We Fix 'Em

"We Fix 'Em! Obsolete Models a Specialty." (Moore 9, Chapter 1, Panel 8).

This sign is just one small example of the brilliant way Moore and Gibbons use the pictures in their books to reinforce points, both subtly and blatantly. This sign is shown as Dan is walking away from it, just coming from a meeting with Hollis Mason. Both men used to be vigilantes known as "Nite Owl" but both have since retired. They are no longer needed, or wanted, to fight crime in cities. Although they claim not to miss their adventuring lifestyles, they spent nights alone talking about it, and Dan is obviously nostalgic for those times. This sign is placed there, near Dan, to say that he is an obsolete model, and no longer needed.