mcewan@uiucdcs.CS.UIUC.EDU (10/06/85)
> I seem to remember a few years back a few stories about Superman and > Batman Jr. who were supposed to be the sons of Supes and Batman. > Does anyone else remember this, and if so, in what > Earth did these characters live? How do the fit in with the rest of the D.C. > Universe? Sure, I remember them. There was a short series in WF with these 2 characters, and if I remember correctly, the writer (Bob Haney?) made a point of saying that these were not imaginary stories or anything like that. After a few issues, they vanished without a trace and were not mentioned again for several years. Finally, Denny O'Neil (I think) wrote a story explaining that the super-sons stories were actually generated by Superman's computer, because he wanted to see what it would have been like if he and Batman had kids. (Since the kids were about 15, Supes and Bats are permanently 27, and the super-sons stories took place in the present, Superman must have been wondering what it would have been like if he had had a kid when he was 12.) In this last story, the computer-simulated Superman Jr. suddenly realizes that something is wrong - for one thing, neither he nor Batman Jr. has a mother. So, apparently through sheer force of will, he transports himself and Batman Jr. to Earth-1, where, after a few disasters, Superman decides that their presence is causing the disasters and asks them would they please destroy themselves. (By the way, am I the only one who thinks that Superman is the world's mightiest hypocrite? I mean, the guy has this big "oath against killing" that prevents him from killing even microbes, but he has no qualms against destroying intelligent, sentient beings who happen to be artificially created, or even naturally evolved beings who don't happen to fit his narrow definition of "life".) In any event, the super-sons jumped into the disintegration pit in Superman's fortress of solitude, so they're not on any Earth. Scott McEwan {ihnp4,pur-ee}!uiucdcs!mcewan "I know what you are. Nut. Screwball. Flake. Lunatic. Fruitcake. Bats in the attic. Psycho. All your dogs aren't barking." "Are too! Are too! Woof! Woof!"