Action Comics #242 - famous cover... that makes no sense? 1 1

[kav]

11 hours ago, Lightning55 said:

He did DARE him....can't back down now.  It's right there in the super-hero rule book.

It wasnt a triple dog dare tho 

[valiantman]

16 hours ago, catman76 said:

What's difficult to understand about it? I haven't read the story but from the cover Superman is saying he has to take the chance that he will be destroyed because he has to kill the guy, probably to protect the earth or the universe or something. He has to do something if he is bluffing or not. Pretty simple to understand to me.

Superman is saying "I can't take that chance". 

[valiantman]

21 hours ago, DanCooper said:

One of my all-time favorite captions on the cover of Challengers of the Unknown #1:

"Our young captor from OUT OF SPACE left the top off of our cage......."

Did the young captor live in a small studio apartment? Was he a hoarder and space was becoming sparse?

"Out of space" when it should be "Outer space" seems like one of those things people say all the time because they don't realize it's wrong.

"Doggy dog world" when it should be "Dog eat dog world" is another one.

If you think that's the only example, you've got another thing THINK coming. 

[kav]

1 minute ago, valiantman said:

"Out of space" when it should be "Outer space" seems like one of those things people say all the time because they don't realize it's wrong.

"Doggy dog world" when it should be "Dog eat dog world" is another one.

If you think that's the only example, you've got another thing THINK coming. 

yep like that TV show Star Track.

[valiantman]

1 minute ago, kav said:

yep like that TV show Star Track.

Then there's the trinity of wrongs...

For all intensive purposes, this is a mute point, and I could care less. 

[s-man]

So how exactly is Superman hearing Brainiac in the vacuum of space anyway?

[kav]

Just now, s-man said:

So how exactly is Superman hearing Brainiac in the vacuum of space anyway?

DC editor:
"He has super hearing"
   

[s-man]

Just now, kav said:

DC editor:
"He has super hearing"
   

Yes but sound waves do not travel in space

[valiantman]

3 minutes ago, s-man said:

4 minutes ago, kav said:

DC editor:
"He has super hearing"
   

Yes but sound waves do not travel in space

Why does Brainiac need to stand on that rock?  Did he fly all the way there and find that rock to stand on, or did he bring it with him? 

[valiantman]

Just now, valiantman said:

4 minutes ago, s-man said:

6 minutes ago, kav said:

DC editor:
"He has super hearing"
   

Yes but sound waves do not travel in space

Why does Brainiac need to stand on that rock?  Did he fly all the way there and find that rock to stand on, or did he bring it with him? 

Is that Superman's cape casting a shadow below his feet... in space? 

[kav]

16 minutes ago, s-man said:

Yes but sound waves do not travel in space

thats why I said  

[kav]

11 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Is that Superman's cape casting a shadow below his feet... in space? 

there are shadows in space due to suns.

[s-man]

20 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Why does Brainiac need to stand on that rock?  Did he fly all the way there and find that rock to stand on, or did he bring it with him? 

That's the IROCK B!

[kav]

14 minutes ago, kav said:

31 minutes ago, s-man said:

Yes but sound waves do not travel in space

thats why I said  

If DC writers and editors thought Man once had a third eye in back of his head to 'warn of danger' (not SEE danger, mind you) then they wouldnt blink at being able to hear in a vacuum due to super eardrums.
Ps as a kid reading that it disturbed me that we once had an eye in back of our heads.  I figured it would get poked frequently by stuff.

[valiantman]

17 hours ago, Cliff R. said:

I always found it odd that Spidey would risk divulging his secret identity to this hoodlum.  

 

 

Peter Parker's just this guy, yeah, just some guy I know... the world mocks Peter... but not me, Spider-Man.  No relation.

[valiantman]

27 minutes ago, kav said:

39 minutes ago, valiantman said:

Is that Superman's cape casting a shadow below his feet... in space? 

there are shadows in space due to suns.

The shadow is being cast and resting... upon nothing.

[kav]

1 minute ago, valiantman said:

The shadow is being cast and resting... upon nothing.

aw damn

[1950's war comics]

i bet everybody on the boards pronounces Mr Mxyzptlk differently inside their head

i have always pronounced it   "mix-plick-it"

[THE_BEYONDER]

15 minutes ago, 1950's war comics said:

i bet everybody on the boards pronounces Mr Mxyzptlk differently inside their head

i have always pronounced it   "mix-plick-it"

“Mitz-a-plick” for me 

[kav]

I pernounce it "greggy"