[Kirkwood]

I haven't looked at a comic book in over 30 years, but I do admit to watching Smallville when I get a chance, which is unfortunately on opposite Star Trek. Part of the fun of superhero comics is imagining how something could be possible in the real world, not just in fantasy. The same thing applies to the physics of Star Trek and Star Wars. It is not that we take this seriously, but it is part of the fun for some of us. If the physics is too much for you, I understand.

[TheBigB]

The physics is not a problem at all, when it is applicable; like in the above example of SM breaking Gwen Stacy's fall and how she could have been killed in the process. But geeze, when someone stats trying to figure out exactly why and how Superman is invulnerable (never mind the fact that, as other posters have pointed out, his origin and power explanations have been changed several times), it just seems to detract from what should be fun and fantasy. You might as well try and explain why Jor-El and Lara were caucasians with two legs, two arms, one head, two eyes, etc. and spoke English. Hey, if you're into it, it's no problem for me. But I think even Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster would say, "It's a comic book. Let it go."

[TheBigB]

And just for the record, I -love- comics. :-)

[Fedora]

> I haven't looked at a comic book in over 30 years, but I do admit to watching Smallville when I get a chance

"Smallville" is one of the only shows I bother watching these days--well-done show. "Birds of Prey" was also pretty good until they cancelled it because they ran out of writers. Wish they'd put some more decent superhero live-action shows on--I'm surprised Marvel hasn't done anything to capitalize on the wave of movie success they're riding. I guess maybe they're still hesitant to step back into the field after that 1970s live-action Spiderman where you could see the wires he was using to climb up the building and his worst villain was a Karate Black Belt :)