I wish they'd just create a random new alien menace for Superman to slap the crap out of in 2 panels.
Mongul is the villain of one of the best Superman stories of all, so I'd like to see him to have a little more gravitas. He should be the big alien warlord that DC seems to push Darkseid into. Darkseid is more of an abstract creature, who should exist on a different frequency. Literal, supreme order. Oppression. The New Gods being mythological beings and all.
Mongul is the interplanetary menace.
I'd like to see more Superman villains in general though, in the vein of Mongul and intergalactic tyrants. Stories that work as metaphors for our world, that Superman can punch out.
Last edited by Flash Gordon; 02-15-2019 at 10:17 AM.
Honestly I would find Clark's trust in Jor-El a lot more believable if we had any clue of what this "chuck of missing story" entailed and if we had been given at least a basic idea of it before Jon went off into space with his grandfather. THAT is where my problem with the entire set up comes from. It felt like it went from Oz Effect straight into this, which is likely why it seems like a ridiculous thing for Clark and Lois to have done to a lot of people. It also doesn't help that Lois came back without Jon, didn't make Clark aware of her return and that she left Jon alone with him pretty early on on top of that. When looked at from that point of view it really does come across as a bad decision on their part. I'm not bashing Bendis I just think there was a better way to have handled a lot of this even if this way turns out fine in the end.
I'd like to see that too.
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Mongul has been a jobber for a long time unfortunately. I mean Zod sucker punched him into space during Jurgens Revenge. Manapul has him do a rehash of the Black Mercy in Trinity. It really sucks because I want someone to take Mongul and show what a total badass he is, but it doesn’t seem like anyone wants to. Guess I’ll just have to content myself with Keith David Mongul in Young Justice, now that guy was awesome.
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Oh my goodness gracious! I've been bamboozled!
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I'm now wondering if Jon meets Alexander Luthor Jr. while on Earth-3?
But most of all, I'm wondering if he visited more than one Earth on his way back home?
"Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe. And that hole will become a path for those that follow after us. The dreams of those who have fallen. The hopes of those who will follow. Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow. THAT's Tengen Toppa! THAT'S Gurren Lagann! MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!" - The Digger
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"Mark my words! This drill will open a hole in the universe. And that hole will become a path for those that follow after us. The dreams of those who have fallen. The hopes of those who will follow. Those two sets of dreams weave together into a double helix, drilling a path towards tomorrow. THAT's Tengen Toppa! THAT'S Gurren Lagann! MY DRILL IS THE DRILL THAT CREATES THE HEAVENS!" - The Digger
We walk on the path to Secher Nbiw. Though hard fought, we walk the Golden Path.
Just have to get in early before it all goes to hell!
I think I'm going to try to work some of my theories on Jor El, Lois' book, and other aspects of his run into some more generalized questions about what has already happened and the context certain things should be looked at. That way he could answer without spoiling and even turn it into a bit of a tease if he wanted to.
Last edited by Yoda; 02-17-2019 at 05:28 PM.
If the intention of this journey is for Jon to question the underlying assumptions about both himself and what the S-shield represent, I’d send him to the Justice Lords world. Earth 3 is an inherently evil place but Earth 50 wasn’t. And that Superman is fairly coherent unlike the raging manchild of Injustice. It would be interesting to see what JL Superman would make of Jon.