The Official DC Stupid Question Thread....

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

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

Thats why I said Black

 

[The Question]

Black Kryptonians don't make all that much sense. Kryptonians are solar powered. High melanin levels would hinder their ability to absorb solar radiation and oh sweet Jesus I'm actually arguing this I need to get off the computer. Good night.

 

[sto_vo_kor_2000]

Black Kryptonians don't make all that much sense. Kryptonians are solar powered. High melanin levels would hinder their ability to absorb solar radiation and oh sweet Jesus I'm actually arguing this I need to get off the computer. Good night.

Its not like Kryptonians were designed to be able to absorb yellow sun radiation.That only happens as a result of our yellow sun.In their natural sun being Black could be just as natural as it is here on earth.

And besides alien melanin might be more subjectaible to solar radiation.

And besides I dont think its ever really been said that Superman absorbs all the solar radiation threw his skin.

 

[Kitsune]

Black Kryptonians don't make all that much sense. Kryptonians are solar powered. High melanin levels would hinder their ability to absorb solar radiation and oh sweet Jesus I'm actually arguing this I need to get off the computer. Good night.

What I want to know is how the HECK Kryptonians evolved the ability to absorb solar radiation to the point where they can shoot lasers from their eyes and fly when they live under a sun that doesn't have that kind of power.

My theory is that at some point Krypton had a yellow sun, and it would have had to been at least as far back as kryptonion mamals since both dogs and primates seem to have the same powers. My theory is during the period of transition whatever protokryptonian mammal creatures evolved a cut off switch that prevented them from killing themselves by using their powers when the radiation was running low (aka red) this is why you can shin a red sun flashlight at Kal-El and his powers shut down, despite the fact there's a giant frigging sun in the sky that piling on plenty of energy and should pretty much overwhelm you. The gene catches the slightest hint of red sun energy and it bundles up your solar producing cells like that kid in Christmas story, and they can barely move much less provide you with the energy to power your super-powers.

 

[Anubis]

Well, apparently humans can do the same thing under a blue sun or something like that.

 

[Laplace_Zombie]

Well, apparently humans can do the same thing under a blue sun or something like that.

I've been in space. This man speaks the truth.

 

[Hans]

Okay, I'm not completely up to date on all things DC, but I remember a character called Sasha Bordeaux who used to be Bruce Wayne's bodyguard and eventually learned his secret and even went on patrol with him a few times. Has she been forgotten, or is she still around?

 

[Anubis]

She's the Black Queen of Checkmate and is currently dating Mr. Terrific. Though I dropped Checkmate after Rucka left and was replaced by Bruce "How does he keep finding work!?!" Jones, so she could be dead for all I know now.

 

[Hans]

Oh, she's in Checkmate? I really need to start reading that book. I've heard good things about it.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Read the trades from Rucka's run. If you're really, truly in love with the series after his last arc and simply must read more, try the Jones run then.

 

[BrianWilly]

Nah, I'm pretty sure that should be the other way around. If you love Rucka's run, you should avoid Jones like the ****ing plague.

Sasha played a massive part in the OMAC Project, which leads into Infinite Crisis and Checkmate. If you haven't read that one...you probably should.

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Superman needs to breath right?

So in space or under water he needs to hold his breath, right?

How long can he hold his breath for?

 

[Odin's Fury]

Superman needs to breath right?

So in space or under water he needs to hold his breath, right?

How long can he hold his breath for?

Yes, Superman needs to breathe. I think this was a change Post-Crisis, but I know he does now.

If you read any of the Trial of Superman, when Supes puts himself into exile, he carries oxygen canisters with him. In Kingdom Come, he only uses a breathing mask to communicate, but you have to assume there is some oxygen there, or he wouldn't be able to actually make sound.

How long can he hold it exactly? Dunno....

 

[Anubis]

About a month.

 

[Aristotle]

She's the Black Queen of Checkmate and is currently dating Mr. Terrific. Though I dropped Checkmate after Rucka left and was replaced by Bruce "How does he keep finding work!?!" Jones, so she could be dead for all I know now.

I'm excited to see what he does with the new Rob Liefeld property, "Bludpouch" (see Liefeld Appreciation Thread in Misc Comics.)

 

[Anubis]

He's gonna be working with Leifeld? That's a collaboration made in hell if I ever saw one.

 

[CBG]

Thanks to training from Mongul, he can stay in space for prolonged periods. Not sure exactly how long.

 

[Anubis]

About a month.

 

[BrianWilly]

Ehhh, it's questionable if Superman really does have to breathe if he has a steady source of yellow sunlight. Even post-Crisis Superman does the whole "sitting in the sun for a million years" thing.

 

[fifthfiend]

He's gonna be working with Leifeld? That's a collaboration made in hell if I ever saw one.

It's the two of them tied up together on their own creator-owned work. Every second they spend working on this thing is a second they spend not touching any project or character that any sane human being could conceivably care about. What's not to like?

 

[BAH HUMBBUG!]

Ehhh, it's questionable if Superman really does have to breathe if he has a steady source of yellow sunlight. Even post-Crisis Superman does the whole "sitting in the sun for a million years" thing.

Well that's why I brought it up. Because in All-Star Superman #12

Spoiler

at the end Supes is building an artificial heart for the sun and that must take some time (years even) and he is just holding his breath, I assume.

 

[Anubis]

It's the two of them tied up together on their own creator-owned work. Every second they spend working on this thing is a second they spend not touching any project or character that any sane human being could conceivably care about. What's not to like?

I didn't see it that way....thanks fiend. You've brightened my day.

 

[Aristotle]

I'm excited to see what he does with the new Rob Liefeld property, "Bludpouch" (see Liefeld Appreciation Thread in Misc Comics.)

He's gonna be working with Leifeld? That's a collaboration made in hell if I ever saw one.

It's the two of them tied up together on their own creator-owned work. Every second they spend working on this thing is a second they spend not touching any project or character that any sane human being could conceivably care about. What's not to like?

I didn't see it that way....thanks fiend. You've brightened my day.

I just want to make sure everyone knows that was a joke that I made up, based on a drawing in the Liefeld thread. There is no Bludpouch, no Jones/Liefeld collaboration.

But we should totally email Rich Johnston and tell him about it so he can put it in Lying in the Gutters. Come on, everybody commit to emailing him about it. We can start a pretty awesome rumor. We should change the name to Bludshard, though.

 

[CLARKY]

Has it been explained what the legion of the SH was really after in the lightning saga ?
The "guy" trapped in the lightning rod (at the end of the story) : Who is he ?
Because I feel this saga has been a whole dummy-trap, and I fell right into it.

 

[yenaled]

It will be revealed in Legion of Three Worlds.