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Identity
Posted on October 22, 2010 by David M Willis

278 thoughts on “Identity”

  1. No0ne

    Saw that comming…

    1. No0ne

      Oh noez I made a first… now I’m in the catagory of people with no lives… 🙁

      1. David Herbert

        Hey! I’m one of those people and I have a life. I just have barely anything to do at work.

        Also, Woo! Bad ass Amazi-Girl! But it makes me wonder where Sal is.

        1. No0ne

          I have a job like that, my job is litterally to si tin a chair and occasionaly change the paper in the printer and give directions…

        2. Ed Rhodes

          Spend nine years at Wal*Mart. You’d kill to get that job back.

      2. MrGBH

        I have a life. Also, sleep disorders.

        1. No0ne

          I have sleep disorders too, but I’m usally busy reading other things…

    2. Gravedigger

      I can totally believe you saw that coming.

      I am, however, unsure whether your pun was intentional.

    3. Digidestined of Trust (Tim)

      I thought it could’ve been Mike, but Amber makes it better

  2. Trae Dorn

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!

  3. Pariah Jones

    That was awesome.

  4. ses

    damn you willis ;_;

  5. No0ne

    Can she fly or just jump good?

    1. LordAlucard

      Is that a Samurai Jack reference?

      1. Pat

        Wonderella. She can’t fly, but she can jump hella high.

      2. No0ne

        Yes, yes it is…

        1. No0ne

          A Samurai Jack reference that is…

        2. ilvos

          Which is awesome.

  6. Russspruce

    Epic!

  7. MrGBH

    Bwha-hahahahahahaha!
    Okay, so it wasn’t Faz, but I was close.
    Danny and Amber, sitting in a tree.
    K-I-S-S-I-N-G.

    1. No0ne

      Until I light the tree on fire…

      *Que evil laugh*

      1. A random reader

        I do believe you mean until Mike lights the tree on fire, drags Amber away, and next week they start banging.

        1. No0ne

          Naw I’d be the one to set it on fire, as far as I can tell Mike doesn’t carry a flame thrower everywhere he goes… (Unlike me) But I’d be more then happy to let Mike drag away Amber if he wanted her… Besides if Mike was the one to do it I doubt Amber would date him, after all would you date the guy who burned your boyfriend to death? :I

  8. Ragnal

    WELL. I feel dissapointed somehow.

    So, I guess because she wasn’t avoiding her dad, she found time to be Amazi-Girl faster? Iiiinteresting…

    1. Ragnal

      Also, can Amazi-Girl breathe in space?

      1. PetsinWinter

        no but she’s immune to criticism. <— HEY WILLIS YOU FORGOT SOMETHING!!!

  9. MorganaV

    Damn it…. Where’s Sal?!? Though I did guess this to be true…

  10. davmopedia

    DAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMN YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOU WILLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLLIS!!!!

    (except that it’s awesome to see Amazi-Girl in the DoA-Verse)

    1. Rowen Morland

      You echo my thoughts.

      Does anyone else think that Dorothy looks just like Amber except for being blonde?

      1. DCHorror

        I made a guess to that effect yesterday.

      2. Joebo

        Yes, Dorothy was AKA “Blonde Amber” in one of the first few comics on here.

      3. davmopedia

        But, but, Dorothy has EARS!

  11. Hythrain

    Wait… it’s… not Sal?!

    1. beeftony

      Most of us figured that out in the last strip. This is more of a confirmation than a reveal.

      However, it just means that Sal’s actual introduction is guaranteed to be even more awesome.

      1. Matt

        I for one bet Sal’s introduction will be a total subversion of everyone’s expectations. Maybe Catholic school worked out and she and Joyce will be best church buddies forever.

      2. Hythrain

        Well, until today’s comic (Which now looks more clearly like a cape), it looked like her cape was actually part of her hair, making it longer and looking more like Sal’s. That’s why I figured it’d be Sal. Even now I see it as long hair, not a cape, in yesterday’s comic.

      3. n8

        Or not awesome at all. Sal could be utterly quiet and unassuming, or as Billie suspects she could be a total goddball. What with not having to be moved around her whole life, not witnessing the death of her (not)parents, what cause would she have to become a psycho badass?

        1. beeftony

          Having to put up with Catholic School.

        2. Joebo

          seconded

        3. Ellie

          Amen.

  12. Jabberwocky

    What a tweest!

  13. Mootank

    *facepalm*

  14. George

    I was hoping for Sal, but that is still epic. Now the question is, how’d she get that level of training?

    1. beeftony

      Amber has demonstrated a respectable level of fighting prowess in SP!, and has clobbered Mike and Robin. I’m assuming she’s just naturally strong and/or talented.

      That or Ethan got her into Batman.

      1. George

        I guess so, but I’m still hoping it’s somehow related to the Korean Mafia. I know Willis said there would be no aliens and none of their effects, but I don’t think he ever said no Korean Mafia.

        As for why I hope this, I have no answer.

  15. beeftony

    Hopefully this means Danny will forget all about Dorothy and focus on discerning Amazi-Girl’s true identity. Something tells me he’ll meet Amber out of costume and not know who she is. That’s how these things work.

    Also, did the third panel remind anybody else of Kick-Ass?

    1. Ragnal

      To be honest, it reminded me of everytime Batman says “I’m Batman!” in SP!

