Everyone seems to think the Flying Dutchman is a ship, but
it’s not: it’s a guy. And guess who it is: it’s Superman! And he’s not really
from outer space: he’s from Holland. That’s why they call him the Flying
Dutchman: he can fly! And that’s why he has all these super powers too: because
he was supposed to sail a ship for all eternity, so obviously you can’t kill
him with bullets. But due to the
advent of modern technology, now the ship can go on auto-pilot, and as a result
of becoming bored with always sailing around all the time now that he doesn’t
have to navigate anymore, he decided to become a superhero and try to show off
all his powers and stuff. (It’s true!) And that’s why he chose America: because
we’re a young enough country that we wouldn’t recognize him from legend. (You
didn’t think he could just go back to Holland, now did you? Everybody knows him
there, so they’d see through that phony Clark Kent ruse!)
