this post was submitted on 02 Oct 2025
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Comic panels taken out of comics so we can make fun of them!! We love the golden age stuff!
Rules:
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Comics must come from actual comic books. No AI or Photoshops.
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Single panels are preferred.
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Comics should be unintentionally funny. Spider-man cracking wise is not what this is about.
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Don't be a dick.
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I can't believe I've had to add this... NO RACISM.
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Especially during this time period, it would likely mean multiple things before genitalia.
“Dick” was a pretty common word for a detective, as in “hiring a private dick.” These comics are probably chock full of humorous uses of “dick.”
For this one specifically, the first place tineye sees it on the internet is on a “forgotten cool” tumblr in 2015, which also doesn’t cite where it came from.
Wow you're such a Dick, that was a great research.
Great insight, thank you. Makes even more sense with detective dick.