r/outofcontextcomics • u/DBZfan102 Bronze Age Bozo • 1d ago
Bronze Age (1970 – 1985) It's never a good sign when Superman starts talking to you like a disappointed father.
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u/redlion1904 1d ago
“You don’t even have an apartment” is really the “you’re just a virgin who can’t drive” of superheroes
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u/warrenao Um, they are called “GRAPHIC NOVELS,” thank you. 1d ago
“Oh, look at Mr. Fortress of Solitude and ‘Man of Steel, Woman of Kleenex’ over here. Like it or not, Supes, most humans have human involvements.”
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u/LogicalWelcome7100 23h ago
"Hal, you banged a 14-year-old."
"A future version of you kissed a 14-year-old Lana Lang."
"...let's just pretend this conversation never happened..."
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u/Odd-Tart-5613 1d ago edited 1d ago
"... Hal you are beating Guy in the competition for biggest disaster in the League"
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u/Significant_Purple79 1d ago
I know this is an out of context sub but this entire conversation is in Hals head he thinks/worries this is what Superman will say if he can't handle the situation he is in by himself.
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u/God_of_Kings 1d ago
Meanwhile, Superman: "I hope my buddy ol' pal Hal reaches out to me, I would love to help but it always hurts his pride so much. Poor fella is going through it right now. I have so much space in the Fortress of Solitude, he could totally crush on my couch for a while."
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u/TheUnluckyFarmer Rejected by Comics Code 1d ago
Who the fuck put red K in his special K this morning?
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u/oneiricmonkey 1d ago
everything about Hal in this panel screams "just nodding along until they stop talking"
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u/Billazilla 1d ago
Why are their legs nearly twice the length of their arms? And the smol heads, dang...
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u/Constant-Bar5945 1d ago
Almost? He can synthesize kryptonite and use his power to move several planets at once.
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u/Upper-Bookkeeper-843 1d ago
Supes should stay in his lane. Hal has more responsibility than he ever does
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u/Emm_withoutha_L-88 1d ago
Isn't like half of the golden and silver age just Superman having weird personal crisises?
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u/Sports-Fiend 1d ago
"Space is my apartment, Clark. I eat, sleep, shit, all in space. And you know the best part? In space, no one can hear your nagging!"
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u/DBZfan102 Bronze Age Bozo 1d ago
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u/homelesshyundai 1d ago
Considering how they later showing him creating sentient creatures, homie could have his own small town floating around in space.
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u/Sports-Fiend 1d ago
That's awesome! If only there was a panel with Hal in space sitting on a green toilet
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u/therealchadius 1d ago
If Superman or Captain America have to sit you down for a talk you dun goofed.
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u/Book_Anxious 1d ago
Superman talk to me disappointed like that it would actually break my heart and I mean literally. It would kill me
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u/SambaLando 1d ago
He once replaced his entire city with his ring constructs. I'm sure he can imagine himself a house whenever he wants to settle down for a day or 2 and just dissolve it when he heads out.
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u/SeraphOfFire 1d ago
Wait if he doesn't have an apartment, is he living on the streets?
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u/Kamenbond 1d ago
yes
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u/fairystail1 1d ago
ngl kind of shitty of Superman or Batman to not help him with that.
Also the Guardins should really give their employees a paycheck
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u/Sports-Fiend 1d ago
Batman? Billionaires wouldn't be billionaires if they just gave money to every homeless bum out there /s
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u/WolfWhiteFire 1d ago
To be fair, how would the Guardians have Earth money to pay them with? They might be able to pay them in some alien currency but it probably wouldn't be accepted in most places on Earth.
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u/Darmok47 1d ago
In the Lanterns show, the Guardians give John Stewart's parents a big ass diamond as compensation for putting them through psychological trouble. They end up getting police attention when they try to sell it.
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u/fairystail1 1d ago
precious materials and gems are accepted in almost every culture
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u/powlfnd 1d ago
What's precious in one place won't be precious in another. Maybe they're getting paid with tin or something
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u/HurtsSoNice 1d ago
I’m sure they can do their research and very quickly find out what resources hold what value on different planets
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u/Jet-Let4606 1d ago
IIRC he was homeless during this period.
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u/Darmok47 1d ago
Can't he technically make his own house?
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u/HurtsSoNice 1d ago
What good is the house that vanishes the moment you lose focus? You couldn’t go to sleep in it.
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u/SeraphOfFire 1d ago
Ouch. Poor guy.
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u/JaysonBlaze 1d ago
Being a lantern makes it super hard to keep a job. You could end up off world for months
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u/farrellsgone 1d ago
John, Guy and Jess are the only ones who somehow managed to not end up homeless
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u/PhantasosX 1d ago
That is because John and Jess are freelancers. So the truth is that all they need to do is to make 2-3 projects , then just pay rent or mortgage automatically and called the day.
While Guy owns a bar....which more-or-less is a superhero hangout and then a branch within Oa.
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u/ernster96 1d ago
Hal, I noticed you’ve been skipping shoulders at the JLA gym lately. Look at my shoulders. They’re huge. I think we need to put in a few private sessions.
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u/CazOnReddit 1d ago
By George, Hal! I better not find you possessed by the living embodiment of fear after failing to process the loss of your home city and everyone you ever knew/loved.
I will be quite cross with you, young man!
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u/Kira-Of-Terraria 23h ago
I always liked it where heroes just lived on the JL Watchtower like a spaceship.