#sooper skid

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I actually made this in August of 2021 and like a dumbass never posted it, so here's an up to date version :)

Val-Zod is the Superman of the alternate reality Earth 2 and was the adoptive brother of Kal-El when they were on Krypton. Val goes by the alias Superman and when exposed to a yellow sun he shares all the same Kryptonian abilities as Kal-El. His first appearance was in Earth 2 #19 (published in Jan 2014).

The issues that feature Val are bolded!

Before we dive in, here's a list of appearances Val-Zod has made outside of the Earth 2 series:

Superman: Red and Blue #2 (the second short comic in issue 2, "Into the Ghost Town", is solely about Val)

Worlds' Finest, Vol 3 (2012) #25-26, and #30

Superman, Vol 4 (2016) #14 and #16

Adventures of Superman: Jon Kent (2023) (this one is a current 6-issue series so Val may appear in future issues)

Worlds' Finest: Homeward Bound #1

Superman: Lois and Clark #1

Dial H for Hero #10

Justice League Vol 4 (2018) #26

Action Comics (2016) #1050

Earth 2, Vol 1: the Gathering

Earth 2 #1-6

E.2, Vol 2: the Tower of Fate

Earth 2 #0 DC universe presents #0 E.2 #7-12

E.2, Vol 3: Battle Cry

E.2 Annual #1 E.2 #13-16

E.2, Vol 4: the Dark Age

E.2 #17-18 E.2 #19-20 (first appearance!) E.2 Annual #2

E.2 Vol 5: the Kryptonian

E.2 #21-26

E.2: World’s End, Vol 1

E.2: World’s end #1-3

E.2 Vol 6: Collision

E.2 #27 E.2 #28

E.2: World’s End, Vol 1

E.2: World’s End #4-8

E.2 Vol 6: Collision

E.2 #29

E.2: World’s End, Vol 1

E.2: World’s End #9-10 E.2: World’s End #11

E.2: World’s End, Vol 2

E.2: World’s End #12-16

E.2 Vol 6: Collision

E.2 #30

E.2: World’s End, Vol 2

E.2: World’s End #17-19 E.2: World’s End #20 E.2: World’s End #21-23

E.2 Vol 6: Collision

E.2 #31 E.2 #32

E.2: World’s End, Vol 2

E.2: World’s End #24-26

(In the middle of the Earth 2 timeline Val also appears in Convergence #1-8)

E.2: Society, Vol 1: Planetfall

E.2: Society: Sneak peak E.2: Society #1-2 E.2: Society #3

E.2: Society, Vol 2: Indivisible

E.2: Society #8-10 E.2: Society #11 E.2: Society #12

E.2: Society, Vol 3: A Whole New World

E.2: Society #13-16 E.2: Society Annual #1

E.2: Society, Vol 4: Life After Death

E.2: Society #17-23

I hope this list is helpful in navigating the sparse appearances of such an interesting character!

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At a sooper, scawy villain HQ.

Security Guard: HEY GET BACK HERE YOU RATS!!!

Daroach, running: Sorry, "officer" but our breed of hero don't play by the rules, later. (Breaks through a window) And he sticks the landing!

Doc: Wrong your positioning was perfect but the way you started it up and then executed the movements was far beyond perfect.

Daroach: ...You're so nice Doc...

Spinni, skidding out: You guys are so slow try & keep up would ya hahaha!

Daroach: Wait where's Storo?

The ground suddenly started shaking greatly.

Storo: Coming boss!

Daroach: Yo pick up the pace Storo! I can't wait to rub our haul in everyones faces. The juicy deets on this crime syndicates schemes! That's our specialty sneakin' & theavin'! Huhuhuhuh!

???: Thieves!?!

Squeaks: NANI!?

Kirishima: I won't let you guys get away return what you stole!

Daroach: ... ...Why the hell's there just some random kid hangin' around a place like this!?

Kirishima: The names Red Riot & criminals like you belong in prison! (Goes to attack)

Daroach: ("He won't believe us if we tell him we're not villains soooooo") Storo hit him with the "Forget Me Stick". (Passes Storo a giant club)

Storo: On it. (Activates quirk) Stocky Build!

Kirishima punched Storo in his stomach nothing happened.

Kirishima: OW! What are you made of!?

Storo: Sorry about this kid! (Knocks Kirishima out with the club)

Spinni: Way to go Storo!

Storo: *Thumbs up*

Daroach: Good show indeed!

Doc: Soo what do we do with the kid.

Daroach: O_O

Spinni: O_O

Storo: O_O

Daroach: I hadn't considered that.

Doc: Judging by his uniform I'd say he's from U.A.

Daroach: U.A. huh?...Let's just throw him in his classroom & leave after that.

They all agree.

-A few minutes later-

Tetsutetsu: Kirishima? Hey! Grrr! (Hits him over the head) WAKE UP BLOCKHEAD!

Kirishima: GAH! Hey why'd you do that for?! Also why are you in my class?

Tetsutetsu: ... ...Did I hit him too hard?

Kendo: This is Class 1-B, Kirishima.

Kirishima: HUH!? HOW'D I GET HERE!?

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Hopping on the trend: Supers (& Lois) + Reductress headlines

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Psst, Lois is lazy, pass it on

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Superman is malewife, obviously, but he definitely also has manipulate and mansplain down bc he learned it from his wife and that’s why she married him

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Kyle… that's not how you make friends, buddy…

Superboy #20

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Kon (and Kal) in Superman, Jr. and Superboy, Sr.

