#Super Friends

[comicgeekscomicgeek]

Black Lightning, in an interview with Tony Isabella (who seems to be fairly trusted by the hero, given the number of interviews he's done), has said that he probably would have given his permission to be included, given that the money could have been donated to a lot of causes in the Southside of Metropolis (better known as Suicide Slum).

But he was never even asked. With all that, it's not a surprise.

So was Black Vulcan a real obscure superhero, or just someone that the guys behind that old Superfriends cartoon made up because Black Lightning wouldn't allow them to use his likeness?

Black Vulcan isn't a real person and despite what I'm sure were the best of intentions of the people creating him, the story behind his existence is liable to make you mad.

(A model sheets of Black Vulcan from the "Challenge of the Superfriends" cartoon) The Superfriends Cartoon, despite not being well remembered, was actually sanctioned by the Justice League in a 50/50 split with Hanna Barbera with the League's 50% profit being given to charitable foundations. The League does this all the god damn time through what's called the Watchtower Foundation. If you own a piece of League merch, it's probably official and its profit probably went at least half to charity. The Watchtower Foundation also does really cool stuff like making sure all of its merchandise is made with adult labor via living wages, which makes things feel nicer. In the creation of the Superfriends, Hanna Barbera wanted to diversify the cast they had been given to create heroes of African American, Native American, Asian and Latin American heritage. Creating the false hero "Black Vulcan" to fill that role. Now you may ask why the obvious candidate for that role, IE, Metropolis' own Black Lightning wasn't chosen. There's an excuse reason and a real one. The excuse reason is that Black Lightning wasn't a member of the League in any official capacity for several years yet and Hanna Barbera wasn't confident in their ability to secure "rights" to the man's likeness (while superhero identities are uncopyrightable under the law, should that hero have no public identity to claim it, its generally understood that doing unofficial business in a superhero's likeness is a good way to piss off the community). The real reason was discovered years after the show's production during the company's acquisition by Warner Bros. Namely a note was made by Hanna Barbera's upper management that Black Lightning was "too radical" a figure for a Saturday morning TV show. IE, Black Lightning is a famously empowered figure who fights on behalf of black causes and black communities to the point of often being used as a strawman by fearmongers and racebaiters and it was feared the his inclusion would be "Too political" Basically they wanted to have the points for black representation without having to stand behind an actually antiracist message.

[noble-kale]

A lot of good choices, but I'll have to with Scooby-Doo. But what's your favorite from this list?

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flyers (eng + es) + vet

[ultrakillblast]

VOODOO VAMPIRE (1980)

[kingoftheu]

Deep down, Bruce belives in Superman. His split second, gut instinct is that Clark Kent will save the day. Oh he has contingency plans and threat assesments up the wazoo, because he's Batman. He wraps himself up in paranoia and planning because he is convinced nothing is what it seems. He stockpiles Kryptonite because years of trauma and self-doubt have left him convinced that everything will go wrong and it will be his fault. But when the cards are down, when he's falling, Batman trusts that Superman will be there, Bruce sees Clark and in his heart of hearts he knows he'll be safe.

[dailydccomics]

lmao Diana went fuckin feral in this issue Super Friends #32

[illyanarasputinfan]

Daniel Sampere

[gameraboy2]

Super Friends (1980), "The Make-Up Monster"

[lemon-el]

supercorp ep.3 ★ ❝REVIVAL❞

kara: (laying on the street, unconscious after a fight)

alex, panicking: she’s not breathing!

mon-el: i’ll give her mouth-to-mouth resuscitation!

kara (opening one eye): ew, no. let lena do it. (closes eye)

mon-el:

james:

alex:

winn:

j’onn:

lena: GET OUT OF THE WAY, IMBECILES!!

[wayneprincess]

Okay but Justice League Unlimited out of its way to showcase many different nuanced relationships and I love it so much so here’s my top 5 of JLU duets (romantic relationships excluded even though both wonderbat and greenhawk both started at the base of a friendship)

5. Wonder Woman and J’on Jonzz - they both have a sort of gravitas and treat the mission with seriousness. My heart melted when I saw Diana hug in the series finale and was so happy to see him, they definitely understood one another perfectly.

4. J’on J’onzz and Superman - alien outcast club aka two superpowerful dudes who treat their mission seriously too. I loved the Christmas episode with J’on spending the holidays at Kents, it was wonderful at many different levels. I also loved how J’on morphed his body to resemble Superman more right after Supes and Bats rescued him in the first episode.

