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by David M Willis on April 6, 2012 at 12:01 am
  • 03 - The First Step Towards Recovery
└ Tags: amber, danny

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  1. Sensedog
    Sensedog
    April 6, 2012 at 12:01 am | #

    …Oh, the irony.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 6, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

      Yeah, he’s not Sal’s type at all!

      • Rognik
        Rognik
        April 6, 2012 at 2:07 am | #

        I dunno. In the original universe, they were dating at the start. He must be into adventurous girls to a little degree.

        • The Wizard
          The Wizard
          January 2, 2015 at 12:09 am | #

          The joke, you missed it.

      • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        BrokenEye, True False Prophet
        September 18, 2015 at 7:46 pm | #

        You mean Joe’s type, right?

    • Thor
      Thor
      April 6, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

      Ow, ow, ow, ow!

      My face is stinging from my palm hitting it so hard!

      • Belam
        Belam
        April 8, 2012 at 1:48 am | #

        i had to pull a double facepalm since the first didnt clearly articulate how much D’OH he is going to experience. heehee pins and needles

    • Ryorin
      Ryorin
      April 6, 2012 at 3:22 am | #

      …those are the exact words that went through my head.

    • Zoey
      Zoey
      April 8, 2012 at 12:04 pm | #

      She should be like YA DONT SAY?

      • hamstap85
        hamstap85
        December 3, 2013 at 4:44 pm | #

        That gravatar.. as if Cheryl’s saying that.. xD

    • Lucca
      Lucca
      November 30, 2012 at 4:48 am | #

      Yeah! I mean, I don’t think Danny’s Galasso’s type at ALL!

  2. Henry
    Henry
    April 6, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    OH NOEZ!

  3. Henry
    Henry
    April 6, 2012 at 12:02 am | #

    Also, nice inability to obfuscate the truth there, Amber.

    • mechaqua
      mechaqua
      April 6, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

      Well in order to properly obfuscate they need to have their arms crossed across their chest and her index and middle fingers crossed in both hands .

      • Echidnae
        Echidnae
        April 6, 2012 at 1:55 am | #

        Haha! I am not the only one who immediately thought of Vampire: the Masquerade (or perhaps you play Requiem. White Wolf, at any rate!). You win all of my affection, sir.

        • Blob Marley
          Blob Marley
          April 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm | #

          You’re not the only one. I thought it too. :3

          • Leorale
            Leorale
            April 7, 2012 at 12:23 pm | #

            Me three ::obfuscates::

  4. Yotomoe
    Yotomoe
    April 6, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    looks like Billie’s roomates gonna be gettin’ some action instead of her. 😛

  5. Gundi
    Gundi
    April 6, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    What. Seriously, what. Is *everyone* BLIND?

    • Leorale
      Leorale
      April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      It’s a narrative construct. I am happier when I just go with it.

    • Mkvenner
      Mkvenner
      April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

      Apparently yes.

      • fellixe
        fellixe
        April 6, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Rumor is too much fantasizing about Amazi-Girl can lead to going blind.

        • mechaqua
          mechaqua
          April 6, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

          Well it may lead to a restriction in blood supply to tissues, causing a shortage of oxygen and glucose needed for cellular metabolism, which is called ischemia which causes blindness. But that’s an urban legend, like chupacabras, vampires, and Criss Angel.

          • fellixe
            fellixe
            April 6, 2012 at 1:05 am | #

            Can chupacabras really be classified as urban legend since it is a story classically propogated in rural areas? Hmm…

            • Blob Marley
              Blob Marley
              April 6, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

              RURban legends?

              • fellixe
                fellixe
                April 6, 2012 at 8:28 am | #

                To the Mystery Machine, gang!

              • Plasma Mongoose
                Plasma Mongoose
                April 6, 2012 at 10:11 pm | #

                Don’t you mean ‘Bourbon Legends’?

                • Kernanator
                  Kernanator
                  April 7, 2012 at 3:08 pm | #

                  ‘Bourbon Legends’.

                  I should punch you for that, but I’m too busy laughing.

                • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
                  BrokenEye, True False Prophet
                  September 18, 2015 at 7:47 pm | #

                  Mind if I steal that one?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

      A serious case of Genre Blindness.

      • Valdrax
        Valdrax
        April 6, 2012 at 12:51 am | #

        To be fair, this is a Slice of Life comic, so Amazi-Girl isn’t really part of the genre. She’s more of an Out of Context Problem.

        • Prosthetic Conscience
          Prosthetic Conscience
          April 6, 2012 at 1:56 pm | #

          Wrong Genre Blindness?

      • Jackson
        Jackson
        April 6, 2012 at 5:43 am | #

        Plasma Mongoose, Queen of the Tropes.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 6, 2012 at 5:59 pm | #

          I hope that wasn’t alluding to the movie ‘Priscilla, Queen of the Desert’. 😛

    • Jetstream
      Jetstream
      April 6, 2012 at 8:29 am | #

      To be fair to Danny, didn’t he only see her once? In the dark?

      • karishi
        karishi
        April 8, 2012 at 6:31 pm | #

        Besides, Amazi-girl doesn’t wear glasses. Amber does.

        OBVIOUSLY different people. Ask anybody. Ask Christopher Reeves, or Tom Welling, or Brandon Routh, or Dean Cain, or Tim Daly. Any of them will tell you: People who wear glasses are obviously different people from superheroes who do not wear glasses at all.

        • Brady Kj
          Brady Kj
          April 10, 2012 at 11:37 pm | #

          What an odd, random selection of actors. You might as well throw George Reeve into the mix.
          Did the people you mentioned write a book on the topic of glasses, or why were they selected?

    • ryan
      ryan
      April 6, 2012 at 9:33 am | #

      for real! amber is WAY hotter than amazi-girl!

  6. Leorale
    Leorale
    April 6, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    YAY

  7. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    April 6, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    oh my GOD

  8. Mkvenner
    Mkvenner
    April 6, 2012 at 12:03 am | #

    You are talking to Amazi-girl you idiot!

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      But Amazi-Girl doesn’t wear glasses and that’s what counts.

      • TheTJ
        TheTJ
        April 6, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        Yeah, but… When she takes the glasses off she *Transforms*.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 6, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

          Like how Diana Price becomes Wonder Woman in the 70s version?

          • TheTJ
            TheTJ
            April 6, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

            Closer to Lance turning into Captain Amazing.

        • Cholma
          Cholma
          April 6, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

          Are you people blind?! Sarah is obviously Amazi-girl. Her anti-social ways are just a ploy to fool people!

          • Plasma Mongoose
            Plasma Mongoose
            April 6, 2012 at 12:22 am | #

            Sarah is the Old Testament God and Amazi-Girl is her avatar.

        • Bourbon
          Bourbon
          April 6, 2012 at 2:43 am | #

          That doesn’t make any sense, he wouldn’t be able to see!

        • BrokenEye, True False Prophet
          BrokenEye, True False Prophet
          September 18, 2015 at 7:47 pm | #

          But then how does she see?

      • Yotomoe
        Yotomoe
        April 6, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

        old Clark Kent rule of thumb

        • Bekah
          Bekah
          April 6, 2012 at 12:50 am | #

          The only rule of thumb that matters has nothing to do with Clark Kent.

          It reads: If you give me a stack of quarters as tall as my thumb, I will stick my thumb up your bum.

          • Yotomoe
            Yotomoe
            April 6, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

            what if you do not desire a thumb up my bum, but can only pay for a service in quarters which I have stacked that exceed the length of your thumb. Am I now going to be raped by your thumb?

            • Bekah
              Bekah
              April 6, 2012 at 2:01 am | #

              Yes.

          • Rognik
            Rognik
            April 6, 2012 at 2:13 am | #

            I thought the rule of thumb had to do with the cross product of a vector. Oh, no. That’s the Right Hand Rule. But the product is the thumb, so you an see my confusion.

            • Bekah
              Bekah
              April 6, 2012 at 4:30 am | #

              PHYSICS JOAKS!

            • Usayasha
              Usayasha
              April 6, 2012 at 4:31 pm | #

              Actually, the rule of thumb is that you are allowed to beat your wife as long as what you’re beating her with is no larger than your thumb. (I have absolutely no idea what I am talking about.)

      • Robert
        Robert
        April 6, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

        Amazi-Girl is immune to vision impairment.

