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dr_hermes (dr_hermes) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-05-25 20:36:00

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char: captain marvel/billy batson, era: golden age, publisher: fawcett comics, title: whiz comics

Captain Marvel's favorite part of a woman
How inexplicable. This is from WHIZ COMICS# 51 in 1944. Odd little throw-away moments like this are one of the reasons why I love Golden Age comics. Marvel has been asked to judge a beauty contest, but why he's doing that with the tape measure is not explained.

The question may come up in conversation, "what is the sexiest part of a woman?" or "what is your favorite part?" Guys, as you value your life, immediately say, "Her mind, of course." Eyes or smile are answers you might also get away with. But if you say, "Her forearm and it should ideally be shorter than 29 inches," everyone will draw away from you and you will receive puzzled looks for awhile.

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fungo_squiggly
2009-05-25 10:42 pm UTC (link)

Perhaps she, like most of the contestants, is actually a seven-foot-tall amazon of a woman. Captain Marvel is actually hovering a foot off the ground just so he can measure their mighty limbs without standing on tippy-toe.

Or maybe she just has freakishly long forearms, so that Billy was irresistibly compelled to measure them due to his morbid curiosity, even though that wasn't actually part of the beauty pageant.

"Twenty nine inches!? Good LORD, woman! What the hell is wrong with you!? Next contestant. Christ! Look at the size of her feet! Come here, you. I only hope this measuring tape is long enough..."

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	sailorlibra 2009-05-25 11:47 pm UTC (link)
	That's too awesome to not be the explanation. (Reply to this) (Parent)

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