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From: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman)
Newsgroups: net.comics
Subject: Re: The Powers of Kal-El
Message-ID: <448@sdchema.sdchema.UUCP>
Date: Thu, 12-Sep-85 11:03:40 EDT
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Posted: Thu Sep 12 11:03:40 1985
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Reply-To: gino@sdchema.UUCP (Eugene G. Youngerman)
Organization: Chemistry Dept, UC San Diego
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>>                              The Powers of Kal-El
>>                           Speculation by Clyde Jones
>
>This sounds just like Gladiator of the Shi'iar Imperial Guard.
>In one book (I think a Fantastic Four Annual or Special, perhaps about 2 years
>ago) he runs into the FF and of course there is a misunderstanding and
>Gladiator starts beating them up.  Good old Reed figures out that there is
>no possible way Gladiator could do what he does physically and deduces that
>he must be doing it mentally. He then rigs up a device to fool Gladiator
>into believing that his powers aren't working.  What planet did you say
>Gladiator is from?  Is there some sort of Gladiator-ite that effects 
>Gladiator the way Kryptonite effects Superman?  Come to think of it, is
>there anything that slows Gladiator down?

It seems to me that this series of speculations has been discussed before,
and that Byrne and Claremont used it  for a model when they
created Gladiator.  I don't remember where I saw this, but I think it was
actually printed somewhere that Gladiator was supposed to be Superman.

Along those lines, how many other characters have been "Superman"?

I can think of 4.  Gladiator, Hyperion, Captain Marvel, and Marvelman
(I mean Miracleman).

GINO

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