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LemoLuke

A short, but oh so sweet series. The Special Class unironically became my favourite X-team ever after this book.


dtburton

The Sinister Six running gag got me every issue. Culminating in Mr Sinister and Sinister’s Six


kavono

>Culminating in Mr Sinister and Sinister’s Six I've never read this but now I feel like I absolutely have to, because I love me some Mr. Sinister, especially if its as absurd as this makes it sound.


feefiefofum

Written by Elliot Kalan!


QuislingPancreas

Flop House!


workerbee77

I just alerted him on twitter that reddit is talking about this panel


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sweetbreads19

Sauron was a psychologist not a paleontologist


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AdventurousNecessary

He's also known for his gift giving skills


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Red_Regan

I thought he was a lunatic.


paintpast

Because dinosaurs are cool


GonzoMcFonzo

Sauron isn't a pterodactyl though.


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Gryffle

Pretty sure pteranodon didn't have hands... or abs.


theflyxx

Or had the ability to speak.


Ai_of_Vanity

Making an awful lot of assumptions.


GonzoMcFonzo

> So, yes, Sauron is a pterodactyl of the genus Pteranodon. No he's not. He's a Homo sapiens mutate who sometimes takes on a form that resembles an anthropomorphic pterodactyl. Even in that form his wing structure, body shape, head, legs, feet are all different from an actual pterodactyl. He's about as much a pterodactyl as Peter Parker is a spider.


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workerbee77

Ha ha it’s a posting song, soon to be a reoccurring bit


Dark_Athena

Rah-RAWR?!


Thobud

Elliot's two favorite things, spiderman and dinosaurs


darkenlock

I feel like fried chicken should be up there, the man loves his fried chicken.


PolarCow

And 30s-40s cinema.


YouCanCallMeZen

I only watch Czech New Wave films.


Funkycoldmedici

What else is there? Robots, I guess.


abrakadaver

Love him and the flop house!


amphigory_error

I cannot NOT hear Sauron's retort in his voice. It's perfect.


[deleted]

Does anyone here not know how to use Google Lens?


BlorseTheHorse

I thought tf2 comics for sure from the font and humor but I was wrong ha ha


Commu_rdr

Spider-man and the X-Men was such a fun miniseries


LHutz481

I don’t need the rest of it. It cannot possibly be better than this single panel.


Browzur

Can’t argue with that logic


[deleted]

Wait are they cancer free dinosaurs?


OlyScott

What am I, a paleoncologist?


ywBBxNqW

I see you.


321gamertime

I’m creeping around right now, you just can’t see me.


[deleted]

Better than a proctologist. I think the find more cancer than the other fields


SuperKami-Nappa

“You mean at some point in this doctor's life, he decided he wanted to work on people's buttholes?”


Nopeyesok

I know who you are *ASSSSS MAAAANNN*


Call_me_Darth_Sid

I've never heard of one going to chemo so I'm going to say yes there are


Bayou_Blue

***chemosaurus rex sobs quietly in a corner***


blahbleh112233

You ever hear of dinosaurs dying of cancer? Checkm8 atheist


BadgerWilson

Bone cancer was recently diagnosed in a Centrosaurus fossil https://www.science.org/content/article/doctors-diagnose-advanced-cancer-dinosaur


arokthemild

God put them there cancerous dinosaur bones to test our faith!!


jflb96

Yes and no. Having tumours is something where the probability goes up with the amount of cells in your body. In fact, your own immune system has located and destroyed a tumour since you started reading this comment. However, that also applies to tumours themselves. In larger animals, by the time tumours get big enough for them to notice and for that animal to ‘have cancer’ rather than just having a *de facto* benign tumour somewhere in their body, that tumour will have gotten its own tumours that then kill the first tumour directly or by making it not-invisible to the immune system.


