Cracktopia: Superman #112: "Superman's Neighbors"

[jij]

Lord of the Rings Online has been patched and is massively buggy, so I have time to post a little Golden Age fun while my guest and husband curse the fates and rail at cruel, cruel game patches.

You know, I'm really starting to think almost all the Golden and Silver Age Superdickery comes mainly from the Lois Lane comics.  Because for every example

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[jij]

Has he ever saved a kitten? Hmmm...his prediliction for saving small, fluffy animals is woefully under-represented in movies, it seems.

I love that he does it as Clark, too. "La la la...grabbing a truck..."

[vespa331]

Aw, those are cute. I love how he decides that artistic inspiration is a job for Superman. :D What a hero.

I love this subway icon. Where's it from? I um, have kind of a thing for subways/metros/tubes/trains, and I get really happy when they're in comics. Cass's subway Batcave = my dream home.

PS

[vespa331]

Upon rereading these, I've come to the conclusion that Kon's repetitive declarations of his TTK were a tribute to old-school Supes.

Re: PS

[jij]

It is apparently a Super trait to be repetitive and say the same thing very often. Also, to be redundant and repeat yourself.

[jij]

I love how he decides that artistic inspiration is a job for Superman. :D What a hero.

I know! "The roast next door isn't cooking right! This looks like a job...for Superman!"

I love this subway icon. Where's it from? I um, have kind of a thing for subways/metros/tubes/trains, and I get really happy when they're in comics.

I'm pretty sure the images are from the first Superman OYL arc, "Up, Up, and Away." He does a lot of running around in subways in that one--you should check it out!

[1_900_mimicry]

This was great! Woobie!Clark is adorable.

Every time I start to forget that Clark always goes through two thirds of the old comics acting completely oblivious to the villain's evil only to reveal at the end that he knew all along something comes along and reminds me. "Oh, right, that. Yeah I saw it a couple hours ago. I was just faking you out. Suckers!" It kinda makes me want to strangle and hug him at the same time.

Also? Where in the world get he get that space helmet? He asked Bruce for it didn't he?

[1_900_mimicry]

"Oh, right, that. Yeah I saw it a couple hours ago. I was just faking you out. Suckers!" It kinda makes me want to strangle and hug him at the same time.

I know, it totally cracks me up every time, even as it becomes entirely predictable. "Oh no, you've got me helpless! Actually...no, I replaced all your guns with chocolate ten pages ago, la la la..." Save us the trouble and just knock their heads together at the beginning rather than stringing us all along, Clark!

The space helmet...uh...he stole it from NASA, totally. Nah, I bet Bruce had a spare. :)

[dm_wyatt]

Funny about the name of the neighbor...

*grins*

The intersecting storylines all stemming from Clark's looking in on his neighbors has a similar feel to Hitchcock's film, "Rear Window."

When was this published? RW was released in 1954... I'm just curious.

[jij]

Good intuition, it was in 1957 and I bet it's meant to be something of an homage (no nasty wife-murderers, though, *grin*)

[dm_wyatt]

*grins*

Rear Window is probably my favorite Hitchcock film, so I saw the simliarities right away.

[snake_easing]

"Oh, I get it, he sneaks out and meets you secretly because you don't want anyone to suspect how close you are."

Man, I never get tired of the idea that people might think that Clark and Superman are awfully close... too close... for comfort.

Yeah, it's mostly just in fic, but I just love the idea. Also, when people think that Clark's lover is cheating on him with Superman. That's great too.

[jij]

Man, I never get tired of the idea that people might think that Clark and Superman are awfully close... too close... for comfort.

Muahahahaha! That's just too good. I'll have to work that into a story someday...

[snake_easing]

Oh, please do!