When Superman learned to fly

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Three pages from ACTION COMICS 5 and four from issue 6...







Remember, ACTION COMICS takes place at the beginning of Superman's career, so it's a time traveling Superman from the future in all the following scenes, working alongside the Legion of Superheroes.



The octopus is Erik Drekken (What, no snazzy codename, Morrison?), a villain with a pretty neat power. He's basically like Evolvo Lad from the Heroes of Lallor or Manikin from Alpha Flight, but to the nth power.



That leads into the scene that superfangirl posted, in which Superman searches his memory to find where it's wonky, in order to pinpoint the exact spot in his mind the bad guys are hiding.



Inside a tesseract in Superman's brain, the Legion successfully defeats the Anti-Superman Army and recover the kryptonite engine from them.

Comments

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I can't deny that he hasn't got a point

That's a lot of negatives, and suggests that you think he's wrong.

So yeah, I do think they've worked best when they give him advice and strength as a child rather than as an adult.

Can't agree there, IMHO they worked best when they were one of his anchors to Earth and a still present moral compass for him to talk to and discuss matters with, like real parents are to grown ups all over the world.

I think Byrne's logic for still having them around was good; What offers more varied storytelling possibilities? Having the Kents dead, or having them alive?