Comments on: Your Weekend Moment of Psychic Nosebleed Zen: 52 Revisited

By: raymond larsson

raymond larsson — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:51:30 +0000

explosive decompression comics-style (i.e. actual bodies exploding)

If Wikipedia is to be believed — it may happen with the loss of as little as eight Atmospheres (Byford Dolphin), but one atm. or less just swelling, pain, cooling and hypoxia. See http://www.sff.net/people/Geoffrey.Landis/vacuum.html about half way down the page.

By: Toby S.

Toby S. — Mon, 05 Mar 2007 01:09:51 +0000

Yes, Buddy is definitely in hard vacuum in that panel- he’s on the asteroid where he “died”. I am curious about the medical accuracy of that, though- is explosive decompression comics-style (i.e. actual bodies exploding) anywhere close to reality?

By: Jim

Jim — Sat, 03 Mar 2007 23:16:23 +0000

Wasn’t Buddy bleeding from the vacuum of space?

Not that I have any idea whether that’s medically accurate on its own rights.