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		<title>By: Epiclonnesity</title>
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		<description>Well spider mans webs are not from spidey himself but a device on his arm.
Superman cuts his hair with his fingers
Bruce Wayne is pretty sane sooo...
Wolverine has a fake birth certificate and he has someway of getting past the metal detectors
I don&#039;t know about the last one though</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Well spider mans webs are not from spidey himself but a device on his arm.<br />
Superman cuts his hair with his fingers<br />
Bruce Wayne is pretty sane sooo&#8230;<br />
Wolverine has a fake birth certificate and he has someway of getting past the metal detectors<br />
I don&#8217;t know about the last one though</p>
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		<title>By: Nerd</title>
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		<dc:creator>Nerd</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sun, 04 Sep 2011 21:22:09 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1.) The webshooters shoot out a synthetic material. The design is supposedly genius and would guarantee Peter a job at most chemical engineering firms if he ever released it.
2.) Kal-El shaves with Heat Vision and a special mirror as someone already alluded to
3.) Bats isn&#039;t technically crazy, just focused. The Bruce Wayne disguise is effective but think of him as any other hyper focused super politician genius type. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Winston Churchill. Eccentric and focused, but not insane.
4.) Wolverine has a special pass for a &quot;Plate in my head&quot; (Secret Wars #1) up until a few months ago that would have been more than enough to get through security.
5.) The radiation exposure was not your typical radiation. The Fantastic Four were exposed to &quot;Cosmic Radiation&quot; of an unspecified nature, meaning who knows what the heck it really was. Judging by the 4 exceedingly different mutations, it stands to reason that it was in no way &quot;regular&quot; radiation as we know it, and we can&#039;t expect it to have traditional easily predicted side-effects.  Banner was exposed to &quot;Gamma Rays&quot; and they somehow mutated him. In Banners case, if we accept that his cellular structure was unique enough that it could change him into a giant green hercules rather than instantly kill him from radiation poisoning, then it is not at all unrealistic that it would have no negative effects on him at a later date either.



I&#039;m surprised that these really commonly known &quot;questions&quot; would be asked here. These have all been answered in the comics, and a few short minutes of digging would have answered all of them.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1.) The webshooters shoot out a synthetic material. The design is supposedly genius and would guarantee Peter a job at most chemical engineering firms if he ever released it.<br />
2.) Kal-El shaves with Heat Vision and a special mirror as someone already alluded to<br />
3.) Bats isn&#8217;t technically crazy, just focused. The Bruce Wayne disguise is effective but think of him as any other hyper focused super politician genius type. Thomas Jefferson, Ben Franklin, Winston Churchill. Eccentric and focused, but not insane.<br />
4.) Wolverine has a special pass for a &#8220;Plate in my head&#8221; (Secret Wars #1) up until a few months ago that would have been more than enough to get through security.<br />
5.) The radiation exposure was not your typical radiation. The Fantastic Four were exposed to &#8220;Cosmic Radiation&#8221; of an unspecified nature, meaning who knows what the heck it really was. Judging by the 4 exceedingly different mutations, it stands to reason that it was in no way &#8220;regular&#8221; radiation as we know it, and we can&#8217;t expect it to have traditional easily predicted side-effects.  Banner was exposed to &#8220;Gamma Rays&#8221; and they somehow mutated him. In Banners case, if we accept that his cellular structure was unique enough that it could change him into a giant green hercules rather than instantly kill him from radiation poisoning, then it is not at all unrealistic that it would have no negative effects on him at a later date either.</p>
<p>I&#8217;m surprised that these really commonly known &#8220;questions&#8221; would be asked here. These have all been answered in the comics, and a few short minutes of digging would have answered all of them.</p>
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		<title>By: Carlos</title>
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		<dc:creator>Carlos</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 07 Oct 2010 04:43:44 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>1. Ditto on the webshooters.

2. I heard it stated once that Superman&#039;s suit itself seldom was damaged because it was against his skin; hair protruding from his skin might presumably be cut (because it is dead tissue).

3. If Batman got therapy, he might stop fixing other people&#039;s problems...and be just like all the rest of the billionaires.

