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perletwo (perletwo) wrote in scans_daily,
@ 2009-07-19 20:29:00

Entry tags:

char: alfred pennyworth, char: batman/bruce wayne, char: superman/clark kent, creator: jerome moore, creator: l.b. kellogg, creator: mike decarlo, theme: manly tears, title: world's finest comics

World's Finest 297 - "Breaking Up Is Hard to Do"
Roughly a page's worth from World's Finest #297, August 1983, not my scans. For reasons not entirely clear to me, having to do with events in JLA and Batman and the Outsiders apparently, Batsy is in a temper. How dare Supes save his life! How dare he beat him to doing-good-deeds punch! And pretty soon, the boys are on the outs.

Oh, to have had this issue during Manly Tears Week...

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	freezer818 2009-07-20 01:11 am UTC (link)
	Lovers' spats are always hard to watch. Especially when it's clear one side of the equation decides to be a jerk about it. (Reply to this)

	sandoz_iscariot 2009-07-20 01:15 am UTC (link)
	I'm so glad the context for this is no less gay. (Reply to this)

	superfan1 2009-07-20 01:20 am UTC (link)
	Melodramatic bromance break up, what not to love right? Second scan, second panel, you can almost see how alfred want to roll his eyes. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	perletwo 2009-07-20 01:31 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, Alfred does Not Approve of these shenanigans, you can tell. I'm sure he's handled the breakup duties with many a Playboy Bruce bit of arm candy, and I bet he's never been at a loss for words with them. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	jlroberson 2009-07-20 01:45 am UTC (link)
	That is some SERIOUS eyewear Clark is wearing. Only Superman could hold those up. (Reply to this)

	chipsnopotatoes 2009-07-20 01:50 am UTC (link)
	Oh man, this is almost enough to turn me into a clark/bruce shipper! I mean, does Batman even have pictures of his girlfriends hanging on the wall up in the manor for all to see? ...and Clark, poor sensitive Clark. I can't see Selina crying over Bruce. She'd claw at him but not cry over him...i don't think. (Reply to this) (Thread)

	jedd_the_jedi 2009-07-20 06:10 am UTC (link)
	Yeah, I love the "I heart supes" wall. I'm sure there's a video library somewhere too... (Reply to this) (Parent)

	ladymirth 2009-07-20 02:20 am UTC (link)
	Boys, dear, can you BE more in gay love? And some fanboys still insist that the S/B loving is only practically canon. (Reply to this)

	retro_nouveau 2009-07-20 03:47 am UTC (link)
	Literally out loud! Oh, Clark. You know he just needs to spend some time brooding before you kiss and make up... (Reply to this)

	ashenmote 2009-07-20 05:42 am UTC (link)
	Oh, I remember that scan from old Scans_Daily! I will never forget how Itunes decided to play "You don't bring me flowers" at me when I saw it the first time. (Reply to this)

	sistermagpie 2009-07-20 01:50 pm UTC (link)
	There is nothing I love more about superhero culture than their walls of love--many of which seem to be used exclusively for crying in front of when you think you're being dumped/are breaking up. (Reply to this)

	halloweenjack 2009-07-20 05:17 pm UTC (link)
	I can't liiiiiiiiiive... if living is without yoooooooooouuuuuuuuu... I can't liiiiiiiiiiive... I can't give anymooooooooooooooooooore... (Reply to this)

	taggerung301 2009-07-20 07:09 pm UTC (link)
	poor Clark ): (Reply to this)

	kingrockwell 2009-07-20 09:16 pm UTC (link)
	sniff (Reply to this)

lyraeinne
2009-07-21 12:57 am UTC (link)

So on Batman's wall we have a picture of Superman and Batman having a manly handshake, a nice headshot of Superman that Batman seems to be trying to ruin, two pictures in which the boys are either line dancing or having a mutual flail moment, and finally a picture in which Superman seems to be sharing an enthusiastic embrace with some smaller person in tiny bat ears (Robin?) while Batman pretends not to know them. Seems about right indeed.

Oh Bruce. Why is it so hard for you to tell your boyfriends you love them?

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	runespoor7 2009-07-21 05:52 am UTC (link)
	Because when he does (or he adopts them), they die! He's not cowardly or superstitious, he's just mindful of the statistical evidence. (Reply to this) (Parent)

	salamangkiero 2009-07-22 05:50 pm UTC (link)
	Somehow, the intro of Bon Jovi's "bed of roses" fits the scene. either that, or a piano accompaniment reminiscent of "it's all coming back to me" or I would do anything for love, complete with Meatloaf's soaring vocals at the end. OMFG. hahahaha!~ (Reply to this)

	thebat_man 2009-07-23 01:01 pm UTC (link)
	Uggghhh! This makes me cringe. I am so glad Frank Miller ended that Batman and Superman relationship. I'm disappointed to see writers like Jeph Loeb depicting them as the best of friends again. Batman and Superman not liking each other is much more entertaining. (Reply to this)

	xdoop 2009-08-19 01:00 am UTC (link)
	This is from #294. (Reply to this)