Overheard a kid at the shop call Silver Surfer a 'space snowboarder'

I was flipping through back issues at my local shop last Tuesday when this kid maybe 12 years old pointed at a Silver Surfer cover and asked his dad why the space snowboarder looked so sad. It hit me that we all come into comics from totally different angles. That kid saw a cool board and a shiny dude, not Galactus' herald or any of that cosmic weight. Made me wonder how many other characters I've been reading wrong just because I never had that fresh pair of eyes. Any of you ever had a new reader say something that totally flipped how you see a book?

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tylerr294d ago

Space snowboarder is honestly an upgrade.

brian_jackson3d ago

Huh, guess I didn't realize being a snowboarder in space was such a big deal. Next thing you'll tell me they're doing skateboard tricks on the moon.