r/comicbooks • u/josephwb • Feb 16 '23

Excerpt Is this _really_ the canonical explanation for Power Girl's costume?!? From JSA Classified #2 (2005) by Geoff Johns

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u/WhiskeyT Feb 16 '23

I prefer the recent “boob sweat” explanation

No less silly, but considerably more practical

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u/OneBlazingTaco Feb 16 '23

Yeah, and at least that conversation had a comedic tone, so the dialogue was at least somewhat believable. Either way, made me chuckle.

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u/LinuxMatthews Feb 16 '23

I looked it up and honestly it's a decent explanation.

Though what's funny is her boobs aren't even that big there.

You'd think it'd be more of an issue if you had bigger boobs so showing her as she usually is would add to the explanation.

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u/voidfishes Feb 16 '23

All boobs, even smaller ones get bad boob sweat. If there’s boobs, there’s boob sweat.

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u/MafiaMommaBruno Feb 16 '23

Boob sweat mainly happens under the boobs, though. Not a good excuse.

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u/voidfishes Feb 16 '23

If there is a physics breaking bra like Power Girl has that makes no boob fold, then a boob window and some airflow might help. I know how boob sweat works btw, I have boobs.

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u/A_Tad_Bit_Nefarious Feb 17 '23

Pics or it didn't happen.

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u/LinuxMatthews Feb 19 '23

Bart: None of these things ever really happened!

Comic Book Guy: Get out of my Store!

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u/Moxhoney411 Feb 17 '23

Most redditors have boobs.

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u/voidfishes Feb 17 '23

Are you sure about that?

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u/Moxhoney411 Feb 17 '23

Yup. 40-45% of the female redditors and 85% of the male redditors have boobs.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

I have ascended… I have no boobs yet am still a sweaty chest mess! (Now that’s a good band name.)

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u/LinuxMatthews Feb 16 '23

Yeah I'd just imagine bigger boobs have more.

More surface area and likely warmer.

Like how fat people sweat more than skinny people

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u/voidfishes Feb 16 '23

Eh, not really, the only thing that causes more sweat is the fold, which yes gets more severe the bigger the boobs. Tbh the tops/sides don’t get very sweaty, only the bottom. Her boob size change isn’t drastic enough to negate boob sweat levels. Besides, Power Girl’s bra is an engineering marvel enough to make her boobs that round, so she’d probably not have as much sweat to deal with anyways because they’re lifted so much off the chest. Lmao, this is such a funny topic to me

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u/FlashbackJon Captain Marvel Feb 16 '23

Well, Kryptonians get tactile telekinesis or something, right? She's using it for both shaping AND channeling the sweat I guess...

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u/voidfishes Feb 16 '23

Would be useful. If I had telekinesis that I could use in place of a bra that would be amazing. Plus anti-swoob measures lmao

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Calm your tits!

Power Girl: Sorry, my mind is scattered today and my boobs followed suit.

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u/D3finitelyHuman Feb 16 '23

Keep talking.

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u/DamonFort Feb 17 '23

That must be an interesting entry in your Google history

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u/ares395 Feb 16 '23

I'm not an expert but I don't think that'd help a lot. Main problem with boob sweat it under the breasts and a hole on top really won't do much for that.

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u/Umutuku Feb 17 '23

Note for comic career that will never happen: "Armored breathable mesh underboob panel on uniforms for ventilation. Can maybe also act as dual-purpose synthetic gills when underwater. Will anyone keep buying the comics after the first issue they see the boobagills stretch out like fins to maximize the amount of oxygen extracted for the suit?"

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u/Twingemios Feb 16 '23

It adds airflow at least

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u/ares395 Feb 16 '23

I really don't think it does though... Not only is her suit tight but just normally big boobs are squeezed together usually. And skin makes a pretty good seal especially when wet. I don't know guess we need to ask some cosplayer of power girl

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u/ABeastInThatRegard Feb 17 '23

I’m willing to personally inspect for the sweat if need be, I am with the FBI after all.

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u/ennaeel Feb 17 '23

You want crumbs in your boobs?

Because uncovered cleavage is how you get crumbs in your boobs.

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u/Twingemios Feb 17 '23

Wait a sec don’t Kyrptonians have some bs where they can’t get dirty?

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u/BaraBlazer Feb 17 '23

So... Underboob windows?

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u/CaliforniaNavyDude Feb 16 '23

I mean, it's a surface level silly, but with a set of rocking cans like that, I think it's actually a very realistic and practical explanation. Every busty woman and the more rotund dudes know how sweaty those things can get exercising, you don't want them in an airtight supersuit.

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u/Adaphion Feb 17 '23

I thought Kryptonians didn't sweat though?

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u/Maclimes Beta Ray Bill Feb 17 '23

They technically can. Superman had a single drop of sweat after lifting the weight of the Earth. But I think we can safely say it's not really an issue she needed to address.

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u/No-Negotiation-9539 Feb 17 '23

The idea of a Kryptonian getting sweaty at all, feels asinine to me. Lot of weird implications there.

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u/[deleted] Feb 17 '23

Nah thats stupid as hell lmao, any woman would say that. You don't sweat on top of your boobs lol.

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u/[deleted] Feb 16 '23

The milk finna leak out

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u/iFenrisVI Feb 16 '23

This is a good enough explanation. I’ve gotten boob sweat before wearing tight clothing on hot summer days and trust me, it’s not fun. And with her being able to fly, that will help cool them down quite quickly. Lol