Thursday, June 04, 2015

It's Chekov's Dinosaur Bones

There's something else we need to discuss from last month's Ms. Marvel, besides who the other person with powers is in Kamala's family. When Bruno goes rushing out of science class, he runs past the girls' lacrosse team, who are carrying in several dinosaur bones. Here's the panel.

OK, what happened there? Did someone on the team trip over it on the field, and they dug it up to remove an injury hazard? Is it part of a float for homecoming? Did one of the girls have it in their house, because their parents are paleontologists or something, and they're going to auction it off as part of a fundraiser? Is this part of some scheme by the guy who created the Inventor, only this time he'll cross Heisenberg with a dinosaur, rather than Edison with a cockatiel? Maybe one of those girls is also a scientist herself, and plans to clone dinosaurs because she learned all the wrong lessons from Jurassic Park? Though to be fair, the Marvel Universe must be a horrible place to teach kids not to mess around with fundamental forces of nature. Worst case scenario, you get horribly scarred while gaining super-powers and can still have a decent career as a super-villain. Best case, you're the Fantastic Four. Why wouldn't you do something insanely risky?

If the skeleton garners media attention, or is put on display somewhere in the school how long until Kamala must fend off Stegron, the Dinosaur Man, who will no doubt be outraged at this treatment of one of his ancestors? Maybe analysis of the bones will reveal the remains are actually from millions of years. . . in the future! Dun dun dunnnnnn! How fiercely will the team defend their skeleton (which will certainly have become an unofficial mascot by then) from the forces of a 13 year old Kang the Conqueror, who has come to the 21st Century seeking the "farm" his father insists they sent his pet to? 

2 comments:

SallyP said...

I completely missed this! Of course it IS the Marvel Universe, and I just assume the bones were exposed in the last Hulk rampage or something. Marvel denizens have to be pretty jaded at this point, considering all the stuff that happens on a weekly basis.

CalvinPitt said...

Certainly no one else at the school seems surprised by it. The Hulk does seem a likely culprit, leaping around and leaving impact craters wherever he goes.