Comments on: How Old Is Superman? http://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/ Lollards in the high church of low culture Tue, 29 May 2012 21:53:58 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 By: conley LaVere http://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-772956 conley LaVere Sun, 09 Jan 2011 10:41:28 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-772956 So it's not real and the story line is what you make it!Love the multi story lines and the imagery of Superman is timeless, if everyone who is not a fan would just let the story tells do his or her jobs then he will just be! So it’s not real and the story line is what you make it!Love the multi story lines and the imagery of Superman is timeless, if everyone who is not a fan would just let the story tells do his or her jobs then he will just be!

]]> By: Martin Skidmore http://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-404200 Martin Skidmore Tue, 08 Apr 2008 13:01:40 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-404200 I have read a DC editor saying that he is permanently 29. If you are looking at other eras, the DC One Million series, set a million months from Superman's first appearance, he was still alive, but there have been near-future stories showing him as an old man in a few decades. There may have been a future story from decades ago that was set in what is now the past! I have read a DC editor saying that he is permanently 29. If you are looking at other eras, the DC One Million series, set a million months from Superman’s first appearance, he was still alive, but there have been near-future stories showing him as an old man in a few decades. There may have been a future story from decades ago that was set in what is now the past!

]]> By: Peter http://freakytrigger.co.uk/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-31095 Peter Mon, 04 Sep 2006 05:28:38 +0000 http://freakytrigger.co.uk/ft/wedge/2004/08/how-old-is-superman/#comment-31095 Aging is brought about by the wearing down of tissue in the body. Since Superman heals incredibly fast (there are several accounts of this) Superman is ageless. Of course, there's always a comic book way around any science. Heck, there are comic book ways around death itself, so there's probably a way around aging. If a writer wants to age the Man of Steel, he can probably say that the nuclei (sp?) in his cells can only stand so much charging. His cells are basically solar panels that channel the sun's energy into his powers. Perhaps a part of those cells can only take so much. As for the Superman from Earth two, you'll notice that he was just as buffed, just as strong, just as fast as his Earth one counterpart. No one knows this (because I'm just now making this up) but the gray hair and the wrinkles were cosmetically done to give him the appearance of aging alongside his bride, Lois Lane-Clark. Remember, Lois was not always the supporting and nuturing person she is today. She was once pretty self-centered and Clark's not beyond lying to the people he loves in order to protect them or make them feel better. Aging is brought about by the wearing down of tissue in the body. Since Superman heals incredibly fast (there are several accounts of this) Superman is ageless. Of course, there’s always a comic book way around any science. Heck, there are comic book ways around death itself, so there’s probably a way around aging. If a writer wants to age the Man of Steel, he can probably say that the nuclei (sp?) in his cells can only stand so much charging. His cells are basically solar panels that channel the sun’s energy into his powers. Perhaps a part of those cells can only take so much.

As for the Superman from Earth two, you’ll notice that he was just as buffed, just as strong, just as fast as his Earth one counterpart. No one knows this (because I’m just now making this up) but the gray hair and the wrinkles were cosmetically done to give him the appearance of aging alongside his bride, Lois Lane-Clark. Remember, Lois was not always the supporting and nuturing person she is today. She was once pretty self-centered and Clark’s not beyond lying to the people he loves in order to protect them or make them feel better.

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