Peyton Riley Deserved Better

Comic sideblog of @helloemptyset (Mostly DC, Spiderman and The Tick stuff also) . Icon by @constantlyscreaminghere ! Header Image from Action Comics V1 #657  [commissions and requests are open] [not a roleplay blog if that isn't clear]

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Confused but not opposed to the new use of the DCAU Toyman design for a new-ish Toyman-adjacent character (not unlike Toyboy but seems to be more interested in his own stuff and way more reasonable). He should really get a name of his own though, we've got like, 3 Toymen already (Jack Nimball, Hiro Okamura, Winslow Schott). I've just been calling him Junior.

(Superman Unlimited #3)

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[ image: A photo of an ink drawing of Dr. Jacosta Joy and the Ten Eyed Man. Dr. Joy is standing with her arms behind her back, the corner of a tote bag visible behind her leg. Ten Eyed Man is behind her as well, leaning his head over her shoulder with one of his hands brought around beside her head on the other side. ]

This is kinda old, I forgot about it until I was looking through my phone

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[ Image: A digital drawing of Lola, a wooden ventriloquist puppet with blonde hair and a red strapless dress. She's sitting on a crumpled pink blanket with her legs folded beside her, one of her hands set in front of her and the other with her legs. There's a pink pillow behind her, and the background is a grey-purple color. She has a pleasant smile on her face and half-lidded eyes.]

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Arnold Wesker (The Ventriloquist) accidentally called Albert Wesker (Resident Evil guy)

Batman: Dark Patterns #4 (2025)

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(copy pasting a conversation)

Well, with more thought, there's a focus on the apartment building being built strangely, so you can hear anything from anywhere. I'd thought we'd go Onomatopoeia with it, given the repeated focus on sound effects, but if you can hear anything from anywhere, Arnold can do his ventriloquist act from anywhere. The stuff on the building is drawn on by what seems to be a much larger group of goons than is usual for the Scarface gang, who then don Scarface masks after the puppet is actually crushed. The guy wielding Scarface was just some guy too, which seems so weird for Arnold and what we know about Scarface and the jealousy he causes, but I guess I can't expect every writer to know about the specific stuff going on with him in particular.

I dunno. Hopefully this is at the very least fun? Faking a whole apartment getting posessed would be extremely funny

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What the hell are you talking about Scarface is a building now

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[ image: screenshot of a page from Batman: Dark Patterns #4. It is a full shot of an apartment building lit by red and blue police car lights, Scarface's eyes, bottom teeth, and scar drawn on the building in white, with scaffolding and railings supplementing his eyebrows and top teeth. A couch hangs precariously off of the middle balcony to represent a cigar. There are cops on the ground looking confused, and Gordon is on the ground with another cop looking up at the building. Scarface says "I have a new gody now, Gatman. A getter one. And you're standing in it." ]

WHY

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What the hell are you talking about Scarface is a building now

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I love when an appearance is nothing at all but anything I complain about can be refuted as me being pedantic about d listers in comic books. Nothing interesting gained either. Boo

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I've gotta scan the circus of the mighty 'comics' at some point because I'm sure someone else is having my very same issue where I can't find any scans of the updated Circus Maximus stuff so I can get literally any more information about Steven Hearst/Seven Hearts (and chainsaw vigilante but that's a given). I don't have a working scanner anymore though...

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[ Image: A cutesy doodle of Bumbling Bee from The Tick comics, a white, red-haired, blue-eyed woman wearing antennae on a headband, a yellow crop top tank top, small blue bug wings, and yellow and black striped leggings and arm-length fingerless gloves. She has a large bee hive stuck to her right arm like a canon. She is standing with her arms at her sides and flat expression, looking to the side. There are some bees around the bee hive, and 'Buzzzzzzz' is written behind her head in blue. ]

She's treated so, so badly in the comics, but I think she's really cute

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[ Image: A color drawing of Chairface Chippendale from The Tick! He is standing with a hand on his hip and a cigarette in his hand, leaning back on an invisible wall. He is wearing a doily on the seat of his chair, a purple vest over a white button-up shirt, a matching light pink tie and glove set, and magenta slacks. He also has grey dress shoes with pink and light grey highlights, and the vest has a white embroidered chair over the breast pocket. The back of his chair is tilted to give the effect of a stern expression. ]

This one is old too, I can't remember why I didn't post it? Or if I did, and just forgot. If I did, I apologize.

