Adventure Comics #4

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[thanekos]

THIS BOX

[iondan]

I though it's a little far fetched that Alex Luthor had never seen a computer. The internet maybe but a computer?

[toasty_fresh]

Hey, at least it's not glowing and green . . .

[kamino_neko]

The monitor's awful chunky, but the tower and modem are pretty normal looking.

Oldish, but normal.

[kamino_neko]

Really, the only consideration was making it a funny line, clearly, but, two comments:

1) It actually isn't terribly unreasonable to believe he's never seen a personal computer. He grew up in the Monitor's satellite, and it's not impossible that he never peeked in on someone using a PC in the 5 years they were trapped. The Bat-computer, the JLA's computer banks, that big holographic array Oracle had...he's almost guaranteed to have caught them...but a PC...it's not hard to believe they never thought to watch anyone who was busy at one.

2) Conversely, he could be an ubergeek. And geeks frequently refer to computers as boxes.

[thokstar]

This box_in_a_box?

[lamashtar]

OH GOD! BOX IS A CONDUIT FOR THE RAGE OF THE PEOPLE OF THIS EARTH!

[ian_karkull]

Which comes as a surprise to.. absolutely nobody.

[neuhallidae]

Wait, I thought the Joker killed Luthor Jr for leaving him out of the reality screwing fun. Why's he going after Prime?

[icon_uk]

Joker and Luthor killed Alex. But SPB and Alex spent a long time together in the hell dimension place, Alex is going after his friend first, knowing he's chock full of rage.

[xdoop]

Most of the BLs are going after their loved ones, not their enemies.

[sherkahn]

He has a stronger emotional connection to Prime than to the Joker.

[iondan]

I don't generally burst out laughing when I read comics, but I thought the computer scene and "it's prime time!" were hillarious.

I'm glad someone posted them they were one of the best parts of this issue, I think

[darkknightjrk]

Yeah, the computer line made me laugh my ass off when I read that. :D

[foxhack]

What

They actually used "It's Prime Time"?!

LAWSUIT YEAAAAAAAAAAH :P

[comicoz]

I actually thought the same thing.

Let's not point out how long we both have apparently been reading comics, m'kay?

[foxhack]

I actually only heard that Prime said that. I never read the book. Haw haw. :D

(But I did play the Sega CD Prime game... and made it farther ahead than anyone else ever did at the time, apparently.)

[buttler]

Let's see, I guess I'd been reading comics about 20 years by the time Prime came out.

[cainofdreaming]

When did Prime kill a Bloodlines parasite?

Also, I must contest Alex's observation. The box ain't just a conduit for rage. Just add together all hype for future MMO's, all the porn, all the warez, all the people going "Awww." at hang in there kitten, 2girls1cup video... That box is the white lantern, if anything.

[xdoop]

That might be Charaxes, who Prime ripped in half in Infinite Crisis #7.

[cainofdreaming]

Hmm, probably then. Didn't read it, so that would explain that.

[cainofdreaming]

I'd think it'd be more like Dove's deal.

... I did not just imagine Gore and Gates in white spandex. I did not. I deny that memory. Deny it with the power of several gallons of brain bleach.

[darkblade]

So does that mean Al Gore (who "invented" the internet) and Bill Gates have really emotional herts for the Black Lanterns to eat?

[yaseen101]

Okay, I like this, I really like this and I wouldn't mind reading an entire series about Prime acting like this issue here and getting in to comedic situations set in Earth Prime.

[auggie18]

Oh so seconded. I was pissed when I saw Kon wouldn't feature, but this was just as good. I would buy/read this.

[thehefner]

Thirded. This could be like the murderous version of FANBOY, a mini-series about Superboy-Prime, the all-powerful comic fan that nobody likes.

Also, with the addition of the scene of him with his parents (which wasn't posted here), I'm actually starting to pity the li'l psycho.

[auggie18]

I know! That part where he asked his mom if she loved him and she was all like "no" and he was all "screw that noise, I love you anyway?" It was sorta sweet. In a creepy way.

