Young Romance #1: Wonder Woman And Superman

[superfangirl1]

Artist: robson rocha

Comments

[stillanerd]

I'm sorry, but I have to call MAJOR bullshit on that ending.

Yes, I understand what the scene is supposed to signify, that Superman is showing Diana that he's making a decision of his own free will to love her in spite of his fears about hurting her. That's all fine and dandy. However, as this very issue shows, Superman is still vulnerable to the effects of magic. And Eros' bullets are of very powerful magic considering how we've seen they're capable of literally penetrating through Diana's unbreakable bracelets. And yet somehow, Superman is capable of catching a literal magic bullet just like he would an regular one? Sure, he's got enough super speed to be able to catch it, but that bullet should have gone through his hand. Or at the very least pierced his skin and drew blood. And IMO, if a writer has to violate the pre-established rules of a fictional universe that have been set-up well in advance in order to make the story work, then that writer is doing something wrong.

[darkknightjrk]

I suppose you could say that Superman really stretched out his super-speed by picking the bullet out of the air instead of just letting it hit his skin. It would explain why the bullet wasn't dented due to impact.

[stillanerd]

Sure, but we also see that the bullet's velocity knocks him the ground even upon catching it, which doesn't happen when Superman usually catches bullets. Which again shows that this is indeed a magic bullet. But instead of the bullet should've also been able to pierce his skin even if he did catch it, we don't see so much as a scratch on Superman's hand. Remember in Watchmen when Ozymandius catches the bullet when Laurie tries to shoot him, and he was knocked down from the impact and his hand is bloody since it still was able to pierce his skin. That's what should've happened when Superman tried to catch Eros' bullet.

[darkknightjrk]

I agree that he probably should have had a bloody hand after it (one of the things I liked initially about the New 52 Superman was that he could get beaten and bruised under extreme situations), but it wasn't such a huge problem that it took me out of the story, if you get what I mean.

[deepspaceartist]

Magic doesn't negate Superman's powers, he just has no immunity to it. If he just catches the bullet in the air between his fingers , whether or not the bullet would penetrate his skin is irreleveant. Unless the bullets have been shown to have magic that makes them immune to the laws of physics, which they might have for all I know.

[darkknightjrk]

Nothing has been said that they can break the laws of physics, but nothing has come up that would make one question it, IMO. When one of Eros' bullet breaks through Diana's bracelets, it was because the metal of the bullet was stronger than her bracelets--like the difference between regular and armor-piercing bullets.

[stillanerd]

As I explained above, even though Superman is fast enough to grab it, we see that he still gets knocked back from the bullet's impact which doesn't happen whenever he catches regular bullets. So it is affecting him like a normal bullet in spite of his powers because it's magic. And yet, because apparently the plot says so, this same magic bullet which is able to knock him backwards and stun him even after he catches it doesn't make so much as a scratch on his hand?

[donnblake]

We don't know that it's effecting him like a regular bullet in spite of his powers. We know that it knocks him backwards. There's a substantial gap between "Can knock Superman about," and "Can break Superman's skin."