Trivia Tuesday, 9/7 @ 2 PM PST/5 PM EST: DC Through the Decades

Q2. Which two insects appear on the first page of Action Comics #1 to help explain the mechanics of Superman’s powers?

Ants and bees

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Beetle and ant

Ant and grasshopper

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ants and grasshoppers

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That’s correct! Ants for Superman’s relative strength, and Grasshopers for his ability to leap tall… well, you know the rest.

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in a recurring mistake of misreading questions, i was staring at the cover of the issue trying to find bugs

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The reason Superman is raising the car is so he can smash an annoying bug

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Or stopping it from running over a defenseless ant.

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I hope it wasn’t Ambush Bug!

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The bug must have been hiding behind that giant rock.

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Q3. Before Batman, which hard-boiled detective created by Superman’s own Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster was frequently the star of Detective Comics?

Slam Bradley

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Slam Bradley

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Jim Gordon

Slam Bradely and Shorty Morgan

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That’s the man! And that takes us out of the 1930s! Get ready to jump to the 40s in our next batch of questions!

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Slam Bradley

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I hope the questions get easier as the decades get later. :laughing:

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Oh no, I’m so sorry, Row… those were the easy ones.

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