I want to know what happened to his girlfriend though. Even though it was probably horrible.

[auggie18]

...this book is making me like Superboy Prime. I repeat, this book is making me like him. Something is terribly wrong.

[sailorlibra]

Me too, though it's mostly because I feel sorry for him.

[toasty_fresh]

It feels so wrong, but I just can't help myself . . .

[theanswer]

This is why I love SB-Prime.

[glimmung]

I read that as sub-prime. Make of that what you will.

[dreamreaver]

Help! I'm being entertained by Superbrat-Prime!

[dorksidefiker]

Just keep telling yourself you're being amused by his pain.

[darkknightjrk]

God, I loved this issue for the twisted, meta-y crack it is. :D

[tsunamiwombat]

I wouldn't mind if they used this story to finally REDEEM Prime instead of keeping him a strawman...

[xdoop]

This is from an interview during the time the Sinestro Corps storyline was starting out.

NRAMA: If we had to lay money on it, what’s the safer bet – that Superboy Prime could redeem himself, or he’s a member of Bad Guys 4-ever?

GJ: I think it’s a split. You saw his reaction when he did what he did in Infinite Crisis, but at that same time, he’s walked over that line. Does he think he can walk back? Should he? Does this universe even matter to him anymore? Is it the fact that, now that he’s got a big dent on his car, another one won’t matter? If he’s already on that path, is he going to continue on it, or is he going to really try and work and go back?

It’s a tough thing, but of course, the parallel is Hal Jordan, which is why he works so well in that book. It’s no mistake or coincidence why Superboy Prime is going to be dealt with in Green Lantern quite a bit.

I think it would be interesting if he did try redeeming himself, but I don't know if he's done too much now.

[tsunamiwombat]

There's always the Heroic Kamikazi Manuever.

[glitterandlube]

Why must he be in every book I read?

[xdoop]

Because you touch yourself at night.

[glitterandlube]

Not just at night.

[rdfox]

Motto. Motto motto motto!

Seriously, this version of SBP I actually *enjoy*. He's the poor bastard who never wanted this shit, but got it thrust upon him anyway.

[crinos]

About time someone put that little shit stain in his place. Zombie Alex Luthor is officially my hero.

[hero_of_lallor]

Prime is the new Ambush Bug

[katzedecimal]

I like the way you think.

[yaseen101]

I second that motion.

[nezchan]

Ooh, a Superboy Whine/Ambush Bug mini would be epic on an epic scale of epicness!

[espanolbot]

Major Disaster, noooo! :(

[thehefner]

Sure looks like him! Even though they said he wasn't actually killed, it was Boss something-or-other instead.

He'd better not be dead, dang it.

[foxhack]

Wikipedia says Major Disaster was killed in another event. T_T

[thehefner]

What? Where? I'm looking at the entry, but it says it was Boss Moxie who died and that MD hasn't appeared since IC # 7.

[foxhack]

This was in the Boss Moxie entry:

"Also, Dan stated that Moxie had killed Major Disaster during the "Battle of Metropolis.""

[thehefner]

Well that's weird, it doesn't make any mention of that in Major Disaster's own entry. But even if that's the case, there's no reason why MD should be in the above scans, since those Black Lanterns are all Prime's direct victims.

Something's seriously fishy here.

[xdoop]

That's probably just someone vandalizing the article.

[foxhack]

Hopefully. I'm tempted to dig up the issues from somewhere to find out.

[foxhack]

THAT'S NOT HIM THAT'S BOSS MOXIE DAN DIDIO SAID SO LA LA LA LA LA LA NOT LISTENING LAAAAAAAAA

[filthysize]

This is hilarious. The concept can't sustain an ongoing, but I'd love to see a mini like this, done in comedy form. Maybe a subplot with Prime tracking down people who say bad things about him on the internet.

