#mon el

[supermanandloisverse]

My favorite passenger princess. #TheGirlsontheBus premieres March 14 on Max.

[michaeljoncarter]

ok for real though, i am on my hands and knees BEGGING superboy fans to read the whole Superman: Mon-El/Man of Valor storyline thing. it is wild to me that i've never seen a single other kon fan talking about this because while, no, it's not about kon, the whole thing reads like one big love letter to 90s superboy comics. this was written by someone who's read Superboy (1994) in its entirety at least a dozen times, and it shows, and it's SO good

you don't need to know anything about mon going into it (and if you know of him via the cursed cw supergirl version, please god forget everything). this is his post-crisis (re)introduction & origin, and the thing that makes it so fun from a kon fan perspective is that it reworks his origin to basically be like this weird, upside down, backwards version of Reign of the Supermen

the basic premise of struggling to fill clark's shoes as the "new" superman in his absence is the same, but the reason it's happening is pretty much the exact opposite of RotS, and mon is a near-perfect opposite of/foil to kon. it's good enough on its own, but it's even better if you're familiar with kon's comics. it draws heavily from 90s superboy, and there are little references/inspirations scattered throughout that are soo fun to pick apart

kon himself only shows up a couple times, but those couple times are magnifique. this version of mon hasn't just been reworked to reflect early/RotS kon. this takes place very shortly after kon was resurrected after being killed in Infinite Crisis, which adds a whole new level to the opposite nature of their stories because this starts with mon finding out the illness he thought was cured wasn't, actually, and that he's only got a few months left to live

so it's kon struggling to come to terms with the fact that he came back to life at the same time mon is struggling to come to terms with the fact that he's about to die, and it is SO good. it's such an interesting dynamic, and they are just... so cute

(Superman #694)

(Superman #697)

i don't mean to oversell it, but man, there's really just something about stories where you can feel how much a writer loves the characters. this is definitely one of those, and it deserves way more recognition than it gets!!!

(here's a little reading order below the cut in a shameless attempt to try & entice you into giving it a go)

(this all happens as part of the whole New Krypton saga. mon's story is pretty self-contained, so you don't have to, but i do have a reading order for the whole thing if you're interested)

Action Comics Annual #10 (second story is mon's origin)

Action Comics #874

Superman #685 - 690, Annual #14

Superman Secret Files 2009

Action Comics #880

Supergirl (2005) #44

Superman #691 - 695

Action Comics #885

Superman #696 - 697

Adventure Comics (2009) #8

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #1

Supergirl (2005) #51

Superman #698

Adventure Comics (2009) #9

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #2

Adventure Comics (2009) #10

Supergirl (2005) #52

Superman #699

Superman: Last Stand of New Krypton #3

Adventure Comics (2009) #11

Superman: War of the Supermen #4

[hudsonwood]

karamel in every episode: 2x01 - 2x06

[l-i-n-u-s-k-a]

I really considered whether to post this or not.

[splooosh]

“The Summoning”

George Perez - Jerry Ordway

[humanonstrike]

Actually watching Supergirl for the first time lol. Don't judge me for falling in love with supercorp from all of the gifs and ficlets that came across my dash. It happens okay.

I'm like 2/3 of the way through season 2 and knowing how shit goes down with Lena, I really wish Kara remembered how she felt after finding out Mon-El had been lying about who he was the whole time. And they had only known each other a few months.

I also wish that the confession of who she really was came with a love confession like Mon-El's but alas.

[cloakndagger2]

This is my Roman Empire

[gryfficons]

[eeveedee]

Every Superhero Team Got The

[spandexinspace]

Legion of Super-Heroes #59

[vincentvega0721]

[michaeljoncarter]

insane tumblr people obsessed with the narratively doomed & tragic comic book heroes, i NEED you to get around to discovering mon-el. like are you seeing this shit my lieges

(Valor #18)

(Legionnaires #32)

(Valor #18)

(Adventure Comics (2009) #11)

(Superman #698)

[hitchell-mope]

Kara: every time you tell me a horror story about your mother I get the overwhelming urge to drop her into a field of starving pigs.

Mon El (genuinely touched): that is literally the nicest thing that anyone has ever said to me.

[thena0315]

Still upset Karamel didn't become Endgame....

....BUT at least they're Endgame in Real Life

[sprockyeahlegion]

in CHAINS!

[talas-first-lady]

Because doing this with Legends was fun and everyone on Supergirl is also a little bit gay.

(These are the characters who were in 25+ episodes and were not out lesbians.)

I legit don't know who to vote for.