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11 Responses to “ Another Look at Lois’s Injuries (Superman Beyond #1) ”

1. Bob
   August 28th, 2008 at 6:27 am
   

   “Purple Ray”, not a bad Prince movie, oh wait that was “Purple Rain”. Did he try “Gold Ray” or “Blue Ray”, I mean come on there are lots of colors left.

2. Dr Archeville
   August 28th, 2008 at 7:09 am
   

   Bob, the Purple Ray is a healing device from Themyscira (Wonder Woman’s home). It can completely heal most injuries (any that aren’t prevented by Plot, it seems), but overuse can weaken the body’s own natural healing mechanisms to the point where they can no longer recover from injuries naturally, and must use the Purple Ray to treat any problem.
   In DC 1,000,000, it was advanced enough to bring people back from the dead.
   And it can be reversed to become a Death Ray.

3. David Oakes
   August 28th, 2008 at 8:21 am
   

   It’s not a tracheostomy, it’s a vent to relieve pressure build-up from microwaving her internal organs with “Infra-red Massage”.

4. guayec
   August 28th, 2008 at 3:53 pm
   

   Ha, just finished FC:Superman Beyond and I knew I’d find those panels here.

5. Sean Duggan
   August 28th, 2008 at 5:04 pm
   

   ^_^ The bit with the Barry White playing changed the track of songs in my head to Tom Smith’s Superman Sex Life Boogie which I see you’ve referenced on your blog before. o/” I can leap tall buildings with a single bound, but I’d rather jump Lois Lane o/”

6. Chrism
   August 28th, 2008 at 6:17 pm
   

   Superman used his heat vision to do a little internal surgery on Batman in the original Hush story line. As Bruce Wayne’s brain surgeon, Hush had implanted an electronic device in his patient’s skull. Later, Superman detects it with x-ray vision and zaps it with heat vision – but not so as to burn away the skin, bone and brain above it. I think in comic-book science, heat vision + x-ray vision = heat vision that can safely penetrate a human body.

7. Harvey
   August 28th, 2008 at 6:46 pm
   

   He uses his Arctic breath to keep the chest cavity cool. It is very technical, probably involving 31st Century Science.

8. guayec
   August 28th, 2008 at 8:55 pm
   

   Yeah I think Superman’s vision is kinda like confocal microscopy.

9. Bad
   September 4th, 2008 at 12:21 pm
   

   Correct me if I’m wrong here, but I was under the impression that there had been a recent implementation of a laser technology that COULD target individual cells without harming nearby cells above or below
   http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/06/23/laser_surgery/

   So perhaps that IS plausible. Of course, I’m not I see how destroying Lois’ cardiac cells would accomplish as far as keeping her alive…

10. Operación Mandril » Encabezado Reseñas » Final Crisis: Superman Beyond 3D
    September 17th, 2008 at 2:31 pm
    

    [...] – El detalle de un Superman inmovilizado me pareció un punto excelente en Final Crisis (a pesar de que la explicación médica no tenga el menor sentido), y la forma en que Morrison decidió liberar a Kent de su responsabilidad me pareció un tanto conveniente. Sin embargo esto establece un cuadro de tiempo durante el cual debe de ser completada la misión de Superman (un latido de corazón), ayudando a crear algo de tensión. [...]

11. Alexander J Hofstetter
    October 22nd, 2009 at 1:29 am
    

    Frankly, Superman’s heat vision works like this:

    -a point is focused on
    -increased ionization occurs in that point
    -heat or electrical stimulation results

    Without his supervision, Superman cannot pinpoint the exact spot he needs to hit. So instead, he ionizes a trail leading up to the point he wants to hit, which also continues due to inertia of energy.

    With his supervision, he locates the Sinoatrial and Atrioventricular Nodes, and proceeds to ionize them. the result is that the nodes receive the energy required to maintain the charge, and thereby maintain the beat.

    Essentially Superman is acting as a pacemaker.

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