HOLY NERDS! COMIC STORE ROBBER USED FAKE BOMB

VILLAIN

JOKER, Penguin, Two Face and whole host of comic book villains would probably be distinctly unimpressed by this comedy caper.
Wearing a blonde wig, glasses and a bandana, Mitchell Baum, 17, walked into a Detroit comic book store, flashed what looked like a home made bomb, before handing a note to the clerk demanding several boxes of Yu Gi Oh game cards which retail at about $90 a pop.
The clerk at the "Fun 4 All" store says the teen claimed his uncle was forcing him to do it and that if he was not given what he was asking for, his uncle would detonate the device.
Still he alerted his boss and security who quickly called police.
But rather than carry out his dastardly plan the teen actually paid for several items and left without the cards on the note.
Quickly picked up by Cops he was arrested and the Michigan State Police
Bomb Squad detonated the device, which turned out to be harmless.
Store Owner James Nelson said Baum was a regular customer adding: "The situation was bad at the beginning and the longer it went on, the less believable it became.
"I became less and less alarmed as things went on that anything was going to happen."
After his arrest, police say the teen told them that what he did was all a social experiment to see how people react in stressful situations.
But he now faces his own stressful situation after being charged with armed robbery and released on personal bond.