Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling for January 31, 2004

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Tom the Dancing Bug by Ruben Bolling Billy Dare Boy Adventurer with Quentin in Smugglers' Cape Ch. MVLXX: Deusex Machine! As you'll recall from last week, Prof. Nefastu has put Billy in a horrific deathtrap! RRRRRRRRR Billy: As if walls with deadly spikes closing in on me isn't enough... RRRRR Billy: ...I'm also being lowered into a pit of crocodiles! Billy: How can I possibly get out of THIS? Billy: Nothing to do but wait for the end. RRRRR But at the moment, zillions of light-years away, on Planet Xeq... ...the omnipotent superhero God-Man slightly shifts his weight... ...and suddenly Billy is on a beach in Costa Rica! Billy: Huh? What happened? Billy: I've been suddenly rescued by some force utterly outside the context of this narrative! And just then, God-Man emits a small belch... ...and suddenly: Billy: Where did all the years go, Helen? Helen: I don't know, Billy.