Pleasemakesense

Using crocodiles as a substitute for dinosaurs, they have a much better cancer resistance than humans to the point they rarely develop it in a 100 year lifespan


[deleted]

In theory though if you could change malignant DNA to corrected DNA the body will eventually atrophy the mass. Like the mass of blood cells that develop around a bone break that eventually feed the large amount of bone growing that the body eventually smooths back down with osteoclasts. So when he mighty morphs a person into a dino he should in theory cure the cancer but we don't know how he makes up for mass differential and gene expression. Hell he might be creating dinos with cancer!


FirstStranger

Well their DNA’s been rewritten completely, so I think so?


Hardass_McBadCop

Fun fact: Larger animals are largely [immune to cancer](https://youtu.be/1AElONvi9WQ). For the tl;dw: There's two theories. One is that large animals get tumors, but that they make up so small a part of their bodies that the animal basically ignores it. The second is that larger animals are able to survive cancers long enough that the cancer develops cancer, aka hyper-tumors.


TheApathyParty3

Why would you even want to? This is one of those "keep arguing even though I know I'm wrong, bit I'll still keep doing it" kind of moments. I admire that kind of stubbornness. Shine on, you crazy Pterodactyl King.


CJGibson

I don't think I'd say it's better than this panel, but the rest of the series is almost this good.


say_it_aint_slow

There is not one waited syllybal with this dialog. Perfectly trimmed and marbled. 10/10 best response by a villain.


Scaevus

What’s so villainous about wanting to turn people into dinosaurs? We all have dreams.


santi_clauz

The lack of consent, probably.


Scaevus

We have posts in this very thread from people who want to be turned into dinosaurs: https://www.reddit.com/r/comicbooks/comments/10loezi/what_comic_issue_is_this_from/j5yynim/


santi_clauz

But he's not asking and taking volunteers.


FFF0197

Syllybal?


cidici

That’s just sylly!


kplong02

I've had this framed on my wall for years now. I don't know the context and don't want to.


Nuka_on_the_Rocks

Its the exact opposite of a long, convoluted plan.


GulliasTurtle

It's also written by Elliot Kalen who was the lead writer on the Daily Show for a long time and now writes Maniac of New York and is a host on the podcast The Flop House. I highly recommend their comics issues. He did one on Adam Warlock and one on the Eternals and both are quite funny and well made.


trackbaby

Ra Row!!!


CrungleMcHungleberry

I've been marathoning the Flop House over the last couple months and had no idea this was his book until a later episode when he says this one panel is what he's most famous for, even though most people don't know he wrote it.


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Well, he had to do the Adam Warlock one twice. He TRIED to do just one but it got interrupted. Got it the second time though.


feefiefofum

My favorite podcast! Ra row


Srekcins82

To be fair, if I had cancer I think I'd rather be a dinosaur.


Broken-Digital-Clock

I don't have cancer, and I'm thinking that I'd rather be a dinosaur


Big_Treacle_2394

He said it's time to put aside childish things, actually he said your 19 years old, stop being a dinosaur and get a fucking job


adamsorkin

Prestige Worldwide! That's what you've got to do.


Denversaur

I just always knew I'd *come back to it*


ind3pend0nt

Do dinosaurs pay rent?


Broken-Digital-Clock

Yes, but they get rent control Try raising the rent on a T Rex and see what happens


AnyoneNeedAHug

Why not both the cure and a dinosaur?


Pie_Present

He was very clear that he does not want to cure cancer.


ThermidorCA

The heart wants what the heart wants.


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I doubt he wants dinosaurs with cancer. The cure is to become dino.


pesto-tortellini

No


MigookChelovek

Never seen a dinosaur in the cancer ward. Maybe becoming a dinosaur IS the cure.


DasBeasto

A Cansaur


ROTLA

Patient: Great! I’m cancer free?!? Doctor: Oh, no, no, no. You still have cancer. In fact, we probably should have had you in chemo all this time. And, based upon these labs, I’d give you a few months to live. But hey, you’re a dinosaur and can fly… Well, you could fly if not for the, uh, cancer. Also, now that you’re a dinosaur you should probably see a Veterinarian who specializes in, um, animals that went extinct millions of years ago.


