No need to recreate the old, original door. I don’t think the two are bringing back the past as simply setting up shop. Wil is probably just refurbishing the door to go with the renovated space.
More like teenagers, most of the kids at PS238 are waist height compared to the adults, Angie is the oldest student and she barely reaches Herschel’s chest. Power and Glory are both taller than chest height assuming their client is an adult.
Given that they are in a time period with readily available hover technology (i.e. Zodon’s chair and the goons of the Praetorian Academy), the fact that they are using ladders leads me to believe that they are magic users rather than time travelers with future technology.
Not quite teenagers, I think. And if they are involved with magic, all conclusions about age may be based on San Andreas-quality assumptions. I recall a Spider-Man GN, “Hooky”, in which he helps out a girl who has been just short of puberty for a couple of centuries, waiting for her father’s enemies to die off…
@Foradain That is based on a science fiction story called “Child of All Ages” (I think, close enough for a Google search) whose father created an immortality potion that killed anyone when they reached puberty, so you could live forever as long as you didn’t mind being a subservient kid (and the protagonist of the story was a girl, so even lower on the social ladder)
@Opus Seems to be available on cassette, from circa 1986, and originally published in 1975 in Analog…. And in the collection Immortals, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois! *goes off to read it on Kindle*
But Spindrifter’s situation in “Hooky” was rather different than Melissa’s in “Child of All Ages”. I can’t the one being based on the other.
Still, it’s another reason why assumptions about ages may be faulty.
It’s not them. We know their powers: Dillon is strong and Jenny has wings and electric claws. This doesn’t fit. What I’m more interested in is the guy in a cloak. Have we met him before?
he couldn’t travel past 2000 with superpowers, however if he hit 1999 December 31, 23:59:59, he’s likely to manage to travel through time at the same rate as the rest of us.
I thought that he could travel past the year 2000 (using his time machine), but was from the late 1990’s and thought that if he did, all technology would be broken because of Y2K and he would be stranded. He doesn’t have any actual powers, if you don’t count having an encyclopedia downloaded into his brain (and multiple personality disorder causing him to be his own archenemy).
Kind of reminds me of Atomic Laundromat (another fine superhero webcomic) where there’s a sideplot about the people without superpowers doing some fairly shady things in an attempt to gain powers.
Did that last update. Totally new characters in terms of looks and ability from what we’ve seen, whether enough (physical appearance) or little (abilities).
So they ARE kids. I wonder how PS238, the larger main superhero/villain community, and the DMHA will think of them. Do they know of these two? Note that Praetorian Academy has a abduct and coerce approach to their enrollment.
Gotta point out that Aaron is breaking the “One Steve Limit” rule of writing (look it up on TV Tropes). We already have Angie from St. Louis, PS238’s (non-villainous) student mad scientist, best pal of Prospero. Now we have “Angelica Glory”.
But then it’s a pretty stupid rule that most writers are already doing away with. “Angelica Glory” has a nice ring to it. And “Angie” and “Angelica”, especially where both insist on those particular names for themselves, are distinct enough.
There is another reason – I got this from the author of the Dresden Files. According to him, TV and movie scripts use a single letter to identify whose dialog is whose:
S: “Yes, that’s it!”
So it isn’t just “one Steve”, it’s “one first letter”. And yes, that also is a limitation that you would think would eventually go away.
In fact, that applies to more than just characters. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the “Defiant” was originally supposed to be named the “Valiant”, but Star Trek: Voyager was starting up about that time, and the “Voyager” had already claimed the letter “V”.
“Power & Glory” (yes, its their names, but is it their real names)
“sometimes we trade for things instead of taking money”
This smells like the start of a fairy tale where people make bad deals, or a deal with the devil. Magic, at the least, based on what we have seen so far.
What I find interesting isn’t their powers or even what they are doing there. It’s that someone told the customer they’d be there… literally before they were there!
