10 Things About Superman That Make No Sense
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It would be difficult to argue that Superman’s run has been filled with nothing but endless amounts of success, especially given that the character is at least 81 years old now. Anyone who has done their fair share of comic book history research would know that not every alteration to that has been done to Superman's comic over the years, was done so in his best interests.
Many of his early years, for example, were spent experimenting with the kinds of powers that Superman should have in his roster- some of which were either too similar to the powers of other heroes, like the Flash, while others were just too far fetched.
Honestly, though, it's hard to find any comic book character who hasn't at least one regretful modification done to their series. As the saying goes, however, the road to success is often paved with failure - and for every one of Superman’s failures, there has been a moment of success ready to counterbalance it.
10. Superman's Electric Powers
The history of the character Superman, as a whole, is riddled with various experimentations with new-fangled powers, which were spawned with the intent of drawing more attention to this growing legend. Despite his popularity, Superman was a selling comic book character at the end of the day, and if it wasn’t his sudden death at the hands of Doomsday that was making bank, then it was the discovery of new powers.
This was certainly the case in 1997, when Superman developed new abilities, such as phasing through walls and manipulating radiation, following a devastating encounter with the villain, Sun-Eater. Regardless of these new powers, though, it was the new look that Superman was touting as well, that caught people's attention the most.
Such changes were not received well, though, and it was all the more frustrating to see how this new look affected other iterations of Superman, who were rocking the old school image until the creators were forced to change it out of continuity.
In hindsight, though, these changes were not very original in a universe that had heroes with the same kind of powers and appearance as this new version of Superman. It's basically an amalgamation of Martian Manhunter, Firestorm, and Ice.