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[ Image 1: An uncolored drawing of Arthur Everest and The Tick from The Tick comic books. Arthur is wearing a suit jacket, tie, and button-up shirt over his moth outfit and walking away from his apartment door with a suitcase/bag, gesturing as he says "I'll be back, Tick!" The Tick is peering out of the open apartment door, wearing a frown with a frustration cloud above his head and his hand gripping the doorframe.

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Old drawings of Arthur? He's so thin in the first one, what was I thinking? And I think the second one was a redraw of a comic panel, but I don't remember which one/from where?

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Chainsaw Vigilante Circus of the Mighty Entries

This is just so I have it somewhere online, and I don't know really anywhere 'official' to put information like this.

( Circus of the Mighty 1 )

THE CHAINSAW VIGILANTE

Name: Unknown

Secret Identity: Yes

Clever Nicknames: That Bitter Guy With The Chainsaw; The Bad Elvis.

Marital Status: Single

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 180 lbs.

Hair: Flame red; fine.

Arch-Enemy: The Tick (The Tick doesn't know yet, but he'll be thrilled when he finds out.)

Catch Phrase: "Hey, You Bunnies!"

Super-Hero-Ness: Little is known about the enigmatic man who calls himself the Chainsaw Vigilante, except that he has taken a solemn oath to rid the world of super-heroes, and that he uses a chainsaw to accomplish this goal.

The Chainsaw Vigilante is extremely agile and possesses highly refined gymnastics skills. He has developed a very effective "martial art" centered around the use of a chainsaw in battle. He is so skilled that he has never actually killed anyone; just given them nasty rashes, annoying tears in their super-hero costumes (very expensive) and the occasional laceration which may require minor surgery.

Chainsaw Vigilante believes that the chainsaw is the weapon with the most impact - the one with the best chance to snap would-be super-heroes out of their "delusions of public service." His costume is very simple, consisting of a leather motorcycle suit, a cardboard mask, and a smiley-face button turned upside-down (the international symbol for extreme displeasure). He approaches his "victims" with a short interview - a survey designed to establish how deeply entrenched in their "delusions" the subjects are. Here is an excerpt from one such interview, recorded by the minor hero, Memowrecks:

Chainsaw (CV): "How often do you think of wearing tights?" Memowrecks (M): "Sometimes… at work I do." CV: "Do you want to save the world?" M: "I think so. Yes. Don't you?" CV: "Unrealistic goal. Do you subscribe to any so-called super-hero magazines? Men In Spandex Monthly, or Fighting in Lycra, or Wrestle! Wrestle! Wrestle! ?" M: "Uh… Men In Spandex… but it's-it's for my nephew… I-" CV: "LISTEN FOR THE TRUMPETS OF DOOM REPEAT OFFENDER!!!"

At this point we hear the ignition of a chainsaw and Memowrecks; recording is cut short. He is what the Chainsaw Vigilante would call "rehabilitated." The man who was Memowrecks now works at a florist shop in Vermont and is living in a condominium with two cats, his "Precious Moments" figurine collection and a lot of big soft sweaters.

The Chainsaw Vigilante seems sincerely to believe that super-heroes and their methods present a real danger to America and to the world at large. He feels that unrealistic ideals combined with incomprehensible power is bound to lead to trouble. He is criminally over-zealous in the pursuit of what is, ultimately and ironically, an idealist goal in itself: the end of super-heroism. However, it is possible that he means well.

