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SUPER SHOWDOWN
By HENRY CABOT BECK
April 30, 2006 -- WHO'S tougher, the Man of Steel or the misunderstood mutants? And who has the most devoted fans?
The box-office battle of the summer begins when "X-Men: The Last Stand" opens May 26, followed within days by "Superman Returns."
Superhero supporters are a notoriously loyal bunch, and in a few weeks they'll be lined up at the multiplexes, the X-fans glaring at the Superfans, all wondering the same thing: Who would win in a toe-to-toe tussle?
(Warning to readers who weren't bullied every day in grade school:
Extreme geekiness lies ahead.)
Julian Moraga of Atomic Comics in Mesa, Ariz., has no doubt.
"Superman would whip them all, except maybe Wolverine 'cause Wolverine would just keep healing his hairy ass," says Julian.
"Cyclops couldn't hurt him with his eyebeams," Moraga adds. "And what could Storm do? Rain on him?"
"The real threat would come from the X-Men who possess psychic powers, like Professor Xavier or Jean Grey," says Brooklynite Carl Huebner, an animator and filmmaker. "If they got into Superman's skull, they could force him to eat kryptonite and die."
"The X-Men could do the most damage with a coordinated attack," Huebner adds. "If, for example, Xavier could psychically confuse Superman long enough so that Rogue could drain his powers, he'd be vulnerable to some of the more powerful mutants, like Colossus."
One thing fans agree on is that Superman's greatest threat would be the Dark Phoenix, a cosmic-powered entity who possesses Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) in the new X-Men film.
"No doubt about it," Huebner says, "Dark Phoenix might just be able to take Superman all by herself."
SUPER SHOWDOWN
By HENRY CABOT BECK
April 30, 2006 -- WHO'S tougher, the Man of Steel or the misunderstood mutants? And who has the most devoted fans?
The box-office battle of the summer begins when "X-Men: The Last Stand" opens May 26, followed within days by "Superman Returns."
Superhero supporters are a notoriously loyal bunch, and in a few weeks they'll be lined up at the multiplexes, the X-fans glaring at the Superfans, all wondering the same thing: Who would win in a toe-to-toe tussle?
(Warning to readers who weren't bullied every day in grade school:
Extreme geekiness lies ahead.)
Julian Moraga of Atomic Comics in Mesa, Ariz., has no doubt.
"Superman would whip them all, except maybe Wolverine 'cause Wolverine would just keep healing his hairy ass," says Julian.
"Cyclops couldn't hurt him with his eyebeams," Moraga adds. "And what could Storm do? Rain on him?"
"The real threat would come from the X-Men who possess psychic powers, like Professor Xavier or Jean Grey," says Brooklynite Carl Huebner, an animator and filmmaker. "If they got into Superman's skull, they could force him to eat kryptonite and die."
"The X-Men could do the most damage with a coordinated attack," Huebner adds. "If, for example, Xavier could psychically confuse Superman long enough so that Rogue could drain his powers, he'd be vulnerable to some of the more powerful mutants, like Colossus."
One thing fans agree on is that Superman's greatest threat would be the Dark Phoenix, a cosmic-powered entity who possesses Jean Grey (Famke Janssen) in the new X-Men film.
"No doubt about it," Huebner says, "Dark Phoenix might just be able to take Superman all by herself."
