#Supermobile

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Mettoy Co, 1979

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José Luis García-López - Action Comics #481 (1978)

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[thevindicativevordan]

so much like Spider-Man, Superman is a character who’s powers really negate any reason for him to have a vehicle of any kind; his speed and flight make transportation a non issue. Even for when he’s gone interstellar, we’ve always just seen him fly through space with no problem minus any power issues like with Authority Superman. But do you happen to have any ideas for a potential Super vehicle on par with the Batmobile and Invisible Jet? something along the lines of the Sleigh from Morrison’s Klaus or the TARDIS would be fun visuals i think

Having a spaceship would still be useful for Clark because he would need it both to transport large groups of people if the situation called for it, and also to travel to worlds with red suns (or any other type of sun that doesn’t empower him to travel without needing protection). Taking the rocket his father launched him to Earth in and improving on it is a natural next step.

[jedivoodoochile]

El Supermóvil es el vehículo de Superman de DC Comics . Es capaz de duplicar todas sus habilidades en situaciones en las que se encuentra impotente.

Fue presentado en una historia titulada "Es un pájaro... Es un avión... ¡Es un supermóvil!", Publicada en Action Comics # 481, portada con fecha de marzo de 1978.

El escritor Cary Bates dice que el Supermóvil se creó como un vínculo promocional para la línea de juguetes Corgi Toys : "En mi opinión, cada vez que las necesidades de comercialización dictan el contenido de la historia, las probabilidades de cualquier creatividad o inspiración real se ven gravemente comprometidas".

Antecedentes :

Cuando las ondas de radiación solar roja de una estrella que explotó durante mucho tiempo llegan a la Tierra , el androide Amazo se reactiva y escapa de su cautiverio en la sede del satélite de la Liga de la Justicia de América , en busca de su creador, el profesor Ivo.

Con el resto de la Liga de la Justicia encarcelada en otra dimensión por Amazo, solo Superman está listo para defender a Ivo, aunque la radiación solar roja lo deja impotente, ya que su poder deriva del sol amarillo de la Tierra .

Atrayendo a Amazo a su Fortaleza de la Soledad en el Ártico , después de teletransportarse a sí mismo e Ivo allí y esconder a Ivo, Superman desata su nueva arma secreta en el androide: un pequeño vehículo al que ha llamado Supermóvil, que es capaz de duplicar todos sus poderes. incluida la invulnerabilidad, ya que está construido con Supermanium , un metal tan fuerte que "solo la visión de calor de Superman puede suavizar la sustancia, ¡y solo su súper fuerza es lo suficientemente poderosa como para moldearlo!"

Finalmente viaja cinco días hacia el futuro, cuando la radiación ha pasado por la Tierra, lo que le permite recuperar sus poderes.

Superman rara vez vuelve a usar el Supermóvil después de que pasa la radiación del sol rojo y recupera sus poderes en el siguiente número.

Lo usa de nuevo unos meses después, después de luchar contra Atomic Skull y Titano . El vehículo ha hecho algunos cameos no oficiales en los últimos años. Se ven algunas versiones diferentes del Supermobile protegiendo un Ivy Town futurista en All-New Atom #8. El diseño clásico del vehículo también se puede ver encima del letrero del concesionario de automóviles usados ​​de Funky Flashman (que también contiene muchos batimóviles de variosmedia ) en el quinto capítulo de la serie Doctor Thirteen "Arquitectura y Moral" en Tales of the Unexpected #5.

Habilidades :

El Supermóvil no solo duplica los poderes de Superman, sino que actúa como un conducto para los poderes del Hombre de Acero , permitiéndole canalizarlos a través del propio vehículo. El casco de Supermanium del SMB protege a Superman de la radiación solar roja que le robaría sus poderes, por lo que permanece a la altura de sus habilidades mientras esté dentro del vehículo. Cuando Amazo comenta que ningún motor en la Tierra podría reaccionar tan rápida y fácilmente como el del Supermóvil, Superman responde: "¡Tienes razón en eso, Amazo! ¿Pero quién dijo algo sobre un motor?", Revelando que el vehículo es impulsado completamente por Superman. él mismo.

