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ratzo · 03-17-2005, 09:47 PM

I was reading the new JLA, and in it, a bunch of them were in outer space. Superman, being Superman, didn't need any special breathing apparatus. Wonder Woman had some kind of oxygen mask over her mouth, Green Lantern had his force field, and Captain Marvel, since his powers come from magic, didn't need anything. Power Girl was there too and she didn't need an oxygen mask either. Does that mean she's stronger than Wonder Woman? I don't know anything about PG; I always thought Wondy was the strongest female hero.

Paradox · 03-18-2005, 02:15 AM

Why do you think there's any connection at all between being able to go without oxygen for limited times and strength? I assume they're mutually exclusive powers. One has nothing to do with the other.

Brian R · 03-18-2005, 02:43 AM

Besides, I have seen Superman, both in comics and in animated form, require an oxygen mask when venturing into outerspace. Presumably he could hold his breath for long time, but I never understood why he would be able to breath in space myself.

Gaz · 03-18-2005, 03:21 AM

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Originally Posted by Fever

Besides, I have seen Superman, both in comics and in animated form, require an oxygen mask when venturing into outerspace. Presumably he could hold his breath for long time, but I never understood why he would be able to breath in space myself.

Maybe solar energy can sustain him?

davids · 03-18-2005, 09:12 AM

unfilted. It also makes him stronger and faster. power girls origin is up in the air again, no longer ancient atlanteian, and is vunerable to green K. With lois talking about wanting a baby, could power girl be? Naw!

Eliseu Gouveia · 03-18-2005, 10:23 AM

When Power Girl was critically injured and had to undergo surgery, Doctors found in her bodies organs they didn´t even knew what were for.
It´s very likely that her physiology(sp) doesn´t obey the same rules as other humans and known humanoids, hence, she may not need to breathe oxygen.

Bordnlazy · 03-18-2005, 08:43 PM

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Originally Posted by ratzo

I was reading the new JLA, and in it, a bunch of them were in outer space. Superman, being Superman, didn't need any special breathing apparatus. Wonder Woman had some kind of oxygen mask over her mouth, Green Lantern had his force field, and Captain Marvel, since his powers come from magic, didn't need anything. Power Girl was there too and she didn't need an oxygen mask either. Does that mean she's stronger than Wonder Woman? I don't know anything about PG; I always thought Wondy was the strongest female hero.

I always thought powergirl was known as having the biggest br........err bicepts :D

Eliseu Gouveia · 03-18-2005, 08:46 PM

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Originally Posted by Bordnlazy

I always thought powergirl was known as having the biggest br........err bicepts :D

I believe the word you´re looking for would be Lungs.

Power Girl´s exceptional....... torax capacity allows her to hold her breath far longer than most metahumans.

Forefinger · 03-28-2005, 03:33 AM

Very...nice...big....lungs.

Forefinger · 03-28-2005, 03:45 AM

Anyone else feel like eating Turkey breast?

Kintales · 03-28-2005, 04:42 AM

LOL! Those big lungs are the very assets that made her more lasting and popular than Supergirl although both suffer the same fate of inconsistent origins :D

Matt · 03-28-2005, 04:51 AM

Superman used to require a breathing mask for space but he did some training with Mongul Jnr and since that time that requirement vanished.
No, didn't make any sense to me either but it's a comic book.

Tazer · 03-28-2005, 06:06 AM

Yo.

IIRC, that training he did w/Mongul Jr. left him able to survive for far longer periods on a single intake of air; in that issue he comments that he was able to make it out to Jupiter w/a single breath whereas he wasnt able to do so before.

this was when they 1st encountered an Imperiex -probe, altho they didnt know it was only a probe then.

Tazer

Forefinger · 03-29-2005, 02:38 AM

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Originally Posted by Kintales

LOL! Those big lungs are the very assets that made her more lasting and popular than Supergirl although both suffer the same fate of inconsistent origins :D

I think that they could make PG's orgin that she's the Supergirl from the Antimatter universe that the Crime Syndicate comes from. She, at some point over there, got huge implants because she was a superpowered stripper or something prior to an acident that sent her over to the DCU and erased her memory.

