‘Superman: Doomsday’ Trivia Winner Revealed
I have no idea how a Superman trivia contest became a discussion over the much-beloved Marx Brothers, but yet it did.
Thanks to our friends at Warner Bros. Digital Distribution, we ran a contest to celebrate the release of Superman: Doomsday on iTunes with Extras.
The goal was to stump me, co-author of the forthcoming The Essential Superman Encyclopedia, with questions related to the Man of Steel. First up was Chuck Williams, who asked, “Clark Kent once asked Ma Kent to make him a second Superboy costume with a different color scheme. What color replaced blue as the primary color of this second costume, and why did it prove to be a mistake?”
A tricky one, but asking me questions of stories written by my pal Bob Rozakis will get you nowhere. Bob told a tale that had Ma make the costume red and yellow only to learn the yellow absorbed the solar radiation, weakening the Teen of Steel.
Mike Weber tried with, “What recent film features a visual reference/homage to the Fleischer animated version’s costume change sequences to introduce the hero?” Okay, Michael, you got me. Name the reference and if I’m convinced, you win the digital download of Superman: Doomsday with Extras.
Kyle Gnepper asked, “What is the mascot for the Smallville High football team?” I presume we’re talking about the television series and their mascot is the crow.
Miles Vorkosigan finally got us back on track with, “Since we’re Supermanning on these questions, I got one for ya, Bob. In the Crisis on Two Earths Justice League movie, what’s the last thing Supes says to Lex before they leave the police station?” My first inclination is to ask, who cares? By being the second stumper, you get my highest regard or, if Mike’s answer doesn’t please me, you win.
Nebula and Hugo nominated author Michael A. Burstein inquired, “What did red kryptonite do to Superman in its very first appearance in the comic book? (I’m asking this question because I don’t know the answer and I’m curious.)” Well, Michael, the first appearance of Red K was in a Superboy story which saw the hero fall into a delirium, dreaming that Jor-El, Lara, Ma Kent, and Pa Kent are all alive and well and are taken to a new world. Superboy then watched in horror as a moon crashed into the world, killing his natural and adoptive parents, along with Krypto. The shock woke him up.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Indy is dumped out of the car trunk, his hat tossed on the ground beside him – we don’t see his face. He reaches for the hat, and the shot switches to his shadow on the car as he puts the hat on and adjusts it, and the theme music plays on the soundtrack.The Fleischer Bros/Paramount cartoons always showed the transition from Clark to Superman in shadow or silhouette (my favourite being in the elevator with the frosted-glass Art Deco doors in Japoteurs – begins at about 6:20).
Well – his shadow; i’m suddenly not 100% sure it’s on the car – maybe on the ground?
For that matters, Japoteurs features infiltration [by agents of an inimical power with which the US was not formally at war] of a military base to steal something strategically important…
And i’m trying to remember – i think it was the Chris Reeve Superman that has (as does ) Superman safely bringing a huge crippled airplane to ground with its fuselage and wings threaded between city buildings … or was it the World’s Finest Adventures animated?
Has to be the animated. The Reeve has him rescuing Air Force One; lightning had struck the plane, destroying the port outboard and taking part of the wing with it. Kal flew in and grabbed the wing by the engine mount and applied some extra lift. “Fly. Don’t talk, just fly. We’ve got… something. I’m not saying what. Just trust me.” We never even see AF1 land.
In the Routh, he lands the crippled 747 press plane in the middle of Monarchs Stadium. (They are the Metropolis Monarchs, right?) By the nose. Pretty well ending the game, too. No outfielder I know is gonna want to navigate around that. You’d think he’d have gotten under it and carried the plane to the airport, parked it someplace, but no…
When was that first Red K story? – i remember one from about 1954/55 (i think), in which time traveling lawmen from the future appeared at Metropolis Police HQ (or somewhere equally Official), stating that Superman was actually a fugitive mass-murder from their time – they used powdered Red K (which he had never before encountered) to subdue him.And they were able to predict that it would take away his superpowers temporarily (which they told the Metropolis cops). What they didn’t tell the cops was that it would first cause him to be unable to control his powers, leading to the impression that he was lashing out destructively in an attempt to escape.(Of course, “continuity” was a word that DC did not know in the 1950s.)It turned out, of course, that they were actually criminals from the future (possibly the first or an early appearance by the Revenge Squad?)…
If you look at the Overstreet Price Guide it should tell you what the 1st Red K appearance was
I refuse to support the Overprice Street Guide.
And i know that several errors of fact on similar questions have been found in it, too.
The parallel-Earth Lex had turned himself in to Metropolis PD, and in order to make sure he was harmless they had him strip and took all his clothes and armor. When Kal, Diana and Wally showed up, a naked Lex was sitting in an interrogation room reading the Planet. After confirming his identity, he offered to go with them to the Watchtower to explain himself. Kal said, simply, “Pants.”But Bob, I don’t own an Ipod, so give this to someone who can use it.
