Timeline for Is Superman immune to narcotics?
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| Dec 26, 2023 at 22:37 | comment | added | Blaze | Over the course of his comic book history, Superman has been faced with a cloud of horrid toxic gas (from villainy and/or industrial accident). His go-to move is to inhale the cloud, zoom up to space and exhale the vapour. Not a blink of an after effect. Hard to imagine even "some really good shit" would even register. | |
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| Mar 9, 2014 at 5:06 | comment | added | Izumi-reiLuLu | I find this a silly question, when you would think of a possibility such as this when it would definitely not happen at all and Superman is not entirely human to begin with, so the chances of addiction are quite slim. -1 | |
| Mar 9, 2014 at 2:05 | answer | added | Mistah Mix | timeline score: 0 | |
| Jun 29, 2013 at 12:38 | vote | accept | Popopo | ||
| Jun 28, 2013 at 1:11 | comment | added | Lèse majesté | @Monty129: Well, if he's got blood vessels, a cardiovascular system, and all those other kryptonian analogs to human organs, then he's probably got a similar nervous system that's based on neurons as well. If that's the case, then it would have to function through electric impulses and neurochemistry. Perhaps kryptonian neuroreceptors are highly selective and will only bind to the exact endogenous molecule they evolved to be activated by, and perhaps their blood-brain barrier is much more selective, but it's hard to imagine any kind of brain without these basic components. | |
| Jun 27, 2013 at 16:23 | comment | added | Monty129 | @Lèsemajesté that's assuming his Kryptonian brain functions like an earth based brain. Either way his esophogus, and lungs would have to have the same level of invulnerability as the rest of him to inhale the way his super breath is depicted, therefore neither toxins nor intoxicants would be able to enter his bloodstream through them. | |
| Jun 27, 2013 at 16:15 | comment | added | Lèse majesté | @Monty129: I think you might be confusing toxins with intoxicant. Regardless, if no psychoactive substance worked on Superman, then he also wouldn't be affected by caffeine or drugs like tylenol. That by itself might be fine, but since the brain fundamentally requires neurotransmitters and neurotransmitter receptors to function, he should at least be affected by those endogenous chemicals and their exogenous analogs. So perhaps he's not affected by any of the same drugs as humans, but if you extract or synthesize kryptonian adrenaline and he ingested it, he would still feel the effects. | |
| Jun 27, 2013 at 11:17 | answer | added | Kalissar | timeline score: 4 | |
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| Jun 27, 2013 at 3:07 | history | edited | Popopo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 22:58 | comment | added | z - | @PaulAClayton yup that was it. My comment was more of an attempt at black humor by referencing the worst superman movie in existence than anything else. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 21:54 | comment | added | Monty129 | Oh I remember that @PaulA.Clayton, however I chose to believe it was all just someone's idea of a sick joke. And I do remember him drinking beer in that movie, but I thought his behavior was more to do with the Kryptonite and less to do with everything else. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 21:44 | comment | added | user11683 | Do not read without brain bleach available. Superman III had Superman affected by an artificial almost-Kryptonite that contained cigarette tar (in place of an unknown component). This influenced his behavior. @Monty129 This might be what yx was referring to; Superman appeared to get drunk in that movie. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 21:09 | comment | added | Monty129 | @yx when did he get drunk? | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 18:28 | comment | added | z - | superman can get drunk, I don't see why he can't get high. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 17:44 | comment | added | Jeff | Worth pointing out that even when he was 'dead' from Doomsday, Superman's body was still invulnerable enough that it bent a scalpel in half when they tried to do an autopsy. This was after he took an all-day beating that made him vulnerable enough to nearly die. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:56 | comment | added | Popopo |
@ThePopMachine I have seen. But I don't think the answer will quite affect here. Probably he does not need to eat foods, but certainly he can.
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:50 | comment | added | Popopo | @Monty129 According to this question asked before, it seems even Superman can get hurt and bleeding if his adversary is also an strong enough Supercreature. Thus I think circulatory system cannot be totally precluded. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:48 | comment | added | ThePopMachine | See question I added scifi.stackexchange.com/questions/37429/… | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:32 | history | edited | Monty129 | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:29 | comment | added | Monty129 | @Popopo I think circulatory system would be out, unless you used a hollow Kryptonite needle to administer it, and his lungs probably wouldn't be affected by any inhalents seeing as his "super breath" power would already have to counteract any toxins he inhales. Digestion may be the only way to go. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:17 | history | edited | Doctor Doom | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:12 | comment | added | Popopo | @ThePopMachine Via digestive system, respiratory system, or circulatory system. | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 16:05 | comment | added | ThePopMachine | How do you administer a drug to him? | |
| Jun 26, 2013 at 15:56 | history | edited | Popopo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 15:49 | history | edited | Popopo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |
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| Jun 26, 2013 at 15:44 | history | asked | Popopo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |