Say it ain’t so…

I don’t know about you, but I know I must have seen this particular cover as a kid, and I sure didn’t see the implication in it he does.

Has our culture changed that much for the worse in twenty years that this is the conclusion we jump to? I mean, there’s always been this undercurrent, but that character’s spooky anyway. But this is an American icon!

Sick, man, just sick.

A No-Prize for anyone who knows what the actual storyline was about in this issue. I’m pretty damn sure it wasn’t child rape, but then DC did some weird subjects during their “relevant” period in the ’70s, so I (yeesh) could be wrong….

Update: The No-Prize goes to Kristopher, who pointed in comments to this site. Your intrepid blogger needed some down time after coming back from court this afternoon, so I diligently searched this site until I found the original cover, with the original word balloon. Here it is (click for bigger, to read what the boy’s crying about):

Although that site sure has a lot of cover art that might indicate otherwise. Very funny stuff, of the snort-milk-on-keyboard variety. Good catch, Kristopher!