Posted on 05/10/2014 7:41:53 PM PDT by nickcarraway
Brainiac’s debut had him coming to Earth and shrinking down cities (including Metropolis) in the same manner that the Kryptonian capital city (”Kandor”) was shrunken down. The character’s original intent for the cities was to use them somehow in restoring his home planet, of which he was ruler/despot.
Funny enough, Superman didn’t fly originally in the comics; he leaped great distances, similar to what the Hulk does. The original explanation for the leaping ability was due to Earth having a lower gravitational pull than Krypton; the principle kind of foreshadowed how astronauts were able to jump over eight feet on the moon even while encumbered with a spacesuit.
Microfilm. A real pain to research with.
Oh, they were better than good, they had a dynamic that really couldn't be defined. Which makes now so sad, sigh.
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