R.I.P. Scout26
Kryptonite Needle.
The friction of the super-cloth would cut earf-thread. Is it kryptonite thread, too?
Piffle! the best gadget type superhero is clearly the Punisher. wwhy have a pair of 1911's, when you can have everything?
I thought that was the Shadow.
The "explanation" I heard was that it was only indestructible when it was close to his skin. If he wasn't wearing it, it was just plain old spandex.
Hmmm, seems to be a rather plausible argument. Let me think on this... *Anyone who's been around here awhile can tell you that me thinking is never good...
Actually you thinking is more of a surprise than anything else.
Always an interesting question. As Umbrax points out, there have been numerous explanations for how Supe's costume came into being and why he doesn't face public nudity charges every time he flies through fire, or gets hit with a missile, or flies into space. Originally, Clark made the costume himself, as Umbrax pointed out. The Superman mythos continuity was then altered to focus more on his upbringing on Earth. The origins of his costume shifted to being made by his mother, Martha. Clark used his heat vision to cut the thread and stitch it together.This explanation can be seen in the recent Superman-Batman-Supergirl graphic novel collection, where Martha makes Kara Zor-El's costume with the help of Clark's heat vision. Here, like Clark, the costume was made from a blanket that was stowed away in the Kryptonian ship which brought the two to Earth. Clark's cape has, at times, been a remnant of the blanket he was swaddled in as a baby. The other story I heard - and I cannot remember where I read it - was that Superman's costume was a kind of Kryptonian survival suit which Jor-El included in the ship with his son. This explains why the uniform remains undamaged by most conventional attacks. Hope this helped. The Superman mythos changes so often. I yearn for the day when they return Supe's powers to the level they were in the Silver Age series. Sigh.
How did his Earf-mom sew his impervious/impenetrable blanket into a cape? A sewing needle wouldn't go through it.
