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#or possibly it's yj:dc and there's just nothing that actually happened to reference?
silverwhittlingknife
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superboy: the man of tomorrow 1 spoilers
(it's just one panel but below the cut just in case)
memory identification: go!
#dc spoilers
#memory identification CHALLENGE
#okay so: obviously there's the 'waking up in cadmus'
#the friends don't seem like a reference to anything - i mean ig it could be donna's death but i think they're just a generic memory
#or possibly it's yj:dc and there's just nothing that actually happened to reference?
#i think that's tara dying
#and then the last one: match punching him?or is it superboy-prime punching him?
#(to be conner is to be constantly getting punched by alternate superboys dsfdsfs)
#anyway (despite this one angsty panel) this was fun and zippy
#v. light-hearted and not a whole lot to it - looks like it'll be space adventure + punching-stuff
#there isn't enough here to really hook me but the art is cute and conner's narration is bouncy
#so if they keep putting it on the app i'll probably keep reading
#i really wish. mm. okay WARNING RANT INCOMING this is kind of tangential and maybe it's just the comics that i pick up
#but i feel like of the few modern comics i've picked up - a lot of them are very light on the characters having concrete problems
#even problems as simple as 'getting bad grades in school' or 'have to lie to my dad' or 'need a job to pay the rent'
#like. i feel like tim in robin '93 had concrete problems that couldn't be solved with a pep talk and 'you just gotta believe in yourself'
#dick in nightwing '97 - same! concrete personal life problems that could not be resolved by a pep talk!
#and i really miss. like. characters experiencing dilemmas or having to make trade-offs
#and just generally i miss a bit more realism - like. conner feels unneeded. okay? so?
#shouldn't he be going to school or something? why is costume-stuff top of mind? where are the authority figures/external forces?
#i think these kinds of intensely-internal problems can work in non-visual fiction bc you're in the character's head BUT
#comics are largely visual and everything with real emotional punch works way better if it's concrete things that i can see
#anyway that's just my personal preferences though and it's not superboy's fault!
#conner's never been a realistic character - he had goofy merchandising and was a kid celebrity and so forth
#and although i didn't read his preboot solo i don't think he ever went to school there either? except in adventure comics?
#so he seems very well-suited to plucky space-adventure
#and i wish him the best. go forth and prosper conner!! punch those aliens!!
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