Headscratchers / Justice League S 2 E 23 Comfort And Joy

• Martha Kent's Homemade Sweater from Hell bugs me, primarily because it was too big. For J'onn freaking J'onzz. I could understand this if the sweater was intended for superchested Clark Kent, but Martha clearly states that the sweater was an extra from a community service knitting group effort. Is there anybody else on the planet besides her adoptive son that could have worn that thing comfortably? Good thing J'onn's a shapeshifter.
  • I hate to say it, but you really underestimate America.
  • Also due to the nature of the art style Superman and Martian Manhunter share very similar builds anyway. Even the Flash is stacked like a bodybuilder.
  • Also, it's an extra from a knitting group. It's possible, maybe even likely, that it's an "extra" because the person who knitted it screwed up, and made it too big.
  • How do you think "superchested Clark Kent" managed to blend in with the rest of Smallville in the first place?
  • Either that, or whoever made the sweater used the wrong needle size when they made their sweater. Depending on her pattern, they could have easily grabbed the wrong type of needles (too big) and accidentally created a larger sweater. Given this hypothesis, it's probable that they are one of two things: A n00b (possibly a grandchild of one of Mrs. Kent's friends), or someone who has a hard time reading small print, and grabs the wrong size needles.
  • Let's not forget that this is a somewhat rural farming community too. Big chested men would not seem out of place.
• This is just a small thing, but am I the only one who finds it a little weird that Superman apparantly still believes in Santa Claus?
  • By this point in his career, he's seen weirder stuff than that, so why not?
  • I think it's mainly been contained to joke issues and one-shots stories, but hasn't it been confirmed that Santa Claus (Or at least one version of him) does exist in the DCU (I recall reading somewhere on this site that he once gave Darkseid a lump of coal)? I wouldn't be surprised if Superman has actually met Santa.
  • Not just once. He does it every year.
  • Who says he really believes in Santa Claus? Until the day he died my dad insisted that every Christmas gift I was ever given was "from Santa" not from my parents. Even long after I had stopped believing in Santa he still kept it up. I guess he thought it was funny or cute or something. Maybe Clark is doing the same thing?
  • Superman isn't shown as believing in Santa Claus. It's pretty clear in the episode when he "corrects" Pa Kent that he didn't do it cause he didn't KNOW, but that he did it as part of "being in the spirit of the season". Sure, he knows Santa isn't real, but since for him, Santa is a part of Christmas, you play along like he is.