      1. davmopedia

        me too

      2. Dedlok

        Reminded me of the way Micheal Keaton said it in the 1989 batman movie.

        1. Dedlok

          hmm. Went from that red haired girl, to Joyce and now Leslie. lol

    2. Tobias

      Also Danny’s complete lack of chasing after Dorothy will get to her no end! (be careful what you wish for!)

      Cue Joe thinking Danny is a fruitloop after he tells him… God Please let this happen! Joe’s face would be awesome!

    3. No0ne

      Or in a twist he knows who she is and ruins her secret identity, causing the football players to seek revenge and other bad things to happen.

  16. Milosh

    Whoa. Did not see that coming.

    I didn’t even consider the possibility that it might NOT be Sal! Maybe I should have read the comments….

    1. Jen Aside

      Come on, the hair was WAY too rounded for Sal’s =D

      lolololol

      1. Milosh

        Looking back, though, it’s pretty obvious he juxtaposed the shadow of the cape over the shadow of the hair to purposefully make it look more like it could be Sal’s hair. So I think my false assumption was justified.

        Besides, it’s not like I inspected the figure all that much; I just saw a female jump out of nowhere and beat up some dude. Considering the two characters, how much more would you expect to see Sal doing such a thing than Amber? (A lot more, that’s how much.)

    2. Jackson

      That makes two of us.

      what is this i dont even

  17. Jetstream

    But I thought Amazi-Girl’s only superpower was immunity to criticism, not kicking ass.

    1. Malph

      Apparently DOA Amazi-Girl kicks ass.

    2. bramblepatch

      You don’t have to have superpowers to kick ass. It helps, but it’s certainly not required.

    3. Shift

      She’s immune to people criticizing HOW she kicks-ass.

  18. beeftony

    It just occured to me: why is Amber climbing that? Where is she going to roof jump to? I would find it even more distressing if I didn’t do the exact same thing in Assassin’s Creed all the time.

    1. Malph

      The 4th rule of the assassin is “An assassin must never use the streets, he can only jump from roof to roof because it’s more bad ass”.

    2. Matt

      Trees or something, man. You never just walk away from a fight. If you can’t fly, you have to roof-run. This is superhero 101.

      1. Matt

        Also, I’m apparently Mary now. I wish the random avatar generator would make up it’s mind on me.

        1. Mute

          It’s because Willis is adding more Avatars to the mix; for instance, Amazi-Girl is now a possible selection.

          *holds breath and wonders who I’ll be*

    3. Eric Burns-White

      Having used surprise as part of her ass-kicking of the fratboys. Amazi-Girl is taking to the high ground, both in case she needs to quickly move elsewhere and so that if she needs to communicate with the near-victim, she can do so in a way that reveals little of her body (it’s not easy to even determine height when you see someone at night in dark clothing twenty feet away while they’re crouched and you’re looking up).

      Amazi-girl has clearly been doing this for a while.

  19. Foxfire

    YESSSSSS.

    I hoped. I hoped so dearly. Yet I did not believe it could be true.

  20. Zesty Piquante

    If Danny and Amber engage in a drawn-out romantic-comedy storyline culminating in a big dramatic splash-panel print-worthy kiss, that would be AWESOME.

    (I love hyphens)

  21. Kia Purity

    DAMN YOU WILLIS

    (hi)

  22. Boourns

    Wow, Danny’s making pretty good time across campus..

  23. Dahlia

    Ah, ok, so it wasn’t Sal but this “Amazi-Girl” (I’m assuming shes Amber from the webcomic “Short-packed”, correct?) I heard about in previous comments..ok, cool (it sorta suits the story more when I stop and think about it: mystery woman vs. alternate universe girlfriend)~ Shes epic and pretty.

    But PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE make Sal’s first appearance be just as epic! PLEASE I BEG OF YOU! ; ~ ; (it may or may not have to involve motorcycles…)

    1. Chad from Canada

      No motorcycles necessary. But some one must either jump through, or be thrown out, a window when Sal is introduced. Otherwise, I’m going on strike.

      1. Dahlia

        Agreeable statement is agreeable. I agree with this agreeable statement! : D

        I like Amber (from what little I’ve seen of her as I skimmed over a few strips of “Short-packed”) but there’s just something about Sal that makes me a huge fan of her o:

        That and I’m a huge fan of Walky and “Walky x Joyce”.

        1. MrGBH

          Okay, I’ve gotta ask. Is that your personal Gravatar, or were you randomly assigned it? Because if it’s random then, wow.

        2. Dahlia

          its my personal gravitar. I looked through the “Its Walky!” prints and found “The many faces of Sal” and I absolutely loved it. I really want a Sal icon ^ ^;;

          (or did you mean the “Amazi-girl” icon I had for a few minutes? I kinda cropped it from the comic because it was an epic substitute for the time being until I found a Sal icon)

  24. Thumbsj

    oh fantastic. I was not expecting and Shortpacked! characters to get involved

  25. TheSoundDefense

    Alright, you got me, Willis. But I like it.

  26. Confuzor

    I’d be more interested if Amazigirl (Amber) didn’t look so much like Danny’s ex.

    1. Confuzor

      and I get stuck with her as a Gravatar, awesome.

    2. David

      That should make things way MORE interesting, if you think about it.

    3. agentksilver

      I kinda like this. He’s got a type: short girls with neck-length hair and glasses. He starts chasing after Amber, much to Dorothy’s dismay.

