# That VISA ad w/the super heroes **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Created:** [June 7, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265 "2005-06-07T06:08:22Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 6:08am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/1 "2005-06-07T06:08:22Z")
Who all is in there? OTTOMH I’m recalling Spider-Man, Captain America, Storm, Thor, Wolverine and Underdog. There’s a woman in green, looks like she has a ponytail and a cape; no idea who that is. ---
**Author:** ![nivlac](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/3bc359/32.png) [@nivlac](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/nivlac)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 7:58am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/2 "2005-06-07T07:58:21Z")
You’ve named the main characters (all Marvel except for Underdog). I think that the other characters were just “fill-ins” who stood around in the back. ---
**Author:** ![Biggirl](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/biggirl/32/3294_2.png) [@Biggirl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Biggirl)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 11:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/3 "2005-06-07T11:00:56Z")
All I know is is that I’d like to stab Spidey in the throat every time I hear “and you won’t be held responsible for fraudulent _charges_.” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/4 "2005-06-07T12:17:01Z")
[Comic Book Guy] So tell me WHY does Captain America come burrowing out of the ground? Does he have some new tunneling power I was not aware of? Could it be a Skrull with the powers of the Mole Man, disguised as Captain America? [/Comic Book Guy] ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 12:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/5 "2005-06-07T12:44:28Z")
No Love for Underdog? ☹ Where’s da Love for Underdog, man?!?! ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/6 "2005-06-07T13:52:04Z")
Once again Bosda has mystified me. ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:53pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/7 "2005-06-07T13:53:41Z")
Hey, Sweet Polly Purebred was **hot**! (Obligatory “doggy-style” joke here.) 😃 ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 1:57pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/8 "2005-06-07T13:57:43Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Once again Bosda has mystified me. Oh, pshaw! You make too much fuss over such a small accomplishment. Taint hard to do. 😉😃 ---
**Author:** ![Trion](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/ccd318/32.png) [@Trion](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Trion)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/9 "2005-06-07T14:32:47Z")
> [@Otto](#): > > Who all is in there? OTTOMH I’m recalling Spider-Man, Captain America, Storm, Thor, Wolverine and Underdog. There’s a woman in green, looks like she has a ponytail and a cape; no idea who that is. [Sersi?](http://www.geocities.com/brenni_au/CostumeGallery.html) ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 2:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/10 "2005-06-07T14:52:40Z")
I think that Nova and the Silver Surfer can be glimpsed in the background as well. ---
**Author:** ![Push\_You\_Down](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/push_you_down/32/9095_2.png) [@Push\_You\_Down](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Push_You_Down)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/11 "2005-06-07T16:47:08Z")
…There’s a black guy with an afro and gauntlets in the back… Maybe he’s supposed to be Luke Cage… 70s version… without a shirt… and a much bigger hairdo… and umm… wrong pants… Maybe it’s Black Goliath… without a shirt… etc. etc. ---
**Author:** ![Max\_Carnage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/max_carnage/32/12775_2.png) [@Max\_Carnage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Max_Carnage)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/12 "2005-06-07T17:29:55Z")
> [@Push You Down](#): > > …There’s a black guy with an afro and gauntlets in the back… Maybe he’s supposed to be Luke Cage… 70s version… without a shirt… and a much bigger hairdo… and umm… wrong pants… Maybe it’s Black Goliath… without a shirt… etc. etc. “That’s SuperVolt!” ---
**Author:** ![Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/6f9a4e/32.png) [@Hey\_It\_s\_That\_Guy](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hey_It_s_That_Guy)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 5:32pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/13 "2005-06-07T17:32:58Z")
> [@Max Carnage](#): > > “That’s SuperVolt!” That was Black Vulcan who referred to himself as SuperVolt. ---
**Author:** ![rjung](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/45deac/32.png) [@rjung](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/rjung)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 7:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/14 "2005-06-07T19:38:52Z")
I cringe every time I see Cap make that ugly-ass grimace. ---
**Author:** ![Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/ea5d25/32.png) [@Happy\_Scrappy\_Hero\_Pup](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Happy_Scrappy_Hero_Pup)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/15 "2005-06-07T20:00:39Z")
[sinbad on snl] Dammit, I’m BLACK VULCAN, man! You don’t recognize me? [/sinbad on snl] ---
**Author:** ![mrunlucky](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/7993a0/32.png) [@mrunlucky](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mrunlucky)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/16 "2005-06-07T20:05:48Z")
I see this commercial and every time I wonder why Spider-Man sounds like Woody Allen. ---
**Author:** ![JThunder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/e95f7d/32.png) [@JThunder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JThunder)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2005, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/17 "2005-06-07T20:25:50Z")
> [@Biggirl](#): > > All I know is is that I’d like to stab Spidey in the throat every time I hear “and you won’t be held responsible for fraudulent _charges_.” I’d like to see you try. (Spider-sense, y’know.) ---
**Author:** ![Meeko](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/e495f1/32.png) [@Meeko](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meeko)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 11:34am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/18 "2005-06-08T11:34:42Z")
I don’t get why Underdog was late ariving. I mean if he has “Speed of Lighting” and the Blaze of Thunger… I mean If Superman is Faster than a Speeding Locomotive… …Then again, does this mean that “Shoeshine Boy” Takes Visa? ---
**Author:** ![Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/ebca7d/32.png) [@Linus\_Van\_Pelt](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Linus_Van_Pelt)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 12:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/19 "2005-06-08T12:00:18Z")
> [@mrunlucky](#): > > I see this commercial and every time I wonder why Spider-Man sounds like Woody Allen. Because he’s trying to sound like Tobey Maguire. ---
**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2005, 12:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/20 "2005-06-08T12:10:14Z")
> [@Meeko](#): > > I mean If Superman is Faster than a Speeding Locomotive… Superman is faster than a speeding _bullet_. He’s _more powerful_ than a locomotive. Also able to leap tall buildings in a single bound. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265.md?page=2)