7F21 - Three Men and a Comic Book (May 9, 1991)

Summary: Bart tries to get money for the first issue of Radioactive Man, then shares ownership with Martin and Milhouse.

Episode Timeline:
WWI:
- Mrs. Glick's brother Asa dies from holding a grenade too long
About 30 years ago:
- Little Marge works for her older sisters to earn money for an Easy Bake Oven
Saturday:
- Lisa and Bart are driven to the 12th Annual Comic-Con
- Bartman tries to get a discount
- Jimbo corrects the Mayor
- Martin loses a Vulcan ear
- Otto shows his comic book idea
- The original Fallout Boy takes questions
- Comic Book Guy shows Bart the first issue of Radioactive Man
- 6:00pm, the family leaves the convention
- Bart decides to get a job to earn the money to buy the comic book
Sunday:
- Bart searches the house for money
- Bart turns in an empty bottle at the Kwik-E-Mart
- Bart trades Bolivian coins for American money
- Bart tries selling lemonade
- Bart sells beer
- Marge talks to Mrs. Glick about a job for Bart
Monday:
- Bart goes to Glick's
- Bart pulls weeds
- Glick applies iodine to Bart's wounds
- Bart returns home
Tuesday:
- Bart cleans the gutters
- Glick shows off her wedding/mourning dress
- Bart visits the comic book
Wednesday:
- Bart cleans the cat box
- Glick puts on more iodine
Thursday is skipped
Friday:
- Glick pays Bart 50 cents
- Bart complains about working
Saturday:
- Bart, Milhouse, and Martin buy the comic book
- The boys try to each leave with it
- The boys read the book in Bart's treehouse
- The boys make a schedule for the comic book, but tonight it stays
- The boys fight and eat S'mores
- The boys tie up Martin
- The boys fight and the comic is destroyed
Sunday:
- The boys should've learned how to share

References to Time:
- Buddy Hodges wasn't killed in Vietnam
- The first issue of Radioactive Man came out Nov. 1952
- When Homer was about 20, he figured out working is for chumps

References to Other Episodes: None.

SLH Presence:
- SLH is present

Minimum Time Spanned: 9 days, possibly the summer

Canon: Yes

Favorite Moments:
- When Bart wants $100 for the comic, Homer replies, "Well, TS"
- The Wonder Years reference with Daniel Stern as the adult Bart
- Milhouse shouting "Let's tie him up!" when Martin tries to use the bathroom

Review: This is a great episode. The comic-conventions scenes are spot on, Bart working for Glick is hilarious, and the final aftermath of the three boys and the comic is tragic and exciting to watch. This is a well-crafted episode. It's also full of nice "realistic" touches, like Maggie smashing fries into the table at Krusty Burger. A