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Yeah, lets make the one Superhero that's actual blood relatives with the Greek Pantheon be the one that converts to Catholicism...genius.
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The Question IRL posted:Oh and Superman leaves behind a bucket of Supersperm to repopulate the world, with no heed given to the fact that it means everyone is going to be half brothers and half sisters. If it's the only way... It's just like any other creation myth that has us all descended from two people.
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I..wha? How is she swinging it like that? Shouldn't the gun be knocked the other way? Isn't that mace going to just swing around and hit her in the back?
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Malachite_Dragon posted:He's also almost as physically strong as Superman on dry land, and possibly even stronger when in the water. No one ever remembers that. Isn't that true of like half the JLA. Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, they're all "almost as strong as Superman".
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Lurdiak posted:Isn't that true of like half the JLA. Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, they're all "almost as strong as Superman". Good thing we're talking about strength then because that "almost" is doing a lot of heavy lifting.
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Dareon posted:On the plus side, Aquaman got a power boost. Or is "Ha ha, talking to fish is literally the worst power" not actually applicable anymore? I admit I don't know anything about Aquaman since he grew the beard. From the JLU series his superpower is being metal as gently caress.
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Bruceski posted:From the JLU series his superpower is being metal as gently caress. "King of the sea, remember?"
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Jun 17, 2017 20:36
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PAD's Aquaman is metal as gently caress and I still love that era and thank god DC is finally printing collected editions.
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Malachite_Dragon posted:He's also almost as physically strong as Superman on dry land, and possibly even stronger when in the water. No one ever remembers that. Aquaman can lift cars or boats. Superman can crack planets in half. He's a magnitude stronger than Aquaman. Ww and Mm are in the same ballpark as Supes though. Also the best aquaman is clearly the BatB one, and I'm happy that Snyder seems to include some of that levity in the JL movie character. Fingers crossed Whedon doesnt muck it up!
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McCloud posted:Also the best aquaman is clearly the BatB one, and I'm happy that Snyder seems to include some of that levity in the JL movie character. Fingers crossed Whedon doesnt muck it up! Yes, Whedon is known for mucking up Snyder's lightheartedness.
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Lurdiak posted:Isn't that true of like half the JLA. Martian Manhunter, Wonder Woman, Aquaman, they're all "almost as strong as Superman". "Those contests were for charity, Jonn." E: In All-Star, Superman presses five quintillion tons with one arm. Now, all comic book numbers are bullshit, but it's a nice round number for helping to remember the scales involved. For any other very strong character, just ask yourself, how many quintillion tons can they lift one-handed? Doc Hawkins fucked around with this message at 23:34 on Jun 17, 2017 |
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Jun 17, 2017 23:29
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Evil Mastermind posted:Arthur has one panel at the beginning saying "I can't contact Atlantis", then they're never mentioned again. For all we know they're all dead. Probably "Breathing Underwater" turned out to be a superpower which is bad news when you live at the bottom of the ocean.
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Say Nothing posted:Injustice. Women just doing something a man already did and claiming credit for it. 
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Doc Hawkins posted:"Those contests were for charity, Jonn." That's an extremely poor example because All-Star Superman is a story about Superman getting so overcharged it is killing him but also allows him to do things he never could be before
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ImpAtom posted:That's an extremely poor example because All-Star Superman is a story about Superman getting so overcharged it is killing him but also allows him to do things he never could be before On the other hand if you assume New 52 Superman and New Old Superman have roughly the same strength, this happened.  Though, again, that's the dead one.
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SomeMathGuy posted:On the other hand if you assume New 52 Superman and New Old Superman have roughly the same strength, this happened. That's an unconventional bench-press position.
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SomeMathGuy posted:On the other hand if you assume New 52 Superman and New Old Superman have roughly the same strength, this happened. He got better then merged with the New Old Superman because they were actually the same person, or something. It was Mxyzptlk (which was apparently in Chrome's dictionary) fault.
