Quote Originally Posted by motub View Post
Funny, if Rich hadn't already used "Here He Comes To Save The Day" (the Mighty Mouse cartoon theme song), I would have expected it here, since.... doesn't BW pop in of its own accord? V's expression looks too dismayed to suggest shi had a good idea and summoned it herself.
Blackwing isn't "summoned"; as explained in an earlier strip, he only appears when Vaarsuvius remembers him. It's a running joke parodying the way people actually play the game, "forgetting" about their familiars unless they're actually needed.