Sir Tim Drake
03-31-2005, 09:26 PM
Last night I was reading a low-grade copy of Strange Tales #114, featuring the Human Torch and a Captain America impostor. To my surprise, as I turned a page, the comic suddenly burst into flames. Luckily, I remembered my fire safety training. I threw the comic on the floor and stamped on it until the fire went out. I suffered some minor burns on my hands, and obviously the comic was completely destroyed, but I consider myself lucky to have escaped from the incident without any further damage.
When I thought about it, I realized what had probably happened. The comics' pages were extremely dry and brittle. When I turned the page, I must have created some kind of spark from the static electricity in my hands, and that was enough to make the entire comic blow up.
So I want to warn you all that spontaneous comic combustion is a serious danger. I'm going to start storing my older comics in a room with a humidifier, so that they'll be too moist to catch on fire. I urge you all to do the same. I wasn't seriously harmed in this incident, but if this happens to you, you might be badly injured, or, what's worse, your entire collection might be incinerated.
(On a lighter note, this is a pretty appropriate way for a comic to be destroyed. Once I lost some Aquaman comics when they fell into a lake, but this is even more ironic.)
When I thought about it, I realized what had probably happened. The comics' pages were extremely dry and brittle. When I turned the page, I must have created some kind of spark from the static electricity in my hands, and that was enough to make the entire comic blow up.
So I want to warn you all that spontaneous comic combustion is a serious danger. I'm going to start storing my older comics in a room with a humidifier, so that they'll be too moist to catch on fire. I urge you all to do the same. I wasn't seriously harmed in this incident, but if this happens to you, you might be badly injured, or, what's worse, your entire collection might be incinerated.
(On a lighter note, this is a pretty appropriate way for a comic to be destroyed. Once I lost some Aquaman comics when they fell into a lake, but this is even more ironic.)