A page of superdickery, and a Superman-related Green Lantern question

[espanolbot]

Okay, the question: has there ever been any explanation in the comics as to why the Guardians of the Universe didn't attempt to save Krypton from exploding (other than a real life reason like "then they wouldn't be able to print Superman comics")?

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[whitecometrx7]

an army of supermen sounds dangerous doesn't it? and the guardians don't interfere with things right?

Blame Tomar-Re

[glprime]

Tomar's most famous mission while serving in the Corps dealt with the planet Krypton. Krypton, a planet in sector 2813, was growing increasingly unstable. It was due to explode, caused by internal pressures deep inside the planet's core. Tomar-Re sought to use a rare compound called stellarium to absorb some of the tectonic pressure, thus saving the Kryptonians. He gathered the compound, and was en route to Krypton when a yellow solar flare blinded him, and forced him to drop the stellarium. He quickly recovered, but discovered he was blind. He gathered what little stellarium he could without his sight, and proceeded towards Krypton. He was closing in when his vision started to clear. The first thing he saw upon his sight returning was Krypton exploding. The Guardians recovered Tomar and brought him back to Oa, where he healed and rested.

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[kamino_neko]

... Poor Tomar-Re.

Good thing Clark's more accepting of failure than Fatality...

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[naebler]

I wonder if Clark knows.

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[falseaesop]

Moot point Tomar-Re is dead, Tomar-Tu is now GL of that sector

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[nagaoka]

Awww, we could have had a Star Sapphire Superman...

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[tornadotwin.blogspot.com]

so thats where JJAbrams got that story from. and I thought Star Trek was original. ha.

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[electronickiss]

Missed the giant list of Star Wars things incorporated into the movie? (Ie Farm boy, ice planet, older mentor, etc etc etc)

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[lamashtar]

I remember that issue. I should go look it up.

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[darkblade]

A yellow solar flare from a red sun?

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[glprime]

I copied the summary from a wiki, so we'll have to see if someone will post scans (I think it was Superman #257) for how the story was presented.

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[kamino_neko]

It seems unlikely that the solar flare was from Rao, if he was far enough from Krypton to recover, or too far to actually use the Stellarium.

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[auggie18]

Actually, Booster Gold! Time traveling to protect continuity!

[zordboy]

To be fair with regards to the superdickery there, when the Spectre wants to get inside your head, and you have a specific weakness against powerful magic, there's really not much you can do about it.

[punishermax]

I think most people will take a rain check on "journeying" into the Specter's "essence" there Supes.

[q99]

GLs can't be everywhere, and don't always know a disaster in advance.

If Krypton had been open enough to let GLs regularly visit, things may have been busy.

[q99]

Er, different. Weird typo.

[sistermagpie]

I suspect there's a lot of heroes who would like to have this video and just watch it when they feel down.

[autolychus2]

Why do I hear Andre the Giant as the Dread Pirate Roberts when I read Supey-Dupey's dialogue in this scan?