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Super-Sons
The Super-Sons are a pair of fictional characters appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. The characters were created by Bob Haney and Dick Dillin and first appeared in ''World's Finest Comics'' #215 (January 1973). The characters were featured in stories about the sons of Superman and Batman. In 2017, DC Comics launched a ''Super Sons'' monthly comic book series featuring new versions of the characters, going by the names Superboy ( Jonathan Kent, the son of Superman and Lois Lane), and Robin (Damian Wayne, the son of Batman and Talia al Ghul). Publication history The Super-Sons first appeared together in ''World's Finest Comics'' #154 (December 1965). Batman's imaginary son was seen first in ''Batman'' #131 (April 1960), ''Batman'' #145 (February 1962) and ''Batman'' #163 (May 1964). The Super-Sons, Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.) and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne Jr.), were college-aged versions of their superhero fathers. Their mothers are never referred to by name, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World's Finest Comics
''World's Finest Comics'' was an American comic book series published by DC Comics from 1941 to 1986. The series was initially titled ''World's Best Comics'' for its first issue; issue #2 (Summer 1941) switched to the more familiar name. Michael E. Uslan has speculated that this was because DC received a cease and desist letter from Better Publications, Inc., who had been publishing a comic book entitled ''Best Comics'' since November 1939. Virtually every issue featured DC's two leading superheroes, Superman and Batman, with the earliest issues also featuring Batman's sidekick, Robin. Publication history The idea for ''World's Best Comics'' #1 originated from the identically formatted 1940 ''New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman, Batman, and Robin with 96 pages and a cardboard cover. The year before there was a similar 1939 '' New York World's Fair Comics'' featuring Superman but without Batman and Robin because Bill Finger and Bob Kane had not yet created them. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elseworlds 80-Page Giant
''Elseworlds 80-Page Giant'' is an 80-page collection of ''Elseworlds'' stories published by DC Comics. The collection was withdrawn and pulped after DC became concerned about a scene in one of the stories. Publication history This comic included the stories "''Superman Jr. Is No More!''", featuring the Super-Sons, and "'' Letitia Lerner, Superman's Babysitter''", among others. However, DC Comics President Paul Levitz deemed the Letitia Lerner story inappropriate (for featuring scenes depicting the baby Superman in a microwave, among others) and ordered the press run halted and the printed issues destroyed. Despite of it, around 2,000 copies of the issue had already been shipped to the UK. Although DC attempted to recall these copies, they quickly became a highly sought after collector's item (see Recalled comics for more pulped, recalled, and erroneous comics), and estimates of available copies range between 700 and 2,000. The Letitia Lerner story earned two Eisner Awards, an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jonathan Kent (Superboy)
Jon Kent is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Created by Dan Jurgens, the son of Superman/Clark Kent and Lois Lane, he first appeared in '' Convergence: Superman'' #2 (July 2015). Jon is the newest character in the DC Universe to assume the superhero persona of Superboy. As Superboy and Robin, Jon and Damian Wayne appeared in several Super Sons comic book series featuring their shared adventures. Jon later takes on the superman mantle and stars in the comic series ''Superman: Son of Kal-El''. The character was revealed to be bisexual in 2021 by DC Comics. Jordan Elsass played the character in the CW television series ''Superman & Lois'' for the first two seasons, with Michael Bishop as Jon from season three. Alex Garfin portrays Jon's twin brother Jordan in the series. Jack Dylan Grazer voiced the character in Warner Bros. animated film '' Batman and Superman: Battle of the Super Sons'' (2022). Publication history The character wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob Haney
Robert Gilbert Haney, Jr. (March 15, 1926 – November 25, 2004) was an American comic book writer, best known for his work for DC Comics. He co-created the Teen Titans as well as characters such as Metamorpho, Eclipso, Cain, and the Super-Sons. Biography Early life and career Haney grew up in Philadelphia, where he read popular newspaper comic strips such as ''Prince Valiant'' and ''Flash Gordon'', and was a regular listener of radio dramas. Haney attended Swarthmore College. During World War II, he served in the Navy and saw action during the Battle of Okinawa. After the war, he earned a Master's degree from Columbia University and then embarked on a writing career, publishing a number of novels under a variety of assumed names. In 1948, Haney entered the comic book industry. His first published comics story was "College for Murder" in ''Black Cat'' #9 (January 1948). From 1948 to 1955 Haney wrote crime and war comics for a number of publishers, including Fawcett, Standard, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |