They organize an entire society around a set of SAT words?

From the same issue as "What if Aunt May were Ant Man?"

Come to think, the Flood was God's first attempt at a "Crisis" style story line.

Agree. Continuity within a title is nice — it allows for richer stories, compared with the typical one-shot stories from golden age comics.

Personally, I'm totally fine if they kill off the X-Men or turn the Fantastic Four into bananas.

Hey, one day you're the reincarnation of Khufu, the next you're an alien policeman from Thanagar.

"Narwhal"?

I'm going by the books, because we don't watch the show, but:

Yeah, I get the imperialism subtext. But whenever I read the page where he meets the old lady, all I can think is "gigolo".

Also series like Hardy Boys or Nancy Drew sometimes look like that, or at least used to.

The phrase "Very Useful" in the Thomas books gives me the chills. Fuck that, don't try to teach my kid that their only worth is economic and they need to just follow orders.

Comparing an American war movie…

He runs on time, or faces the wrath of Sir Topham Hatt.

Speaking of children's books, the other day we found a copy of "The Travels of Babar" in the bookstore, and then I had to explain to my 3-year-old why the drawings of thick-lipped bug-eyed African cannibals was a little bit racist.

Scarry is wonderful. I love that his books take place in a world where people (animals, whatever) are constantly dropping things, crashing cars, spilling paint, but it's never a catastrophe.

I love the art in Goodnight Moon!

So is Babar. He goes to a city and meets an old lady on the street, who "has always been fond of elephants." She gives him money to buy new clothes. Next page, he's living with the old lady and she gives him a car.

Yeah, that one was dumb. So an old book shows an old-fashioned phone. But then, I have an unabashed love for Goodnight Moon.

"Based on current trends, by mid-February it will hit 98%."

Cops who get away with murder? Unpossible.