News That Sounds Like a Comic Book #6: Boy Hit by Meteorite!

Gerrit Blank is not a superhero

A German teen was hit on his hand by a meteorite!

Fire Lad Origin

That’s a favorite origin story in the Legion of Super Heroes. Meteor powers work into the origin of the original  Colossal Boy, Satan Girl, and (my favorite) Fire Lad of the Legion of Substitute Heroes. What I love about Fire Lad’s origin is that he’s wearing a flame themed outfit and hairdo when he encountered the meteorite that gave him dragon-like breath. The Chlorophyll Kid was wearing a plant themed green outfit as a toddler when he fell into the vat of super fertilizer that gave him his plant growing powers.

Wonder Woman Underoos

Clearly, the trick to getting super powers is half being subjected to a strange occurrence and half wearing the right clothes. So far, there is no indication that Gerrit Blank has gained super powers from his run-in with the meteorite. If only Gerrit had been wearing the right Underoos the world would be a lot more interesting.