QUOTABLE COMIC BOOK QUOTES OF THE PAST WEEKS

". . . a man without hope is a man without fear." -- The Kingpin's reflection on his destruction of Matt Murdock in DAREDEVIL: BORN AGAIN by Frank Miller and David Mazzucchelli

"Stupid, stupid rat creatures!" -- Fone Bone to said stupid rat creatures in BONE no. 2 by Jeff Smith

"The most dangerous man on Earth." -- the captured Superman's estimation of the Batman to the evil Protex in Grant Morrison and Howard Porter's JLA no. 3

"They've got him CORNERED. They've got him OUTNUMBERED. They've got him TRAPPED. They're in TROUBLE." -- Frank's Miller's brief assessment of the situation involving the fledgeling Batman and the Gotham City Police Department at the opening of "Black Dawn," the third chapter of BATMAN: YEAR ONE

"Foes of evil! Enemies of injustice! To the mighty heroes of the Justice League of America all wrong-doing is a menace to be stamped out--whether it comes from outer space--from the watery depths of the Seven Seas--or springs full-blown from the minds of men!" -- Gardner Fox's assessment of the JLA on the splash page of their first appearance, THE BRAVE AND THE BOLD no. 28

"Face it, tigress . . . you just hit the jackpot." -- The demonic Buzz paraphrasing the delightful Mary Jane Watson to the identity-challenged Linda Danvers in SUPERGIRL no. 8 by Peter David and Gary Frank

"The Batman taught me, guided me, trained me. What I am I owe to him . . . And Superman. I grew up in your shadow, too. You taught me honor, selflessness, and the true meaning of the word 'hero.'" -- Dick Grayson's reflections on his life's influences just prior to assuming his Nightwing identity in NEW TEEN TITANS no. 44 by Marv Wolfman and George Perez

"The kidnapping of the mayor, the crippling of the city on numerous occasions. Oh, and my glorious abduction of the commissioner and his daughter. Mass murder, maimings, torture, and terror! I've done it all, lady! You're looking at the Einstein of crime! Sticking some poison on the back of some postage stamps, lady? Amateur night in Dixie. Simple as that." -- the Joker, on the witness stand in Chuck Dixon, Graham Nolan, Scott Hanna, and Pat Garrahy's THE JOKER: DEVIL'S ADVOCATE trade paperback

"There is a house above the world, where the over-people gather. There is a man with wings like a bird . . . there is a man who can see across the planet and wring diamonds from its anthracite. There is a man who moves so fast that his life is an endless gallery of statues . . . in the house above the world, the over-people gather . . . and sit . . . and listen . . . to a dry, mad voice that whispers of earthdeath." -- Alan Moore's brilliant description of the Justice League of America satellite in SAGA OF THE SWAMP THING no. 24

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