The origin of MILKMAN! by dave-llamaman, literature
Literature
The origin of MILKMAN!
Our story begins, as many do, with a young boy being hit by a van.
Jim Heckinthwaite was but eight tender years of age when he was struck a glancing blow by a speeding Ford Transit. Said van was fleeing a bank robbery in York when it knocked young Jim for six. When Jim woke up, what did he see but his favourite superhero, Mr Fission, rounding up the bank robbers with the power of an unshielded nuclear reactor? On that day, Jim knew that he had to dedicate his life to fighting for Truth, Justice, and for some unfathomable reason, the home delivery of dairy products. As soon as he had himself decontaminated.
For years to come, Jim trained
Excerpt from the Travel Journal of Dr. Babitunji, Chief Magician of King Sulakhan: Collected by T. P. Hade of the Nonhuman Cultural Illumination Project
Author’s Note: In 461BK, during the second year of his reign, King Sulakhan toured the outer reaches of the Saaraiah Desert to offer gifts to his citizens and learn more about his kingdom. This occurred in the town of Basieruz, now a popular tourist destination.
We did not tame magic with our intellect. The natural world perfected its use long before we attempted to define it with our convoluted theories. – King Sulakhan
The Head Man prostrated himself before us. Without waitin
The Once and Future Superhero by Oreramar, literature
Literature
The Once and Future Superhero
Arthur was beginning to think that the old man was some kind of half-crazed supervillain. He could have overlooked the loud Hawaiian-print shirt, cargo shorts, and socks-with-sandals ensemble; that was typical old guy fare, stupid-looking but ultimately harmless. The carved wooden hiking stick he carried around despite being hundreds of miles from the nearest hikeable patch of nature and the sunglasses worn even though it was night…that pushed it a bit more. The honest-to-god real live owl perched on his shoulder--was it even legal to keep a pet owl in this city? Arthur had no idea--that was…especially eccentric, to be kind about