4. Wolverine&#039;s bones aren&#039;t made of adamantium, they&#039;re laced with it. When something is indestructible, you need less of it to perform a certain task. Therefore you&#039;d need a few pounds to make him indestructible, not replace all his bone tissue with hundreds of pounds. Therefore 5&#039;3&quot; bodybuilder physique + 100lbs adamantium = 300lbs. A metal detector probably isn&#039;t needed for a chartered plane. As far as paperwork, he worked for the CIA, Canadian government, Japanese government...can&#039;t they falsify genuine passports?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Ditto on the webshooters.</p>
<p>2. I heard it stated once that Superman&#8217;s suit itself seldom was damaged because it was against his skin; hair protruding from his skin might presumably be cut (because it is dead tissue).</p>
<p>3. If Batman got therapy, he might stop fixing other people&#8217;s problems&#8230;and be just like all the rest of the billionaires.</p>
<p>4. Wolverine&#8217;s bones aren&#8217;t made of adamantium, they&#8217;re laced with it. When something is indestructible, you need less of it to perform a certain task. Therefore you&#8217;d need a few pounds to make him indestructible, not replace all his bone tissue with hundreds of pounds. Therefore 5&#8217;3&#8243; bodybuilder physique + 100lbs adamantium = 300lbs. A metal detector probably isn&#8217;t needed for a chartered plane. As far as paperwork, he worked for the CIA, Canadian government, Japanese government&#8230;can&#8217;t they falsify genuine passports?</p>
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		<title>By: Diane E.</title>
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		<dc:creator>Diane E.</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 04 Sep 2010 07:36:42 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>There&#039;s no adamantium in Wolverine&#039;s teeth because despite being hard and white(ish) they aren&#039;t bone. 

Teeth are made of living tissues with nerves inside and connecting ligaments that attach them to the Alveolar bone. That&#039;s the bone is under the gums and what holds your teeth in place. Wolverine&#039;s has adamantium in his so it&#039;s unbreakable, which is why you don&#039;t generally see him getting them knocked out. 

And for the record I&#039;m not obsessed with teeth, I&#039;m obsessed with Wolverine ;)</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>There&#8217;s no adamantium in Wolverine&#8217;s teeth because despite being hard and white(ish) they aren&#8217;t bone. </p>
<p>Teeth are made of living tissues with nerves inside and connecting ligaments that attach them to the Alveolar bone. That&#8217;s the bone is under the gums and what holds your teeth in place. Wolverine&#8217;s has adamantium in his so it&#8217;s unbreakable, which is why you don&#8217;t generally see him getting them knocked out. </p>
<p>And for the record I&#8217;m not obsessed with teeth, I&#8217;m obsessed with Wolverine <img src='http://www.primermagazine.com/wp-includes/images/smilies/icon_wink.gif' alt=';)' class='wp-smiley' /> </p>
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		<title>By: Rodrigo</title>
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		<dc:creator>Rodrigo</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Fri, 30 Jul 2010 22:33:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>John Wayne, as the Fantastic Four, was exposed to radiation in a Utha desert and didn&#039;t became the Super Uncle Ethan. How come?</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>John Wayne, as the Fantastic Four, was exposed to radiation in a Utha desert and didn&#8217;t became the Super Uncle Ethan. How come?</p>
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		<title>By: Justin</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 04:00:24 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>To be fair, the biological webshooters have also been in some of the comic books.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>To be fair, the biological webshooters have also been in some of the comic books.</p>
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		<title>By: Doc Brown</title>
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		<dc:creator>Doc Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 01:48:05 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>Peter&#039;s DNA is only everywhere if you go by that bullshit movie &quot;organic&quot; webshooter crap.  The original webbing was made in a lab.  That plus a full body suit = no DNA left behind.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Peter&#8217;s DNA is only everywhere if you go by that bullshit movie &#8220;organic&#8221; webshooter crap.  The original webbing was made in a lab.  That plus a full body suit = no DNA left behind.</p>
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		<title>By: Justin Brown</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:46:14 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I have no idea. It could not have been to keep his teeth exposed for cleaning (I would assume the healing factor applies to tooth decay so I doubt Logan even owns a toothbrush). It can&#039;t be because constantly having an unsealed metal in your mouth would be dangerous because well, the aforementioned healing factor eliminates all danger and, well, having an unsealed metal next to vital organs can&#039;t be very healthy, either.

