Hi Dandello!
The Daily Planet reporter's writing partner was nowhere in evidence and Henry assumed that Clark Kent would show up as soon as Superman finished handling whatever emergency had come up.
Either that or he is digging Lex Luthor out of his bunker and transporting him to a rocky island south of Tierra del Fuego for some light interrogation and general conversation about boundaries and such things.
"I was going to suggest you and Clark compare notes," Lois said with a tiny laugh. "He has a list, too."
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And he’s checking it twice, too!
He couldn't help but get excited. So many of humanity's problems could be solved by just figuring out how Superman's abilities worked and finding ways to replicate those abilities in humans or adapt them to technology.
Well, they could, maybe start with a different approach. Sure, it would require about 25-30 years to yield physicians with the proper skills, but it could be done.
Unfortunately, he also knew that the most likely first applications of any advances in the area of 'Superman studies' would be in weapons development.
Yes, that would require only 18-20 years to yield significant results. I’ve never read Red Son, but did they try to breed Kal-El to get a better yield of Kryptonian resources at their disposal?
he knew he'd lost out to Antoinette Barnes for the position five years before due to the fact that she was a good-looking female and the selection committee had wanted to show how 'open-minded' they were by appointing a woman.
The writers did promote gender equality, didn’t they?
"Well, you know my dad was an airplane mechanic and my mom was a mathematician," Henry began. He saw Lois' expression shift as she realized what 'computer' meant.
Yeah, I do wonder, did she think he was a cyborg?
He smiled inwardly – how soon people forgot that the programmable machines everyone took for granted used to be called 'electronic computers' because a 'computer' was actually a person with an adding machine.
Hmm…gives an entirely different meaning to the term ‘personal computer’.
Max also worked at the gas station and helped Henry with his German while Henry helped him with his English.
Why do I get the feeling that Max is a transplant from Operation Paperclip?
of course, it hadn't hurt that Eureka's only voting requirement had been 'legal resident able to understand the ballot'. All of Henry's classmates had voted for his mother in hopes of her making her oatmeal chocolate chip cookies the official Eureka food.
I'd never seen a cow or sheep or pig or chicken up close and alive before.
Yes, but what about that sheecken they cooked up in the genetics lab?
and since the Brauns' dog down the street
Max’s parents?
It also told me that I was obviously the smartest person on the planet because I was the only one who had responded appropriately to its signal." He chuckled. "Nothing like extraterrestrial confirmation to boost an already over-sized ego."
"So the rest is history?" Lois asked, finally breaking the silence.
The office door opened and Clark Kent walked in.
"The rest is history," Henry agreed.
Probably not going to tell Clark, huh? Makes one wonder about the globe, though. Since they likely didn’t burry the space ship but kept it locked away.
Here’s wondering if inspiration strikes for another add on to this x-verse
Michael
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