# The Sounds Of Superheroes

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131>\
**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Created:** [July 15, 2019, 3:28pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131 "2019-07-15T15:28:39Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![Alpha\_Twit](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/alpha_twit/32/265_2.png) [@Alpha\_Twit](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alpha_Twit)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 1:01am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/21 "2019-07-17T01:01:09Z")

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> [@Thudlow\_Boink](#):
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> Not exactly superheroes or comic books, but I can’t stop myself from linking to this [alphabetical list of Don Martin sound effects](https://www.madcoversite.com/dmd-alphabetical.html).

So lets bring it back to comic books…

[Someone had to post this.](https://i.pinimg.com/236x/3e/fe/d1/3efed1a5fe77e4bce6fcb31a1ad90898--mad-magazine-wonder-women.jpg)

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**Author:** ![Dale\_Sams](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/779978/32.png) [@Dale\_Sams](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dale_Sams)\
**Post date:** [July 17, 2019, 6:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/22 "2019-07-17T06:17:09Z")

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> [@KneadToKnow](#):
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> Rorschach: _Hrm._

Morrison Batman: “Hh.”

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**Post date:** [July 18, 2019, 4:34pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/23 "2019-07-18T16:34:05Z")

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There was a Spider-Man book in which he was captured by having a dumpster slammed down over him with the sound effect (going by old memory here) SHAFLANG! It was unique enough my friends remarked on the sound effect.

Apparently the sound was supposed to be distinctive to the characters as well – in a later tie-in book, someone hears a distant SHAFLANG! across the city and thinks, “I _know_ that sound!” and they go to rescue another captive.

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**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 3:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/24 "2019-07-19T03:13:00Z")

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Comics or not, I will always hear [this sound](https://youtu.be/PevRzecudoI?t=47) when Superman flies.

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**Author:** ![Meurglys](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/258eb7/32.png) [@Meurglys](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Meurglys)\
**Post date:** [July 19, 2019, 12:17pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/25 "2019-07-19T12:17:03Z")

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Flaming Carrot and ‘UT’

🙂

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**Post date:** [July 20, 2019, 9:49am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-sounds-of-superheroes/837131/26 "2019-07-20T09:49:00Z")

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> [@Kent\_Clark](#):
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> Comics or not, I will always hear [this sound](https://youtu.be/PevRzecudoI?t=47) when Superman flies.

I do, too. And I only ever watched that version at my grandparents house as a kid.

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