Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for May 30, 2024
Transcript:
ralston: hey, captain victorious didn't you and dynaman each get your powers from radioactive sources? captain: Yeah, so? Ralston: Well, wouldn't you both be throwing off massive amounts of radiation all the time? captain: y'know, that thing where something won't affect a cartoon until they realize that i can? ralston: yeah, so? captain: no reason.
In the early 60s I wondered if Marvel comics was shilling against supervision of nuclear power. Radioactivity of any kind gave you super powers. Okay, sometimes it turned you into a supervillain. But you were still super. Way cool.