Legion World Forums LEGION COMPANION Spaceopoly The Non-Legion Comics Trivia Thread Pt 5

Hmmmm Clark doesn't have sunglasses? Because he's invulnerable to bright sun?

All good guesses but incorrect.

Hint: Myg is on the right track that it is something he doesn't need because of his super-powers but something that most of us earth humans would need occasionally.

I looked it up and found it way back in Avengers #222, not long after She-Hulk joined the team. Your mention of Hank being in jail gave me the clue. Fun story.
Apparently it was plotted by Jim Shooter during his tenure as Editor-in-Chief. Script was by Steven Grant who I am unfamiliar with but scripted/wrote a variety of titles for Marvel around this period.
Interestingly to Legion fans the penciller was none other than Greg LaRocque with inks by Brett Breeding. The artwork is fine for the period but I think he had definitely improved by the time of his Legion stint.

Clark doesn't have toilet paper because his Kryptonian physique processes food, nutrients and sunlight differently!

I was thinking thoth was right with the shaver, I remember Clark shaving himself using heat vision one time. But ok...


Following the heat vision thinking: a microwave? He can heat his food just by looking at it.

An iron, because his clothes don't wrinkle thanks to his super aura.

No right answers yet although you are partly correct about Clark's shaver. In Byrne's Man of Steel mini-series introducing his rebooted Superman Clark used a curved piece of metal from his spaceship to reflect his heat vision to burn off his super strong stubble, but he did own an electric shaver which he turned on to provide the background sound while Lois was waiting in his livingroom.

A further hint is that this item is not an appliance and may not be in every household but it or a substitute is needed for certain occasional maintenance tasks. Clark has never needed one because of one particular aspect of his powers.

Was it a telephone book? Clark doesn't need one because he has so many ways to communicate with people: signal watch, x-ray vision to look it up, just flies at super speed...

A vacuum cleaner, as he does something icky with his superbreath.

Letter opener?

A hammer?

Still none of the above.

Further hint: If the item is unavailable a piece of furniture may sometimes be substituted.
Also the particular power that means Clark does not need one has not been mentioned yet.
The item is only needed occasionally to fix a common household maintenance issue although it can be used for other purposes.
You could probably buy the item either at a furniture store or a hardware store.

A bed, because he's powered by solar radiation?

A... can opener? because super-strength?

Final clue: What iconic power does Superman have, along with numerous other heroes, that is often stated as the most desired super-power? That's the one that causes Lois complaint. Then think about how that could help around the house/unit/apartment and what item the rest of us mortals have to use in its place.

I just can't see which household object super ventriloquism replaces...

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Most desired super-power? I read a site once where "most desired super-power" was defined as the super-heroic build (male or female) I would definitely want to have a body like a superhero's.

Clark doesn't have a ladder because he can fly?

Good guess Ibby.

I'll plump for his super invulnerability meaning that he doesn't need any radiators.

Ibby gets the win! Close enough and the correct reason.

Lois and Clark were cooking when the smoke alarm started going off. Lois was leaping up trying to reach it and asking Clark if he didn't have a step-stool. Clark casually floated up to the ceiling and shut the alarm off, remarking that he never seemed to need one prompting Lois' reply, with a wry smile, that some things were going to change around here when they were married, "buster". It was a great little domestic scene that spoke volumes about their relationship.

My clues were trying to point to the need to change light bulbs (although with long-lasting LED globes now more common this is becoming less necessary) but there always come times when we need to reach something up high or near the ceiling and Clark's powers made that as simple as walking across the room is to us. What used to be the Superman catch-cry? "Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane! No it's Superman!" Flying is intimately tied to him and yet now so common among heroes that so many other powers are what you all first thought of.

Take it away Ibby.

nice one, stile. This really made me think. And I liked how your clues could lead someone who never read the story, to still getting the correct guess (that was how I got to it: I was thinking, which of Superman's powers haven't been said yet and could be most desired? Once I thought about flying, this felt right. It also helps that my apartment has a ridiculously high ceiling, and that the ugly paintings that come with it are too high for me to reach!)


New Q up in a bit!

Probably an easy one - which musical inspired Cyclone's costume?

Well the first image I saw from Justice Society of America #3 cover reminded me of the famous Marilyn Monroe image from "The Seven Year Itch" but that wasn't a musical and even if it inspired that particular image I doubt it inspired her costume.

Then I saw one with her hat and with the stockings I guess it has to be "The Wizard of Oz".

Very close, stile. Very close.

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