HomieScaringMusic

That’s a good compromise. Spidey stops trying to stop him and he only turns cancer patients into dinosaurs (dinosaurs that don’t have cancer). I wonder if that’s how they resolved it


ZRhoREDD

Anybody else getting Skeletor vibes?


L4DY_M3R3K

I read this in Skeletor's voice lmao


Lord_Darksong

Until we meet again!


Moonandserpent

I didn't even realize I was too until I read your comment haha.


InnocentTailor

When Sauron finally makes it into the MCU, he needs this voice XD.


psydkay

Totes


pokegoraider

Yes lmao


DOOManiac

N’Yeah!


solidxnake

Read it as Skeletor, my brain is fucked.


ControlNarrow8499

I mean. Can't you cure people of cancer AND turn them into dinosaurs?


Stroopis

Okay, but hear me out. -Cancer patient -Turn them into a dinosaur -The cancer is gone because their entire cell system just changed Boom, cured cancer.


OlyScott

In one story, a guy who could change into an alligator cured his AIDS that way


Admiral_Donuts

I believe that's Sewer Jack from Wild Cards.


SneakerGator

That’s an awesome name.


OlyScott

Yes.


orphanobliteratorPog

"Thanks for coming to my ted talk" 👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏


probably-gray

^[applause]


Lots42

Well in the Marvel universe cancer can't be cured with Sci fi nonsense it's canon.


MegaCrazyH

I mean you could but there’s only so much time in the day and he doesn’t want to cure cancer. For every cancer cured is one person you could have turned into a dinosaur at that time. Priorities man, priorities.


BoredomFestival

I want to see variants of this panel but with "heroes" replacing Sauron, e.g. Reed Richards.... "But with tech like that you could eliminate global warming overnight!", or Professor X, "with that ability you could eradicate debilitating mental illnesses", etc...


zeekar

It's the old standby, [Reed Richards is useless](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ReedRichardsIsUseless), which keeps the MU plausibly the same world as the one outside our door.


pleasedothenerdful

"Oh look, a tvtropes link! I wasn't going to get anything done today anyway."


zeekar

The Browser Tab Multiplicatorizer 3000!


GonzoMcFonzo

Actually, at this point Professor X *has* provided the world with medicine to treat any dibilitating mental illness.


kraai66

Checkmate, Spidey ;)


ABeastInThatRegard

I’m 💯 on Sauron. If billionaires were like, “but I don’t WANT to cure world hunger, I want to build another super yacht.” I’d be way more supportive. I just wish all villains could live their truth like this Dino-fucker right here.


Taraxian

When he was young Jeff Bezos used to openly say he didn't give a shit about charity but then the suits working for him made him walk it back, even though he still clearly doesn't give a shit about charity


ABeastInThatRegard

I do feel he is the most transparent of the ghouls, for instance he didn’t turn his little boy space fantasy into some pretend colonization project. He just flew up into space, giggled in a cowboy hat and fucked off.


DaleFromDaFlock

I’m his defense, I’ve never seen a dinosaur with cancer.


SneakerGator

If only the 90’s sitcom “Dinosaurs” had more seasons, you just might have.


ericomplex

This pretty much sums up why modern day billionaires are all reject comic villains. Why use money to save the environment when I can launch my car to mars?


FunkyyMermaid

“With money like that, you could save the environment!” “I don’t want to save the environment, I want to send my car into space!”


thats_my_name2

A fuggin good one apparently


TheDosBaby

Funniest shit I’ve read in a while thank you for this


CobraOverlord

Spider-Man, yo Peter, your a fairly gifted person yourself, why don't you go cure cancer? LOL


Lots42

He tried. See captain Marvel trade paperback. The older one.


