Superman Through the Ages!Strange Visitor!Holliston School Committee  
  •   forum   •   THIS WEEK'S CHAPTER: "RESTORATION!" •   fortress   •  
Superman Through the Ages! Forum
News: 2024 UPDATE!! Superman Through the Ages! forum is now securely located at https://WWW.SUPERMANTHROUGHTHEAGES.COM/FORUM - your username and password for forum.superman.nu will still work, although your browser won't know them under the new domain name. You can look them up in your browser's saved passwords.  This is the first time we have had an SSL cert, so your credentials and website activity are now secure!  Please bear with us as we update the site to the brand new, super-secure location of www.supermanthroughtheages.com! This may take some time. For more details, please see the forum update.
 
*
Welcome, Guest. Please login or register.
Did you miss your activation email?
December 09, 2024, 05:57:33 AM


Login with username, password and session length


Pages: [1]   Go Down
  Print  
Author Topic: "The BOY with ULTRA-POWERS!"  (Read 9037 times)
0 Members and 4 Guests are viewing this topic.
Great Rao
Administrator
Council of Wisdom
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1901


WWW
« on: May 18, 2003, 09:01:39 PM »

Introducing....  The BOY with ULTRA-POWERS!



S!
Logged

"The bottom line involves choices.  Neither gods nor humans have ever stood calmly in a minefield forever.  Good or evil, they are bound to choose.  And when they do, you will see the truth of all that motivates us.  As a thinking being, you have the obligation to choose.  If the fate of all mankind were in your hands, what would your decision be?  As a writer and an artist, I've drawn my answer."   - Jack Kirby
nightwing
Defender of Kandor
Council of Wisdom
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1627


Semper Vigilans


WWW
« Reply #1 on: May 18, 2003, 10:45:55 PM »

Okay, I usually don't have much patience for folks who want to read a homo-erotic context into everything comics, but even I have to admit this cover makes you go "Hmmmm..."

Two super-powered teenage boys, one cute teenage girl, and what do the boys do?  Use their X-ray vision to check out each other!  We have to assume from the thought balloons that neither boy had reason to suspect the other, so what exactly happened the moment before this image?  

"Hmm...there's Clark Kent and Lana Lang.  Think I'll look through Clark's clothes!"

"Here I go walking with Lana Lang to school.  Oooh, a new boy, let's look through his clothes!"

Of course a "straight," if no less honorable scenario would be that both boys checked out Lana before checking out each other.  But you have to wonder how "heroic" it is to greet everyone you meet by "undressing them with your eyes."
Logged

This looks like a job for...
Super Monkey
Super
League of Supermen
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 3435



WWW
« Reply #2 on: May 18, 2003, 11:00:54 PM »

LOL!

There was a lot of weird kinky stuff happening in those Morty edited Superman comics that looking back at them now, make you do a double take.

I mean look at this cover, I mean really look :

Logged

"I loved Super-Monkey; always wanted to do something with him but it never happened."
- Elliot S! Maggin
lastkryptonianhere
Last Son of Krypton
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 362



WWW
« Reply #3 on: May 19, 2003, 11:31:35 PM »

Oh Great One - I loved seeing the Tales of Superman increase from five web pages to seven and with promises of more to come.  Thank you.


As for the kinky stuff - would make for an interesting thread under the main superman forum
Logged

"Look Up In The Sky ..."
Klar Ken T5477
Council of Wisdom
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 1338


Metropolis Prime, NYC, NY USA


WWW
« Reply #4 on: May 31, 2003, 04:28:43 AM »

That was great seeeing that golden oldie with flawless art by the maestro Curt and inks by Papp (?).  The reproduction was crisp as mint.

MORE! Cheesy
Logged
Aldous
Superman Squad
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 843


Downunder


« Reply #5 on: June 22, 2003, 09:40:19 PM »

Klar, I'm not sure what Papp inking Swan would look like, but in this story I would say it's Swan and George Klein.

Yes... beautiful art!

I have some questions:

1) Is this the FIRST EVER appearance of Ultra Boy?

2) Why does Ultra Boy seem to have only one super-power? Either that, or the writer (Siegel?) has played down his ability to use ultra energy for other powers like super-strength and flight.

3) Was there ever another story in which Ultra Boy joined the Legion? I just have a really dim memory of something somewhere in my collection with Ultra Boy recounting the tale of his origin to the Legionnaires. (It's easier to ask my fellow fans than try to find that comic book.)
Logged
The Starchild
Administrator
Last Son of Krypton
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 377



« Reply #6 on: June 24, 2003, 08:55:38 PM »

Quote from: "Aldous"

1) Is this the FIRST EVER appearance of Ultra Boy?

2) Why does Ultra Boy seem to have only one super-power? Either that, or the writer (Siegel?) has played down his ability to use ultra energy for other powers like super-strength and flight.

Yup, this is Ultra Boy's first ever appearance.  It could be that his powers weren't completely worked out yet.
Logged

"I just wish that you could all see the Earth the way that I see it - because when you really look at it, it's just one world."
- Superman, Superman IV: The Quest for Peace
Aldous
Superman Squad
*
Offline Offline

Posts: 843


Downunder


« Reply #7 on: June 27, 2003, 05:29:48 AM »

Quote from: "The Starchild"
Quote from: "Aldous"

1) Is this the FIRST EVER appearance of Ultra Boy?

2) Why does Ultra Boy seem to have only one super-power? Either that, or the writer (Siegel?) has played down his ability to use ultra energy for other powers like super-strength and flight.

Yup, this is Ultra Boy's first ever appearance.  It could be that his powers weren't completely worked out yet.


Thanks for the reply.

Obviously someone decided a vision power alone wasn't interesting enough.

I've always liked Ultra Boy, and I've always thought his limitation to use only one super-power at a time was a neat idea.
Logged
Pages: [1]   Go Up
  Print  
 
Jump to:  

CURRENT FORUM

Archives: OLD FORUM  -  DCMB  -  KAL-L
Powered by MySQL Powered by PHP Powered by SMF 1.1.21 | SMF © 2015, Simple Machines

Valid XHTML 1.0! Valid CSS! Dilber MC Theme by HarzeM
Entrance ·  Origin ·  K-Metal ·  The Living Legend ·  About the Comics ·  Novels ·  Encyclopaedia ·  The Screen ·  Costumes ·  Read Comics Online ·  Trophy Room ·  Creators ·  ES!M ·  Fans ·  Multimedia ·  Community ·  Gift Shop ·  Guest Book ·  Contact & Credits ·  Links ·  Social Media ·  Forum

Superman created by Jerry Siegel and Joe Shuster
The LIVING LEGENDS of SUPERMAN! Adventures of Superman Volume 1!
Return to SUPERMAN THROUGH THE AGES!
Buy Comics!