      • Matt
        Matt
        April 6, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

        Well, back in the day, Clark Kent hid his identity as Superman by more than just the glasses. He’d change his posture and raise his voice an octave. It’s just hard to tell that in the medium of comics. It’s a common misconception that Lois Lane is the dumbest woman on the planet. (One that isn’t helped by the fact that Clark and Superman neither sound nor act different on the Animated Series)

        So I guess what I’m saying is it’s not totally unreasonable for Danny to miss the connection. After all, he’s only even seen Amazi-Girl once, and unless he has an absolutely killer memory, a hazy memory is just one more mental hurdle (since unlike Superman, Amazi-Girl has had no pictures taken yet, thus remaining mostly a mystery).

        • Aydr
          Aydr
          April 6, 2012 at 12:48 am | #

          um, changing your posture, taking off your glasses, and changing your voice’s pitch still add up to a pretty shitty disguise. I find the more modern interpretation “she knew” as a much more palatable explanation.

          Because let’s face it, that woman is about as smart as a sack of bricks.

          The whole amazi-girl thing, though, she has a mask, he saw her once before ever even meeting amber, and it was dark. And it’s not like she stuck around to chat. …which I guess just makes Danny kinda shallow. But hey, who wouldn’t fall for a superhero.

          • Matt
            Matt
            April 6, 2012 at 2:35 am | #

            Well, I didn’t say it was perfect, I’m just saying the classic “He’s just wearing glasses!” argument is flawed.

            Plus, personality plays a factor as well. To draw another parallel, Clark is a coward who always runs from danger, and Amber is a shut-in nerd. Neither of these people seems likely to be a superhero.

            • Chronos
              Chronos
              April 6, 2012 at 3:42 am | #

              No, no, no! You have it all wrong. It’s DANNY that’s Amazi-girl.

              See, Danny’s normal persona couldn’t handle any stressful situations, so subconsciously, he developed a second personality to deal with those times. That personality, Amazi-girl, came forth for the first time after Dorothy dumped him. When we saw Amazi-girl save Danny from those bullies, it was really Danny that beat them. Danny just subconsciously rewrote the sequence of events so it seemed to him (and us, the readers) that he was being saved by this mysterious vigilante.

              • Oberon
                Oberon
                April 6, 2012 at 4:07 am | #

                Stop talking about Fight Club!

                • Drunken Nordmann
                  Drunken Nordmann
                  April 6, 2012 at 10:43 am | #

                  You do not talk about the Fight Club.

                • Chronos
                  Chronos
                  April 8, 2012 at 5:16 am | #

                  Ironically, not only didn’t that movie come to mind while I was writing that, I honestly thought I was coming up with something original. Hooray for unintended plagiarism!

              • BedLlama
                BedLlama
                April 6, 2012 at 6:08 am | #

                Nah, Amazi-Girl is obvious Faz in drag.

                • nekobawt
                  nekobawt
                  April 8, 2012 at 8:26 am | #

                  dude! spoiler tags!

          • jaimehlers
            jaimehlers
            April 6, 2012 at 7:49 am | #

            It only seems so easy to guess because we, as the readers, can make near-instant comparisons between the two (Amber and Amazi-Girl). The fact that the two are never in the same place is actually a powerful defense, especially since Amber is a shut-in nerd. Nobody expects her to be around in a situation like that, and without having the two in the same place (or else someone to take pictures of Amazi-Girl), there’s literally no way for anyone to make an accurate comparison.

          • thomas0comer
            thomas0comer
            April 6, 2012 at 9:44 am | #

            I decided that everybody knew about it and was just humoring him because he still did stuff for the community.

            • gangler
              gangler
              April 7, 2012 at 12:40 pm | #

              I like the Captain Excelsior interpretation of the concept. The Supers in the setting couldn’t distinguish things like that for whatever reason. Grow a mustache, they think you’re a new person. Change your shirt, same deal.

              Normal people could tell just fine but they usually didn’t want to get in the middle of all that.

              • Roborat
                Roborat
                April 9, 2012 at 8:40 pm | #

                Yes, I have always thought that was the best parody of the trope.

        • artemi
          artemi
          April 6, 2012 at 11:28 am | #

          This actually comes up in the Adventures of Lois and Clark. Supe’s looses his memory or something in one episode, and Lois has to remind him how to do his superhero thing.

          At one point, he’s looking at his glasses, and he asks, “Is anyone ACTUALLY fooled by these? This is a dumb disguise…”

          At least Magical Girls commonly have the ‘its MAGIC!’ excuse…

        • LurkerAbove
          LurkerAbove
          April 7, 2012 at 5:24 am | #

          http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BIaF0QKtY0c

          Doing it right, by the late Christopher Reeve.

