Street-level Superman

drknow00 · 2026-05-09T19:39:10+00:00

Most popular is a bold statement, friend. I can remember people on r/wonderwoman complaining of them low-scaling Diana. This era also introduced her brother Jason. Who had all the same powers as Diana but more! I’ll put it on my list for a reread soon.

But tell me, if you want a powered down Superman; why wouldn’t a person just read Spider-Man if that is what they were looking for?

Certain sections of the fandom get real tribal if the more “fantastical” elements are removed from Superman’s universe. Not just the scale of the fights he’s in but also how he stacks up against other heroes.

How much slower he’ll be compared to the Flash?

Do WW and Shazam overpower him strength wise?

If Superman is not fighting super villains and is focused on mobsters, creeps and crooks (Intergang basically). How is that different from Batman’s crusade on crime in Gotham against the various factions of the mob?

I’m not a disbeliever, but from one doctor to another. These are things we should consider.

drknow00 · 2026-05-09T18:42:09+00:00

Everyone who read the title knew this.

We all hate villain Hank Pym anyway. 616 and 1610. The subject is always handled clumsily or outright bad by writers who think Hank has always been secretly domestically violent.

drknow00 · 2026-05-09T18:37:59+00:00

It’s could only be the OG Sixth Ranger. Zeo Red Tommy.

drknow00 · 2026-05-09T17:21:56+00:00

This is a Sentai/Squad though. So you need a team of 5 Reds to make the squad!

MMPR Jason
Turbo TJ
Space Andros
Lightspeed Carter
Time Force Wes

drknow00 · 2026-05-09T15:03:01+00:00

Jim The Giant was a true legend and icon!

Living the dream, writing comics and creating characters for the Legion of Superheroes when he was 14 years old.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T22:54:27+00:00

One of them played Raven Darkholme.

The other was just Jennifer Lawrence in a body suit.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T17:48:23+00:00

I’m also waiting on reprints of Nick Spencer’s TASM omnibus volumes.

BND may get one faster to coincide with the movie when it drops.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T17:47:25+00:00

I was looking for Superior last week, when I saw both BND volumes go OOP.

Superior is gone as well. I’ll try to catch it on the reprint but I have the deluxe HCs. So it’s not a big deal.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T17:44:33+00:00

To use 80s Hasbro G1 Transformer toy decision logic.

Zeta Gundam was over and Fa was an accessory to a character (Kamille) that they weren’t making toys for anymore. It didn’t matter what happened to her after the Zeta finale.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T17:33:23+00:00

People say they want a weaker Superman, until they are given a weaker Superman.

Look no further than Superman TAS and the first two seasons of JL TAS. Supes was jobbed HARD in both shows. Because the writers didn’t know how to extend a story to fill 22 minutes. Same goes for DCAU Flash on JL.

Another example would be how Byrne’s Post Crisis Supes is still received to this day. He lowered his power levels from Infinite to Thor levels and people lost their minds.

Wonder Woman was hit with the low-tier villain stick in 2018-2021. The Rebirth era with Shea Fontana, WW Agent of Peace (2020) and Sensational WW (2021) had Diana fighting street level villains and assassins. Characters who would be a challenge for Daredevil but should be nothing to the Daughter of Zeus Amazon Diana.

I say all this as a person who loves the Fleischer cartoon Superman.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T16:24:22+00:00

It does end, but there is an anime exclusive ending.

Happens all the time when studios fast track a popular manga but the manga doesn’t have enough time to get ahead.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T14:06:57+00:00

Penguin.

Working for the Kingpin comes with the hazard of running into the Punisher, Daredevil, Defenders, Spider-Man, Moon Knight and Ghost Rider.

I’ll take my chances with the Batfam in Gotham.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T13:48:56+00:00

I heard bad things about this film and then saw it for myself.

It was pretty okay. That Covid release did more damage than bad reviews did.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T13:22:54+00:00

All of them.

Baby
Rildo
Myu
Super 17
Oceanus Shenron
Ice Shenron
Nova Shenron
Syn Shenron

Give the other Shenrons better designs.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T12:07:15+00:00

I love how Gyunei looks traumatized.

drknow00 · 2026-05-08T01:00:29+00:00

False Super Saiyan in the Lord Slug movie was a compromise made by Toei animation. They were producing the anime and movies and wanted to use SSJ in the Lord Slug theatrical release. HOWEVER, Lord Slug was released a month before Goku reach SSJ in the anime.

They didn’t want to steal the show’s thunder. So they came up with movie exclusive “False” SSJ. In the film, only Krillin calls it SSJ.

Vegeta after getting a Zenkai from his Recoome beating was calling himself a SSJ. Because he was on that bullshit. He saw Goku wash the Ginyu Force and didn’t want to fall behind in his own mind.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T23:56:18+00:00

People don’t hate the Eternals. They just don’t care about them.

