chapter 197 part 2
The appearance of Kandor City, however, allows readers to understand the development of Krypton from another novel perspective. How different is this alien city from Earth?
In the plot of Kandor City, it is also revealed that Superman's Powers seem to be related to gravity. In Kandor City, which has the ecology of Krypton, Superman cannot use his Powers, but once he leaves, his Powers recover.
Does this mean that other Kryptonians who come out of Kandor City can also gain Powers like Superman?
Colin tried his best not to change the settings of Kandor City. As for the explanation of why Superman cannot use his Powers in Kandor City, in fact, there was already an explanation when the comic was first designed. At that time, in the background of the story, he mentioned that the source of Superman's Power was because his physiology as a Kryptonian was different from that of Earthlings, and the differences between the two planets.
Colin didn't care much about the weakness of Kryptonian gravity.
After all, unlike Kryptonite, the entire planet of Krypton is gone. God knows what the so-called gravity is all about.
Besides, although he has unlocked Superman's Power, he is not a Kryptonian himself. Even if the so-called Kryptonian gravity really exists, it is debatable whether it will be effective on him.
In any case, Brainiac's plot design was highly sought after by the Superman readership.
The design of the alien Villain Brainiac not only expanded the scope of Superman's adversaries, but also gave readers more room for imagination for the subsequent plots. They not only wanted to see Superman fighting against Earth Villains such as Luthor, but also looked forward to seeing Superman fighting in Outer Space.
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"Latest report: a serialized issue of The Daily Messenger Newspaper, featuring the first appearance of Superman's Villain, "Brainiac", was auctioned on the 23rd for 2.6 million US dollars, setting the fifth highest auction price in comic history. This online auction began two weeks ago and attracted a total of 52,568 bidders. The names of both the buyer and seller have not been revealed."
"Stephen Fishler, the owner of the auction website Comic Connect, revealed that the person who bought The Daily Messenger Newspaper in 1932 was only 13 years old at the time. He bought it from a newsstand for 2 cents. The boy later forgot about it, until 1966, when he found it again in his mother's basement, and then kept it with him, hoping that it would appreciate in value one day."
"Although the circulation of The Daily Messenger Newspaper was huge at the time, few newspapers have survived intact. The vast majority of them have been acquired by museums. As the first classic alien Villain in Superman's history, "Brainiac" was designed by Collin Roper, the father of the 'superhero', and has always been widely loved by readers. The auctioned The Daily Messenger Newspaper is the first publication in the history of "Brainiac" comics, and holds immense collectible value."
"And The Daily Messenger Newspaper made its debut at the auction for the first time, which holds immeasurable significance for both Superman comic collectors and historical researchers."
"Superman comics were initially created by Collin Roper and published in The Messenger."
"Because of the social unrest, high crime rates, and economic depression in the United States in the 1930s, the superhero image created by Superman was loved by the American people as soon as it was released, quickly sweeping across the nation. Therefore, this led to subsequent Superman comic books, and even animated series and films. Even today, Superman remains one of the symbols of American culture."
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[Power - Heat Vision (Bronze)]
[Power - Super Speed (Bronze)]
Churchville, Fisher-Price Toy Manufacturing Factory.
"Mr. Collin Roper, are you okay?"
Herman Fisher and others looked at Colin, who had suddenly stopped speaking and wore a thoughtful expression, then exchanged glances and asked.
"I'm fine."
Shaking his head, Colin retracted his gaze from the faintly visible text in front of him and said casually.
The circulation of The Daily Messenger Newspaper unexpectedly unlocked the [Bronze] level of two Powers for him.
Under the prompt of the text, Colin felt the Power in his body slightly. Even under the suppression of the Main World, he could still exert some strength.
At least in the future, in the Main World, the function of Heat Vision will not only be used to heat food, but also to light fires.
As for the other Super Speed Power, looking up at Herman and others in the Fisher Toy Workshop, Colin's thoughts flowed slightly, and the surrounding speed seemed to start running at a slow speed of 0.5 times. As Colin watched intently, Herman slowly nodded in response, then slowly stretched out his finger, pointing to the simple Prototype in front of him, and slowly said: "So… Mr. Roper… your…"
Looking at Herman's mouth opening and closing in front of him, speaking like a slow-motion movie, Colin ended the use of Super Speed Power with raised eyebrows. He found that listening to people speak in this mode was too much effort, especially while his own perception of time remained normal.
"...means, using this machine to produce LEGO bricks?"
As Super Speed was deactivated, the speed around Colin returned to normal again, and Herman's speaking speed also returned to normal.
"That's right."
Nodding, Colin reached out and patted the simple shell of the Injection Molding Machine Prototype in front of him. Since a mechanical factory had been established, Colin naturally wouldn't just use it to produce Four-Color Duplex Sheet-fed Offset Presses. Through this period of time, he had sorted out the blueprints in his mind and finally found the design drawings for the Injection Molding Machine, and put it into action, successfully creating an electrically driven Injection Molding Machine Prototype in the mechanical factory.
In the choice of Injection Molding Machine technology, Colin adopted a more mature two-stage Injection Molding Machine, which is composed of a screw plasticizer and a plunger injection device, and is suitable for Injection Molding of thin-walled products. This Injection Molding Machine structure was only invented by Jackson and Church in 1948, but Colin had now completely replicated it on his Prototype.
At the same time, in the choice of materials.
Originally, Colin thought it would take a little time, but Langge told him that a factory in Germany had already started commercial production of polystyrene raw materials two years ago. This was undoubtedly good news for Colin. Through Langge's relationship in Germany, he contacted the BASF Chemical Plant that produced polystyrene, signed a contract and purchased polystyrene raw materials from them for use as raw materials for Injection Molding Machine manufacturing.
Of course, this method was still too cumbersome. Importing polystyrene materials from Germany was not cheap in terms of cost, not to mention that Colin, who was familiar with history, knew very well that with the subsequent outbreak of the war, the entire Germany and even Europe would be plunged into the fires of war. At that time, even if he wanted to purchase polystyrene, it would no longer be as easy as it was now.
Therefore, Colin is currently planning ahead on how to find alternative manufacturers to produce polystyrene in America, or simply open his own factory and control it from the source.
Anyway, he has detailed process flows for the production technology of polystyrene in his mind, and many of them are advanced patent technologies that have not yet been researched and invented in this era. If Colin had not focused on obtaining Superman's Faith, it is still debatable whether Edison's title of King of Invention could be retained.
After all, compared to Edison, at least there were no problems with the timing of Colin's patents.
(end of chapter)