Superman #20 And #21

[superfangirl1]

Superman #20

At the The Daily Star.











Superman #21

Comments

[owlbrigade1]

Who will speak for Earth!

Insert "Why not Zoidberg" meme here.

[shakalooloo]

Alas, the Science Police arrested Zoidberg.

[owlbrigade1]

Good news everyone.

[super_fly]

"They let me sit inside the vehicle! Another win for Zoidberg!"

[starwolf_oakley]

"Clark Kent used his super-powers to write super-stories."
Well, "Clark Kent is covering an event and suddenly Superman is needed" is a common enough story trope.

[bruinsfan]

Wait, Is Sam Lane now dead after things were rebooted yet again at the end of Doomsday Clock? I thought he was alive, a general, and no longer a xenophobic murderer as of last check-in.

[zachbeacon]

I mean, grand kids have been known to change people's outlooks.

[lordultimus]

Pretty sure he died during Event Leviathan.

[reveen]

Uh... why would the FBI be handling a case where a superhero declared himself king of the planet? I'd think that would be the UN or NATO or INTERPOL

[shakalooloo]

It's a case unrelated to Clark's King-of-the-Earth-ness but she's just really sore and sarky over it? :P

[icon_uk]

What could she actually investigate though? Superman said something which wasn't true on an alien planet? What crime would that actually be?

[junipepper]

In the scan, he only said, “I will speak for Earth,” which is a very different thing than saying, “I am King of Earth.” Did he actually say that on an unposted page? Because that would make a difference.

Legally, it’s new ground. Who even has jurisdiction over actions taken in outer space? But presumably the FBI would at least have jurisdiction to investigate Clark Kent, who is an American citizen.

There is no government of Earth, including the U.N. So legally, either no one has authority to speak on behalf of the planet, or anyone does.

[bradygirl_12]

I wouldn't mind Superman speaking for me! :)

[zachbeacon]

Yeah, he's the best Earth has to offer. Who else would they even pick?

[supercapo16]

Ambush Bug.

Failing that...

Kite Man

[zachbeacon]

I think DC wants us to forget Ambush Bug since he was the Third Wall guy long before Deadpool and Harley Quinn.

I WANT to say "hell, yeah" to Kite Man but I don't think kites work in space.

Maybe Clark should just send Jimmy. I trust him to do the right thing but you just know he's going to have some unorthodox approaches to diplomacy. The public will be begging to have Superman back the next time reporters are shown footage leaks of Jimmy accidentally bumbling his way to universal peace after nearly accidentally starting a war.

[owlbrigade1]

Well solar sails are essentially just giant kites for riding the stellar winds, so; Hell, yeah.

[zachbeacon]

"King of Earth"?

Does the word "ambassador" not exist in the DCU?

[shadur]

This is *such* a stupid, asinine take, I'd almost think this was the Marvel universe.

What was Superman /supposed/ to say there?

"I can't legally speak on Earth's behalf, but if you guys are willing to postpone this debate for a few months I can fly home, explain what's going on to the United Nations, wait for them to finish shouting at each other and then come back with a team of Properly Elected Representatives" ?

Yeah, I'm sure that'd have gone over well.

As it stands right now, Earth is not taken very seriously in intergalactic politics for the same reasons that the UN generally makes deliberations without taking much input from, say, Rapa Nui. The only reason they acknowledge we exist at all is because people like Superman and a few Green Lanterns call this place home.

This is a whole lot of outrage from a bunch of big fish in a tiny pond that get upset at a reminder that it's a really big damn ocean out there.

[bradygirl_12]

This is a whole lot of outrage from a bunch of big fish in a tiny pond that get upset at a reminder that it's a really big damn ocean out there.

Bingo!

[owlbrigade1]

We can call it the Brexit Effect.

[junipepper]

I don’t think even the UN has authority to speak “for Earth.” That’s not part of its charter.

[lordultimus]

You'd think Clark and Lois would've seen this coming.

[zylly]

Look, it’s not super (pun not intended) great that Clark decided to speak for Earth. But given that an answer was required right then...

Also, all of these other planets and systems have a unified planetary (or larger) government. Earth doesn’t have anything close to that. There isn’t “an” Earth to speak for.