Ink Pen by Phil Dunlap for January 08, 2021
Transcript:
Man: Your skin as as strong as steel, right? Captain Victorious: Yep. Man: And you can fly at supersonic speeds? Captain Victorious: You know it! Man: Then what exactly made you think that crashing into me at Mach-2 was somehow going to be less painful than letting me hit the pavement?!? Captain Victorious: I use lots of fabric softener.
I will confess, I have wondered about this myself. Someone falling off a 1000 foot building (not unusual in the comics) is going 172 miles an hour. They are still traveling at that same velocity when the superhero catches them in their arms. Plus, there’s the sideways velocity.