  9. Plasma Mongoose
    Plasma Mongoose
    April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    I know this trope but I just cannot recall what it is called at the moment.

    • Splash*Boogie
      Splash*Boogie
      April 6, 2012 at 12:05 am | #

      Loves my Alter Ego

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 6, 2012 at 12:07 am | #

        Thank You. ^_^

      • Peruhain
        Peruhain
        April 6, 2012 at 12:21 am | #

        Is there also a trope for the reversal of the stereotypical gender role in which the guy falls in love with the woman who saves him from the bad guys?

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 6, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

          I don’t believe that there is a spear counterpart to this trope.

          • fellixe
            fellixe
            April 6, 2012 at 12:49 am | #

            I tried to scan my memory of Helen Slater’s “Supergirl” for anything related and gratefully found that file to be empty.

            • Plasma Mongoose
              Plasma Mongoose
              April 6, 2012 at 2:06 am | #

              Helen Slater’s Supergirl had a much better disguise with her hair changing colour and style, it helps make her look quite different.

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          April 6, 2012 at 2:18 am | #

          I think you can just chalk it up as an inverted trope. Not every variation of a trope needs its own label and such.

      • Osaru Sensei
        Osaru Sensei
        April 6, 2012 at 4:10 am | #

        beat to the punch by a good few hours (if I’ve calculated timezones right at time of posting).

  10. Aegon01
    Aegon01
    April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    …oh my god. This makes me sad and angry.

  11. Splash*Boogie
    Splash*Boogie
    April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Amber’s in competition with herself. That’s…rough.

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 6, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      And now she knows how Superman and other costumed superhero must felt.

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        April 6, 2012 at 2:21 am | #

        It’s okay, Peter Parker eventually got the girl…until he traded her away in exchange for his aunt’s life with a demon. So…we have that storyline to look forward to, right? Amber retconning her future relationship with Danny after a deal with a devil? Sigh…

        • ryan
          ryan
          April 6, 2012 at 9:38 am | #

          if peter really loved his aunt, he would’ve let her die gracefully. i swear she’s been on her deathbed since uncle ben died.

    • Jen Aside
      Jen Aside
      April 8, 2012 at 10:13 pm | #

      Well, she shouldn’t beat herself up too much over it… XD [or… maybe she SHOULD?]

  12. Wonder Wig
    Wonder Wig
    April 6, 2012 at 12:04 am | #

    Danny in the last panel is the most handsome man I’ve ever seen ever.

    • BriGuy
      BriGuy
      April 6, 2012 at 1:15 pm | #

      I guess you have yet to meet me! *ka-twinkle*

      • Leorale
        Leorale
        April 7, 2012 at 12:29 pm | #

        That is the best possible response.

  13. beeftony
    beeftony
    April 6, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    So if Billy is Lois Lane, who does that make Danny?

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Jimmy Olsen.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 6, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

        Oh, no! Not again!

      • NCP19
        NCP19
        April 6, 2012 at 2:21 am | #

        Isn’t that Billie and her “journalism?”

  14. Platypus
    Platypus
    April 6, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Amber must now become Amazi Girls “unofficial photographer.”

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:10 am | #

      So Daisy becomes like JJJ but with a chest window obsession.

      • Aizat
        Aizat
        April 6, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

        I want pictures. Pictures of Amazi-Girl. With a chest window.

        • Yotomoe
          Yotomoe
          April 6, 2012 at 12:15 am | #

          seconded.

        • Plasma Mongoose
          Plasma Mongoose
          April 6, 2012 at 12:26 am | #

          Thank God for Photoshop!

        • Aizat
          Aizat
          April 6, 2012 at 3:23 am | #

          Sorry, I meant “I want photos, photos of Amazi-Girl. Wit boob windows.”

  15. TheTJ
    TheTJ
    April 6, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    Mary Jane digs Spider man, Selina Kyle fell for Batman, Louis Lane loves Superman…

    Is there a rule that this exact thing must happen?

    • TheTJ
      TheTJ
      April 6, 2012 at 12:09 am | #

      Oh, yes, Splash*Boogie even linked it.

      I still wish one of them, the second they learn this, reveal themselves as the superhero. There’s still time Amber, tell him the truth immediately.

