Does Superman get incapacitated by lasers/energy beams/lightning as much as the Justice League cartoon has led me to believe?
>>83790338
JL had to nerf him quite often so the episodes wouldn't be over in five minutes.
>>83790338
No lol
He's Superman. Why would those weak things ever affect him?
Why doesn't Superman just rape the lighting?
>>83790338
DCAU Superman is vulnerable to electricity. This is not the case in other mediums.
>>83790413
Because he isn't Batman and the lightning isn't the Joker.
Now go to bed commissioner.
>>83790381
>Dini-verse had to nerf him quite often so the episodes wouldn't be boringly ridiculous.
fixed that for you
Also, Flash being nerfed made the series better too
>>83790413
Why doesn't Superman just eat the lightning?
>>83790338
The commentaries on the JL DVD sets talk about this. Timm and co admit they had no idea what to do wtih Supes in the first season so they basically incapacitated him every episode, o matter how contrived it got.
Those commentaries are pretty good, they talk a lot about the things they thought they screwed up on or forgot about.
>>83790499
Weakening Superman is just the sign of a bad writer. You can still have a good Superman or Justice League story without making him job.
>>83790338
Here;s how it works:
Writer 1:
>Superman isn't invunerable to magic based attacks. He's not exactly weak to them, he's just as vulnerable to them as anyone else would be.
Writer 2:
>So... Magic attacks are super effective against Superman. Got it.
Writer 3:
>What about stuff like the lightning Capt. Marvel gives off when he transforms? That's, like, magic lightning. Superman is weak to that too, right? Or what about lightning made by Black Adam?
Writer 4:
>Superman is weak to lightning. Got it.
>>83790548
Writer 5: Superman is weak. Got it.
He's like Goku, he is weak to lasers whenever the story needs him to be
>>83790499
Flash wasn't even fast. He just had zoomy sound effects and motion blur drawn behind him. Normal dudes would punch him while he was running and knock him out.
>>83790545
Superman and the Flash weren't nerfed specifically for an episode though, they were fundamentally underpowered compared to their comic book selves so they weren't bloated gods that didn't fit within the universe they existed in and what the writers wanted to tell.
>>83790499
This.
That's why the Justice League sucks, literally no one of the heroes there has a reason to work with the others.
>Superman
He is smart, investivative reporter, super strenght, super speed, super everything
>Martian Manhunter
Superman on steroids, is a detective with fucking telepathy
>Batman
Detective, smart, enough money and connection to have everything if he needs
>Flash
Depending on the version is a scientist and can do everything only limited by what the plot needs
>Wonder Woman
Super everything, doesn't even have to investigate, just use the lasso and make everyone talk
>Green Lantern
The only interesting one because he is just a guy with a ring
How is a team like this supposed to work, full of redundant roles and gods and demi-gods.
Teen Titans are much better
>>83790958
>so many OP heroes
Comic and comic adaptation writers sure are shit at understanding how stakes work.
>>83790413
>rape the lighting
Now I need to find a drawfag.
>>83790413
>>83790545
I disagree. Much like Wolverine (and Hulk and any bruiser, really) Superman has been buffed entirely too much throughout the years. I think it's just a writer trying to make the stories they used to read.
>>83791005
Stakes can only be raised so much.
>>83790958
And yet Teen Titans has been such a Godawful book for decades.
