Obviously there's no right answer about which superpower to choose. They both have advantages and limitations (and those of you who mentioned it are right that you could only carry what you can lift now, which is problematic for carrying people).
One of the people interviewed on the "American Life" episode believes most people say they would pick flight, but would really choose invisibility because they could get away with more things. I'm inclined to believe there's a pretty big grain of truth to that.
As for me ... it's hard to say. As much fun as it would be to fly, practically speaking, its usefulness in fighting crime is somewhat limited. Kim points out that Invisible Woman was pretty boring at first, but so is Hawkman if you take away the mace and telescopic sight. Invisibility is a bit more useful and at least makes you a little harder to hit in a fight -- at least until the bad guys start using infrared or turning on the sprinkler system like in "Hollow Man." Of course, this is assuming one would use the power to fight crime and not for one of its many subversive uses, which is kind of a good reason to be wary about picking invisibility. I'd like to think I could handle the power responsibly, though.
But no matter which you pick, it's better than being able to talk to fish.
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"But no matter which you pick, it's better than being able to talk to fish."
Ah, sweet pure truth..
Aquaman!
This is America. I'm pretty sure if you could fly, most of the time you'd have people taking potshots at you for no reason.
That is a great link, Charlie. Thanks!
And that's an excellent point, Klaus. Especially given how many people shoot at the Goodyear Blimp on a regular basis.
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