#black zero

[longwuzhere]

My Adventures with Superman Season 2 Easter Eggs

WHAT A FANTASTIC FINALE! HOLY SHIT! I TEARED UP SEVERAL TIMES AND MY GOD WAS THIS SUCH A GOOD FINAL EPISODE FOR SEASON 2!!!! This may be the last Easter Eggs post, episode wise, but we still have the other 4 issues of the comic so come back here each month for that and also at the end I'll give you some recommendations to keep you occupied til season 3 gets a premiere date.

My Easter eggs lists for season 1 is here if you haven't seen it!

My season 2 episode 1 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 2 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 3 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My season 2 episode 4 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 5 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 6 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My season 2 episode 7 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 8 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 9 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

Spoilers if you haven't seen the episode

Starting things off the episode title is My Adventures with Supergirl. An obvious nod to the show title, but also good way to acknowledge the journey we had with Kara whether its seeing her past, what she did under Brainiac's control, and what our trio will do to help Kara be free from Brainiac.

Makes sense that Henshaw is part of the Human Defense Corp (or Squadron in this case) and it looks like the fool dies so maybe Cyborg Superman in the future who know, but I talked about the Human Defense Corp here and Hank Henshaw here.

As Superman and Kara lie on the street thanks to the Metallos and Brainiac's control over them, we see them get saved by the Intergang and Livewire and Heatwave! I talked more about Intergang here and Livewire and Heatwave here and here respectively.

Later in the scene Roughhouse makes a subtle reference to Lobo, but "the Main Man" in this case is referring to General Sam Lane. But if Lobo shows up in a future season, I'll talk more about him, and god I want to see him show up so bad!

Over where Lois, Jimmy, and Steve are, the Metallos chase after them and are saved by Dr. John Henry Irons a.k.a. Steel! I talked more about him here. I'd love to see him wear the helmet like his comic counterpart and the red cape in a future episode.

Later in the episode Superman, Kara, Intergang, Livewire, Heatwave, and Steel attack Brainiac's station and were able to break though his defenses and as they enter Brainiac's chamber, Brainiac activates Kara's brainwashing saying "Eradicator Override"

If you know your Superman comics, the Eradicator was first mentioned in Action Comics Annual #2 (1989) [W: Roger Stern, Jerry Ordway, George Perez, P: Mike Mignola, I: George Perez, C: Glenn Whitmore, L: Bill Oakley] where it was a weapon that was used to kill the Cleric on Krypton who was spreading his message about peace and the unethical uses of cloning on Krypton.

The weapon would later be found by Superman and it caused more problems for him until he threw it away in Antarctica where it created the Fortress of Solitude.

Later during the death of Superman, the Eradicator would emerge as an energy being who takes on the visage of Superman, take Clark's body back to the Fortress so he can heal, and would be one of the four Supermen who took over for Superman at that time. This version of the Eradicator first appeared in Action Comics #687 (1993) [W: Roger Stern, P: Jackson Guice, I: Denis Rodier, C: Glenn Whitmore, L: Bill Oakley]

When we see Kara fight Superman under the control of Brainiac later, she has red eyes just like the Eradicator in the comics as shown here in the panel from Superman #82 (1993) [W&P: Dan Jurgens, I: Brett Breeding, C: Glenn Whitmore, L: John Costanza].

Later in the episode, Clark, Lois, and Jimmy try to calm Kara and help her fight against Brainiac's influence and they succeed (also had me tear up in that moment too) and shout out Kara's Canary Cry! Black Canary would be proud AF!

After pushing back on Brainiac's station Clark and Kara battle Brainiac in space and Brainiac monologues about Krypton's destruction and his excuse of existing. He activates the weapon that destroyed Krypton, the Black Zero Protocol.

The first and only known version of Black Zero that destroyed Krypton was in Superman #205 (1968) [W: Otto Binder, P&I: Al Plastino] where the saboteur was hired to destroy Krypton by accelerating the internal planetary stresses that caused the planet to explode. He was planning on doing the same to the Earth before Superman stopped him. Other iterations and uses of the Black Zero name include, a Kryptonian Terrorist Group that created a computer virus of the same name that infected the Fortress of Solitude, a clone of Conner Kent, and a Kryptonian military group.

After Kara took the hit and plunged into the sun, she and Clark are saved thanks to their Kryptonian physiology because they get their powers from the Sun. You notice their Kryptonite scarring/veins glow a gold color bringing to mind...

