Comic book idea: Cheney is trying to plan 9/11 and Iraq in the DC Universe where Superman exists (hexbear.net)

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How does the embodiment of Actually Existing America get any work done when the embodiment of America As A Concept is flying around outside with super hearing?

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[-] CommunistBear@hexbear.net 5 points 4 months ago

It would be interesting to see governments/people deal with Superman existing. CIA blacksites would be lined with lead and filled with some noise cancelling technology. You'd have to have some kind of kryptonite-alloy missiles. But even then you'd need to figure out a way to cancel out his eye beams or cold breath or his various powers.

Or, he would need to be overloaded in a very similar method that Iran did to strike israel. If you send enough ordinance that Superman can't stop it all, you don't need to worry about whatever fancy materials to make it Superman-proof

I got sidetracked thinking about fun dynamics. The US would partner with Lex Luthor almost immediately given that he has the most experience fighting Superman and is himself a member of the bourgeois

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 4 points 4 months ago

All these logistics of being the US state as it currently operates with Superman around would be interesting.

I'd also want to include political elements. Like what if Superman spoke out against the invasion of Iraq and the genocide in Palestine? What would be the response to Superman treating the US like any other villain?

Eventually superman would have to acknowledge no state is capable of the violence he is, and he needs to take a more hands on approach if he wants to make the world a better place. Kind of like the end of Alan Moore's Marvelman run

[-] orangejuche@hexbear.net 3 points 4 months ago

Your literally describing the plot of red son, which is what if Superman landed in Soviet Russia instead of USA. He kills Stalin, fuck Superman.

[-] reddit@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

I believe that's only in the animated version, in the comic he just fails to save him. The comic gets weird as hell tho, beyond just the typical complete misunderstanding of communism, capitalism, really anything about material reality or human nature.

[-] tombruzzo@hexbear.net 1 points 4 months ago

I'd go further than red son and be less lib. Having the story set now rather than as an alternate universe period piece would make it more relevant as well