lehoodcollector · 7 months ago
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Decide to do a setup cause I was bored! #batmanspeedingbullets #wonderwoman1984 #mcfarlanetoys #dcfigures #batmanwonderwoman #dcelseworlds #toyphotography #marvelsurtur #surtur
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comicchannel · 2 years ago
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DC Multiverse Superman Speeding Bullets Batman - McFarlane
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shycorvid · 2 months ago
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I've read on other posts that some people think authors keep to the batfam when it comes to DC because they're more comfortable using that solid fanon foundation. And that might be true for some, but here's my POV:
I grew up with Batman. The movies and cartoons mostly, yes, but I know enough to make my own headcanons and play with the characters in the way that pleases me most. And what I like most about the bats, besides childhood nostalgia, is that they're human. They don't have powers. They have their brains, training, and gadgets.
I dunno about anyone else, but I'm really not up for playing the whole "why didn't you write this super-powered character do this" or "you do know that this guy can do that" game just because I forget Superman has ice breath or something silly like that. And, sure, I write Danny in the dpxdc crossover just fine, but that's because I'm comfortable picking and choosing our favorite ghost boy's power level- as is most of the dp fandom. We can make him OP as hell or weak depending on our mood, and no one bats an eyelash. Forget that Green Lantern literally has nothing but his imagination to limit him, and people get real uppity about it.
So I'm most comfortable having these super-powered demigods being background characters. Honestly, I don't like playing with OP characters. There's way too many powers to keep track of regarding Superman and his family alone, and I have no patience for powerscalers who want to "but actually" me if I dare "nerf" a character or two.
If I ever expand into the DC-verse, most likely I'll just gravitate to the Arrows.
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cyanide-sippy-cup · 5 months ago
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I figured it out. How to solve the whole Superman v Flash who's faster debate without having to explain comic lore. Simply, Superman is faster than a speeding bullet while Flash is as fast as lightning. I'm sure this will clear everything up because everyone definitely knows the difference in speed of those two things. Definitely.
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momachan · 5 months ago
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"What am I? There's my answer, Alfred! Up there, whirling in the darkness! Can you see them? Can you see my brothers? No, of course you can't. But I can. I can see things-- hear things-- that no else can. I can spread my "wings" and fly through the shadows of the night! There's so much I can do... that I've never let myself know I can do. I've hidden so much of my own power from myself-- as punishment for that little boy's crimes! But I'm not punishing myself any more, Alfred! I know myself-- at last!"
Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1 (DC Elseworlds). "Speeding Bullets."
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dailydccomics · 1 year ago
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a universe where the Waynes found Kal-El and raised him as Bruce Wayne Superman: Speeding Bullets (1993)
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theforty7thgamer · 2 months ago
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They should make a Superman trio of villains.
They should be called
The Speeding Bullet
The Powerful Locomotive
And The Tall Building
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evilhorse · 2 years ago
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We have reason to hope.
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abuddyforeveryseason · 5 months ago
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It's Superman and Supergirl! Remember the Superdictionary? The one where Lex Luthor stole forty cakes? He stole forty cakes!
You know, it seems like, inside every writer, there are two wolves - one who wants to be as self-indulgent as they want, write stuff only to themselves, and not care about criticism at all. The other, the one who wants to be as popular as possible, try and craft a story based solely on what people want and strip it of any flaws, no matter how personally revelant these flaws are to them.
And to a certain point, both sides are kind of childish - wanting to be self-indulgent is like wanting to play with your toys alone and get mad at any suggestions, even though sometimes suggestions are given specifically because someone likes the writing, and wants to see it evolve. And of course, being too dependant on praise is also childish, cause it's like wanting mommy to see you do a tumble - having confidence means doing stuff for yourself as well, after all.
The one big criticism every writer has to answer to, the first thing everyone hears again and again when starting to write - is to avoid making your main character a Mary Sue. Meaning, flawless, overpowered, too important to the plot and being too unique compared to the rest of the cast.
Yeah, I mean, that does sound like an unpleasant read. The big problem is that term was created mostly to discuss stories that are based on the idea of external struggle. So if the conflict in the story comes from characters having a hard time surviving, a character that's universally powerful and beloved is boring.