      1. Plasma Mongoose

        You totally called it.

  27. davmopedia

    Fun random barely-applicable aside: When I was in high school, I knew of a friend-of-a-friend named Danny, who was known to dress in drag and call himself Amber (apparently, he wasn’t all that good at it, either). I was just reminded of this, and now I’ll never be able to state “Danny/Amber OTP” (true though it’s suddenly become) without being reminded of this.

    THANKS A LOT FOR YOUR COINCIDENTAL CHOICE OF NAMES FOR CHARACTERS WHO WERE NEVER SUPPOSED TO MEET AS ORIGINALLY CREATED, WILLIS

  28. TheAlucinaut

    Hm.

    Thought we were staying more or less reality-based this time around…

    1. beeftony

      Amber was never abducted, and she still managed to kick the crap out of Mike and Robin. She’s just naturally that strong. Plus, she’s Ethan’s best friend in this continuity, so he probably got her hooked on Batman or something.

      Realism =/= Reality.

      1. Joebo

        how do we know that she and Ethan are BFFs? Is there something I’ve missed?

        1. beeftony

          Willis said so at the panel where he announced the comic. There’s a video link in the third blog post.

      2. TheAlucinaut

        What I meant was, “I did not expect a masked vigilante beating up thugs & leaping onto buildings etc. I thought Amazi-Girl would stay with the aliens & drama tag & talking car. I am surprised to see her in the strip that I assumed to be mostly about college hijinks. Hm.”

        I wasn’t questioning Amber’s strength in general, but the usage of it. Obviously after Ruth tossed Billie like a used tissue I knew comics physics were in play, but this is a direction I did not see coming.

        But thanks for the condescension anyway.

        1. TexasNinjaBuzzard

          It’s entirely possible to huck a cheerleader over your shoulder without cartoon physics, you just have to know what you’re doing if you don’t want to wreck yourself in the process.

          I was also not expecting Amazi-Girl to carry over, but I could still see it happening at an actual university with a proper amount of functional mental disorder. She’ll be legendary, of course. I mean, The Mad Shitter of Texas Instruments was real, why not Amazi-girl?

        2. David

          http://www.wikihow.com/Throw-Someone-over-Your-Shoulder

        3. Joebo

          I want a super hero whose powers come solely from browsing Wikipedia.

        4. No0ne

          That guy could rival even BATMAN with being crazy prepared… If he read all of Wikipedia…

  29. boojum

    Ooh ooh! Amber describes herself as “mild-mannered” in her twitter! Just like a secret identity should be!

  30. Enkai

    I’m guessing Amber has contacts or has gotten lasik surgery in this universe, wearing non-prescription lenses when not Amazi-girl. (or she switches, in the contacts case). I got the impression in Shortpacked her vision was pretty bad, bad enough that landing those exact kicks and punches would be quite a feat.

    1. Blindbeard the [Kick]Boxer

      I can’t see far at all without my glasses, but I still take them off for any kind of sparring or fighting.

    2. JesseJanitect

      You don’t need to be able to see anything more than blurs to fight without glasses. My vision sucks, you just select targets based on the color of the blurs and knowledge of where people should be. What you absolutely cannot do is read long distance.

      1. Bubi

        Now I know who the brniay one is, I’ll keep looking for your posts.

  31. Jesibel

    If Danny and Amber end up getting together as some people are suggesting, I’m going on strike. I simply cannot imagine a world where Amber/Mike doesn’t exist.

    1. Kyle

      To be Honest, And a lot of folks may hate me for sayin this, I hope that none of the characters end up in the same relationships as the were in the walkyverse. Mostly because that would be too predictable.

      1. ShadowWing Tronix

        Agreed.

        I add this sentence so that this isn’t a one-word post. 🙂

  32. bramblepatch

    Damn you Willis!

    Ok, back to our regularly scheduled obsessively examining strips for windows that Sal could conceivably burst through at any minute…

    1. Malph

      Prediction that I’m sure won’t happen (but it would be awesome if it did): The football players gather reinforcments and get the jump on Amazi-Girl. As the are about to attack Sal jumps (no, backflips) through a ring of fire on a motorcycle, jumps off while the bike is still upside-down, and her and Amazi-Gilr proceed to kick all their asses.

      Then, pirates attack and Ninja Rick joins the fight.

      1. Dahlia (waiting for a Sal icon)

        I vote for THIS turn of events!

        1. Joebo

          …seconded

  33. Laurel

    I imagine Sal’s entrance is going to make everyone say, “Damn you, Willis,” all over again.

    Dick.

  34. Laurel

    PS: Third panel would make a great poster on my wall. Like, huge freakin’ poster.

    And I could roller skate underneath it and hope it falls on me when I’m not wearing underwear.

    1. No0ne

      I’m pretty sure this is more disturbing then the time a guy asked for someone to photoshop the coverings off three naked girls in Shortpacked!…

  35. Malph

    Wow, that was weird.

    And now, something I rarely get to do.

    *clears throat*

    CALLED IT!

    1. beeftony

      Half the people here called it. You only get to do that if you were the only one who did.

  36. Heavy E

    That was awesome!

  37. Beachfox

    All I can say is “Hell Yeah!” I did not expect, and am utterly thrilled beyond words.

  38. Acher4

    Ohhh Yes! Woohoo!

  39. Darth Cariss

    So Amber is a real super hero in this universe? That’s neat if so.

