Midnight Pals: Black Terror

Patricia Highsmith: Submitted for the approval of the midnight society, I call this the tale of the charming sociopath
Dean Koontz: tell the story about the black terror!
Highsmith: ehhh
Koontz: I like when he hits the bad guys and
Highsmith: okay ya twisted my arm, here’s the story of the black terror

Highsmith: so there’s this superhero called the black terror
Highsmith: and he’s got this girlfriend named jean starr
Highsmith: wotta dame! Real paira stems on her
Koontz: how did the black terror get his powers
Highsmith: what? I dunno, from ants or something
Highsmith: but as I was sayin, this jean starr

Highsmith: now jean starr, she’s a real looker
Highsmith: a real sheba McWowWow
Highsmith: a real hotsy totsy
Highsmith: a real dynamite dame
Highsmith: [dramatically dousing herself with convenient bucket of water]

Koontz: how did he get powers from ants
Highsmith: what? I dunno, he inhaled a powder he made from ants
Highsmith: now jean starr
Koontz: how did he make get ant powder?
Highsmith: I don’t know, he’s a pharmacist
Koontz: but
Highsmith: JESUS CHRIST, DEAN
Highsmith: SHUT UP

Koontz: who does he fight?
Highsmith: I don’t know, bad guys
Koontz: but which bad guys?
Highsmith: you know
Highsmith: the usual
Highsmith: robots, gangsters
Highsmith: maybe the odd alien
Highsmith: who gives a shit

Angela Carter: interesting story, patricia
Carter: what if he encountered a female villain who was his match?
Carter: I think that would be very empowering
Highsmith: oh yeah and she’s gotta be hot
Carter: oh she doesn’t need to be hot
Highsmith: no no I heard ya loud and clear

Angela Carter: so you’ve worked a lot with this black terror concept
Highsmith: yeah he’s public domain
Carter: no! you fool! don’t say-
Alan Moore: [appearing in flash of smoke] DOTH THE ARCH MAGUS HEAR YON PUBLIC DOMAIN SUPER HERO???

Moore: stand aside, mortals! The arch magus must work his magic to
Moore: reimagine this property!
Moore: [furrows forehead in concentration while pondering orb]
Moore: what if
Moore: what if the black terror was very very old and he was fucking a hot young co-ed?

Highsmith:
Highsmith: well I like the second part of that