Because they’re cousins. Of course, they could just move to Arkansas. 
I smell a Preacher crossover!
As Niven put it in the eponymous article, “She can’t mate with Superman because she’s his first cousin. And only a cad would suggest otherwise.”
Help out a novice here, willya?
What’s this pre- and post-crisis stuff?
I didn’t realize they were cousins, as a matter of fact. And first cousin is a bit close for even me, who’s pretty laid-back about these sort of things. Second cousin is different, of course…
…but I would only be concerned about that for marriage and having kids. If two consenting adult first cousins want to get it on, more power to them and I’ve got no problem with that. So let them enjoy!
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[dives for cover]
Short version: Back in the day, DC (the publishers of Superman and many other comic books) had a whole lot of different universes, each (mostly) with their own versions of Superman, Batman, Wonder Woman, etc. Most of the stories occured on what was called “Earth-1”, but if a writer wanted to write a story about, say, Superman as a super-villain with Lex Luthor as the hero opposing him, he could do that, and just set it on a different world. Well, eventually, the suits at DC decided that was too complicated, and launched a big Event spanning all of their titles, called “Crisis on Infinite Earths”. When the dust had settled, there was only one Earth left, with one of each superhero (except for the ones that had died in the crisis, or became un-existant in the new, single Earth), and many of those who still existed had their histories and powers radically changed. So when you’re talking about the capabilities or story of a particular character, you have to specify whether you mean the pre-Crisis or post-Crisis version.
It should also be mentioned that the Pre-Crisis Superman was so powerful, he could push planets out of orbit. Post-Crisis, he is still quite powerful, but nothing as ludicrous as that.
Yeah, now it’s just small moons.
Threads like this make me love and fear the Dope and comic book fandom in general.
And that’s why I love da Dope. Never heard of the band. Googled. Seems like my kind stuff. Found a used CD for $4.99. Bought it.
Thanks Dope!
Thanks, Robot Arm!
Supergirl only goes for horses. No, really.
Reading this thread makes me feel like I’m listening in on the Monarchs Henchmen.
I can’t remember the name of the comic, but there was a superheroine named “Herricane” that screwed the bad guy to find out where he had hidden her super lover. She then got him to confess by use of what a commentator called her vise-like “Bobbit Grip.” He ponied up the info PDQ.
Only if you used green kryptonite. Gold kryptonite has the effect of causing a Kryptonian to lose all of his/her powers. Perhaps exposing the egg to gold kryptonite would allow ordinary human sperm to penetrate it.
But then, perhaps any child born of the union might not have superpowers.
Really? Very cool. (I wasn’t sure anybody even followed my links, and now I’ve got someone hooked on a whole band.)
I always figured Bonsai should be a natural fit around here; sense of humor, lyrical wordplay, bizarre topics. Maybe they just never made it big enough for their audience to find them.
… is somewhat moot, since we’re talking about two species that evolved thirty light years apart (according to a story that’s probably been retconned a dozen times, but you get the idea)
The real question is would it take almost 8 years to carry to term?
Pre-Crisis Supergirl was married (and the marriage was consummated), though the details weren’t revealed until after her death. Her husband was an alien named Salkor who, though possessing a number of superpowers of his own, was not invulnerable or at least not to her extent.
Ref: Superman #415, January 1986.
I postulate that since Superman’s body is charged by solar radiation, keeping his child in a human womb (genetic compatibility assumed) would pose no threat to the carrier.
Just as long as it’s not a zombie.