  40. Tobias

    Well this is supposed to be a reboot and damn that’s what we got!!!

  41. Transypoo

    Wait… WHAT?!?!

  42. Tobias

    oooh, my face has changed. Neat!

  43. Cope

    FFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

  44. Corlanthis

    ::whistles::

  45. Matt

    That’s not Amber; Amber is spider-car.

    1. mpark6288

      At least, I’m pretty sure.

  46. Touch of Grey

    OH SNAP.
    And here I was expecting Sal…

  47. ZeroSD

    But, timeline!

  48. Scully

    See, this is a sign Willis is running out of character ideas, Brunnette Dorothy? For shame Willis, for shame :p

    1. Scully

      Also, it looks like I can now breathe in space, awesome.

      1. Wackd

        Except of course that, in the Walkyverse, Dorothy came after Amber, during a time when Amber had long poofy hair. Amber later got a makeover during that time, giving her a hairstyle similar to Dorothy’s.

        Also, Amber and Dorothy are completely different personality-wise.

        This entire comic could be argued as proof Willis is running out of character ideas, however, if not ideas for his characters.

        1. MrGBH

          Gee, I wonder if Scully might’ve been using sarcasm.

        2. Wackd

          Gee, I wonder why people think that sarcasm–a practice based entirely in vocal inflection, with no real way to convey it in text whatsoever–works well in text.

        3. Crimson Magic

          The “:P” smiley gives it away

        4. Scully

          Yeah, I tend to use :p or ;p as markers of sarcasm or “this statement is clearly joking” online, just cause you can’t you intonation in a none phonological medium, sorry if I seemed liek I was deliberately trying to infuriate you Wackd

        5. No0ne

          I always make sure to give my sarcasm tags when in use, just to avoid confusion…

  49. RFC

    Never posted a comment before, but this rates one. Just awesome. I’m a happy camper. 🙂

  50. Davecom3

    Oh, so it was Ultracar, after all.

  51. K. Ivan Ruppert

    Wait….

    Wait…. WHAT?

    I think my head just broke.

    1. K. Ivan Ruppert

      And now my Gravitar is Amazigirl (Replacing Mike, which replaced Aslan). That just adds MORE to it.

  52. TexasNinjaBuzzard

    I think it would be funny as hell if there is no Amber, just Dorothy in a herosuit with contacts and a wig.

    All of the commentors weeing themselves over characters from that earlier comic as if anything about them were applicable to the new continuity really does add an extra level of interactive hilarity to DOA. It’s like Willis was just barking into a paper bag when he told everyone right out of the gate that most of these characters were going to be radically different since none of them have been fscked with by aliens.

    I hope Sal first appears wordlessly in the background as a cashier at the Smoovy Smoov frozen yogurt and smoothie bar in the local mall’s food court or something. That would be fuggin’ hilarious.

    1. Ascension

      But we’ve already seen Dorothy and Amber simultaneously at the hall meeting thingy. And Willis has attempted to defend the two of them as distinct character designs beyond hair color.

      We COULD still get the swerve of having Amazi-Girl NOT be Amber, but I hope not.

    2. Corlanthis

      What amuses me is everyone waiting to see Jason. Because Jason in It’s Walky was not from the Walkyverse. For all we know, the Jason that appeared in It’s Walky could have his origins in the DoA universe thus leading to no Jason appearing in DoA.

      For the record, I’m absolutely sure that’s incorrect. I’m just sayin’ it’s a possiblity.

      1. Animaniac

        That would be bad.. IIRC Jason’s original universe was destroyed.

      2. ShadowWing Tronix

        Jason is Amazigirl. He’s that good at makeup and nobody would expect it.

  53. Trent

    AMAZI-GIRL IS IMMUNE TO CRITICISM

  54. Heather

    DAMN YOU WILLIS.

    …

    Actually wait, that’s maybe even more awesome. Wooo!

    Still want to see Sal though I’m suspecting she’ll be on the more Joyce than Amazi-girl end of the scale now looking back over the strips…

  55. Joebo

    Nah I’m just going to go with Damn you Willis

  56. Robin

    Dammit … I thought it was Spider-Car

  57. Alix

    HOLY SHIT I TOTALLY THOUGHT THAT WAS SAL.

    Why is Amber so badass already, though? Is she a little older than the rest of the cast and a teacher or something, like Leslie? AUGH SO MANY QUESTIONS.

    1. beeftony

      Willis has stated that he doesn’t want to go over the same character arcs that people have already read, so either he’ll be going about it differently like in Danny’s case, or it’s already happened, just offscreen and under slightly different circumstances.

    2. JesseJanitect

      I’ve got a geek friend who went to ninja training camp in high school. Seriously. NINJA TRAINING CAMP. Never underestimate the fanaticism of the geek.

    3. Joebo

      Amber is at least a Freshman. We saw a corner of her face in Ruth’s floor orientation meeting/impromptu wrestling match.

    4. Dahlia

      I was actually wondering the same things…

      1.) Wouldn’t Amber be old enough to be a teacher/ student teacher (or at least a junior/senior)? I thought she was older than a college freshman…

      2.) Doesn’t she wear glasses? I wonder if Danny finds out her secret identity by discovering Ambers contacts… (if she even needs glasses/contacts in this universe)

      3.) Is she completely redesigned to be the age as the other cast members?

