It seems telephone calls are not the only means of communication that leave our superfriends vulnerable to fits of uncontrollable, temporary rage. This image was sent in from a trusted and dedicated constituent nearby in Astoria, Queens, mere blocks from the mutilated telephone detailed here just yesterday. Linking these scenes now feels impossible to avoid. It is clear our superheroes are suffering, for their mistakes are rapidly becoming far more conspicuous.

It could be that there was a follow-up letter for that dreaded phone call on Gramercy’s 3rd Avenue and 16th Street corner– it’s a simple hop on the N train from Union Square over to Queensboro Plaza (or an even quicker route from the 4/5 to 59th and a transfer to the N/W) that takes a maximum of 35 minutes, not taking into account the possibility of superspeed or flight. Perhaps all of this results from a long-brewing dispute with origins at the phone just down the street from this mailbox. These points plot neatly.

Putting all the possibilities for such connections aside for a moment, let us consider scenarios for a letter to exist entirely independent of any other forms of communication. The first possibility springing to mind is the last common correspondence that hasn’t fully pulled away from paper mail service: bills. One could imagine the Human Torch receiving quite an electric bill for the months of July and August – and if he’s rooming with Thing, well, that could be a recipe for a nasty stone-on-stone disaster producing results not unlike those seen below… but let’s not get carried away here.

The nature of said letter or parcel, just as the subject of the conversation in Gramercy or that of the mysterious phone call that occurred a couple blocks from this pictured location, is pointless to speculate. One thing is for sure; there is someone (or, there are multiple individuals) out there with physical power unlike that of any ordinary human being. Perhaps it’s best that we take these innocuous reminders for what they are — Proof: that there is an evil air most definitely stirring. Reassurance: that superheroes are out there, and they are on our side.

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