Just Imagine…the Superman Family in the 90s (and today)!

20 Comments | Posted: March 30th, 2009 | Filed under: "Funny", Thinking About Comics | Tags: ,

Everyone likes to go dancing with their friends, but when a famous DJ comes to Metropolis’s biggest after-hours “rave” party, Jimmy Olsen becomes…Lost In The K-Hole!

Superman’s Girl Friend has traveled through time and space, seeing things that nobody else could imagine, but is even she ready to join the newest outsider movement and become Lois Lane: Cyberpunk Princess?

Superman has his hands full thanks to an automotive club where thrills are more important than safety and a quest to finish first leads his pal to the other side of the world in Jimmy Olsen: Tokyo Drifter!

Your mom and dad sure wouldn’t “get” the new wave of girl groups cropping up around the country, but one reporter gets in deeper than she expected when she fronts up and coming band L7! Find out what happens when Lois Lane Joins…The “Riotgrrl” Movement!

Being Superman’s pal has made Jimmy Olsen the most famous teenager on the planet, but is even he prepared for the fireworks when MTV comes to Metropolis and Pauly Shore Steals Lucy Lane?

Superman finds himself with a new rival for Lois Lane’s affections when the future of law enforcement joins the Metropolis police department! Can the last son of Krypton compete When RoboCop Comes To Town?

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20 Comments on “Just Imagine…the Superman Family in the 90s (and today)!”

  1. 1 Rasselas said at 12:50 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    What about Lex Luthor: Steampunk Entrepreneur?

  2. 2 Ray Cornwall said at 1:05 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    I want a Weezer/Jimmy Olsen teamup.

  3. 3 chrishaley said at 1:17 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    I want “an automotive club where thrills are more important than safety” on a t-shirt so bad I cannot stand it.

  4. 4 Justin said at 1:59 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    You know, though, all of these probably would have been more entertaining than what Lois and Jimmy were *actually* doing in the 90s.

  5. 5 Bryan Levy said at 2:04 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    My dad wants me to stop smoking pot. I showed him Showcase Presents: Superman Family and told him that would not be possible.

  6. 6 James said at 2:13 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    Man, I would LOVE to read some of these. Thanks Kevin!

  7. 7 christopher h said at 2:43 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    Sick of mainstream corporate super-pablum, Metropolis teens form a massive mosh-pit to hail, Bizzarro: the grunge Superman!

  8. 8 Justin Cognito said at 4:02 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    The frightening part is, I would not be surprised if they actually did some of these in the Nineties… and they were awful (anyone remember that Titans arc where a demon named “Goth” was convincing Goth kids to kill themselves and shoot up schools?).

  9. 9 Bill D. said at 4:04 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    Oh, how I wish that Lois Lane/L7 team-up had actually happened! I would have loved to see DCU-themed reworkings of of their songs.

    “What’s up with what’s going down, in Gotham City, and in Ivy Town?”

  10. 10 Mark Clapham said at 6:30 pm on March 30th, 2009:

    I’d like to see a foil cover on some of these babies.

    Smallville did an illegal street racing episode, with Pete Ross rather than Jimmy Olson, and Vancouver rather than Tokyo, but you know… similar.

    And rubbish.

  11. 11 Rohan Williams said at 1:55 am on March 31st, 2009:

    Wasn’t there actually a group of Superman villains called The Riot Grrlz in the mid ’90s? Or was it all a bad fever dream?

  12. 12 Sallyp said at 8:29 am on March 31st, 2009:

    But…but Pauley Shore and Lucy Lane were MADE for each other!

  13. 13 Isaac said at 8:58 am on March 31st, 2009:

    Which of Superman’s secrets will be revealed … in Lois Lane’s Twitter Feed?

  14. 14 Clint said at 9:00 am on March 31st, 2009:

    Isaac, that last one almost had me spewing my cereal onto my keyboard.

  15. 15 Benari said at 10:10 am on March 31st, 2009:

    Well…the 90s DID give us Superboy and the RAVERS, a hodge-podge, rag-tag, intergalactic group of…well, ravers.

    Also, you know what we didn’t have enough of in the 90s? Lucy Lane.

  16. 16 Dan said at 11:09 am on March 31st, 2009:

    Genius.
    Why the hell aren’t they doing this?
    But you forgot about: Lois investigates a reality show from the inside.

  17. 17 Justin said at 1:51 pm on March 31st, 2009:

    I envision a cover: Superman is on Who Wants to Be A Millionaire?, sitting in the hot seat with a smug look on his face while Regis Philbin frantically pleads with him.

    REGIS: Please, Superman, walk away! With your super-intelligence, you’re going to bankrupt the show!

    SUPERMAN: Sorry, Regis, I’m not going anywhere! And that’s my final answer!

    CAPTION: Why is Superman cheating on America’s hottest game show, and how does it relate to the mystery of … “WHO WANTS TO MURDER A MILLIONAIRE?”

  18. 18 Isaac said at 8:19 pm on March 31st, 2009:

    Awesome one, Justin. I’d buy it.

  19. 19 Rory said at 6:56 pm on April 1st, 2009:

    My Silver-Age-loving heart grew 10 times in size today.

  20. 20 Dan McDaid said at 10:31 pm on April 1st, 2009:

    I’m dying to draw one of these SO BAD. Maybe the Regis one! (sorry, Kevin)