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Subject: Re: The Powers of Kal-El
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Organization: University of California, Berkeley

In article <793@cvl.UUCP> kayuucee writes:
>
>	Here is the second of the two articles I am copying from Fantastic
>Films #2, June 1978. This article attempts to explain how Superman's might
>work. ...
>
>                              The Powers of Kal-El
>                           Speculation by Clyde Jones
>...

This sounds just like Gladiator of the Shi'iar Imperial Guard.
In one book (I think a Fantastic Four Annual or Special, perhaps about 2 years
ago) he runs into the FF and of course there is a misunderstanding and
Gladiator starts beating them up.  Good old Reed figures out that there is
no possible way Gladiator could do what he does physically and deduces that
he must be doing it mentally. He then rigs up a device to fool Gladiator
into believing that his powers aren't working.  What planet did you say
Gladiator is from?  Is there some sort of Gladiator-ite that effects 
Gladiator the way Kryptonite effects Superman?  Come to think of it, is
there anything that slows Gladiator down?