      1. Rali

        1. If we’re going by Amber’s age in Shortpacked!, then yeah, she’d be too old to be a freshman. Then again, so would Danny, considering he’s 31.

        2. Yeah, she wears glasses. It’s not really clear because she’s only in the background for the meeting, but she still has the white ovals over her eyes.

        3. EVERYONE’S redesigned to be around the age for college freshmen.

        Remember, most everyone from It’s Walky is in their 30’s. Amber’s actually younger than them.

        1. Dahlia

          Oooooh, ok.

          Yikes, Dannys 31? Whoa…

          Ah, ok, just making sure if she wore them in this universe or not.

          Oooooh; ok, thank you so much for answering my questions!

  58. XtraLargeRyan

    ohoho.. Ah I just got the joke… Haha.. Amazigirl indeed.

  59. creativerealms

    So this is what it’s like to be pissed and pleased with Willis and the same time. I think I’m no longer a newbie. I have now experienced what long time Willis fans have many times before.

    Damn you Willis.

    1. Dr. Worm

      Yes… let the hatred/frustration/awesomeness consume you.

      1. DCHorror

        Wouldn’t that be awestration?

        1. Joebo

          “hawestration?”

        2. DCHorror

          Nah, that sounds like a laughing fest.

        3. No0ne

          Or a bad hanky panky site…

        4. maggiemarmalade

          … that sounds too much like hawt castration. Maybe it still works?

  60. The Blot

    Now that was an awesome reveal! Well played sir, well played.

  61. xainoforgv

    i honestly think it be helarious if sal ended up being a completely normal person or even a nun but she has the cumpulsion to enter and exit locations by crashing through the nearest window

  62. Raistandantilus

    Danny is going to end up as this universe’s Mary Jane, isn’t he?

    1. DCHorror

      Considering the way the spider-man comics are going, that might be interesting.

    2. Dahlia

      I really hope so. :/ I hope hes forced the emasculating role of “damsel in distress”.

      I don’t HATE Danny, per say, but I don’t LIKE him, either.

      In “Roomies!” I understand he loved Sal (honestly, who can blame him for falling for SAL?) and she was his girlfriend, so of course when Joyce came around he had to turn to her down (because you DO NOT F*CKING CHEAT ON SAL).

      I understand he was crushed and vulnerable (very much like he was before Amazi-girl when Dorothy dumped him) and did in fact consider going out with Joyce for all of ten seconds until Joyce pulled a dick move (I love Joyce a lot and find her very charming, but even I’ll admit what she did was really really REALLY low) on him and told her parents they were ENGAGED the very night he went to confront her about a POSSIBLE romantic relationship between them after being dumped by Sal. This insane and jerkish (its not cute fantasizing, its LYING TO YOUR PARENTS about a relationship status, which is pretty high on a scale of one to pathetic right along there with living in their basement) act ruined her chances with Danny understandably.

      I even understand how their personalities aren’t compatible (even if it didn’t take Joyces dick move to realize it) and that Joyce is the type were you either love or hate, no real middle ground.

      But what made me detest Danny was that HE LED HER ON. He never seriously got it across to Joyce that he wasn’t interested in her that way. (No, Joes actions against Joyce don’t count because Joyce could EASILY have seen them as he was jealous she could steal Danny away) He continued to let Joyce believe there was a glimmer of hope with him when there was none and was possibly her friend out of pity.

      Even RUTH, who barely saw them interact could tell what game Danny was playing. (God I need a life, I think way too much on this comics story because I love it so durn much…D: )

  63. Deviltrig

    A truly epic end to the week, Willis. You leave me with plot twisty questions and bated breath for next week’s comics.

    Damn you Willis.

  64. packy

    HOLY CRAP!

    I was so expecting Sal.

  65. Rachel

    Okay, that was just plain awesome.

  66. ziggy78eog

    I call shenanigans! If Amber is here, that means that there will be a good chance that the rest of Shotpacked will be here, and that means Faz. DO NOT WANT!

    1. Deviltrig

      Oh God! Faz in College… Competing with Joe! that’s probably the funniest thing I’ve ever thought of.

      1. agentksilver

        Except Joe will be succeeding. Faz will desperately try to set himself up as Joe’s equal and rival, but it Will Not Work.

        1. Wackd

          Does Not Happen?

        2. TexasNinjaBuzzard

          It doesn’t really matter what you scream at Faz, if you scream it loud enugh he’ll run away.

        3. Ryune

          That, or Faz and Amber really and truly ARE siblings in this universe. As in grew up together.

    2. James

      What would be the bigger dick move – having Sal never, ever appear, or having Faz join the DoA cast and somehow turn him into the most well-adjusted, likable character of the bunch?

      1. drivethruewhale

        But is it a dick move if it justifies us feeling sorry for Faz in recent SP! strips?

    3. Corlanthis

      But this *isn’t* the Shortpacked crew, that’s kinda the whole point.

      1. pakpako

        Oh goooood.

        I was afraid Willis had completely lost it and began crossing his webcomics over with themselves. With time-warps. Again.

    4. JesseJanitect

      If Faz is there, he should be a skipped a grade or two genius twerp. It would just make things even more amusing.

    5. Nim

      Watch, in this universe Faz is a well-adjusted, polite, helpful, respectful and acknowledged sibling of Amber, who has all the ladies throwing themselves at him. Of course, he’ll be far too much of a gentlemen to take advantage of that.