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I dont have anything to say for myself, enjoy :)

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Baby Clark and Krypto!!

Superman Red and Blue #5 (Fetch by Judd Winnick, art by Ibrahim Moustafa)

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Clark, calm down man

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It’s ok if you’re not sexy 24/7 as long as you love yourself🥵. Take Clark in All Star Superman #5 for example🧐, in this panel he looks like. well, this💔. But i don’t think this means we’re taking away his dilf club membership card💳, does it? Love yo self💕

[helenasandsmark]

Ok but… consider…. Kon getting an additional two piercings in his ear lobe so he can spell his name in initial earrings…

Sloppy concept at w studs + dangles <3 (bro idk how to draw side profiles)

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Ok ok we get it, you have TTK

Superboy #15

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The way this says a lot about Kon🥺

Superboy #5

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Hi Skid! You know Kon far better than I do, so...

I've seen way too many people shitting on Clark for being a bad dad, but... I'm not sure that's exactly how things went down outside of the Young Justice cartoon?

Yeah, yeah, they never consider each other father and son in the comics, but I guess I just wished to know what do you think about how their relationship developed compared to the cartoon?

I'm just tired of seeing it

I’ll be honest… it’s been a while since i’ve read any Kon stuff :( BUT that being said I do know a bit about his original relationship with Clark outside of the comics so don’t run away yet (it’s crazy to think about how young justice was also my first introduction to him and I absolutely hated him until i got into the comics)

Originally Kon was just one of those metahuman clones made by Cadmus and he was created using only human DNA that was altered to be similar to Superman‘s. But then there was the whole DC retcon thing in like 2003 i think where he was made like a hybrid clone using human DNA (Lex’s) and kryptonian (obviously, Clark’s) and i rly dont know much abt their relationship after that.

So at first yeah it was never really a father-son or even a brotherly relationship between Clark and Kon, Kon was just sort of this weird freaky lab thing to Clark that he didn’t really like and didn’t know how to act around. I think he was kind of mad about them creating Kon and like the purpose they created him for (which like fair enough) but I wouldn’t say he was mad at Kon directly but he was upset more at his existence. And ya know it was to the point where Clark didn’t really acknowledge him and I mean like Kon at this point didn’t even have a name; he was still going by Superboy and didn’t have a civilian identity so the relationship there was definitely rocky I would say.

Clark definitely came to respect Kon more after working with him a bit on missions and such and eventually he gave Kon the kryptonian name of Kon-El, and again I wouldn’t necessarily say that at this point it was a father–son relationship either, but more like a cousin kind of relationship. Like “you’re part of my family even if we aren’t directly related or anything” ya know? And eventually Kon does go to live on the Kent Farm with Clark’s parents so their relationship definitely improved but I honestly still don’t know if in the comics I would say it was as brotherly of relationship as the cartoon made it out to be but that might just be how I interpreted it?

My opinion though of how their relationship developed in the comics compared to the cartoon is I kind of like a little bit of them both. Like I didn’t enjoy how he was written in the cartoon obviously, but I do like the idea of them being more like brothers than they were in the comics especially bc Kon was living with the Kents. We didn’t get really anything development wise of their relationship between the five-year gap of season one and season two so it feels a little forced or like fakey ya know (i do know there is comics based on the cartoon and some of them take place during the five-year gap but I don’t really care for those and I don’t plan on reading them either lol).

The development of their relationship in the comics feels a little more well written to me in the sense that it’s more realistic of Clark to see Kon as family, yes, but as a cousin, ya know like just someone who is part of your family and you can come to care for them, but they’re not your son or your brother and you don’t hold any huge responsibility to them (that’s like a whole other thing I feel like I could talk about). we do also have to cut the cartoon some slack and factor in that comics in general have a lot more time and space to establish a relationship and it’s definitely probably easier than trying to cram it into 20 minute episodes

In both the comics and the cartoon though I think Clark sort of you know rejecting Kon at first is kinda essential to Kon’s development as a hero and individual and to showing that Clark isn’t flawless and he makes mistakes (another thing I could complain about for a bit)  but really because I haven’t read the comics that were based on the cartoon—which has what seems like a lot of developmental stories to the cartoon universe—I don’t know if I could fully judge or compare the original comic’s relationship to the cartoon’s relationship lmao

I definitely though don’t like the idea of Clark being Kon’s father. I know, I know, a lot of people favor a father-son relationship for them, but I think Clark being a father figure to Kon feels very very fanon-y, which by no means is me saying that fanon is bad or anything, but I think it’s playing a lot on the 2003 retcon that made Kon a hybrid clone of Clark. The retcon itself I feel like also kind of pushed an agenda of Clark being more of a father to Kon then he was pre-retcon so i dont really blame people for seeing it that way either. But essentially I think how some people talk about Clark and blame him entirely for not “being there“ for Kon is pretty dumb and the cartoon fueled and promoted that idea a lot i think. Yes Clark treated Kon unfairly in both the comics and cartoon at first, but it’s unfair of people to shit on Clark for that when he does change how he sees Kon, and even comes to care for him (maybe more so in the cartoon than the comics but either way)

Shit, well, I really definitely did not mean to write this much but once I started going I just couldn’t stop BALDLSLJD rip to u if u were looking for a quick answer, and please please ignore how bad the punctuation is, I voice typed a lot of this