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A Comic Shop Owner Expecting His First Child...

“How about Kara?”

“No.”

“Diana?”

“No.”

“Lana?”

“No.”

“Lois?”

“Peterrr…”

“Okay, okay… How about Mary Jane?”

“No.”

“Gwen?”

“No.”

“Katherine?”

“Katherine doesn’t sound bad.”

“Okay! Kitty it is.”

“Whoa, whoa, WHOA ! Did you just say, ‘Kitty?’”

“No, I—”

“We are not calling our child ‘Kitty.’”

“Honey…”

“Forget it. ‘Katherine’ is off the table.”

“Fine… Ororo?”

“Ororo?”

“It’s exotic.”

“No.”

“Emma?”

“Possible. Show me a picture.”

“Keep in mind she doesn’t always dress like this.”

“Oh! No! No, no, no!”

“Roxanne?”

“No.”

“Caitlin?”

“Picture?”

“Let’s see… You know what? Forget it. Donna?”

“No.”

“Cassie?”

“No.”

“Josie?”

“No.”

“Valerie?”

“No.”

“Melody?”

“No.”

“Alexandra?”

“Enough with the Pussycats!”

“She’s not a Pussycat. She’s their manager’s sister.”

“Same diff.”

“Kara?”

“I already said no to Kara.”

“That was Kara Zor-El. Supergirl. This is Power Girl. Kara Zor-L…”

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