Además de la invulnerabilidad y el vuelo, el Supermóvil también canaliza los otros poderes de Superman utilizando los siguientes dispositivos:

Grandes brazos mecánicos montados a ambos lados del área de la cabina , lo que permite a Superman golpear y agarrar.

Un visor en el panel de control que se puede ajustar para trabajar con cada uno de los poderes relacionados con la visión de Superman: visión normal, telescópica, microscópica , de rayos X , térmica y nocturna .

Chorros de aire que salen de varios puntos alrededor del vehículo, lo que le permite a Superman usar su súper aliento si sopla una máscara facial adherida al panel de control.

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I will never understand why this wasn't the super mobile For the original Superpowers line #Superman #Superpowers #Supermobile https://www.instagram.com/p/CndBq_kLcMi/?igshid=NGJjMDIxMWI=

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Yup, everyone say "Thank you, Corgi toys of 1979"

Now available wherever toys are sold. Because it was the 70s and selling kitsch was so deep in comics' DNA they started to do it themselves. Action Comics 482

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they feel like they should be in a 1990s screwball comedy where one of them accidentally causes an identical superspy to become indisposed and has to take his place

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For the Supersons week 2023 bonus prompt: In another life

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This is an au of mines called Species swap where Damian's an alien and Jon's a human instead. Besides my apocalypse one, this one is also one of my most faves! And for fun, I also named it Earth 59

(More under the cut)

Damian and the Batfamily, plus the Al Ghul's, are hero aliens instead of humans (though, the Al Ghul's are more like warriors here like Tamaraneans are for example) and Jon and the Superfamily are the humans in this au who save people on earth with their highly trained combat skills and helpful gadgets.

The Al Ghuls live on a far away planet called "Lazarus planet" and Damian grew up there with them (just like in his origin). All aliens there were trained to fight very skillfully. Damian too while growing up there was trained to fight very skillfully as well, since he's going to be the ruler of that planet one day when he grows up.

But then Talia had no choice but to send Damian to his Father's planet on his 10th birthday, since some vicious aliens from another planet had came to invade their home and wanted to assassinate all of their people during that day, so she had to do it to keep him safe until the war was over. She quickly leaves their planet and uses one of the mini traveling spaceships to drive Damian to Bruce's planet, which is Gotham. After landing there and finding Bruce, she leaves Damian there with him to be taken care of while she's gone.

So for the mean time while Damian has to stay on Bruce's planet, he begins to finally get to know his Father and finally learns about the rest of his unknown Batfamily members for the first time as well. And while all of that's happening, after some time, the Al Ghul's later win the war on their planet and Talia goes back to go get Damian. Though, Damian has already become attached and didn't want to just leave his Father and his other family so soon after getting to finally know them for only just such a short time, so Talia lets him stay a little longer because of that. After that, her and Bruce both later decide on an agreement about sharing equal time with him, letting him usually spend one week on Lazarus planet with the Al Ghul's and the next one on Gotham planet with the Batfamily so that it'll be fair

With the Superfamily, Jon, Clark, Lois, Kara, Kon, and Chris live on earth as humans and fight crime protecting people (just like the Batfamily as humans). They train a lot to stay strong and also own a lot of gadgets. And just like how the Batfamily would, they have things like a Superrang, Supermobile, and etc. They also all wear masks to hide their identities

Damian's never been to earth before, not even his Mother. Though, he's always heard stories from his Father, brothers, and Grandfather about earth and it's humans, since they're the ones who have actually been there before. He was always curious about what it was like over there but he never dared to visit it, especially since he was always told by his family that he wasn't ever allowed to because of certain reasons that could possibly endanger him

