Superhero Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld!

Life imitates The Onion. When I saw this photo on the front page of the Washington Post, I nearly spewed my iced tea all over the screen. Ridiculous is only the tip of the descriptive iceberg. Apparently this is part of some sort of “support the troops” comic book that Marvel is doing.

(I hope that link works for everyone and you can see it without being registered at WP.)

Ha! Nice!

Now all we need to do is print out some Superhero Defense League ID’s for everyone like in City of Heroes. Hmmm…I guess ol’ Rummy would qualify as a natural…controller? using mind tricks on us? Perhaps defender?

Oooohhhh my Og. Can I be a super-villian? Evil Mistress of Independent Thought.

Based on Spider-Man’s basket, looks like he was bitten by a horse and an arachnid.

Nice, subtle caption.

You know, he looks for all the world like he’s about to beat the snot out of Spiderman’s genitalia.