The parallel-Earth Lex had turned himself in to Metropolis PD, and in order to make sure he was harmless they had him strip and took all his clothes and armor. When Kal, Diana and Wally showed up, a naked Lex was sitting in an interrogation room reading the Planet. After confirming his identity, he offered to go with them to the Watchtower to explain himself. Kal said, simply, “Pants.”But Bob, I don’t own an Ipod, so give this to someone who can use it.
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Indy is dumped out of the car trunk, his hat tossed on the ground beside him – we don’t see his face. He reaches for the hat, and the shot switches to his shadow on the car as he puts the hat on and adjusts it, and the theme music plays on the soundtrack.
The Fleischer Bros/Paramount cartoons always showed the transition from Clark to Superman in shadow or silhouette (my favourite being in the elevator with the frosted-glass Art Deco doors in Japoteurs – begins at about 6:20).
Well – his shadow; i’m suddenly not 100% sure it’s on the car – maybe on the ground?
When was that first Red K story? – i remember one from about 1954/55 (i think), in which time traveling lawmen from the future appeared at Metropolis Police HQ (or somewhere equally Official), stating that Superman was actually a fugitive mass-murder from their time – they used powdered Red K (which he had never before encountered) to subdue him.
And they were able to predict that it would take away his superpowers temporarily (which they told the Metropolis cops). What they didn’t tell the cops was that it would first cause him to be unable to control his powers, leading to the impression that he was lashing out destructively in an attempt to escape.
(Of course, “continuity” was a word that DC did not know in the 1950s.)
It turned out, of course, that they were actually criminals from the future (possibly the first or an early appearance by the Revenge Squad?)…
If you look at the Overstreet Price Guide it should tell you what the 1st Red K appearance was
Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull – Indy is dumped out of the car trunk, his hat tossed on the ground beside him – we don't see his face. He reaches for the hat, and the shot switches to his shadow on the car as he puts the hat on and adjusts it, and the theme music plays on the soundtrack.The Fleischer Bros/Paramount cartoons always showed the transition from Clark to Superman in shadow or silhouette (my favourite being in the elevator with the frosted-glass Art Deco doors in Japoteurs – begins at about 6:20).
For that matters, Japoteurs features infiltration [by agents of an inimical power with which the US was not formally at war] of a military base to steal something strategically important…And i'm trying to remember – i think it was the Chris Reeve Superman that has (as does ) Superman safely bringing a huge crippled airplane to ground with its fuselage and wings threaded between city buildings … or was it the World's Finest Adventures animated?
Has to be the animated. The Reeve has him rescuing Air Force One; lightning had struck the plane, destroying the port outboard and taking part of the wing with it. Kal flew in and grabbed the wing by the engine mount and applied some extra lift. "Fly. Don't talk, just fly. We've got… something. I'm not saying what. Just trust me." We never even see AF1 land. In the Routh, he lands the crippled 747 press plane in the middle of Monarchs Stadium. (They are the Metropolis Monarchs, right?) By the nose. Pretty well ending the game, too. No outfielder I know is gonna want to navigate around that. You'd think he'd have gotten under it and carried the plane to the airport, parked it someplace, but no…
Well – his shadow; i'm suddenly not 100% sure it's on the car – maybe on the ground?
When was that first Red K story? – i remember one from about 1954/55 (i think), in which time traveling lawmen from the future appeared at Metropolis Police HQ (or somewhere equally Official), stating that Superman was actually a fugitive mass-murder from their time – they used powdered Red K (which he had never before encountered) to subdue him.And they were able to predict that it would take away his superpowers temporarily (which they told the Metropolis cops). What they didn't tell the cops was that it would first cause him to be unable to control his powers, leading to the impression that he was lashing out destructively in an attempt to escape.(Of course, "continuity" was a word that DC did not know in the 1950s.)It turned out, of course, that they were actually criminals from the future (possibly the first or an early appearance by the Revenge Squad?)…
If you look at the Overstreet Price Guide it should tell you what the 1st Red K appearance was
I refuse to support the Overprice Street Guide.And i know that several errors of fact on similar questions have been found in it, too.
The parallel-Earth Lex had turned himself in to Metropolis PD, and in order to make sure he was harmless they had him strip and took all his clothes and armor. When Kal, Diana and Wally showed up, a naked Lex was sitting in an interrogation room reading the Planet. After confirming his identity, he offered to go with them to the Watchtower to explain himself. Kal said, simply, "Pants."But Bob, I don't own an Ipod, so give this to someone who can use it.
Did you announce the winner? Did i win?
Did you announce the winner? Did i win?