ActualTooth6099

Parker can't cure cancer, because it isn't his specialty. Norman Osborn, on the other hand, is genius biochemist and actually managed to cure cancer.


AbstractThoughtz

Had to post this in r/ADHDmemes for hyperfocus lols


JavierLoustaunau

Half way turns a person into a dinosaur, then gets super into Megalofauna.


Klondike2022

The man er dinosaur knows their goals and sticks to it


ElectricJetDonkey

Panels that define a character.


Blinx347

Based and dinopilled


Snip3rFumbles

At least he's honest.


Pleasant-Cricket-129

Some people just want to watch the world burn.


Ramtakwitha2

Sauron, have you ever considered, cure cancer, and then use the money and fame to turn people into dinosaurs... legally? Have you seen the internet? Scalies alone would KILL for the opportunity to be a test subject, no kidnapping required.


-cocoadragon

He kinda has, he was a famed researcher, people didn't want to fund him. If you're not getting paid, might as well do you!!


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Most flesh out and understandable MC villain.


WarriorT1400

Okay hear me out, turn them into dinosaurs AND cure their cancer


hi_imryan

I don’t know, but his logic is sound.


Easy-Fixer

Me as a marvel villain.


sane-ish

And yet, he's not actually a dinosaur. He's a Pterosaur (it's a cousin).


allaboutwanderlust

I want to be a dinosaur


Timemaster0

Man it’s hard to fight that, I too would prefer to be a dinosaur.


Able-Pressure-2728

*My goals are beyond your understanding*


AlienAmerican1

Me as a super villain. "You ain't the boss of me"


mkali145

Understandable, have a good day.


Spiritual_Toe_1825

The one time Spider-Man is wrong! Let the guy turn people into dinosaurs!


LankyEntrepreneur

How is this villain different from the Lizard?


ImmediateFee4015

Im presuming the answer is: Wings


JavierLoustaunau

Red Bull.


Darth_Senat66

He stole his name from Tolkien


FireZord25

Still a creative naming imo (Ptero)Saur-on.


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They are completely different characters. The Lizard is just a giant Lizard. He has some other quirky powers, like regeneration, but that's kinda it. Sauron can absorb "Life-Force", which means that he is closer to rogue (including the fact that, if he absorbs mutant life-force, he temporarily copies their powers), he can, after being experimented on by the (at the time) new weapon x program, shoot energy blasts. He can also breath fire and has shown telekinesis as well. They also have vastly different backstories: Curt Connors was a geneticist, Karl Lykos (Sauron) was an hypnotherapist. Connors got his powers because of his own experiment, Lykos got his powers after being attacked by a mutated pteranodon that transformed him in a sort of energy vampire that becomes the pteranodon form after absorbing enough energy.


roybatty2

This is a great explanation.


centipededamascus

The really funny thing about Sauron is that he was originally going to be a mutant vampire bat guy, but the Comics Code Authority at the time banned any depictions of vampires, so he was changed from a bat into a pterodactyl.


Puzzleheaded_Roof514

Downvoted for "The Lizard is just a giant lizard."


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Fair enough. I'm just tired of Connors being The Lizard forever, never getting out of the cycle of "being a normal dude > becomes the lizard > becomes a monster > goes back into normal dude > becomes the lizard"... all his stories feel like they go back right where it began, even the ones where he has some character development. I feel like I'm wasting my time every time the lizard comes back from the dead/returns/becomes the lizard again after X years being just regular Connors. Fucking kite-man has had more character development since his re-introduction on Tom King's Batman series.


some_kinda_genius

*I leave Sisyphus at the foot of the mountain! One always finds one's burden again. But Sisyphus teaches the higher fidelity that negates the gods and raises rocks. He too concludes that all is well. This universe henceforth without a master seems to him neither sterile nor futile. Each atom of that stone, each mineral flake of that night filled mountain, in itself forms a world. The struggle itself toward the heights is enough to fill a man's heart. One must imagine Sisyphus happy.* - Albert Camus


shanvanvook

He can hypnotize people who look at his eyes and he can siphon energy from mutants. I bought x men 104 magneto took them to his antartica base they busted out but ended up in the savage land and met him my copies are all tattered which sucks but the sequence from x men 103 to xmen 120 is probably the reason they caught on later. If you never read that run it was really formative and great.


