Don’t spit into the wind. Don’t tug on Superman’s cape. Don’t mess with the comics.

Everyone knows the first two idioms about seemingly self-defeating acts. The third, far lesser known one was told to me by a former boss. People are creatures of habit — they know what they like and tend to stick with it. Fiddle with it, and you run the risk of disrupting the Earth’s gravitational pull.

The Plaindealer doesn’t run comics. But we do publish puzzles, and last week we eliminated the Los ...