Superman Prime One Million from DC Million #4 (1998) [P: Val Semekis, I: Prentis Rollins, C: Pat Garrahy & Heroic Age] who is OG Superman after outliving all his family and friends traveled throughout the DC universe and absorbing the Sun's radiant energy for like hundreds of years where his powers are now near infinite levels giving him this gold look. This version of Superman according to Grant Morrison is the same as the one in All-Star Superman.

In a Kryptonian religious sense, you could argue that Rao, the sun god of the Kryptonians, saved his last two people from death and giving them power to fight against Brainiac.

The MAwS crew really love their DBZ cuz the sun aura Clark and Kara give off is the same vibe as what Super Saiyans have when they power up.

We then see Kara and Clark glow a red and blue aura respectively which, I might be reading into it a lot, could be symbolic of Nightwing and Flamebird, the Kryptonian gods/heroes/dragons and the identities that Clark and Kara took up at one point in the comics with Clark taking up the Nightwing name and Kara taking up the Flamebird name. Also maybe its Superman Blue and Superman Red sorta deal who knows. It was cool though.

By the end of the episode we see people tuning to the aftermath of what happened and we see Channel 52 on display. I talked more about that here.

We then see Lex and Slade looking up on the LexCorp building. I talked more about LexCorp here but its first appearance in the comics is in The Man of Steel #2 (1986) [W&P: John Byrne, I: Dick Giordano, C: Tom Zuiko, L: John Costanza] as shown below:

Shout out to Clark still wearing the Stussy S/the cool S

and finally we close out the episode with Clark and Kara going to stop the fire at Perez Plaza, named after legendary artist George Perez.

George Perez is well known for his Wonder Woman run and being the co-creator of the Teen Titans in the 80s with Marv Wolfman. He helped design Lex Luthor's iconic battle suit (I really hope to see it in MAwS someday). Perez also had a run on the Superman comics too. He worked on Action Comics for a short while as penciler and did some breakdown work on the title. He also wrote and inked on the Adventure of Superman comics. Perez wrote, did the layouts, and drew the cover art for the 2011 Superman run. If you love the Teen Titans/Titans, like me, you gotta give thanks to this man.

DC in 2022 did a really awesome tribute to him by collaborating with other DC artists to show how much of an impact his career was on the DC universe give both images a look cuz its beautiful and you can see which artist did which character. Also check this video out and see George Perez work his art magic:

And with that our episodic look at the Easter Eggs and references come to an end, but we still have the other 4 issues of the My Adventures with Superman tie-in comic so come back here again in August for that.

In the mean time when we get a date for season 3 I highly recommend reading the My Adventures with Superman comics, read The Man of Steel (1986) limited series because a lot of pop culture's understanding of the Superman mythos and characters comes from that limited series, read the Death of Superman, A World Without Superman, and Reign of the Supermen because you will see how much of an impact Superman made defending Metropolis from Doomsday, his death affecting everyone he met, and his glorious return. Also give the DC Rebirth era of Superman comics a shot too because you get to see Lois and Clark raise a son. The DC Infinite Frontier Superman run that came after the Rebirth era is just as good that I highly recommend reading too. Out of continuity wise definitely check out Superman: Secret Identity, All-Star Superman, Kingdom Come, the current World's Finest run, and Superman vs the Amazing Spider-Man.

In terms of watching highly recommend watching Superman the Animated Series because that series is equally good to MAwS and it helped build out the DCAU which I also highly recommend everyone to dive into. Shin Ultraman (and hell basically all of the Ultraman media) because like Superman its an alien who defends the Earth, hides amongst the population and actually thinks human beings can live up to their potential. Tsuburaya's Ultraman and Superman would be damn good friends. If you need some goofy fun, the Super Friends is a fun watch if you need light hearted cartoons.

My Easter eggs lists for season 1 is here if you haven't seen it!

My season 2 episode 1 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 2 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 3 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman comic issue 1 post is here

My season 2 episode 4 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 5 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 6 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 2 post is here

My season 2 episode 7 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 8 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My season 2 episode 9 Easter eggs and references in My Adventures with Superman post is here

My Easter eggs and references for My Adventures with Superman comic issue 3 post is here

[suzukiblu]

Ground Zero Den Mom? for one of WIP Wednesday options??

I didn't actually have any of this written yet, tbh, so I just started the fic outright for you, I guess, hahaha. Self-restraint? What's that??

