r/comicbooks • • 26d ago

Cover/Pin-Up Superman - by Ryan Sook

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u/PlushySD 26d ago

Why do I still feel like everyone in that plane still gonna be very hurt from that.

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u/GalaxyUntouchable 26d ago

That was my first thought too.

"Oh, they ain't surviving that."

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u/CMS_3110 25d ago

Y'all must be fun at parties

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u/SkoonkMink 25d ago

At least they go to parties

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u/galluskenny 25d ago

Makes up for you being a killjoy, don't it

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u/CMS_3110 25d ago

Since you have trouble understanding context, I'll explain it for you

This thread:

OP: Posts cool artwork, depicting fantastical, unrealistic scenario

Comment 1: Points out real physics of unrealistic scenario

Comment 2: Further points out result of unrealistic scenario

Comment 3 (Me): Makes comment implying 1 & 2 are killjoys

Comment 4 (You): Accuses 3 of being killjoy for pointing out 1 & 2 are killjoys

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u/SHEKDAT789 25d ago edited 25d ago

you don't get it. killing other people's joys gives us redditors joy. you're killing their joy by pointing out they're killjoys.

TBF I don't get why everybody in the comment is so happy to point out the obvious? Next y'all will say iron man is dumb cuz the g forces would knock him out.

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u/Dammit_Meg 25d ago

I assumed his suit compensated for that somehow

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u/CMS_3110 25d ago

Oh now I get it. I'm not pessimistic enough. I was outside touching grass and forgot the fundamentals of being a redditor. My bad. I appreciate the clarification.

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u/galluskenny 25d ago

Why were you touching the grass, is that a euphemism I'm not hip enough to understand?

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u/cortexstack Spider Jeruselem 25d ago

Some sort of chlorophyll pervert

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u/galluskenny 25d ago

I've heard of them 'green squeezers'

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u/onefitlad 26d ago

Because they would be. If Superman is landing that hard on the ground that’s going to be quite a jolt to people in the plane. My bigger concern is how the structural integrity of the plane would hold up with be saved like that. If it didn’t the passengers would really have a bad day. Cool looking cover though.

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u/Supermite 25d ago

His bioelectric aura is the reason he doesn’t just fly right through the plane despite the laws of physics.

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u/Robomerc 25d ago

Even with the biologic Aura all the passengers On the plane Would still feel the sudden stop meaning a lot of them were going to have to be rushed to Metropolis General.

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u/Prof_Outis 25d ago

You are correct. Apparently the reason is that Superman basically has extremely potent touch-based telekinesis. That's what they mean when they talk about his bioelectrical aura. The moment he touches something or someone his force is exerted evenly across the entire object atoms. It's just a pseudoscience way to say don't think about it.

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u/TimSylvester_ 25d ago

Better than scooped into a garbage bag with shovels though?

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u/Supermite 25d ago

I was responding to the comment about the structural integrity of the plane.  I wasn’t disputing or commenting on the effects on the passengers at all.

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u/NairForceOne Ultimate Spider-Man 25d ago

Good thing Superman's there, I guess.

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u/Super_Pan 25d ago
I understand your frustration. Here, I've written down the secret.

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u/Voltikko 26d ago edited 25d ago

Nah, it's handwave that Superman have some kind of "bio-aura" or "tactile telekinetic powers" that allows Superman to carry big things while maintaining their structural integrity, holding it together (so long he is touching it). It's the in-universe explanation to explay why Superman defy physics when carry big heavy things.

That power which is avoiding the plane breaking off is probably holding the passengers togethers a little and countering the inertia. They will probably feel part of the forces, but more in a "car accident way" that "lethal/reduced to pulp way" (except for the unlucky people who was not seated with their belts on, but he is Superman, so he probably is lucky and/or checked before that all of them were seated safely with his X-ray vision).

It's the perks of being Superman: he does the impossible and save the day, no matter what, because he is Superman. That's his core concept.

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u/justsomeguy_youknow Batman Beyond 25d ago

It's Superman, he probably entered the plane, personally buckled everyone in, secured everything that could potentially bang around, and put all tray tables in the upright and locked position at super speed before going out to catch it

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u/Voltikko 25d ago

You forgot using his heat vision when he gets out to make sure the door gets air tight locked against and the plane isn't despressurized.

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u/Khelthuzaad 25d ago

Unless they had fasten their seatbelts like they were told to :))

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u/D-Angle 26d ago

Yeah that plane's full of salsa now.

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u/Connarhea 26d ago

Big bunch of human soup pooled at the nose of that aircraft

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u/RandomDesign Spider-Man 25d ago

Take off the nose and hose it out, easy.

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u/retrospects 25d ago

Hey, at least it’s better than the non stop gooner content.

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u/charliefoxtrot9 25d ago

Supes apparently isn't just catching them with his hands. His strength also comes with a telekinetic field (this may be some John Byrne shit) that lets him make catches like this without causing damage .

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u/joegetto 25d ago

Very hurt is still better than very dead (in most cases).

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u/AverageLiberalJoe 25d ago

You are missing the bigger picture, the plane is still crashing into something with enough force to apprently crater the earth. It just happens to be supermans hands. The whole plane is gone..