Travelling through space and time in a police box requires white skin, according to several Internet morons today. As Ncuti Gatwa began his stint as the new Doctor, lots of angry idiots have spent …
Some comic-book events feature a black Superman, and that raises questions about whether Kryptonians coincidentally match every ethnic group on Earth
Not exactly, but they have dark and light skin. Krypton’s red sun is a big deal in Kryptonian health. Kryptonian communities living closer to the equator would probably evolve higher melanin the same as humans did. Actually, light-skinned Kryptonians require a bigger suspension of disbelief than dark-skinned ones do.
And obviously the racial dynamics between dark and light Kryptonians wouldn’t be the same as on earth. It would depend upon factors like the shape of continents, the location of arable soil, of large herbivores and of predators, and of minerals.
Fun fact: swords made out of meteorites are a common trope in Japan, because Japan has poor iron and big mountains.
Melanin is a response to ionizing ultraviolet light, which a lower-color-temperature sun would not have.
The funnier version of taking that hand-wave too seriously would be asking whether dark-skinned Kryptonians are more or less efficient at absorbing superpowers from Earth’s yellow sun. It’s the sort of goofy implication that arises from trying to justify the coincidences behind a just-so outcome.
Not exactly, but they have dark and light skin. Krypton’s red sun is a big deal in Kryptonian health. Kryptonian communities living closer to the equator would probably evolve higher melanin the same as humans did. Actually, light-skinned Kryptonians require a bigger suspension of disbelief than dark-skinned ones do.
And obviously the racial dynamics between dark and light Kryptonians wouldn’t be the same as on earth. It would depend upon factors like the shape of continents, the location of arable soil, of large herbivores and of predators, and of minerals.
Fun fact: swords made out of meteorites are a common trope in Japan, because Japan has poor iron and big mountains.
Melanin is a response to ionizing ultraviolet light, which a lower-color-temperature sun would not have.
The funnier version of taking that hand-wave too seriously would be asking whether dark-skinned Kryptonians are more or less efficient at absorbing superpowers from Earth’s yellow sun. It’s the sort of goofy implication that arises from trying to justify the coincidences behind a just-so outcome.