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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-04 06:01
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IT SOUNDS like a crazy comic book splot: Spider-man foils a robbery as Jedi knights block the would-be thief's escape and the Flash watches on.
This was just what happened on Saturday morning when a business owner dressed as Spider-man stopped a man from stealing a comic book worth $160.
Adelaide Comic Centre's Michael Baulderstone, 45, noticed a man "behaving suspiciously" at the back of his store.
Upon closer examination, he saw that the man had put a valuable book in his backpack.
"We had about 40 people dressed up as their favorite superheroes to celebrate International Free Comic Day, so he didn't have much of a choice but to hand the X-Men Omnibus back after a little bit of a scuffle," he said.
"I've had a look at the security footage and it shows Spider-Man running down the corridor of the shop, grabbing this guy, hauling him off.
"Everyone in the store thought it was a play, that it was street theatre of some sort. It wasn't until I said `Call the police' that people started to realise."
International Free Comic Day is held around the world on the first Saturday of May.
In Adelaide, two businesses, the Adelaide Comic Centre and Pulp Fiction Comics, encouraged customers to dress as comic heroes and handed out free comics to mark the occasion.
"One of the funniest things about the incident was that I called for people to stand near the door and it just so happened we had people dressed as Jedi knights there blocking the exit, the Flash was there at some point too," Mr Baulderstone said.
"It was a bit serious at the time, but now we're looking back laughing at what greeted police when they arrived."
David Humphrey, a member of the Rebel Legion, a group of Star Wars fans, said: "It was quite funny to think that our Spider-man actually did catch himself a bad guy."
The best arrest ever, starring Spider-man, Jedi and the Flash | Courier Mail
This was very
comical :3
And it all happened in Austrailia
:lol:
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2010-05-04 06:12
Win. So Finally a superhero story that isn't about Batman! :D
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Liraiyu wrote on 2010-05-04 06:17
Quote from BobYoMeowMeow;27950:
And it all happened in Austrailia
:lol:
You must have misread. Nothing cool like that happens in Australia. ;-;
But yeah, those police must have lol'd when they arrived.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-04 06:20
Quote from Liraiyu;27962:
You must have misread. Nothing cool like that happens in Australia. ;-;
But yeah, those police must have lol'd when they arrived.
Adelaide is in austrailia owo
Adelaide - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Liraiyu wrote on 2010-05-04 06:30
Maybe it meant Austria? :D
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-04 06:32
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Maybe it meant Austria? :D
seriously, this happened in Austrailia owo.
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Pocoyo wrote on 2010-05-04 06:38
It said Australia and I wish stuff like this happened where i live. =/
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EndlessDreams wrote on 2010-05-04 13:56
lol real life super heroes.
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Arsik wrote on 2010-05-04 21:45
Lira's in denial because he was probably one of those people who was shoplifting the comicbooks. D:
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Time wrote on 2010-05-04 21:48
That sounds awesome....Now where do the Doctor Who fans go to dress up as characters...just out of curiosity of course.
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Taycat wrote on 2010-05-04 21:58
Obviously the park.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-04 22:36
Quote from Arsik;28293:
Lira's in denial because he was probably one of those people who was shoplifting the comicbooks. D:
Lirayu's a female human :X
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Liraiyu wrote on 2010-05-05 05:52
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Lirayu's a female human :X
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No I'm not ;_;
I don't blame you Cat. I get that a lot. Is Liraiyu really that feminine-sounding? ;~;
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RicochetOrange wrote on 2010-05-05 05:55
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No I'm not ;_;
I don't blame you Cat. I get that a lot. Is Liraiyu really that feminine-sounding? ;~;
A little bit.
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BobYoMeowMeow wrote on 2010-05-05 06:06
Many japanese sounding names are bi gender
so the cat took a guess owo