Monday, February 23, 2009

Superman is too powerful to feel?


I was reading a comic book during my break today and I started thinking about Superman. Amongst a host of other things Superman is impervious. You shoot him with a gun, it bounces off him. You slap him in the face, you break your hand. A tank shells him with their round, the round blows up and Superman doesn't even move. In fact, only ONCE have I ever seen his costume get completely blown off in a comic. His super junk was covered with a cleverly placed waft of smoke, don't worry. I have seen many comics lately that show his costume getting torn or tattered a bit, so at least they have somewhat corrected that glaring mistake. I mean, even if your explanation is that it is a special Kryptonian material that is ALSO indestructible...how did Martha Kent, Clark Kent's adopted Earth mother, sew it into a costume? The needle would break. Perhaps Superman used a piece of his Kryptonian ship to form a needle and this is how she sewed the costume. Whatever, this isn't what I was thinking about...we can talk more about this later, I'm sure.


What I WAS thinking about was this: Superman hardly ever flinches unless it is a SUPER baddy hitting him or something. As I mentioned before, if you slap him...he doesn't budge. If you shoot him, he doesn't move. No tears. No wincing. No sign of pain what-so-ever. Based off of this, I think it is safe to say that Superman does not feel these things. Does this mean that Superman wouldn't feel a child tapping on his leg? Someone giving him a hug? A butt pinch? What about when he is roasted marshmallows and his hand gets too close to the fire? He doesn't feel it. This leaves Lois, his wife, in a unusual position. No matter what she does Superman will never feel her touch. She would have to literally give Superman a super-powered hug to get him to feel it.


How much pressure would it take to register that someone is touching Superman?


Just something I was thinking about today.

12 comments:

Unknown said...

for many years i've pondered the potential fatality lurking in the act of making love with superman-how much control do you think he has? and what kind of a condom could he use?

Unknown said...

Superman is not hurt by these intense pressures against his body. This doesnt mean he doesnt feel these pressures. His body just cannot be penetrated. A knife shatters against his chest, but his body certainly recognizes the pressure. At the very least, the hair fibers on his body are able to detect such things as Lois grazing her hand across him. Superman simply just cannot feel pain. He can certainly detect pressure against his body however. One could even stretch this subject far enough to say he has "super perception" which enables him to simulate feeling things as a normal human would.

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