Polite Dissent

17 Responses to “ Picture Quiz: Checkmate ”

1. Slarti
   April 4th, 2008 at 12:08 am
   

   Looks like everyone’s favorite old PD friend, someone calling for plasma in an inappropriate situation!

2. J. Christopher
   April 4th, 2008 at 2:11 am
   

   Is it that all those people are bleeding to death and the one person on the scene capable of quickly and efficiently helping them is too busy juggling thermoses?

   No? Must be the guy calling for plasma then.

3. Juisarian
   April 4th, 2008 at 3:32 am
   

   They probably meant “casevac” when they said “medevac”?

4. Ratbat
   April 4th, 2008 at 3:46 am
   

   Is the bloke behind Superman doing the ‘psychic pregnancy diagnosis’ from the previous post? I guess it’s a winner, still in use almost sixty years after Miss Brent’s doctor visit.

5. Elayne Riggs
   April 4th, 2008 at 6:48 am
   

   I gotta go with “the plasma thing” as well. Scott’s practically made this a one-man crusade, and writers still aren’t getting it.

6. Keith
   April 4th, 2008 at 6:51 am
   

   Plasma. But also: Superman’s biceps are ridiculously large, and his groinal bulge ridiculously small. Perhaps as an alien, he has no external genitalia; a good topic for a future comic.

7. Dr Archeville
   April 4th, 2008 at 7:06 am
   

   In the words of 90’s animated Morbius the Living Vampire, PLASMA!

8. Gordon
   April 4th, 2008 at 7:38 am
   

   I would say “plasma”, but shouldn’t they also stop the bleeding first?

9. Aaron
   April 4th, 2008 at 8:30 am
   

   Based on what I know about comic book anatomy those aren’t really women, their chestal regions are not big enough.

   Also they seem to be relying on the presence of Superman to be medically reassuring when he isn’t really doing anything to intervene medically and probably shouldn’t

10. mike.
    April 4th, 2008 at 9:36 am
    

    Without looking at the hints, I’m gonna guess that you REALLY shouldn’t be that close when a VTOL craft is taking off or landing.

11. Harvey
    April 4th, 2008 at 9:55 am
    

    Its not medical, but could it be that Castle isn’t a chess piece? Or rather, it is a stupid name that is pushing the chess motif too far.

    So says Chuck N. Passant!

12. Keith
    April 4th, 2008 at 10:04 am
    

    Also, you’d think Superman had never seen a distributor before…

13. Conor E
    April 4th, 2008 at 1:42 pm
    

    Gordon: since we can’t see what’s going on, we have no way of knowing if the comments about plasma and bleeding are about the same patient.

    Harvey: if not ‘The Castle’, what should their headquarters be called? The Board?

14. Sable Hope
    April 5th, 2008 at 12:34 am
    

    actully, aaron, its kind of nice to see a female wearing armour that dosent have big boobs. :D it compresses them into a ‘boob-shelf’ you see- even if the comic book girl normally would have boobs big as her head- and presents a more androgenous profile.
    Girls portrayed with full size boob-bumps in their breastplates are done by people that have obviously never worn armour. *Head-desk*

    Superman: “…Hmm… Shiny…”

15. Snikers
    April 5th, 2008 at 10:46 am
    

    Is it that Superman’s left hand is holding an object in a position implying a massive erection from Black Queen?

    …or plasma. Yeah, probably the plasma.

16. Scott
    April 6th, 2008 at 10:30 pm
    Official Comment

    “Plasma” is indeed the answer I was looking for.
    I also wondered exactly what Superman was doing looking at engine parts while people were bleeding. I would also think that anytime blood products are needed on a battlefield it is “stat” by definition. And I would recommend that Mme. Marie actually look at the prisoners she’s guarding, might work a little better.
    Finally, kudos to Ratbat for the psychic pregnancy test call.

17. Brian
    April 11th, 2008 at 12:25 am
    

    BTW, the Checkmate HQ is called the Castle, because it is literally a castle.

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