This comic page is hot off the presses! And only about two and a half hours behind schedule.
So, it probably seems like that alcohol affected Superior Man very quickly. Well, with his Superior Fast Metabolism, it went through his bloodstream in record time. All in all, he will go from incoherent rambling drunk to hungover in under two minutes, so this is just a temporary reprieve from that lethal does of alcohol. It got him dizzy enough to let Turbo Fist get in a good shot. Although, all that drunkness really soaked up some of the impact. It’s like Drunken Master Kung-Fu.
I make many D&D references in my strips, but in the TSR Game Boot Hill (3rd edition), they had an awesome mechanic for drunkness. Every two drinks you consume (either a full beer or shot of whiskey) you take a -1 penalty on your Coordination and Observation stats. But every four drinks increases your Strength stat by 1. You really want to drink first THEN bar fight (also, Coordination was not used in the game for fisticuffs, so there was no detriment to being blind drunk in a fight… just a gun fight).
Next Week: END ZONE!
Super-saturated to 3000% ABV? This is a superhero comic, I suppose. 😛
True dat. I learned that liquids could be super-saturated in Chemistry class in high school a hundred years ago. Don’t know what the limit on something like alcohol is in real life, I’m pretty sure 3000% is ridiculous… But, yeah, superheroes.
6000 proof??
Must be that dehydrated alcohol they’re talking about…
It’s more of a yogurt consistency probably.
Matt, I’m really joyful to see how much thought you’ve put into taking down Superior. There are so many plot points and call-backs here – this is really well written. Well done you.
Thanks a lot. It’s important that we take time to visualize defeating godlike aliens in our day to day lives just in case they come a-callin’.
But no nutshot. Sigh!
It never gets old, to channel Kickman.
The non-nutshot couldn’t be helped. They had to get him in the right direction… to End Zone!
“You know, when you said we should use WMDs on him, I didn’t think you meant Weapons of Mass Drunkness.”
3 Kick Points for wierdweblurker for Weapons of Mass Drunkness!