Back In The Days When Long-Distance Calls Were Something Special...

In his debut story, Drax The Destroyer is reaching out to Iron Man for a little bit of help:

Wait, from how far?

Drax, I hate to break this to you, but...that's not really that impressive.

I mean, we mere mortals can call or text or tweet or Skype or Instagram or whatever half a world away easy-peasy. Half a continent? Not really earth-shaking power, there.


I'm just sayin', if you're going to be a braggy god-created super-being, maybe be sure that your brag is overshadowed by the planet you're visiting...

From Iron Man #55 (1973)