Well there have been a lot of concerns involving the complicity of the current continuity and whether or not Bryne's continuity even applies, so i think many would agree that clarification is needed as to what his specific origin is (especially when you consider the most recent Crisis). But this thread doesn't specifically address this. I’m seeing whether or not Superman fans out there want a more suitably acceptable explanation for his powers. We know that the explanation for his powers has been changed twice already (i.e. from Gravity, to yellow star, to Solar battery), but any scientists among you (and there a lot on this specific site) believe that a change is necessary.
I don't believe anything to emphatic is needed, and i do think some relationship to the yellow sun explanation is needed, but surely its not too much to ask for a writer to specify that the solar radiation is nothing more than a stimulant, causing something in Superman's biological make-up to produce energy. Thus instead of absorbing his energy from the sun, sunlight merely catalyses his body to make his own.
What the real energy is really derived could involve modern-day exotic physics such as Quantum mechanic, Zero Point energy or even String Theory. In turn this would not only make fans more aware of bizarre concepts prominent in science today, it would also make Superman more plausible.
I know there are some people out there who don't see such an extreme change as necessary, yet in time I’m sure it would be generally accepted. I know there are those out there who agree with me!!!! With the current problems involving continuity, I think this a unique time in which to introduce something this radical, and yet logical.
The Birthright origin was revisited in the last issue of Supergirl. Even if some details end up getting retconned, it's still safe to say thats where the majority of ideas are coming from. Byrne's Man of Steel origin hasn't been on the table since Superman #200.
Re: Re: Re: Re: Does Supermans powers need a new Origin ? ...
I've been speaking to Kurt Brusiek recently and it seems like no-one at D.C. has the balls to do anything new. Dan Diddio and everyone seems very confused as to what is cannon and what isn't. I can't believe Im saying it, but Superman needs a new John Bryne, but maybe with a few less screws loose.
Hears Whirly, Avlon, Dvampire, crying at the thought ...
Yess ... and they died in the process, yet there are loads of imps.
Paradox I sense.
Something of this order does need to used to retconn out the current Explanation, e.g. something on the lines of the Speed Force, Power Cosmic, or the Green Lantern Power battery. I.e. something no too scientific, but is something a bit more sci-fi than magic.
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