I never understood why the world needed Matter Eater Lad or Bouncing Boy. Sorry but talk about lame superheroes.

The original comics explanation for Daxamites and lead was "lead radiation" but lead isn't radioactive in any meaningful way.

When? Anyway, I really think the relationship is moving pretty fast. Plus, isn't Maggie commitment shy?

No, she's not. Time stood still for her while she was in the Phantom Zone. She was 12 when she arrived on Earth while Superman was an adult and already a superhero. All else being equal, an adult male is stronger than an adult female because of greater mass and a higher percentage of muscle. Plus, he has more…

I said when they introduced Mon-El and M'gann that there were too many characters and I caught flak for it. But it's still true. Lyra adds nothing except to show how desperate Winn is. Disagree about Lena. Kara needs a friend who is just Kara Danvers' friend, not Supergirl's. Lena can be morally ambiguous, she can…

You're probably right. She got it right in last season's finale so she may well be doing it on purpose. Or she forgot that quickly.

I'm really disappointed they apparently skipped over the whole "the President is an alien" thing.
Under the U.S. Constitution she shouldn't be President. That's huge. I want Kara or Alex or J'onn to say, "Madam President, I won't reveal your secret but you have to resign. I can't continue to support an illegal…

Species that have enemies on other worlds are called "refugees." You can't keep them out for that reason. Incidentally, I don't know about your claim about "the most ardent Trump supporter." I think there are extremists on both sides and a few of them would be willing to do things that most of us would consider…

Rhea didn't use her silver kryptonite against Kara because if she had there wouldn't be a fight with Superman. Kara got over kryptonite because the hero always finds a way to reach inside and find the strength to to what needs to be done. It's a basic theme of drama. All the soldiers got outta Dodge and left Rhea…

There were occasional Superbaby stories that had Pa Kent covering for their otherworldly son. I thought those continued into the Silver Age.

Winn and Lena do have a certain chemistry. I noticed it when they were under the table together at the fundraiser earlier this season, finishing each other's sentences. Better Lena or even Agent Vasquez than Lyra, who is just insufferable.

Agreed. I want to see her have a love interest next season but not soon. As for Alex+Maggie, yeah, it seems a bit fast. And isn't Maggie a bit commitment shy anyway?

If you ignore Samson (remember that Superman was created by two Jewish guys), the first "superhero" was Mandrake the Magician, who appeared 4 years before Superman.

Comics writer and artist Jim Starlin once described Superman as "a pacifist who never got a chance." I thought originally the show was going to show Supergirl helping people, protecting people, rather than fighting. Episode 2 "Stronger Together" laid what could have been the perfect groundwork for that. I was…

It was brought out years ago in the Legion of Superheroes while Jim Shooter was writing it that Superboy was stronger than Supergirl. Among humans, an adult male is stronger than an adult female due to greater mass and a larger proportion of muscle.

As I mentioned previously, Earth's troposphere is about 2 billion cubic miles. It would take a good while—and a fair amount of lead—to saturate that much air to any degree and it probably wouldn't affect the southern hemisphere because of the way wind currents flow.

Yeah, that's a point I've made as well. I wish they'd avoided the whole Superman vs. Supergirl thing and had her tell him "This is my city and my fight. Rhea kidnapped people I love and it's up to me."

Man of Steel also showed him as brand new to using his powers and fighting anyone near his level. This is not some fresh-off-the-spaceship Superman, he's been around for a while and he has experience.

Yeah, he was already a superhero 13 years ago when she arrived on Earth. He's had plenty of time to learn.

Which means the show has officially gone off the rails. Better writers would have gotten the story where they needed it to go logically without the resulting mess.