Manic Monday Triple Overtime--When The Crime Is The Worst Option!!

Sometimes, villains are bone stupid.

Of course they are--if they were smart, they wouldn't be criminals in the first place!!

But sometimes, megalomaniacs turn to ridiculous crime schemes when they could make far, far more money by being capitalists rather than criminals.

For example, one day at NORAD...

 Now, you and I have seen enough Warner Brothers cartoons to know not to press the red button that says "PRESS ME."

But sadly, that most basic bit of security was obviously never part of the training of NORAD personnel...

Now, as master plans go, sending the Ani-Men in to take over NORAD so you can control the U.S. nuclear arsenal isn't too bad.

Then again, given that you've apparently perfected teleportation, why go all Dr. Evil here, Count Nefaria? Why not patent that technology, and get freaking rich licensing it to transport companies or travel agencies? Hell, the U.S. military and intelligence agencies would be more than willing to pay you billions for the use of that tech! And if you got other nations involved in the bidding war...well, holding the world for ransom while having to fight the X-Men is easily the least profitable and most problematic choice you could make there, right?

I just saying, hire a good lawyer, and sell that tech. Get rich legally. Retire. Stop doing stuff the hard way!

From X-Men #94 (1975)

Friday Night Fights--Sicily Style!!

The bigger they are, the harder they fall, in this week's Friday Night Fights.

Iron Man has been fighting a team of stumblebums, and chased them to their mysterious castle headquarters in Sicily.

Sicily? Uh-oh...

Yup, Count Nefaria. The crime don who used super-science to give himself incredibly amped-up versions of the powers of Living Laser, Whirlwind and Power Man! The guy who single-handedly kicked the Avengers' ass!!

And Tony is all alone...

KRAAASH!!!!

Spacebooger is sad because Nefaria isn't the villain in Avengers 3...or is he?

Mountains get dropped in Iron Man 1999 (a.k.a. Iron Man Annual 1999), by Kurt Busiek (co-plotter), Joe Casey (co-plotter & script), Terry Shoemaker (pencils) and Bud LaRosa (inks)

Now is the time for you to go and vote for my fight. Why? It's not often that I'm kind to Tony Stark--so you should reward me! Now go vote!!