Wednesday, October 18, 2023

HUMPDAY THINGS I LIKE #11:


Anytime a superhero goes around in a trenchcoat and hat. I like that on a day of hump.


Ben Grimm. 1990s Deathlok. The Ninja Turtles. Darkman. Didn't Iron Man put it on at the end of his 1960s origin story?


It should be mandatory that all superheroes be required to do the hat and trenchcoat thing even if it's impractical or nonsensical at least once . . . but forever is encouraged.


I want all of the Transformers-be they Autobots or Decepticons-to do the trenchcoat and hat look. 


Godzilla and Gamera and King Kong and Ultraman and Ultraseven and Spectreman and Inframan and the rest of that kaiju and tokusatsu crew-hats and trenchcoats.


The Shadow is already ahead of the curve, isn't he? Yeah. May as well "double bag" him with a second trenchcoat and hat over his regulation gear. Let nobody persecute me on grounds of lack of thoroughness!


May as well apply this regime to the Ghostbusters, the Seven Samurai, the Dirty Dozen, and the Crimson Permanent Assurance.


Mulder and Scully got the coats, but no hats. So we give 'em hats, and double the coats.


You catch my drift.


Obviously, my aim is to make future comic book conventions look like gatherings of flashers and fake watch salesmen, but we'll just keep that between us.