Time Machine Mystery Cache
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The notorious Czech composer, Beda (Fritz) Foltyn was again on the run from critics and in refuge at the home of his Flagstaff relatives and their two young boys. Ever in search of inspiration, he wandered up into the attic and discovered a pile of cuttings from old comics with many of the drawings altered. Someone had painted in clocks! Next he knew, he faced a quiz-show-like challenge to identify the characters.
"I think I've seen some of these before..." Beda rubbed his chin.
"It's easy, Uncle! Those are Betty and Archie and Veronica." The older boy was quick.
"And that's one of Crumb's characters," the boys' father suddenly recalled.
"There's Goofy!" The younger one pointed.
"Come on, that's too easy!" The older kid seemed annoyed. "But look here, who're these two old grouches?"
"Old?" The father laughed.
"You sure it's two? If we're counting, I only see one and a half in that one...." Beda commented.
"Well... How about 'Why I Hate Saturn'? Ever hear of it?"
"Not one of those Kyle Bakers? Come on, Dad..."
"Yeah! One of them. His stuff's great!"
"Ähhh, those two are Eno and Plum," Beda mumbled on to himself.
"Ha! Good one, Uncle! Anyone could read that!" The brothers loved to chide him.
"Actually, with their cat, you gotta count'em as a trio, right Fritz?" The father corrected them.
"Then, what about these three, you two smarty pants!" Beda was pointing at yet another page.
"You boys ever hear of Strangers in Paradise or Terry Moore?" The father's face showed a sly smile.
"How could we, with everything hidden here in the attic! And it's dark as night!"
"See those two fingers and smarty-face smile... Yeah, it's definitely night-time, and, like, twice as tricky," the dad added.
"Hey! That's Jughead," the younger boy said, changing the subject, "and there's Mickey!"
"Big deal. They're too easy," the older grumbled. He was thinking more about lunch than comics.
"Oh yeah? Well, I got them first! Hey! Hey! Don't elbow! That hurt..."
"Calm down, guys. I think it's lunch time."
"Well... before we go..." Beda said with a grin, "I believe this last one with a bat on the back of her hand is Vampirella!"
"Hey, we could see her in San Diego! At Comic-Con! We've already got our own Denis the Menace here, and our Little Rascal... and you'll be the eccentric Bohemian..."
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