Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Externalities: Captain America Edition

Superheroes fight crime and save lives. But by doing so they impose certain costs on people not directly involved. These are superhero externalities.

Those poor peopleCaptain America Reborn #5 by Ed Brubaker, Bryan Hitch and Butch Guice (2009)
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You can't make an omelet without breaking some eggs. Similarly, The Avengers can't rescue Captain America without breaking some...Lincoln Memorial reflecting pools.

15 comments:

Unknown said...

Actually the reflecting pool looks surprisingly intact...

ShadowBanker said...

Too true, sir. Take a look at how much larger the ship/pool size ratio is in panel 3 compared with panel 4. Also, look how much water the pool lost in the crash. Someone SHOULD have been injured.

Will said...

@Shadow My theory is the Pym particle shrinking device kicks in during crashes like an airbag to avoid massive property damage, so after impact the Quinjet shrinks explaining the size issue in panels 3 and 4.

kamagra said...

Love the drawings, the story is quite entertained, he is one of my favorites comic heroes.

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