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Wacky Powers

Wacky power #20 – The human Geiger counter

Wow, can you believe Daredevil has (had) so many wacky powers that this series is now up to twenty posts? Well, this probably won’t be the end either. Anyway, I may have touched on this particular topic before, but I had to post this scene, from Daredevil #43, by Stan Lee and Gene Colan, since...

Wacky power #19 – “I sense a phone call”

What’s this, you ask? Two phone-related wacky powers back to back? Why yes! Some of you may recall Wacky power #18 which saw Matt perform a physically impossible trick over the phone. It turns out that this is not the only piece of telephone magic Matt has stored up his sleeve. He can also tell...

Wacky power #18 – Psychic hotline

You know those numbers you can call to have someone read your fortune or give you advice on a pressing matter? I’m not going to get into a discussion on whether psychic abilities are real, but I will take a look at how, in the Marvel Universe, you can call a trusted superhero colleague for...

Wacky power #17 – Sensing color by touch

In his most recent review of Daredevil #106, Robert of the Matt Murdock Chronicles discussed an instance of Matt talking about his color sensing ability, and a dialogue on the topic ensued in the comments. Well, in all honesty, it was mostly me giving a very (confusing) lecture. So, I thought I’d try a more...

Wacky power #16 – I can watch porn with my hands

Here’s another hand on screen moment. These are rare (probably because they should be impossible), but we saw a couple of instances of reading computer screens by touch back in Chichester’s run. The scene featured here is much more recent, I’m sad to say, and comes from the Parts of a Hole arc by David...