Some loose questions it would be nice to have answered this daydreamy afternoon

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)Is the steam that rises from hard water softer? To put it another way: is water softened during the process of becoming steam?

2)Have Batman and Superman ever appeared together in a comic?

3)Is Batman a superhero? A colleague once said he wasn't *Super* strictly because, like Condorman, his powers are dervied from (expensive) prosthetics and gadgets etc.

4)No fourth. So my questions seem to have a bit of a Superhero bias.

― Ricardo M., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:20 (twenty-two years ago)

1) yes dissolved salts are left behind the steam is just water.

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:25 (twenty-two years ago)

Which twelve days are the twelve days of Christmas?

― mookieproof (mookieproof), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:26 (twenty-two years ago)

2) Yes. Lots.

― robster (robster), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

25th December to 6th january

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:27 (twenty-two years ago)

2) A million times (JLA, etc.). There's a Batman & Superman ongoing title now, I think (I haven't read it because I find Superman intensely irritating).

3) An interesting question, I could go either way. I think part of his appeal is that he's just a fucked-up vigilante with a lot of money and a flying rodent fetish.

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― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

The days between the Christmas holiday itself and the Feast of Epiphany on January 6, said to be the arrival of the Magi to adore the Christ Child.

― Ned Raggett (Ned), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:28 (twenty-two years ago)

2) Yeah, a lot. They were in the original Justice League, and the revamp a few years ago, and there's a comic based on the joint Batman/Superman kids show, just like there are separate comics based on their individual shows (Batman Adventures and Superman Adventures). These are actually pretty good at simple Superman/Batman fixes, since as you'd imagine they don't load up on fifty years of continuity. They also had a book called World's Finest many years ago.

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3) Depends exactly on whether you can be human and a superhero. He's more or less the ultimate human. He's not just all expensive toys, he's one of the worlds top five martial artists.

also thank you for the opportunity to talk about things I know about for five minutes, before getting back to work bullshit :)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:32 (twenty-two years ago)

q: you know how when dieting many small meals is supposed to better than the conventional breakfast lunch dinner, because it keeps your metabolism going? Well, how much food does it take to give your metabolism this nudge? Would, like, a single peanut do it?

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:37 (twenty-two years ago)

a 1/4lb peanut perhaps.

― dyson (dyson), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:39 (twenty-two years ago)

wrapped in salad and oranges, and steak

― Ed (dali), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:41 (twenty-two years ago)

that sounds great!

― america's first municipal lunatic asylum (Jody Beth Rosen), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

So you don't know, then.

― Markelby (Mark C), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:42 (twenty-two years ago)

I guess it wouldn't take very long for your body to break down a single peanut. I think they mean light meals throughout the day.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:49 (twenty-two years ago)

1)?

2) Thousands and thousands, currently in the very cool (at least artwise) Superman/Batman

3) Batman wears his underpants on the outside, ergo SUPER!

4)No fourth. So my questions seem to have a bit of a Superhero bias.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

In re #3 - Madonna must be some kind of really badass superhero by now.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

And lastly, a question about Superhero-popularity.

Does Thermoman, from BBC's 'My Hero', have any kind of following yet? Desite its silliness, is this character's popularity likely to grow, anyway; because it seems to me that all sketches of superheros ultimately take off - have legs (to use the language of TV executives) - due to the undiscrimating fans of the genre; same's true with Sci Fi.

― Ricardo M., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:50 (twenty-two years ago)

Ask Aztek. (or, in short, no)

― Andrew Farrell (afarrell), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:53 (twenty-two years ago)

(someone should start a thread of failed superheroes)

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:55 (twenty-two years ago)

PS. Ricardo check this out: http://ilx.wh3rd.net/category.php?catid=95

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 17:56 (twenty-two years ago)

Batman is indeed a superhero. You don't need supernatural powers. Doc Savage is often considered the 'first' superhero, and he was just smart and strong, not magic. What was the Green Lantern's power, outside of his ring?