It does seem weird, though, because they presumably coated his jaws in adamantium, too, and the teeth are RIGHT THERE. Come on, Weapon X!
.-= Justin Brown´s last blog ..&lt;a href=&quot;http://estebanwaseaten.tumblr.com/post/147300113&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;&quot;Ordinary riches can be stolen. Real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that...&quot;&lt;/a&gt; =-.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I have no idea. It could not have been to keep his teeth exposed for cleaning (I would assume the healing factor applies to tooth decay so I doubt Logan even owns a toothbrush). It can&#8217;t be because constantly having an unsealed metal in your mouth would be dangerous because well, the aforementioned healing factor eliminates all danger and, well, having an unsealed metal next to vital organs can&#8217;t be very healthy, either.</p>
<p>It does seem weird, though, because they presumably coated his jaws in adamantium, too, and the teeth are RIGHT THERE. Come on, Weapon X!<br />
.-= Justin Brown´s last blog ..<a href="http://estebanwaseaten.tumblr.com/post/147300113" rel="nofollow">&quot;Ordinary riches can be stolen. Real riches cannot. In your soul are infinitely precious things that&#8230;&quot;</a> =-.</p>
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		<title>By: Jason</title>
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		<dc:creator>Jason</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:07:17 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I got 1, How come Wolverine&#039;s teeth aren&#039;t silver?</description>
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		<title>By: Justin Brown</title>
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		<dc:creator>Justin Brown</dc:creator>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Jun 2009 06:22:52 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description>I like that people care this much about these thoughts and just wanted to inject a little more discourse:

a. I felt that the police could conceivably have Peter&#039;s DNA on file seeing as his uncle was involved in a carjacking a few years ago and they probably talked to Peter about it (as he was so closely involved in the events). Additionally, they inevitably brought Peter in for questioning from time to time, as he is Spidey&#039;s &quot;personal photographer&quot;. Also: it&#039;s the future -- science and technology are ahead of our current capabilities in the Marvel/Spidey universe and so I&#039;m assuming they probably have some sort of DNA techniques going on.

b. Bruce Wayne may be a genius but the dude still has issues that he needs to work out in a way other than beating up criminals. Additionally, I don&#039;t care how smart someone is, if you&#039;re enduring the mantle of the bat (which is basically like secretly being a superstar pro athlete, a politician, and a sheriff all at the same time, multiplied by 1000) for as long as Bruce has, at any given point in his history, he would really have a lot to deal with, upstairs. Granted, the day Batman &quot;finds himself&quot; is the day the series ends, so... I understand why the subject has never been seriously pursued. 

c. Wolverine was alive for quite some time before hooking up with the X-Men so the X-Jet isn&#039;t an easy answer for a majority of his life (I&#039;ll believe that he maybe could forge documents in the earlier days of air and train travel, before he was given the adamantium skeleton). The misdirection with a grenade is cute but I&#039;m clearly observing these superhumans from the perspective of a modern, realistic American (or international) setting. You could put five grenades in someone else&#039;s bag at the airport but everyone doesn&#039;t stop looking at/listening for the metal detectors, at that point. If anything, getting past the TSA would be even more difficult once there was a serious security threat identified nearby (like, say, a grenade found in someone&#039;s bag). Further, I&#039;ll concede one thing: I remember in one Ultimate X-Men issue where Wolverine was asked about how he made it through airport security and he simply said &quot;four words: I am a professional&quot;; that&#039;s the only real answer I&#039;d buy because I wouldn&#039;t want to argue with him, directly. Dually, I know that some things are &quot;explained&quot; in comics (like Marvel&#039;s official bio claiming he only weighs 300 lbs.) but there&#039;s no way someone as big and muscular as Wolverine (whether he&#039;s 5&#039;3&quot; and as big as a silverback, as in the books or if he&#039;s over 6 feet tall but still a cut 225 or so, as in the films) weighs only 300 lbs. when that ripped body is combined with all the adamantium. 

