Toward the beginning of The Batman, vandals spray-paint the word BROKE on the pillars of the Bank of Gotham, clearly presaging the failure of the Silicon Valley Bank, the second-largest collapse in US history. The Batman was released on March 4th, 2022, and the bank failed on March 10th, 2023, almost a year to the day later. Believe it or not.
On November 16th, 2016, Comedy Central’s Legends of Chamberlain Heights aired an episode titled “End of Days,” featuring a cartoon version of basketball superstar Kobe Bryant (1978-2020) dying in a helicopter crash. Fast-forward to a little over three years later, to January 26th, 2020, when Kobe Bryant perished in a helicopter crash in Calabasas, California. Moreover, Kobe Bryant wore number 24. Two days ago, on January 24, I cut check number 2424. Believe it, or not. RIP
Robert W. Sullivan IV 