Comic #7130: altruism-2

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Description

Here is a detailed description of the comic:

Title: SMBC (Saturday Morning Breakfast Cereal)

Panel Descriptions:

Panel 1:

• Characters: Two people are standing on a snowy landscape. One character is a woman with curly brown hair and a yellow jacket. The other character is a man with dark hair and wearing a green coat.
• Text:
  • Woman: "Who's the better superhero—Batman or Superman?"
  • Man: "Obviously Superman."

Panel 2:

• Background: The night sky is filled with stars.
• Text:
  • Man: "If you go back just 5,000 years, all humans have a common ancestor. We're closely related. If Batman saves an entire city—especially one where most of his family is from—he's basically just doing kin selection."

Panel 3:

• Background: Same starry night setting.
• Text:
  • Man: "Superman is an alien. His genetic code gets no benefit from saving Metropolis. Therefore he is acting from pure altruism."

Panel 4:

• Characters: The same two characters still in the snowy landscape.
• Text:
  • Woman: "Maybe evolution isn’t the best framework for ethics."
  • Man (speaking to the side): "Batman is just trying to bat-propagate his bat-genes!"

The comic uses humor and references to evolutionary theory to compare the motivations of Batman and Superman. The visual setting contributes to the tone, emphasizing their discussion under a starry night.