The Official DC Stupid Question Thread....

[TheCorpulent1]

You just made me a very happy man.

I will be there on release wednesday waiting...

The "dishwasher gloves" and giant seahorse are things I LOVE.

I've got a little aquaman statue perched atop my monitor right now. He's astride a giant seahorse and he's a bad mambajamba.

Thank you for my new happiness.

I suppose statistically someone must have. I just hope he's still got his water hand whenever he comes back. I know deep down that he won't, but I still hope.

 

[cerealkiller182]

I suppose statistically someone must have. I just hope he's still got his water hand whenever he comes back. I know deep down that he won't, but I still hope.

agreed`

 

[Spike_x1]

I suppose statistically someone must have. I just hope he's still got his water hand whenever he comes back. I know deep down that he won't, but I still hope.

 

[Spike_x1]

I think Bloodsport shot him in the shoulder. And I think they explained that it was a synthetic kryptonite or something, which is why you couldn't make a ton of kryptonite bullets.

Yeah, Bloodsport did shoot him in the shoulder, but it was with real kryptonite pieces that were made into needle-like projectiles for him to fire. They were made from the only known chunk of kryptonite at the time, which Lex Luthor had ripped out of Metallo's chest.

I miss the times when kryptonite was rare. It gave writers more reason to come up with interesting villains with cool gimmicks.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

But there was a lot of Kryptonite in the Silver Age.

 

[Spike_x1]

Damn rock. What an exciting threat to read about.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

If the Silver Age says so, it must be true.

 

[Varient]

Kyrptonite has to be a real durable material to survive interstellar space and landing in large chunks instead of burning up i earths atmosphere.

I wonder where it sits on the Mos scale?

 

[Franklin Richards]

But there was a lot of Kryptonite in the Silver Age.

They had that, "Kryptonite No More" storyline that was right before Byrne. It made all the Kryptonite on Earth turn into iron. Green K got real rare.

 

[Odin's Fury]

And the explosion that did it created a new evil Superman/Bizzaro/Nuclear Man guy.

Awesome.....

 

[Spike_x1]

They had that, "Kryptonite No More" storyline that was right before Byrne. It made all the Kryptonite on Earth turn into iron. Green K got real rare.

I think it was Denny O'Neil who instigated that change, because he realized what a crappy writer's crutch that the rock and its radiation were. The change didn't last for very long, however; writers whom were nostalgic for the status quo, no matter how good the very recent changes to it were (Geoff Johns' predecessors, I guess) decided to take two steps backward and brought in more kryptonite shortly before CoIE started. And then it didn't matter anymore.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Is "All-Star Superman" any good? If so, is it better than "All-Star Batman & Robin"?

 

[Lobo]

Yes, and hell yes

 

[Silicon Surfer]

Kyrptonite has to be a real durable material to survive interstellar space and landing in large chunks instead of burning up i earths atmosphere.

I wonder where it sits on the Mos scale?

Kryptonite was immune to the heat of entry into the atmosphere but not to anything else. Strange stuff.

 

[batnkevlar]

Ok, so with the emergence of New Krypton, are there any dark skinned Kryptonians? I mean, i remember in PreCrisis, Krypton was segregated, but since the Crisis and Civil Rights, I haven't seen any mention of it... what gives?

 

[Silicon Surfer]

Ok, so with the emergence of New Krypton, are there any dark skinned Kryptonians? I mean, i remember in Pre-Crisis, Krypton was segregated, but since the Crisis and Civil Rights, I haven't seen any mention of it... what gives?

All the pre-crisis Kryptonians that I ever saw were white. They were also under a single world government for 5000 years. The only differences in any of the Kryptonians that I ever saw was that there were a very few magic wielders that kept themselves separate deliberately.

 

[batnkevlar]

I remember reading a book where it goes over the geography of Krypton, and I could have sworn there was a segregated area for dark Kryptonians...

 

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

Ok, so with the emergence of New Krypton, are there any dark skinned Kryptonians? I mean, i remember in PreCrisis, Krypton was segregated, but since the Crisis and Civil Rights, I haven't seen any mention of it... what gives?

All the pre-crisis Kryptonians that I ever saw were white. They were also under a single world government for 5000 years. The only differences in any of the Kryptonians that I ever saw was that there were a very few magic wielders that kept themselves separate deliberately.

I didnt respond to the question because I'm not sure what you meat by "New Krypton" and I still dont.

But I can inform both you guys about the "Few" non-white Kryptonians.

The first Black Kryptonians in comics first appeared in 1971's Superman #234 [Pre Crisis] and were from an all black island on Krypton called Vathlo Island and the island itself shown on a map in Superman #239 [also pre Crisis].

An offhand reference to the same island and "racial trouble" was made in Alan Moore's story "For the Man Who Has Everything" in Superman Annual #11 from 1985 [which was also pre crisis].

In Superman: The Man of Steel # 111 from 2001, a black Kryptonian named "Iph-Ro of Vathlo" appeared but I cant give you any more details about him since I dont have any.

 

[batnkevlar]

Haha, I knew I was right!

 

[WompuM]

There was an African-Kryptonian on Smallville a few seasons back.

 

[Dr. Fate]

Yes, and hell yes

I will be sure to look for it then.

 

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

There was an African-Kryptonian on Smallville a few seasons back.

Yes there was.

I also read somewhere that Jaxsor from the 90's animated Superman cartoon was ether Black or at least a dark skinned Kryptonian.

Also in the Legion of Superheroes episode "Message in a Bottle" you can see at least 1 Black man and one Black woman in the crowd that surrounded Superman when he was teleported into the bottled city of Kandor.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6NNPHt6mHs4

 

[batnkevlar]

Keep in mind they're not African Kryptonian, they're dark skinned...

 

[Hush]

Isn't there dark skinned Kryptonians in Godfall?

 

[batnkevlar]

On the New Krypton covers there ain't...