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[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Kurt Busiek's Astro City's Samaritan is a good take on that.

He's basically Superman (except from the future, not another planet), down to working for a newspaper.

I don't recall if he's got superhearing, but he's got a pocket supercomputer that tells him where he's needed in the optimum order to maximise how much he can help.

He counts every fraction of a second he spends flying from place to place, because that's the only part of the job he really enjoys, the only time he can relax. Forty-five seconds is a great day.

And when he finally gets home, exhausted, to sleep for a few hours before starting the next day, he dreams of flying.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Does his supercomputer compute how much sleep and downtime he needs?

[–] leftzero@lemmynsfw.com 2 points 1 month ago (1 children)

I don't recall, but probably.

I think he got a day off once to go on a date, with the whole equivalent of the Justice League covering for him, if I'm not misremembering.

I have to reread Astro City one of these days. It was a nice series. A homage to classic superhero books.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 1 month ago

Sounds interesting. I like it when they find a quirk like that and explore what it would mean.