1 Captain Spatula: {pointing to a beared canine in an eyepatch} There's a new supervillain robbing the bank!
1 Refractive Man: Who is this guy?
2 GM: He's the Sea Dog! Mutated by falling into a harbour full of toxic waste! He talks in pirate slang!
3 Sea Dog: {charging in with hook and sabre at Dino Boy} Arrr! Belay ye lubber!
3 Worm Master: {gesturing at the villain} You're kidding, right?

As with strips #56 and #114, artwork is courtesy of Dean Stahl of Steelhorse Studios. He accepts commissions for custom character artwork - go check it out!

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2012-04-30 Rerun commentary: That's right. Colonel Haken is not the only IWC character with a hook instead of a right hand!

How many other stories or fictional settings can claim to have two major characters with hook hands?

Oh, and I really wish I lived in a world where superpowers were real. Because whenever you have some sort of horrible accident like falling in toxic waste, or being exposed to radiation, or having a piano fall on you, you don't end up dead, you end up with superpowers!