Batterrrrr Up!

[inexpediency]

Impulse #20, titled "First Base".

Our story starts with Bart playing a video game with his best friend (and future confidante) Carol Bucklen. When she has to leave for piano practice, she mentions that Bart should join "a club or a team or something."

He decides this is a great idea.



After that, he tries football and track (both being resounding failures) and turns up his nose at Max's suggestion of golf, before finally landing at baseball.



I love how easily he agrees to not pay attention.

It continues for a few more pages like this, with Bart doing just about everything wrong; Max even has to call him to the stands for a little reminder not to use his powers. (I'm paraphrasing here.)

Bart: The other kids are all doing their best!
Max: And if the other kids all jumped off a bridge, would you--
Bart: I can't believe you had to ask.



Ahem. Preston, I don't think that's exactly what they say about big feet.



He does. At high-speed. Needless to say, that ball is gone.

A few more pages of failure, including Bart taking the phrase "keep your eye on the ball" a little too far, and ending up with a painful-looking shiner. Eventually though, he hits the ball, bringing their team to victory.

Apparently Carol gets a little caught up in the excitement.





"First base", indeed. :]

Tags: title: Impulse, char: Impulse/Bart Allen, char: max mercury, creator: Humberto Ramos, creator: Mark Waid, creator: Wayne Faucher

Comments

[intertobamf]

I really hate this art.

[silverzeo]

......... your entitled to you opinion. But to badmouth the art is to badmouth Impulse..... do it again and I will have to express my opinion of your opinion... with doing something with your bed and a horse that was done in a trilogy movie...

[intertobamf]

I like Impluse. When not drawn by Ramos.

[dumdumdumbutt.livejournal.com]

Same ):

[tacobob]

It's a good thing they never had Impulse fight a Yeti in this book. You'd never see the characters. Just feet..Ugh.

[inexpediency]

I'm not a HUGE fan of the art, but it doesn't really bother me enough to distract from the story (well, for the most part.)