From: sicherman@lucent.com (A Man, A Plan, A Canal--Buffalo)
Subject: Re: Death of Kool-Aid
Date: 1996/09/19
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In <323E470F.4...@worldnet.att.net>, Nat.Gert...@worldnet.att.net wrote:
> Eugene Kushnirsky wrote:
>
> > > Heck, as a joke, I once sent Marvel a proposal for The Death of
> > > Kool-Aid Man.
> >
> > Guest-starring Jim Jones?
>
> No, guest-starring Galactus.  After sating his Living Hunger, he
> now thirsts the Living Thirst, which can only be quenched by a
> Living Drink...

I imagined something more like this:

LEADER OF GUARDS:  Your Highness!  Are you all right?  How did you
  survive the burning desert?  And what has become of your faithful
  companion, KOOL-AID MAN?
PRINCE DRUFUS:  He ... he gave his life to save mine!  I only hope
  that we may some day meet again ... beyond ... THE DOOR IN SPACE!
VON CLOKMANN:  Oh, that?  I got fed up with it and had it taken off
  its hinges - there was nothing back there but some dusty old issues
  of "Little Dot" and "Spooky."
THE QUEEN:  He shall have a hero's funeral!  Be sure to invite Fresh-
  Up Freddie, and Quik Bunny, and Bosco Bear, and Speedy Alka-Seltzer,
  and of course the Funny Face Gang ... does he have any relatives?
9-JACK-9:  Not since last October - when I finally caught up with the
  Kool-Aid Kids at Niagara Falls.... NIAGARA FALLS!  Sloooowly I
  turned ...