Comments on: Too Many Tubes (in New Avengers #59)

By: animus

animus — Thu, 10 Dec 2009 09:45:58 +0000

The last time I saw the Marvel Universe's version of Excalibur, it was being used by a superpowered MD. Maybe they should give her a call.

By: Carl

Carl — Wed, 09 Dec 2009 16:07:11 +0000

Alberto, he doesn’t NEED to sharpen the adamantium claws, because they can never be dulled by anything.

By: Alberto

Alberto — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 20:33:00 +0000

Speaking of Wolverine’s razor-sharp adamantium claws, how does he sharpens them?

By: Scott

Scott — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 16:09:01 +0000

To be fair, that was probably a Claremont written issue; it sounds like something he'd write.

By: Harvey

Harvey — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 15:44:58 +0000

Logan can cut Luke Cage, because his of his razor-sharp adamantium claws. Marvel’s Excalibur blade, Silver Samurai’s sword, and Muramasa should all equally work – though with somewhat less surgical precision. ;-)

Bullets sprayed with teflon ought to bounce off Luke’s skin like any other bullet. A story with cop killer bullets working on Power Man sounds stupid, no offense.

By: Carl

Carl — Tue, 08 Dec 2009 06:04:47 +0000

In one issue of Power Man and Iron Fist it was stated that so-called “cop killer bullets” (which will go through a bulletproof vest) would penetrate Cage’s skin. That was decades ago, though.

By: Bryan L

Bryan L — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:13:00 +0000

Good question on the adamantium. I don’t follow the main Marvel titles much anymore. Is Cage truly invulnerable now? Used to be he just had “steel-hard” skin and could take some damage, though he was way tougher than most. I can’t swear to it, but I think I remember that weapons of sufficient caliber left marks or bruises on him. I need to pull out my Power Man Essentials.

By: Beaton

Beaton — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 22:05:00 +0000

“Plus, now that there’s no power drainer around, there isn’t any way to place an IV at all through his invulnerable skin.”

Adamantium needle on the IV cath? Would that do it?

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:47:32 +0000

Later panels — where the bag of blood is still hanging — show the rest of the body and there are no IVs or central lines, or IV tubing leading to his bed at all.

As for the IV in the mouth — veins aren’t big enough and there’s such a thing as the hard palate getting in the way.

By: Laura

Laura — Mon, 07 Dec 2009 14:36:44 +0000

Animus, that’s what I was thinking, too! Then there are other reachable places that also aren’t skin. If he an IV into his mouth rather than those other places, probably he should count himself lucky. Now, I don’t know how one finds a vein in the mouth or those other places, but desperate times and super science can achieve anything.