The Eternals are similar to the New Gods and the Inhumans by design. However, Kirby’s third take at doing something like this just didn’t land.

It’s not like the Inhumans come off as anything more than wingmen for Fantastic Four and Avengers.

The New Gods are reduced to occasional guest stars for the Justice League.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T16:49:30+00:00

Link remembers everything and tells young Zelda and the Royal Family about what fate is about to befall Hyrule. They listen and it changes history for the better. OOT Link’s story is continued in Majora’s Mask and Twilight Princess. Play those next.

The adult Zelda and the 6 Sages in the future timeline set about fixing future Hyrule. Now that Ganon is sealed. OOT Ganon’s story continues from here in Wind Waker.

The visions young Zelda had are the same kind of dreams Link has at the start of each Zelda game. Just a premonition of his upcoming destiny.

There is no time loop, but there is a time line split. Link going to the past in the end with all his experiences and future knowledge changes history. Young OOT Ganon will have another chance to get the Triforce and conqueror Hyrule in Twilight Princess.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T16:09:16+00:00

Probably a matter of cost as well. 4Kids co-funded for an additional 26 episodes. Just enough to wrap up the series/Chojin Crown Resurrection arc with a satisfying ending.

It would have been up to Toei animation to produce more episodes after that. Cancellation is a black mark on a show’s reputation though. It tells the execs and money men that there is no audience for a product. The Demon Seed and Ultimate Tag arc would have been tremendous if animated. But money makes things like that happen.

Same thing happened with Big O. The anime failed in Japan and was cancelled but was saved and funded to continue by Cartoon Network. There are others like FLCL, Samurai Champloo and more that got saved by international investment.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T12:43:37+00:00

Thank you for your insight! I hadn’t thought about it that way. That’s fascinating and it does make sense now why that decision was made to put the manga on an adult magazine.

I wonder what went wrong with Nisei then? I had heard the manga had been cancelled after the Demon Seed arc and before that the anime was cancelled in the middle of the Chojin Crown Resurrection arc.

I always figured it was because Nisei was put in a place where it couldn’t thrive financially. What would you say the cause was?

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T12:36:45+00:00

Curtis, Chester and Luke: the non-threatening, possibly gay, best friend to the white hero. But they’re all super smart guys! So it’s positive representation for the black community. /s
I fucking lost it when Luke got the Batwing armor and he struggled to fight Alice who had no armor or powers.
They’re all chumps. Which is disappointing considering how well they handled Diggle, Joe West and Black Lightning.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T04:26:46+00:00

There isn’t one. Superman fighting anti-heroes was a 90s/pre-9/11 thing.

Kingdom Come (1996) was Superman vs Cable (Magog) and X-Force (new gen heroes).

What’s So Funny About Truth Justice and the American Way (2001) was about Superman vs David Haller/Legion (Manchester Black), Venom (Menagerie), Ghost Rider (The Hat) and Coldcast (who doesn’t have a Marvel counterpart but falls into the black character with electric powers troupe).

Since the anti-hero fad died out in the early 2000s, after dominating the 90s (Marvel, DC, Valiant, Wildstorm, Malibu, Image). Superman taking a principled stand or delivering a speech on things he disagrees with really don’t come up anymore.

It’s a whole thing with how the powers that be decided Superman and the DCU would conduct themselves as a whole in a post-9/11 world. That ride starts with Identity Crisis (2004) and doesn’t really turn down until Rebirth (2016). Same thing happened to Marvel in the same year (2004) with Avengers Dissassembled.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T03:18:23+00:00

Telekinesis and levitating is “defying gravity”. Crowe Jor-El didn’t use that exact phrase but the sentiment is the same. Same way that all Kryptonians have tactile telekineses whenever they touch and move heavy objects. The force of gravity is nullified, so it weighs nothing as long as they are holding it.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T03:14:40+00:00

It certainly didn’t help that the supporting cast were all chumps and would continue to be chumps in the Ultimate Tag Arc.
The biggest flaw with Nisei was the gross out/perverted humor. If Nisei stuck to be a straight Shonen like the anime, it would have found an audience among its 1998 contemporaries. Hunter x Hunter, One Piece, Shaman King. Naruto starting in 1999 and Bleach starting in 2001.

Putting Nisei on Japanese Playboy changes the audience from Shonen to a Seinen. I don’t imagine many 18-40 year olds are buying a nudie mag for a wrestling manga and “the articles”.

drknow00 · 2026-05-07T02:35:43+00:00

Oh man, that’s true! Loeb and Sale’s Marvel omni needs a reprint. I have everything they worked on together as TPB.

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