Comments on: Clark Kent Donates Blood

By: Dee

Dee — Thu, 22 Jan 2009 02:35:34 +0000

If you get his blood wouldn’t you get some of his strength DNA ?

By: Wanderer

Wanderer — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 14:50:12 +0000

In all fairness, Mr. O’Neill (you don’t have a daughter named April, I hope), Superman probably involved Zatanna himself, just to keep Lana from having yet another nagging suspicion that he was Superman.

And SarahW? It varies by person. I feel euphoric after donating, myself. Of course, that one time the phlebotomist went “fishing” for my blood vessels and went WAY too close to a nerve… well, let me say it for the ladies in the audience; I went into the “stirrup” position, teeth clenched, as I purposely held every muscle in my arm VERY still… by holding the reclining couch in a deathgrip! NOT fun!

(I got a t-shirt, and I love the cookies… but I’m SO glad that was the only time a nerve was grazed…)

By: Star Firstbaseman

Star Firstbaseman — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 18:32:26 +0000

Hilarious – I’m glad you posted it. :)

By: SarahW

SarahW — Tue, 18 Apr 2006 15:32:11 +0000

Quick? easy? painless? I want to yell “Lie Lie Lie.”. At least my experience was way different. I thought I’d be a lovely person and donate blood when I was 23. That giant-gaugue needle hurt like an SOB, left me with a sore arm for days. But that wasn’t the worst of it. I expected to feel a little lightheaded for a short time, maybe, but I was sick and weak and tired and not myself for at least two weeks. I had an active job and it was hard going. Of course, I was just a slip of a girl and maybe that had something to do with it. It was such a nasty experience I have never given blood on purpose again. I was screened the usual way, but I guess thin females may have a harder time of it.

By: John Nowak

John Nowak — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 14:23:44 +0000

I’m kind of mixed. I’ve been listening to some of the old “Superman” radio shows, and Clark has quite the rep of being one tough SOB — this whole “I can’t stand the sight of blood” thing would have been quite out of character. It was always

“Clark! You rushed that armed thug and knocked him out with one blow!”
“Oh, he must have had a glass jaw. And besides, he only had one shot, and obviously, he missed.”

Which always made more sense to me. I mean, if you can use superpowers in a way that makes you look like a lucky human, why not? Of course, the radio incarnation kept forgetting that earth people didn’t have powers:

“I didn’t think the KKK would kidnap my houseboy — maybe he’s upstairs in his room, asleep!”
“No, Mr. White — he’s not there! He’s in the garage!”
“Clark, how can you be sure?”
“I heard his heart — I mean, I thought I heard a moan for help. Didn’t you?”

By: Seth Finkelstein

Seth Finkelstein — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 02:31:20 +0000

Right, as methane says, it seems like Clark should have been able to come up with a far better excuse – wouldn’t “I had hepatitis” be fine?

On the other hand, maybe he wanted to say “Of course I’m not Superman – remember, you all saw me donate blood that day of the blood drive” (It’s a wild world where the answer is *really* “One of the volunteer nurses was also your magician buddy who cast a spell to make it happen”).

Maybe he was going to come up with a better excuse later, then saw Zatanna there by coincidence (Lois volunteers at times, so perhaps so does Zee), and changed plans.

By: methane

methane — Sat, 15 Apr 2006 00:32:27 +0000

A world-travelling reporter today can simply say he’s recently back from a malaria-prone region and they won’t take his blood. He can also say he spent 3 months in England in the 80’s or early 90’s and they won’t take his blood.

By: Tim O'Neil

Tim O'Neil — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 18:23:06 +0000

But… how did Lois know to contact Zatanna? Is this story trying to tell us that Lois knew Clarks’ identity all along and only played along to keep him from looking like an idiot? Seriously, how the hell did Zatanna know to be play-acting as a nurse at just that blood drive on just that day????

By: Anna

Anna — Fri, 14 Apr 2006 16:04:11 +0000

Honestly had a hard time figuring out who the “nurse” was becuase I kept reading her name as Evig Blood which means Eternal Blood in Swedish (which ment I kept hearing that awful perky, fauxe swedish voice in my head going “Hello! My name is Inga! I am from Sweden!”. That didn’t help much). Once I managed to filter the swedish out of my brain I couldn’t help but feel how clever the solution was. Zatanna rocks. I named my epée after her.

By: DrObvious

DrObvious — Thu, 13 Apr 2006 20:36:01 +0000

Yeah, that really caught my eye too. There are a number of very embarrassing reasons not to give.

That said, go donate!