I had to share an amusing exchange at the drugstore: ahead of me in line was this guy talking to this tattooed gay Latino, who was talking excitedly about the upcoming "Avengers" movie, and how he was ready to watch the Hulk kick everybody's ass. As an old-school Marvel fan, I had to chime in that I thought Iron Man could probably take out the Hulk, but the gay guy would have none of it, saying "The Hulk kicks EVERYONE'S ass! Iron Man! Superman! Thor! Everybody! And do you know why?" and I said "Why?" (passing over that Superman's from DC, not Marvel) and he said "Because he's FULL of pure emotion. He's pure, unstoppable emotion." and I said "Sure, when he gets pissed off enough, Hulk can beat anybody, but Thor could fight Hulk to a standstill. He's the Thunder God. He's got Mjolnir, his Uru hammer." and that gave the Latino pause, and he said "Mmm. Yes, Thor versus the Hulk WOULD be a very good fight. Hmm. I like Thor." and I said "He does have a certain Asgardian charm." and the guy said "You know what it is about Thor? It's the CAPE. I loooooove his cape. But I love the Hulk MORE. He's got SUCH big muscles!"
Anyway, had to share that before I forget it, as it was an amusing Chicago type exchange. I had to pipe up, since it's so rare to actually get to talk up comic bookage these days! Baha!