3. Green Lantern and Flash - opposites who learn from one another, jokester and solider? I love all of their scenes, especially in the JL episodes they spent a lot of time together and it was always a treat

2. Shayera and Flash - two redheads with absolutely different temperaments. Wally being the only one to hug Shayera after the voting at the end of Satrcrossed, Shayera helping Wally to flirt with Fire? Very iconic, thank you

1. Batman and Green Lantern - this bromance lives my rent free, their best episode? The Once and Future Thing of course, the banter while sliding through time tunnel in GL’s bubble is just incredible. You can’t tell me they don’t think of one another as BFFs, the stoic Batman went ahead and

[gothamite-rambler]

See, true friendship is showing friends bad films you like

Aquaman walked over to Batman and tapped him on the shoulder. Batman glanced at him, then returned to looking at his phone.

Aquaman (waving, kind tone): Hey, Batman.

Batman (pretending to be indifferent): Yeah, hi.

Aquaman (hands behind his back, looking curious): How have you been?

Batman (being honest): Not bad, kind of depressed.

Aquaman (joking tone and a playful eyebrow raised): So, the usual?

Batman (chuckling and nodding): Pretty much, but you know, hanging in there. How’s Mera?

Aquaman (smiling brightly): Good! She got the results back; it was just a regular rash. She’s going to be fine.

Batman (nodding): Did the cream work?

Aquaman (grateful): It did! Thanks for telling me about it. She doesn’t trust a lot of land medicine, but she’s thankful, especially because it’s foamy.

Batman chuckled, a mix of amusement and sniffling, like a stoic detective suddenly caught in a fit of laughter.

Batman (recalling a past experience): Yeah, when I had to treat one of my kids' rashes, they said the same thing, the cooling agent makes the rash less itchy.

Aquaman (kind tone): She said the same thing too. Thanks for helping out like that. Do you need me to pay you back?

Batman (shaking his head, dismissively): No, you’re fine. How… um, how is your life going?

Batman cleared his throat, unfamiliar with engaging in small talk with other heroes, but Aquaman was a closer friend and he was getting used to be more cordial with him.

Aquaman (smiling warmly): I’m doing good. I didn’t want to pry, but I’ve heard you’re into Star Wars and I’ve never watched them. Want to check them out next week? I’ve heard the prequels are really bad, so we can skip those if you want.

Batman (defending the mediocre): Don’t listen to anyone who’s insulted the prequels; they’re decent. In fact, can you travel to Gotham yourself? We can watch them in my theater.

Aquaman (eager): I can definitely do that. Sounds fun. How about next Monday night?

Batman (agreeing, nodding): That works. A weekday movie is way better than weekend films. We can meet up after I finish patrols.

Aquaman (gleeful, smiling): Sounds like a plan. See you around, buddy.

Batman nodded with a genuine smile. Aquaman gave the caped crusader a friendly pat on the back and left the JLA meeting hall, whistling as the other JL members sat in stunned silence at what they just witnessed.

Wonder Woman (raising an eyebrow, surprised): B, you never told me you two were this cordial with each other.

Batman shrugged while typing plans into his phone, hoping to wrap up the conversation. However, when he heard the scrape of Wonder Woman's chair as she pulled it closer for more details, he let out a resigned sigh.

Batman (nonchalantly): He’s not annoying, and he’s strangely nice to people—even me. It’s not headache-inducing like most of you or Barry.

Flash looked around, confused and insulted.

Flash (raising his voice, annoyed): I haven’t spoken to you since I got here!

Batman (smirking slightly): You wanted to.

Flash crossed his arms, refusing to admit that was true, even though it was.

Wonder Woman (curiously): When did you and Aquaman become friends? I want to know. That’s a good foil for you.

Green Lantern!Hal (chuckling, shaking his head): Superman is definitely listening in on this and probably wants to scream.

Wonder Woman (with mischievous amusement): Yeah, that’s an added bonus! I love messing with him. But B, you don’t have to go into too much detail.

Batman (slightly annoyed, but trying to stay calm): You’re acting as if we’re dating. He’s just a… friend of mine. It happened recently.

Flash (grinning, teasing): I want to remain silent, but he must really be special if you invited him to watch the worst movie trilogy.

Batman (deadpan): Keep insulting the films, and I will enact contingency plan 667 on you.

Flash (laughing): It’s just a slippery floor, Bruce!

Green Lantern!Hal (smirking): Dude, that’s not a flex. Back to Bruce, this is surprising to see. I’m glad you’re friends with him; you need a better influence.

Batman (sarcastically, rolling his eyes): Your backhanded compliments mean so much to me. Thanks.

