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Bordnlazy · 03-19-2005, 01:11 AM

Okay how the heck does supes cut his hair? we've seen em shave using heat vision, does he do the same thing with his hair? or do his little krypto-servants at the fortress of solitude have special scissors they use to cut his hair? I know its a stupid question but it's been bugging the crap out of me for years? How DOES HE CUT HIS HAIR!!!!!

Smokey · 03-19-2005, 06:59 AM

i think the same way, using heat vision..yet then he'd have to pull an omega beam type trick..so i dunno..ive seen it stated that his hair or fingernails dont grow while under a yellow sun, but then it doesnt explain how he'd need to shave then, i dunno, maybe he emits red sun radiation on himself before going to supercuts? lol

Joker2503 · 03-19-2005, 09:24 AM

Scissors laced with watered-down Kryptonite?

comic_lover · 03-19-2005, 09:29 AM

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Originally Posted by Bordnlazy

Okay how the heck does supes cut his hair? we've seen em shave using heat vision, does he do the same thing with his hair? or do his little krypto-servants at the fortress of solitude have special scissors they use to cut his hair? I know its a stupid question but it's been bugging the crap out of me for years? How DOES HE CUT HIS HAIR!!!!!

well,back in pre-crisis,he'd shave and give himself a haircut with his heat ray vision reflected off a piece of metal from his Kryptonian spacecraft.....

superlurker · 03-20-2005, 04:19 AM

Back in the Pre-Crisis days, he didn't *need* to shave or cut his hair. It was noted several times in various stories, when he was under a red sun or otherwise powerless, that his hair and beard would then start growing, like that of a normal man.

Contradictions would abound, of course, but that was probably the more commonly-held idea.

Him shaving with a mirror from his spaceship was a Post-Crisis idea.

davids · 03-20-2005, 01:38 PM

one story had superman coming back from a mission to a world under a red sun with long hair and beard.

What to do?

Get supergirl, and krypto to combine their heat vision to give hm a shave and a hair cut.

Wonder if he tipped them?

comic_lover · 03-21-2005, 12:02 AM

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Originally Posted by superlurker

Back in the Pre-Crisis days, he didn't *need* to shave or cut his hair. It was noted several times in various stories, when he was under a red sun or otherwise powerless, that his hair and beard would then start growing, like that of a normal man.

Contradictions would abound, of course, but that was probably the more commonly-held idea.

Him shaving with a mirror from his spaceship was a Post-Crisis idea.

I'd almost forgotten,it wasn't until the 1986 Byrne revamp that his hair grew at all....One thing I never understood.....how could Clark use a piece of reflective metal to shave anyways,the last I checked a mirror doesn't refract heat ? Oh,well,it's just another one of those comic book " problems "....

Bordnlazy · 03-21-2005, 02:47 AM

i'm gonna go with he probably douses himself with red-solar energy then has his robots cut his hair. or hey i never even thought but maybe he has a *magical* pair of scissors :D

ChrisII · 03-21-2005, 08:12 AM

Didn't Superman IV also state that his hair was super-strong; granted, that's not comic canon (and apparentally might not be movie canon soon either!)...

Bordnlazy · 03-21-2005, 10:33 PM

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Originally Posted by ChrisII

Didn't Superman IV also state that his hair was super-strong; granted, that's not comic canon (and apparentally might not be movie canon soon either!)...

yeah in one of the comics (superman for all seasons)when he was still a teenager he went to the local barbershop to get a haircut and the scissors BROKE

dancj · 03-22-2005, 06:05 AM

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Originally Posted by comic_lover

One thing I never understood.....how could Clark use a piece of reflective metal to shave anyways,the last I checked a mirror doesn't refract heat ? Oh,well,it's just another one of those comic book " problems "....

I'm pretty sure mirrors do reflect heat. Heat can travel by convection, conduction and radiation. Mirrors would do nothing for convection or conduction, but radiation - also known as infra-red light - would be reflected by mirrors.

