“As they walked past it, Tommy glanced at the cover of Escapist Adventures #54, on which the Escapist, blindfolded and bound to a thick post with his hands behind his back, faced a grim-visaged firing squad. The signal to fire was about to be given by, of all people, Tom Mayflower, leaning on his crutch, one arm raised high, his face diabolical and crazed. ‘HOW CAN THIS BE?’ the Escapist was crying out in an agonized, jagged word balloon. ‘I’M ABOUT TO BE EXECUTED BY MY OWN ALTER EGO!!!'”

—The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay