Cooler than

[geminigirl]

A post of substance is probably coming later, but for now, a poll...

Please check the statement you believe to be true. It doesn't matter if you think the Green Lantern is the coolest superhero ever, I just want to know who is cooler, Aquaman or Superman.

[Poll #735528]

Comments

[zurcherart.livejournal.com]

But Auquaman is sexier!

Precisely.

[beaq.livejournal.com]

Ain't it always the way?

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

Marine Boy was cool, but who's Aquaman?

[geminigirl]

Cayne is indiginant that you don't know who Aquaman is. And befuddled that you didn't Google it. And befuddled.

And refusing to come over to the computer and comment.

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

I could have Googled, but I figured that as well as the searchable, you'd give me the personal significance, which would be more interesting. Since hubby seems to be insisting (in a manner of speaking) I'll Google it as soon as I submit this.

[barking-iguana.livejournal.com]

Hmm. It seems the mid-1970s were a down-time for Aquaman books, which might explaing why I don't remember him.

[geminigirl]

That could make sense. I'm not sure why Cayne was so flabbergasted, I'm just the messenger.

The relevance (not that there is any) had to do with whether or not Superman could survive underwarter as long as Aquaman, which is something that Cayne and I were discussing on the way home this afternoon. I remember Aquaman from Justice League cartoons, I think.

I think Aquaman was way sexier than Superman.

Why Superman is cooler

[scherzoid.livejournal.com]

"Other heroes are really only pretending: Peter Parker plays Spider-Man; Bruce Wayne plays Batman. For Superman, it’s mild-mannered reporter Clark Kent that’s the disguise – the thing he aspires to, the thing he can never be. He really is that hero, and he’ll never be one of us. But we love him for trying. We love him for wanting to protect us from everything, including his own transcendence. He plays the bumbling, lovelorn Kent so that we regular folks can feel, just for a moment, super."

-- Neil Gaiman and Adam Rogers, in this month's Wired