Gaz · 03-29-2005, 02:52 AM

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Originally Posted by Forefinger

I think that they could make PG's orgin that she's the Supergirl from the Antimatter universe that the Crime Syndicate comes from. She, at some point over there, got huge implants because she was a superpowered stripper or something prior to an acident that sent her over to the DCU and erased her memory.

I'm cracking ,because that sounds like a decent idea.

03-17-2005, 09:47 PM	#1
ratzo citizen of Blackland Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 573	Power Girl question I was reading the new JLA, and in it, a bunch of them were in outer space. Superman, being Superman, didn't need any special breathing apparatus. Wonder Woman had some kind of oxygen mask over her mouth, Green Lantern had his force field, and Captain Marvel, since his powers come from magic, didn't need anything. Power Girl was there too and she didn't need an oxygen mask either. Does that mean she's stronger than Wonder Woman? I don't know anything about PG; I always thought Wondy was the strongest female hero. __________________ "The only thing worse than being a clueless superhero is pencilling the adventures of a clueless superhero." Glyphs - the black comics blog Zod for President!

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Paradox Food In Food In Food Join Date: May 2004 Location: Kalamazoo MI/Paragon City RI Posts: 29,515	Why do you think there's any connection at all between being able to go without oxygen for limited times and strength? I assume they're mutually exclusive powers. One has nothing to do with the other. __________________ 'Dox out. "Can it, you nit!" - Violet Beauregarde "When people in the US identify themselves as 'Catholic' or 'Lutheran' or 'Presbyterian' or 'Christian', they generally mean this is the church they don't go to;"- MacQuarrie *"And Paradox is never* correct. About anything."- Kid Omega** Decorum & Friends (A City of Heroes site)

03-18-2005, 02:43 AM	#3
Brian R always lurking Join Date: Aug 2004 Posts: 1,804	Besides, I have seen Superman, both in comics and in animated form, require an oxygen mask when venturing into outerspace. Presumably he could hold his breath for long time, but I never understood why he would be able to breath in space myself. __________________ *"Every man dies, not every man really lives".*

03-18-2005, 09:12 AM	#5
davids Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,424	I believe now superman doesn't need to breath in space because the sunlight is unfilted. It also makes him stronger and faster. power girls origin is up in the air again, no longer ancient atlanteian, and is vunerable to green K. With lois talking about wanting a baby, could power girl be? Naw!

03-18-2005, 10:23 AM	#6
Eliseu Gouveia Call me Zeu Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: In a Zoo Posts: 11,750	When Power Girl was critically injured and had to undergo surgery, Doctors found in her bodies organs they didn´t even knew what were for. It´s very likely that her physiology(sp) doesn´t obey the same rules as other humans and known humanoids, hence, she may not need to breathe oxygen. __________________ My page My Comicspace My Deviations

03-28-2005, 03:33 AM	#9
Forefinger BANNED Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 16,076	Very...nice...big....lungs. Last edited by Forefinger : 03-28-2005 at 03:45 AM.

03-28-2005, 03:45 AM	#10
Forefinger BANNED Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 16,076	Anyone else feel like eating Turkey breast?

03-28-2005, 04:42 AM	#11
Kintales Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 189	LOL! Those big lungs are the very assets that made her more lasting and popular than Supergirl although both suffer the same fate of inconsistent origins :D

03-28-2005, 04:51 AM	#12
Matt Administrator Join Date: Feb 1997 Location: Australia Posts: 4,253	Superman used to require a breathing mask for space but he did some training with Mongul Jnr and since that time that requirement vanished. No, didn't make any sense to me either but it's a comic book.

03-28-2005, 06:06 AM	#13
Tazer Member Join Date: Sep 2004 Location: NYC Posts: 848	Yo. IIRC, that training he did w/Mongul Jr. left him able to survive for far longer periods on a single intake of air; in that issue he comments that he was able to make it out to Jupiter w/a single breath whereas he wasnt able to do so before. this was when they 1st encountered an Imperiex -probe, altho they didnt know it was only a probe then. Tazer __________________ "The first Scarran you see.......you tell him 'Who's your daddy!!' " --Crichton to a dying D'Argo "I never thought I'd say this: I.....miss.....voter fraud." --Jon Stewart "Careful....theyre RUFFLED!" -Buzz Aldrin

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