Har Clark Kent ett viktproblem?

Nej, Clark Kent har inget viktproblem. Men han borde. Superman har sedan slutet av 60-talet skildrats som ha en höjd och viktproportion av en normal mänsklig man, trots sin övermänskliga styrka.

DC Comics har inte stört att ta itu med denna fråga med Superman i någon av de tidigare iterationerna av Man of Steel. Han har nästan alltid listats runt 6 till 6,5 fot lång och väger ca 225-250 pund, ibland lite mer.

• Vetenskapligt sett, Clark Kent, faktiskt borde alla kryptonier väga, åtminstone lite mer, och ha större molekylvikt än vanliga människor. Kommer från en värld som förmodligen var betydligt större, skulle de ha varit mycket starkare för att behålla sitt mänskliga utseende.

• Hans styrka, sedan Guldåldern inte berodde på hans ankomst från en tung tyngdighetsplanet, och i många iterationer anses Krypton inte ens vara en tung tyngdighetsvärld. I sådana fall är Superman superhuman styrka helt och hållet en produkt av sin soldriven infusion / omvandling av energi till superhuman styrka och hans andra krafter.

• Nej, det här har inte skildrats konsekvent; speciellt under perioder där Kal-el kan förlora sina befogenheter eller under perioden som Superman Blue / Red när han inte hade någon överhuman styrka alls.

I Marvel Universum kan Asgardierna till exempel kompensera för deras övermänskliga styrka (även en vanlig Asgardian kan lyfta tio ton) ha tre gånger ben, muskler och övergripande vävnadstäthet hos normala människor. Ja, för vissa asgardier har de ännu större styrka, men vi antar att det finns en magisk komponent för dem som lyfter långt över det.

Ingen av detta gör strikt mening och med flera versioner av Krypton, Superman, författare och inkonsekvent editor, är det inte förvånande detaljerna har blivit tappade eller glossed över. Titta bara på modifieringarna för planeten Krypton under årtiondena:

• Krypton and its history has been altered to a great extent from its previous versions. In the post-Crisis Krypton, sexual reproduction was considered obscene, and thus, all children were conceived in birthing matrices. After Infinite Crisis, this was taken out of Kryptonian culture.

• Also in post-Crisis Krypton, this planet was located in a solar system within the Milky Way galaxy close enough that the radiation from the explosion (traveling only at light speed) was able to reach Earth (Action #600).

• But after Superman: Birthright it was suggested that the planet Krypton was from an entirely different galaxy. In current continuity however, Krypton has been revised back to its previous position and is confirmed to be in the sector of space that borders that of Earth.

• The Green Lanterns have dubbed Krypton's sector of space 2813 (Earth's being 2814) and was under the protection of Green Lantern Tomar-Re when it was destroyed. Another element to the previous version of Krypton was that all Kryptonians were unable to leave their planet or they would die instantly. This was a result of the Eradicator altering the genetic codes of Kryptonians to keep them planet-bound after a group of them left Krypton to explore and colonize other planets. The Eradicator punished these Kryptonians by altering their genetic codes to be vulnerable to lead, which resulted in the Daxamites.

• Originally, Jor-El had a serum that he invented that would allow a Kryptonian to leave the planet safely; which he gave to his son Kal-El upon leaving for Earth. This was created to maintain the rule of Superman being the only Kryptonian survivor which was the theme of the post-Crisis Superman mythos.

• This was reversed after 2003 when it was revealed that Superboy (Conner Kent) was half Kryptonian and then in 2004 when Supergirl (Kara Zor-El) arrived on Earth. The Eradicator did not place the planet-bound restrictions on the Krypton of the current DC universe but it still seems to be responsible for the Daxamites' lead vulnerability.

• The Krypton of the current continuity was at one time an expanding empire that conquered other planets for years but was dismantled after the Kryptonian high council decided that their methods were too aggressive. The city of Kandor had a lunar city named after the planet bound city and when the lunar colony was destroyed, Brainiac kidnapped the real Kandor.

• Other multi-ethnic versions of Kryptonians that resemble African-Americans and Asians also make an appearance in current continuity. Though previously, "black" Kryptonians were mainly confined within the Kryptonian continent of Vathlo Island. In the New Earth continuity, dark-skinned Kryptonians are more integrated into Kryptonian society than they were in the silver and pre-modern age DC universe. The other racially diverse people of Krypton came from a continent called Twenx. --Wikipedia > Krypton