Welcome to my science behind the comics blog!
Welcome to my blog!
I’m a theoretical physics major at university, with a passion for comics. With this blog I will try to combine my passion for calculating and theorising with my passion for comics. I will try to frequently update this blog with new calculations, theories and other posts (at least once a month). First I will mainly focus on the science behind some comic characters from Marvel and DC, but later on there may come other posts like comic reviews. The main goal is to discuss ideas and opinions with you, so don’t hesitate to comment with your own insights! The posts will mainly depend on what I’m currently reading, studying and of course your suggestions.
To Infinity and Beyond #1: The man called Nova
This is the first blog post in a series about Nova. In the upcoming weeks I’m reading every issue with an appearance of Nova. Every time when I’ve read a couple of issues I will make a review post about it. This is something I’ve wanted to do for a long time so I’m excited…
The Doppler shift of the Human Torch
In this post we are going to revisit our flaming superhero the Human Torch. Previously we have looked at the emission spectrum of the Human Torch and derived his surface temperature (link to previous post). Now we are going to inspect what we observe, when the Human Torch is flying. Because the Human Torch is…
The Levitation of Magneto
Magneto first debuted in “The X-men#1” and is one of the most iconic X-men supervillains. Magneto is a mutant and goes by the nickname ‘the master of magnetism’. The powers of magneto are astounding. He can manipulate any magnetic field and therefore also every electric field. Besides throwing iron bars at his enemies, we can…
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