Clark Kent in 40K

[Scooby Doo]

wasn't there a plot in the comics recently where superman was sent to prison and raped repeatedly? you know because we gotta have superman get raped to show the chuds who like him that superman is lame and gay.

Yeah it was for like six months straight because the Military Junta spread kryptonite into the atmosphere of their country and then thought it'd be fun to clap his cheeks for half a year while the Justice League tried and failed to find him until some how Superman escaped or something.


Was really dumb

 

[ATP]

I think that was some 80s or early 90s b-movie/teen horror comedy type crap.
Ain't it incredible how cheap, shitty stuff from decades ago is still better than current entertainment?

Sadly true,and yes,it look very cheap.Dunno when was made,but i watched it in polish tv some 25 years ago.

 

[Bassoe]

wasn't there a plot in the comics recently where superman was sent to prison and raped repeatedly? you know because we gotta have superman get raped to show the chuds who like him that superman is lame and gay.

Yeah it was for like six months straight because the Military Junta spread kryptonite into the atmosphere of their country and then thought it'd be fun to clap his cheeks for half a year while the Justice League tried and failed to find him until some how Superman escaped or something.


Was really dumb

Spoiler: Are DC's writers just raiding old /co/ threads for ideas now?

 

[IndyFront]

Spoiler: Are DC's writers just raiding old /co/ threads for ideas now?

 

[Husky_Khan]

He is just one guy in a vast universe.

Perhaps one nice city's crime is reduced slightly, but that is a out it.

Even if he started working for the Imperium there will be just one of him

He can only reduce the crime slightly in one city?

Metropolis in most iterations is a pretty awesome place to live and the only reason Superman is so busy on DC Earth is because it's DC Earth. There's literally thousands of metahumans on there and wild tech ranging from LexCorp to Intergang and yet Superman still has time to do Justice League things and have numerous adventures in SPAAAAAACE which leave considerable impact on galactic affairs until the eventual comic book reset/retcon.

Stating he's just one guy in a vast universe belies several important points.

Lots of people in 40K who are known far and wide are literally just one guy and yet have made impact in this vast galaxy. Also its a galaxy, not a universe. Superman has probably been to more galaxies then we've seen in Warhammer 40K but that's besides the point. And Superman is directly more individually powerful then pretty much anyone in the Warhammer 40K setting in its past or present.

So reducing one nice cities crime is just hilarious downplaying from someone who has Stage One understanding and analysis of Superman.

If he's independent though, I do think his effects would be mitigated. I'm not sure most incarnations are into empire building but it could be something that occurs inadvertently if he adopts some certain sector or part of space as his own to protect. Kind of like how he'll work with other heros (ala the Justice League) and cooperates with the United States government, Metropolis Police and Green Lantern Corps or Starr Labs, the New Gods etc.

His best bet when it comes to working with the Imperium would be aligning with some Rogue Trader or Radical Inquisitor, then he can do more impactful things... like smashing Tyranid splinter fleets and Ork Hordes or the like. Superman may not like the Imperium of Man, but he also takes a pretty hard stance on genocide and mass murder of (less then) innocents still.

 

[Scooby Doo]

So correction it was a Russian dude who clapped Superman for eight months and then Batman bailed him out.

 

[Husky_Khan]

So correction it was a Russian dude who clapped Superman for eight months and then Batman bailed him out.

Great Caesars Ghost that pair of pages is extremely retarded. It made it seem like he was captured and held in secret... but he was shown publicly in captivity and it takes *only* Batman to rescue him and somehow the "Lubania" (not-Russia) Regime remained in power lol?

Who saw the original Golden or Silver Age pre-Crisis comic and was like... "Yeah this seems like a story that makes sense." It's on the level of adapting one of those "Superman is a Jerk/Asshole" comics that they used to make fun of on Something Awful and websites like that.

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[Agent23]

So correction it was a Russian dude who clapped Superman for eight months and then Batman bailed him out.

These constant reboots, alternate universes and other ways of milking dead cows, then raising them up with necromancy to milk them again are all getting on my nerves.

Western comics should be like the Japanese manga industry, with more variety, less stupid mega crossovers and more new content that is not a million issues.

 

[Husky_Khan]

These constant reboots, alternate universes and other ways of milking dead cows, then raising them up with necromancy to milk them again are all getting on my nerves.

Western comics should be like the Japanese manga industry, with more variety, less stupid mega crossovers and more new content that is not a million issues.

The issue of constant reboots and alternate universes has almost nothing to do with the story cited. It's bad because it's terrible storytelling. Granted, they looked for a Silver Age story for "inspiration" or whatever, but that barely plays any part in the lack of quality of this modern storyline.

 

[Free-Stater 101]

Can we at least have there be another scenario for Injustice Superman? I think he would be more entertaining.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Can we at least have there be another scenario for Injustice Superman? I think he would be more entertaining.

I feel like Injustice Superman wouldn't last as long as most versions of Superman. Initially he'd be more successful but he seems rather uncompromising despite his seeming desire to do better by being a leader. He and his pals murdered a lot of his former fellow heroes during their campaign of subjugating liberation. It'd probably be far more violent here and as Scooby and others said earlier, there are ways to if not kill Superman, BFR him in the 40K verse and those methods would likely be explored by the many factions and organizations he ends up annoying or threatening. Plus Superman just isn't familiar with all of the threats in this new galaxy and its whole metaphysics its got going on. He probably has the will to resist corruption but he can still be outwitted still isn't invincible or invulnerable to everything.

A non-Injustice Superman would still be more inspiring an icon and by not being aggressive or expansionist, would likely last longer and learn more about where he is.

 

[Him]

A lot harder to pin down or sneak-conjure a fucking warp-storm when your target has vastly superior reactions to anything in your verse.

A vortex-grenade sounds cool until you actually try to brainstorm a scenario where he would let himself be BFR'd, because that's ultimately what's it's going to have to come down to.

 

[Scooby Doo]

A lot harder to pin down or sneak-conjure a fucking warp-storm when your target has vastly superior reactions to anything in your verse.

A vortex-grenade sounds cool until you actually try to brainstorm a scenario where he would let himself be BFR'd, because that's ultimately what's it's going to have to come down to.

Superman literally gets shot by your average joe with a revolver that had a Kryptonite bullet. Just throw a martyr off a building and have him activate the vortex grenade as Superman catches him, Superman has to go at a slow enough speed that he doesn't kill them from whiplash and more importantly Superman never fights 24/7 at Super speed other wise most of his rogues like Live Wire or Lex Luthor would never be able to land a single hit on him regardless of circumstances.

 

[Husky_Khan]

Having just read about Overlord Trazyn, having Superman somehow get trapped in one of those Tesseract Labyrinths and end up in a Necron gallery of curiosities would be pretty Silver Age as well. Wouldn't be the first time he ends up in some extremely powerful Aliens Zoo/Conservatory. I mean its inevitable that he'd escape due to plot armor or plot fiat, but still another way to remove Superman from play I suppose if his reputation becomes even more widely known.