Superman | Sneak Peek

[John R Davis]

Looks pretty sweet

 

[Umbran]

Heck, I like Nathan Fillion, but he looks ridiculous.

The character he is playing, canonically, looks ridiculous.

 

[Umbran]

Breaking News:

Krypto has the zoomies. 7 dead, 26 injured, 3 in critical condition. Estimated $1.4 million in damages.

Given real estate prices these days, that casualties to damages ratio is a little weird. Where did he get a crowd of 30+ people, but so little bulding?

 

[Maxperson]

Breaking News:

Krypto has the zoomies. 7 dead, 26 injured, 3 in critical condition. Estimated $1.4 million in damages.

And with that we know that you're talking fiction.

 

[Maxperson]

Given real estate prices these days, that casualties to damages ratio is a little weird. Where did he get a crowd of 30+ people, but so little bulding?

A farmer's market maybe? There are places, but yeah, damage is usually significantly higher for that kind of death and injury.

 

[Deset Gled]

A farmer's market maybe? There are places, but yeah, damage is usually significantly higher for that kind of death and injury.

A disc golf competition. Krypto got excited and retrieved every frisbee, and ran into a bunch of players. But the main fiscal damage was to a bunch of baskets, landscaping (lots of new sod needed), and a really nice gazebo.

Next week's comic: The gazebo fights back. It's not nice anymore.

 

[trappedslider]

so regarding the robots in the Fortress of Solitude, the first one says not to thank them as they have no conciousness, then No 12 is introduced at her voice modulation appears to be female and excited - is that just suppose to be a bit of flavour before they get wrecked or does it bode for something deeper (ie Brainiac?)

I noticed htey called him superman instead of Kal-El

Given real estate prices these days, that casualties to damages ratio is a little weird. Where did he get a crowd of 30+ people, but so little bulding?

The park

 

[Umbran]

I noticed htey called him superman instead of Kal-El

The park

That still doesn't work - a million dollars in damages is, like a couple of suburban houses near a major metropolis (pun intended). Doing a million dollars of property damage is hard in a park.

I suppose, if he kept digging up trees, and dropped them on people to try to get them to play fetch?

 

[Whizbang Dustyboots]

so regarding the robots in the Fortress of Solitude, the first one says not to thank them as they have no conciousness, then No 12 is introduced at her voice modulation appears to be female and excited - is that just suppose to be a bit of flavour before they get wrecked or does it bode for something deeper (ie Brainiac?)

I don't if it's meant to be sinister, but Gunn is clearly telling us the first robot is wrong and the robots do have needs and motivations.

 

[Ruin Explorer]

OK, now that is my Superman.

Yeah even as someone very much bored with superheroes generally right now, and who generally preferred the edge of the '80s and '90s X-Men over more silver-age stuff, I've always had a soft spot for Supes, and this looks like exactly the right kind of Superman.

I don't if it's meant to be sinister, but Gunn is clearly telling us the first robot is wrong and the robots do have needs and motivations.

Yeah I didn't read it as sinister, more as typically "Head butler"-ish self-deprecation - "Oh don't bother yourself with us, sir!" - it's a lie so obvious everyone involved sees through it. Downton Abbey stuff - presumably this does give us a bit of insight into the Kryptonians in general - one very much doubts Kal-El programmed them this way.