So That’s Why Superheroes Wear Their Underwear On The Outside

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   germinalconsequence

   December 31, 2013 at 5:19 pm

   The other reason I’ve heard is because of the printing and drawing techniques of the time benefiting from having the hands, briefs and boots in different colours to use as reference points. It’s also funny that the key differences between Flash Gordon and Superman are said to be the colour and cape, *not* the fact that FG also has no “underwear” on the outside. Bonus Fact: The earliest incarnations of Superman could only jump really high, not fly. This is why there is the strange sounding (for someone who can fly) line “Able to leap tall buildings in a single bound”.

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      gregorvorbarra

      January 1, 2014 at 4:00 am

      Superman powered up quite a bit over the years – he could not fly, had no super-breath or heat vision, pretty sure X-Ray vision was a late addition, and his strength and speed were much less than it has been recently. His “gaining power from the Sun” was added later.

      His recent incarnations have had him exceed light speed, strong enough to move planets, and so invulnerable that he could swan around within the Sun and survive handily. I recall one comment on the Justice League that the others were just there to pick up the Kryptonite…

      I found his death by Doomsday hard to believe partly because a punch to hurt Superman would need similar impact to a nuclear explosion, and partly because as Doomsday could not fly simply tossing him into space (possibly with a gust of super breath to maintain distance) would have been a much simpler and less risky strategy.

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   mekugi

   January 2, 2014 at 10:28 am

   Haha souperman.

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