Context is Superman (1939) #300, page 7

Transcript:

Scientist #1: Great Scott! The hatch is opening–

Scientist #1: --and a baby is coming out!

Scientist #2: Look! He’s as invulnerable to the laser as is his rocket!

Kal-El: I am hungry!

  • Zement@feddit.nl
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    1 month ago

    This is so weird, but the amount of information in this one panel would be sufficient for 1 episode / entire series today:

    1. Found a rocket
    2. Experimented with rocket
    3. Rocket showed signs of unlocking
    4. Setting up lab around the hatch
    5. Hatch opens
    6. Vocal in English Child emerges (did the rocket listen and teach?)
    7. Child is immune as rocket to experimentation.

    Bonus: Questionable Ethics of the Luther Corp for experiments on children. Did this happen to others?

    Foreshadowing on Episode 2: Unstoppable Child discovers its abilities, Series turns into a prison break from high security laboratory with Superman and Batman villains at various ages. (Basically “The new Mutants”)