Contact poison. Absorbed through the skin.

If Thumby McGee were the Batman of Thumbs, he'd come to the battle prepared and suited up with a HAZMAT glove.

Well if you're going to stack the deck this much I guess Thumby has to win. I mean, it's not like he'll break a nail on the porcelain, scald himself on the burning liquid, or be caught in stuporous wonderment at the sheer sight of such a magnificent teapot. I mean, he's the "Batman of Thumbs" now. *eye roll*

IF T.M WERE the Batman of thumbs. Not that he is. Mayhaps he is the Nightwing of Thumbs, and therefore just a wannabe.

Besides, I just thought the Atomic Teapot contained a conventional drinkable poison like Coke Zero. Not an acidic skin absorbing death liquid from the 9th Circle of Tea Hell, where there is, encased in a giant lake of ice,Sir Thomas Lipton belching vile tea from his gullet.

So who's stackin' the proverbial deck?

I'm just saying:
-Tea's hot.
-Poison is...well...poison.
-And you shouldn't punch porcelain.

These are all bad things.

Indeed. I'm more for the Atomic Teapot anyway. I'm just sayin' that it seems like an uphill battle against a crazed opposible thumb with possible Batman qualities.

It would be a battle with no winners anyways. Thumby McGee would break teapot, cutting himself and letting the poison get in.

They need to be working together.

Out of curiosity, are you trained in doing any martial arts as well as drawing them?

Naw. I haven't had any lessons. But I've studied a bit just in books and things like that. I'm no authority on 'em.

I absolutely love how dejected Master Liu looks in the second panel.