Great Moments in Comics History: Superman #706

 

Oh. Oh, great. Superman is scared of the internet. Maybe he and Captain America can get together and talk about MySpace.

Comments

  1. I wonder how much of that is G Willow Wilson and how much is JMS.

  2. Worst Superman line ever!

  3. This just makes me think that there should be a supervillain named “The Internet”.

  4. Is Superman going for some sort of Captain Morgan pose in this image?

  5. Superman’s true weakness is internet porn and even Superman can’t stop malware, spyware, and computer viruses

  6. Why would anyone give a cat a cheeseburger?

  7. This is no surprise after the recent Wikileak detailing his weakness to kryptonite, location of the fortress of solitude, and his secret identity!

  8. This sounds like a line that would come at the end of an episode of Super Friends, right before everyone starts chuckling as a group.

  9. I could understand if Clark said this, but Superman?!?!  FAIL!

  10. Why wouldn’t he be scared of the internet? I mean you darn bloggers are taking their jobs away. 😛 

  11. Well, to be fair, Darkseid did use the Internet to brainwash the entire world that one time. So there’s that.

  12. @jmstump:

    These darn bloggers and their new fanagled interwebs! Back in mah day, we used to jerk-off when we were bored…

  13. I’m curious. What is the context? Why were they discussing the internet and why did Superman say he was a fraid of it?

    I’m curious about the context.

  14. I haven’t read this issue, and the provided sequence and the review above hardly make me want to run out and buy it.

  15. The art here is interesting.  Does anyone else notice where Perry’s eyes are looking? 

  16. @misterckent: I noticed it right away. Shocked it took two hours for someone to comment on Perry clearly looking at Sups ass.

  17. @djd  Thanks I’ll read that!

  18. @misterckent  They appear to be looking nowhere; he doesn’t have pupils.

  19. This story is really cutting-edge. Wait, is it 1996?

  20. @conor: Who are ya foolin!? 😉

  21. Wow, talk about a mess and quite possibly the worst line ever written for Superman

  22. actually this wasn’t a terrible story, but yes that panel was a bit trite.

    I wasn’t crazy with how Perry was drawn but deep inside that story was a reasnobly consistent character portrait of PW.

    But also I do see some merit in the idea that heroes would be affraid of the net when it comes to maintaining their secret identities.

    How many google street cameras might catch a hero in mid costume change etc?

  23. When Anonymous declares war on Superman is when I’ll start reading it!

  24. In this case Superman’strue weakness is really bad art.

  25. wow, I’m disliking the art AND the lines, good thing I dropped this back in 700

  26. it all wilson on this average issues.

    to me it really seems like a filler book that they gave the writer and artist a week to do.

    and AGAIN this is filler.

  27. Maybe its to shore up his secret identity when he returns to Metropolis.  Clark Kent will return with a T-Shirt that says, “The Internet is my Bitch!”

  28. And by Internet, he means 4Chan.

  29. Coming soon… Superman vs. Julian Assange!

  30. Not only does it look like he’s staring at Superman’s ass but he appears to be terrified of it.

  31. @kingdomofevan  you WIN!
    Knowledge is POWER!

  32. this is why Ron hates Superman

  33. i really hate to be negative, but man that is baaaad! that art is absurd, and the dialogue!? ouch

  34. Superman hates Wiki Leaks?

  35. If you love the internet, you hate America. 

  36. In his defense, the internet is what has allowed legions of fans free reign to rail against everything they hate about comics.  So Superman might be on to something and remarkably clairvoyant.

  37. Im going to have to re-read that issue, I dont remember the art being THAT bad…I really want to say that panel is just a one-off.

  38. Come on guys, Supes is clearly sarcastically mocking Perry’s livelihood since The Internet destroyed the newspaper business (which Superman failed to prevent, by the way.) And Perry looks shocked and appalled that Superman would so brazenly and callously hurt him so. It also serves to throw him way off the scent of thinking Clark Kent is Superman

  39. Whats worse the line or the pencils? Geoff Johns, please save this title!!!!

  40. WOW! I’m glad I stopped buying comics!

  41. That panel was done in 20 minutes tops.

  42. I expect the internet could turn Superman into The Plutonian pretty quick.

  43. i cant believe this is from a relativly recent comic. wow, i love superman but that line is hard to swallow….ouch. lol