Wrong Superhero
Wrong Superhero
[A giant praying mantis attacks a team of scientists, along with its legion of smaller-but-still-unusually-large mantises. Two of the scientists fight back, with a gun and a baseball bat respectively, while a third is in the mantis' clutches, held aloft by his foot, his goggles falling off his face. Bullets whiz by the giant mantis' head and a fourth scientist hides behind a desk, on which rests a microscope and an Erlenmeyer flask. A man in a cape approaches the hiding scientist.] Etymology-man: Ah, no—you wanted ENTO mology-Man, spelled with an "N". See, it's from the Greek entomon , meaning "insect," which is itself the neuter form of entomos , meaning "segmented" or... BLAM BLAM BLAM

This is the second of the two comics in the series about the Etymology-Man . The first came two comics before with 1010: Etymology-Man .
The superhero, Etymology-Man, returns. And just like in his first appearance, Etymology-Man is explaining the origination of words instead of actually helping. Etymology is the study of the history of words, their origins, and how their form and meaning have changed over time.
In this comic, a group of scientists is in a lab, fighting off a giant mantis and some smaller, but still larger than normal praying mantises. One Cueball is firing a gun and Ponytail is brandishing a baseball bat, while the giant mantis grabs one Cueball by the leg, dangling him upside down. Behind the table, another Cueball is listening to Etymology Man speak. The joke here is that the scientists called the wrong hero for help. They want Entomology-Man because they are fighting a giant praying mantis and an army of smaller praying mantises (which are nonetheless much larger than a typical praying mantis - compared to the size of the people in this comic the smaller mantises appear to be 8-12 inches long). Entomology is the study of insects. Instead of calling Entomology-Man, who could probably help with fighting off the mantises, they have accidentally called Etymology-Man, due to the similarities in their names. Etymology-Man can only explain the origin of words, making him useless in this current situation.
In the title text, we find out the scientists accidentally call another superhero focused on the story of Adam and Eve in the Biblical book of Genesis. This is probably Etiology -Man (the study of causation and attribution), but might be Ontology -Man (the study of being and existence), Ethology -Man (the study of human character, with a focus on its formation and evolution), or (as a pun) Adam-ology-Man.  Or perhaps Anthropology -Man or Anthropogeny -Man.
[A giant praying mantis attacks a team of scientists, along with its legion of smaller-but-still-unusually-large mantises. Two of the scientists fight back, with a gun and a baseball bat respectively, while a third is in the mantis' clutches, held aloft by his foot, his goggles falling off his face. Bullets whiz by the giant mantis' head and a fourth scientist hides behind a desk, on which rests a microscope and an Erlenmeyer flask. A man in a cape approaches the hiding scientist.] Etymology-man: Ah, no—you wanted ENTO mology-Man, spelled with an "N". See, it's from the Greek entomon , meaning "insect," which is itself the neuter form of entomos , meaning "segmented" or... BLAM BLAM BLAM
