I know some of the Teeming Millions are already aware of this site (in fact, I think it was a link established in a previous thread that led me to it in the first place), but I love this site so much, I just had to start a seperate thread about it:
Superdickery.com, a collection of the worst comic book covers / panels ever. The site started as a spinoff of a National Lampoon feature (“Superman is a dick”) citing graphic evidence of the Man of Steel’s all-around obnoxious behavior. It grew to include other regular features on subjects such as the homoerotic subtext behind Batman & Robin, and Wonder Woman’s lesbian & kinky predilections.
If you read the site history you’ll notice it all started out by noticing what a dick Superman is. Having fairly well mined out the super-dickery of the man of steel, the site now seems to be branching out to other stupor heroes. Give’em time … And if you’ve got a few helpful hints, you might oughta drop a line. There’s an email address listed on the site for just such a purpose. :: cough :: CalMeacham :: cough ::
Could someone explain to this non-comic reader why Superman is such a dick on those covers? I always thought Superman was a good guy. I actually thought those were spoof covers at first.
If this is too much of a hijack of this thread, let me know and I’ll start a new one.
Someone walks past the rack of comics in the drug store, see’s Superman burning a gift from Jimmy, or holding a dead Lois in his arms, claiming he killed her, thinks ‘what the hell?’ and picks up the book to find out why Superman is being a dick on the cover.
Provocation of the Reader. IE : “What? Superman Framing Jimmy Olsen? That can’t be! I must buy this issue to find out how it happens.” Of course, the cover often turns out to be misleading…
