Ver 10

But wait, there’s more. You thought this Ver storyline will not reach 10 entries? This is the tenth entry, and ideas are finally pouring in.

We would call the previously encountered schizophrenic as Heroman from now on, because there is no one else to call Heroman that is important to the story. And if you say that I am breaking copyright laws, I do not. I researched Google and found out that there is no comic book character named Heroman, only Hero Man. And I don’t think I will name a to-be superhero after a florist I never knew existed until I researched Google.

Yes, a to-be superhero, and by that I mean Heroman the schizophrenic. Because of that “POOF” which ended the previous entry, Heroman suddenly acquired superpowers. He now has cartoon-y comic cosmic superpowers! Not that it is that great, really. It is just interesting and fun to picture, and even more fun to have in real life. It is not possible yet for us non-comics, but for a comic portraying an approximation of real life, a character following both cartoon and non-cartoon physics is potentially powerful.

Doubting? You’ll see.

So we once again see the same criminal that failed to mug Ver in the previous entry. I promise, I will add the text because this might be the most interesting dialogue in the whole storyline. And to not spoil the dialogue with paragraphs, I will adopt something I see in scriptwriting: lines.

Mugged: Why are you mugging me? Don’t you have a job or something?

Mugger: (Pocketing the money.) Because this is a fine day to sit down and sip a mug of ale. But first I have to have the money, right? That is why I am mugging you. And this is my job.

Heroman: HEROMAN TO THE RESCUE!

Mugger: You?

Mugged runs away while Mugger shoots Heroman, who gets hit in the stomach in mid-flight and falls down. Heroman stands up with a cartoon-y darkened abdomen, but otherwise he sustained no injuries, being a cartoon.

Heroman: (With strange accent) haHA!

Mugger: Bulletproof vest, eh? Headshot! (Shoots Heroman at head. For some strange reason, the pistol bullet (Why pistol? Because it is harder to mug somebody with a shotgun.) explodes right before impact with Heroman’s head with a yellow and orange flash and a quickly-dissipated cloud of smoke, leaving a headless Heroman. Headless Heroman sprouts his head a second later, just like in the cartoons.)

Heroman: (With that same strange accent) haHA!

Mugger: Magic amulet of bulletproofing, eh? (Draws a pair of skull knives) I’ve heard of that before. (Proceeds to kill Heroman in melee combat)

Mugger charges to the right of the comic strip, where Heroman is spinning his arm and balled fist in a clockwise fashion to “charge up” his punch. Mugger gets hit by Heroman’s fist, and flies away without being that badly injured. Mugger lands on Ver, who instantly recognizes his assailant.

Ver: (Angrily.) Get off me, you bloody mugger!

Air: POOF!

Mugger, in a mangled heap, instantly gets teleported to side of Ver, who runs away because Mugger is still holding a gun, which was fortunately emptied at Heroman.