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Pat Ditton
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JB --
What AGE would your (MOS) Superboy have been? I was always partial to the junior/senior in high-school age (15 to 18) -- I liken the 17/18 age more to his LSH adventures and the 15/16 to his Smallville stories.
You?
Oh -- back to my orignal question -- when you say "traditional take", is that meaning "no football player" aspect to the character ? I've always thought it was a great concept of explaining Clark's obvious size to everyone. I mean, Lois would have invariably grabbed Clark's arm from time to time and felt some pretty big guns --- good writing excuse "don't hide it".
Edited by Pat Ditton on 04 February 2008 at 4:42pm
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John Byrne
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What AGE would your (MOS) Superboy have been?
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About 15.
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Pat Ditton
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sorry -- I added an edited question to my last post while you were answering.
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Wallace Sellars
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I enjoyed some Superboy stories as a kid, but MAN OF STEEL worked really
well without him.
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Pat Ditton
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I don't really know why -- I can't remeber specific examples (if any even exist) -- but as a kid I always thought of Superboy being more powerful (definitely cooler) than Superman. The Superman/Action Comics arc when JB introduced the "pocket universe" Superboy -- what a dream battle that was !! A more powerful (than Superman) Superboy !!
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Kurt Anderson
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QUOTE:
I never liked Superboy. I thought the whole concept was silly and hokey
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Check out Superboy's first encounter with Mordru.
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Albert Burns
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QUOTE:
I never liked Superboy. I thought the whole concept was silly and hokey
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No sense of drama or suspense? With all due respect, I've got to agree
with JB on this one. If you're not feeling drama or suspense because
you know Superboy will eventually become Superman, it may be time for
you to find a new hobby.
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Greg Scarborough
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I'm in the anti-Superboy camp myself.
And I'm not sure what all the fuss is about how the Legion of Superheroes got "ruined" by Superboy's elimination from continuity. It wouldn't have been that hard to write him out of the stories completely... what with Mon El and Ultra Boy around. For that matter, how hard could it have been to simply postulate a Superboy and Supergirl that were later descendants of Superman?
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Eric Smearman
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As much as I loved (and still love) Superboy I am fine with his being dropped from the Post-Crisis mythos.
Edited by Eric Smearman on 04 February 2008 at 8:06pm
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Brian Czako
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I still have a letter somewhere from DC from the mid-80s in response to a letter I wrote about rumors of a new Batman movie that has the totem pole JB refers to.
I had written about casting for the part of Robin.
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Pat Ditton
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As much as I loved (and still love) Superboy I am fine with his being dropped from the Post-Crisis mythos.
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...but he's back now...
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Glenn Greenberg
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<<<Check out Superboy's first encounter with Mordru.>>>
No thanks. I formed my opinion of Superboy a looooong time ago, and nothing's going to change it at this point.
Edited by Glenn Greenberg on 04 February 2008 at 10:34pm
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