Favourite Z-Lister: Round One Match Twenty-Seven of Thirty-Two
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Superman Secundus

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Favourite Z-Lister: Round One Match Twenty-Seven of Thirty-Two
Chance
Superman Secundus
Superman and his kids
this time I will politely ask for Superman's two DC One Million children;
Superman Secundus and Ariella Kent
i am very confused about his design and i think the circles are ugly so
2-Version!
Momentarily returning to Tumblr for my SKYROCKET thoughts, in total:
I think the pitch is kinda overstuffed with blorbo-bait for what amounts to a really extended misdirect, but those are MY blorbos so excellent chance I would've enjoyed it on a month-by-month basis. Having on a mad whim recently read about half of the 90s/early 00s Superboy ongoing along with a few subsequent greatest hits, I think the actual core character arc and reconceptualization of Conner is smart and thematically justifies itself. I recognize this is reading stuff into the character that was not previously intended to be there and does not square 1:1 with every prior appearance, to which I say, welcome to figuring out new shit to do with collaborative open-ended characters who have been around for entire human lifetimes.
Skyrocket is a pretty dopey name though.
The look though? The look goes hard.
Sucks not to get a rare entry into the canon of high-profile queer superhero titles that wouldn't have been about the lead immediately finding a cool-but-not-in-a-threatening-way love interest and fighting a mystery evildoer trying to take over the world by doing A Homophobia.
How was it ever in question that Superboy: Man of Tomorrow was 'in continuity', it establishes that on the first dang page. And then still running the Action 'prelude' to this story that isn't happening? Some real nonsense.
"Conner Connie Kent is the Jason Todd of the Superfamily" is totally understandable, but nah, they're the Damian if Damian wasn't handled by Morrison and therefore a giant mess, as evidenced by 99% of non-Morrison Damian. If we as a society had guts and integrity, Kara would be the Jason, and then she would finally be cool. This has been my fandom hot take for the day.
My brand has been so cultivated that when "Superman Secundus" got a namedrop someone messaged me about it, lol.
Jon Kent has always had a boyhood crush on dick Grayson with the expectation that it would never happen between them
But when Ultraman stole his childhood and made him return to earth as an 18 year old, it took him 3 years of dick being his mentor while Jon took on the mantle of Superman Secundus(21 years old) before he realized that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that couldn’t be passed up
Jon and dick kissed after a stressful situation as Jon admits all of his feelings for dick, as dick Grayson decides to embrace it
Jon and dick are dating now
Convinced the unnamed blonde that shows up alongside Superman Prime and Secundus is intended to be a version of Kara, especially with the almost Legiony approach to her costume.
I really gotta ask, what is DC comics’ fetish with making Superman NOT raise his children?
Like, with Conner it was at least SEMI-justified in that he was his clone and thought he WAS Superman, and when he realized he WASN’T he went to do his own thing for a bit, until finally being accepted as Clark’s brother(even though he’s his SON via cloning but that’s neither here nor there).
But with Chris and Jon, BOTH of them got whammyed by interdimensional nonsense that made them BOTH age up to teen years! Why? Why does DC comics hate childhood? This isn’t even JUST a Bendis jab either, its a “Let’s murder this terrible trope” jab.
AND THEN there’s Cir-El, poor POOR Cir-El. To say that Jon and Chris got off LUCKY is disturbing to say the least, as Supergirls have a REALLY bad habit of either dying horribly or being sent to hell (poor poor Linda).
On THAT subject, anyone else hoping they nut up and let Lois and Clark have a damn daughter? They’ve been teasing it for a WHILE but still nothing.
Favorite pair of Superman kids
Adopted Humans with happy endings (Tommy Superman & Jimmy Olsen)
Tragic metahumans (Johny Kirk & Gregor Nagy)
time traveler that gets erased from existence (Cir El & Jonathan Lane Kent)
Most well known - also kryptonian (Chris Kent & Jonathan Samuel Kent)
biological, WTF & weird reality stuff (Superman Jr & Vol)
DC One Million Duo (Superman Secundus & Ariella Kent)
Super Twins (Otho-Ra & Osul-Ra)