• @ChicoSuave
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    677 months ago

    Early Superman was such a jerk that I thought this was real for a moment. The “Make it stop” is perfect.

    • Flying SquidOP
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      You don’t really need a car if you can fly.

      Although Wonder Woman can fly has an invisible airplane. Also, you can see her while she’s inside it, so I don’t really get the point at all.

      Edit: Apparently she couldn’t fly at the time. The invisible part still doesn’t make much sense. I guess she just wanted everyone to think she could fly? But sitting down?

      • @isles
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        87 months ago

        Look, planes are hard to draw, OK?

  • Toes♀
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    137 months ago

    I’m surprised he didn’t laser beam the noisemaker

    • Flying SquidOP
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      357 months ago

      1930s Superman didn’t have heat vision.

      • @niktemadur
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        197 months ago

        He also took high, long jumps, didn’t fly.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          177 months ago

          And no kryptonite. That was developed for the radio show because Bud Collyer, the voice of Superman, got sick and they needed a reason for him to not talk but still have Superman around, so kryptonite took his voice away.

      • @[email protected]
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        Hah, good point!

        kagis

        According to this, the first issue was Superman #59, from 1949, using his “X-Ray Vision”:

        https://www.cbr.com/superman-first-heat-vision-usage/

        And wasn’t until 1961 that it was explicitly referred to as “Heat Vision”.

        Which I guess makes sense, because the laser wasn’t invented until 1960.

        That being said, I’m not sure that that’s from the 1930s. That car has what I assume are supposed to be whitewall tires, which apparently existed in the 1930s but peaked in popularity in the 1950s. I’m no vintage car expert, but to me, the body styling looks more like what I get when I search for 1940s cars than either 1930s (cars were still boxier, didn’t have a streamlined appearance) or 1950s (loss of the protruding tire guards or whatever those are called).

        And I guess that the car alarm is probably anachronistic, but that that’s intentional.

        • Flying SquidOP
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          137 months ago

          It’s the “explanation” for the image on the cover of Action Comics #1, Superman’s debut:

          • @ours
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            57 months ago

            I love the look of the guy on the bottom left. That’s one hell of a “holy fucking shit!” face.

  • @IndustryStandard
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    Superman is not natty. Once a while roid rage kicks in.

  • brianorca
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    87 months ago

    Seems like a Hancock move.

  • @taiyang
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    57 months ago

    I like that just minutes ago a car alarm was going off outside my place because another car went by with a fucked muffler and shook the place up.

    Superman is right, fuck cars.

  • @bamfic
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    47 months ago

    The hero we need.