Some Questions Involving Superman: Part 2

This brings up another question: What happens when Superman sneezes? Sneezing is an involuntary muscle response and cannot be controlled. One good sneeze and Superman could take out a city block. Let us just hope he did not have hay fever as a boy, otherwise cows, barns, tractors, and various other farming implements would have been tossed around like so many rural missiles.

Clark: I finished the chores, pa. I . . . ah . . . achoo!

The cow in front of Clark is blown across the yard, through the barn, and lands with a wet thud 200 –yards away.

Pa Kent: Dammit, Clarke! Cover your mouth when you sneeze! That was the fifth cow this month!

I will not ask what would happen if Clark happened to accidently, oh say, fart, at the wrong time, such as in a crowded elevator. I have had a couple of embarrassing gas-related incidents in my life, but I also did not accidently blow a hole in the wall.

All that being said, it is a comic book. I am sure Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster did not really think about all this when they created the Man of Steel all those years ago, otherwise the tagline would have been:

Faster than a Speeding Bullet. Stronger than a Locomotive. Able to Leap Tall Buildings in a Single Bound. Can Destroy an Entire City Block with One Sneeze!

Cheers,
-Jason

Some Questions Involving Superman: Part 1

Occasionally, something weird gets stuck in my brain. No, not my finger, but close. The other day I was thinking about comic books and the heroic figures one finds within. And then it occurred to me: if Superman can pick up an ocean liner, how does he manage to keep in shape?

I am not talking about simply being fit. Superman is buff with a capital BU. He has a pretty much perfect physique. How does he do it? No gym could hold enough weights to give him a workout. He can hurl tanks like baseballs and rip a skyscraper out of the ground and beat you with it.

One could easily suggest that a Kryptonian on Earth would automatically be buff. Possible, but Supergirl is not muscular and she is the only other true Kryptonian on Earth (as far as I know).

So how does he do it? With the correct diet and plenty of cardio (ie, laps around the world) he could maintain an athletic build, but he could not pack on the kind of muscle he is normally depicted with. Those of you who are more familiar with the DC universe might know of a super-gym in the Fortress of Solitude or something. If so, let me know, I am definitely curious.

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