The Chainsaw Vigilante has a long record of conflict with super-heroes; he has only once been defeated. Here is a partial list of his adversaries to date:

Mr. Flavorific

Abilities: Can make any taste appear on the palate of his target. Current Status: Converted; owns a small, very successful restaurant.

The Eagle Scout

Abilities: Can tie a variety of knots and set anything on fire with two sticks. Current Status: Converted.

Memowrecks

Abilities: Had a high-tech sound system built into his uniform. Current Status: Converted.

Radio King, Feral Boy, Mr. Envelope, Oddman & Fernslinger

Abilities: See Civic-Minded Five. Current Status: Recuperating; still active.

Plush Prowler, the Man of Shag

Abilities: Big. Strong. Tacky. No real intellect, just empathetic senses. Current Status: Still active; haunts Persian rug showrooms and factory carpet outlets looking for peace of mind.

The Tick

Abilities: See The Tick. Current Status: Still active. Doesn't really remember his run-in with CV, after all it was several days ago and The Tick is no rocket scientist.

( Circus of the Mighty 1993 Update )

CHAINSAW VIGILANTE

Name: Henry (last name unavailable)

Secret Identity: Yes

Clever Nicknames: Poulan Punisher; The Spandex Wake-Up Call.

Marital Status: Single

Known Relatives: None

Height: 6'1"

Weight: 180 lbs.

Hair: Fine and red.

Arch-Enemy: The Tick; Any super-hero with the nerve to go out on the street.

Catch-Phrase: "Time to prune some capes!"

Super-Hero-Ness: Chainsaw Vigilante is an enigmatic and contradictory fellow. He fervently believes to be serving society when he goes out in search of super-heroes to attack. Anybody in a tight costume is fair game; heroes, villains, cyclists. Chainsaw Vigilante is not interested in killing any super-heroes (well, he may be "interested" in it, but he doesn't do it). He would rather confront them and, by deftly thrashing them with his eclectic chainsaw fighting style, show them the fragility of their world-view. After a battle with him, he expects any hero to go back to their apartment, flop on the sofa, and have a good cry. The next day, coping with the overwhelming sense of despair borne of their defeat the night before, they'll give their costume to the Salvation Army. Then they'll have a second cup of instant coffee and go get a real job.

It isn't that Chainsaw Vigilante likes criminals, he doesn't. He just thinks there are way too many super-heroes in this world. For instance, in the Deertown-Hobleville Bi-Cities area where he resides, there are at least 27 super-heroes for every 1000 residents. (And that includes the county super-hero-resident ratio. If you're just looking at the city, the numbers are much higher.) This is an unnecessary situation. Most of the people who spend their time fighting crime could be leading more productive lives and helping America compete in the new world economy. Chainsaw Vigilante just wants to assist this process, to move more people out of the super-economy and into the private sector.

Chainsaw Vigilante has recently defeated most of the super-heroes in the Deertown-Hobleville area. After that debacle, the majority of them decided to throw in the towel and give it up. They all walked; Frogwoman, Hunman, Bunnyman, Busman and Busboy, Heavy Metal Rocker, Trauma Girl, Elf, most of the Civic Minded Five, and even Athena the non-empowered enabler. After that night, Chainsaw Vigilante had a wonderful, warm, fuzzy feeling of accomplishment that blended well with the intoxicating, wafting aroma of two-stroke motor oil.

Still, one failure continues to nag Chainsaw Vigilante, aside from the odd catty comment about his costume, and that is his defeat at the hands of The Tick. The Mighty Azure Avenger was the single hero who not only was not altered morally by his encounter with Chainsaw Vigilante, he barely remembers it. The Tick has a very selective memory and the fight with Chainsaw Vigilante was displaced by the time he stopped at Stuckey's and bought enough pecan logs to build a replica of Fort Apache. One day, Chainsaw Vigilante must face this great void in his being and confront The Tick again. It's well known that The Tick enjoys a little canasta now and then. This might be a good way for Chainsaw Vigilante to get near him.