Size Lessons in Comic Books

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Size is Relative

A story with the size lesson tries to teach the reader a lesson related to size in a literal
sense. The lesson might be that what is big in one setting is small in another setting.
Conversely what is small in one setting may be big in another setting. In short, size is
relative.

Archie's Madhouse revisited the size is relative theme again and again in issues #48,
#52, #53 and #62.
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Harold is small compared to the Silver Surfer but a giant compared to a planet filled
with life that is so small only Harold can perceive them (Silver Surfer V6 #8).
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Harold's story is basically a remake of Horton Hears a Who! A big elephant because of
his big ears can ironically hear the inhabitants of Whoville that are too small to be
perceived by anyone else. We learn that a person is a person no matter how small they
are.

Journey into Mystery V1 #63 shows that there is always someone bigger in the universe
in "Goliath! The Monster that Walked Like a Man!"
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Journey into Mystery V1 #72 shows that baseball can be seen from a different perspective.
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In Brief Lives, Omega Men #26, the Spider Guild tries to conquer giant aliens in the planet Ogyptu that
live for millennia and move, think and perceive the world at a geological pace. The entire invasion by the
Spider Guild over a thirty year period is barely perceived by the giants.
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Tales of Suspense (Marvel) revisited the size is relative theme in issues #9, #13, #23,
and #34.

Tales of Suspense #9 "Earth Will Be Destroyed!"

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Tales of Suspense #13 "When the Earth Vanished!"

Tales of Suspense #23 "The Changeling"

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Tales of Suspense #34 "The Coming of the Giants"

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Tales to Astonish (Marvel revisited the size is relative theme in #3, #5, #18, #37 and
#49.

Tales to Astonish #3 "I am the Giant from Outer Space"

Tales to Astonish #5 "I Landed on the Forbidden Planet"

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Tales to Astonish #18 "Monsteroso"

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Tales to Astonish #37 "The Star Raiders"

Tales to Astonish #49 "The End of the World"

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In Silver Surfer V1 04, Tim Boo Ba discovers that he is not such a big guy after all!
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Small is Beautiful
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The lesson can be that small beings are more useful than big beings in some situations.
Bigger is not always better. Sometimes small is beautiful to quote the economist E. F.
Schumacher.

The Lion and the Mouse is an Aesop fable in which a mouse is spared by a lion. The lion
is pretty arrogant about his size. Later the mouse frees the lion from a net by gnawing at
the ropes. The small size of the mouse allows the mouse to do something the lion
cannot. This is a small is beautiful lesson.

Marvel has Ant-Man (Marvel) who ironically defeats Loki in the debut issue of the
Avengers.
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DC has the Atom (DC) saves the Justice League of America in the same issue he joins
the Justice League in Justice League of America V1 #14.
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Harold in Silver Surfer V6 #8 uses his small size to help the Silver Surfer during various
adventures.

Birds of a Feather Applies to Size

Birds of a feather flock together applies to beings of the same size in Archie's Madhouse
#23 and 124#.
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