In our interview with Charlotte ComiCon organizer Rick Fortenberry, he indicated that a big part of his motivation for devoting his time and energy to organizing these shows was simply the love and growth of his favorite hobby: comic book collecting. In talking with a few of the over 350 people who attended Sunday’s show at the Crowne Plaza hotel in Charlotte, North Carolina, Fortenberry can take pride in a job well done.

“We love comic conventions,” commented Kelly and Jeremy Dale, “We go to a lot of the bigger shows, but as smaller shows go, this one has a lot of interest, good foot traffic and the crowd’s a pretty nice size.” Jeremy also told us that as a creator himself, having done previous work with Image Comics and some work on Hasbro’s G.I. Joe, he was maybe looking for a show to do in the future as an artist.

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Anyone who groaned their way through the egregiously bad Batman and Robin remembers the horribly ‘punny’ dialogue of Mr. Freeze, played with a range of emotions from A to B by Arnold Schwarzenegger. While this was unique to the overall movie franchise, comics themselves have been home to some especially unfunny plays on words over the years, especially from ‘gimmick’ villains.

And that brings us to today’s Dollar Bin Discovery. Whirlwind and his new friend Trapster, formerly the gloriously named Paste-Pot Pete, have always existed on the lower rungs of B-list villains in the Marvel Universe, and if this issue of Captain America is any indicator, well, that may be a good thing. Whirlwind with his ability to spin fast like a top and Trapster with his various and strange traps and glues, have usually found themselves aligned with other groups of villains. Here they are on their own. How do they fare? Let’s find out!

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