Somehow that brings to mind a short story called "Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex" (by Philip Jose Farmer?) that asked what kind of relationship Supes and Lois could have if Supes had super sperm that travelled at super speed. That does sound like PJF come to think of it.

Doesn't just bring it to mind. It's a reference to it. It's by Larry Niven, though, not PJF.

Doesn't just bring it to mind. It's a reference to it. It's by Larry Niven, though, not PJF.

And it's not so much a story as a somewhat satirical essay. IJS.

Speaking of references -- I'm catching up in the Batbooks, and I just read the Batman issue in which Tim goes undercover as a female medical student to break into the pathology lab at Gotham General. He runs into a doctor down there, who then hits on him, thinking he's a girl. Wackiness ensues.

The doctor is named "Erwin Tan." Which made me blink. See, the guy who lived across the hall from me freshman year in college? A pre-med named Erwin Tan. Who, a quick Google search confirms, until recently practiced medicine in San Francisco. A city which, as it happens, I believe writer Judd Winick is familiar with.

Given the extreme unlikeliness of this being a coincidence, I am going to officially declare myself a mere one degree of separation from Tim Drake.

Also, the computer Erwin sometimes let the rest of us use if we just needed to type up a quick homework assignment? The one we were all so envious of? Designed by the company I now work for. Which also pleases me.

A city which, as it happens, I believe writer Judd Winick is familiar with.

IIRC, he ended up settling there, and his partner, Pam (also ex-RWSF), is a doctor.

So I'd say, yeah, chances are damn good that you're two degrees (one degree would be meeting Tim Drake, zero would be *being* Tim Drake, as I've always understood it) from Timmy.

I went back to the store today. I was only going to browse...I went through a lot of the back issues and found the DC Who's Who series which I started assembling to buy but after I tallied it up that I didn't have all of them and I was at $20 I put them back.

I managed to get out of there with only Teen Titans 7 & 8 and the miniseries Black Canary: New Wings. It was a dollar an issue so I couldn't resist.

!!!

Do you have a scanner??

I've been looking for New Wings (I have one issue of it) for ages.

I do not have a scanner, I'm sorry.

I think I pulled out at least two duplicates of New Wings, which issue do you have?

I'll check my box of unsorted stuff. I think I have #2.

I'll go back tomorrow and see what they have left. I may go and dig around more in the back issues, I mostly looked through the boxes of sorted comics, but they had several boxes of unsorted ones that I didn't go through.