      • Historyman68
        Historyman68
        April 6, 2012 at 4:18 am | #

        The comic Love and Capes begin with the superhero revealing his identity to his girlfriend, and it’s quite a sweet and funny sitcom-style comic.

    • JeffEpp
      JeffEpp
      April 6, 2012 at 12:38 am | #

      For the record, MJ ALWAYS knew Peter was Spider-Man, even before they met. Movies and temporary reality warping magic does not count.

  16. Vivvav
    Vivvav
    April 6, 2012 at 12:06 am | #

    SO MUCH CLARK KENTING.

  17. 0kami
    0kami
    April 6, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Plasma, that trope would be “Loves My Alter Ego”.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:32 am | #

      Got it, Thanks.

  18. fellixe
    fellixe
    April 6, 2012 at 12:08 am | #

    Panel 6: “We-e-ell, I happen to be REALLY into cosplay…”

  19. iSaidCandleja-
    iSaidCandleja-
    April 6, 2012 at 12:11 am | #

    Funny, that’s what he said just before Ultra Car started playing some Barry White.

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      April 6, 2012 at 12:12 am | #

      Hmm, this post was supposed to be in reply to something else that seems to have vanished.

      • Jesse
        Jesse
        April 6, 2012 at 3:02 am | #

        But that reply now being missing just makes your post all the funnier. =)

  20. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 6, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    Wait, isn’t this type of situation happened to Superman?

    • iSaidCandleja-
      iSaidCandleja-
      April 6, 2012 at 12:14 am | #

      Superman and many, many other costumed personae.

      • mechaqua
        mechaqua
        April 6, 2012 at 12:30 am | #

        Well it comes with the territory.

        Although I have always been shocked that the masses could never figure out Oliver Queen was Green Arrow.

        • Historyman68
          Historyman68
          April 6, 2012 at 4:28 am | #

          That goddamned goatee.

          • begbert2
            begbert2
            April 6, 2012 at 10:46 am | #

            What they never showed you was that that goatee was in style and everybody had one – hundreds of guys, all just off-panel.

            • Historyman68
              Historyman68
              April 7, 2012 at 6:29 am | #

              Oh my god that’s brilliant- goatees are totally in fashion in Star City or wherever Ollie lives!

              Seriously, that has to become canon.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

      Yes it happens a lot with Superman over the years.

    • Beachfox
      Beachfox
      April 6, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

      You’re thinking of Gem, of Gem and the Holograms. Her lovelife was truly outrageous.

      • ChrisAshtear
        ChrisAshtear
        April 6, 2012 at 12:28 am | #

        truly,truly,truly.

        • NCP19
          NCP19
          April 6, 2012 at 2:22 am | #

          OUTRAGEOUS!

  21. The Sound Defense
    The Sound Defense
    April 6, 2012 at 12:13 am | #

    GOD DAMNIT WILLIS.

    I dunno, this felt appropriate.

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      April 6, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

      It’s a Friday comic. If someone doesn’t say it, it just don’t feel right.

      • begbert2
        begbert2
        April 6, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

        I thought the proper formulation was “DAMN YOU WILLIS!”, though?

        • Rognik
          Rognik
          April 7, 2012 at 11:38 pm | #

          Eh, I’m willing to be flexible.

  22. John Walter Biles
    John Walter Biles
    April 6, 2012 at 12:16 am | #

    Oh Danny, your powers of being a potato head never fail.

  23. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 6, 2012 at 12:17 am | #

    Last panel: Did Danny just have Bishie eyes?

  24. DiDi
    DiDi
    April 6, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    BAHAHAHAHAHA!

    Oh, this is delicious.

  25. Beachfox
    Beachfox
    April 6, 2012 at 12:19 am | #

    Panel 6: AMBER-“Oh for FUCK’S SAKE!”
    Panel 7: *Amber shoves a short black wig and pink pillbox hat onto Danny’s head*
    Panel 8: *Amber stalks off* *Danny looks up at his wig/hat in confusion*
    Panel 9: *Joe walks in from right, drinking soda* “Dude, why’re you dressed like 1960s Lois Lane?” Danny: Look of stunned realization
    Panel 10: *Speedlines from Danny running off. Joe continues to drink soda* Joe: “Not taking the breakup well at -all-.”

