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Added by G-Man on Sept. 17, 2008
Original cover to Action Comics #869
Action Comics Gets Cover Changed
Some of you may have noticed that Action Comics was recently delayed. The original solicits show Clark Kent enjoying a cold beer with Pa.
Is there anything wrong with that? I'm pretty sure Clark is over 21.
I suppose DC was worried that it'd be a bad portrayal if the kids saw Superman drinking an adult beverage. Is this backlash from way back when kids tied towels around their necks and tried jumping off their roofs?
Kid busted for drinking: "Shorry offisher...I wanted to be like, hic, Shuperman..."
~gasp!~
Lame.
Kid friendly version
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I don't think it's lame at all, I think it is consistent of the portrayal of the character. A charming part of the character has always been that he is a big boy scout and even though he is an adult, he just would not feel comfortable portraying any vices. In the original Superman movie Christopher Reeve looks at Lois Lane with his X-Ray vision and tells her that she should quit smoking and that fortunatelly, it didn't appear as though any permanent damage had been done yet, or something along those lines. That would not jive with him drinking an alcoholic beverage which would hamper his senses in any way.
What is lame is that Action Comics insists in portraying Superman in a photorealistic way and he looks more like the aforementioned Christopher Reeve than anywhere else. I understand that this is an homage, but seriously this distracts from my enjoyment of this title, it takes me away from the story. I look to comics as pure escapist fun from our world so why would I want Superman to remind me of any famous person living or dead? I think they should really stop this practice.
What is lame is that Action Comics insists in portraying Superman in a photorealistic way and he looks more like the aforementioned Christopher Reeve than anywhere else. I understand that this is an homage, but seriously this distracts from my enjoyment of this title, it takes me away from the story. I look to comics as pure escapist fun from our world so why would I want Superman to remind me of any famous person living or dead? I think they should really stop this practice.
Well, at least this way they won't make any future rumor jokes that be over done, like a scene where and Munchkin Hangs himself, or Lion King having the word 'sex' repeatably hidden in the background.
I don't think Superman would drink either. I think that it would be out of character for him. His background is based on midwest protestant farmer style of living. He'd be drinking pop.
isn't supes invunerable to alchool?
and what about his "pa" why wouldn't he drink a beer?
Has anyone else noticed the Cyborg Moon?! or am i going insane. Maybe i's Ego- the living planet getting ready for halloween... mmm candy corn
People are so easily outraged over nothing.Yes they are, and that's what's so ironic in this situation...
I saw that why I picked up the issue yesterday & that it was hilarious. The fact that it was so obviously changed makes the joke, if it is a joke. Maybe they didn't have some up with a better label but that it just says "Soda Pop" made me laugh.
Maybe they make their own soda pop on the farm just like some people make their own moonshine.
The real question should be what is ol' Martha serving in those cups back there?
They're drinking root beer in the original, look at the label...
Crow
oot beer... I wonder what letting is missing
For shame DC
Crow
oot beer... I wonder what letting is missing
For shame DC
Maybe it's Hoot Beer. Drinking it is such a hoot. Or maybe Root Beer was just too edgy for Clark too.
It was either Hoot of Foot Beer. Maybe that's a type of moonshine beer made in a shoe. Or if it was in a boot, Boot Beer.
Ugh, maybe it's time I let this one rest.
Ugh, maybe it's time I let this one rest.
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on Sept. 17, 2008
that's rediculous...
i really like the original cover as well, the new one just looks like it's been badly photoshopped...
hell, i could do a better job than that!
todays world has become too polically correct, it's rediculous
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