The comic has gotten nutter since that review (issue 5 in particular). When you think about it, there are some arguably racist aspects in issue three. Look at Vulva Girl who has Caucasian features and straight, light brown hair and compare her to the two villains who have nappy hair and black facial features. Anyway, I'd like to present to you the most insane moments of the series.
"Honorable" Mentions: At first glance, Foreskin Man seems like a well-meaning guy who is a little too focused on his pet cause. At times there are some unintentionally uglier aspects to the character. I could understand if he was
temporarily hiding Glick from his insane father until the situation cooled off and then he could return him back to his loving and caring mother. Instead, he drops the
kid off when a renegade commune to be raised by them with no intention of giving him back. While this is an insane moment, it's not the fun kind and made me kind of hate this guy for robbing Glick of a normal, happy childhood for one where he will be on the run and thrust into a resistance group. There's also the song,
Intactivista, which encourages storming hospitals to "free" little boys.
The fact that the renegades also steal and destroy hospital equipment that is used for circumcision (like scalpels), makes the cause less sympathetic. Those tools could've been used to save lives and it costs the hospital a lot of money to replace it.
Now on to the list.
The Top 5 Most Insane Foreskin Man Moments (So Far)
5) Vulva Girl
She's pretty much Foreskin Man's
African, female counterpart who fights people who want to perform genital mutilation on girls. Heck, her costume even has vaguely-defined genitalia on it. While that is crazy, the reason she doesn't score higher on the list is that she doesn't comes off as fanatical and obsessed as Foreskin Man. (I'm pretty sure that magical blast only knocked the villain out.) Ok, there is
this song about how she's horny for the title character, but other wise she doesn't seem too bad.
4) Super Zero
You think Bibleman is lame? Issue 4 proves there might be someone that could knock him off that throne. The possessed dagger makes a man perform a
big public ceremony where he will circumcise his grade school-aged son is insane enough. (At least there was enough sanity in the writing to have the civilians be mind-controled so smart-asses like me won't be asking any questions.)
For a trained superhero with fancy gadgets, he automatically gets
subduded by normal people and tied up in seconds. While he does escape and rescue the boy, it's the kid's grandpa that does any real work to make sure the dad will never bother anyone again. Sure Bibleman is powered through bible verses, but at least his faith actually does stuff like keep marriages together and get green-skinned Dr. Insano to be someone's girl in prison.
3) The Face Cream No One Wanted
No matter how good the advertising is, there is no way a face cream
made from infants' foreskins would sell in the American market. Even if this was to make it past the FDA (Food and Drug Administration), the ick factor alone would drive customers away. When Captain Planet villains wouldn't be caught dead using your idea, you might want to rework it.
2) Monster Mohel
This is the most infamous moment in the comic. While all pro-circumcision characters are portrayed as total monsters (
figuratively (NSFW) and
literally),
Monster Mohel takes the cake. Designed like something from Nazi propaganda, our villain is fitted with a large beard and pointy nails. All while Foreskin Man looks like an Aryan wet dream. This got the creator into some hot water and I can see why.
1) Roller Coaster of Insanity
Man, was issue 5 nuts. Not only do we have a roller coaster simulator placed off the edge of a skyscraper, but the henchmen deciding to
perform the circumcision on said simulator kicks it up a notch. Ok, the reason they were on it was to kill the boy's mother and make it look like an accident (by cutting her safety belt). Still, the idiot ball was in their hands and they did this in front of witnesses where the people might see and over hear them. That and kidnapping the baby in a large expo just because the company was running out of foreskins wasn't too bright, either.
