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yardwork

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2. I didn't know this.

Reply to Celerity (Original post)

Fri Jul 4, 2025, 07:20 PM

Jul 2025

When I started reading comics in the 1960s Superman was bland and boring. Batman was edgy.

Superman's villains in 1938 sound a lot like today's villains.

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'He was a violent socialist': How Superman started out as a radical rebel [View all] Celerity Jul 2025 OP

So. He was Homelander? SSJVegeta Jul 2025 #1

Homelander is RW Celerity Jul 2025 #3

Ah. Good point. Wait. Is there not a socialist on the boys yet?? SSJVegeta Jul 2025 #4

I didn't know this. yardwork Jul 2025 #2

I've had a thought about Superman. A few, really. Morbius Jul 2025 #5