I know that there’s only so much to be done with Present Mic, since he’s technically only a secondary character, but as a former singer, I can’t help but feel like we’re being drastically undersold on the potential destructiveness of the Loudest Man on Earth. The majority of what he’s been doing so far is just being So Loud that it hurts and incapacitates everyone around who could be a possible threat. But extremely high volume is not just uncomfortable and dangerous to the human ear, it’s a form of a pressure wave, and it can literally be used to destroy physical objects, if the resonant frequency can be matched. (The old opera singer breaking a glass trick, which has been proven to be possible on an ep of Mythbusters). Low frequency sounds can reportedly have psychological affects on people, causing feelings of discomfort or fear, or can even affect the rate of inhalation of breath at the proper volume. Sound waves that experience the right interference from a properly inverted phase can be essentially “negated” a-la noise cancellation. And anyone familiar with supersonic flight is already aware of the idea of a sonic shockwave.
In short, what I’m saying is that for a series that’s about educating young superheroes to find innovative applications of their own powers for use in their career, we’ve seen remarkably little of what this dude might be capable of.
