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Out of Context Comics

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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!

Rules:

  1. Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.

  2. Single panels are preferred.

  3. Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.

  4. Don't be a dick.

  5. I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.

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[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 5 points 1 hour ago (3 children)

Wait, why does Superman have income? Has he been charging the people for his services this whole time?

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 4 points 1 hour ago

He keeps sending bills to Lois and she just keeps paying them like an idiot.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 36 minutes ago (1 children)

Well he did that one time he wanted to catch that gang leader, million dollar joe or something like that

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 points 11 minutes ago

Wait, is that real?

[–] ryven@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Maybe there's a shell company that Clark Kent makes payments to, and then Superman bills it for nonexistent super-services so that he can have some spending money while in costume.

[–] pjwestin@lemmy.world 1 points 52 minutes ago

But the minimum taxable income is $13K, so the only reason to run this scam would be if Superman was spending more than thirteen grand in costume, and that would raise so many more questions!

[–] sleepydragn1@lemmy.world 18 points 3 hours ago

Now that Superman claimed me as a dependent on his taxes, the government took away my HSA and I've gone headlong into CRIPPLING MEDICAL DEBT!

Thanks Superman!

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 25 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

I believe this comic panel contains all the context necessary.

[–] Lumisal@lemmy.world 1 points 34 minutes ago

Exactly. Clearly he has 2 billion kids - that's why the world population is so high today and they call that generation the "Baby Boomers".

Turns out their kryptonite was lead tho.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 20 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

I'm a mod so I'm allowed to break the rules, but I promise to ban myself if I do it again.

[–] JoMiran@lemmy.ml 14 points 4 hours ago

My work here is done.

[–] kryptonianCodeMonkey@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

What income do they think he has, taxable or not? Does the IRS know about his secret identity, but they're just cool and keep it to themselves?

[–] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 7 points 3 hours ago

"As a matter of fact, we have to now PAY HIM $12 billion in repayments from the government .... he'll destroy the country's economic stability! He's doomed us all!"

[–] Lauchs@lemmy.world 14 points 4 hours ago (2 children)

Taxing a guy who saves the world on a regular basis seems rude.

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 32 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

Also, he fights for truth, justice and the American way, and what's more American than finding a loophole to avoid paying taxes?

[–] Twinklebreeze@lemmy.world 13 points 4 hours ago

🫡🇺🇸🦅

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 2 points 3 hours ago

As I recall, the IRS agent ended up being a bit apologetic about the whole thing.

[–] masquenox@lemmy.world 10 points 4 hours ago

So, just the bog-standard argument justifying the existence of wealth-hoarding capitalists, then?

[–] ilinamorato@lemmy.world 4 points 4 hours ago

I remember this one. Silver age DC was weird, y'all.