{"id":1600,"date":"2010-12-17T22:33:26","date_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:33:26","guid":{"rendered":"\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/?p=1600"},"modified":"2010-12-17T22:33:26","modified_gmt":"2010-12-18T03:33:26","slug":"day-78-d-n-aliens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kirbymuseum.org\/blogs\/365fourth\/2010\/12\/17\/day-78-d-n-aliens\/","title":{"rendered":"Day 78: D.N.Aliens!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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During Superman’s guided tour of The Project, the Man of Steel points out the three categories of clones being grown: Normals, Step-Ups and Aliens. <\/p>\n

Normals<\/strong>, I guess it’s safe to assume, are the rank and file who work at The Project and have been reproduced from the DNA of living, “normal” people (i.e.,<\/em> regular folks of average intelligence and abilities), including the Jimmy Olsen guards at the Duplication Section and Communications Division Gabbys. It may also be proper to include in this category those in the “Miniature Replica Files,” such as the Scrapper-Troopers and the miniature Supermen, Jimmy Olsens and Newsboy Legion members (both those at The Project and grown at the Evil Factory from stolen cells). The Guardian likely fits with this grouping, as do the “beasts of burden” at the Evil Factory and Floyd “Bullets” Barstow’s clone.<\/p>\n

Because the duplicates seem to be of the same age as the “originals,” there has to be some age acceleration taking place and, with the D.N.Aliens (which may pertain to all products of both facilities), such a development is hinted at in the “Strange Stories of the D.N.A. Project” vignette, “The Alien Thing!!!” (The presence of the daycare facility may indicate some Normals are allowed to age at the normal rate.)<\/p>\n

Step-Ups<\/strong> include The Hairies, the youthful and industrious technological geniuses of The Project (“They have evolved hair-triggered<\/em> minds!” Superman tells Jimmy, “And they can come up with mechanical wonders like the Mountain of Judgment!<\/em>“). The category may also include scientists, possibly Professor Packard, the surrogate father of Arin, the Armored Man. (I don’t recall any others being specifically referred to as a Step-Up…)<\/p>\n

Aliens<\/strong> are actually a misnomer, as those in the category being discussed do come from people (or animals). Superman says, “The human cell has been subjected to a wide<\/em> range of conditions — and has yielded<\/em> some strange<\/em> developments!”<\/p>\n

There actually appear to be three different varieties of D.N.Aliens:<\/p>\n