Hostess cakes were regularly used to fight crime by America’s finest super heroes in the 1970′s. Their crime fighting potential makes it all the more tragic that the hallmark American company was forced to close their doors this week due to overreaching Union demands. Hostess Brands, Inc. said late Tuesday that it failed to reach an agreement with its second-biggest union. As a result, it appears that these super heroes will lose a tasty crime-fighting tool.
Iron Man throws Twinkies into the mouths of mansion robbers
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The Hulk throws a whole Hostess truck into bank robbers, then they all eat a snack
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Captain America fights Red Skull by bribing the cosmic cube with a Twinkie
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Spiderman finds out ‘printout man’ has been hording the towns Hostess cakes
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Batman & Robin bribe the un-dead with Twinkies
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‘Imagine this town without Twinkies!?’ The Hulk won’t let that happen
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Captain America puts bad guys in a good mood with Twinkies
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A ‘Twinkieless Gotham’ is Batman’s worst nightmare
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& Superman literally convinces aliens not to destroy the world by showing them Hostess cupcakes
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grimjack3791
Nov. 21, 2012 at 9:03amGlorious. Thank you.
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louise
Nov. 21, 2012 at 7:38amAdd your comments
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RougeFastFingers
Nov. 21, 2012 at 7:33amI remember those ads from the 1970s.
Silly as hell they were.
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alias.stone
Nov. 21, 2012 at 5:08amAs Bob Dylan once sang in reference to unions in his song, ‘Union Sundown’: “Sure was a good idea til greed got in the way…”
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Chi_Chi
Nov. 21, 2012 at 5:45amYeah we wouldn’t want people to have jobs unlessthe union thugs were getting their payoff. Read fresh political commentary at: http://smallcraftadvisorychronicles.blogspot.com/
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dmar003
Nov. 20, 2012 at 10:57pmaren’t unions great, they go in a company and destroy it. i am glad that the unions are protecting the worker, from this big bad company.
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encinom
Nov. 21, 2012 at 11:10amWhen the CEO gives himself a 300% raise and other executives receive obscene raises and bonuses. The union workers making less the $20 an hour are to blame. Not the millions of debt that the vulture capitalist backed management forced on the company.
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azitdad
Nov. 21, 2012 at 11:28amCorporate greed = bad
Union greed = good?
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tharpdevenport
Nov. 20, 2012 at 10:56pmAnybody notice how excited those yellow aliens got in the last one (the Superman one)? They were so … “moved” that their antennas were throbing. Look at them — you can see the black line throbing pulses comes off them.
In fact, I think they might be enjoying those things a little TOO much, if you know what I mean…
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PIGSWILLNEVERFLY
Nov. 20, 2012 at 10:09pm“If humans were as nice as Hostess fruit pies Hulk would be a lot happier”
“Maybe we could trade the car for some more Twinkie cakes?”
“Send the bill to my friend Clark Kent”
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KidCharlemagne
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:26pmWow….I hadn’t thought about this in years and years….
I still have a few of those old comics stashed away somewhere and I remember all the Hostess references inside….
Ironically enough though, Hostess didn’t sell in my region of the country back then, so I could only imagine at how yummy those Hostess fruit pies might be (LOL).
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sparkyrules
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:20pmYou Get a Big Delight in Every Bite.
No Twinkie,no pinkie,as my better half says.My Hostess.Woof Woof!
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Apple Bite
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:14pmIf my mom was alive today, she’d be sadden to know that there will no longer be any Honey Buns to munch on, like there were during her childhood.
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Apple Bite
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:11pmThey made a lot of fat folk and little kids very mad, that much is sure.
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Triple7
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:11pmShameless advertising. I love it!
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possom
Nov. 20, 2012 at 9:08pmThose bring back memories.
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Wolfgang the Gray
Nov. 20, 2012 at 8:59pmSo the Penguin belongs to the Baker’s Union? I thought as much! /8-)
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azitdad
Nov. 21, 2012 at 11:29amLol!
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