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Here are Eddie Berganza's answers to questions fans put to him from September and October 2005:
Eddie's Answers
John Tsoutis (john_tsoutis@symantec.com) asks:I'm a huge fan or Mr Dan Jurgens and strongly believe he has always best represented (both artistically and story wise) Superman throughout the titles in the last 10-15 years. Can you comment on him and state what his current involvement with the titles is? Are we going to see a major return to the titles for him? Thanks for your time.
Eddie: I'm currently working with him on something tied in to INFINITE CRISIS, but also hoping to nab him for my last issues on the Super-books as I also feel that he has been a big part of Big Blue's life as well, and I wouldn't think of leaving without one last Dan Superman.
Ian Staley (istaley@emich.edu) asks:
Can Superman see through his own eyelids?
Eddie: No, he wouldn't sleep very well.
Jose Valentin (obirick@msn.com) asks:
I'm having a hard time accepting the "leaner/meaner" Superman I've seen recently. I cite the "For Tommorrow" storyline as an example. It appears Superman is losing his humble nobility in favor of a "Don't make me angry. You won't like me when I'm angry" attitude these days. Any chance we'll get to see Superman portrayed as a torch-bearer for hope rather than a guy who's mad as hell and not going to take it anymore?
Eddie: Look at what's happening in the books currently. It's more of him coming to understand his place in the world.
Anthony Borrelli (borrelli@oswego.edu) asks:
Here's a really geeky question. What do you suppose that Superman's heat vision would look like from his own perspective? It wouldn't look like lasers the way we see it. I have always wondered this. Thanks!
Eddie: That would be a cool POV to show. My understanding is that for that moment he actually does see red.
Mauricio Bobadilla (EZmoney3000@hotmail.com) asks:
Will Superboy ever reallly become Superman? I mean everyone knows that Superman, Clark Kent, will be around forever so is Superboy just a waste a time?
Eddie: Hey, I love Kon (Conner), so don't say that. I mean are Robin and Nightwing wasting their time? Besides, Superboy plays an important part of the Titans, I don't know where we'd be without him. He and Superman have their roles to fill in the DCU.
Roogle Threesixteen (Rugal_316@fortress-of-solitude.net) asks:
Juvenile question... When you say Superman is vulnerable to Magic as you and me. Do you mean he's vulnerable to it the same way HUMANS are?? If that's the case then a punch from Captain Marvel (Shazam) should have had killed him as it would do any normal human. OR... Does it follow Kurt Buseik's argument of: "If Magic allows a Hammer to hit real REAL hard... we STILL know Superman has a real REAL good resistance to physical blows [which is what a hammer would do]". What is it of those two?
Eddie: He can still withstand a mighty blow even if it has been gained through magic. It's still physical. It's the metaphysical like spells and such that he's as vulnerable to as you or I.
Brandon (KirbsterAoE@hotmail.com) asks:
I have a couple questions. How strong is Superboy compared to Superman, I mean if they fought would superboy stand a chance? And second, me and my friends were wondering if Superboy would be affected by a red sun since his powers come from tactile telekinesis?
Eddie: Superman is physically stronger. He is just a boy. And his powers include TT, but are not derived from it. This is just one of the odd byproducts of mixing human and Kryptonian DNA or specifically Lex's brilliant mind with Superman's abilities.
Adrien (adn_heming@yahoo.co.uk) asks:
Hi Eddie. I just wanted to ask about a particular aspect of Clark's physiology that's always confused me. In "Superman: Red Son", and in some Justice League Animated episodes, Clark's "super abilities" stop working *the moment* he's placed under red light. But I remember instances in canon where, when deprived COMPLETElY of any solar radiation (i.e., in a prolonged eclipse) it took time for Clark's powers to diminish, because his body simply drew from its stored solar energy. *In theory,* shouldn't the same thing occur when Clark is placed under red solar lights? Or is Clark's body able to "recognize" that it's in its normal environment under such situations, and simply starts working the way it should? I realize Red Son and the JL Animated episodes are separate from normal continuity. I just wanted to ask about the "official" take on it, and if Clark's physiology does indeed act this way in canon, what the explanation for it might be.
Eddie: The red solar radiation can eat away at the yellow energy that he has stored instantly if he's blasted with it at particular emissions, at least that's the kind of attacks Ruin in ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN has bein doing. Remember when he returned to "Krypton" which was under a red sun it took awhile for his powers to go away.
Jacob K. (Turdfurguson014@aol.com) asks:
Can Superman read super fast?
Eddie: He kind of has to because it's not often he gets to relax with a good book.
Jeff Javorie (email address withheld) asks:
I was wondering if you could please explain to us what Black Kryptonite does in the comics? Is it at all similar to what was seen on "Smallville"?
Eddie: We have a Black Kryptonite story that Vogue Moran and Felix Chan wrote that they pitched way before the SMALLVILLE episode aired, and it's about the despair that this K brings to everyone, not just Superman. This one hasn't seen print, but in SUPERGIRL you'll be seeing what effects Black K has on Kara in issue #3.
Thanks once again for answering all our questions.
Eddie: Thank you for waiting a month this time.
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