i’m no comic nerd (no offense to all of you post-pubescent comic book fanboys out there) and i haven’t read a comic since elementary school, but i often find myself pondering such ethereal questions such as this (i have no life). also, would superman have super tolerance? can superman become a drug addict? or does superman have some sort of superhuman resistance to addiction?
i imagine that if superman was able to get drunk, it would take a whole brewery worth of alcohol just to get him a bit tipsy. could you imagine superman as a recovering alcoholic? i think most people who attended an aa meeting that superman was a member of would think, “oh fuck it. if superman can’t do it, neither can i” and just off themselves.
i also think that superman would be a terrible drinking buddy, but hilarious at the same time. he’s probably one of those drunks that just gets depressed and whiny when he drinks. drunkenly sobbing and saying “boo hoo. i’m the last of my kind” or “boo hoo. my planet blew up with my parents on it and now i’m all alone” or even “people just want to use me to help themselves, no one likes me for me” wha wha wha.
the funny part would come in when superman is nice and toasted and some supervillain tries to destroy metropolis. superman would drunkenly try to battle him. he flies around near the speed of light crashing through buildings and destroying more shit than he saves.
would superman go to a bar with the supervillain that he just battled with and drink it up to put “their differences” behind them or to emphasize that they can still be friends even though their “jobs” require them to be enemies (kinda how prosecutors and defense attorneys can still party together)?
one other thing. would superman get a superhuman hangover? i can imagine that drinking a whole vat of whiskey can really wreak havoc on your body and would leave a hangover that could destroy the sun.
