# That VISA ad w/the super heroes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265>\
**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:** 4\
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**Author:** ![Jake](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/f475e1/32.png) [@Jake](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jake)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/21 "2005-06-09T01:57:25Z")

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And, disguised as Clark Kent, mild mannered reporter for a great metropolitan newspaper…(forgot the rest)

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**Author:** ![Otto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Otto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Otto)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 3:22am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/22 "2005-06-09T03:22:43Z")

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Wages a never-ending battle for Truth, Justice and The American Way.

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**Author:** ![foolsguinea](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/foolsguinea/32/14751_2.png) [@foolsguinea](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/foolsguinea)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 4:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/23 "2005-06-09T04:17:59Z")

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> [@Happy Scrappy Hero Pup](#):
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> [sinbad on snl]
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> Dammit, I’m BLACK VULCAN, man! You don’t recognize me?
> 
> [/sinbad on snl]

I’m pretty sure Sinbad was Black Lightning in that sketch. Hence the Afro wig.

> [@mrunlucky](#):
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> I see this commercial and every time I wonder why Spider-Man sounds like Woody Allen.

I think it has something to do with being “a loser from Queens” in his secret ID.

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**Author:** ![LurkMeister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/3da27b/32.png) [@LurkMeister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/LurkMeister)\
**Post date:** [June 9, 2005, 12:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/that-visa-ad-w-the-super-heroes/307265/24 "2005-06-09T12:21:26Z")

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What cracks me up about this commercial is Spider-Man saying “read my lips”

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