Too PC for me.

[brewer]

How do you know that Superman is not a chameleon?

(shit, now boy george stuck)

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

The Hulk shows up in a buncha different colours, I see no reason Superman shouldn’t (not everyone gets this, but Supe’s original skin tone was bronze).

Boru

Where did you hear that?

Here's a very science-y article explaining why its logical for Superman's skin to be dark, based on how his powers work.


That's true about the Hulk's different colors, but because they were all non-human colors like gray, green, red...it didn't come across as being related to "race" so there was no objection.  My personal favorite was gray, which was the original color.

Superman was essentially a rip-off of Doc Savage, ‘The Man of Bronze’ , so-called because of his skin colour (you can say ‘inspired by’ instead of ‘rip-off’ if you like, I shan’t quibble).

-Man of Bronze/Man of Steel.

-Both had famous, powerful fathers.

-Both operated out of New York City (Metroplis IS New York).

-Both were medical and scientific geniuses.

-Both had a Fortress of Solitude, located in the Arctic.

-Both fought crime.

-Savage was frequently referred to as ‘a Superman’ in newspapers.

Lots of other similarities. Siegel and Shuster simply filed off the serial numbers, changed the body lines just enough to keep it out of court, and viola! Superman.

Boru

[Spongebob]

Oh, I understand. I didn't know Doc Savage was known as the man of bronze. Yeah, not surprised. In reality, there are few creative things that don't have precedents. We could trace most of this stuff all the way back to the beginning of human history.

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I just though there are probably some Greeks rolling in their grave at how Marvel and Disney have depicted Hercules.

[The Architect Of Fate]

How do you know that Superman is not a chameleon?

(shit, now boy george stuck)

Superman once had the power to create mini projections of himself from his hands. Being able to be black wouldn't even be all that strange 




Oh, and super weaving was a thing ........

[Spongebob]

That's interesting. Where did that image projection power appear? I'm guessing back in the Golden Age.

The power I've always had a problem with is super cold breath. I could accept super force breath maybe, but not cold. His breath should be warm just like any living person because it originates in his lungs. And I could accept the he could expel his breath faster than any human, but his lung capacity shouldn't be much more than mine because his lungs only have so much volume. So it would be more like a high pressure pulse, not a minutes long exhale. By comic book logic Superman should be able to cut open a vein and fill up a stadium with is own blood. And yes, I know how silly it sounds.

[The Architect Of Fate]

That's interesting.  Where did that image projection power appear?  I'm guessing back in the Golden Age.

The power I've always had a problem with is super cold breath.  I could accept super force breath maybe, but not cold.  His breath should be warm just like any living person because it originates in his lungs.  And I could accept the he could expel his breath faster than any human, but his lung capacity shouldn't be much more than mine because his lungs only have so much volume.  So it would be more like a high pressure pulse, not a minutes long exhale.  By comic book logic Superman should be able to cut open a vein and fill up a stadium with is own blood.  And yes, I know how silly it sounds.

Yup like most of his wacky powers this was a golden age thing.

[Angrboda]

[Foxaèr]

Gay Hulk.

[The Architect Of Fate]

[Spongebob]

Oh, wow. This thread has devolved. How many of these are out there?