Green Lantern!Hal smirked and shrugged, accustomed to Batman's usual demeanor.

Wonder Woman (smiling, teasing): Good news, Bruce; Aquaman is a good friend to have. Bad news—Superman heard all of this and might be wondering what Aquaman is doing that works.

Batman (pinching the bridge of his nose, exasperated): I know. Not going to deal with that right now.

[excitementshewrote]

[dynamicdosage]

Scott is looking like a Chad right here.

Many more surprising X-Men fashion statements HERE.

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[biblomaniac]

Lena’s late.

In her defense, the conference call with Japan had been rescheduled twice and they were ready to pull out of the project if she didn’t speak with them directly.

So, Lena’s late to Al’s for the groups weekly hang out. She ended up coming straight from the office. She is definitely overdressed for the bar, clad in black red bottoms, a tight forrest green pencil skirt, a white silk blouse patterned with black triangles, and a matching green waistcoat. Her hair had been set loose from its tight bun two hours into the four hour conference call, leaving her inky black locks wavy.

Arriving at the bar, Lena thanks Frank as he opens the door for her.

“Thank you, Frank. You can have the rest of the night off, I will probably end up going to Kara’s after.”

“Thank you, Ms. Luthor. I will go home, but I’ll keep my cell on. I’d prefer for you to call me if you need a ride.”

Lena rolls her eyes good-naturedly, used to Franks protests of her finding other transportation.

“Good night, Frank.”

“Good night, Ms. Luthor. Have fun.” Frank tips his hat, waiting for his boss to enter the bar before returning to the drivers side and heading off.

**********

Lena enters the familiar building. It’s outside is rather unremarkable at first glance, which it should be for a business trying to keep a low profile.

Since the CEO has become a regular customer at Al’s, the general population has accepted her presence, or at least ignore it in favor of avoiding Kara’s wrath.

Lena navigates her way to the back, looking for any familiar faces on her way to their regular table. She doesn’t find any, but she does hears Kara’s characteristic voice calling her name.

“Lena! Over here,” she calls, waving her hand obnoxiously in the air. Kara is smiling profusely, perfect white teeth on display and cheeks a rosy hue.

“Stop that! You’re making a scene,” Alex scolds, trying and failing to pull Kara’s hand from the air. Kara ignores her sisters protesting, only ceasing her actions when Lena is near enough to grab.

Just as Lena starts to address the table, Kara pulls her in for a tight hug. One arm surrounds Lena’s back while the other pulls Lena in by the shoulders. The greeting is rather enthusiastic, even for the alien equivalent of a golden retriever.

“Lena! Hi! What took you so long?”

Lena is caught mildly off guard, but returns the hug anyway.

“Hi, darling. I got caught up in the office. Are you having fun?” Lena questions before releasing Kara.

“Yes! Nia got me shots of Aldebaran Rum to ‘loosen me up’, and she made Brainy try Xenorian beer. It tastes like smoked cotton candy!” Kara shares happily, entertwining her hand with Lena’s before the brunette can stray too far.

“Shots? How many have you had?”

“Three! Wait—maybe four. And a couple of those beers. They were really sweet!”

Interesting.

“Hey, Kara, why don’t you go get me a whiskey? Take my card and start a tab for the table.” Lena hands over her Platinum American Express card. She figures giving Kara and errand to run will allow her a few minutes to get to the bottom of what’s going on here.

“Okay! I’ll be right back,” Kara exclaims happily, pressing a kiss to Lena cheek before heading to the bar.

Read the rest on AO3 😉❤️

[transmasculinizing]

blue cowl batman is very important to me i know darkness is his thing and all but still batman media where he wears blue <3333333

[thesleepyhollows]

Something about scarecrow just feeding his pet birb whilst villain monologuing in the old 1980s cartoon is so adorable and funny to me.

[rjmac211]

The Superfriends playing hide and go seek and Alex is it and she’s got everyone but Kara and Lena

Alex: Come on guys just come

Lena: Hello everyone I’m am Lena and I am a lesbian

Alex: Yes Lena we know get your gay ass out here so we can find Kara

Lena drops from the ceiling

Lena: Fine

Alex: Kara come out now you win the game

Kara: Hey everyone I am Kara I am know by many names and titles one of those being pansexual the other being Lena’s wife

Alex: I’m surrounded by dorks

Lena: Cute dorks

Kara drops in front of Alex

Kara: You heard the wife I’m a cute dork

Alex: I will never win with you two always on ceilings and flying you both cheat at this game

Kara: No where in the rules does it say no powers or magic

Alex: IT SHOULDN’T HAVE TO KARA