That is the big complaint everyone has about Superman - why is in interesting to read a story where the tension comes from finding out who wins a fight, if one of the challengers can punch the sun shut?
And I'm not sure if I'd classify Superman as a Mary Sue. He's the strongest guy in the story, sure, but the conflict isn't whether he'll win a given fight. The conflict comes from the way the plot's constructed, whether Superman knows who the enemy is, if he can get there in time to stop him, how other people feel about it...
And there's the inner conflict that comes from Superman having a secret identity. That goes against the "Mary Sue" accusation because having the secret identity is a flaw. It was the big flaw that set the character apart from others when he was first published. And although it's never really explained why Superman even bothers "pretending" to be Clark Kent, it makes sense, even if only on a subconscious level, back when the character was created.
I know that, if I started developing superpowers as a teen, I wouldn't abandon my current identity and life, and my adolescence wasn't even as wholesome as Clark's, with his upstanding parents and friends. So, the reason Superman has a secret identity is that, even if he's not human, he's a person, with all the lived-in background, dreams and psychology that that ensues.
Then, during the Silver Age, writers pretty much gave up on portraying Superman as an enviable, much less powerful figure. For most of it, Superman was subjected to all sorts of humiliations, from being turned into a monkey every other issue, becoming evil at the flip of a hat, or otherwise being portrayed as a mean-spirited prankster or neurotic egomaniac.
All that, of course, was to suprise audiences who were shocked to see their hero reduced to such a pathetic figure.
Of course, after then, Superman was not much different than any other superhero out there - if he was super strong, his enemies were just as strong. Also sometimes he wasn't even that strong. There was even The Death of Superman, an interesting story where he was killed by the personification of the nineties.
Of course, the idea that the main character is going to be victorious isn't exactly news to the audience - at least not if the story's supposed to be about dangerous conflict. Nobody watches The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron assuming there's a chance Jimmy will be slaughtered by the end of the episode.
Mary Sues are called conflict-killers because they're overpowered, but also because they're boring. A character can be all that much better/stronger/smarter than everyone else, but readers don't mind it so much if they're also interesting. Or if the story around them is interesting. It's usually the case with a character like Sherlock Holmes - not only is he a genius, he's also surprisingly strong for a skinny, balding englishman. He's rich, too, and can even be pretty handsome and charming when he wants. And to top it all off, he's a badass who flaunts his superior intellect by declaring he gets bored with the matters of the common man.
But the stories are good, because his hypercompetence is what allows us to see him figuring out the truth. And that's often pretty interesting. Except in that story where the guy's impotence drugs were turning him into a monkey.
There are other ways to make stories with all-competent characters interesting. Sometimes comics are more about the art (and in some cases, the circunstances that make it so the backgrounds are so interesting), so it's a lot of fun if Mary Sue's just plowing her way through the plot to let us see the pretty pictures. If the Mary Sue isn't the protagonist, jealousy and admiration are interesting plots. It's a thing that works well in comedy too.
But the interesting thing about Mary Sues, and Superman in particular, is that, if the character isn't bogged down by the dangers of the world and its associated fears, the story becomes becomes purely about morality - if Superman can do anything he wants, what should he do? The best Superman (and Superman analogue) stories are about questions like that. And some of the worst ones are the ones that fumble the answer.
Anyway, he's resting with Supergirl there. Funny. Why does he even need to rest? He can punch out the sun for God's sake!
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flexingtyger99 · 2 years ago
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Superman: Speeding Bullets
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sspacegodd · 1 year ago
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There are a lot of things I'm not faster than.
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snakeredbirdbatkatana · 1 year ago
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So I have gotten into this before but I find it fascinating that with one word the Bats can have the Supers at their door.
Like think about it with one scream a racing heart the most powerful men in the world are running to you. They can catch bullets move at the speed of sound shoot lasers out of their eyes hear all around the world. Yet every second of the day they are listening and waiting for a call.
A call that they will drop everything for.
Kon will race to Gotham to catch Tim before he falls from a building.
Clark will grab Bruce out of the middle of a hostage situation.
Damian jumps into the air and Jon grabs him before he hits the ground.
