Big Thirstie, a horrible demon of thirst and sworn enemy of anthropomorphic pitchers of fruit drink everywhere, has taken over a fully-automated "house of the future," or as its inventor Professor Kline has dubbed it, a "home computer." Granted, this story takes place in 1985, so most home computers actually *were* the size of houses. Thankfully, the giant glass pitcher known as Kool-Aid Man is able to burst through walls (yes, even "walls of the future") whenever his friends shout his name at the top of their lungs.
Also thankfully, the weapons of Big Thirstie (here disguised as the Compu-Terror), consists only of throwing household electronics like vacuum cleaners and blow driers the size of television sets in *extremely slow motion.* How extremely slow? Four panels' worth! Check out the Compu-Terror caught in the act, below:
Technically, I:m not *really* taking a break from my coverage of Marvel villains, as The Adventures of Kool-Aid Man #3 (1985) was published by Marvel Comics Group, with story by Jim Salicrup and art by Dan and Jim DeCarlo, but still...
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