    • numaron
      numaron
      April 6, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

      I was thinking more of the early days of spider-man, but I like your idea better.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 6, 2012 at 1:15 am | #

      Reading your description, I was thinking “Why would she dress him up as Dr. Girlfriend/Jackie Onassis?”

      • horerczy
        horerczy
        April 6, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

        same

    • Heavensrun
      Heavensrun
      April 8, 2012 at 10:20 pm | #

      Rule number one of humor. If you require exposition to convey your joke, you have failed.

  26. Uniqueantique
    Uniqueantique
    April 6, 2012 at 12:20 am | #

    Ah yeah. Give him your glasses Amber.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

      Put them on his FAAAACE!

      • Roborat
        Roborat
        April 9, 2012 at 8:44 pm | #

        oh yea, totally saw that one coming.

  27. Skye
    Skye
    April 6, 2012 at 12:24 am | #

    TUXEDO MASK

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 6, 2012 at 1:35 am | #

      TUXEDO MAN!

    • Cheredarenee
      Cheredarenee
      April 7, 2012 at 1:20 pm | #

      ftw

  28. John Madden
    John Madden
    April 6, 2012 at 12:33 am | #

    Dos idiot

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 6, 2012 at 3:12 am | #

      Two idiot?

  29. Joebo
    Joebo
    April 6, 2012 at 12:34 am | #

    Okay, who called it?

  30. Ravux
    Ravux
    April 6, 2012 at 12:37 am | #

    So how long has that butt-taco been there?

    • Rognik
      Rognik
      April 6, 2012 at 2:23 am | #

      Since at least yesterday. I suppose he needed something since Blank Label folded.

      • hmrc4evr
        hmrc4evr
        April 6, 2012 at 3:51 am | #

        What about BLC folding now?

        • David
          David M Willis
          April 6, 2012 at 3:52 am | #

          News to me! We just haven’t cared about the website in forever, so I changed the link.

          • fellixe
            fellixe
            April 6, 2012 at 8:34 am | #

            Butt Taco Comics…

    • Tristan J
      Tristan J
      April 6, 2012 at 3:00 am | #

      What? It’s always been there. And it always will be there.

      forever

  31. Bunk
    Bunk
    April 6, 2012 at 12:39 am | #

    Amber got cock-blocked by… herself…

  32. Daeva
    Daeva
    April 6, 2012 at 12:43 am | #

    Aaaaand he goes for the distant, unattainable, virtual non-entity that he knows diddly about.

    NICE WORK, DAN-O!

  33. Tristan J
    Tristan J
    April 6, 2012 at 12:47 am | #

    This is totally awesome.

  34. Toaster
    Toaster
    April 6, 2012 at 12:53 am | #

    I can’t believe no one’s made reference to Jem yet.

    But then, I guess no one else is the same.

    • Doctor_Who
      Doctor_Who
      April 6, 2012 at 1:14 am | #

      Amazi-Girl is truly truly truly outrageous.

  35. MR C
    MR C
    April 6, 2012 at 12:54 am | #

    That’s perfect because amber IS amazi-girl
    -said captain obvious

    • Yotomoe
      Yotomoe
      April 6, 2012 at 12:57 am | #

      She can’t be. Amazigirl isn’t white.

  36. Kernanator
    Kernanator
    April 6, 2012 at 12:56 am | #

    Really, I should have seen this from a mile away. And yet I didn’t. Well played, Willis. Well played.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 2:08 am | #

      What did you expect? Willis is a clever-clogs after all. 😀

  37. Alex Stritar
    Alex Stritar
    April 6, 2012 at 1:02 am | #

    Poor Amber, her love intrest fell for her alter-ego. That’s been a big problem for costumed vigilanties since 1938.

  38. aba
    aba
    April 6, 2012 at 1:12 am | #

    friend-zone

  39. Aizat
    Aizat
    April 6, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

    I somewhat expected an upside down kiss ala Spiderman somewhere down the line. I don’t know why though.

  40. L
    L
    April 6, 2012 at 1:44 am | #

    Amber Parker!

  41. Peregrin
    Peregrin
    April 6, 2012 at 1:52 am | #

    So this is how Clark Kent feels.

  42. Ter
    Ter
    April 6, 2012 at 2:06 am | #

    AKA he’s interested in Sal.

