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From: moriarty@fluke.UUCP (The Napoleon of Crime)
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Subject: Re: RUSTY STAPLE REVIEWS #2
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Date: Mon, 21-Oct-85 02:15:17 EDT
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Posted: Mon Oct 21 02:15:17 1985
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In article <2401@sunybcs.UUCP> colonel@sunybcs.UUCP (Col. G. L. Sicherman) writes:
>THE AYATOLLAH #1 [B-]:
>
>Normally comic books don't get any closer to religion than, say, "Dr.
>Strange." But if Ayatollah Khomeini wants to be a super-hero, I suppose
>he ought to make a more realistic one than, say, Spider-Man.  This new
>effort by Desaad and Jihad is commendably patriotic (towards Iran),
>with lots of Persian carpets and oil derricks in the scenery, and the
>Ayatollah himself comes across as a sort of He-Man with morality.  The
>last two pages are filled up by a humorous feature portraying the late
>Shah as something between Soglow's "Little King" and Julius Caesar in
>"Asterix." It's all done very tastefully and intelligently, perhaps too
>much so.

I have to disagree with the Col. on this one.  While I found the Ayatollah's
origin original (hah!) and the source of his powers intriguing (he goes out
and buys them from Macys), and though the dialogue is certainly
well-researched ("Well, Ayatollah, it appears you're no match for my
Religious Right!"  "Wrong, capitalist Satan-breath!  Your intelligence ray,
which has increased the IQ's of my followers by over 200% and brain-washed
them into thinking they might like to do something other than run into
gunfire screaming, can't run without crude oil!"  "Gosh, you're right.  We
give up."), it can't make up for the artwork, which is done by Don Heck.
But this is my opinion, and just because the Col. and I don't see eye-to-eye
does not mean that he's a mean-spirited little gutter snipe.

Oh, Damn, I did it again!  I'm sorry, I'm sorry... [sound of head being hit
with mortar board]

                        "While not a master of intellect, the blatantly
                         obvious things WE often take for granted never
                         escape HIS keen eye!"
                                                        "Horse."

                                        Moriarty, aka Jeff Meyer
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