that one. The Jokerz were violent freaks, and no, he and Mel never did really hook up. She was Ten. The Jack was her skeezy brother, or possibly cousin. And she was definitely a ten anyway, you know?" Josh kept talking without putting much thought into it while his brain was busy processing the fact that this guy was just going along with it. What were the odds that he wouldn't be the craziest person in this scenario?
"I'm convinced he was born cranky. The guy had no sense of humor." He looked at the comics that were being pulled. They looked pretty promising, research wise. "I guess Dick finally got promoted from Nightwing. He better not screw it up."
He kept chattering, to cover the awkward silence from the distracted shopkeeper. "So, do you get a lot of crazy people in here?"