Comments on: A Closer Look at Superman’s (Internal) Anatomy

By: JohnnyZito

JohnnyZito — Thu, 08 Mar 2007 19:03:52 +0000

There’s a four parter that ran through all the books in 2001 (I Think) about Superman being poisoned. Atom and the Super-Family shrink down to attack the living cancer that’s eating Superman alive.

They mention a few specific differences between Kryptonian and Earthling anatomy if you’re interested.

By: Evan

Evan — Sat, 04 Nov 2006 19:36:16 +0000

> but I have no idea what the small red organ just over his heart is

Its probably one massive adrenal gland :)

By: Dwight Williams

Dwight Williams — Fri, 03 Nov 2006 17:21:39 +0000

Considering he’s survived surgery by human MDs, I’m surprised the innards were drawn to differ that much.

By: Dustin

Dustin — Thu, 02 Nov 2006 09:51:09 +0000

You know, large vessels like that seem counter-intuitive to me. I remember the episode of Farscape (I dunno if you ever watched that) when we first met the striking Sikozu. She was commenting to John that his veins and vessels were larger than she’d expect, and seemed to offer that her special “abilities” (like gravity shifting, for one) came from the fact that her internal anatomy was smaller and more efficient.

I suppose the obvious analogy is computer processors. Modern day processors are about the size of a postage stamp (maybe a bit bigger) and do the work of what computers that once filled rooms did.

But, then again, calling BS on one form of science fiction based one what I heard in another form of science fiction is pretty suspect anyway . . .