Adventures in Comic-Boxing: The Thin Line Between Tragedy and Comedy - and the Power of Writers!

Consider the cover of DETECTIVE COMICS # 419 (DC Comics, Cover Date: January, 1972), a rather stark image for a comic released in late 1971...

Now, consider it again if we replace the grim cover copy with the following headline...

"Remorseful Toy Collector Commits Unique Suicide After Removing His Mint Batman Action Figures From Their Packaging!" 

  

 

Ah, we writers hold such untapped power!  We could rule the world, if only we could find a way to unite!   

...Perhaps it's best we don't!