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Wednesday, July 03, 2002


Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex. Science fiction writer Larry Niven writes an alternate reason for Superman's celibate lifestyle. Now that makes me really glad to be a mere mortal!

"Assume a mating between Superman and a human woman designated LL for convenience.

Either Superman has gone completely schizo and believes himself to be Clark Kent; or he knows what he's doing, but no longer gives a damn. Thirty-one years is a long time. For Superman it has been even longer. He has X-ray vision; he knows just what he's missing."

Sex and the Single Superhero (Slate). Spider-Man's vow of celibacy. Didn't realize superheroes were like priests, huh?


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