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  • The plot's a little on the incoherent side, but it involves Ralph investigating a string of mysterious robberies in Boston committed by a gang run by someone identified only as "Big Tony" (no "Anselmo"--apparently that is a Moonlighting reference after all), who's got a small armory full of guns he claims are enchanted (although we never see any evidence one way or the other, as this issue of 52 suggests).

    Archive 2007-02-01 Douglas Wolk 2007

  • The plot's a little on the incoherent side, but it involves Ralph investigating a string of mysterious robberies in Boston committed by a gang run by someone identified only as "Big Tony" (no "Anselmo"--apparently that is a Moonlighting reference after all), who's got a small armory full of guns he claims are enchanted (although we never see any evidence one way or the other, as this issue of 52 suggests).

    Week 42: Doing Donuts on Free Lunch Drive Douglas Wolk 2007

  • My rival was called Anselmo, and myself Eugenio, that you may also have some knowledge of the persons which were actors in this tragedy, whose conclusion is yet depending, but threatens much future disaster.

    The Fourth Book. XXIV. Relating That Which the Goatherd Told to Those That Carried Away Don Quixote 1909

  • On the evening of the 24th of February, the young man's patience was exhausted, and he forgot himself so much as to call Anselmo a liar and traitor, even threatening him with death.

    The Son of Monte-Cristo, Volume I Jules Lermina 1877

  • My rival is called Anselmo and I myself Eugenio -- that you may know the names of the personages that figure in this tragedy, the end of which is still in suspense, though it is plain to see it must be disastrous.

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Part 14 Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • My rival is called Anselmo and I myself Eugenio -- that you may know the names of the personages that figure in this tragedy, the end of which is still in suspense, though it is plain to see it must be disastrous.

    The History of Don Quixote, Volume 1, Complete Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • My rival is called Anselmo and I myself Eugenio -- that you may know the names of the personages that figure in this tragedy, the end of which is still in suspense, though it is plain to see it must be disastrous.

    Don Quixote Miguel de Cervantes Saavedra 1581

  • It turns out the business with the Anselmo gun actually is a reference to an old Elongated Man story--one in which the word "Anselmo" doesn't appear, and which appeared in one of the most obscure DC comics ever published, if "published" is the right word.

    Week 42: Doing Donuts on Free Lunch Drive Douglas Wolk 2007

  • It turns out the business with the Anselmo gun actually is a reference to an old Elongated Man story--one in which the word "Anselmo" doesn't appear, and which appeared in one of the most obscure DC comics ever published, if "published" is the right word.

    Archive 2007-02-01 Douglas Wolk 2007

  • "Anselmo," Robert Jordan said, putting his hand on the shoulder of the old man who lay sleeping, his head on his arms.

    For Whom The Bell Tolls Hemingway, Ernest, 1899-1961 1940

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