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[snoring] [clock ringing]

[upbeat music]

[cheerful music]

Can you believe it, guys?

A comic book shop actually wants me there today to sign autographs.

They probably just want to see if you can write your name.

[Odie muttering]

Shhh! It's my Caped Avenger costume,

in case there's a world crisis.

Or anyone wants my autograph.

The shop's up ahead.

I'll bet there's a line around the block of fans

who want my signature.

[cheerful music continues]

[sad music]

[birds crowing]

[clock ticking]

[sadly sighing]

[snoring]

[teeth chattering]

What time is the line around the block getting here?

I just love Ultra-Powerful Guy comics.

I can't understand it, Mr. Arbuckle.

I advertised for weeks that you'd be here.

I thought everyone who loves your work would come.

We are all here.

[whining]

They didn't turn up.

They didn't even come for the world's rarest comic book,

Ultra-Powerful Guy number 1.

I thought people would come to see it if I had a copy on display.

Isn't that worth, like, a million dollars?

Sure is. The guy who loaned it to me

insisted I hire a security guard to stand watch on it.

But it didn't draw a big crowd, either.

Aren't there some people here?

Just a few and not enough.

I've run out of ideas to attract customers.

Looks like I'm going to have to go out of business.

[gasping]

I know what this store needs!

-[whining curiously] -Yes!

It needs excitement! It needs celebrity!

It needs an appearance by the most super of all superheroes.

[heroic music]

The Caped Avenger!

[echoing] Venger, venger, venger!

[whining]

No snickering about the costume.

[giggling]

[sad trombone music]

[boy] At a convention,

I bought all the Colossal Mystery comics.

425 issues,

all in mint condition and sealed in plastic.

If they're sealed up, how will you read them?

"Read them?"

I got my whole life savings in here

and I'm not making enough to pay the rent.

Don't worry, Rupert.

Something will change. Fate will walk through the front door.

-[bell ringing] -I am here!

Whoa!

Ok, well now I'm over here!

It is I, the Caped Avenger!

[echoing] Venger, venger, venger!

It's a real life superhero!

It's an overweight cat in a bad costume.

Right both times, men! And now I will--

[crashing]

Whatever it was, I didn't do it.

It sounds like it came from outside.

My front window! With the million dollar comic book!

I repeat: I didn't do it.

Not my fault, whatever it is.

It's gone! The copy of Ultra-Powerful Guy number 1 is gone!

[Jon] I'll call the police.

[sniffing]

Odie, be careful of that broken glass all over the sidewalk.

[whimpering]

Hello? I'd like to report a robbery.

A very expensive robbery.

[sirens wailing]

How will I pay for that comic book?

I'm ruined.

[mysterious music]

Let's run through this one last time.

Like I said, officer. This guy in a costume looked like a super-villain.

He ran up to the window with some super-power hammer thingy.

He broke the window, knocked me out and stole the comic.

I see. Could you describe him

so our police artist could make a sketch of him?

I'll try... but he was wearing a mask.

Odie, this looks like a job for... Fanfare.

[he imitates trumpets]

The Caped Avenger!

[echoing] Venger, venger, venger!

Where's my trusty sidekick, Slurp?

[whimpering]

Oh! Hi, trusty sidekick Slurp.

And your costume?

[whining]

Well then, dream one up. Use your imagination.

[whining]

How many times do I have to tell you?

The sidekick can't have a better costume than the hero!

No time to change. There's a super-villain around.

Let's roll!

[dramatic music]

You're wondering if there's an origin story

for the Caped Avenger, venger, venger!

Well, there is.

Criminals are a superstitious, cowardly lot.

So, my disguise must be able to strike terror

into their hearts.

I will base my costume on the next thing I see.

Signore! Here is the pizza you ordered.

Of course it will scare everyone.

It has anchovies on it.

[sad trombone music]

[whining]

All right.

-Better? -[whimpering in approval]

Let's find a despicable, repulsive super-villain to defeat.

[whining]

Because that's what heroes like us do, that's why.

Nope. No despicable, repulsive super-villains around here.

Let's eat.

[man] Caped Avenger! Caped Avenger!

No autographs. And you forgot my echo.

There's a despicable, repulsive super-villain robbing the bank.

Leaping lasagna!

Wait! Did you say he was despicable?

-Yes. -And is he repulsive?

Very.

This sounds like a job for...

the Caped Avenger, venger, venger!

He's also very dangerous.

This sounds like a job for the Caped Avenger's sidekick!

Call me after you win. I'll be in Bermuda.

[moaning]

There he is now!

Hey! Caped Avenger, venger, venger!

I just robbed the bank you keep your money in.

What are you going to do now?

The thing any self-respecting superhero would do.

Move my money to another bank.

No! It's too late.

He's already stolen my money.

We have to get it back. Onward, overdressed sidekick!

[yowling]

[action music]

[thudding]

We are here. Want to give up?

-No. -Even though I have incredible speed?

Watch this. I'll run completely around the world.

[yelling]

Sorry it took so long. There was a traffic jam in Luxembourg.

So! Want to give up now?

No.

Even though I have incredible strength?

Watch as I lift the heaviest object around here! Me!

[grunting]

Jon was right. I need to lose a few pounds.

Want to give up now?

No, I think I'd rather do this!

[screaming]

I think I'll give up the part about arresting super-villains

and just wear the suit and look cool.

Odie!

I came through the wall this way and the bricks are there.

[whining]

I think I've solved the crime!

[whining]

Yes. Crashing through that wall like that

reminded me of a story I once read

in an issue of Ultra-Powerful Guy!

Come on!

Ultra-Powerful Guy, Ultra-Powerful Guy...

Ah, here they are.

Now, which issue was it?

Nope. Not this one. No, not this one, either.

Wait... I think this is it. It is!

Come on!

I'll be honest, Rupert.

The chances of finding him and returning the comic book are slim.

So are my chances of staying in business.

I have to go to the police station.

Wait! Superhero to the rescue!

I don't have time for comics.

Read this! Read these panels.

What do you--

Ultra-Powerful Guy says,

"When a window breaks,

the shards go in the same direction as the impact.

The shards of glass were outside,

so the window was broken from the inside."

That's right. The pieces of glass were on the outside.

-Which means whoever broke it-- -Did it from the inside.

Uh oh!

Stop that man!

[action music]

Somebody stop that guy!

He won't get away!

[sirens wailing]

Whoa!

Any idea which way he went, faithful sidekick?

[sniffing]

-[growling] -Thanks to your super-powered nose,

we're on the trail!

[action music continues]

[grunting]

This alley is a dead end,

but if he comes this way, he can use this board to get over the fence.

I lost them. Once I'm past the yard, they won't catch me!

Help! Let me out of here!

Another job well done by the Caped Avenger,

if I do say so myself. And apparently, I have to.

[cheerful music]

The guard confessed.

Oh, thank you, officer!

Don't thank me. The cat solved the mystery.

[whining]

Yeah, I did.

I feel like that blond guy on the cartoon with the big, scared dog.

Why so glum, Rupert? You got back the comic.

But I'm going to lose the comic book store.

Nothing I do gets customers in here.

-[bell ringing] -Hello.

Is this the place from the news?

Where the superhero foiled the comic book robbery?

[heroic music]

It is! There's the Caped Avenger!

Venger, venger, venger!

[excited chatter]

Looks like you have customers!

-Lots of them. -[laughing] Yeah!

How about that?

Hey, Batman! Eat your heart out!

Hey, don't crowd! There's enough of me to go around!

[upbeat music]

Subtitling: ECLAIR