tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post4383020375213332350..comments2024-03-27T11:32:34.392-07:00Comments on NOT A HOAX! NOT A DREAM!: ACTION COMICS #591 & ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #431Matthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-387999251963812212018-06-28T17:14:39.568-07:002018-06-28T17:14:39.568-07:00It's really weird how DC just kept fiddling wi...It's really weird how DC just kept fiddling with stuff post-CRISIS. I mean, I have no problem with retroactive continuity, but given what a big deal COIE was, you'd think they might have put more serious thought into it up front to avoid such stuff.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-57180990963972152232018-06-28T12:35:29.098-07:002018-06-28T12:35:29.098-07:00Personally, I always thought this was a decent sol...Personally, I always thought this was a decent solution to the problems presented by the post-Crisis reboot.<br /><br />What hurt the Legion was a few years later, DC's edict that the Legion could not use ANY references to Superman, at all, even the pocket-universe solution. Which led to them shifting Mon-El into Superboy's role, creating Laurel Gand as a substitute for Supergirl, Glorith shifted into the place of the Time Trapper, etc. <br /><br />This as a solution worked fine, and if DC has just kept things resolved this way, it probably would have been ok for the Legion. wwk5dnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-34997650144586514582018-06-01T11:51:00.325-07:002018-06-01T11:51:00.325-07:00I actually hope I haven't overhyped it and rui...I actually hope I haven't overhyped it and ruin it for you! But it's arguably the best pre-Crisis superhero story DC did, and I clearly love it to bits.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-27353690740676922402018-06-01T08:58:39.946-07:002018-06-01T08:58:39.946-07:00Thanks, angmc43. My main exposure to Pete was the ...Thanks, angmc43. My main exposure to Pete was the early seasons of SMALLVILLE. Beyond that, I think I've only seen him here and there in relatively minor appearances. I know that post-CRISIS, he eventually marries Lana and becomes Lex Luthor's vice-president, but I had no idea about all that stuff that happened to the pre-CRISIS version! That's kind of a crummy life...Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-74724851859299456632018-06-01T08:56:45.999-07:002018-06-01T08:56:45.999-07:00Jack, I promise that someday I will read "Gre...Jack, I promise that someday I will read "Great Darkness". I've seen so much praise heaped upon it over the years that I feel like it's an essential comic story at this point!<br /><br />Your fix makes perfect sense to me... why DC couldn't have thought of that thirty years ago is beyond me. Byrne's even said that when he accepted the assignment to reboot Superman, he asked about the Legion and was assured by Dick Giordano that it would be handled. Then, a few months later, he was told no one knew how to fix their backstory.Matthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14580725636327122073noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-39256190505092835312018-05-28T19:54:48.894-07:002018-05-28T19:54:48.894-07:00The issue with Superman and Superboy was a true hi...The issue with Superman and Superboy was a true highlight for me. :)Philip Gipsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10230732112594635093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-58667121560794887562018-05-22T12:57:03.641-07:002018-05-22T12:57:03.641-07:00Pre-Crisis Pete Ross was Superboy's best frien...Pre-Crisis Pete Ross was Superboy's best friend. He moves to Smallville, an amateur kid sleuth, and gets along with Clark, although he starts noticing similarities between Kent and Supes. Eventually, Pete coerces Clark to dress up as Superboy, only to reveal that he was told to look for someone to play the hero at the local pageant and found Clark fit the part! (Aah, the Silver Age...)<br />However, it seemed the writers saw the potential, so shortly after, Pete (who becomes pretty tight with Clark, blowing off an invitation to a costume party because they planned to not include that nerd Clark) secretly discovers Clark changing. He decides to keep this secret, instead inconspicuously aiding in Clark maintaining his secret ID from suspicion. However, Superboy never learns the truth until adulthood.<br />The present isn't kind to Pete. He has a son, who gets kidnapped by aliens. Superman does all he could, but learns (from the LSH) the kid has a heroic destiny that requires him to stay where he is. Pete goes mad over his loss and plans revenge on his former friend. Stealing Luthor equipment (back in his mad scientist days), he brings Superboy to the present and steals his body. Then he captures Superman, and well...look up the cover of DC COMICS PRESENTS#14. Fortunately, everything is resolved when Superboy-in-Pete's-body gets Krypto to OWN Pete-in-Superboy's-body and the emancipated (by the last of his strength) Superman forces a surrender. The switch is reversed, and Pete goes to an asylum, where Superman somehow manages to get his son back, restoring his sanity. And then Alan Moore writes his WHttMoT? story... angmc43@hotmail.comhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15379700547226493861noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105844689832543332.post-21119364288080848302018-05-21T15:21:09.683-07:002018-05-21T15:21:09.683-07:00Obligatory reminder that you need to read the Grea...Obligatory reminder that you need to read the Great Darkness Saga goes here. <br /><br />And here's the way too clever way to "fix" the Legion's continuity that the Crisis reboot caused, and the attendant damage this and other poorly thought out retcons and changes did was so great they wound up having to reboot their timeline AGAIN in 1994, and the Legion never really recovered from all the reboots that the decision to have their cake and eat it too with Superboy. It's just too complicated by half. The kind of clever than isn't really clever Byrne loves to do. Just make Superman the inspiration for the Legion. Neither Superboy or Supergirl were in the Legion. There, settled. <br /><br />I've ranted before about companies never really fully buying into reboots, so I won't do it again, but if you're not going to embrace it, don't bother to reboot.Jackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00605826105741513741noreply@blogger.com