Savage Tales

troubled him.
    When he got home his wife and larvae were engaged with an episode and dancing with the wall. He laughed at their arrogant dance maneuvers and began to join in, fondling the little ones and nesting with his mate.
    That night, men in dark suits and visors over their faces came into his pod and destroyed all. They burned his personal artifacts, and slaughtered the young and old.
    A cleanup crew came in the morning. For preservation of Empire, all traces of interference must be removed.

CAPTAIN ASTERO ID

    Dear Planeteers,
    I've been reading Captain Asteroid since issue 13 and have read every issue at least three times (except for issue 5, which I would be glad if you sent me a copy of). My dream is to one day grow up and draw Captain Asteroid's adventures. I look forward to every month and can only while away the time between issues with reading the ones I already have and sometimes reading other comics that aren't as good and just seem like imitations of Captain Asteroid. I have an idea. Why not take Captain Asteroid out of space just for one issue and let him roam around the center of the Earth having adventures? That would be completely different from space and I think kids like me will enjoy it. You don't need to credit me if you use my idea but maybe you could send me issue 5. Asteroids Away!
    Your number one fan,
    Timmy Eldrike
    Boston, MA

    Dear Timmy,
    Thank you for your letter. We receive many letters every month but yours stood out for its original concepts. We had never conceived of sending Captain Asteroid into the center of the Earth. We will try to work that into a future storyline. Keep reading and tell all your friends about Captain Asteroid. Asteroids Away!
    Sincerely,
    Don Space
    Editor

    Dear Planeteers,
    Thank you for your letter in reply to my letter in reply to your comic Captain Asteroid . I never expected an original hand typed letter from Editor Don Space himself! Gosh, I will keep it framed on my wall until I am an old man. I was going to show my friends but they don’t know I read Captain Asteroid because I don't tell them because I'm the only guy at my college I think who reads comics. I look forward to Captain Asteroid's adventures in the subterranean realm. Asteroids Away! (Still awaiting issue 5, fingers crossed!)
    Your number one fan,
    Timmy Eldrike
    Boston, MA

    Dear Timmy,
    What's that? Ashamed of reading the greatest comic book in the known galaxy! Ridiculous! Why not give all your friends and peers sample issues of Captain Asteroid? Why not give them the cosmic joy of reading each month the fantabulous and startling adventures of that cosmic citizen and the planeteers? And if you don't have friends, JUST IMAGINE how many you will soon have when you begin dispensing issues at ice cream socials and other campus events. You will become the toast of your class and have all the admiration one man may suffer. Please keep us informed of your efforts because Captain Asteroid can use every reader it can find! Asteroids Away!
    Sincerely,
    Don Space
    Editor

    Dear Don (pardon my informality but I think that now that we've begun a correspondence I can use your first name especially since you have used mine since your first letter but if you'd rather I called you Mr. Space or simply "Planeteers" as the letter column indicates just let me know and I'll not call you Don anymore to your face),
    I received your letter recently (without issue 5, hint hint) and took its message to heart. Never let it be said that I am not a trusty Planeteer willing to do my part to aid Captain Asteroid! I went to my nearest liquor store as soon as I read your instructions and purchased forty-six copies of the latest issue of Captain Asteroid . Not only did the clerk look at me funny but I gave him a copy back to read himself and he said okay. I took the remaining forty-five to my campus lunch counter – the most "social" place I could remember – and began to give them away as the students chose a lunch from an assortment of savory and semi-savory meals. No sooner had I given away five copies to various students and found looks of amazement and astonishment, than a large man who looked like a football player had selected a meatball and noodle affair on the table and was going to take it to eat when I interceded between him and his seat (remembering Captain Asteroid's edict that our greatest foes may become our greatest friends, like what if Hitler had lived and become a good guy?) and pushed a copy of