that logic would make all migratory birds illegal. imaginary lines drawn by men do not have legal significance in such cases (except for smuggling scenarios, which kal el’s was not).
They aren’t human. Doesn’t mean they aren’t people.
And comic book universes probably have a lot of rules about that kind of thing, since there’s a lot of non-human people running around (like the aforementioned Hawkgirl).
there’s no probably about it. baby kal el was not people at the time of its entry into the earth’s atmosphere.
unless–i’ll grant you this–the assertion is that the superman universe overlapped with the MIB universe, where agreements and laws did exist for the immigration of extraterrestrial beings onto earth.
If they aren’t a birth citizen they’re an immigrant by default, and generally speaking you need permission to cross a border, even from the sky.
that logic would make all migratory birds illegal. imaginary lines drawn by men do not have legal significance in such cases (except for smuggling scenarios, which kal el’s was not).
Birds aren’t people. Except Hawkgirl.
No longer legally a person in the united states. Not for the hawk part.
but kryptonians aren’t people, either. without exception.
They aren’t human. Doesn’t mean they aren’t people.
And comic book universes probably have a lot of rules about that kind of thing, since there’s a lot of non-human people running around (like the aforementioned Hawkgirl).
there’s no probably about it. baby kal el was not people at the time of its entry into the earth’s atmosphere.
unless–i’ll grant you this–the assertion is that the superman universe overlapped with the MIB universe, where agreements and laws did exist for the immigration of extraterrestrial beings onto earth.