Super Heroes

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**penut the butter**

Here you can ask questions about super heroes.
1:Why do super heroes always have ball-crunching tights and five-foot long capes?

**OverbossGhurzubMoga**

That's what makes them Ssuper!

**warpcrafter**

It's because Superman's outfit was inspired by the costumes worn at the time by carnival strongmen. So far as I know, there are only two superheroes with capes that actually do something, Batman and Spawn. I could be wrong, haven't read any comics in, like forever.

**penut the butter**

But it looks so weird!

**LunaHound**

penut the butter wrote:Here you can ask questions about super heroes.
1:Why do super heroes always have ball-crunching tights and five-foot long capes?

Because the artist have lack of creativity.

**avantgarde**

What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

**penut the butter**

THANK YOU!

**Shadowbrand**

I will be the either.

THOR!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! or Wolverine.

As a Super hero I'd just wear the rags I wear today not to grab attention.

**Orkeosaurus**

avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

"Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well."

"Honey, you shovel better than any man I've ever known, but that does not make you a super hero."

**BloodofOrks**

LunaHound wrote:
penut the butter wrote:Here you can ask questions about super heroes.
1:Why do super heroes always have ball-crunching tights and five-foot long capes?

Because the artist have lack of creativity.

In regards to spandex, it's a lot easier to draw 22 pages of dynamic figure drawings every month if most of the characters are basically "naked" then to have to have to draw them "naked" and then add dozens of silhouette altering costume details.

**Emperors Faithful**

Tights are the difference between a superhero and a vigilate, no?
(Robin Hood being the exception of course)

**Ahtman**

Orkeosaurus wrote:
avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

"Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well."

"Honey, you shovel better than any man I've ever known, but that does not make you a super hero."

I see your shovel man and raise you a Casey Jones.

**Norwulf**

Why is it the badguys always shoot at superman with their pistols, then see that it does nothing, speeding bullets do nothing, and then they decide to throw their gun at him? WTF are they expecting that to do?

Also, the really hard-ass, brutal super heroes with major kajones wear trench coats:

**Orkeosaurus**

Ahtman wrote:
Orkeosaurus wrote:
avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

"Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well."

"Honey, you shovel better than any man I've ever known, but that does not make you a super hero."

I see your shovel man and raise you a Casey Jones.

"I'm a Pantera's box you do not wanna open."

**George Spiggott**

Orkeosaurus wrote:
avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

"Lucille, God gave me a gift. I shovel well. I shovel very well."

"Honey, you shovel better than any man I've ever known, but that does not make you a super hero."

The only problem here is that he's wielding a spade not a shovel. I'm from Yorkshire, where we call a spade a spade.

**generalgrog**

George Spiggott wrote:
The only problem here is that he's wielding a spade not a shovel. I'm from Yorkshire, where we call a spade a spade.

Yes but "The Shoveller" sounds infinately better than, "The Spader"

GG

**Orkeosaurus**

George Spiggott wrote:The only problem here is that he's wielding a spade not a shovel. I'm from Yorkshire, where we call a spade a spade.

That's racist.

**Norwulf**

generalgrog wrote:
George Spiggott wrote:
The only problem here is that he's wielding a spade not a shovel. I'm from Yorkshire, where we call a spade a spade.

Yes but "The Shoveller" sounds infinately better than, "The Spader"

GG

How about "Darth Spader"? huh? well? *crickets chriping*

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**temprus**

Emperors Faithful wrote:Tights are the difference between a superhero and a vigilate, no?
(Robin Hood being the exception of course)

Robin Hood is a Super Hero that typically wears tights, so I think your original statement stands without the corollary.

**Emperors Faithful**

Yeah, I guess you're right.

(BTW, grammar fail, I meant vigilante)

**Platuan4th**

avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

Casey Jones?

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George Spiggott wrote:The only problem here is that he's wielding a spade not a shovel. I'm from Yorkshire, where we call a spade a spade.

Those are marketed in America as Shovels, however. In fact, if you run a Google search on Shovel, a quarter of the pics show that exact style.

**George Spiggott**

Platuan4th wrote:Those are marketed in America as Shovels, however. In fact, if you run a Google search on Shovel, a quarter of the pics show that exact style.

It has a sharpened end and lacks the pronounced raised sides, it is a spade. A spade is used for digging and a shovel for shovelling, the Shoveller (sic) uses it to hit people, making the tool he wields a club.

You say tomayto...

Orkeosaurus wrote:That's [calling a spade a spade] racist.

No, it is not!

**Wolfgang**

avantgarde wrote:What we need is a superhero who wears jeans, workboots, baseball pads and wields a utilitarian weapon, say like a shovel.

Zakk Wylde

armed with his ultra sonic 'Grail' (his Les Paul)