Rubes by Leigh Rubin for January 25, 2024

You could go back to your old job writing weather reports, Clark.

Go to your fortress of solitude and whine there.

Not real?? Try Kr (atomic #36).

He getting super annoying eh.

Clark can’t

While it was later added to the comic, kryptonite was invented for the radio show, so blame the radio writers.

Superman’s real alter-ego is Forrest … Forrest Gump.

I can think of a lot of things you could have done, if you were real.

Hit him with that bag, lady.

Kaputnik is correct. Krypton is an element (not a planet) and Kryptonite is made up. It was made up because in the original comics, Superman was too powerful and nothing could stop him, so they had to make up something to put a bit of zing into the stories and introduce a bit of peril for him. Otherwise it’s all too easy and would get boring

“What about magic? You are still vulnerable to magic.”And with that, she turned him into a newt.

Hey, stop throwin’ shade. We need a little sunshine, Superman. (Apologies to Donovan)

Explain Achilles and his tendon

Reminds me of Metro Man from “MegaMind.”

But…but…you’re just a fictitious character dreamt up by some wildly imaginative comic book writer!

Or you could start stealing bicycles.

Next scene, lady is swinging from rope hanging from tree branch. :)

Guy’s got a yoga mat with ’im wherever he goes… nice…

He calls it quits and still wears his suit? I laughed, out loud.