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10 Weird things you did not know about Superman? Request Please

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Rocketeer

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...the whole mythos of Superman was "borrowed" from the 1917 sci-fi novel from Edgar Rice Borroughs; "A Princess of Mars", in which an earthman (John Carter) travels to Mars where he aquires super human abilities due to the difference in gravity and atmosphere of the planet....So technically Superman and Tarzan are first cousins,... hm

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If you want a better chance of becoming Superman's girlfriend, change your initials to LL

 

Lana Lang

Lori Lemaris

Lois Lane

 

Lyla Lerrol, Superman's love affair on Krypton.

Lola-La

Luma Lynai

 

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Legendary artist John Byrne who rebooted Superman in the 1980s, never saw his chest emblem as a red S on a yellow background. He has always pictured it as two yellow fish on a red background because that is what he thought it was when he first saw it as a child.

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Superman had a love affair with someone called Sally Selwyn and was actually engaged to be married to her. It all started while he was *under the inflluence of red kryponite and didn't know he was actually Superman. In a later issue, he ran into her again and remembered he was in love with her. He broke it off because he was worried she would be killed by mobsters who would want revenge on Superman.

 

Issue 169 suggests there may be further developments to this story, but I'm still reading my Silver Age run.

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If you want a better chance of becoming Superman's girlfriend, change your initials to LL

 

Lana Lang

Lori Lemaris

Lois Lane

 

Lyla Lerrol, Superman's love affair on Krypton.

Lola-La

Luma Lynai

 

Or even if you want to be a superhero yourself...

 

Peter Parker

Bruce Banner

Clark Kent (sounds the same)

Matt Murdoch

Reed Richards

Sue Storm

Guy Gardner

Stephen Strange

Silver Surfer

Archie Andrews

Jughead Jones

Wonder Woman

Mary Marvel

 

Or maybe you'd rather be a villain

 

Green Goblin

Otto Octavious

Curt Conners

Lex Luthor

J. Jonah Jameson

Mister Mxyzptlk

Doctor Doom

Michael Morbious

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Superman's glasses.

 

How is it that people don't recognize that Clark Kent and Superman are the same person when he either puts on or takes off his glasses?

 

In the golden age, it was explained that Superman could actually change the shape of his face (like putty). The glasses were only a prop to make Clark look more timid. In the early days of the strip, Clark and Superman's face were drawn a bit differently.

 

Over time, this was forgotten and Superman & Clark always had the same face (except for the glasses).

 

It was finally explained in the late 70s that Clark's glasses (made from the Kryptonian window of the rocket that brought him to earth) in conjunction with Superman's ability to hypnotize, project an illusion in people's mind that somehow make Clark look different & more timid than Superman. This was proven when Clark asks a sketch artist to draw a picture of himself and he looks a lot different than Superman wearing a pair of glasses.

 

Apparently, this hypnotic effect still persists for an unspecified period of time when Superman temporarily looses his powers.

 

Did he avoid being photographed?

 

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MR SigS

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If you want a better chance of becoming Superman's girlfriend, change your initials to LL

 

Lana Lang

Lori Lemaris

Lois Lane

 

Lyla Lerrol, Superman's love affair on Krypton.

Lola-La

Luma Lynai

 

Or even if you want to be a superhero yourself...

 

Peter Parker

Bruce Banner

Clark Kent (sounds the same)

Matt Murdoch

Reed Richards

Sue Storm

Guy Gardner

Stephen Strange

Silver Surfer

Archie Andrews

Jughead Jones

Wonder Woman

Mary Marvel

 

Or maybe you'd rather be a villain

 

Green Goblin

Otto Octavious

Curt Conners

Lex Luthor

J. Jonah Jameson

Mister Mxyzptlk

Doctor Doom

Michael Morbious

 

 

 

 

 

 

Betty Brant

Glory Grant

Robbie Robertson

Crusher Creel

Happy Hogan

Pepper Potts

Dum Dum Dugan

Bucky Barnes

Warren Worthington

Scott Summers

Samual Stern

Black Bolt

Grey Gargoyle

Paste Pot Pete...

 

 

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SolitaireOne

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Betty Brant

Glory Grant

Robbie Robertson

Crusher Creel

Happy Hogan

Pepper Potts

Dum Dum Dugan

Bucky Barnes

Warren Worthington

Scott Summers

Samual Stern

Black Bolt

Grey Gargoyle

Paste Pot Pete...

Stan Lee's apparent naming preference has been mentioned on Big Bang Theory before. 2c

 

lol

 

 

Some of those Supes factoids are :D !

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lol, Alliteration!!!!

 

I think I will have to work this in to the writing as well some how, its funny.

 

Jason

 

Betty Brant

Glory Grant

Robbie Robertson

Crusher Creel

Happy Hogan

Pepper Potts

Dum Dum Dugan

Bucky Barnes

Warren Worthington

Scott Summers

Samual Stern

Black Bolt

Grey Gargoyle

Paste Pot Pete...

Stan Lee's apparent naming preference has been mentioned on Big Bang Theory before. 2c

 

lol

 

 

Some of those Supes factoids are :D !

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Betty Brant

Glory Grant

Robbie Robertson

Crusher Creel

Happy Hogan

Pepper Potts

Dum Dum Dugan

Bucky Barnes

Warren Worthington

Scott Summers

Samual Stern

Black Bolt

Grey Gargoyle

Paste Pot Pete...

Stan Lee's apparent naming preference has been mentioned on Big Bang Theory before. 2c

 

lol

 

 

Some of those Supes factoids are :D !

 

"And worst of all.. Fin Fang Foom!"

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