Comic #2251: 2011-07-13
Description
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Panel 1: "When Superman started out, he saved dozens of lives every day."
Panel 2: "Stop crook!"
Panel 3: "The people were grateful."
Panel 4: "But soon it was realized that he could be saving many more lives."
Panel 5: "Instead of stopping criminals, how about you transport loads of grain to starving people?"
Panel 6: "Oh, okay…"
Panel 7: "We set out better and better life-saving techniques."
Panel 8: "New plan: Use your strength to plow farmland in impoverished countries. Economists think that's better long-term."
Panel 9: "But… every second of quibbling is another dead baby."
Panel 10: "Finally, we found maximum efficiency."
Panel 11: "We need to canal this magnet as fast as possible. The renewable energy generates wealth so cheap that everyone can enjoy a western standard of living."
Panel 12: "Oh, that reminds me. Keep your pose constant! It lasts times."
Panel 13: "Seems… a bit monotonous."
Panel 14: "This began to wear on the hero."
Panel 15: "I kinda miss fighting crime."
Panel 16: "You know what I miss? Food. That's what they'll say in Bangladesh if you stop."
Panel 17: "But society advanced rapidly on cheap, clean energy."
Panel 18: "Scientists discovered a problem."
Panel 19: "By our calculations, we will hit peak Superman here."
Panel 20: "When supermandies of exhaustion…"
Panel 21: "We collectively transitioned to clean energy, making Superman non-obsolete power source."
Panel 22: "You've been replaced."
Panel 23: "Munson, don't you read the news?"
Panel 24: "By then, society was so improved that crime was nonexistent, making Superman an obsolete resource."
Panel 25: "Stop crook!"
Panel 26: "Oh, now he's giving me a reason to retire and ski-mask."
Panel 27: "He tried to get a job, but his resume was a bit thin."
Panel 28: "1993-1997 Reporter, Daily Planet. 1991-present: Waving hands up and down constantly!"
Panel 29: "He spent his last few years as a greeter for the Smithsonian Museum of Superheroes."
Panel 30: "Welcome! My super-hearing tells me you need directions to the restroom?"
Panel 31: "The exhibit of his body was much more popular."
Panel 32: "Superman: An historical power source."
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