Here's an all-time favorite of mine.

There's a scene from Amazing Spider-Man #76 (one of Stan Lee's stories), where Captain Stacy and Robbie are discussing Spider-Man and his reasons for keeping his identity a secret. Robbie says "If the public knew who he is...if he'd come out in the open...they'd be less suspicious! They might even start to trust him!"

For a smart guy and a seasoned reporter, Robbie sounds like a real idiot here. He's apparently forgotten that Spidey's fought a lot of criminals who would just LOVE to know who he is so they could attack him through his civilian identity (murder him in his home while he sleeps, kidnap or murder his loved ones, that sort of thing). How does it not occur to Robbie that Spidey's protecting his ID so that his loved ones can't be hurt?

Also, has he forgotten that the police don't trsut Spidey? What makes him think that the cops knowing Spidey's secret will prevent them from hauling his Spider-butt to jail?

Speaking of trust, what the hell makes Robbie think that people will trust Spider-Man if they know who he is?

Stan Lee scripts seemed to have a lot of people using rather absurd logic that dwarfs anything you'd find on our Deep Thoughts forum. But this tops them all.

Last edited by Darknight613; 2005-03-11 3:49 AM.
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