OK, let's talk intangible.

I thought it meant simply, the the words of MC Hammer: Can't touch this. That is, if Lex Luthor has a belt that makes him intangible, Superman can see him making his getaway and hear his gloating laughter, but he can't grab hold of him.

So even as a kid, when I read the first Showcase appearance of the Atom, I snickered when Ray Palmer holds up his costume and says that at full size, it is invisible and intangible. How, I thought, could he pick up something that was untouchable?

I still don't have an answer for that one.

Not that anyone cares, but I still remember where I learned my erroneous definition of intangible. Believe it or not, it was one of the classic game shows of the '50s either "What's My Line" or "I've Got a Secret." One of the panelists asked, "Is it tangible?" The contestant looked puzzled, and someone explained that it mean "incapable of being touched." Lucille Ball was a guest panelist, and when her turn came with the next contestant, she asked "Is it TANGIBLE!?" and looked around with a typical Lucy Ricardo, open-mouthed, wide-eyed look of self-satisfaction that broke up the audience.

And it was all in glorious black and white.