One day though, during a mission in space with his brothers when he was 12 years old, which involved a bunch of dangerous aliens who owned powerful electric, laser guns, he fell down to earth after being severely shocked and knocked out by a strong laser blast. He fell down in planet earth's direction, later crashing into a video game store while Jon and his family were nearby, busy dealing with a mission of their own. Jon, after hearing the crash, went to go take a look at where and what the loud sound was caused by and saw Damian just laying there knocked out in the store with the ceiling rocks on top of him, since he had destroyed the stores roof during his crash into the place

After the rest of the Superfamily found out about it, they took Damian with them to the Fortress of solitude to find out who he was (he was still knocked out), since they knew he wasn't from earth after looking at his unique outfit and long unusual sharp, large sword. As soon as Damian woke up, he tried to fight them and escape, feeling endangered since he didn't know them, but they calmed him down and then kept him inside of a clear cube that he couldn't break through at all with his super strength so that he could stop, which just got him upset again but even more than before

They let Damian out once they found out that he wasn't a threat and tried apologizing to him. Jon excitedly then tries to become his friend and tries showing him around Metropolis during that same day until they can get him back home. Damian's clueless about earth things and only knows a little bit about the things that his family has told him about it before, so Damian ends up curiously asking Jon a lot of questions about everything around earth and in Metropolis, while Jon tries to answer them all for him (he thinks that Jon is a very smart person cause he knows all the answers to his every question lol). So they both get to bond a little and know eachother better that same day (they also fight some crime together while walking around the city)

Meanwhile, the Batfamily and the Al Ghul family are both panicking very much and are trying to find Damian as fast as they can since he's still missing. So once the Batfamily and the Al Ghul's got to earth, they got into a mini fight with the Superfamily, thinking that Damian's in danger with them. But then Bruce remembers Clark being the same exact boy he had met as a kid when he himself accidentally crashed onto earth many years ago in the past and got his help to go back home, so it all gets figured out in the end and peace is quickly made between them both and all is finally understood

Both of Damian's family finally found him after that and tried to take him safely back home, but he refused and didn't want to leave since he found everything so interesting on earth, plus he was also just starting to like Jon too. After arguing back and forth, they decided that he could visit sometimes, but only with supervision from whoever is available to go along with him during those times to make sure he's okay. Damian was pleased with that decision.

So after everything and as time went on, Damian and Jon later became the duo team named Supersons and also best friends in the end too (with crushes on eachother)

Some facts:

Damian and the Al Ghul's are the ones who rule Lazarus planet since they're the royal family there

Those from Lazarus planet are called "Lazarens" and those from Gotham planet are "Gothamites", so that makes Damian a mixed alien who is considered a "Lazamite"

Most characters who are aliens in canon are now humans in this au instead

All planets like Tamaran and Krypton don't exist in space in this au and are instead just big cities on earth. Tamaran city is corrupted under Blackfire's control over it and Krypton is a city that was destroyed many years ago, so it is now abandoned and no one ever visits it

Damian is pretty reckless on earth while fighting and using his powers on humans who are criminals, since he's used to being that way when defeating enemies who are very strong like him back in space. So Jon has to sometimes remind him to be more careful about what he's doing and how he has to be more calmer when handling humans and certain other things

Just like how Damian always visits Jon on earth for patrol together or just hangout or have sleepovers at the Kent farm, Jon also visits Damian's planets sometimes too and they get to do many of those things together there as well

Damian wanted to find a way to be around Jon more though after becoming his friend, so after hearing that Jon goes to school in the early day, he immediately wanted to be registered in too (it's also because they don't have many schools in space for alien kids and he was homeschooled for years by Talia, so he wanted to know the experience too). Talia and Bruce didn't want to do it since they were afraid that he could get caught as an alien if he were to make any kind of mistakes around the civilians over there, but after being constantly asked over and over by their son and seeing how much he wanted it, they finally did it for him. The Superfamily decided to help him out by making him a holographic bracelet that makes him look human (which makes him look like how he always does in canon)

