[DC] I freaked out when I saw the lollipop panel in action comics 1051 bc I drew heart lollipop MONTHS BEFORE (and never posted it here) .
Anyways, some kons, as usual, but featuring some of his mentor figures. The last one is an old au/hc from May 2022 blending the rots movie and the comics, I was thinking about his first moments at cadmus where he still “hatches” early but stays with Cadmus a little longer and is babysitted and watches a lot of tv, then goes out to become a celebrity sensation
Today in 1993, Steel and Superboy appeared for the first time in Adventures of Superman #500! Along with the Eradicator and Cyborg Superman, the four began the Reign of the Supermen.
I forgot that straight up just making up a current US president for a superhero comics setting is actually a fairly recent creative choice that a lot of comics are turning to for the sake of consistency, suspension of disbelief, and general control of the narrative and got hit by a President Clinton jumpscare in Reign of the Supermen.
Awesome pinups from this week’s Return of Superman 30th anniversary special. By Jerry Ordway, Butch Guice, Glenn Whitmore, Daniel Sampere, and Alejandro Sanchez.
I think I posted a snippet of this ages ago but 🤩🤩🤩 I wanted to wait until it was polished but realistically that’ll be a while so here have the rough animatic of a think I started In November, based on The Adventures of Superman #503 which was part of the Reign of The Supermen storyline. Was sad cyborg superman and superboy didn’t fight in the movie so I just made my own scene 🤷🏻♀️
Song is Jonathan Young’s metal cover of Shiny from Moana
Quick Animated Character Appreciation: ROTSM Kon-El Gives Me HEART ATTACK
Have I made it clear yet how much I enjoy this version of Kon-El? I don't think I have:
This sugar-high-on-a-1000, raging-hormone/in-puberty, outdated slang-having, cocky kid was the best thing from the Reign of the Supermen movie and the entirety of that two-parter saga. He was such an adorably annoying little showoff and hustler (at least at one point with Clark) who you could tell had mountains more of depth beneath the surface just waiting to jump out! Perfect combination of Clark/Superman and Lex Luthor in every way, too! I love, love, loved it! He was exactly how the character should ideally be written and portrayed imo! (Side Note: Look at the tears that the girl behind him to our right [in the second image] is shedding! She adores this Kon-El that much. And I don't blame her!)
Superboy to a not-actually-dead Superman a few minutes after meeting him: *Probably dumps his ocean-sized amount of trauma onto him which Lex has already put him through in the short amount of time that he and Lex have known each other and been in contact*
"...Seriously. A room full of hungry...bizarros."
A "resurrected", oddly calm yet probably very concerned Superman: "Sounds harrowing."
Superboy, now seeing his chance to hustle a new home with his other dad: "Soo, can I live with you or not?"
Superman with months-worth of 5 o' clock shadow: *Doesn't even get a chance to think it over yet, much less respond, due to them being interrupted by Steel The Third Wheel (but also doesn't say no)*
Gosh I'm so sad/mad we'll never get see him in Superman Media again because they permanently deaded that universe!! 🥺 (Plus they forced us to watch him get slaughtered!!!! 😩) I won't forget him anytime soon though!! He'll stay in my primary color-painted heart!!!! 💛❤️💙
'This is Lois Lane. She started talking at six months, could read and write by two and interviewed the president for her high school newspaper. It takes a special type of person to snare a Pulitzer at twenty three and charm an alien from the skies, but Lois Lane has a very simple secret…she never gives up.' - Action comics (1938)