Odd things about superheroes...

Dannyalcatraz · Oct 17, 2017

Ed Laprade said:
6) Why do any of those who have regular jobs, still have them? (Not that there are very many of them in the first place.)

14) How do the young heroes not keep getting suspended from school? If they are home schooled, how have their parents or legal guardians not become aware of their secret IDs?

15) Odds are good they're not all atheists, so how do heroes who practice a religion deal with conflicts between their faith and their vigilantism? Do orthodox Jewish ones not do super stuff on the sabbath? Do Mormon or 7th Day Adventist ones do their missionary work?

16) What happens when they meet "divine beings" other than the subject of their faith? What about when they meet the ones they DO believe in?

17) Those who claim to be the divine beings of human myth...how did they first deal with nonbelievers? How do they deal with believers, especially if they're from a pantheon that is largely relegated to "myth" as opposed to an active religion?

megamania · Oct 17, 2017

14) Banner + radiation = hulk. Spider + radiation = power giving bite cosmic radiation = fantastic four........ radiation + cancer = very expensive medical bills....... I feel cheated.

15) NYC drinking water must give powers since 75% of super powered people live there......

16) male sasquatch looks the same as female..... just different colored hair...... ?!?

17) How come only beautiful people are in the crowds and few terrible acne or missing teeth people are? Where are the average Wal-Mart customers?

Dannyalcatraz · Oct 17, 2017

16) male sasquatch looks the same as female..... just different colored hair...... ?!?

I missed that.

17) How come only beautiful people are in the crowds and few terrible acne or missing teeth people are? Where are the average Wal-Mart customers?

18) Where are the Average Joe, "Wall-Martian" & po' folk supers? 99.99% of them are in great shape, have no disabilities, perfect eyes & teeth. Most are middle-class or higher. Where is Super Tommy Jacks, the Atomic Ranch Hand with his fearsome Laser Chaw?

Dioltach · Oct 17, 2017

Where's the Australian Spiderman? I guarantee he'd be a bit scarier than the American version.

Dannyalcatraz · Oct 17, 2017

Dioltach said:
Where's the Australian Spiderman? I guarantee he'd be a bit scarier than the American version.

"Look out, it's Funnelweb Fred and Rodger Redback!!!"

Tonguez · Oct 17, 2017

Dannyalcatraz said:
12) What happens when Superman (or an analogous character) sneezes? Coughs?

13) Who was The Hulk's tailor? Those pants- they fit a 5'10, 150lb man (guessing) AND a 7'+ 1000lb behemoth in the waist and inseam, of not the actual legs. Why did his tailor only sell him purple pants? How is it that a white atomic scientist who wears purple pants all the time isn't thought of as more unusual and at least semi infamous, when Prince (who often did likewise), was recognizable worldwide? Shouldn't that have made him at least as recognizable a scientist as Michio Kaku, Neil DeGrasse Tyson or at least Bill Nye? Beaker?

and why is it that no matter what Banner is wearing, the Hulks pants always turn purple - is it a feature of the amazing stretch fabric?

and where do all the Villains get their minions from? IS there like a stooge recruiting office?

where exactly does a New York teenager get the chemicals to make web fluid?

Dannyalcatraz · Oct 17, 2017

Tonguez said:
and where do all the Villains get their minions from? IS there like a stooge recruiting office?

I suspect it's an associates degree at DeVry or ITT Tech.

where exactly does a New York teenager get the chemicals to make web fluid?

And why hasn't this put him on a watched list?

Why, with his moral compass, hasn't he tried to get grants- or a position with a major engineering/tech company to multiply the positive impact of his webbing a thousandfold by making Devices for crowd control, safety gear, and countless other uses?

Ryujin · Oct 17, 2017

megamania said:
17) How come only beautiful people are in the crowds and few terrible acne or missing teeth people are? Where are the average Wal-Mart customers?

At Wal-Mart?

Blue · Oct 17, 2017

Dannyalcatraz said:
How is it that a white atomic scientist who wears purple pants all the time isn't thought of as more unusual and at least semi infamous, when Prince (who often did likewise), was recognizable worldwide? Shouldn't that have made him at least as recognizable a scientist as Michio Kaku, Neil DeGrasse Tyson or at least Bill Nye? Beaker?

That's it, the next superhero I play is SO going to be Neil DeGrasse Tyson in his secret identity.

Random Bystander · Oct 17, 2017

Dannyalcatraz said:
Why, with his moral compass, hasn't he tried to get grants- or a position with a major engineering/tech company to multiply the positive impact of his webbing a thousandfold by making Devices for crowd control, safety gear, and countless other uses?

...Quite possibly, his moral compass.

Ten issues till the company head is using the web-fluid for a war machine of some sort; fifteen to twenty before their government (or some "rogue agency") tries to use it to round up and massacre/mind control mutants...Again.

/Magneto was right. /s /maybe