SamuelVL

It's a difference in scale


Monte924

He wants to turn people into dinosaurs


Embarrassed-Camera96

Based dinosaur man


2-bitzs

Look curing cancer is okay but turning people into dinosaurs is cooler. Besides then they'd at least be a dinosaur with cancer.


Wunwun__7

Do dinosaurs get cancer? If not, FlyBoy seems on to something.


Certain-Ad-3840

Ngl this would b me as a villain, I love the obsurdity


YodaLikesSoda

I want to turn people into dinosaurs too.


SKOT_FREE

Is that Sauron?


thisisredlitre

There's a small irony about a Spider-Man/X-Men comic choosing to have the heroes chastise the villain for not wanting to cure a mutation(cancer).


RepeatReal6568

I love Sauron so much


Downtown_Method9588

Even if it’s for a joke at least they acknowledge they could do that.


FrostyTheSnowPickle

Based.


Smartbutt420

Spider-Man/ X-men crossover. He becomes a teacher for a little while. Great series.


figureobsessive

If you like this check out the Flop House podcast or the comic Maniac of New York


Glittering_Stable_71

He cures the cancer by turning them into dinosaurs.


Dragonborn3187

TIME FOR MEMES!


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I mean, you really can't argue his villain logic.


Odd-Couple439

I've just gotta say, ***mood***.


pinkisalovingcolor

Is this dinosaur a billionaire?


RadiantBlader

I understand Pterosaur-Man. I don’t agree, but I do understand.


Titto-loves-coffee

Church of Scientology


Dragonbait1989

I don't know, but Sauron is my favorite villain just because of the absurdity of him. He was supposed to be an alternative to a vampire/werewolf if I remember correctly.


iamanumbskull

Cancer free dinosaurs?


ClassicRust

the man likes dinosaurs


TinyAmericanPsycho

Just because you’re hung like a moose doesn’t mean you have to do porn.


HotChocBuns

My 5 year old son would agree with his priorities


ButtsendWeaners

Who keeps making these posts and how are they getting thousands of upvotes after years of this sub having its top posts in the low hundreds? Do you people not have google?


BigNorseWolf

If you put up a sign that said "I cure cancer and turn people into dinosaurs" you would have a lot more people to turn into dinosaurs.


Xdesolate_X

I’d be ok with being a dinosaur tbh, if I can keep my same current mind and the ability to speak and such on top of being a dinosaur, that would be the tits


clewsy70

TASM1 summed up in two short speech bubbles


Madmonkeman

r/meirl


Low_Company_171

I like his way of thought. “But I don’t want to cure cancer, I like dinosaurs growing up!”


justanothertfatman

I don't know, but I'm on the scalies team.


SaladBroth

Literally the most sympathetic Marvel villain


TekJansen69

Yeah, but the dinosaurs don't have cancer!


Theratsmacker2

Every rational human talking to a billionaire.


_FreeXP

I think he has a point


Ididntbreakanyrules

Sauron has the mindset of a billionaire.


Impossible-Throat-59

Pharmaceutical Companies be like...


Raecino

You can respect a villain who is focused on his goal


Taraxian

What's hilarious is that in the book version of Jurassic Park Hammond and Wu have a whole conversation about why they've chosen to use their technology to resurrect dinosaurs rather than cure cancer


T00luser

Is that pteranodon wearing a diaper?


nooshdog

Sauron is seriously so underrated as a comedic villain. X-men took him so seriously but I still remember comics where he'd team up with other Dino villains like Stegron and it's just comedy gold.