'Beauty and the Geek' conquers Comic-Con

Beware, evildoers. Beauty & the Geek ventures into unchartered territory, not for the faint of heart or mundanely attired. We present Comic-Con.

Spoilers lurking in the depths below.

When last we left our fair competitors, gender-bending dynamic duo Sam & Nicole proved their prowess in the Room of Questioning Doom. Their mettle thus exhibited once again, none of their rivals could muster any enthusiasm for these formidable foes upon their prodigal return to their humble quarters.

On the opposite end of the mind-fighting spectrum are Dave and Jasmine, who were called out for their lack of social progress, and William and Jen, whose teamwork appears to use the diabolical strategy of working against each other. As the mild-mannered one, William demonstrates a foolish valor when taking on his puissant partner Jen. I mean, did you check out the guns on that chick?

Ubiquitous host Mike informed the combatants of their most intimidating challenge to date: creating a superhero persona for the beauty with costuming by the geek. The geeks, especially comic book collector and aficionado William, were thrilled to learn that they would present their characters at superhero Mecca, Comic-Con.

And while William couldn't support Jen's concept of a hypnotic-boob-wielding hero ("It's way outside the realm of believability"), Dave championed Jasmine's brainstorm and imparted performance pointers from his vast larping experience.

The Pantheon of Heroes:

- Steam - alter ego Shay, sidekick Josh; Steam looked fairly put together in her blue vinyl top, red boy shorts and yellow gloves. Too bad her superhero spiel made her tongue-tied.
- Aqualita Splash - alter ego Erin, sidekick Jesse; In a bikini top, Aqualita offered a beachy and breezy solution to crime with her surfboard shield and topscale dolphins -- dolphins that can construct things with telekinetic powers and speak English telepathically.
- Venus - alter ego Jen, sidekick Stupid William; After drawing in alien foes with her dynamically deadpan personality and long legs, her hypnotic boobs will stope them in their tracks, thus preventing the procreation of more aliens.
- Vinity - alter ego Natalie, sidekick John; a villainess who uses her vine-structured body to bend and kill humans.
- Metro-Man - alter ego Sam, sidekick Nicole; This world-famous underwear model was at a party when he stumbled upon George Hamilton's secret weapon, a radioactive self-tanner spray. With his new powers and heavy eyeliner, Metro-Man uses his breakdance fight moves to shoot laser beams and deflect bullets.
- Princess Bed-Head - alter ego Jasmine, sidekick Dave; Using the powers of the moon and stars, this hero with a pet sloth can put people to sleep for years, muddle their dreams and nightmares and suck energy from them using her contagious yawn.

In the end, Metro-Man and Nicole proved unstoppable once again and chose allied teams Erin/Jesse and Natalie/John to face each other in mental combat. And despite clutching cuddly stuffed animals of power, Erin faltered once, leaving the door open for John to snatch victory from her well-manicured grasp.

Other highlights:

- William whining about Jen's "Worst. Comic. Book. Idea. Ever." and vowing to make her costume make her "look as fat as possible."
- Shay about Comic-Con, "The freaks were there, some weird people and a bunch of dorks."
- A judge about Jasmine's superhero story: "It's full of sleep, which is always exciting."
- Jasmine about Sam and Nicole, "It's like they're a super team."
- Jen getting all worked up about wanting to slap William.

What did you think about the hero concepts? Are Jen and William the next to go?

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