      OMG, Faz dates Catholic-Sal!

      1. DCHorror

        No, in this universe, Faz and Amber actually grew up together, so he actually had an older sibling to keep him from being too messed up.

        I miss the Mike avatar. It makes sarcasm so much easier.

        1. No0ne

          Not to mention that would *hopefully* mean that he didn’t grow up as the son of a female member of the Korean Mafia… That would probably help him being better adjusted…

      2. davmopedia

        So, Zaph from McAwesomes?

    6. Shift

      Can you call “shenanigans” on this? I mean, can’t you only call “shenanigans” on something when you’ve been cheated somehow. If Faz is here, that’s not really Willis cheating us on anything, since he didn’t promise us “no Faz”. Unless… he did, and I missed it…?

  67. Zudarkness

    Whoot I called it!!!!

    Amanzing girl is amanzing so she can kick anyone’s asses expect Mike’s. I wonder if Glassco is trying to recruit people for his store through College. Or either that he’s the new Econamics proffeor. That’ll make a cool GI Joe vs Cobra angle

    I hope The Faz is in College and compets agaist Joe. That would rock.

    Maybe the cast of Shortpacked are in college doing college like stuff. Who knows maybe Mike or Glassco runs the ROTC program there.

    1. drivethruewhale

      Maybe. Mike did make an appearance in one of the earlier strips.

    2. No0ne

      No, Galasso is a priest at the school Sal went to silly :O

      No, not really although that would be really funny…

  68. sarpiedon

    “What a twist!” – spoken in an indian accent.

  69. agentksilver

    I THOUGHT that it looked more like a cape and short hair rather than long hair, since long hair doesn’t flow from the shoulders…but I wanted it to be Sal so bad I dismissed it…

    1. agentksilver

      Wait, I liked being Sarah!

  70. atgdng

    At first I was sad that it wasn’t Sal…but then I realized that Sal is obviously off being a ninja for the Vatican, who, not wanting to tell the Walkertons that they’ve been using their daughter for crazy covert-ops for years, are forging all of her attendance records and grades, as well as moving some stuff into her room.

  71. drivethruewhale

    So it’s not Dick Cheney?

  72. SinisterTwist

    Awesome! I think that in all of the theorizing, many of us (myself included) forgot that the Shortpacked cast is in the same universe as the other guys & as such, could enter this strip as well. (Of course this could just be a one-off.)

    Watch Sal have a regular mundane appearance. She’ll be seen walking into her dorm room, eating nachos & saying “Sup?”

  73. Mad Mike

    Booya! Totally called it dood!

  74. Dr. Worm

    Amaz…
    Willis, you magnificent bastard.

    1. Wackd

      I READ YOUR BOOK!

  75. TEi

    Wow, I was actually being sarcastic yesterday…cool!

  76. addude

    Well Lost that bet!

  77. begbert2

    I find myself suspecting that when Sal turns up everyone will be outraged.

    – not an abductee. Jumping through windows = glasscut to death.
    – no parents killed by HA. No rage.
    – stayed with Walky’s family – no southern accent.

    Okay, obviously Willis could work around all this, but if he doesn’t, I expect to see rage.

    Glorious, delicious rage. Mm-mm! 🙂

    1. Corlanthis

      I’m still maintaining that she’ll never show outside of third-party references along the lines of, “Oh, I talked to Sal earlier and she said. . .”

      It shall be the ultimate DAMN YOU, WILLIS!

      1. No0ne

        And then I shall personally remove you from time.

      2. maggiemarmalade

        That would be AWESOME.

    2. Dahlia

      Good GOD I really hope not…I’ll be pretty disappointed if he ends up pulling that dick move (but not MAD, I’m hoping if he does it, he’ll do it for the good of the story and if THAT’S the case I will completely understand). Aside from being a Sal fan, I was actually kinda curious to see how Sal and Billie interact (two girls who, in an alternate universe, were both Dannys love interest) especially as roommates..not sure it means much in THIS universe, though. I kinda despise Billie (no, not because she was a cheerleader, I like cheer-leading and think is badass how much and how often they risk their lives.. I hate the fact Billie is a total bongo to just about EVERYONE for no particularly good reason other than shes just a friggin prick who needs to get over the fact shes a nobody in college), so I secretly hope Billie just gives everyone too much crap (namely, Walky, for example) and Sal just totally beats the ever-lovin’ sh*t out of her, quite fed up with her douchebaggery.

      Hmmm, admittedly I love Sals accent, but I wouldn’t mind if she talked normal…which IS a possibility…but the “stayed with Walkys family” (I *THINK*) isn’t clarified HOW LONG she stayed with them…according to Walkys conversations with Billie (and his twitter posts) Sal was sent away to catholic school (I’m assuming for the majority of her life, given Billie never spoke of knowing Sal as much as she knew Walky, which was since before high-school), a school that could have been located in the south, hence gaining Sal her accent. Again, its speculation, and Sals school might not be anywhere where she could gain a southern accent, but I wouldn’t rule out the possibility JUST YET ^ ^;;

    3. Index

      Maybe Sal will have a scottish accent, stolen from another girl at the mystery canadian catholic school.

  78. cappadocius

    Whoa! What a twist, making Sal this universe’s Amazi-Girl!

  79. Rhetoricaster

    Yes!

