Superman: Kidnapper, liar, cheater

[blueridgerider]

I recently started reading Superman starting at Action Comics #1.

Anyway, I am just in the infancy of this and ran into a weird story in AC #4.

Superman overhears some gangster types trying to fix a football game (little more complicated than that, but you get the gist).

So what does the All-American Hero do?

He kidnaps a player on the "good" team and lies, taking his identity. Not just for a day, but for DAYS as he practices with the team, etc.

He then singlehandedly wins the game in such a blatant manner that even his teammates are bitter.

He comes off as a real jerk.

It was a fun story and it is interesting to see this more primitive version of Superman.

[ManofTheAtom]

I recently started reading Superman starting at Action Comics #1.

Anyway, I am just in the infancy of this and ran into a weird story in AC #4.

Superman overhears some gangster types trying to fix a football game (little more complicated than that, but you get the gist).

So what does the All-American Hero do?

He kidnaps a player on the "good" team and lies, taking his identity. Not just for a day, but for DAYS as he practices with the team, etc.

He then singlehandedly wins the game in such a blatant manner that even his teammates are bitter.

He comes off as a real jerk.

It was a fun story and it is interesting to see this more primitive version of Superman.

The GA and SA Clark Kent lied all the time when they put on the glasses or when Lois asked them if they were Superman.

Then again, Siegel intended for Superman to reveal his secret to Lois in the fifth issue of the series, the K-Metal (is it the fifth? I don't recall).

[Sean Whitmore]

I almost never do this, but:

Clark Kent lies all the time when he puts on the glasses or when Lois asks him if he's Superman.

Fixed it for you.


SEAN

[ManofTheAtom]

I almost never do this, but:



Fixed it for you.


SEAN

Meh... Lois has known he is Superman for almost 20 years.

[Sean Whitmore]

Meh... Lois has known he is Superman for almost 20 years.

How long has Pete Ross known?


SEAN

[ManofTheAtom]

How long has Pete Ross known?


SEAN

Lana has known for over 20 years, since 87.

Does Pete know? I can't remember if he found out during the Ruin arc. When was that? Like five years ago?

[WorstThingUS]

How long has Pete Ross known?


SEAN

Pre-Crisis he had the Lana role, knowing since childhood and keeping the secret until they were adults and aliens kidnapped his son.

[ManofTheAtom]

Pre-Crisis he had the Lana role, knowing since childhood and keeping the secret until they were adults and aliens kidnapped his son.

Golden Age, Silver Age, or Bronze Age?

[Freakzeek]

A lady walks into a bar and sees a really good-looking guy sitting at the bar by himself. She goes over and asks him what he is drinking. "Magic Beer," he says. She thinks he's a little crazy, so she walks around the bar, but after realizing that there is no one else worth talking to, goes back to the man sitting at the bar and says, "That isn't really Magic Beer, is it?" "Yes, I'll show you." He takes a drink of the beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times and comes back in the window. The lady can't believe it: "I bet you can't do that again."He takes another drink of beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times, and comes back in the window. She is so amazed that she says she wants a Magic Beer, so the guy says to the bartender, "Give her one of what I'm having." She gets her drink, takes a gulp of the beer, jumps out the window, plummets 30 stories, breaks every bone in her body, and dies.The bartender looks up at the guy and says,

"You know, Superman, you're a real asshole when you're drunk."

[WorstThingUS]

Golden Age, Silver Age, or Bronze Age?

Silver and Bronze.

[ManofTheAtom]

Freakzeek,

This is my favorite Priest quote

All of which shows how out of touch I am with the thinking in New York and how much the business has changed. The joy, the love for the characters and universes, seems to be either gone or greatly overshadowed by the business end of things. Pandering to the fans—obsessing night and day with second-guessing and giving the fans exactly what they want—is always counter-productive. We should appreciate the fans and reward the fans whenever we can, but our obligation is to the characters and to the art form. And, like pursuing a reticent girlfriend, the more you reinvent yourself to give the fans just what they want, the more jaded the fans can become, demanding ever more extreme concessions. And the more we moved towards the fans, appeasing the fans, the farther the industry wandered away from what it should have been doing all along: preserving the wonderful legacy for the next generation.

[bongoes]

A lady walks into a bar and sees a really good-looking guy sitting at the bar by himself. She goes over and asks him what he is drinking. "Magic Beer," he says. She thinks he's a little crazy, so she walks around the bar, but after realizing that there is no one else worth talking to, goes back to the man sitting at the bar and says, "That isn't really Magic Beer, is it?" "Yes, I'll show you." He takes a drink of the beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times and comes back in the window. The lady can't believe it: "I bet you can't do that again."He takes another drink of beer, jumps out the window, flies around the building three times, and comes back in the window. She is so amazed that she says she wants a Magic Beer, so the guy says to the bartender, "Give her one of what I'm having." She gets her drink, takes a gulp of the beer, jumps out the window, plummets 30 stories, breaks every bone in her body, and dies.The bartender looks up at the guy and says,

"You know, Superman, you're a real asshole when you're drunk."

Ha! That's hilarious!