MHA Crew Watches Death Battle

Analysis: Superman

Wiz: Faster than a speeding bullet. More powerful than a locomotive. It's a bird! It's a plane! It's... Superman!

Boomstick: Geez, just a locomotive? People in the '40s needed bigger imaginations.

Momo:That's true. The 40s sounds like a basic time compared to now.

Bakugo:Maybe cause it was? You can't expect things back then to be moving exactly as fast as today.

Wiz: Born on the far-off world of Krypton, the infant Kal-El was sent to Earth by his parents, narrowly escaping Krypton's destruction. Raised by farmers as "Clark Kent", he eventually became Superman: Champion of the Oppressed, the Man of Tomorrow.

Izuku:Nice!!!

Kirishima:Yeah!!!!

Boomstick: If you've only seen the movies, forget 'em! Comic book Clark's not the perfect boy scout. And he's definitely not Jesus. Wait, weren't the guys who made him Jewish?

Wiz: Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster were sons of Jewish immigrants, and grew up in a time when antisemitism went largely unchallenged.

Boomstick: And then that ugly mustache showed up.

Momo: Pot meet kettle. Your Mustache looks like a slug with fur!

Wiz: Understandably seeking escape from some truly terrifying horrors, the pair created Superman to be a simple solution to overwhelming problems.

Boomstick: A hero who could defeat any evil by just punching it! Hell yeah! That's how I live my life.

Momo:So Superman is a result of escapism? Wow....

Kirishima:Do we get on Izuku for his All Might escapism?

Izuku:Hey!!!

Momo:Point taken.

Izuku: Don't agree with that!!!

Ochaco:(giggles)

Wiz: After almost nine decades, Superman has been many things. At the core, his story is one of a refugee; a child who lost his home, left to the mercy of alien people. This new world accepted him, raised him, gave him a new home, because helping others in need is the right thing to do. That's why he became a superhero. The first superhero.

Izuku:I bet All Might could take him in his prime.

Boomstick: Everything's gotta start somewhere, but he was the first one to really take off.

Boomstick Uh, I mean, not... literally; it took a while actually before he learned how to fly.

Bakugo:Heh. We all start somewhere, I guess.

Wiz: In fact, when Clark discovered his Kryptonian heritage, he struggled to accept it and subconsciously developed mental blocks, severing him from his true power which he would uncover throughout his life.

Kaminari:Whoa. I wonder if I'm doing that and not knowing it?

Bakugo:Mental Blocks, Kaminari.

Momo: Meaning you need a brain and common sense to do that.

Kaminari:Hey!!!!

(Everyone laughs)

Boomstick: He's strong enough to shoulder-press the weight of the Earth for five days straight, or crush coal into perfectly cut diamond.

Momo:What?