Brian Cronin has been blogging for years at Comics Should be skilful , and now he ’s edited a brand name new record of laughable Koran trivia , Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellent?To celebrate , he ’s create a list of 10 reasons why Superman is n’t as much of a dick as you call back he is .
The nifty websiteSuperdickery.comworks under a playfulness construct . Take all of the covers from Superman comics where Superman appear to be acting really think and then take the covers at font value . So if Superman suppose , for illustration , “ Pat Boone and Lois are sing a unexampled birdsong about me ! It ’s a great line , but I must utilise all my super - power to prevent it from being a hitting , ” ( which is precisely what he did on this cover ) then they act as though Superman is actually being a … .well … you have it off . So here are ten covers where Superman is act like a jerk along with the explanation from within the comic for his behavior on the cover ( in the aforementioned Pat Boone write up , Superman actually publish the song for them but he accidentally put hint about his hole-and-corner identity into the lyrics . So he needed to stop them so he could retool the Song dynasty ) .
1 . Superman ’s Pal , Jimmy Olsen # 114
That ’s not actually Superman , but Proteus , a water graven image who can change his appearance . He enjoys mess up with mortals ( all the most noted tragedies at ocean , include the Titanic , were due to him ) and he choose Jimmy Olsen and Aquaman as his current prey . Superman captures him and fly him to another planet where he ca n’t get any more damage .
2 . Superman ’s Girlfriend , Lois Lane # 81 .
Lois ’ oxygen hosiery was sweep up up and she was about to conk out if Superman did n’t de - tie it and get her back inside the place capsule .
3 . Action Comics # 408 .
The cosmonaut in question has take stuck in a vortex that has evolved him to the pointedness where he has telepathic powers . He hale Superman not to save him because he want to last out in the vortex longer . He uses his powers later to let everyone know that Superman seek to help but he would n’t permit him .
4 . Superman ’s Girlfriend , Lois Lane # 135 .
Superman is pretending to be under the restraint of a mesmerizer to find out where he is hiding some people that he kidnapped . Superman pulls Lois Lane back from the cliff but she “ dies ” of a heart onset . What really happen is that she pretends to be dead while Superman uses a crack - whistle to temporarily deafen the sorry guy while he checks to see if he can get a line a meat beat .
5 . Superman ’s Pal , Jimmy Olsen # 114 .
Mr. Mxyzptlk ’s magic is lay down Superman act “ wrongo ” ( that ’s actually what they call it in the laughable – “ wrongo ” ) .
6 . Superman ’s Girlfriend , Lois Lane # 39 .
In this “ imaginary narrative ” ( which is what they would call news report that did n’t happen “ in continuity ” ) , Lois marries Superman and is furious when she discovers he has sustain paintings of all of his erstwhile girlfriends . As it reverse out , though , they are magic paintings of all of his friends that an evil sorceress made that he was keeping dependable because anything that encounter to the house painting happens to the actual someone . This is made patent when their son drops a red splotch on Lana Lang ’s mouth on the picture which score her shoot fire in actual life . At the end of the issue , their Word draws a moustache on Lois . Superman wants to snog her anyways , because he ’s always been funny what it would palpate like to kiss a woman with a moustache . You ’re revealing more than you likely stand for , Superman !
7 . Superman ’s Pal , Jimmy Olsen # 30 .
Superman temporarily adopts Jimmy Olsen . But then he hears an oracle say that “ Superman will destroy his Word on June 17 . ” So he had to get Jimmy to drop by the wayside being his Word before that time ( and he did n’t need to worry him by , you know , telling him the truth rather of some elaborate artifice ) . After he succeeds and tells Jimmy , he learns that the prophecy was about an artificial sun Superman had make awhile back . unhappily , canceled adoptions are irrecoverable .
8 . Action Comics # 358 .
This is an elaborate framing of Superman . A volunteer steps up unforced to “ box ” with Superman . After Superman taps him , the valet expire . The man was a mob boss trying to frame Superman for slaying by taking a tab that would admit him to come out dead . What he did n’t jazz was that a rival of his chip in him an untraceable poison instead , so the man actually did die . Luckily , Superman finally learned the truth .
9 . Superman # 218 .
This was a really distressful example of Mr. Mxyzptlk messing with Superman . Mxyzptlk was disguised as the kid and the mother was just a creation of magic . When Superman got Mxyzptlk to say his name backwards , the fair sex ceased to subsist , but as she vanished , her last words were “ How I wish I was really your married woman , Superman ! ” Yikes , that is messed up .
10 . legal action Comics # 441 .
This is the only “ rig ” on the tilt . Superman never really strike Flash in the comedian . What happens is that the Weather Wizard strike Superman with a special eccentric of lightning that do Kryptonians to go into a murderous rage against the person next to them , which in this case was the Flash . However , it was not Superman that the Weather Wizard blast , but Flash wear out a Superman mask ( Superman was wearing Flash ’s costume ) .
Why Does Batman Carry Shark Repellentis out tomorrow .
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