"As the only Arnold Drake creation to stay dead..."
"Ahem."
"As the only Arnold Drake character who is still really dead..."
"You were in that John Byrne re-boot."
"Do you mind? This is a very serious time, and I am trying to say something very important."
"So am I. Sure, Mr. Drake is dead. But he will never be truly gone as long as we remember him."
"Share our stories, you mean?"
"Exactly. And as a writer, he got to determine most of his own stories. So he is better off than most."
"I had never really thought of it that way."
"You have a lot of time to think about these things when you are shot in your origin story. He had a funny sense of humor."
"Oh, yeah. I remember one time he had me grab a train. And then a rocket exploded out! Was my face red..."
"Oh, that was nothing. You should have seen what Tommy Tomorrow..."

Arnold Drake
1924-2007
Freaks for keeps.