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Stupendous Man circles the earth with a 200 inch telescope lens. Aligning perfectly to the sun, the magnifying lens focuses the terrible solar energy....and fries a certain elementary school clean off the map. Stupendous Man flies into the bedroom window saying Calvin has no need of ever doing homework again. Liberty prevails!

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STUPENDOUS MAN circles the earth with a 200-inch telescope lens! Aligned perfectly with the sun, the magnifying lens focuses the terrible solar energy... ... and fries a certain elementary school clean off the map! Now mild mannered Calvin has no need to do his homework ever again! Liberty prevails! How's your homework coming along, Calvin?

Collected in

Scientific Progress Goes "Boink"
p. 18
The Indispensable Calvin and Hobbes
p. 146
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 188
The Complete Calvin and Hobbes
Book 2,p. 317
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