Frazz by Jef Mallett for October 26, 2012

His costume was changed in 2011.

So much for the Man of Steel. What about the Woman of Kleenex®?

That is the most logical explanation I have ever heard since heros started wearing pjs.

The “briefs over tights” look was based on traditional circus acrobat costumes from the 1930s.

Armitage, good point….My dad was in the circus…He did elevated parallel bars…

As Larry Niven wrote, when Clark Kent was a child he may not even have known that objects have surfaces.

it makes logical sense to me, but you would think he would choosing something better than Granny Panties to wear

Y’know, Clark does seem to tip his glasses out of the way whenever he needs to use his vision powers while incognito…

I think the underwear outside comes from Circus performers and the way they wore their tights.

Traditionally, Superman’s x-ray vision isn’t passive; he has to concentrate. The same is not true of Alec Bings, so I wonder if he needs help getting dressed.

Superman is called the Man of Steel, right? Steel rusts if you get it wet. So he wears his underpants outside of his tights so there won’t be rust stains.

Now where would he find an optometrist for such an unusual prescription, I wonder?

I’ve wondered this myself, and—in theory, anyway—this explantion kinda makes sense. I like it, too!