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Great news: Superman to renounce his U.S. citizenship
HotAir ^ | April 27, 2011 | Allahpundit

Posted on 04/28/2011 7:27:59 AM PDT by rightwingintelligentsia

The bad news: He’s supposed to be an immortal symbol of truth, justice, and the American way. Or at least he was before that line got written out of the script in order not to offend foreign audiences. The good news: Isn’t he … an illegal alien? Since when did we start admitting people from Krypton, anyway? Ah well. More work available now for American patriots like Batman and Spider-Man.

I’m actually not sure what to make of this:

Goyer’s installment, with tense art from Miguel Sepulveda, steals the spotlight in Action Comics No. 900. When Superman drops in on an Iranian protest to stand with demonstrators in an act of nonviolent civil disobedience, the U.S. government takes him to task for acting as an instrument of national policy. Superman responds by renouncing his American citizenship and proclaiming himself a citizen of the universe…

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TOPICS: Miscellaneous
KEYWORDS: 2disgusting4words; antiamerican; comicbooks; davidgoyer; dccomics; superman
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To: HollyB

How come Superman has stopped aging? I mean he flew in here as a baby and grew up in Kansas, did the high school thing and got a job at the paper.

But now, it doesn’t look like he’s aging anymore. What’s up with that? Can we get the Daily Planet on the interweb?


41 posted on 04/28/2011 10:38:12 AM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: GRRRRR
In most comics no one ages appreciably. Some children are an exception, though...Dick Grayson (Robin) started out as 12 years old when he first appeared in 1940. Now he's in his mid-20's.
42 posted on 04/28/2011 10:42:01 AM PDT by Abin Sur
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To: GRRRRR

Superman doesn’t age probably for the same reason that Tarzan never needs a shave.


43 posted on 04/28/2011 11:05:06 AM PDT by NCLaw441 (I before E except after C, or when sounded as A in neighbor and weigh. Isn't that WEIRD?)
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To: Abin Sur
I see this as a positive, to some degree. Superman goes to Iran to protest against their regime, and the US government penalizes him for doing so.

I can believe the Obama Regime taking a hard stance against such a move. Now, had Superman gone to Egypt or Libya, he'd be shooting hoops with Barry the next week.

44 posted on 04/28/2011 11:06:26 AM PDT by Carling (Obama: Inexperienced and incompetent, yet ego maniacal. God help us all.)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia

All Superman will get this Christmas is a lump of green Kryptonite.


45 posted on 04/28/2011 11:14:03 AM PDT by TexasRepublic (Socialism is the gospel of envy and the religion of thieves)
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I know I’m turning down a lot of fun here, but...

If Kal-El isn’t an American anymore, I’m not sure I’m going to pretend to be Kal-El anymore.

It’s just another example of how liberals ruin everything they touch. I wish the little punks who think the purpose of the comic book industry is to make points about American politics would get exposed to kryptonite...not the real kryptonite (I’m not wishing cancer on them) but whatever is their kryptonite. I suspect testosterone is the substance in question.

What really sucks is that people like Cindy Sheehan don’t renounce their American citizenship, but the symbol of truth, justice and the American way does after on little tiff with Obama.


46 posted on 04/28/2011 1:30:53 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

I know I’m turning down a lot of fun here, but...

If Kal-El isn’t an American anymore, I’m not sure I’m going to pretend to be Kal-El anymore.

It’s just another example of how liberals ruin everything they touch. I wish the little punks who think the purpose of the comic book industry is to make points about American politics would get exposed to kryptonite...not the real kryptonite (I’m not wishing cancer on them) but whatever is their kryptonite. I suspect testosterone is the substance in question.

What really sucks is that people like Cindy Sheehan don’t renounce their American citizenship, but the symbol of truth, justice and the American way does after one little tiff with Obama.


47 posted on 04/28/2011 1:30:59 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: rightwingintelligentsia; KentTrappedInLiberalSeattle

BTW, I seem to recall that the last time Supoes decided to become a “citizen of the world” it was in the Justice League Animated Series. He didn’t renounce his citizenship in so many words, but he showed up at the UN and told them he was getting rid of all the nukes. Similar storyline happened in Superman IV, IIRC.

How’d that work out? In the Justice League version, a few months later we were nearly wiped out as a species by a massive invasion force of White Martians. In the Supes IV version the Nuclear Man nearly screwed us all.

In other words, past comic writers used the idea of Supes putting America aside as an indication he had lost his way and started deciding that he had enough wisdom to solve our problems for us. Now they think it means he’s smart. Why? Because he thinks like them.


48 posted on 04/28/2011 1:40:48 PM PDT by Mr. Silverback (Anyone who says we need illegals to do the jobs Americans won't do has never watched "Dirty Jobs.")
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To: Abin Sur

That’s true...so sad, Nancy never reached puberty and had kids, grandkids...

Must be horrible to be a comic book or cartoon character, how do they all survive such a mundane life?


49 posted on 04/28/2011 2:06:32 PM PDT by GRRRRR (He'll NEVER be my President, FUBO! Treason is the Reason! Impeach the Kenyan)
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To: rightwingintelligentsia
Time for another Beer Summit!

Lex Luthor can be invited...the more the merrier!

50 posted on 04/28/2011 2:15:55 PM PDT by Night Hides Not (If Dick Cheney = Darth Vader, then Joe Biden = Dark Helmet)
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To: GRRRRR
Wally Wood addressed this way back in the '50s, in the Mad Magazine parody, "Little Orphan Melvin".


51 posted on 04/28/2011 2:30:36 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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To: dfwgator
What If Superman Grew up in Nazi Germany

That would be the Superman of Earth-10.


52 posted on 04/28/2011 2:36:27 PM PDT by Abin Sur
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Thanks rightwingintelligentsia.
53 posted on 04/30/2011 10:14:45 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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54 posted on 04/30/2011 11:23:42 AM PDT by SunkenCiv (Thanks Cincinna for this link -- http://www.friendsofitamar.org)
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To: Red Badger
John Byrne’s “Man of Steel” mini-series from 1986(?) solved the question of Superman's citizenship. Apparently Kryptonians conceived via artificial insemination and the children gestated in artificial wombs. Jor-El loaded the artificial womb containing as-yet-unborn Kal-El into the rocket ship and sent it to Earth. When the rocket landed, Kal-El emerged from the womb and was born in Kansas.

Yes, I'm a comic book geek.

55 posted on 05/27/2011 4:07:52 PM PDT by MikeD (We live in a world where babies are like velveteen rabbits that only become real if they are loved.)
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To: MikeD

Here’s a question:

How did Ma Kent manage to make his costumes from his blankets and other materials found inside the rocket if they could not be cut, burned, torn, ripped or otherwise modified because they were ‘super’ too?...................


56 posted on 05/31/2011 5:43:01 AM PDT by Red Badger (Jesus said there is no marriage in Heaven. That's why they call it Heaven............)
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