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Skwirl posted:He got better then merged with the New Old Superman because they were actually the same person, or something. It was Mxyzptlk (which was apparently in Chrome's dictionary) fault. Man, I should've stuck with that book.
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SomeMathGuy posted:Man, I should've stuck with that book. I don't actually read the book, I only know about it because a lot of people who did were bitching about it in the DC thread when it happened.
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Jun 18, 2017 01:34
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How many times can you NOT MY SUPERMAN in a decade?
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hiddenriverninja posted:How many times can you NOT MY SUPERMAN in a decade? I dunno, how many times can they revamp Superman in a decade?
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Ok get this guys, this version of Superman has no powers, but he has guns. And instead of tights he wears an all-black armor. And his catchphrase is "I love neoliberalism and the cops!"
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Lurdiak posted:Ok get this guys, this version of Superman has no powers, but he has guns. And instead of tights he wears an all-black armor. And his catchphrase is "I love neoliberalism and the cops!" Isn't that how Superman comes back in Return of Superman, you know, the comic where a cyborg, Black Iron Man with the totally not on nose name John Henry Irons, his teenage clone and rear end in a top hat Superman with hand lasers and sunglasses were arguing about who's the real Superman. Also Coast City dies and then Hal Jordan is a villain for a half a decade.
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I'm not sure I could come up with a version of Superman that doesn't exist somewhere.
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Lurdiak posted:I'm not sure I could come up with a version of Superman that doesn't exist somewhere. One Zack Snyder can make a good movie with
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Rhonne posted:I..wha? How is she swinging it like that? Shouldn't the gun be knocked the other way? Isn't that mace going to just swing around and hit her in the back? Well judging from her pose, her back is already broken so maybe that's what happened.
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Skwirl posted:Women just doing something a man already did and claiming credit for it. Yeah, but she's doing it in heels.
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Skwirl posted:the totally not on nose name John Henry Irons I kind of assumed he had been named after the folk hero. In-universe, I mean. And that's why he started using a hammer?
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Doom Mathematic posted:I kind of assumed he had been named after the folk hero. In-universe, I mean. And that's why he started using a hammer? That's the New Frontier version.
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prefect posted:Is there anything special about the Martian Manhunter when compared to other Martians, other than not being dead? Is he just another Martian, or is he particularly good at Martianing? Yeah: 
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Alhazred posted:Yeah: Good for him.  Also, it still feels good to see Superboy Prime get punched. What an rear end in a top hat.
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Choco1980 posted:Yeah, lets make the one Superhero that's actual blood relatives with the Greek Pantheon be the one that converts to Catholicism...genius. Guest writer: John C. Wright. (edit after checking Wikipedia: No, really, Moench wrote this poo poo? How the mighty have fallen.)
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Doom Mathematic posted:I kind of assumed he had been named after the folk hero. In-universe, I mean. And that's why he started using a hammer? He was. His first appearance starts with him telling the story of John Henry to some neighbourhood kids.
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I'm pretty sure Martian Manhunter is explained to be one of the most adept at his Martian abilities. Even before everyone else died. Where other people used conscious thought and discipline to perfectly alter their biomass and do stuff, he could just innately do it on the fly, no time spent on calculating it all. It's kinda like how most people have the ability in their brain to do complex mathematics, but need to use paper and pen to keep it all straight. Meanwhile some people can mentally do calculus problems without a problem. And at least in the young justice cartoon, he explains that Miss Martian, while not nearly as adept at the physical aspects of her powers, was the strongest psionic of any Martian he had ever met, including himself.
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There's an evil Martian Manhunter though, so obviously he can't be all that unique.
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Well, in that sense you could probably just say that he's kind of like the Batman of the Martians - he's not actually superhuman (or I guess, supermartian) but he's operating at the top level of his species capability in more than one category.
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If you need proof that J'onn rules, New Frontier and the JLI series are your jam. Or JLU.
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