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Penny Arcade - Comic - Quick Work
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Penny Arcade - Comic - Quick Work
Videogaming-related online strip by Mike Krahulik and Jerry Holkins. Includes news and commentary.
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Team Fortress 2 Backpack: Someone you love
Kryptonite, son.
But fuck you — no, fuck y'all, that's as blunt as it gets"
- Kendrick Lamar, "The Blacker the Berry"
Did they ever release the rest of that series?
I mean he even says in the trailer, "If I wanted it, you'd already be dead." At full power, Superman could park himself in the stratosphere and heat-vision the entire human population to death. Which is one of the things that makes Batman so nervous.
Superman does think of himself as a good person and Batman exploits that almost every time they fight (catches him post-nuke in TDKR, in Hush he has Catwoman dump Lois off a building so Superman will stop beating up Bruce and save her).
There are interesting things to be said about the two characters and what happens when they are at odds with each other. I haven't seen the movie yet so I can't say whether Snyder is capable of effectively exploring what makes the relationship interesting. Based on Watchmen, I sort of doubt it.
we also talk about other random shit and clown upon each other
Yes, eventually. I remember people feeling as if it was kind of a letdown for the amount of time they had to wait.
Also, vs. Batman is always a contest, because they've made Batman one of those omnipotent strategists that is like 500 steps ahead. There's that familiar story that gets tossed around a lot about how Batman has a contingency plan to take down every single member of the Justice League in case they turned rogue.
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I was under the impression that Batman always carries Kryptonite as insurance. At least that's what he did in the animated Justice League series.
Of course, since it's SMBC, that one panel looks like hot garbage.
I read it for the jokes. I'm shallow that way.
NEXT TIME ON SUPERMAN VS. GOKU...
HUH?? WHAT ABOUT THAT??
I mean, technically the PA comic did in one panel what was done in one panel in the SMBC comic.
They simply added two additional panels to further the point.
Think of the savings!
Kryptonite won't stop heat vision from half a mile away... or from orbit. For that matter it won't stop a buzzsaw thrown like a frisbee at Superman's full strength from the same distance.
The sheer fact is, if Superman got deadly serious, Batman is toast.
On the contrary, I think the exploration of what a man who could do almost anything actually should do is part of what makes the Superman character great when it's done well.
Magic, divine/infernal powers powers, psychic powers, and while superman is perfectly invulnerable to "normal" physical harm he can't be everywhere at once. And of course Kryptonite
I previously had the same opinion but after reading a lot of the new 52 I find he is generally handled pretty well.
And if you want to see a great take on exploring that very question check out the excellent DC animated movie Superman vs the Elite
but unfortunately the movie continuity probably doesnt have any people who would beat him often
-Tycho Brahe
Also to make the game work they come up with a formula that makes all the other guys near equivalent in power to superman. Then they give joker a shot of it.
Um...
Batman: Quick, assemble the team, we can't win this!
Diana: Bruce, we can't, they haven't been introduced yet nor have they their own movie yet!
I was talking about the Injustice comic, the game's story is a mess! Joker isn't even fighting anyone because Superman punches a hole in to his stomach in the very beginning. ;P I started the game after reading the first tradepaperback hoping it would be similar but the game has everyone fighting without giving an explanation. Superman pretty much destroys everyone that isn't on his level in the books.