Sunny Side Up

Sunny and Buzz go to the pro shop to exchange golf balls for nickels, then hurry to a nearby store that sells comic books. Sunny chooses one and studies it, and Buzz recommends that she try a Wonder Woman comic, because Wonder Woman is “a girl” (76). Sunny asks why Wonder Woman seems to be in her underwear, and Buzz explains that this is her costume. Sunny is distracted by a nearby display of lighters. The background of page 77 is an extreme close-up of a page from the Wonder Woman comic, but this image is nearly entirely blotted out by a large dark oval that is blurred at the edges in a way that indicates it is a memory. At the center of the dark oval, a pair of hands is cupped around the flame of a lighter, shielding it from the wind. Small insets at the top show a close-up of the lighter display and one of an open-mouthed and blank-eyed Sunny, who is lost in the memory of the hands cupping the lighter’s flame. Buzz interrupts the memory, shaking Sunny’s shoulder and suggesting that they also buy some candy.

The two children go outside and sit on a bench to read their comics.