Konokopia

Superheroes & Supervillains

[This is another outtake from my puzzle book “My Silly Puzzles”. And it is another Truth Tellers and Liars logic puzzle set (with six puzzles). It includes the characters of Superman, Batman, the Joker and my own creation—Madeline the Mad Welder. The intro is a spoof of hard-boiled detective fiction written in rhyming prose, a brew of Frank Miller and Shel Silverstein.]

Madeline,
The Mad Welder—
Her weld felled
The Man of Steel
And Batman in his Batmobile.

A touch past midnight. The moon silently stares down, possibly with a dejected frown and pity, upon the filthy streets of the rat infested Gotham City, an urban colossus of concrete and rust, toxic sweat and disgust, where criminals grow like weeds and each criminal feeds on the weak, the wealthy, and the barely healthy. (Only those with the strongest constitution can survive Gotham’s air pollution. Its acid rain can drive one insane!)

Four muscley silhouettes stood in the sinister dark, and glared. Even Superman’s vision has been temporarily impaired with Kryptonite Lite, and affected his supersight.

But, HARK—the Joker always lies; the Mad Welder and Superman always tell the truth; and Batman does both. He might even lie under oath. Or tell the truth. That’s his prerogative as the supersleuth.

So now, furrow your brow—which Super Silhouette belongs to which Super? (Shake off your stupor and be alert, or the wrong Supers may end up getting hurt!)

Issue 1 of 6
One: “I am Superman.”
Two: “I am not Superman.”
Three: “One is the Mad Welder! The poor little trooper is having a brain blooper.”
Four: “I am the Joker.”