I may not spend fights making references to TV shows and movies like some chuckleheads I know, but that doesn't mean I don't know who this is. You'd have had to be in space for the last century, not to recognize him.

This isn't an actor playing a guy from a comic book, though. That's obvious, right away. The real deal, from some dimension where he is real. Doesn't change anything. As far as I'm concerned, he's just another guy in a mask. And a cape, too. Showy. Impractical, you ask me, but there's no way he doesn't know how to use it. It's not going to get in his way.

Cyclops would probably dig it. Goes with his spandex bent. Astonish them, he says.

I tend towards inspiring something a little grimmer than astonishment. And so does my new friend, here.

My smirk widens a little. "I need a good Canadian brew and a game of hockey to watch," I say. "We're both out of luck."