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A Comic tale

INT: SPIDERMANS HOUSE
SPIDEY IS SITTING ROUND A TABLE WITH SUPERMAN
THERE ARE A SELECTION OF COMIC BOOKS ON THE TABLE AND THEY ARE EACH FLICKING THROUGH A COPY

Spiderman:
When I heard that they were chronicling all our adventures I was quite flattered. But these go too far, they even reveal our secret identities for crying out loud.

Superman:
After all we have done for these people and they go and pull a stunt like this.
I mean how could they..

Spiderman:
I can't make any Spidey sense of it.

Spiderman:
Still. I've never been sure why you need a secret Indentity anyway. You're not even human.

Superman:
I just do, Ok.

Spiderman:
Yes but surely …

Superman:
Just leave it will you.

A BIG YELLOW STAR FLASHES UP IN WITH THE WORDS KNOCK KNOCK WRITTEN IN IT

Spiderman:
That'll be Batman & Robin, I'll just get the door.

SPIDEY OPENS THE DOOR AND BATMAN & ROBIN ENTER AND SIT DOWN

Superman:
Hi Guys, I was expecting you to come through the window.

Batman:
We do prefer to climb up the side of the building but it takes so long to get the starch out of our capes afterwards that it hardly seems worth it.

Superman:
So you've heard the bad news ?

Robin:
(pounding fist into hand) Holy exposure!

Batman:
Now come on Robin old Chum, this doesn't have to change anything.

ROBIN PUTS HIS HAND ON BATMANS KNEE, BATMAN REMOVES IT LOOKING A BIT EMBARASSED

Superman:
You don't understand. Without our secret identities, we cannot continue to fight the age old war of good against evil.

Batman:
But Superman, surely you don't even need a secret Identity?

Superman:
Don't you start!

A LOUD CRASHING SOUND IS HEARD AND A GREEN FIST CAN BE SEEN POKING THROUGH THE DOOR

Spidey(Sighs)
Come in Hulk, I've told you already there's no need to knock.

Hulk:
Grrr - Sorry Spidey.

Spiderman:
Did you get my message?

Hulk:
Yes Grrr, Hulk no like, it make me slightly peeved .

Superman:
Anger management working then Hulk ?

Hulk:
No Hulk still angry, me just try to call it something else.

Spiderman:
There's nothing else for it ,We'll just have to leave crimefighting to the heroes who don't need secret identities, like, I don't know, the Fantastic Four for example.

Batman:
Oh not the bloody fantastic four.

Robin(putting on a whiny voice)
Ooh look at us we're the Fantastic four, we're fantastic we are.

Superman:
Yeah Spidey It's always about the fantastic four with you I think your obsessed
Ever since you went on a few dates with the Invisible Woman.

Spiderman:
Well I'm not seeing her anymore.

Robin:
Holy MouldyOldy!

Hulk:
Hulk agree with Superman, we don't need secret Identities.

Superman:
I never said that !

Spiderman:
Forget crimefighting , from now on we should just use our superpowers for impressing girls , or just having a laugh.

Hulk:
And picking up heavy things.

Spiderman:
Yes Hulk & picking up heavy things.

Superman:
Hold on I have a plan. We could all swap costumes with one another, that would put these Comic books off the scent while maintaining our secret indentities kind of.

Spiderman:
It's so audacious & pointless that it just might work.

Hulk:
This plan make Hulk angry – in a good way.

Spiderman: (TO BATMAN & ROBIN)
What about you two are you in?

ROBIN WHISPERS SOMETHING IN BATMANS EAR.

Batman:
As long as Robin gets to swap with Wonder Woman.

END

I like it. Nice dialogue and good one liners.

Robin being camp is funny.

another line.

''This cape is so last season''.

Oddly enough, I can see the heroes going 'oh not the bloody Fantastic Four'. They suck. Good ol' Fred.

Gently amused throughout :D

This reminds me of the time when I read that Spiderman would reguarly lose his clothes on window ledges, Mr Fantastic would get himself stuck in knots and would need the help of a legion of boy scouts to get free and that light man wouldn't be able to turn himself off...And I still don't know who Light man is but anyway...

It's good but it's really long.

Quote: sootyj @ May 22 2009, 6:52 PM BST

It's good but it's really long.

Yeah It is quite long.
It's an old sketch I found & thought I'd rewrite it.
Originally it was much longer.
I cut the sketch down by about half while trying to still tell the story & keep a few jokes? in.

I should try to keep things a bit more brief
Now excuse me while I rip up the first three pages of my next Star Trek sketch.

:D :D

Some very funny lines and clever in the way each hero is kept in character but gently subverted.

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