tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post3578633173328099906..comments2024-03-27T08:49:38.786-03:00Comments on Siskoid's Blog of Geekery: One Panel #151-153: Men of SteelSiskoidhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-13877189711932208452017-02-17T04:12:50.783-04:002017-02-17T04:12:50.783-04:00Works for me! As long as we can blame Loeb for rui...Works for me! As long as we can blame Loeb for ruining the concept by making everyone Bruce Banner knows a Hulk.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382811944483828955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-88292018456709919642017-02-17T04:10:07.446-04:002017-02-17T04:10:07.446-04:00Jimmy contains multitudes. Jimmy contains multitudes. Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382811944483828955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-81098459855445577182017-02-16T08:54:32.821-04:002017-02-16T08:54:32.821-04:00More importantly, are we ready to credit Binder wi...More importantly, are we ready to credit Binder with the idea of creating a "Family" around a character?Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-38473143038054878202017-02-16T05:08:47.234-04:002017-02-16T05:08:47.234-04:00As Chris Sims noted on Comics Alliance, even Jimmy...As Chris Sims noted on Comics Alliance, even Jimmy Olsen became a knock-off of Mister Tawny. At the very least they get their clothes at the same place.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-80007042826054826092017-02-16T05:01:27.565-04:002017-02-16T05:01:27.565-04:00And then of course Binder would wind up at DC work...And then of course Binder would wind up at DC working on Superman. I knew he was responsible for Supergirl, but I just checked and a lot of his other contributions to the Super-mythos seem like spins on what he did on Capatin Marvel. Bizarro for Black Adam, Brainiac for Mister Mind, Elastic Lad and the Signal Watch for Captain Marvel, Junior, the Legion of Superheroes for the Lieutenants Marvel. I'm tempted to line Titano up with Mister Atom on account of the radiation they both wield, and link either the Phantom Zone or Kandor with the Rock of Eternity, but those may be a bit too much.Andrewhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06382811944483828955noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-87985485577961976582017-02-15T23:08:50.651-04:002017-02-15T23:08:50.651-04:00Exactly true, though only if you compare the two. ...Exactly true, though only if you compare the two. Other companies did have flying heroes, most notably a couple guys in Marvel Comics #1, and proto-Archie's Comet. But Superman was probably copying his most successful competitor.Siskoidhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08266365376486695812noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-37940560.post-39004620746982059442017-02-15T22:38:06.986-04:002017-02-15T22:38:06.986-04:00When Superman first came out, he was just a man wi...When Superman first came out, he was just a man with amped-up abilities; he could do everything ordinary men could do (albeit better), but he he had no abilities that men don't. Thus he was stronger and faster but could not fly; he was tough but still vulnerable to conventional weaponry (even if by "conventional weaponry" I mean a bursting shell rather than bullets, knives, and pointed sticks). And the origin of Superman's powers? Evolution! Kryptonians were the pinnacle of mankind; even on Krypton they were leaping around like fools (even with Krypton's somewhat-stronger gravity) because that's how mighty they all were. Leaping, though, not flying.<br /><br />Captain Marvel was the first hero to be flying. Captain Marvel was the first one to be invulnerable as we know the term today. In a lot of ways, Superman became a Captain Marvel imitator, as his abilities stopped being "human but enhanced" and more superhuman.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com