I like the Rocket Racer.

It’s true. There’s a character in the Marvel Universe named the Rocket Racer, aka Robert Farrell. He’s a skateboard-using super-criminal who sometimes is a good guy. Nobody who knows me would be surprised to learn I like a character like the Rocket Racer. He’s obscure and kind of goofy and has been badly misused. In a way he’s a perfect example of a type of character I am drawn to in a shared superhero universe.

As it stands right now, nobody much cares about the Rocket Racer, but I see a lot of potential there. With that in mind, I intend to add to my usual Superman Thoughts posts this year by doing a handful of Rocket Racer Thoughts posts, and maybe even do more than that in the long run.

But here’s a quick summary of what I will be getting at:

• Rocket Racer doesn’t want to be a criminal, he wants to be a Robin Hood figure.
• Simultaneously, he is a self-hating sellout.
• Rocket Racer is too old and could probably be replaced.
• Rocket Racer is probably aromantic or asexual.
• Rocket Racer should probably go to war against the Avengers.

Anyway, that’s just a taste. Much more to come.

I’ve mentioned before that I make all the Phone Guys I can in one big batch and then I schedule them months ahead of time. Right now it is early April and I am scheduling this one. I don’t get it. I don’t even remember what I was trying for. Is it supposed to be funny because Pete described his nearness to death? Is it because we should all want to avoid preventable mistakes whether we’re old or not? I want it known that I had months of time in which I could have fixed this and replaced it with something better. But I didn’t. Because here at PDR’s Phone Guys Entertainment Industries we are committed only to bringing you Phone Guys in its pure, undiluted stupidest form. It may not be a good comic, but it is true to what Phone Guys has always been: something dumb that takes up space on this site.