That's why the insides of thermos flasks are shiny

superlurker · 03-22-2005, 06:40 AM

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Originally Posted by ChrisII

Didn't Superman IV also state that his hair was super-strong; granted, that's not comic canon (and apparentally might not be movie canon soon either!)...

That was definitely comic canon back in the Pre-Crisis days. At a certain point in time, it was one of Lois' favorite ways of trying to bust Clark's secret identity.

One story actually had her break a scissor on his hair and she thought she'd finally exposed him. Later in the same story, he was kidnapped, and then stabbed in the back of his head -- which, of course did nothing. So he came up with a story about how he was wearing a *metal wig* because he was investigating a particularly nasty gang. Just in case they'd shoot him in the head or something.

Of course, that creates a totally new set of problems. His hair should be pretty rigid and unmoving, which would look somewhat disconcerting to most. But his hair was definitely invulnerable.

Kojiro · 03-23-2005, 10:49 PM

A "metal wig?" Am I the only one that notices how absurd that sounds?

sikkbones · 03-23-2005, 11:03 PM

superman hair exsists on diffrent planes depending on the comic book issue and will eventually result in the crisis of infinite hairstyles crossover in 2029.

HartyPotter · 03-23-2005, 11:38 PM

it's another one of his superpowers?

03-19-2005, 01:11 AM	#1
Bordnlazy Couch Potato in training Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 196	Superman getting a HairCut? Okay how the heck does supes cut his hair? we've seen em shave using heat vision, does he do the same thing with his hair? or do his little krypto-servants at the fortress of solitude have special scissors they use to cut his hair? I know its a stupid question but it's been bugging the crap out of me for years? How DOES HE CUT HIS HAIR!!!!!

03-20-2005, 01:38 PM	#6
davids Senior Member Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 1,424	silver age beards and hair does not grow! one story had superman coming back from a mission to a world under a red sun with long hair and beard. What to do? Get supergirl, and krypto to combine their heat vision to give hm a shave and a hair cut. Wonder if he tipped them?

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Kojiro The God of Hellfire Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: It feels like Hell.... Posts: 102	A "metal wig?" Am I the only one that notices how absurd that sounds? __________________ Feel the pit of depression and sorrow.... Go. Hunt. Kill skuls! Before we are GONE TO THE AMERICANS!

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03-19-2005, 06:59 AM	#2
Smokey BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Chicago Posts: 1,915	i think the same way, using heat vision..yet then he'd have to pull an omega beam type trick..so i dunno..ive seen it stated that his hair or fingernails dont grow while under a yellow sun, but then it doesnt explain how he'd need to shave then, i dunno, maybe he emits red sun radiation on himself before going to supercuts? lol

03-19-2005, 09:24 AM	#3
Joker2503 Junior Member Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 292	Scissors laced with watered-down Kryptonite?

03-20-2005, 04:19 AM	#5
superlurker Junior Member Join Date: Jun 2004 Posts: 146	Back in the Pre-Crisis days, he didn't need to shave or cut his hair. It was noted several times in various stories, when he was under a red sun or otherwise powerless, that his hair and beard would then start growing, like that of a normal man. Contradictions would abound, of course, but that was probably the more commonly-held idea. Him shaving with a mirror from his spaceship was a Post-Crisis idea.

03-21-2005, 02:47 AM	#8
Bordnlazy Couch Potato in training Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: California Posts: 196	i'm gonna go with he probably douses himself with red-solar energy then has his robots cut his hair. or hey i never even thought but maybe he has a magical pair of scissors :D

03-21-2005, 08:12 AM	#9
ChrisII Junior Member Join Date: Jul 2004 Posts: 255	Didn't Superman IV also state that his hair was super-strong; granted, that's not comic canon (and apparentally might not be movie canon soon either!)...

03-23-2005, 11:03 PM	#14
sikkbones BANNED Join Date: Mar 2005 Posts: 496	superman hair exsists on diffrent planes depending on the comic book issue and will eventually result in the crisis of infinite hairstyles crossover in 2029.

03-23-2005, 11:38 PM	#15
HartyPotter Ka-POWee! Join Date: May 2004 Posts: 481	it's another one of his superpowers?