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Wednesday, December 4, 2024
Super Finale
Tyler Hoechlin (L) as Superman and Elizabeth Tulloch (R) as Lois Lane; they are standing in profile in front of a rubble-strewn street. [From Superman & Lois] |
Well, that happened. And by "that" I mean the series finale of Superman & Lois (2021-2024). By now, there have been numerous posts and reviews, many of which addressing this series' position as the final comic book inspired show on CW, musing on the quality of the show, sharing glimpses of the work behind the scenes, and probably spoiling key moments for folks who have not yet viewed the episode.
I'm not doing any of that.
Well, I'm probably offering a bit of a spoiler here. So, if you are among those who have not viewed the episode which aired two nights ago, stop reading. And definitely do not scroll down to the second image in this post. Go watch the show and then come back here.
Ready?
I love that the reveal of the Super Family – Superman flying with his costumed sons as well as Steel and his daughter (Starlight) – shows the creative team paid attention to the source material... the comics. First, Jordan and John are differentiated by one's emphasis on red and the other on blue. This echoes not only an imaginary tale from Superman in which Supes was split into Red and Blue counterparts (Superman Vol. 1 #162), but also when DC comics brought the split into modern canon by creating the electrified Superman Red and Superman Blue (circa 1998 in Superman Red/Superman Blue #1 and Superman Vol. 2 #132).
Now, Jordan and Jonathan are Superboys. But if you look closely, Jordan's outfit looks very much like the New 52 Superboy while Jonathan's looks very much like the 1990s Superboy who launched during the Reign of the Supermen storyline and got his own series. However, Jonathan wisely does not use the leather jacket or sunglasses (though the alt-universe Jonathan did sport the jacket). The other difference between comics and this TV series was that both of the comic book Superboys were clones, while Jordan and Jonathan in the series are the actual sons of Clark and Lois.
So, here is an image capture of that in-flight scene from the finale along with a few comic covers to show what I think were some inspirations for the show's creative team:
Super Family in flight and the covers of four comic books that might have influenced the scene. |
Anyway, I loved the TV series and I'm sad it had to end to make room for the upcoming cinematic rebirth of Superman.
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