It’s a bird, it’s a plane…
July 3rd, 2006 by TEXOk, so the new Superman movie is out, and no, I haven’t seen it yet. I never dug Superman when I was in my comic book consuming phase as a kid. The whole premise just annoyed me - he’s invulnerable. Gee, I wonder how this comic will end?
Alright, I know, it’s a given that all super heroes are absurd constructs. Batman is really the only plausible super hero because he’s just a crazy rich guy.
Anyway, I didn’t really get Superman until I was older. If Batman is crazy then Superman is batshit loony. Why? Well, ok, just think about the challenges Kal-El has living on earth. And if you can’t quite contemplate them some kind denizen of the net has reprinted Larry Niven’s brilliant essay on the subject, Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex.
Enjoy.
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