  80. Zudarkness

    Maybe Amber and Mike live near the College and Maybe Mikes a RA.? Sounds plausable to me.

    1. beeftony

      Mike is Walky’s roommate and Amber was at the floor meeting (and is Dina’s roommate). How did you miss this?

      1. Zudarkness

        I just did.

        Oh well Mike for RA.

        I wonder is Glassco would be running the ROTC program. He probally would look for more “recruits” for his World Donimation plan

    2. agentksilver

      Now that you say it…I want Mike to be an R.A.

  81. JesseJanitect

    “PositivAmb That was a productive night. Of WoWing. ”
    Quote from Amber’s tweet. Obviously everytime she says she’s playing WoW, she’s actually running around as Amazi-girl. And she’s climbing the gazebo for crosstraining/ because she has a well-honed comic geek sense genre savvy and had to get the moon behind her head.

    Given that the comments managed to predict every part of todays comic, including the “I’m Batman” introduction, I’m starting to wonder if Willis either reads the comments and the draws whichever strip would fuck with our heads the most or is secretly posting spoilers under a false name.

    1. David

      I’m a month ahead on strips, so drawing them to respond to comments is something that can’t ever happen, for better or for worse.

      1. No0ne

        Unless you steal a time machine!

        1. maggiemarmalade

          We live with the physicist, so this is impossible.

      2. JesseJanitect

        In that case, some of us are psychic. I find this disturbing.

        1. Joebo

          …or we can just guess where Willis’ mind goes with plot.

        2. No0ne

          If you read enough of his comics I bet you could build a computer program that could predict the plot lines. However, that would require a lot of coding and several degrees in non-related fields…

  82. Bean

    I find I am completely comfortable with this. I love Sal to death, and I’m somewhat ambivalent about Danny, so I’m fine with a twist on the canon relationships.

    Seriously, though-I hope the catholic school was an excuse to give Sal a Southern accent (And possibly make her the proverbial ‘Naughty Schoolgirl’) Because I just can’t imagine her without it.

    Also, I suspect I’ll get a new Gravatar with this post. I hope it’s a good one, ‘cuz I Ioved my Dina one.

  83. mpark6288

    I’m actually fine with it being Amazigirl. But now I want Sal to show up, DYW.

  84. Onomatopoeia

    It never registered she was a non meta mask. Amazi-Girl is not long for this world.

    Blam blam.

  85. x o

    ugh amber ? really ? amber annoys me more than roz. yes, roz.

    willis, i am disappoint.

    1. beeftony

      Who’s Amber? You heard her, she’s Amazi-Girl.

    2. Shift

      alternate universe, remember? Don’t judge her by the Shortpacked version.

  86. Ben

    You know… for all we know, Amazi-girl could be Sal in this universe. Nothing says for sure that she’s Amber. PLOT TWIST!!

  87. Bill M.

    Drat, my outside prediction of it being a Faz that i could tolerate on a normal basis, it’s Amazi-Girl, unless it’s like Queen Bee from Super Stupor who’s famous for the “Justice Tuck.”

  88. Blazey

    Nine…

    Damn You Willis was said NINE times.

    Better make it ten…

    DAMN YOU WILLIS!!!!!

    Erhem…

    *Hopes he gets Mike or Walky*

    1. Index

      I was expecting a lot more DYWs. I’m disappointed.

      1. No0ne

        I personally try to avoid thoose words, however I will throw in a CURSE YOU MR. WILLIS when I think its nessary.

        I always make it a point ot be respectful to the people I’m cursing…

  89. vanGrue

    Fun. I still feel like it’s going to be a few storylines before this comic stops feeling gimmicky, but I think eventually that’ll happen. Once it works itself out.

  90. Aesir

    I wonder why Amber took on the Amazi-Girl alias in this reality

    Anyway..maybe Sal will be a normal catholic school girl in this reality after all….

  91. Eric Burns-White

    I’m really amused at all the folks who are either thrilled that it’s Amber or annoyed that it’s Amber. Just because Amber is Amazi-Girl in the Walkyverse doesn’t mean she’s Amazi-Girl in the DOAverse. It doesn’t even mean she exists.

    Honestly, one of the great things about that brownish bowl cut of hair is it would be easy to hide almost any hairstyle underneath that wig. Beyond that, we’ve had no clear look at her body, no good way to judge her height — even her eye color isn’t clear, and even if it were colored contacts are cheap.

    All we know is that Amazi-Girl just saved Danny from punks. We don’t know anything else.

    Yet. 🙂

    1. Reboot

      > Just because Amber is Amazi-Girl in the Walkyverse doesn’t mean she’s Amazi-Girl in the DOAverse. It doesn’t even mean she exists.

      Behind Sarah in p2: http://www.dumbingofage.com/2010/comic/book-1/01-move-in-day/stragglers/

      Also: http://twitter.com/PositivAmb

    2. Joebo

      Actually, we know that Amber exists in this universe because the DOA twitter includes her

      1. Kamino Neko

        And is, in fact, one of the most prolific tweeters in the group… I haven’t done an actual count, and Mike and Joyce are pretty chatty, too, but I wouldn’t be surprised if Amber turned out to be the single most common tweeter of the lost.

      2. beeftony

        And she was at the floor meeting.

  92. Cha

    …badass. But Sal needs to jump through a window. NEEDS TO. At least once. I mean, she could throw someone through one too, I guess..She could throw Billie through after finding her drunk, perhaps. xD?

