Still the story of my life minus the Atlas intervention

Favorite part is the unspecific LATER

@virginiaheffernan my favourite part is how this dude’s entire skeleton changes shape after a bit of exercise
@virginiaheffernan That’s a heck of a throwback to my long-ago youth! Speaking of which, I of course really wanted those x-ray glasses and the submarine.
@virginiaheffernan Hey I’m just glad we got Flex Mentallo out of this thing.
@virginiaheffernan Ha! This very advertisement plays an important motivational role in Alison Bechdel's most recent graphic memoir, "The Secret to Superhuman Strength" (which is great!).

@virginiaheffernan

It is summer in the last two panels so this kid spent at least a year training just so he could punch that man in the face! 😂

@SJDoubleYeah Oh my god so smart. Unless it's late May to late August? In a semi-southern clime? Or maybe it's just California, ancestral home of body-building.