The Buckets by Greg Cravens for April 28, 2013
Transcript:
Why do superheroes wear bright spandex costumes? Well, back in the 1930s circus performers wore bright tights and cloaks... So when they designed the Superman character he had circus-type clothes. A generation later, people quit asking why and it was just y'know tradition. See? Oh. The spandex allows for greatest freedom of movement and cuts in-flight air friction, plus, when they're made of unstable alien molecules...
edclectic almost 12 years ago
However, there should be laws regarding the wearing of spandex…
elysummers almost 12 years ago
If they just didn’t make it in ‘one size fit’s all.’
bryan42 almost 12 years ago
Facts! We don’t need no stinkin’ facts!
dja1701 almost 12 years ago
I thought the heroes wore Long Johns, not spandex.
Hunter7 almost 12 years ago
Its special, super hero type Spandex. Only those with real, true superpowers get the special Spandex. The special Spandex is part of the secret identity. It transforms our ordinary blah looking selves into …...Superman!Batman! Wonder Woman!…. and all others….
Comic Minister Premium Member almost 12 years ago
I see.
Allan CB Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Greg, you are a fountain of information, ain’t you?
amaryllis2 Premium Member almost 12 years ago
Love that expression on his face. Just totally love it!
gordol almost 12 years ago
“No capes!” — Edna