tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post5662028737264108562..comments2023-07-08T09:03:12.108-07:00Comments on Blackrock's Toybox: Faster Than a Speeding Bullet?Mark Baker-Wrighthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-30078982598808718972009-05-13T06:34:00.000-07:002009-05-13T06:34:00.000-07:00I can't speak to the very earliest radio stori...I can't speak to the very earliest radio stories, but he definitely can fly in the ones I've listened to.<br><br>Incidentally, if I'm remembering right, we have the cartoons to thank for the evolution from jumping to flying. After an episode or so of "jumping," Fleischer is supposed to have asked to modify that power of Superman's, as animating such "jumping" was apparently too difficult. I can't speak to when exactly this change would have happened, but certainly by <a href="http://www.archive.org/details/superman_the_mechanical_monsters" rel="nofollow">"The Mechanical Monsters,"</a> where Superman is clearly seen to be flying.B-Whttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14593390925694976101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5699099469263126223.post-13151561985007130872009-05-13T05:42:00.000-07:002009-05-13T05:42:00.000-07:00As you probably know, my understanding is that sup...As you probably know, my understanding is that superman originally couldn't fly but merely "jump really high/far". I'm pretty sure that was a part of the Max Fleischer cartoons, was that part of the radio mythology as well?Alan Wildhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06753378396941700737noreply@blogger.com