Comic Book Physics

An anonymous reader writes "Seems many of the feats of SpiderMan, Superman and other superheroes obey the basic requirements of physics. So says a University of Minnesota physicist who uses nothing but comics to teach the subject. 'Comic books get their science right more often than one would expect ... I was able to find examples in superhero comic books of the correct descriptions of basic physical principles for a wide range of topics, including classical mechanics, electricity and magnetism, and even quantum physics.' Especially cool: Why Krypton *had* to explode."

Comments

Hulk and Xmen2

[Wolfrider]

--The Hulk movie basically sucked because it tried to go WAY beyond typical suspension of disbelief. I mean come on people, that movie was just WRONG. There's no frelling WAY the Hulk can throw a tank, or any of the other stupid crap they had him doing. The TV series with Bill Bixby and Lou Ferrigno was more believable, for Godsake.

--Xmen2: I did like it on the whole for the most part, except when Jean Grey *pushes* a Cyclops eye-beam away with "mental force." For one thing, Cyclops should never have been able to do that; for another, you CAN'T deflect a beam of light with just "Mind Power!"

--Bah. I hated the Spider Man movie, too. But the first X-Men movie was awesome, and I've liked all the Spawn movies (even the animated ones.) Some people just know how to give the genre the Right Treatment(TM).