Damian doesn't have his canon pets with him in space in the beginning (only Goliath and Batcow who have some type of alien DNA in them) and has no idea what earth pets are like either because of this, but he does meet them on earth later on. After escaping their everyday cages, they all unexpectedly run out of a nearby pet shop while Jon is showing Damian around the city and they happily run towards the Boy Wonder. Damian prepares to defend himself since he isn't very trusting of them at first, thinking they are going to try and challenge him with an attack like other creatures he's fought before, but he was immediately met with the complete opposite after getting pushed down to the ground by them, getting a bunch of doggy and cat kisses to the face instead. This unexpected love from them quickly made him change his whole view on them, causing him to fall in love with their lovable, fluffy cuteness. The pet store owner tried to take them back inside, but Damian threatened him with his large sword so that he can leave them alone. It scared the poor guy away and Damian happily left with his new pets. After seeing that, Jon had to quickly go after Damian to tell him that's not how things are done on earth and that he has to actually go back and adopt them first for real instead of just leaving with them. After all of that, Damian later puts special collars on them (made by the Batfamily) that help them breathe properly in space so that he can take them home with him

When Jon gets married to Damian in the future when they're both adults, he also becomes a king on Lazarus planet too like Damian

In this au, Damian and the Batfamily destroyed Eberos (the creature from Dceased who was made by Darksied to start the apocalypse) before he could even do anything to earth

For abilities and other little things:

Damian has flight, Superstrength, Superspeed, laser vision, laser beams, and flame blasts that he can throw from his hands. And also, while it may be a learned skill for him in canon, it's actually a natural born ability of his to be able to imitate many voices in this au

Whenever he gets really mad, Damian's hair turns into flames until he calms down again

Lazarens have Lazarus blood in them, so whenever they get cuts or are severely injured, their wounds just close back up (after an hour) and they regenrate whatever part of their body they lost (which usually takes almost a month). They can also live up to 2000 years or even longer because of this. There are also multiple Lazarus pits on Lazarus planet

Damian's big sword is way too heavy to actually be held by humans, so only those with super strength like him can hold it. He can also transfer his abilities to the weapon while holding it during battle and make it light up in green fire, which helps him create bigger damage against enemies and make fast clean cuts through anything too

Not one of them, but Damian is allergic to these giant "shrimp" like creatures in space and will grow a big headache and will also be sneezing out whole fire breath sneezes as if he's a dragon if he's too close to them for too long. He can even take out almost a whole battle field with it too, that's how bad it is (inspired by my friend @paladin-of-nerd-fandom65 's headcanon where Damian is allergic to shrimp). After finding out about this allergy, Jon created an antidote for him that makes it go away faster whenever they bump into these creatures

Lazarens only fall in love once with someone and aren't able to go through it again with other people

Bruce is a Gothamite who is born with a lot of rare abilities that many other Gothamites don't have, so some of them were passed onto Damian too. They're: Super high intelligence, the super clear ability to observe things much better than a human as if they're like robots, astounding quick memory, and the ability to move any shadows with them when they need to stay hidden

Damian's system allows him to eat whatever he wants, especially weird stuff, without any kind of problems. He's still a vegetarian though and even tries to be one with earth food too (sometimes he doesn't understand what any of the meals actually are though and needs help from others to tell him if they involve meat or not)

[1980sactionfigures]

Supermobile - Super Powers (Kenner)

[jondoe297]

fasten your seatbelts folks we're goin 88 mph cuz the stuff from this here flea market trip is mostly treasures from the past!

first thing i got was THIS. Corgi Supermobile from 1979!!!

in my excitement i didn't even notice the fists were missing till i got home lol. but i looked it up to make sure an it's actually pretty common with these i guess. i also didn't know there was this bigger version till i saw it,it's around 5 inches long. i only knew about the regular Hot Wheels-sized one. an it's an even more special find considering this year is Big Blue's 85th anniversary❤

next we got a Star Wars Command Chewie. he looks like he's made of chocolate. frickin LOVE Star Wars Command,they're Star Wars army men. i have a whole collection of em that i get from the flea market lol. they're always a win.

got this lil Woody cuz why not. he's so small.

