DOOMSDAY: "The Brave and the Bold" and "Turtle Boy"

[starwolf_oakley]

There have been a few references here and there about how "The Brave and the Bold" sounds like the name of a soap opera. And it seems it *was* a soap opera in the DCU, according to ADVENTURES OF SUPERMAN #497. Story by Jerry Ordway, art by Tom Grummett. Also, some bruiser named Doomsday is causing trouble.



This is back when Lois had dark red hair and Cat wasn't a hateful anti-Kryptonian bitch.



The Superman books had fun with Pre-Crisis references. Jimmy Olsen briefly turned into Elastic-Lad after being exposed to the Eradiactor and had a part-time job as children show host, Turtle Boy.



At this time, Lex Luthor was in a clone body, pretending to be his own son. Supergirl (at least *this* Supergirl) wasn't from Krypton, but was from a pocket universe.



What would a soap opera called "The Brave and the Bold" be about? At the very least, it could make a cute "in-joke" somewhere.

"She was really good on 'The Brace and the Bold,' though I couldn't get how she didn't realize her fiance was also a mysterious masked hero. Like she couldn't recognize her boyfriend's jawline?"
"That's just suspension of disbelief. It's needed for things like that."

Comments

[jaybee3]

Ah yes, the good old days of the 90s, Lex Luthor Jr. (aka Luthor in a cloned body) and his girlfriend, the Matrix-Supergirl (try to get that image out of your heads now). And Cat Grant as she was originally meant to be written - aka a serious person, not a b!tcvh with a fondness for plastic surgery. I wonder how much of this has been offically ret-conned?

[big_daddy_d]

Lex Luthor Jr. (aka Luthor in a cloned body)

Ironically I think that's the angle Smallville is going with.

[icon_uk]

It's unclear. After Infinite Crisis in the "53" series, a flashback scene showed the Matrix-Supergirl taking part in Zero Hour. Since then Dan Didio has stated that she was wiped from existence, since then Geoff Johns has said she wasn't. Wikipedia states that she also showed up in "Reign in Hell" (Whatever that was)

[superfangirl1]

I really do miss this cat grant. :(

[aeolos_sakya]

Me too.

[starwolf_oakley]

It is really strange. Sure, after her son was murdered by Toyman (or really a malfunctioning Toyman robot), a personality shift would be expected. It's the whole "Lois backed the wrong horse for years and Kryptonians are bad" part I'm confused about.

[psychopathicus_rex]

Anyone else really wanna see 'The Turtle-Boy Show' now?

[jogadoresesquecidos.blogspot.com]

Well, nice Cat Grant... funny Lois x Jimmy interaction... this is good, this is good... wait, DOOMSDAY?!

** Stops reading **