Never mind "Man and Superman." What about God and Superman?

[dianeduane]

And what either Nietzsche or George Bernard Shaw would have made of this, I have no idea.

The chart above represents development of power levels of both God and Superman beginning in 1940, and extrapolated to predict trends up to 2030. Several features are worthy of note. First, note that God has had no substantial increase in Power Level during the time period analyzed. Supermans powers, on the other hand, have been increasing steadily. The largest gain in Power Level can be seen in 1980, which followed Supermans discovery of his ability to travel back in time, violating physics as we know it, and presumably requiring an infinite amount of energy. A reader also points out that in '93 Superman died and was resurrected, which presumably indicates a large jump in power as well.

Using conservative estimates for the development of Superman's powers, we can see that they will exceed those of God by the year 2030 (if present trends are a reliable indicator.) By 2040, Superman will not only be omniscient and omnipresent, but will most likely be capable of altering the logical fabric of all existence.

Oooooookayyyy....  But then, this would still be cool, because around 2035 we should be all set for one of those great DC crossovers. God Vs. Superman! Who wins?  (Hint:  which one does DC [oh, all right, Warner, be that way] own?)

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Comments

[bellinghman.livejournal.com]

Perhaps God belongs to Marvel?

Oh, hold on, Stan Lee ...

[dansr.livejournal.com]

That is FANTASTIC!

[ffutures.livejournal.com]

Presumably this is going to happen as part of the Singularity, since the time frame is about the same. OK, in that case it's going to be a battle between Superman, God, and Strongly God-Like AI. Which means that they can run to at least three graphic novels...

[scarfman]

The chart ignores the instances of Superman's editors cutting his powers back so that he's not so omnipotent that he's difficult to write. Do God's editors ever cut His powers back to keep Him easy to write?

[king-tirian.livejournal.com]

God has not needed to change the structure of His powers because His readership base remains strong. If there was ever a major dropoff with teenagers who thought that He was out of touch with the complexities of modern life, I'm certain that we'd see God with a utility belt or some sort of new terrorist-smoting breath.

[(Anonymous)]

Check out Ruben Bolling's occasional "God-Man" character in his "Tom the Dancing Bug" comic:

http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2006/04/15/

http://www.gocomics.com/tomthedancingbug/2006/01/14/

He hasn't met Superman, but he has run up against such nemeses as "Freshman Philosophy Major Man".

-cjmr's husband

[meepa.livejournal.com]

I suspect that if you read religious literature for teenagers, there's a distinct personality change in God occuring over about the same timeframe as Superman's power buildup. This suggests that while Superman is trying to build sufficient power to co-opt market share, God is trying to hang onto his market share via an image makeover.