Superman Year 0, Part 5 — “Impossible Technology”

Unveil Superman’s technological saga: Superman’s tech insights, crystal data storage, heat vision, and Brainiac AI.

“The future is already here — it’s just not evenly distributed.” — William Gibson

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Content in a flash:

1. Superman Technology — Echoes From The Future: How did Superman creators foresee advanced science before its time?

2. Superman Technology, “Heat Vision”: Preceding lasers? — Explore its origin and connections to emerging science and Kryptonian tech;

3. Super Data Storage and Crystals: How 1960s comics foreshadowed today’s data storage revolution through the incredibly futuristic power of Kryptonian crystals;

4. Explore Brainiac: Superman’s 1958 AI antagonist, a prophetic depiction of knowledge obsession and AI;

1. Superman Technology — Echoes From The Future

One the most intriguing enigmas in Superman’s incredible story are the examples of Cutting-edge scientific knowledge seemingly available to the two creators, Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster as well as to the broader group of Jewish authors and artists who would later contribute to Superman comics.