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Cosmic Celery
10-15-2008, 04:48 PM
Based on this trivia clue:

I look like a tree (of the northern hemisphere) but that doesn't stop me from being impervious to bullets and being able to fly in outer space. I'm also super-strong.

I figured you would be the people to ask!
Kirk G
10-15-2008, 05:03 PM
Based on this trivia clue:

I look like a tree (of the northern hemisphere) but that doesn't stop me from being impervious to bullets and being able to fly in outer space. I'm also super-strong.

I figured you would be the people to ask!

The Might Oak?

Super-man?

Ms. Tree?
Bicorn Halfelven
10-15-2008, 05:07 PM
Deciduous or conifer?
Cosmic Celery
10-15-2008, 05:09 PM
Deciduous or conifer?

*facepalm*
The Confessor
10-15-2008, 05:43 PM
Ummm....the only superhero that comes to mind is Floronic Man. He used to be in DC's New Guardians comic back in the late 80's. He was basically a guy who became a plant-human creature with a variety of nature-related powers. Not sure if he was bullet proof or could fly in space or whatever though.

Here's some pix...

http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9260/floronicman01zb7.jpg
http://img79.imageshack.us/img79/9197/floronicman02nt8.jpg


I think he may've originally started out as a villain but he was certainly a hero in the New Guardians series. According to wikipedia he's returned to being a super-villain again now though.
rwe1138
10-15-2008, 06:34 PM
Umm... Groot?

No, he can't fly.
prince hal
10-15-2008, 06:52 PM
Sounds like one of the myriad of Kirby creations from the Marvel monster comics, PINUS, TREE-GOD FROM THE DARK DIMENSION!

Or maybe it's Douglas the Mighty Fir.

Come to think of it, could it be Groot? He was a tree monster from Tales to Astonish...
benday-dot
10-15-2008, 07:01 PM
Would this obscurity be hero or villain?
Kirk G
10-15-2008, 07:22 PM
Guys, I think the point is that this is a riddle, and that it's not to be taken literally.

"Who is the mighty oak, strongest in the forest of DC heroes?" SUPERMAN!
Bicorn Halfelven
10-15-2008, 07:53 PM
Pinus?

Hahahahaha!!!!
The Confessor
10-15-2008, 10:00 PM
Guys, I think the point is that this is a riddle, and that it's not to be taken literally.

"Who is the mighty oak, strongest in the forest of DC heroes?" SUPERMAN!

Yeah, i was thinking that it was a riddle or even worse, a cryptic crossword clue (I'm rubbish at those).

The statement that you've put in quote marks, who said that? Is that a well known DC phrase or something?
foxley
10-16-2008, 01:03 AM
The Hulk?

He's green (like a tree), invulnerable to bullets and super-strong. Flying in space may be stretching it a bit though.
Paradox
10-16-2008, 02:19 AM
Isn't it Swamp Thing? I mean, he looks like a tree, is certainly stronger than any man, bullets just pass right through him, and did that planet hopping thing in the...Veitch years, I think?
Loki
10-16-2008, 06:30 AM
Based on this trivia clue:

I look like a tree (of the northern hemisphere) but that doesn't stop me from being impervious to bullets and being able to fly in outer space. I'm also super-strong.

I figured you would be the people to ask!

Oakman, from the British comic Jackpot. The wording of the riddle is even taken almost verbatim from the power description here:
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/o/oakman.htm
Paradox
10-16-2008, 10:25 AM
Interesting. Although I have to say, that flat-top makes it look like someone sawed his brain off. :tongue:
Kirk G
10-17-2008, 07:29 PM
Yeah, i was thinking that it was a riddle or even worse, a cryptic crossword clue (I'm rubbish at those).

The statement that you've put in quote marks, who said that? Is that a well known DC phrase or something?

No, not a quote... just my way of summarizing.
I was WAY WAY off anyway... it was some British log of wood.