The definition of you call I come.
I am a sucker for Tim shouting Kon and he's there with a bullet bouncing off his chest before the gun is even cool.
Tim who knows as long as Kon alive he's never alone he's never without backup there is always someone who will come. A kid who grew up chasing his heroes looking out for himself now never has to actually fight a battle alone because there will be a boy who will come flying his Superman who won't let him fall.
It's amazing
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prismuffin · 17 days ago
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Heya i wanted to do an ask about how batman, superman, green lantern, flash would react to a magic user reader who prefers using a gun. Like his spell book is just floating beside him in battle open but he just uses his gun instead.
Also i hope u have great day :3
Let’s do a classic DC ask as a small comeback! Anyways I think that-
Batman would have expected you to show him up a bit, like Constantine has before. But when in battle the last thing he expected you to do was pull out a fucking gun??? You had your spell book floating beside you as you came to his aid, it let out an ethereal glow that exuded power, surely you were going to release some pretty potent magic right? Welp forget all that, you just straight up shot the guy you were fighting. He found it quite humorous and after the fight he immediately asked what the gun was all about. You said you had to catch the guy off guard, saying that you found it more straightforward than using magic all the time, especially since that can be taxing at times, and he wasn’t worth the small fatigue that would’ve plagued you afterward. Every time he sees you just pull out a gun rather than using magic he can’t help but find it a bit amusing.
Superman would be rather shocked to see you suddenly pull out a gun. I mean, he gets it if you were too tired or if it was a last resort but your spell book was floating right beside you, still open and ready to be channeled. He wondered why you would handicap yourself, surely your spells are much stronger than any old lead bullet. After the fight he’d question you on it, and when you said it was just more practical and less mentally taxing he’d still suggest that you should use your strong spells since that’s what makes you such a good fighter. You decided to prove him wrong by only using your gun for the rest of that mission, also just to tease him a bit.
Hal would be genuinely confused. He’d also be somewhat concerned, had you overworked yourself and now this was your last resort? He’d let out a chuckle as he asked what the hell you were doing mid-fight. You just said that these goons were starting to piss you off and he was suddenly a little more scared of you. You were already pretty powerful with your spells but to know that when you get angry or annoyed this is what you resort to, had him a little fearful. At least he knows not to get on your bad side.
Barry would straight up bust out laughing as soon as he saw you say fuck it and just start shooting. He’d stop mid-fight just to laugh, speaking between his laughter and only speeding to get away from some of the guys that were trying to fight or shoot him as he questioned out loud why you just did that. You couldn’t help but smirk before saying that these guys were so bad it wasn’t even worth the effort of using any of your spells. He agreed with you, saying that he was barely even speeding to get away from these dudes. You both just kept bashing on their fighting styles and aim as you took them out without even trying for the most part. You two left that mission laughing at the lack of effort it took, he’ll never get over you just defaulting back to using a gun in a fight it’s the funniest thing to him.
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solstice3839 · 2 months ago
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In Superman: Speeding Bullets Clark didn’t only put on the batsuit but where raised as Bruce Wayne and later became Batman
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momachan · 5 months ago
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"For so many years he'd hidden his pain... denying the wounded little boy who'd watched, traumatized and helpless, while his parents were murderer. That's who the Batman was: A child in a Halloween costume, playing out a lifetime of guilt and anger. And his vision was as narrow as a child's, focused on one goal: Punishing the bad man who'd taken his mother and father away. But the time had finally come for him to realize that, in scaling down his vision... he'd scaled down his soul."
Elseworlds: Superman Vol. 1 (DC Elseworlds). "Speeding Bullets."
I need this development but for the real Bruce Wayne.
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puppetwoman17 · 5 months ago
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Not as Billy Batson related but y’know those one shot comics where a hero gets slotted onto another one’s life like “Hey, how about we do a backstory swap?” Like Superman: Speeding bullets where he’s Batman?
Other heroes in Billy’s shoes
Bruce, buzzing with excitement that he can do his vigilante justice at the ripe old age of 8
Diana, buffed to hell and back with Shazam powers and her goddess blessings
lol, they would love that. And you best believe Bruce is thinking of the upsides of starting an early vigilante career.
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