Heroes in Crisis #1 (2018)
Written by Tom King
Artwork by Clay Mann
Colors by Tomeu Morey
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Chef’s Note: We discover here that Harley Quinn, in fact, does not like pudding. She hates pudding.
Good for her.
Chef’s Note: What diner are they in? Shirley the waitress helpfully notes the town: Gordon, Nebraska. As you might suspect, Gordon is a one diner kind of town. If you break out a map today you’ll find that it currently is home to the Antelope Creek Cafe and not much else.
But, as we discover just a bit later, this is not the name of this particular diner:
What are we to make of this discrepancy? I think the explanation is pretty simple and, indeed, is well illustrated by the image above: Rich’s Cafe did not survive the visit from Booster Gold and Harley Quinn.
This is really all Michael’s fault. He knows exactly what is about to happen. Shirley even asks him if there’s going to be a fight and he confirms. And then just sits there drinking his coffee, listening to Harley wind up her crazy to 11.
All he had to do was get up and walk out the door. It’s Nebraska! There’s literally umpteen hundreds of square miles of empty fields where you can have exploding stabby fights all day long!
RIP, Rich’s Cafe. You deserved better.*
Chef’s Note: Happy National Chocolate Pudding Day!