Clark Kent/Kal-El/Superman 2022 Appreciation

[Vordan]

Tom King is writing a Superman one shot for Dark Crisis (and this all but confirms the main JL will be trapped on their own Earths).

[The Frog Bros]

Tom King is writing a Superman one shot for Dark Crisis (and this all but confirms the main JL will be trapped on their own Earths).

Guess we know now what King's tweet from a few days back was all about.

Interesting looking "Robin" outfit.

[Vordan]

Guess we know now what King's tweet from a few days back was all about.

Interesting looking "Robin" outfit.

Apparently it’s meant to be an acknowledgment of Superman’s “Robin” from the Silver Age:

[Frontier]

Tom King is writing a Superman one shot for Dark Crisis (and this all but confirms the main JL will be trapped on their own Earths).

Curious how twisted this is going to get.

[Vordan]

[The Frog Bros]

Apparently it’s meant to be an acknowledgment of Superman’s “Robin” from the Silver Age:

Poor Skyboy, trusted by no one.

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[Superlad93]

Apparently it’s meant to be an acknowledgment of Superman’s “Robin” from the Silver Age:

Where did you hear this?

[Vordan]

Where did you hear this?

I worded that terribly, it’s just my own conjecture. However I’m basing this on King having said on WB that he’s been rereading a bunch of old Silver Age Superman comics, presumably for this very project. Given Skyboy is a SA story, the “Superboy” is described as Robin like which is what Skyboy was intended to be (Superman’s Robin), and King loves doing deep dives into obscure comics book lore, I don’t think I’m assuming too much by seeing a connection between Skyboy and this story.

Given King is a huge Moore fan, I wonder how much this story will draw on For The Man Who Has Everything? because the set up is pretty much perfect for a sequel. Superman in another “fake world” created for him by a threat who wants him out of the way, allowing him to live the life he always wanted, and given its King he’s 100% going to poke holes in the “wholesome Golden Age/Silver Age” vibes this is marketing itself as.

[SJNeal]

Hmmm... I'm going to speculate that in this "What If?" world where Superman gets to spend those missing years with Jon, the boy's going to die a horrible death - cementing the idea that sending him into the future to be aged up with Jor-El was the best thing for him after all.

[manwhohaseverything]

superman vs hulk!! lit!But,clark is fighting for the wrong side,though..

[Vordan]

[Gaius]

[Vordan]

[Frontier]

Can't argue with that stellar logic .

[manwhohaseverything]

Actually ,they are alone in the universe..Two guys under the night sky in wierd outfits..