    It’s Roommates all over again! (And Willis, I’m sorry, but that was not my fave comic, it got better once Danny left the picture :(((()

  43. NCP19
    NCP19
    April 6, 2012 at 2:25 am | #

    She’s the girlfriend Danny deserves, not the one he needs right now. So he’ll pursue her while she doesn’t reveal her true identity, because she can take it. Because she’s not his boyfriend (yet). She’s a silent guardian. A watchful protector.

    An Amazi-Girl

    • NCP19
      NCP19
      April 6, 2012 at 2:26 am | #

      *girlfriend – the slash contest has me all confused, XD (pun? maybe?)

  44. Ancestral Hamster
    Ancestral Hamster
    April 6, 2012 at 2:49 am | #

    I’m really liking the facial expressions in this strip.

  45. iggzy
    iggzy
    April 6, 2012 at 3:00 am | #

    Aaahh, the old Peter Parker/Spider-Man love triangle

    • Aizat
      Aizat
      April 6, 2012 at 3:15 am | #

      I thought it was the Superman/Clark Kent love triangle.

      • TheBenenator
        TheBenenator
        April 6, 2012 at 5:02 am | #

        Better than the Bruce Wayne/Batman triangle!

  46. allaces14400
    allaces14400
    April 6, 2012 at 3:01 am | #

    Wow. He’s like the male version of… damn it, you already nailed it.

  47. Sammy
    Sammy
    April 6, 2012 at 3:08 am | #

    why am i thinking of spiderman?

    • Maycroft
      Maycroft
      April 6, 2012 at 4:12 am | #

      Because this is called Mary Jane syndrome.

  48. GenericScreenName
    GenericScreenName
    April 6, 2012 at 3:15 am | #

    The crap is really going to hit the fan when it is finally revealed that Dina is Amazi-Girl. I just ponder the expression Danny and Amber will make when they learn the truth. Thus with that shared the ship “AmberxDanny” will set sail off into the open seas of awkward love via superhero roommate.

    • GenericScreenName
      GenericScreenName
      April 6, 2012 at 3:31 am | #

      Forgive grammer I am bad english

  49. Mikehatesyou
    Mikehatesyou
    April 6, 2012 at 3:25 am | #

    Now shipping Danny and Ultra Car.

  50. karishi
    karishi
    April 6, 2012 at 3:34 am | #

    Seriously, she has read enough comics that she ought have seen it coming.

    • begbert2
      begbert2
      April 6, 2012 at 10:52 am | #

      Does she read comics? Maybe she’s exclusively a video game nerd.

  51. Aetharion
    Aetharion
    April 6, 2012 at 4:00 am | #

    Batman Forever?

  52. Romanticide
    Romanticide
    April 6, 2012 at 4:25 am | #

    And Amber’s brain must be goind “fuuuuuuuu…..” right now XD

  53. LiC
    LiC
    April 6, 2012 at 5:02 am | #

    Ah the old “Having to compete with myself for the love-interest” situation. Congrats Amazi-Girl/Amber (if that’s REALLY who you are…), you’re officially a super-hero. I’m pretty sure that’s one of the requirements to join the Justice League or Avengers.

  54. Sporkaganza
    Sporkaganza
    April 6, 2012 at 5:04 am | #

    Amber’s look in the last panel. Love it.

  55. Darkflame
    Darkflame
    April 6, 2012 at 7:21 am | #

    “remind me too much of my Ex”

    His Ex is Faz???

    😛

    • ryan
      ryan
      April 6, 2012 at 9:43 am | #

      danny is ninja rick?

  56. Jeremy
    Jeremy
    April 6, 2012 at 7:30 am | #

    A super hero themed two person love triangle… There’s gotta be a trope for that.

    • Plasma Mongoose
      Plasma Mongoose
      April 6, 2012 at 6:05 pm | #

      There is, the trope is called Loves my Alter Ego.

  57. Jack Faire
    Jack Faire
    April 6, 2012 at 8:22 am | #

    Great shades of Lois Lane Batman!!!

  58. lordphulish
    lordphulish
    April 6, 2012 at 9:56 am | #

    Danny must have a latex fetish then? Or Does Amazi-Girl rock the spandex instead?

    • davidbreslin101
      davidbreslin101
      April 6, 2012 at 10:47 am | #

      Her outfit looks unusually loose-fitting and comfortable for a superhero- it may be neither. Polycotton?

