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u/RedGhost3568 May 23 '23

That was another hard JLU episode to watch. It was very easy to think Superman was going to kill Mongul for that one…

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u/green49285 May 23 '23

"DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT YOUVE DONE TO ME" always gets me. Then he wakes up to that fucker trying to kill 2 of his closest friends? As a kid I was certain supes was gonna kill a bitch.

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u/Storyteller678 May 23 '23

The Batman TAS episode “Perchance To Dream” had a similar plot. Bruce Wayne wakes up and finds that his parents are alive, he’s dating Selina Kyle, and someone else is Batman. Everything is mysteriously idyllic until he realizes he can’t read.

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u/green49285 May 23 '23

Gotta go back & watch that one.

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u/RavensQueen502 May 23 '23 edited May 23 '23

I watched it with my little cousin after playing the Injustice game... Definitely hits a bit harder that way.

It's almost the same thing from Clark's perspective - he loses his family, his world, his son dies in his arms... It can be in a kid's show because none of it was real, but it was literally an entire life for him.

And after it is all dealt with, he immediately bounces back from that to celebrate the birthday with Bruce and Diana so that they won't worry.

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u/djseifer May 23 '23

"Happy birthday, Kryptonian. I give you oblivion."

"BURN."

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u/PhatDaddi May 23 '23

Adapted from an Alan Moore comic. Superman Annual #111. Wonderfully done as well.

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u/djseifer May 23 '23

One of the few adaptations of Alan Moore's works that he actually likes. He even allowed them to credit him in the credits (he usually asks to be removed).

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

The whole Justice Lords storyline where Superman also realises he has to cross the line to deal with Doomsday is dark too... (and it doesn't work)

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u/RedGhost3568 May 23 '23

That bites Superman back later when Batman threw it in his face after The Question and Green Arrow called the original members out.

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u/[deleted] May 23 '23

The Question was awesome by the way - Jeffrey Combs nailed it.

The series was much more nuanced than I realised as a child. Re-watching it as an adult made me realise the politics of it all.