By way of the always entertaining Warren Ellis blog comes Doktor DiscorD and Mr. Silent, two kids who claim to be actual, working superheroes in the Indianapolis area. Yeah, you read that right. Now, this is obviously a good way to get oneself killed, and this is usually the beginning of an article that ends with their horrible, senseless deaths. Or at least, it would be if not for the fact that they’re in Indianapolis, which isn’t exactly Compton. Here’s an excerpt from Doktor DiscorD’s thrilling war journal:
tonight,with my partner in crime fighting “Mr. Silent”,we went around the city helping people and stopping fights,drunk drivers,and a group of young dumb kids hitting an old woman’s car.
we met the mayor of the bums here named ronald whom i will refer to now as Mayor McCheese..he said we have the bums support and that they have some weapons to protect themselves.we’re going to make shirts with pics of our superhero group and hand them out to the city’s homeless..they will state something along the lines of “our heroes”
for the most part,people accepted us right away,and many saluted us as we would walk by.we got a lot of support from the fair people of this city,and that is the kind of positive reinforcement i needed to help me fight crime all night.
I wish these noble heroes the best of luck. May they never find any real crime, the kind that trained police officers deal with on a daily basis, and the kind that shouldn’t be taken lightly.