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This one hit me when I saw Batman hitting them with a missile during the second part of "The Call." Seriously, he hits {{spoiler|Superman right in the chest,}} where Starro is, and Starro is completely unharmed. This is believable for {{spoiler|Superman}}. A space starfish? not so much. Considering that a brief burstt of heat vision is enough to put one down for the count... Does {{spoiler|Superman}} just exude some aura of invulnerability or something? |
This one hit me when I saw Batman hitting them with a missile during the second part of "The Call." Seriously, he hits {{spoiler|Superman right in the chest,}} where Starro is, and Starro is completely unharmed. This is believable for {{spoiler|Superman}}. A space starfish? not so much. Considering that a brief burstt of heat vision is enough to put one down for the count... Does {{spoiler|Superman}} just exude some aura of invulnerability or something? |
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* Yes. In response to the age old question "Why isn't Superman naked after he walks through acid/the sun/nuclear explosions?" some writers have explained Supermans indestructibility as a forcefield he projects a few millimeters thick around his body (and thus also protecting his costume), others gave him some sort of telekineses power over everything he touches (thats why airplanes he lifts don't break) istead of just saying "the censors wouldn't let us print it otherwise". If I remember correctly (not a big Superman fan) both explanations were used in the golden age were Superman got new powers on a weekly basis and were ignored since then. |
* Yes. In response to the age old question "Why isn't Superman naked after he walks through acid/the sun/nuclear explosions?" some writers have explained Supermans indestructibility as a forcefield he projects a few millimeters thick around his body (and thus also protecting his costume), others gave him some sort of telekineses power over everything he touches (thats why airplanes he lifts don't break) istead of just saying "the censors wouldn't let us print it otherwise". If I remember correctly (not a big Superman fan) both explanations were used in the golden age were Superman got new powers on a weekly basis and were ignored since then. |
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** They weren't ignored, the whole telekinesis thing was used extensively by Superboy, who got ''actual'' telekinetic powers due to Cadmus futzing about with DNA they didn't properly understand. They also pop up occasionally, both in comics and in novels, it's just that like most parts of the Superman mythos they fall in and out of fashion with various writers. |
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* Alternatively, Starro could have shifted around Superman's body to protect himself. The Starro aliens can control people no matter where they're attached. We know this because the boss Starro was attached to Superman's chest but the smaller Starros were face-hugging Aquagirl and the other Leaguers, yet neither had trouble controlling the host. Maybe when Batman hit him in the chest with a missile Starro was hiding on Superman's back or something. |
* Alternatively, Starro could have shifted around Superman's body to protect himself. The Starro aliens can control people no matter where they're attached. We know this because the boss Starro was attached to Superman's chest but the smaller Starros were face-hugging Aquagirl and the other Leaguers, yet neither had trouble controlling the host. Maybe when Batman hit him in the chest with a missile Starro was hiding on Superman's back or something. |
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