Seems to me that it’s not that strange. They probably arranged to meet the customer at that location beforehand, perhaps over the internet, or phone. Isn’t that how shady, ominous, midnight, business meetings work? (I’m asking because I actually don’t know).
This reminds me a lot of Cauldron, from Worm. You only find out about them from word of mouth, they tend to deal through portals, their product costs obscene amounts of cash, and they *always* charge a few favors as well.
That is a tall person, because that is a tall person, I’m probably wrong, but I suddenly thought; what if that’s Ron, looking for a way to get his powers back? (Maybe he’s on stilts?)
Any guesses as where that door leads to?
Someplace Else. What, you’ve never seen the magic door handle and the door that does not obey your charming concept of euclidean geometry?
The Toolbox already is doing that. I mean is he putting a ladder into it?
Note that the slats are glowing. This can get eldritch real fast. But it seems as though these two can just get rich.
I want the super power of making people want to give you their money.
And then he notices that the door handle unit comes separately.
Time magic power just recreated the original door as the original fitting was put in place. It’s a new, old door.
No need to recreate the old, original door. I don’t think the two are bringing back the past as simply setting up shop. Wil is probably just refurbishing the door to go with the renovated space.
The kingdom, perhaps. “For thine is the kingdom, the power, and the glory, forever and ever, amen.”
Ah, the old “long thing goes into a too-small box gag. It never gets old.
I take it these two give out superpowers?
Enhance them, maybe. Do I see two future PS238 students there, or is that guy *really* tall?
I think Glory & Power are kids.
And I also think their customer is actually a woman. 😉 (Panel 3- profile of the customer, particularly the curves of their front.)
Now that you said it, that face kinda reminds me of Ms. Kyle.
More like teenagers, most of the kids at PS238 are waist height compared to the adults, Angie is the oldest student and she barely reaches Herschel’s chest. Power and Glory are both taller than chest height assuming their client is an adult.
Given that they are in a time period with readily available hover technology (i.e. Zodon’s chair and the goons of the Praetorian Academy), the fact that they are using ladders leads me to believe that they are magic users rather than time travelers with future technology.
Not quite teenagers, I think. And if they are involved with magic, all conclusions about age may be based on San Andreas-quality assumptions. I recall a Spider-Man GN, “Hooky”, in which he helps out a girl who has been just short of puberty for a couple of centuries, waiting for her father’s enemies to die off…
@Foradain That is based on a science fiction story called “Child of All Ages” (I think, close enough for a Google search) whose father created an immortality potion that killed anyone when they reached puberty, so you could live forever as long as you didn’t mind being a subservient kid (and the protagonist of the story was a girl, so even lower on the social ladder)
@Opus Seems to be available on cassette, from circa 1986, and originally published in 1975 in Analog…. And in the collection Immortals, edited by Jack Dann and Gardner Dozois! *goes off to read it on Kindle*
But Spindrifter’s situation in “Hooky” was rather different than Melissa’s in “Child of All Ages”. I can’t the one being based on the other.
Still, it’s another reason why assumptions about ages may be faulty.
So it’s an IBOTI toolbox! I wonder what else he has stored in there?
probably gear that replicates powers. It’s a pretty lucrative market I’d imagine.
http://ps238.nodwick.com/comic/09092007/
It’s not them. We know their powers: Dillon is strong and Jenny has wings and electric claws. This doesn’t fit. What I’m more interested in is the guy in a cloak. Have we met him before?
remember the guy who flew on the giant flying pocketwatch? Reminds me of him.
That’s Captain Chronos, and he can’t travel pass the year 2000.
Come to think of it, I think Tyler still has his stasis gun, I wonder if that’s going to show up in the future.
he couldn’t travel past 2000 with superpowers, however if he hit 1999 December 31, 23:59:59, he’s likely to manage to travel through time at the same rate as the rest of us.
