Thor 114 page on ebay: Gotta love goofy plot devices

[Sharkey]

I was looking at this great Silver Age page from JIM 114 ( Linky-dink )

 

Quote: "Lucky I brought some of these dynamite sticks with me, in case I needed them!"

 

Wow, that IS lucky! So was dynamite standard issue for reporters back in the day? I don't remember that from journalism school.... And just where did one go about acquiring the odd stick of dynamite? Ace Hardware? Sam's TNT club? Woolworth's?

[Stronguy]

Actually you used to be able to go to the hardware store and buy it... just show some id. I did it about 25 years ago with a guy I was working for.

[chromium]

Actually you used to be able to go to the hardware store and buy it... just show some id. I did it about 25 years ago with a guy I was working for.

 

[osborn_fr]

I love America

[Dick Pontoon]

I think it depends on what part of the country you're in; I don't recall any over-the-counter dynamite in the Northeast.

 

I could be wrong, but I believe you could once drink while driving in Texas as long as you weren't intoxicated. Stronguy, am I crazy?

 

Back to Rhino's post, that bit sounds a lot like Stan Lee, and tongue-in-cheek at that. It's possible Kirby had some other setup as a rationale for carrying the dynamite and Stan ignored it. (Or he left out the rationale, so Stan ran with it and hammed it up.)