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My Favorite Episode of Superman & Lois: "Just a Regular Guy" (and some more stuff)

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Now for those familiar with me I used to do theory posts over at r/DCcomics a lot, and back in season 1 I made some for this show too .  Years later, on the show's final season, the 7th episode hit me harder than any previous one. As a life long Superman fan, if it wasn't already this episode cemented this show and this iteration of Superman as one of my favorites, with Tyler Hoechlin now being the best live-action iteration of the character overall.  A lot of people have made posts too so I felt I could do one for old times sake. Not necessarily for theories but just a breakdown, analysis and appreciation post  also compiling some of my comments and thoughts to share from recently too. I. Who is Clark Kent? First, some people in other subreddits and on Twitter have made some criticisms for the show. I have my own but one I want to focus on was its portrayal of Clark Kent. See, it does the "real" Clark Kent perfectly. But it's also infamously not so great at por

Theology Paper Excerpt Ft. Jim Corrigan, The Spectre

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I haven't posted since I got into Med school...  ...besides that 1 Miracle Monday post, and I'm currently on my second year. I did try making a House of Brainiac series of theory posts but didn't finish it time. I barely catch up on my own pull list in time, often weeks behind and barely knowing what happens in other books these days.  The good news is I do have some ideas lined up that I could make at any time, but in the mean time an encounter with u/Avenging_Spectre on r/Catholicmemes got me to remember this old paper I did for theology class in college. Basically, it was a midterm paper kind of thing that had to have your personal journey, compared to Moses (we studied the Torah/Pentateuch that semester), and someone else of your choice. Most people chose their parents or a saint, and I almost did that too, but I guess I wanted to try something different, and because our professor said we could even choose fictional characters. I also had to cite some theology and phi

Elliot S! Maggin's Miracle Monday vs Alan Moore's Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow? - (The Miracles and Tragedies of Pre-Crisis Bronze Age Superman)

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Link to Post on Reddit This is a post I've been meaning to make for over a year now. This will be divided into 5 segments after this brief introduction, feel free to read at your own pace: Identity Crisis Man of Tomorrow The Impossible Foe The Sanctity of Life Miracles and Tragedies Pre-Crisis Superman comics are heavily underrated these days. I'm a younger fan myself and it seems most older fans relative to me that I know grew up with early to late Post-Crisis, and so they heavily prefer that era. However, a lot of great Superman writers from that and even the current era like Mark Waid and Grant Morrison greatly prefer that older era, and have themselves criticized and/or retconned elements Byrne introduced in his reboot. So have Geoff Johns and Kurt Busiek in their runs. Because of this, a lot of fans in my generation seem to be following suit in appreciating it. There are plenty of great creators and works in the Bronze Age specifically. Shoutout of course to Cary Bates, an

Dark Crisis Aftermath: Speculation on the Reborn Infinite Multiverse and Dawn of DC

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   Link to Reddit Post Short Recap and Introduction If you haven't followed my previous posts covering the Infinite Frontier Saga , here they are linked below: Definitive Guide to Darkseid's True Form/Godhead; What "Darkseid is" means (Plus Infinite Frontier Theories) Infinite Frontier 2022 Theories: Ft. Justice Incarnate vs Children of The Great Darkness - An Omniversal Crisis? Secrets of the Omniverse and Army of the Great Darkness (Justice League Incarnate Breakdown and Dark Crisis Theories) In summary, I've been theorizing and breaking down Joshua Williamson's big plan and overarching story for the DC Universe/Multiverse/Omniverse since the end of Death Metal, managing to correctly predict a decent amount of stuff and accidentally doing so on others. These include: A limited series following up the 0 issue of IF the return of Darkseid's Godhead at his most powerful ( teased since Multiversity ) the Justice League Incarnate finally getting time to sh

Phillip Kennedy Johnson's Action Comics Epic: The Warworld Saga and Beyond (A New Era for Superman)

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A New Era for Superman Link to Reddit Post Phillip Kennedy Johnson's Action Comics run and work on Superman in general has been absolutely phenomenal, with a deep understanding and respect for the character combined with ambitious storytelling and world building.  This post is going to break down what he's done so far, from Future State to the epic Warworld Saga, and Return of Kal-El. I don't want to spoil everything but I will break down interesting details and recap the general events to get people to read them and also catch up for what comes next. Speaking of, next will be speculation on what's to come in the new era he's leading with Joshua Williamson on Superman and Dan Jurgens and Leah Williams writing stories in AC as well. There is a new status quo for Clark Kent and his whole family, and Superman has a bright and exciting future ahead of him.   I. The Future of the Past Before the Warworld Saga proper, PKJ started off with Future State Worlds of War  with