I thought that he could travel past the year 2000 (using his time machine), but was from the late 1990’s and thought that if he did, all technology would be broken because of Y2K and he would be stranded. He doesn’t have any actual powers, if you don’t count having an encyclopedia downloaded into his brain (and multiple personality disorder causing him to be his own archenemy).
The face reminds me of several existing chars, students at ps238 or the PA.
Huh. No, that’s Dillon and Jenny, not Wil and Angelica.
Oh well, I’ve been wrong before.
I’m sure I’ve seen that logo on Wilson’s jacket before. Can you help me out, cousin?
I’m getting a horrible drug-dealer vibe o.O Probably absolutely NOT what is happening, but there you go…
Same here.
Are they here to stay or a fly-by-night long-enough-for-Aaron-to-do-a-story-on operation?
Kind of reminds me of Atomic Laundromat (another fine superhero webcomic) where there’s a sideplot about the people without superpowers doing some fairly shady things in an attempt to gain powers.
That reminds me AL was supposed to start updating again come March and we are still stuck with the comic from last November on the home page.
Armando is now saying he should be updating the comic Monday.
He’s supposed to be updating on Monday, ostensibly.
I’d love to do an archive crawl and post here links to all tick tock’s pages.
Did that last update. Totally new characters in terms of looks and ability from what we’ve seen, whether enough (physical appearance) or little (abilities).
So they ARE kids. I wonder how PS238, the larger main superhero/villain community, and the DMHA will think of them. Do they know of these two? Note that Praetorian Academy has a abduct and coerce approach to their enrollment.
Gotta point out that Aaron is breaking the “One Steve Limit” rule of writing (look it up on TV Tropes). We already have Angie from St. Louis, PS238’s (non-villainous) student mad scientist, best pal of Prospero. Now we have “Angelica Glory”.
But then it’s a pretty stupid rule that most writers are already doing away with. “Angelica Glory” has a nice ring to it. And “Angie” and “Angelica”, especially where both insist on those particular names for themselves, are distinct enough.
There is another reason – I got this from the author of the Dresden Files. According to him, TV and movie scripts use a single letter to identify whose dialog is whose:
S: “Yes, that’s it!”
So it isn’t just “one Steve”, it’s “one first letter”. And yes, that also is a limitation that you would think would eventually go away.
Huh. Thanks for that info tidbit. 🙂
In fact, that applies to more than just characters. On Star Trek: Deep Space Nine, the “Defiant” was originally supposed to be named the “Valiant”, but Star Trek: Voyager was starting up about that time, and the “Voyager” had already claimed the letter “V”.
“Power & Glory” (yes, its their names, but is it their real names)
“sometimes we trade for things instead of taking money”
This smells like the start of a fairy tale where people make bad deals, or a deal with the devil. Magic, at the least, based on what we have seen so far.
Or “Needful Things”
Love the Mary Poppins toolbox.
What I find interesting isn’t their powers or even what they are doing there. It’s that someone told the customer they’d be there… literally before they were there!
Oh, and that there were expecting the customer too (on time, as it were).
Seems to me that it’s not that strange. They probably arranged to meet the customer at that location beforehand, perhaps over the internet, or phone. Isn’t that how shady, ominous, midnight, business meetings work? (I’m asking because I actually don’t know).
This reminds me a lot of Cauldron, from Worm. You only find out about them from word of mouth, they tend to deal through portals, their product costs obscene amounts of cash, and they *always* charge a few favors as well.
Remember DO NOT buy the monkey’s paw.
Or the plain gold ring, or the ornate diamond necklace, or the rune-inscribed sword, … on second thought, just turn around and leave.
For some reason, this place makes me think of Needful Things.
I’m probably completely off base but I’m getting a kind of ‘Needful Things’ vibe from this whole situation.
That is a tall person, because that is a tall person, I’m probably wrong, but I suddenly thought; what if that’s Ron, looking for a way to get his powers back? (Maybe he’s on stilts?)