Superman doesn't cover his hairstyle, to my recollection. Superman doesn't have different facial hair. Superman spends much of his time hanging around with journalists and police officers, who are both trained to be observant (police officers especially; "I'm the head of Metropolis' special crime unit, but when someone puts on glasses and changes his hairstyle, it totally baffles me." Right). No dice.
Originally posted by GregoryDitto. Supes disguise makes sense only if you really really reeeeeeeeally want it to. Meaning it doesn't really make sense @all. When Supes had the dumb@ss fabio hair, didn't Clark as well? Stupid people of Metropolis & DC earth in general 😆 Let Supes suddenly grow a beard and have Clark stay cleanshaven & then we'll have something.
Superman doesn't cover his hairstyle, to my recollection. Superman doesn't have different facial hair. Superman spends much of his time hanging around with journalists and police officers, who are both trained to be observant (police officers especially; "I'm the head of Metropolis' special crime unit, but when someone puts on glasses and changes his hairstyle, it totally baffles me." Right). No dice.
Originally posted by brainchild81
Let Supes suddenly grow a beard and have Clark stay cleanshaven & then we'll have something.
Not that I care about how legit Clark's disguise is. It's a comic book afterall. Anyone with a problem with that is just nitpicking.
you have to realize, too, that people aren't looking for superman in civilian clothes. clark is very "earthly" in appearance. superman wears blue tights with a red cape, not to mention he wears his underwear outside. and then there's the flying. who would think that superman, of all beings, would mingle with the earthlings, hold down a job and pay rent?
have you ever looked for something in the store but you counldn't find it simply because the manufacturer change the way it was packaged?
Originally posted by Validus
Agreed. Facial hair actually does make a pretty big difference just looking at Ali G's goatee to Borat's stache to Bruno's clean shaven appearance. Taking off your glasses and slicking your hair, not so much.Not that I care about how legit Clark's disguise is. It's a comic book afterall. Anyone with a problem with that is just nitpicking.
I was about to say the same thing.
Big diff between a mustache and a goatee.
But as someone who goes back and forth between glasses and contacts, i can see how the disguise fools people......to a point.
After a while, people can look at you and see the same, if they're in contact with you enough.
But then again, while i'm charismatic and handsome, i don't have the larger than life aura that the Kryptonian gives off either.
I have relevant personal information on this one. Just a week or so ago, I shaved off over nine-years worth of beard, and my mustache. I had my hair cut to above shoulder length after letting it grow for those same nine years. Holy heck, do I look different now; I absolutely guarantee that it changed my appearance more then putting on glasses and mussing his hair changes Superman.
And yet, everybody recognizes me immediately. My dorm-mates, the cleaning lady, my classmates ... even the person who signs people in at the dining hall I frequent immediately recognized me. Because it makes a difference, yes, and if somebody had only seen me once or twice with the beard and the hair they might not recognize me know, but ultimately, it's simply not a viable disguise if you associate with the person you're trying to fool even casually.
Originally posted by ValidusNot necessarily. I'm all for suspension of disbelief, but w/Supes you need to flat out abandon it. Some just like a bit of believability in their characters. See Borat people. Good movie.
Agreed. Facial hair actually does make a pretty big difference just looking at Ali G's goatee to Borat's stache to Bruno's clean shaven appearance. Taking off your glasses and slicking your hair, not so much.Not that I care about how legit Clark's disguise is. It's a comic book afterall. Anyone with a problem with that is just nitpicking.
it's a comic book tradition with superman that he can fool people with the smallest changes to his look, I see it as people can't associate superman, a god like hero, with a mumbling, bumbling, old fashioned nerd like clark... I think it's the personality that he brings across is crucial... hense the reeve impersonation was spot on as he seemed completely different in character to superman, something Routh, although a good superman, needs to work on his clark kent at the daily planet character, as their are three characters really, superman, clark kent/kal el of the farm, and clark kent of the daily planet.
Let's not forget that "Matrix" a.k.a. the 90's Supergirl ( a shape shifter) shape shifted into Clark Kent when Superman found "Clark" under the debris of a building during the Death and Return of Superman storyline. Heck Supergirl (posing as Clark) stood next to Superman while the press got pictures.
So it doesn't matter if you guys think the disguise is lame, it's already been shown to the people of the DC universe that Clark and Superman are two different people, thanks to the old shape shifting Supergirl.
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The prime reason is that when in his Superman identity, our hero always vibrates his face slightly so that photographs will only show his features as a blur. The physical distinctions between the Superman and Clark Kent persona are a curl of hair, the glasses, and a deepening of his voice. Another major factor is that the lack of a mask keeps people from even suspecting that Superman has a secret identity. For example, Lex Luthor was once told the truth, but he dismissed the idea because he could not believe that someone so powerful would want another identity. Also in the modern stories, Lois Lane never suspected the dual identity.Furthermore, there have been several occasions where Clark and Superman have been seen together. In the first case, "Superman" was really a robot (ADVENTURES #439). Soon after Superman's return from his self-exile in space, Jimmy snapped a photo of Superman and Clark (a confused Matrix) (SUPERMAN #34). Finally, after Superman's return from death, the Man of Steel publicly rescued Clark Kent (secretly Matrix) from an old Civil Defense Shelter (ACTION #692).
i really dont see whats so unreasonable about that... 😬
Originally posted by brainchild81
You showed me that b4 I think, but what about when Cadmus had him? He vibrate his face while KOed? During the period when he was "dead". Was Clark showing up to work?
Hmm, maybe i did, i'm not 100% sure either way... 😮
They've made excuses before, I mean, as bad as it sounds, people go missing every day, and the whole thing about people not even considering that superman would have another identity...
and cadmus would have no basis for comparison, i mean, im sure there are plenty of white males aged 25-35 with black hair and who are over 6 foot tall... why would cadmus single out clark and go, 'hey, this guy looks just like superman!'
i know they do strecth it at times, but i think alot of people just dismiss it offhand, i mean, heroes work at their secret identities... clark is a polar opposite of superman at times...