      • Plasma Mongoose
        Plasma Mongoose
        April 6, 2012 at 6:07 pm | #

        I always figured it was simply a modified tracksuit.

  59. chumpersonable
    chumpersonable
    April 6, 2012 at 10:35 am | #

    OH, THE DRAMATIC IRONY
    THE CRUEL, CRUEL DRAMATIC IRONY

  60. AJBulldis
    AJBulldis
    April 6, 2012 at 11:34 am | #

    OH MY GOSH THIS IS SUCH A FRIDAY COMIC.

  61. shoeboxjeddy
    shoeboxjeddy
    April 6, 2012 at 11:38 am | #

    Amber’s gonna be like “But this wasn’t in the… no wait. Yes it was in all of the manuals. CRAP.”

  62. ziggy78eog
    ziggy78eog
    April 6, 2012 at 12:17 pm | #

    So, Willis, how far are you going to take this Rule 63 Batman-esque parallel thing anyways?

    • David
      David M Willis
      April 7, 2012 at 1:38 am | #

      Amazi-Girl’s parents may get gunned down in an alley.

      • gangler
        gangler
        April 7, 2012 at 12:46 pm | #

        Will she ever discover the joy of spine-busting?

  63. Jason
    Jason
    April 6, 2012 at 12:21 pm | #

    Billie’s gonna get wind of this and try to set him up with Sal now.

    • Hurr Durr
      Hurr Durr
      April 8, 2012 at 8:46 pm | #

      Or Billie’s going to publish something about Sal being Amazi-girl… And Danny then goes after her~

  64. Wack'd
    Wack'd
    April 6, 2012 at 12:26 pm | #

    Oh my god Danny is Lois Lane.

  65. Qalypso
    Qalypso
    April 6, 2012 at 12:54 pm | #

    Hoist by her own petard…

  66. http://en.gravatar.com/anisounds
    http://en.gravatar.com/anisounds
    April 6, 2012 at 2:11 pm | #

    http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/LovesMyAlterEgo

  67. Jeremy
    Jeremy
    April 6, 2012 at 2:50 pm | #

    Why is this a slice of life comic? This is nothing like James Joyce. Isn’t it a sitcom?

  68. CaptainTempest
    CaptainTempest
    April 6, 2012 at 4:50 pm | #

    I can honestly say I didn’t see that one coming.

  69. stevegearhart
    stevegearhart
    April 7, 2012 at 5:00 am | #

    I didn’t read all the posts so I apologize of this has already been mentioned…it seems to me that Amber wants to backhand him across the face…then again…I believe most women would want to do that to him at some point…

  70. stevegearhart
    stevegearhart
    April 7, 2012 at 5:00 am | #

    I didn’t read all the posts so I apologize of this has already been mentioned…it seems to me that Amber wants to backhand him across the face…then again…I believe most women would want to do that to him at some point…

    • T Campbell
      T Campbell
      April 7, 2012 at 6:15 am | #

      It’s not just women.

      But I can’t really get down on Danny for THIS one. He’s being honest about his feelings, with himself as well as Amber, and this isn’t the condescension that Joe picked on yesterday. Worrying that you might be making someone into a substitute for your ex is honestly a really really good reason not to get into a relationship.

  71. T Campbell
    T Campbell
    April 7, 2012 at 6:20 am | #

    Clearly, Amber has only one option. She must become Amazi-Girl’s archnemesis. When Amazi-Girl is dead, Danny will be all hers.

    • nekobawt
      nekobawt
      April 8, 2012 at 8:40 am | #

      oh, i’m sure amber’s waaaay ahead of you on that.

  72. Cheredarenee
    Cheredarenee
    April 7, 2012 at 1:17 pm | #

    …didn’t see that coming. Well played Willis, well played

  73. newllend
    newllend
    August 14, 2013 at 7:20 pm | #

    Huhooooooooo,that is some good stuff rite there

  74. Arzamol
    Arzamol
    May 6, 2014 at 12:24 am | #

    Classic superhero two person love triangle.
    Lois and Clark,
    Carol and Hal
    I bet even Diana had this problem.

    The only classic hero who I can’t see having it is Bruce Wayne. And that’s cos he doesn’t seem to have a consistent love interest exept for his on and offs with Catwoman.

  75. DarkoNeko
    DarkoNeko
    April 13, 2015 at 9:08 pm | #

    Hahahahhahahahahahhahahaha 😀

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