[foxhack]

Kinda like the ending to Jay and Silent Bob Strike Back? :P

[batgirl11]

Oh if Superboy Prime found scans_daily...

[aeolos_sakya]

"Superboy prime is a stupid, lame brat who should die. Who must die because..."
Eh? What's that in my windo... ARGH!
*it's killed*

[lamashtar]

He can't possibly find all of

[foxhack]

What, so he's going to be just like Candle Jack now, or some

[mullon]

Nope, not buying it. At this point I can't believe he is irredeemable.

[brandiweed.livejournal.com]

I'm figuring either Redemption By Death or Heel Face Door Slam with this one.

[jaybee3]

Hey if Hal Jordan can not only come back after Parallax and destroying the entire GLC all the way to being the "messiah" of Blackest Night and seemingly the head of Robinson's JLA, then anything can happen.

[aeolos_sakya]

IT WASN'T HIM! HE WAS POSSESED! IT WAS A YELLOW SPACE BUG!

[zordboy]

Yeah, you know, I still don't have an opinion on whether he's redeemable one way or the other.

But I'm still rootin' for the Black Lanterns. Kill the bastard, and let's just go home.

[jaybee3]

The Ordway art is pretty good in the pages I've seen. Miles above his last JSA arc art. He must have gotten a good inker?

Also on Superboy-Prime. I'm not sure what Johns is thinking when he writes S-P (and it has, with the exception of Countdown, been almost all Johns on the character). On one hand, it was GJ who turned the heroic boy from COIE who sacrificed everything to save others into a whining obnoxious mass-murdering fanboy parody (sometimes I think Johns wants S-P to be to him what Animal Man is to Morrison - a way to get meta with the readers) but at other times like the Annual during the Sinestro Corps that featured things from Prime's point of view he comes off somewhat sympathetic, he's just a kid with chip on his shoulder and powers 10x that of New Earth Supes.

Personally, I have a soft spot for S-P just because Johns has made him into such a straw man. Sort of in backlash of how he's been treated. I don't think I'm the only one.

[halialkers]

Was I the only one who expected to hear Transformers Jokes through this whole thing? Cybernetic villain greets "hero" with "Hello, Prime?". I mean....damn, I almost expected a Megatron Expy or something.

[celestialchild]

That would have been amazing.

[cmdr_zoom]

This is so meta I don't even have a handle on it. It's not even a comic book story anymore, just the writer talking to the readers.

[celestialchild]

I'll admit, Prime Time really was funny. This character is such an annoying pain in the ass, but that's one thing they got right when they decided to make him a villain. He is a good villain.

[zegim]

My love for Superboy Prime just grew some more.

[diamonette]

Okay, I normally don't skip most of the comments but through my CONDUIT of RAGE I must type that this issue genuinely made me give birth to lolmissiles.

[righthondude]

I started picking up Adventure Comics last ish, so I am clearly not in the loop, being more of a marvel reader. However, I've read about superboy prime on wiki and comms and forums, and I'm still really confused.
Does this relate to Superman: Identity? Does prime live in 'our' world? I thought he was in a prison.
I picked up this issue and did not understand what was happening at all. If I don't get it by now is it worth me trying to understand, or is it better for me to live in blissful ignorance and pretend I haven't read this?

[xdoop]

Busiek said that Superman: Secret Identity was inspired by Prime, but it isn't him.

As for Prime being in prison; he was at the end of Infinite Crisis, but the Sinestro Corps freed him later on.

This was the last time we saw him before this ish.
http://scans-daily.dreamwidth.org/664944.html?#cutid1

And yeah, Earth-Prime is basically supposed to be "our world."

[silverzeo]

I have this strange feeling for SB-P... is it... sympathy?

[naela]

I'm actually... beginning to like him.

[superfangirl1]

Can't believe I feeling sorry for the creep either.

[lbd_nytetrayn]

So, last I heard, I thought Superboy Prime was a Yellow Lantern or something. I guess that didn't exactly pan out?

--LBD "Nytetrayn"