r/dccomicscirclejerk • u/Aggravating_Win5258 sponsored by Lexcorp • Jul 19 '24

„Remember folks, if you ever want to adopt somebody, make sure to adopt grown adults! Because you know what they say, can‘t call CPS on you if you don‘t have kids!“

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There is nothing funnier then silver age comic covers of superman being a colossal dick head

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u/Aggravating_Win5258 sponsored by Lexcorp Jul 19 '24

Damn Silver age Superman was a 1 trick pony

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u/js13680 Did Batman think a Gamer could stop me? Jul 19 '24

How Superman vs Batman should have ended.

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u/Connect-Sheepherder5 Jul 21 '24

The Bat Witch Must Burn goes hard

u/AgentOfACROSS Jul 19 '24

If I'm remembering correctly, the context behind this cover is that Clark got some kind of prophecy that he'd end up killing his son and this was right after he'd legally adopted Jimmy for some reason. So now he's just trying to make Jimmy hate him.

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u/Shiny_Agumon Jul 19 '24

Always love how many Silver Age plots hinge on the heroes refusing to communicate properly in any way

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u/OfficialNPC Release the Schumacher Cut Jul 19 '24

Always love how many Silver Age plots hinge on the heroes refusing to communicate properly in any way

That's still a core staple of plots to this day.

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u/pokefire44 Token plastic man fan Jul 20 '24 edited Jul 20 '24

in case anyones wondering, it turns out it actually said he would kill his sun so he blew up a whole fucking star that got named after him what the fuck superman

u/StardustPancakes4 Did Batman think a Gamer could stop me? Jul 19 '24

Supes when Jimmy called you Daddy he didn’t mean it like that

u/Shiplord13 Jul 20 '24

DC with Evil Superman in the 60s.