    1. Joebo

      I am always in favor of some defenestration.

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  94. Roborat

    Come on people, can’t you see it? Amazi-Girl isn’t Amber, it is Faz!

    1. Robin

      Yes, because according to Robin DeSanto, Amber is clearly Spider-Car

  95. Gianni

    Of course, in this universe, does Amazi-Girl necessarily have to be Amber? Sal with shorter hair maybe? I wouldn’t bet against it.

  96. GoldStarz

    Hai Amber! XP

  97. Shift

    I wonder what Amazi-Girl’s origin might be in this universe. Clearly Amber must be more skilled and confident than in the Shortpacked! universe, if she’s actually going out on patrol. I wonder if her father is still the monster he is in the other strip.

    I gotta admit, I did consider Amber/Amazi-Girl, but thought “Naw, seems like Willis is going for a more realistic approach to this strip.” Damn you Willis. Damn your crafty ways.

  98. Shift

    And aww… I wanted to an Amazi-girl avatar.

    1. maggiemarmalade

      Four Mike avas in a row. That’s sort of frighting in a if-I-were-Amber-I’d-Be-Turned-On sort of way.

      1. Gianni

        Can’t have too many Mikes in my opinion, he goes great with EVERYTHING.

  99. Brady Kj

    I am SO relieved to see this is a universe with superheroes. I was afraid Willis was slowly embarking on a tragic descent into realism.

    PS How can Amazi-Girl exist in this universe? Joe’s too young to build Ultracar just yet.

    1. Joebo

      No no, you see: Amber is Spider-Car, but we don’t know who Amazi-Girl is.

  100. NinjaNick

    Wow, amazing twist.

    From the boot, I once had a nagging feeling it was Amazi-Girl.

  101. Suzushiiro

    Well played, Willis.

  102. gmergruen

    YEAH!!! Knew it wasn’t Sal! Called that!

  103. Lan M.

    Oh my… Amazi-Girl got to unleash her DoA can of whup-ass. OK David now can Mike appear and kick Danny in the nuts just to add insult to injury?

  104. Hellsing987

    Best. Twist. Ever.

  105. Cinder

    I…I was not expecting that…

  106. Grrt

    She wishes she was batman…

    1. Grrt

      Also, the mike avatar looks very annoyed at Amazi-girl.

  107. Tomb

    DAMN YOU WILLI-

    Actually this is rather interesting twist and I will surey enjoy its interesting consequences. Unless its really a double twist >.> *Watches in horror as Amazi-Girl puls off her mask to reveal: Honeybun*

  108. Acer Burner

    Hmm… Amazi-Girl’s colour scheme is inversed. Interesting.

  109. Acer Burner

    Whoops. I was looking at her first costume. Disregard that; I’m not fully awake yet.

  110. Cliff

    I’ve been following this comic since Randy started linking it on S*P, and I’ve read through all of Shortpacked, Walky, etc, but I’m having trouble adjusting to this one…let me make sure I’m getting this straight – so, you took a bunch of characters from Shortpacked, Walky, and Roomies, completely erased all previous storyline from each character, made a couple look slightly different, and tossed them into a college setting just like Roomies, but not quite?

    I…I guess I just don’t “get it”. Why not just create a new comic around a new concept with new characters? Maybe I’m being ridiculous, but I don’t think so.

    1. David

      http://www.formspring.me/shortpacked/q/1362229026

  111. Transypoo

    I glanced at the URL and read “Dum bingo fage.” ^__^

  112. Leeatard

    I didn’t read much of the original, but I’m loving Ultimate Walkyverse (assuming that’s what this is).

  113. Maki P

    NO WAY. Amber! And she’s a real superhero now!

  114. xnightwalkerx

    well *%@# who would of thought amber would be there, I so thought it would have been Sal

  115. No0ne

    In a twist…

    Danny: “Who are you?”
    Mike: “That’s your mom don’t you recognize her? I do, because I ‘saw’ her last night.”

  116. Rognik

    I suppose this is now a reversal on the classic damsel in distress scenario. I now see Danny being tied to a pole, crying out for Amazi-Girl.

  117. Anime fan

    -jaw falls off-

  118. SuperScientistGirl!

    IT’S AMAZI-GIRL!

  119. Kelsey

    *Gasp*! Token! But seriously….AWESOME.

  120. meanderling

    Man, Ultra-Car’s in this universe? Weird!

  121. SonicBlueRanger

    “I’m Amazi-girl and I can breath in Space”…Yeah I know lame but it was asking for it.

  122. OhHayMike

    I was just thinking to myself that it would be awesome if it were Amazi-girl, and boom there she is. That must be some kind of super power of mine, i can conjure up superheroes by thinking of them.

    Emmafrostemmafrostemmafrostemmafrost

  123. Lis

    you know I really didn’t notice until now but now that I do I really love the reversal of the Mysterious Super Hero/Damsel in Distress arc here. Including the mysterious stranger beginning.

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  125. Jenny Creed

    “I’m BA*cough* AMAZI-GIRL!”

  126. Opus the Poet

    Wrong color word balloon for AG… from the FUTURE!

    1. Maveric1984

      She doesn’t start doing the voice until she meets Danny as Amber and needs to better hide her identity.

  127. nothri

    Expectations….DEFIED!

  128. Mousa The 14

    …..

    AMBER?!

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