Questions tagged [superman]
For questions about the iconic superhero and Justice League member from the DC comics franchise: "Superman". Use with the [dc] tag and any relevant adaptation tag(s) (i.e. use [comics] to refer to comic references).
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In mainstream post-Crisis continuity, when did Luthor boast to Lois about how he could end cancer and famine?
In Action Comics #837, the second issue of the 2006 storyline "Up, Up, and Away!", Lois alludes to a past conversation with Lex Luthor.
"He once told me that he believed he had the ...
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What are the new powers given to Superman in the animated TV series "My Adventures with Superman"?
In the animated TV series My Adventures with Superman, there is a reimagined version of Superman. He has some special abilities compared to the normal Superman we know.
What are these additional ...
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Was this poem about Superman and Robin inspired by a specific comic?
I'm wondering if eight-year-old boy-genius Gerald Bostock was inspired by an actual comic with his poem Thick as a Brick (written on the 3rd of March 1972).
Here is the relevant passage:
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Can Superman cut himself with his heat vision? [duplicate]
Can Superman cut himself with his heat vision?
Can Superman cut an alternate version of himself (e.g. clone, parallel universe) using his heat vision?
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Comic where Kara and Kal-el are sent to Earth in pods, Kara comes late
What is the comic where both Kryptonians, Kara and Kal-el, are sent in pods to Earth; Kara's pod is hit by debris from Krypton exploding and goes off track and into cryo and ends up orbiting a star? (...
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Can Superman get high? [duplicate]
Someone already asked on this site if the Man of Steel can be effected by alcohol, but does anyone know whether he could be affected by narcotics as well?
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1970s (?) JLA story with Superman frozen
I'm looking for a comic, probably published in the 1970s, where the Justice League of America was captured by a group of villains and Superman was frozen solid. Villains included Gorilla Grodd, ...
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What are these weapons in My Adventures with Superman s1e7 "Kiss kiss fall in portal"?
Without getting to specific on spoilers, we see a rack of weapons and arms in My Adventures with Superman s1e7. I recognize a few of these, and from that I can assume most if not all reference ...
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How did Martha and Jonathan Kent have the information needed to take care of Superman?
When Superman’s human parents first encountered Superman at the crash site, he was an infant. It can be inferred from the comics that Superman is able to eat human food normally even though this would ...
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Why couldn’t Lois drive Clark back to the North Pole in Superman II?
In Superman II, many people ask how Clark got back from the North Pole with Lois by car. He knew he needed to go back to try and get his powers from Jor-El, if at all possible, after he got his ass ...
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In Superman (1978), did two Supermen exist at one point in time?
In the movie Superman (1978), Superman flies around the world in one direction to make the Earth go back in time, and then he stops and then flies around the Earth in the opposite direction to restore ...
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Does Superman have finger/palm prints?
Some years ago an article appeared in Wizard Magazine, asking/showing how certain comic artists would have done Superman's costume differently. One of them said he'd give Superman gloves because ...
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First instance when Clark Kent worked as something other than a journalist
Clark Kent, in most of his appearances, works as journalist for the Daily Planet. As far as I can remember, he has always worked as a journalist in all of his incarnations except when he did different ...
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DC comic featuring an entire planet terraformed by blind people so it looks like Superman's head
I have a very faint (probably from the 1960s) memory of reading a DC comic and there was Superman flying past an entire alien planet that looked just like Superman's head.
I got zero memory of the ...
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Is Superman smart?
So I tried searching this on Google but I found the answer inconclusive.
Anyways here by smart I simply mean smarter than the average human, like I have never seen Superman display a feat of his &...
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