Does Superman have a cape?

[LadyJeanne]

I'm writing a poem, and it's not really about Superman...but what do you call the red cape he wears? Is it a cape? Somehow that doesn't sound right.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

I'm writing a poem, and it's not really about Superman...but what do you call the red cape he wears? Is it a cape? Somehow that doesn't sound right.

Yep, it's a cape. It was the latest thing in superhero-wear at the time.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Re: Re: Does Superman have a cape?

Yep, it's a cape. It was the latest thing in superhero-wear at the time.

Thank you! I was always fascinated by their muscly thigh muscles under the tights. Tights!

 

[sincerely_helene]

I always thought it was a shawel... to keep him warm in those tights.

 

[Evil Alpaca]

I always thought it was a shawel... to keep him warm in those tights.

But Superman's shawl? It sounds so un-macho!

 

[LadyJeanne]

But Superman's shawl? It sounds so un-macho!

That's why I thought cape sounded wrong! Capes aren't so macho, are they?

 

[Evil Alpaca]

That's why I thought cape sounded wrong! Capes aren't so macho, are they?

They're more macho than robes or gowns, so he's probably pretty happy with a cape.

 

[sincerely_helene]

But Superman's shawl? It sounds so un-macho!

If he really cares about looking macho, he should lose the red tights.

 

[moonlight elf]

If he really cares about looking macho, he should lose the red tights.

I never understood the tights. Might just be cause i'm from a different culture.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I never understood the tights. Might just be cause i'm from a different culture.

So's superman, so we may never fully understand the secret of his tights. Or the cape. I always assumed it somehow helped him fly, maybe like a rudder or something, or it kept him aloft.

 

[LadyJeanne]

So's superman, so we may never fully understand the secret of his tights. Or the cape. I always assumed it somehow helped him fly, maybe like a rudder or something, or it kept him aloft.

I have a hard time picturing Superman flying without his cape. He'd look naked.

 

[carsonshepherd]

I have a hard time picturing Superman flying without his cape. He'd look naked.

And if my theory is indeed correct, he would plummet to the ground.

 

[sincerely_helene]

I have a hard time picturing Superman flying without his cape. He'd look naked.

But it would be so cute watching him flap his arms frantically.

 

[LadyJeanne]

But it would be so cute watching him flap his arms frantically.

Would he make a superhero-sized hole in the ground that went to the center of the earth?

Or splat?

 

[carsonshepherd]

Just picture it... let your mind go wild...

The Man of Steel!

 

[CharleyH]

I'm writing a poem, and it's not really about Superman...but what do you call the red cape he wears? Is it a cape? Somehow that doesn't sound right.

Cape yes, but also it is the red hidden, the man behind the tapesty, the fashinista, the iron cutain, the wave of . . . the . . . it is not protection, thinking freefall .. .. the red steel, red sun, red . . . hm . . .the cape is not to be hidden, not to sheild . . . wait why does Santa wear a suit , , , the ,ajestic, the shield is not superman . . . the fag of freedom, it is a flag in the wind, a red flag, a here I come . . . . a freedom?

I dunno there are my thoughts.

 

[sincerely_helene]

Would he make a superhero-sized hole in the ground that went to the center of the earth?

Or splat?

Super heros don't splat. That's what makes 'em so super.

 

[LadyJeanne]

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Cape yes, but also it is the red hidden, the man behind the tapesty, the fashinista, the iron cutain, the wave of . . . the . . . it is not protection, thinking freefall .. .. the red steel, red sun, red . . . hm . . .the cape is not to be hidden, not to sheild . . . wait why does Santa wear a suit , , , the ,ajestic, the shield is not superman . . . the fag of freedom, it is a flag in the wind, a red flag, a here I come . . . . a freedom?

I dunno there are my thoughts.

You could make a fortune reading tarot cards!

 

[moonlight elf]

I'm writing a poem, and it's not really about Superman...but what do you call the red cape he wears? Is it a cape? Somehow that doesn't sound right.

This comes right from the mouth of a big comic book fan. He says Yes it is called a cape. The "cape is a sign of importance" and the red and blue color are "the symbols of truth and justice".

I never knew there was so much thought behind the superhero outfits.

 

[LadyJeanne]

Re: Re: Does Superman have a cape?

This comes right from the mouth of a big comic book fan. He says Yes it is called a cape. The "cape is a sign of importance" and the red and blue color are "the symbols of truth and justice".

I never knew there was so much thought behind the superhero outfits.

And the tights? What about the tights?

 

[minsue]

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And the tights? What about the tights?

He just wanted to feel pretty. Cut him some slack, will ya?

 

[cloudy]

Re: Re: Does Superman have a cape?

Cape yes, but also it is the red hidden, the man behind the tapesty, the fashinista, the iron cutain, the wave of . . . the . . . it is not protection, thinking freefall .. .. the red steel, red sun, red . . . hm . . .the cape is not to be hidden, not to sheild . . . wait why does Santa wear a suit , , , the ,ajestic, the shield is not superman . . . the fag of freedom, it is a flag in the wind, a red flag, a here I come . . . . a freedom?

I dunno there are my thoughts.

Brilliant.

Originally posted by minsue
He just wanted to feel pretty. Cut him some slack, will ya?

 

[carsonshepherd]

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And the tights? What about the tights?

They just feel so good against your skin...

 

[Weird Harold]

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And the tights? What about the tights?

They're not "tights," they're the legs of a one piece union "suit" -- the shorts are to hide the "flap" in the back.

Seriously, both Superman and Batman wear "tights" or a full body suit inder their shorts because they were created in a time when it was "immodest" for even a man to go bare-legged in public except on the beach.

Oddly enough, the only "Super-Hero" to go bare-legged was Wonder Woman and her original short-skirted costume was considered scandalous at the time she was created.

Only Prince Nemor -- often more super-villian than super-hero -- was bare-legged and bare-chested in the golden age of Super-Hero comics and he obviously had to be clad in swimwear because of his nature (a merman) and could be scandalous because he was intially a villian.

 

[moonlight elf]

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And the tights? What about the tights?

not a clue...i'll ask