A FRICKIN 1978 KENNER X-WING LUKE!!!!!!!! i mean. i couldn't believe it. YEAH!

this very nice chrome-y George Clooney Batman! he's so nice to look at an he's in really good condition too.

he originally came in a two-pack with Bane titled 'Brain vs. Brawn' an when i was a kid i'd look at it an be like "why'd they misspell Bane as Brawn" i dunno lol

then i found this guy an i was like 'oh neat zombie guy' cuz i like finding that kinda stuff randomly,but then he had '© 1990 DC KENNER' stamped on his butt so i definitely got im

i thought he's probably from the Swamp Thing line,i looked it up an he is indeed Skinman from the Swamp Thing cartoon. which i should've known but i've only watched a couple episodes so i either didn't see im or don't remember im lol. he also has glow-in-the-dark eyes! Gotta get me a Swamp Thing sometime..

an last but not least i got another 1983 Kenner Ewok! it's Logray an of course he's missin his headgear an obviously accessories but vintage Star Wars figs are always a win! i also love Ewoks.

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Check out this listing I just added to my Poshmark closet: DC Super Powers SUPERMOBILE Superman's Action Vehicle McFarlane Toys 2022.

[vbartilucci]

As far as I've ever heard, the Supermobile was expressly designed and created for the purpose of licensing as a toy. that Corgi toy came out the year after the vehicle appeared in the comics.

1979 Corgi Superman toys

[chernobog13]

Action Comics #481 and 482, March and April 1978: the introduction of the Supermobile!

Why oh why does a man who can fly faster than the speed of light need a flying car with hands?

Because radiation from an exploding red sun struck Earth and re-activated the villainous android Amazo, which had been on display in the Justice League of America’s satellite headquarters.  This same red sun radiation left Superman powerless.

Amazo managed to trap the majority of the JLA off Earth so they could not interfere with his nefarious plans.  That left Superman as the only hero standing in its way.

Luckily, the Man of Steel had planned for such a contingency.  He built the Supermobile, a vehicle constructed out of indestructible Supermanium, and designed to duplicate all his super powers.

Writer Cary Bates has stated that the Supermobile was not his idea; he had received an edict from on high to include it in a story.  

DC Comics had entered a licensing agreement with a British company, Corgi Toys, which manufactured toy cars about the same size and scale as Matchbox cars.  Corgi was releasing a line of Superman-themed vehicles in anticipation of Superman the Movie being released later that year.  Among the vehicles in this line were a Metropolis Police Department police car, a Daily Planet newspaper delivery truck, and the Supermobile.

The original Corgi Supermobile was the same size as a Matchbox car, approximately 3 inches-long (top 2 photos).  Corgi also released a larger version in 1/36th-scale (bottom 2 photos).

A few years later Kenner produced an armless-version of the Supermobile as part of their Super Powers line.  That vehicle was large enough to hold a Super Powers Superman figure in the cockpit.

McFarlane Toys has released a new Supermobile based on the original design as part of the Super Powers revival line.  The only major difference is the McFarlane version has red cockpit canopy.

Much like Spider-Man’s Spider-Mobile, the Supermobile was quickly abandoned.  However, it was not forgotten.  It has showed up, usually in the background, in a few cartoons and comic book stories over the years.

[thevindicativevordan]

The Supermobile?

Manchester Black summed it up perfectly:

It was a joke from the moment it debuted, it could never even pretend to be something other than an obvious ripoff/attempt to make Superman more toyetic. I talked about various outdated paraphernalia popping up again as gags/nostalgia bait over in my post on the Invisible Plane, and this is a perfect example of that. Only ever shows up again as a winking acknowledgement of how silly Superman's history can be.

That said, damned if I didn't love Janin's design for the silly thing, and seeing it in action against Ultra-Humanite got a grin out of me.

Keep it as one of those trophies/memorabilia lounging around the Fortress of Solitude. I think it's earned that much.

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Do I detect Batman envy?