I know we&#039;re arguing semantics, I&#039;m just saying.</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>I like that people care this much about these thoughts and just wanted to inject a little more discourse:</p>
<p>a. I felt that the police could conceivably have Peter&#8217;s DNA on file seeing as his uncle was involved in a carjacking a few years ago and they probably talked to Peter about it (as he was so closely involved in the events). Additionally, they inevitably brought Peter in for questioning from time to time, as he is Spidey&#8217;s &#8220;personal photographer&#8221;. Also: it&#8217;s the future &#8212; science and technology are ahead of our current capabilities in the Marvel/Spidey universe and so I&#8217;m assuming they probably have some sort of DNA techniques going on.</p>
<p>b. Bruce Wayne may be a genius but the dude still has issues that he needs to work out in a way other than beating up criminals. Additionally, I don&#8217;t care how smart someone is, if you&#8217;re enduring the mantle of the bat (which is basically like secretly being a superstar pro athlete, a politician, and a sheriff all at the same time, multiplied by 1000) for as long as Bruce has, at any given point in his history, he would really have a lot to deal with, upstairs. Granted, the day Batman &#8220;finds himself&#8221; is the day the series ends, so&#8230; I understand why the subject has never been seriously pursued. </p>
<p>c. Wolverine was alive for quite some time before hooking up with the X-Men so the X-Jet isn&#8217;t an easy answer for a majority of his life (I&#8217;ll believe that he maybe could forge documents in the earlier days of air and train travel, before he was given the adamantium skeleton). The misdirection with a grenade is cute but I&#8217;m clearly observing these superhumans from the perspective of a modern, realistic American (or international) setting. You could put five grenades in someone else&#8217;s bag at the airport but everyone doesn&#8217;t stop looking at/listening for the metal detectors, at that point. If anything, getting past the TSA would be even more difficult once there was a serious security threat identified nearby (like, say, a grenade found in someone&#8217;s bag). Further, I&#8217;ll concede one thing: I remember in one Ultimate X-Men issue where Wolverine was asked about how he made it through airport security and he simply said &#8220;four words: I am a professional&#8221;; that&#8217;s the only real answer I&#8217;d buy because I wouldn&#8217;t want to argue with him, directly. Dually, I know that some things are &#8220;explained&#8221; in comics (like Marvel&#8217;s official bio claiming he only weighs 300 lbs.) but there&#8217;s no way someone as big and muscular as Wolverine (whether he&#8217;s 5&#8217;3&#8243; and as big as a silverback, as in the books or if he&#8217;s over 6 feet tall but still a cut 225 or so, as in the films) weighs only 300 lbs. when that ripped body is combined with all the adamantium. </p>
<p>I know we&#8217;re arguing semantics, I&#8217;m just saying.</p>
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		<title>By: Jeanette</title>
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		<description>1. Peter Parker un-masked himself during the Civil War arc, a feat that actually caused the internet to shut down because of so many internet searches (in comic universe that is).  I&#039;m with Kevin on this though, no Peter DNA to match him to Spidey.  Also Wolverine knew Peter was Spiderman because Peter smelled like Spiderman (I don&#039;t remember what issue).
2. Supposedly he uses his heat vision and a mirror, however that&#039;s bull**** because it&#039;s heat vision not laser vision and mirror can melt.
3. He&#039;s a rich guy and can do what he want, plus he is practically a genius level IQ so his logic would probably do circles around someone with merely a ph.d study-level in psych.
4. When he flies he uses the X-men plane. They actually answered this in Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #6 in the fist page. He uses misdirection and places faux grenade in some jackass&#039;s bag. Also he only weighes about 300 lbs. He&#039;s only 5&#039;3&quot;. Without the metal he&#039;s like 195. (From the marvel website)
5. The same answer to how they got their powers, it&#039;s a comic book. The real question to ask is how they avoided giving radiation to other people (and you can add Superman into this, supposing he lived next to a sorority).
Great article nonetheless, gonna link it onto my comic book store&#039;s forum!</description>
		<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>1. Peter Parker un-masked himself during the Civil War arc, a feat that actually caused the internet to shut down because of so many internet searches (in comic universe that is).  I&#8217;m with Kevin on this though, no Peter DNA to match him to Spidey.  Also Wolverine knew Peter was Spiderman because Peter smelled like Spiderman (I don&#8217;t remember what issue).<br />
2. Supposedly he uses his heat vision and a mirror, however that&#8217;s bull**** because it&#8217;s heat vision not laser vision and mirror can melt.<br />
3. He&#8217;s a rich guy and can do what he want, plus he is practically a genius level IQ so his logic would probably do circles around someone with merely a ph.d study-level in psych.<br />
4. When he flies he uses the X-men plane. They actually answered this in Ultimate Wolverine vs. Hulk #6 in the fist page. He uses misdirection and places faux grenade in some jackass&#8217;s bag. Also he only weighes about 300 lbs. He&#8217;s only 5&#8217;3&#8243;. Without the metal he&#8217;s like 195. (From the marvel website)<br />
5. The same answer to how they got their powers, it&#8217;s a comic book. The real question to ask is how they avoided giving radiation to other people (and you can add Superman into this, supposing he lived next to a sorority).<br />
Great article nonetheless, gonna link it onto my comic book store&#8217;s forum!</p>
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