I've been enjoying the new Young Justice cartoon, and one interesting bit in that series has been how Superman is completely uncomfortable with the idea of being a mentor or father figure to his clone, Superboy. Admittedly, his discomfort is not entirely unreasonable; but I think the Superman of the comics wouldn't have been taken aback for more than a moment, before warmly accepting Superboy.
Of course, the downside to Superman's characterization there is that between Young Justice and Superman Returns, Supes really seems like a deadbeat dad...
You got a point there. Hell in the comics he adopted Zod and Ursa's son Chris, and did't seem to have that hard of a time being a dad.
ReplyDeleteAnd while I enjoyed the last Superman movie, I could've skipped the super-kid sup-plot that helped kill any hope of a sequel. Now of course they're starting from scratch, so here's hoping it doesn't suck.