Comic Book Questions Answered is a feature where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brianc@cbr.com). Today, we look into whether Captain America’s shield might explode if it absorbs too much kinetic energy.As I’ve noted a few times over the years, one of the big problems that comes from discussing Captain America’s shield is that it is a lot like the song, “Frosty the Snowman,” in that when the kids put a hat on their snowman, Frosty, and the song notes “there must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found, for when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around?” Well, that’s basically what happened when Captain America’s shield was formed, right? A scientist was working on trying to bond Vibranium and a steel alloy and overnight, there must have been some magic in that old vat of molten metal, because it formed to create Captain America’s shield and it seems to have almost magical properties. Because of that, it’s often hard to even think about the logistics of the shield, since it’s basically magic (like the whole “How does Captain America’s shield ricochet if it absorbs kinetic energy on impact?” question, where the answer is basically, “It just does, okay?”). However, there are SOME things that we can actually answer based on examples within the comics (that give us SOME guidelines), and here, we look at a problem due to the Vibranium that is part of Captain Ameirca’s shield.As I noted in a recent article, in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14, the entry on Vibranium revealed some things about the metal that had never been explored before…
Comic Book Questions Answered is a feature where I answer whatever questions you folks might have about comic books (feel free to e-mail questions to me at brianc@cbr.com). Today, we look into whether Captain America’s shield might explode if it absorbs too much kinetic energy.
As I’ve noted a few times over the years, one of the big problems that comes from discussing Captain America’s shield is that it is a lot like the song, “Frosty the Snowman,” in that when the kids put a hat on their snowman, Frosty, and the song notes “there must have been some magic in that old silk hat they found, for when they placed it on his head, he began to dance around?” Well, that’s basically what happened when Captain America’s shield was formed, right? A scientist was working on trying to bond Vibranium and a steel alloy and overnight, there must have been some magic in that old vat of molten metal, because it formed to create Captain America’s shield and it seems to have almost magical properties. Because of that, it’s often hard to even think about the logistics of the shield, since it’s basically magic (like the whole “How does Captain America’s shield ricochet if it absorbs kinetic energy on impact?” question, where the answer is basically, “It just does, okay?”). However, there are SOME things that we can actually answer based on examples within the comics (that give us SOME guidelines), and here, we look at a problem due to the Vibranium that is part of Captain Ameirca’s shield.
As I noted in a recent article, in The Official Handbook of the Marvel Universe #14, the entry on Vibranium revealed some things about the metal that had never been explored before…
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