COVER CONTEST for January 25 to January 31 - OPTIC BLAST!

[MajorHoy]

[CJStriker]

[LordMikel]

I forgot to post earlier, but luckily my cover hasn't been selected.

[Ravin' Ray]

The biggest eyes of the Marvel Universe.

[Tami]

Question, how would you define this Optic Power? It's from the Webcomic Grrl Power

[ed2962]

Question, how would you define this Optic Power? It's from the Webcomic Grrl Power

I'd say he's a teleporter, except that where the majority of folks in comics with this power either wave their hands around or simply concentrate, in his case the energy that makes it happen has to physically come out of his eyes.

[Optimus]

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So many good choices! Hard to choose!

[seismic-2]

Who was the first comics character (or, for that matter, the first character in fiction in general) to use an optic blast? It's not an obvious sort of super-power. After all, emitting energy from your eyes is the very opposite of how eyes actually work. It would be like emitting sonic blasts from your ears.

[Spike-X]

I reckon it's gotta be Superman's heat vision, once it became a separate power to his x-ray vision.

[foxley]

It was almost certainly the Comet, who first appeared in Pep Comics #1 in 1940, who could fire disintegration beams from his eyes.

According to one of Brian Cronin's "When First We Met", (here), Superman first used the heat of his X-ray vision (to melt a glacier) in 1949's Superman #59.

[Spike-X]

It was almost certainly the Comet, who first appeared in Pep Comics #1 in 1940, who could fire disintegration beams from his eyes.

According to one of Brian Cronin's "When First We Met", (here), Superman first used the heat of his X-ray vision (to melt a glacier) in 1949's Superman #59.

I stand corrected. Thank you!

[Ajax_X]

[seismic-2]

According to one of Brian Cronin's "When First We Met", (here), Superman first used the heat of his X-ray vision (to melt a glacier) in 1949's Superman #59.

It again seems counter-intuitive that Superman's x-ray vision would work by his emitting x-rays from his eyes. After all, he doesn't emit light from his eyes to see in the normal visible wavelengths.

[Scott Taylor]

Frank Brunner/Steve Leialoha



Interestingly there is a big empty space at the top of the cover above the comics code and banner. I learned this space was used for the UK editions, which would read "Full Color Comics." Perhaps, at the time, full color was unusual for comics in the UK?

[foxley]

It again seems counter-intuitive that Superman's x-ray vision would work by his emitting x-rays from his eyes. After all, he doesn't emit light from his eyes to see in the normal visible wavelengths.

If you're looking for rigorous logical and/or scientific explanations, comic books might not be the right hobby for you.