Sivana Can’t Whup Nobody
“Marvel 13″
The sharp eye will here discern Marvel’s Latinity (written on the Marvelium mausoleum) to be something less than marvelous. Memoria is, of course, feminine, and in takes the accusative here, so the inscription would be less odiously improper if it said “In Memoriam to Captain Marvel”. If one were cutting it uncommonly fine, one might put some separative punctuation (colon, anyone?) between the Latin and the English, to signify that they are acting in something like apposition to each other.
Marvel’s, however, is a pretty common error, and his innovations in the physical realm are surely such that to criticize him overmuch for such a faux pas would be the act of a scrub — a scrub, one doubts not, who has never invented a new element.
| Phrase | # hits |
| In Memorium | 51,200 |
| In Memoriam | 642,000 |
Incidentally, Marvelium’s atomic number is given as 99. Sivanium and Shazamium (of which the bracelet is made) are 97 and 98. These numbers, it so happens, now belong to non-fictional elements which were discovered after this comic was made.
| Atomic # | Fict. Name | Real Name | Moral |
| 97 | Sivanium | Berkelium | I refute Sivana thus!! |
| 98 | Shazamium | Californium | Once a hippie, always a hippie. |
| 99 | Marvelium | Einsteinium | Brains over brawn. |
May 11th, 2004 at 12:38 pm
Seanbaby’s Hostess superhero page is a lovely resource for those of us who find our admiration of superheroes strangely mingled with cravings for Hostess pies. Who find, in the deepest recesses of our souls, an undying love for the delicious filling, the flaky crust — so perfectly glazed on top, so tantalizingly bare on the bottom.
They also feature a sadly vitiated Captain Marvel, now blond, vapid and breezily agrin. Arrogant like some kind of fucking surfer or something. How the mighty have fallen. Stick with the real deal, kids!
May 11th, 2004 at 10:26 pm
you’re so dreamy, desultor!
May 11th, 2004 at 11:14 pm
Hey, thanks there, Timmy! I’m in this game for people like you. When I see those little lights in a reader’s eyes, heck — my day is just made!
Since you’re so nice, I’ve got a special treat just for you. Did you notice the couch? Did you notice anything change about it? Don’t tell the others!
Tune in tomorrow for the exciting conclusion!