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Tweak says, "My boating arm!"

superfan1 (superfan1) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-10-04 04:42:00

Entry tags:

char: jimmy olsen, char: jor-el, char: lara lor-van, char: lois lane, char: perry white, char: superman/clark kent, in-joke: context is for the weak, publisher: dc comics

Superman family reunion
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	shanejayell 2009-10-04 11:30 am UTC (link)
	Uh huh. This don't end well, does it? (Reply to this)

	cainofdreaming 2009-10-04 11:49 am UTC (link)
	Superman gave birth to his parents? In the electric chair? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-04 01:25 pm UTC (link)
	"Paging Dr Freud to the Fortress of Solitude! Dr Freud to the Fortress of Solitude please" (Reply to this) (Parent)

	galateus 2009-10-04 09:12 pm UTC (link)
	It's all very Futurama, what with becoming his own grandpa; only now his parents are... twins? (Reply to this) (Parent)

	retro_nouveau 2009-10-04 12:24 pm UTC (link)
	Oh, Clark. The only memories they have of him are a few diaper changes. Also, suddenly being middle-aged must be a lot of fun. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-04 01:30 pm UTC (link)
	Pre-Crisis Superman had spent time on Krypton shortly before it blew up (long story), introducing himself as a cousin of the El family, and even romancing a Kryptonian actress. I wonder if they remembered him from THAT little episode. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	kenn_el 2009-10-04 02:27 pm UTC (link)
	Hard not to hate Clark with his "REAL parents" line, dissing the Kents for all they'd done for him! Reminds me that Lara chose NOT to leave Jor and escape Krypton with Kal (a Dune-type scenario that could have been!), as referenced in the Great Superman Book by Fleisher! Wonder when that little talk would happen? (Reply to this) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-04 04:23 pm UTC (link)
	This is pre-Crisis, so his adoptive parents are both long dead, I don't think he's dissing them per se. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	kenn_el 2009-10-04 06:38 pm UTC (link)
	As an adoptee whose adoptive father is deceased, I still would respect his memory enough not to call my birth father my 'real' father. It's just consideration, and Clark was brought up better than that, or so I thought. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	icon_uk 2009-10-04 07:58 pm UTC (link)
	Won't argue with that, pre-Crisis Superman could be a REAL dick though. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	sistermagpie 2009-10-04 05:14 pm UTC (link)
	It's funny how often that sort of thing comes out throughout the history of the DC heroes with adoptive families. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	blake_reitz 2009-10-04 05:53 pm UTC (link)
	I wonder if that's not actually just an artifacts of the 70s, during which I don't think the term "biological parents" was much in use. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	the_lassiter 2009-10-04 05:59 pm UTC (link)
	"Real Parents" was just what we said back then. I used it myself when I was a lil' kid. Later replaced by "Bio-Dad". (Reply to this) (Parent)

	katsaris 2009-10-05 02:41 pm UTC (link)
	Except we see that the very next panel uses the words "biological parents", spoken by Jimmy. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	thandrak 2009-10-04 04:42 pm UTC (link)
	Nice reference to the old Cal Ellsworth routine. (Reply to this)

	galateus 2009-10-04 07:17 pm UTC (link)
	I love the Robot Butler Clark's got there. "Ohh--? I better set two* extra places for tea!"* Like he secretly doubted his master's whole "For my next trick I shall give birth to MY OWN PARENTS" plan could work at all. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	cmdr_zoom 2009-10-04 07:51 pm UTC (link)
	This is Silver Age Superman! He can do ANYTHING! (If only for one issue.) (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	queenanthai 2009-10-05 04:24 am UTC (link)
	This was actually Bronze Age; the issue right before the "Whatever Happened To the Man Of Tomorrow?" story. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-10-05 04:36 am UTC (link)
	Really? Well, THAT puts an interesting spin on things. 'Let's briefly grant one of Clark's fondest desires, so we can DESTROY IT next issue, along with his entire continuity!' Things haven't changed much, eh? (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	khaosworks 2009-10-06 10:08 am UTC (link)
	IIRC, as it turned out they weren't really his folks anyway. (Reply to this) (Parent) (Thread)

	psychop_rex 2009-10-06 10:32 am UTC (link)
	sigh Of course they weren't. Things REALLY haven't changed. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	icon_uk 2009-10-04 08:00 pm UTC (link)
	He'd originally set it for three, since he knew, even if Clark didn't, that Kryptonians are like Tenctonese. He was then polite enough not to correct Superman on his failure. (Reply to this) (Parent)