[Fledermaus]

It goes back and forth.

In the more current Superman cartoons on TV they went back to his limits - gets tired, moving large objects strains him, etc. The ones with Tim Daly were like that.

They always update and change them like with the Spider-Man movie. It went from a "radioactive" spider to a "genetically altered" spider that bit him.

And in the comic books, Peter Parker made his own webs with a formula he came up with and a web-shooter he built. It wasn't natural like in the movie. But the movie wouldn't have worked as well if they didn't make the webbing a part of his change.

Even in the very old Superman serials, he couldn't fly...only "leap" in a single bound.

[TheBigB]

And in the comic books, Peter Parker made his own webs with a formula he came up with and a web-shooter he built. It wasn't natural like in the movie. But the movie wouldn't have worked as well if they didn't make the webbing a part of his change.

Needless to say, the movie also wouldn't have worked as well if they had had him shoot the webbing out of his butt, like a real spider. ;)

[Fedora]

> Even in the very old Superman serials, he couldn't fly...only "leap" in a single bound.

Anyone ever listen to the Superman radio serials? They put them out on tape/CD recently. Interesting to compare him then with how he is later. At that point his powers were still developing, and also kryptonite was still being defined. I guess they actually got kryptonite from the radio show and carried it over to the comic, if I remember right.