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Unified Theory Of Superman’s Powers?
October 1st, 2009
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This isn’t exactly a new theory per se; Superboy, an attempt by the Cadmus Project to recreate Superman after his death, used “touch TK” to reproduce almost all of his abilites. (But you knew that as a Superman fanboy, right?)
But it doesn’t explain why he’s vulnerable to Kryptonite.
And John Byrne’s take on Gladiator, a Superman stand in, was that his powers were largely mental rather than physical. Something like his lifting a building was telekinesis rather than muscles.
It wouldn’t fit in with much of the rest of what’s been established regarding Superman’s powers over his long history (not that there aren’t contradictions and multiple explanations littered through that history) but it seemed like a view with possibilities to me.
I still chuckle at Niven’s “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex”…..
Was this written by a Special Olympics participant? Good God is that infantile and moronic!
I thought it was just because he came from Krypton.
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I like the last two words in the document.
This is clearly what John Byrne was promoting in the early issues of his Superman run, with scenes like Superman observing that he seems to be able to carry much larger objects when he flies than otherwise, or his mother noting that clothing that fits tightly to his skin is less often torn or dirty.
Dr. Psycho: or his mother noting that clothing that fits tightly to his skin is less often torn or dirty
Hence the frequent Byrne-era images of Supers with fragments of cape hanging off the back of his neck. But I thought, despite what he did with Gladiator, that Byrne postulated a thin personal aura/forcefield that kept Superman safe and his clothing (given they were skin tight) clean. Cape extended outside it so was vulnetable.
Personally, I was perfectly fine with the “Kryptonian things are super under a yellow sun” as complete explanation.
i too have heard this angle before. i remember reading in some ’70s fanzine someone’s “mental” theory for all of superman’s powers.
i personally subscribe to the “long history of different and sloppy script-writers looking desperately for new plots” theory. laughable, i know, but one day i’ll be vindicated.