Superman

[Charlie V]

GL is advanced alien technology (the ring) and willpower.

Wonder Woman was either a well trained and equipped human (Golden Age), or a being enhanced by Greek dieties, depending on the era.

I could have sworn the alien ring (powered, of course, by will power) was also magic.

The Greek dieties, I also thought might have some magical connection. I think she falls in the same catagory as Thor. Depending, of course, on the era and who is writing the story.

Charlie

 

[12volt_man]

I have a question for my fellow Christians. Is Superman and all other superheroes, appropriate for Christians to watch?

Superman's fine.

Batman, I'm not so sure about.

A grown man who wears tights and spends that much time with a teenaged boy is just creepy.

My favorite is still Nova (later, "The Man Called Nova").

 

[12volt_man]

I can't think of any superhero with a religious affiliation.

Well, there's always "Bibleman", who threatened the panel on Celebrity Fit Club with a shotgun in a profanity laced tirade.

 

[Fuzzy]

The Alan Scott ring - "Magic," made from a wierd green rock.

The Hal Jordan/Kyle Rayner/Green Lantern Corps rings - provided by the Guardians of the Galaxy.

 

[Toboe]

Here's the only TRUEtm Superhero!

Pectorals of God!

Bibleman sucks!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Honestly the worst tv show with the worst FXs ever.

 

[The-Doctor]

People have some really really strange ideas!!!!

 

[skinner]

Well, I have a rather large comic book collection. I used to read them a lot.

But what I noticed is that they keep getting more violent and in some cases have a lot of soap opera type thing going on-while the writing IMO, got poorer.

I liked the old Daredevil when Frank Miller was the writer-and yes, I know they were somewhat grim. But he was an excellent writer.

The X-men were great back when it was the core group, Storm, Wolverine, Nightcrawler, Cyclops and Kitty. Don't know what's going on these days with them, but I thought they were going down hill last time I leafed through a few comics.

Always liked Batman, spiderman is ok, the punisher was good before they had him whack a family by mistake, then it got too stupid and I quit buying.

Anyway, aside from my ramblings, I think it's like anything else, ya got your good and your bad. I took my daughter to see Batman begins and was actually pleasently surprised. They kept it clean and the storyline was pretty decent.
I don't see a problem with fantasy. And I think most people still let their kids watch fairy tales. Most of the old fables had a moral and a point. This is not always the case with some of the newer movies.

 

[Cleany]

I have a question for my fellow Christians. Is Superman and all other superheroes, appropriate for Christians to watch?

if its not then it time to be VERY depressed

 

[NothingButTheBlood]

Well, I suppose it depends on who's writing the story. I don't think they mentioned DNA in the early years of Spider-man.

There was even a period of time when Marvel proudly proclaimed on the cover of every Spider-man, "The non-mutant super hero!"

Ultimatly, I'm just having fun here. None of these characters are affected by the sun, or by radiation, or by genetics, or even by magic. These characters are fiction! They exist only as drawings and stories.

That's why I can't see them as non-Christian. I don't recall a single word in the Bible saying you can't read about fictional characters who do this or that.

Arguably, a statue of George Washington may be less Christian than Harry Potter or Superman. I recall a passage in the Bible that says not to create an image of anything on the Earth or under the Earth, but nothing about creating images of things that have never existed. Harry Potter and Superman never existed, so they fall in that catagory.

Charlie

PS. Okay, so I'm a wacky comic book purist. But I'll point it out anyway.
As a matter of convention, Spider-man is spelled with hyphen, Superman is spelled without a hyphen, and Batman is the same. Unless you're talking about the very early Batman from 1939, in which case he's The Bat Man.

Way to ruin a conversation.