Fourcast! 43: Superboy vs Marvel Boy
May 3rd, 2010 by david brothers | Tags: francis manapul, geoff johns, grant morrison, karl kesel, marvel boy, superboy, tom grummett-Continuity off!
-Esther has Superboy.
-David has Marvel Boy.
–Reign of Supermen, Young Justice, Superboy, Teen Titans, Adventure Comics.
–Marvel Boy, several series David doesn’t bother to name, Dark Avengers
-Wow, this one went bitter in a hurry, didn’t it?
-Reading material: Marvel Boy by Grant Morrison and JG Jones
-6th Sense’s 4a.m. Instrumental for the theme music.
-See you, space cowboy!
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Am I right in thinking that Superboy always had some human DNA in him as part of his history, but it wasn’t until a few years ago that it was revealed to be Luthor’s?
For evil Lex moments, how about that “Reign of the Supermen” bit from 52?
Y’know, I have a soft spot for scrawny, dorky Wonder Girl Cassie too. There was something endearingly youthful about her, and I think she worked better as a sidekick for Wonder Woman back then, rather than now where she’s got the standard issue superheroine body and really seems to be more of her own hero.
I guess in her current incarnation, it’s harder to see her needing much of a mentor figure like Diana.
@VersasoVantare: Yes, I think it was supposed to be a random Cadmus scientist at first, but then got changed.
@Esther Inglis-Arkell: Yeah, it was Paul Westfield, director of Cadmus who was the other half of his DNA.
re: Continuity off…
Have you done Storm’s continuity yet (granddaughter of a sorceress, being a female “artful dodger” in Cairo, being worshiped as a Goddess as a young teen, surrogate mother to Kitty, a thrall of Dracula, alternate universe sorceress mentor of Illyana, leader of the Morlocks, the mohawk phase, losing her powers, getting a Thor hammer in Asgard, being turned into a child, getting her powers back, alternate universe vampire in Mutant X, married to Black Panther, etc)?
@Bryan Irrera: Good Marvel choice. Now I’ll just have to think of a DC equivalent.
My favorite Superboy moment is from Young Justice where he once threatened to hospitalize a teenage girl with no powers, made her cry and it was somehow still a complete “HELL YES!” moment.
Continuity off I’d like to see: Vision vs. Eradicator. I’m one of the biggest Eradicator fans and even I can’t keep his story straight.
The Hulk might seem a strong candidate for a continuity off, because of his backstory.
I recall reading some sort of account of everything that happened to him over the years, and I just found myself thinking, “OK, at some point during all of this, I think the person would be compelled to go insane.”
I know you had a lot to cover with Superboy, but I wanted to hear you mention my favorite part of his story: when he hung out with the Ravers! Heck, they had their own title, even!
@Johanna: Oh wow, I’d forgotten about that entirely. I know I read a couple of those– something about an otherdimensional nightclub or headquarters. Comics are weird.
But it had Sparx (I loved her and her family) and that guy Hero who used the H-dial and turned out to be gay. And Rex the Wonder Dog!
@Johanna: Oh, man. The Ravers! Oh, that was a wonderful attempt at pop relevancy!
I’m sorry Johanna. We fit in as much as we can! He has a rich and full history!
@Gavok: Dude, I don’t even know which one of those is DC and which one is Marvel.
@Esther Inglis-Arkell: I laughed out loud (lol) in real life (irl).
Vision is the Avengers robot who married a lady who later had twins and went crazy before killing her friends and Eradicator is Kryptonian Terminator with cooler glasses who hangs out with Guy Gardner.
BAM CONTINUITY OFF DONE!