ralston: Everything about you is invulnerable, right? captain: Yep! ralston: so, how do you shave? ralston: I just blew your mind, didn't I? captain: Thinky things hurt head....
In the old Superman comics, Superman shaved by reflecting his heat vision off a mirror onto his own face. Not explained: why the mirror didn’t just melt.
The Mirror was Kryptonian, from the spaceship he came to Earth in. That was in the old continuity. Current continuity, his beard only grows if he wants it to. New continuity, coming later this summer,who knows?
Pre-Crisis it was a piece of his ship, polished to the max. Post-Crisis Man-of-Steel, all of his powers were dialed down, and a regular mirror would do, as long as it was curved to help focus the heat properly (which made no sense – visible light and heat bounce differently off different materials). When they rebooted him again and brought back all of the Silver Age stuff, I have no idea what they changed the explanation to. In a few months when they reboot him yet again, maybe he will shave with his fingernails like Hancock…
Maybe his skin is invulnerable so the hair can’t grow out. And since he can’t get ingrown hairs due to being invulnerable, that settles it. I mean, have we seen hair on his head?
I remember a mid-60s Superman comic in which he explained how he kept his hair from growing too long. I don’t remember the method, but it had something to do with passing some kind of energy through himself that reversed certain growth processes like hair and fingernails.I once went into a public men’s room and one of the urinals was all cracked. Above it, someone wrote, “Clark Kent was here”.
See also the Larry Niven essay, “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex.” Google the phrase (put it in quotes) and click Google’s “Books” tab, and you can read the essay on line.
Heh, @Puddle, know what you mean — like that one scene with Will Smith at his trailer in Hancock.Still, on the hair-cutting issue: personally, I think Zod in the old movie drew his mustache on and the new Supes wears extensions. Who says Kryptonians actually grow hair once after they hit puberty?
RogueLeader over 13 years ago
Unstoppable force, meet immobile and completely inert object.
yyyguy over 13 years ago
if God is all powerful, can he make a rock so big that he himself can’t move it? — George Carlin
Twonky over 13 years ago
Personally I prefer peanut and bacon sandwiches!
Christopher Shea over 13 years ago
In the old Superman comics, Superman shaved by reflecting his heat vision off a mirror onto his own face. Not explained: why the mirror didn’t just melt.
Miserichord over 13 years ago
The Mirror was Kryptonian, from the spaceship he came to Earth in. That was in the old continuity. Current continuity, his beard only grows if he wants it to. New continuity, coming later this summer,who knows?
coolvq over 13 years ago
Reminds me of Brewster Rockit!
smparadox over 13 years ago
Pre-Crisis it was a piece of his ship, polished to the max. Post-Crisis Man-of-Steel, all of his powers were dialed down, and a regular mirror would do, as long as it was curved to help focus the heat properly (which made no sense – visible light and heat bounce differently off different materials). When they rebooted him again and brought back all of the Silver Age stuff, I have no idea what they changed the explanation to. In a few months when they reboot him yet again, maybe he will shave with his fingernails like Hancock…
yyyguy over 13 years ago
maybe old Clarkie will finally grow long hair and a beard.
bdaverin over 13 years ago
Maybe his skin is invulnerable so the hair can’t grow out. And since he can’t get ingrown hairs due to being invulnerable, that settles it. I mean, have we seen hair on his head?
runar over 13 years ago
I remember a mid-60s Superman comic in which he explained how he kept his hair from growing too long. I don’t remember the method, but it had something to do with passing some kind of energy through himself that reversed certain growth processes like hair and fingernails.I once went into a public men’s room and one of the urinals was all cracked. Above it, someone wrote, “Clark Kent was here”.
puddleglum1066 over 13 years ago
See also the Larry Niven essay, “Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex.” Google the phrase (put it in quotes) and click Google’s “Books” tab, and you can read the essay on line.
Lyons Group, Inc. over 13 years ago
How does this guy fight villains without thinking?
khyranleander over 13 years ago
Heh, @Puddle, know what you mean — like that one scene with Will Smith at his trailer in Hancock.Still, on the hair-cutting issue: personally, I think Zod in the old movie drew his mustache on and the new Supes wears extensions. Who says Kryptonians actually grow hair once after they hit puberty?