Crisis in Superman’s Stupid Head
It’s yet another clip from Crisis on Two Earths — specifically the beginning of the fight scene we saw another part of a few weeks ago — and man, it’s not doing Superman any favors. Maybe you could excuse him just standing there while Superwoman tackles good Lex Luthor right next to him. Getting decked after grabbing Superwoman’s arm — what the hell did he think she was gonna do? — is pretty pitiful. But the worst, most shameful moment is when Superman gets knocked down by some kid who pulled a fucking pop n’ lock after shooting him with energy or something. I doubt it hurt Supes, at least physically, but the mental anguish must be enormous. Seriously, if was Superman and was hit by this jackass, I’d be so ashamed I’d leave the fight and fly to the Fortress of Solitude to cry for at least a week.
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Robert Bricken is one of the original co-founders of the site formerly known as Topless Robot, and its first editor-in-chief, serving from 2008-12. He brought the site to prominence with “nerd news, humor and self-loathing” as its motto, raising it from total internet obscurity to a readership in the millions, with help from his savage “FAQ” movie reviews and Fan Fiction Fridays. Under his tenure Topless Robot was covered by Gawker, Wired, Defamer, New York magazine, ABC News, and others, and his articles have been praised by Roger Ebert, Avengers actor Clark Gregg, comedian and The Daily Show correspondent John Hodgman, the stars of Mystery Science Theater 3000 and Rifftrax, and others. He is currently the managing editor of io9.com. Despite decades as both an amateur and professional nerd, he continues to be completely unprepared for either the zombie apocalypse or the robot uprising.