2014-10-04
Original: 2014-10-04 on Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal
Transcript
Panel 1:
Reporter: Hey Superman! I got a question. Why are you lying about X-ray vision?
Superman: What do you mean?
Panel 2:
Reporter: The way perception works is that one thing emits a signal, and the signal is absorbed by a receiver.
Reporter: So, the only way you could have X-ray vision is if you emit some ability to force human bodies to emit so much radiation that you can see them through thick barriers.
Panel 3:
Reporter: You have the power to make people's bodies spontaneously emit huge bursts of energy. Is the power limitless? How do you do it? Why haven't you told anyone?
(Superman's eyes begin to glow.)
Panel 4 (newspaper):
ANOTHER REPORTER GOES MISSING
Superman vows to find killer himself
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Votey:
(A man with curly hair sits in an armchair, glancing nervously. Thought bubble:)
Thought: Nerd wrath in 3, 2, 1...
Reporter: Hey Superman! I got a question. Why are you lying about X-ray vision?
Superman: What do you mean?
Panel 2:
Reporter: The way perception works is that one thing emits a signal, and the signal is absorbed by a receiver.
Reporter: So, the only way you could have X-ray vision is if you emit some ability to force human bodies to emit so much radiation that you can see them through thick barriers.
Panel 3:
Reporter: You have the power to make people's bodies spontaneously emit huge bursts of energy. Is the power limitless? How do you do it? Why haven't you told anyone?
(Superman's eyes begin to glow.)
Panel 4 (newspaper):
ANOTHER REPORTER GOES MISSING
Superman vows to find killer himself
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Votey:
(A man with curly hair sits in an armchair, glancing nervously. Thought bubble:)
Thought: Nerd wrath in 3, 2, 1...
Alt text
Main comic, four panels. A reporter confronts Superman, asking why he's lying about having X-ray vision. Superman, drawn in classic costume, asks what he means. The reporter explains that perception requires a signal emitted from something and absorbed by a receiver, so the only way Superman could have X-ray vision is if he emits an ability that forces human bodies to radiate enough energy to be seen through thick barriers. In the third panel the reporter presses on, asking whether this power to make people's bodies emit huge bursts of energy is limitless and how he does it; meanwhile Superman's eyes start to glow ominously. The final panel is a newspaper headline reading 'ANOTHER REPORTER GOES MISSING / Superman vows to find killer himself,' implying Superman vaporized the reporter. Votey: a nervous-looking man with curly hair sits in an armchair, a thought bubble reading 'Nerd wrath in 3, 2, 1...' suggesting he's about to be punished for over-analyzing.
Transcribed by Claude Opus 4.8.