#Superman Secundus

[orange-s-mario]

#superman #tommy superman #jimmy olsen #johny kirk #gregor nagy #Cir-El #jonathan lane kent #chris kent #jonathan samuel kent #superman jr #vol #superman secundus #Otho-Ra #Osul-Ra #super twins

[davidmann95]

Momentarily returning to Tumblr for my SKYROCKET thoughts, in total:

I think the pitch is kinda overstuffed with blorbo-bait for what amounts to a really extended misdirect, but those are MY blorbos so excellent chance I would've enjoyed it on a month-by-month basis. Having on a mad whim recently read about half of the 90s/early 00s Superboy ongoing along with a few subsequent greatest hits, I think the actual core character arc and reconceptualization of Conner is smart and thematically justifies itself. I recognize this is reading stuff into the character that was not previously intended to be there and does not square 1:1 with every prior appearance, to which I say, welcome to figuring out new shit to do with collaborative open-ended characters who have been around for entire human lifetimes.

Skyrocket is a pretty dopey name though.

The look though? The look goes hard.

Sucks not to get a rare entry into the canon of high-profile queer superhero titles that wouldn't have been about the lead immediately finding a cool-but-not-in-a-threatening-way love interest and fighting a mystery evildoer trying to take over the world by doing A Homophobia.

How was it ever in question that Superboy: Man of Tomorrow was 'in continuity', it establishes that on the first dang page. And then still running the Action 'prelude' to this story that isn't happening? Some real nonsense.

"Conner Connie Kent is the Jason Todd of the Superfamily" is totally understandable, but nah, they're the Damian if Damian wasn't handled by Morrison and therefore a giant mess, as evidenced by 99% of non-Morrison Damian. If we as a society had guts and integrity, Kara would be the Jason, and then she would finally be cool. This has been my fandom hot take for the day.

My brand has been so cultivated that when "Superman Secundus" got a namedrop someone messaged me about it, lol.

#Skyrocket #Connie Kent #Conner Kent #Magdalene Visaggio #Darick Robertson #Jason Todd #Damian Wayne #Supergirl #Superman Secundus #Opinion

[blanddcheadcanons]

Jon Kent has always had a boyhood crush on dick Grayson with the expectation that it would never happen between them

But when Ultraman stole his childhood and made him return to earth as an 18 year old, it took him 3 years of dick being his mentor while Jon took on the mantle of Superman Secundus(21 years old) before he realized that this is a once in a lifetime opportunity that couldn’t be passed up

Jon and dick kissed after a stressful situation as Jon admits all of his feelings for dick, as dick Grayson decides to embrace it

Jon and dick are dating now

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#jon kent #jon el #superboy #superman #dick grayson #nightwing #robin #ultraman #clark kent #kal il #superman secundus

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

The Cyborg Superwoman, Secret Weapon of the World Army of Universalis Secundus, recreated from a Kryptonian Sunstone Total Mind Back-Up by Commander Amar Khan and General Sam Lane.

Her shell was a spare Red Tornado gynoid body that's since been scrapped and entirely replaced by K-Metals and pseudo-organics. Her new body both approximates Kryptonian abilities and allows for technopathic interfacing with non-sentient (and some sentient technologies).

Her early interactions with Earth-2's Superman Family were incredibly difficult. She found a surprising ally in another of the World Army's experimental attempts to create their own Kryptonian weapon, Paige Stetler aka Galatea, a clone of Power Girl.

As the barriers between universes begin to weaken under the endless assault of Anti-Matter Shadow Demons, Dark Matter Monsters, and the Knights of Sorrow, The Cyborg Superwoman would find herself face to face with the one person she could never truly confront on her own Earth: Lois Lane, her long deceased original self, alive and everything that her Earth-2 counterpart always wanted to be.

#dc #headverse #fanart #au #lois lane #superwoman #cyborg superwoman #earth-2 #universalis secundus #parallel earth #world army

[eyefocusing]

honestly the most interesting part about superman's kids after reading through all of them

(well almost all of them, iirc he basically takes care of Karen on all the Earth 2s, & I didn't read all of their appearances)

is that the main canon ones can be separated into duos easily:

Tommy & Jimmy: normal humans who get a happy ending even though superman isn't their dad anymore, they have 2 human parents. Both debut (at least in main canon in Jimmy's case) in Superman

Johny & Gregor: metahumans who sacrifice something, they're both from Action Comics. Johny sacrifices his powers & Gregor sacrifices himself. they're both adopted by Superman due to their father saying that Superman should take care of them. Plus they both know one of superman's secret identies (though in Johnny's case, it wasn't Clark, it was a new one)

Cir & Jonathan Lane: Both time travelers erased from existence. Both of them are raised by a villain. Both of them are biologically Clark's

Chris & Jonathan Samuel: kryptonian, get aged up, abused by a kryptonian or kryptonian like (idk if the newest Ultraman is kryptonian). Get non-kryptonian* powers after the age up

*well electric blue is something Clark did & Nightwing is a kryptonian god so it's not exactly true to say non-kryptonian

Super Twins: ...well they're twins so it's pretty much most things

Ariella & Secundus: both debut in DC one million (well main canon Secundus), both biologically Clark's

Superman Jr & Vol: both from some insane bronze age superman plots; both stories have the non-native to the universe character cause changes to that character (Jr is much more like Clark in his lost 100 years then he is like Vol, but at least the story itself has similarities)

Skyboy & Boy Thunder: not officially adopted by Clark, both from World's Finest, both have Batman being hrmmm-like to them.

you can extend it a bit to the other ones that interact with the main canon universes but it doesn't work out as well I think:

Pre-crisis Earth-Two Power Girl & N52 Earth 2 Power Girl: actual focus on these characters, their planet gets destroyed due to something to do with the multiverse

Post-Infinite Crisis/Earth-2 Power Girl & Hyperman: only show up for a crossover in main canon, both appeared in JSA

yesssss anon we love spotting patterns in this house.

sorry i dont have much to add bc its been ages (re: a year probably) since ive read a cape comic and im fully tf brained right now so im just

#i dont mind tho. i encourage infodumping in my inbox i love it

[thevindicativevordan]

Superman: Man of Tomorrow Part III

Act 3 - Lex further claims that Superman was motivated primarily by his own ego, same as Lex, and that Superman couldn't stand the idea that people genuinely preferred Lex to him which is why he abandoned America, and rants that he could have made the world a paradise if Superman hadn't kept sabotaging him. Supes fires back that he could have done that years ago if he ever truly cared, or at the very least done that for America since Supes let him rule. Revealing he has one last card to play, Lex prepares to launch America's nukes and destroy the world in retaliation for tacitly sanctioning this attack against him by not intervening. Before he can do so however, Manchester Black reveals he had been hiding his presence telepathically and kills Lex. Clark loses it, wanting Lex tried instead of killed so he wouldn't die a martyr, and attacks Manchester, eventually drawing the rest of the Elite into the brawl. Jon is able to force the two sides to stand down by demonstrating his power has now grown even greater than his father's. Black tells Superman that this would never have happened if he hadn't let things get to this point, and that the United Nations had given him their approval to kill Lex if need be. He taunts Superman, telling him he's the Man of Yesterday now, and his time is over, departing once more with the Elite who stand to become the officially sanctioned super-team of the world. Superman and Jon return to the Fortress where Jon tells Clark that Manchester telepathically told him there's an open spot for him on the Elite if he wants it. Jon isn't sure but expresses hope that by joining the team he can help curb their worst impulses and act as a counterbalance to Black. Clark tells Jon that he's old enough now to make his own decisions, and confesses that he's worried that both Lex and Black were right about him. He thinks he needs to step aside and let Jon be the Man of Today: Superman Secundus. He gives Jon his blessing and tells him that he's been monitoring the cosmos for potential threats to Earth ever since Brainiac, and he plans to go out and head off those threats before they arrive now that Jon is ready to take his place as Earth's premiere hero. The two embrace with Clark promising to one day return, before departing in a rocket based on the design of the one his parents sent him to Earth in long ago. Jon meanwhile helps to oversee the first American election in years, and the film ends with both Clark and Jon narrating about their hopes for tomorrow.

#superman #superman movie #fanfic

[motherwasapapafucker]

Convinced the unnamed blonde that shows up alongside Superman Prime and Secundus is intended to be a version of Kara, especially with the almost Legiony approach to her costume. 

#all star superman #supergirl #kara zor el #superman secundus #superman prime #grant morrison

[recentanimenews]

The Faraway Paladin: The Lord of the Rust Mountains

By Kanata Yanagino and Kususaga Rin. Released in Japan as “Saihate no Paladin” by Overlap. Released in North America digitally by J-Novel Club. Translated by James Rushton.

I’m reviewing this as one giant book, but it actually came out as two books here, called ‘Primus’ and ‘Secundus’ – in fact, Amazon thinks that those are the titles, and forgot about the whole Rust Mountains thing. It works better to see them as one big book, though, which is what the author intended. The first volume simply stops, and the second picks up right where it left off – there’s no real attempt to separate them. As for the plot, our square-jawed hero and his elf friend are here to take down an ancient dragon, helped out by some old friends and some new dwarves, including one who becomes Williams’s squire, despite being of royal blood. He is told repeatedly that if he fights the dragon now he will die, and he should gain more power and influence by letting a few people be killed so he can take it down more easily. As you might imagine, that is not how William rolls.

William is the star of this series, and the narrative fits itself around him, meaning it too tends to be like he is – straightforward, a bit humorless, and painfully, PAINFULLY earnest. This is actually the main selling point of The Faraway Paladin, which is miles away from any other fantasy light novel we have out there – there’s not an ounce of cynicism or irony in it. William is Good and True, and he can do impossible things thanks to the help of his friends, the training of his parents, and MUSCLES, which he points out are awesome several times throughout the book. The closest we get to cynicism is the villain, who is a very well-done ancient dragon, and would very much like to tempt William into allying with him to that he can sow chaos. He should know better.

The book reads quickly, and the action sequences are very well done, with no confusion about what is happening at any time. I was a little annoyed with the introduction of a tsundere elf girl, whose sole purpose seems to be to get rid of the ho yay that existed between William and Menel (there’s a lot of teasing of William for not having found a girlfriend yet, further driving the point home). Al is a good addition to the cast – it fits that someone like William gets a squire that’s almost as serious-minded as he is, and the two work well together. The translation is also good, though the Kindle version I have has both the dragon and the Gods speaking in bold text, which can get very confusing when three of them are all speaking at once – perhaps one should have been italicized instead.

Again, if you want to read a light novel but are thoroughly sick of the cliches of the genre, this is an absolute must-read. It’s the Lord of the Rings starring Superman, basically. I look forward to seeing where it goes next.

By: Sean Gaffney

#Anime #News #Manga Bookshelf

[jordangibson]

Guys, check out this drawing of Superman Secundus that Ramon Villalobos did. I liked it so much I decided to color it.

#all star superman #superman #superman secundus #grant morrison #ramon villalobos #jordan gibson #art #comics #dc comics #superheroes

[orange-s-mario]

i missed three* last time

(main continuity and kids that interact with main continuity)

*Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr, Jonathan Kent II, & Kara Zor-El/Karen Starr)

#superman #tommy superman #superman jr (johny kirk) #jimmy olsen #vol #changeling (gregor nagy) #Power Girl (Kara Zor-L/Karen Starr) #Superman Jr (Simulation) #hyperman (jonathan kent II) #superman secundus #Supergirl (Ariella Kent) #Supergirl (Cir-El) #Nightwing (Chris Kent) #Power Girl (Kara Zor-El/Karen Starr) #Superboy (Jonathan Lane Kent) #Superboy (Jonathan Samuel Kent) #Otho-Ra #Osul-Ra #super twins #johny kirk #gregor nagy #Kara Zor-L #Karen Starr #Kara Zor-El #Jonathan Kent II #Ariella Kent #Cir-El #Chris Kent #Jonathan Lane Kent #Jonathan Samuel Kent

[orange-s-mario]

characters I have some ideas for...

#superman #johny kirk #gregor nagy #superman secundus #faora program #eradicator composite #superkids! jon #ar-val #jay-ree #joenne #judy/equila

[orange-s-mario]

#Superman Family #Superman #Superboy #Supergirl #Nightwing #Don-El #Kral of Titan #Lar Gand #Cory Renwald #Judy/Equila #Lyle-Zee #Lili Van-Zee #Sylvia DeWitt #Dik-Zee #Jimmy Olsen #Changeling (Gregor Nagy) #Tommy Superman #Superman Jr (Johnny Kirk) #Superman Jr. #Superman Secundus #Abomination of the Stars #Otho-Ra #Osul-Ra #Flamebird (Ak-Var) #Thara Gem-Zee #Rad-Zee

[orange-s-mario]

(main continuity and kids that interact with main continuity)

#superman #tommy superman #superman jr (johny kirk) #johny kirk #jimmy olsen #vol #gregor nagy #changeling (gregor nagy) #Superman Jr (Simulation) #Ariella Kent #Supergirl (Ariella Kent) #Cir-El #Supergirl (Cir-El) #Superman Secundus #Chris Kent #Nightwing (Chris Kent) #Jonathan Lane Kent #Jonathan Samuel Kent #Superboy (Jonathan Lane Kent) #Superboy (Jonathan Samuel Kent) #Super-Twins #Otho-Ra #Osul-Ra #(might make a version with elseworlds/alt future kids)

[orange-s-mario]

I think of Superman's kids in pairs;

Tommy & Jimmy (no powers, happy ending),

Johny & Gregor (tragic ending & metahumans),

Jonathan Lane & Cir (weird time stuff, get erased from existence),

Super Twins (... do I really need to explain this one),

Chris & Jonathan Samuel (kryptonian, also most known kids),

Superman Jr & Vol (biological, WTF & weird reality shenanigans - they are from main canon though)

this doesn't extend to Secundus & Ariella though. wait... those are both because of DC one million...

#superman #jimmy olsen #tommy superman #johny kirk #gregor nagy #jonathan lane kent #Cir-El #super twins #chris kent #jonathan samuel kent #superman jr #vol #superman Secundus #ariella kent #otho-ra #Osul-Ra

[orange-s-mario]

only 2* of superman's main continuity kids aren't adopted

Jonathan Samuel Kent & Vol. Yeah Jonathan had the Jor-El space trip but that's a road trip with gramps that went wrong.

ok there's these 2 as well but. Denny O'Neil Superman Jr is just a weird case all around.

and we don't know who Secundus was taken care for. Probably the people that made him? iirc at least according to all-star superman, superman was dead at the time.

#superman #jonathan samuel kent #vol #superman jr (simulation) #superman secundus

[orange-s-mario]

Secundus isn't here due to running out of space.

#Superman #Ar-Val #Kon El #jonathan samuel kent #jonathan lane kent #lex luthor #kent shakespeare #the eradicator #Kal Kent #Klar Ken T5477 #Cyborg Superman