It does help if you have a magic power, though...

― andy, Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:02 (twenty-two years ago)

Superhero is as superhero does.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:15 (twenty-two years ago)

As soon as I figure out a really cool power to have, I'm gonna be a superhero.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:19 (twenty-two years ago)

It all depends how we define power - it isn't just having extra physical/mental abilities. It could easily be argued that as multi-millionaires Bruce Wayne and Tony Stark (Iron Man) both have a great deal more power and influence than the average person. We should be thankful that they have turned their fiscal power toward the good of humankind. In the same way Wilson Fisk (the Kingpin) has turned his social and political power toward wrong deeds.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:51 (twenty-two years ago)

Don't get me started on Batman and his true objectives.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 18:57 (twenty-two years ago)

He's a monopolist.

― jel -- (jel), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:00 (twenty-two years ago)

Ever notice how much time he spends stopping bank robberies and generally petty crimes?
Here's a big fancy multi-millionaire (or is he a billionaire) extra-legally beating up on poor people. He almost certainly cheats on his taxes (not just because all rich people do, but how else could he cover up the vast sums he spends on all his Bat-stuff?).
Then he hides behind his flimsy "my parents were murdered" excuse. I mean, really, lots of people have lost loved ones to crime and found less violent (and less class-warfare style) methods of dealing with the trauma.
Batman/Bruce Wayne is a child of privilege waging a war not against crime, but upon those who would usurp his inheritance.
Fucking scumbag.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 19:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Yeah, never thought of Batman like that.. Popeye's a bit selfish, too: all that power and only ever bothering to save one gal; strong to the finish, but just in it for the nooky.

― Ricardo M., Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:01 (twenty-two years ago)

Of all the things for ILX to ruin for me, fucking BATMAN.

(note: I am mostly kidding).

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:21 (twenty-two years ago)

Would, like, a single peanut do it?

more like 1/4 cup of peanuts, or a container of yogurt or a piece of bread lightly spread with peanut butter. the only thing a single peanut is going to do is make you want the whole bag.

― lauren (laurenp), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:22 (twenty-two years ago)

Jordan, I am mostly kidding too.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:23 (twenty-two years ago)

Does this mean I can't be a superhero? I don't have a dead family to avenge OR a trust fund.

― luna (luna.c), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:54 (twenty-two years ago)

You can do it. You already have a good name, Luna.
Some superheroes, like Blue Beetle and Green Arrow are just thrillseekers. Though they were both rich at the start of the costumed careers (but both went broke! Take heed!).
It helps to be rich, but it's best to look sharp.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 20:56 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I'll write an essay on the whole 1930s/40s convention of millionaire playboys as costumed crimefighters.

― Luigi Vampa (Horace Mann), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:25 (twenty-two years ago)

You all should be ashamed of yourselves. Jordan will never again be able to fuck Batman the same way.

― Dan Perry (Dan Perry), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:35 (twenty-two years ago)

http://www.yvonnecraig.com/batgirl/pow3.gif

― nickalicious (nickalicious), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:37 (twenty-two years ago)

!!!

There's no way I can work after reading that, I'm going home.

(to my Batman comics obv.)

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:39 (twenty-two years ago)

We've obviously outed Jordan as the Boy Wonder.

― Leee Majors (Leee), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:40 (twenty-two years ago)

I think I'll write an essay on the whole 1930s/40s convention of millionaire playboys as costumed crimefighters.

In that case the Scarlet Pimpernel and Zorro are key ancestors in this genre.

― j.lu (j.lu), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:43 (twenty-two years ago)

Yes, but upon reflection it does seem obvious that Batman would be the bottom, doesn't it? He needs to unwind from all the intimidation and power-wielding he does all night, after all.

― Jordan (Jordan), Wednesday, 14 January 2004 21:45 (twenty-two years ago)

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