My guess? Checking for cancer on the off-chance the new power was gained through radiation. Whilst lightning, radiation, toxic waste, etc are all well and good for getting powers, they’re also linked to negative effects, and a full body search for potential tumors would be healthy.
My question is: Why did he get to keep his underwear? Prostate cancer would’ve been the most ironic death in a brand new hero one could possibly imagine, and most power gains tend to be through full-body irradiation.
Okay THIS is just discrimination! Just because he has some kind of POWERS it means he’s gonna be a superhero? Hmpf! I’d call that doctor out on that if I were that guy. :P
Heh… “Sir, you have prostate cancer but on the up side you have the power to destroy things with your mind… that is for about 2 days, by the way 2 days is the length of your life… WITH SUPERPOWERS!” :O
My guess? Checking for cancer on the off-chance the new power was gained through radiation. Whilst lightning, radiation, toxic waste, etc are all well and good for getting powers, they’re also linked to negative effects, and a full body search for potential tumors would be healthy.
My question is: Why did he get to keep his underwear? Prostate cancer would’ve been the most ironic death in a brand new hero one could possibly imagine, and most power gains tend to be through full-body irradiation.
Okay THIS is just discrimination! Just because he has some kind of POWERS it means he’s gonna be a superhero? Hmpf! I’d call that doctor out on that if I were that guy. :P
Heh… “Sir, you have prostate cancer but on the up side you have the power to destroy things with your mind… that is for about 2 days, by the way 2 days is the length of your life… WITH SUPERPOWERS!” :O
If it’s prostrate cancer, I would’ve thought his super power would have been Combat Flatulence…