Q 01/05

What is Superman's birth name?

A) Zod

B) Jor-El

C) Kal-El

D) Dax-Ur

Answer · why

C) Kal-El

Kal-El was rocketed to Earth as a baby by his father as their world died. Early strips spelled the name Kal-L; a 1942 Superman novel gave the family t...

Q 02/05

Whose death at a burglar's hands taught Peter Parker that great power brings great responsibility?

A) Aunt May

B) Uncle Ben

C) Mary Jane Watson

D) J. Jonah Jameson

Answer · why

B) Uncle Ben

Uncle Ben was shot by a burglar Peter had earlier let run past him. The famous line about power and responsibility was not Ben's in 1962: it appeared ...

Q 03/05

What is Batman's real name?

A) Bruce Banner

B) Dick Grayson

C) Bruce Wayne

D) Harvey Dent

Answer · why

C) Bruce Wayne

Bruce Wayne got his name from two historical figures: the writer who named him took Bruce from the Scottish king Robert the Bruce and Wayne from the R...

Q 04/05

John Byrne's 1986 Superman origin reboot shares its title with which of the hero's nicknames?

A) The Man of Tomorrow

B) The Last Son

C) The Man of Steel

D) The Big Blue Boy Scout

Answer · why

C) The Man of Steel

Byrne's six-issue 1986 miniseries was titled The Man of Steel. It scaled Superman's powers down and recast Lex Luthor as a billionaire industrialist r...

Q 05/05

Before printing problems forced a switch to green, the Hulk was which color in his 1962 debut issue?

A) Blue

B) Gray

C) Purple

D) Red

Answer · why

B) Gray

Gray: Stan Lee wanted a skin color that suggested no particular ethnic group, but the colorist could not keep the gray consistent from page to page, s...