Spiderman Busts Comic Thief
This is a case of life imitating art (although in this case, it is comic book art). A man, dressed as Spiderman stopped a would-be thief from stealing a $200 comic book on Free comic Book Day (oh, the irony) this last Sunday. He was aided in his crime-fighting by… two Jedi knights and The Flash! No, I’m not kidding.
Adelaide Comic Centre’s Michael Baulderstone, 45, noticed a man “behaving suspiciously” at the back of his store.
Upon closer examination, he saw that the man had put a valuable book in his backpack.“We had about 40 people dressed up as their favourite superheroes to celebrate International Free Comic Day, so he didn’t have much of a choice but to hand the X-Men Omnibus back after a little bit of a scuffle,” he said.
“I’ve had a look at the security footage and it shows Spider-Man running down the corridor of the shop, grabbing this guy, hauling him off.
“One of the funniest things about the incident was that I called for people to stand near the door and it just so happened we had people dressed as Jedi knights there blocking the exit, the Flash was there at some point too,” Mr Baulderstone said.
Haha, that IS funny, Mr. Baulderstone. Granted not as funny as if you’d stripped the thief naked and set his genitals on fire, but we can’t all be comedians.
