NOTE FROM DAVE:

Over the past few years, the American Cancer Society
has joined forces with Marvel to produce anti-smoking
comic books that are handed out in ACS appearances at
schools. Spiderman, Storm and Luke Cage have all made
appearances in these comics. Obviously, the plots don’t
fit into any story arc and the dialogue is a little weak.
But there are more subtle ways of telling it’s an
anti-smoking comic you have in your hot little hands…

The Top 9 Signs You’re
Reading an Anti-Smoking Comic Book

9> You don’t remember the Green Lantern oath being: “By whitest ash, by blackest lung, Or maybe cancer of the tongue, Don’t sell tobacco to our young, Or by my power you’ll be stung!”

8> Lex Luthor looks suspiciously like William B. Davis.

7> Each comic book comes with a free nicotine patch.

6> Green Lantern de-powers himself after his two-pack-a-day habit stains his fingers yellow.

5> Red Skull has a new evil ally: Black Lung!

4> All of the cigarette ads are replaced by ads for other products the cigarette companies own.

3> The story introduces Brown Kryptonite, which gives Superman a disgusting wet hacking cough and turn his teeth yellow.

2> Wolverine is chewing gum frantically and even more irritable than usual.

and the Number 1 Sign You’re Reading an Anti-Smoking Comic
Book…

1> The Joker is joined by little-known sidekicks: The Smoker and The Midnight Toker

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Credits:

Selected from 97 submissions from 25 contributors
Today’s Top 5 List authors are:

Jeremy Bleichman, Fair Lawn, NJ — 1, 8 (2nd #1)
Arthur Levesque, Laurel, MD — 2, 5
Neil Davidson, Mississauga, ON — 3, 9
Jim Manchester, Huntsville, AL — 4
Louise Freeman Davis, Charlottesville, VA — 6
Scott Goudsward, Haverhill, MA — 7
Marc Berard, Central Falls, RI — 8
Dave Goudsward, Boynton Beach, FL — Mild-Mannered Reporter