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(DIR) Post #AzU0IzXpj6LkdWU0qu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-22T23:45:36Z
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Ok but why do they look like termites? I swear to god "golden age" comic artists have never really looked at an ant. Their legs aren't that bad, though...
(DIR) Post #AzU3nnq1bJu1AWNLQO by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T00:24:45Z
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@dhobern Mantises, termites and roaches are all in the same family. So that makes sense.
(DIR) Post #AzU4p4m6DSjxwNi6SH by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T00:36:16Z
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Well I'm going to find a way to read this. These ants better not be a metaphor for COMMUNISM.
(DIR) Post #AzU5DDuLuXpjDU5Kee by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T00:40:35Z
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@dhobern The summary made it sound more nuanced. Superman takes on the ant traits of his own free will to communicate with them and they have come to earth with "an important message" so... not all hope is lost. It might be fun.
(DIR) Post #AzU5U3JaY4khHmuiIK by mattmcirvin@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T00:43:38Z
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@futurebird @dhobern ah, so it's not just a "Red Kryptonite makes something random and wacky happen to Superman" story?
(DIR) Post #AzU5YuhlzHwk1xXmHQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T00:44:32Z
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@mattmcirvin @dhobern It did mention "red kryptonite" I don't know much about that...
(DIR) Post #AzU9YxQqFTKsIwtuWu by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T01:29:21Z
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@gloriouscow How is this body horror?
(DIR) Post #AzUA8QO2aShcF3VDxg by mattmcirvin@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T01:35:44Z
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@futurebird @dhobern Usually, in this era, Red Kryptonite affects Superman in some random, goofy and story-specific way that wears off after a few days. It gives him a bulging super-brain or the head of a lion or alters his personality, and it's always a different effect. I guess in this case he knew this "cloud" had a specific effect he could exploit...
(DIR) Post #AzUAElW6wFfhVtIibQ by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T01:36:53Z
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@gloriouscow Insects don't see things split up like that. It's integrated in their mind. But you could talk to the ants at last. (or at least understand what they were going on about... you'd need pheromones to really fully communicate. ) That would be wonderful.
(DIR) Post #AzUAH13E9bkkGqrd1E by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T01:37:19Z
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@gloriouscow Now that is a better question. But it's superman so. IDK just go with it.
(DIR) Post #AzUAKFUmuEdRwFISkC by Infrapink@mastodon.ie
2025-10-23T01:37:44Z
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@futurebird Back then, artists came up with a wacky cover that people would buy to figure out what the feck was going on, and then the writer would come up with a story which the cover would fit.
(DIR) Post #AzUDfdqJsVrDOUGDRY by Aethelstan@mas.to
2025-10-23T02:15:22Z
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@futurebird welp. Lois has some serious laying to do…
(DIR) Post #AzUMcFrfTIUlkHLpWC by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T03:52:14Z
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@gloriouscow @futurebirdI feel like the beard is not the most notable thing about ‘Bearded Superman’ and he might have been better called something else.
(DIR) Post #AzUMcHrO3JSVvzEdMG by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T03:55:30Z
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@TobyBartels "Slay Girl! Manicure Superman" ?
(DIR) Post #AzUMejZvxzoWTsEqG0 by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T03:56:00Z
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@gloriouscow @TobyBartels Compact mirror and x ray vision
(DIR) Post #AzUMonsGqlFehRcITI by TobyBartels@mathstodon.xyz
2025-10-23T03:57:52Z
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@futurebird @gloriouscowThat gets me thinking: Does his X-ray vision reflect in a mirror or just see through the mirror? Maybe the mirror needs to be lead-backed instead of silver-backed.
(DIR) Post #AzUax4kdNvU4iWsppA by RachelThornSub@famichiki.jp
2025-10-23T06:36:11Z
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@futurebird I just read it, and it’s classic early Silver Age D.C. comics goofiness. I feel like I've killed some gray cells reading, and I’m afraid writing a summary would damage the brains of anyone who reads it. The one line that is sure to make you furious is where Clark describes ant queens as “tyrannical.”
(DIR) Post #AzUzCFMabpHEsFP5pg by jollyorc@social.5f9.de
2025-10-23T11:07:52Z
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@futurebird @gloriouscow I need to look up which book in the series it was, but in the Moirin trilogy by Jacqueline Carey being able to hear and understand the language of ants was considered a curse, because it's boring and it. never. stops. anywhere. :)
(DIR) Post #AzVhzkFgwxxOqXaecy by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T19:29:48Z
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@gloriouscow @UnlikelyLass Why would Krypto want to be a collie? Poor dog is fine the way he is!
(DIR) Post #AzViXdmHWnP4c1zqcK by futurebird@sauropods.win
2025-10-23T19:36:01Z
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@gloriouscow @UnlikelyLass Krypto is a MUT. He is an American dog. I really dislike the idea that the poor puppy has let those purebreds get in his head like that.
(DIR) Post #AzVjsMOtQnFyklV5kG by Moss@beige.party
2025-10-23T19:50:54Z
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@futurebird @gloriouscow @UnlikelyLass He wanted to get the credit for rescuing Timmy from a well.
(DIR) Post #AzWESlOCztuBIySFxQ by outer@mas.to
2025-10-24T01:33:40Z
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@futurebird @lisamelton I, for one, welcome our new term-ant overlords.