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Post by A Platypus Rave is Correct on Jan 21, 2013 3:58:20 GMT -5
This is my very favorite ridiculous silver-age cover. To be completely honest...I think this cover is a work of absolute genius. I really do want to know why the hell Superman is being such an asshole to Jimmy Olson...his now supposed adopted son. That's exactly what the comic cover was supposed to do...get me to want to read the book! I don't even care how stupid or ridiculous the reason is obviously going to turn out to be...I really want to know why Superman is behaving this way. A lot of those goofy Silver Age comics did that, with the fake out "the hero has become evil/a dick/quit? " covers, but I have to admit, there's this tiny part of me that does want to look at every single one of them and find out the answers. And considering that this cover...and a good many like it...come up in these types of threads over and over again, I think a lot of other people probably kinda feel the same way I do. Pure genius on DC's part, piquing our curiosity like that. Yeah, most of the goofy silver age comics make me want to see what the hell is going on
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 21, 2013 10:42:49 GMT -5
did anyone else watch the episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold with Superman? the whole episode was basically a loving tribute to the "Superman's an asshole/Lois is obsessed with marrying Superman/Jimmy gets weird powers" covers from the silver age, complete with an homage to Superman burning a present Jimmy gave him.
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Post by Goldenbane on Jan 21, 2013 10:53:06 GMT -5
did anyone else watch the episode of Batman: Brave and the Bold with Superman? the whole episode was basically a loving tribute to the "Superman's an asshole/Lois is obsessed with marrying Superman/Jimmy gets weird powers" covers from the silver age, complete with an homage to Superman burning a present Jimmy gave him. I remember that! I believe Superman, at one point, even pulls out the goofy Superman Crown he wore on the cover of one of those Silver Age comics where he supposedly takes over the world (leading to Super Dickery asking if he was a king or Super Pope...as it does look more like the Pope's hat than a crown). Great stuff!!
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 21, 2013 10:59:22 GMT -5
he demands that everyone call him King Superman
Jimmy: Superman's a real di-- Lois: --fferent person.
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Post by Push R Truth on Jan 21, 2013 12:18:16 GMT -5
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Post by Hit Girl on Jan 21, 2013 14:42:19 GMT -5
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 21, 2013 17:51:04 GMT -5
nah it's Tim Drake... or Jason Todd.. I can't really tell. y'know, for 3 guys who aren't blood relatives the first 3 Robins have a ridiculous familial resemblance.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 21, 2013 18:28:12 GMT -5
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Post by Sir Woodrow on Jan 21, 2013 19:05:58 GMT -5
nah it's Tim Drake... or Jason Todd.. I can't really tell. y'know, for 3 guys who aren't blood relatives the first 3 Robins have a ridiculous familial resemblance. Bruce Wayne has a type
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Post by Thaal Sinestro on Jan 21, 2013 19:12:52 GMT -5
Didn't he dye Jason's hair so he could look like Dick?
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Post by Mozenrath on Jan 21, 2013 19:51:57 GMT -5
Didn't he dye Jason's hair so he could look like Dick? I don't think he did, but it would make sense if they wanted to create the illusion that there was a consistent Robin to the public.
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Post by mjolnir on Jan 21, 2013 20:01:23 GMT -5
I'm pretty sure that was retcon'd into existence to make Bruce look more unstable and/or make Jason look more sympathetic.
I know it's canon and has been since Jason came back, at least. As I know he's, at points, gone back to his "natural" hair color, ginger.
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 21, 2013 20:37:18 GMT -5
Didn't he dye Jason's hair so he could look like Dick? nah he did it himself, then he stopped dying it and it went back to being bright red. then someone forgot to tell Scott Lobdell and his artists and he's back to having black hair again. though that was probably done to make it easier to tell him and the also red haired Roy Harper apart.
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Post by Herman The Tosser on Jan 22, 2013 5:19:09 GMT -5
Didn't he dye Jason's hair so he could look like Dick? I don't think he did, but it would make sense if they wanted to create the illusion that there was a consistent Robin to the public. I believe Todd was a redhead. The "Dick is good" pic is Tim Drake, surely? Isn't it part of his backstory that he was a fan of the Flying Graysons or something? Or did they retcon that out of the New 52 like his ever being called "Robin"? Talking of Robins & wackiness in comic panels:
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Post by Baldobomb-22-OH-MAN!!! on Jan 22, 2013 11:04:30 GMT -5
y'know, I hated the little shit when he first showed up but Damien's really grown on me.
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