Black Zero is having the single stupidest argument of his entire life.

“So, uh, anyway we fixed the problem,” his most annoying still-living alternate self says, then gestures illustratively at him. “Also, meet the problem. Black Zero, this is the Justice League. Justice League, Black Zero.” 

“‘Black Zero’?” Superman repeats, looking bewildered. “Like the clone liberation movement?”

“Exactly like that, but with a lot more reality-conquering and murder we apparently decided was ethically okay because we just cloned everyone we killed,” Superboy says, looking mildly embarrassed. “Uh. So like, he's me, obviously. Well, I guess he could've been Match, but Match doesn't really have, you know, like . . . that much get-up-and-go, I guess?”

“Who's Match?” Black Zero asks, eyeing Superman calculatingly. He's never actually met a version of the man, but he'd expected someone more impressive, honestly. 

“Oh,” Superboy says. “Uh, well, he was cloned from me, so my slightly murderous little brother, basically? Sometimes he tries to fuck up my life and kill me because the assholes who made him have him convinced that he's their property and doesn't have any free will to live his own damn life with, which in retrospect is not information I should've given specifically you, huh.” 

“Depends on how fast you want your little brother out from under the assholes who made him,” Black Zero says, pushing up his glasses to narrow his eyes down at him. 

“. . . hm,” Superboy says, frowning consideringly. “Actually, uh–” 

“Kon-El,” Superman says, looking pained. “Please explain what's happening here.” 

“Could we maybe go fuck up the Agenda first?” Superboy asks hopefully. 

“Please tell me you don't answer to Superman,” Black Zero says, pinching the bridge of his nose. “And why is he calling you ‘Kon-El’?” 

“Because that's my name, asshole,” Superboy says, making a face at him. 

“You picked Superman to be your father?” Black Zero demands in exasperation, and Superboy immediately turns bright red. 

“Oh my god, you moron, Superman's not my dad!” he sputters. “He's like, a co-worker! Anyway, you picked Westfield, you don't have any room to talk about shitty taste in fake parents!” 

Black Zero spares a moment for the crushing weight of the grief, then shoots the kid a flat look. 

“Paul Westfield was my father,” he says.

“Please tell me he didn't name you,” Superboy says, looking disgusted. Black Zero eyes him in exasperation. Why is every other version of him an annoying teenager who doesn't know when to shut the fuck up? There couldn't have been at least one more adult? Just one, in all of Hypertime? 

“Only if you count the ‘Superman’ phase,” he says. “I took Black Zero for myself.” 

“That's incredibly depressing,” Superboy mutters. Black Zero idly considers murdering him, but there wouldn't be much point beyond personal satisfaction and he doesn't feel like fighting half the local Justice League first thing into this reality either.

Give it a week, maybe.

[alguien-aburrid0]

Another short video with audio from snapcube.

I have no idea why this have that bad quality, i'm pretty new at this of making whatever this is.

[chrisman1983]

Mega Man X Armor Upgrade Collection

[saiyanprincefiregod]

SuperSoilders of the 22nd Century: Ace Maverick Hunters and their Ultimate Forms

Ace Maverick Hunters -Mega Man X(S Rank Veteran Hunter) -Mega Man Zero(S Rank Veteran Hunter) -Axl(A Rank Hunter) -Iris(Medic, Navigator, A Rank Hunter) -Alia(Navigator, A Rank Hunter) -Nana(Medic, Navigator, Rookie B Rank Hunter) -Marino(Rookie A Rank Hunter) -Cinnamon(Rookie Medical Staff, C Rank Hunter) -Ace(A Rank Hunter) -Nina(B Rank Hunter) -Scilla(B Rank Hunter)

[stellato-17]

Dibujos Inéditos (que ya no son inéditos 🤣)

Doodles random de la franquicia de Mega Man

[ronnyraygun]

POV. You're a grown ass man making a child army of younger versions of yourself because you got bullied on your world.

[ref + bonus under the cut]

Damn, kids can be ruthless.

[thefaeriefeatherdark]

Look at the marketing on this comic. It's so funny to me. I have thought about this page once a week since I read this comic back in like 2020.

[shinfuransan]

"Someone... must stop Repliforce...!"

[doctorslippery]

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

this morning's warm up and last night's cool down of a Martian and Kryptonian; the Martian is no one specific, but the Kryptonian started out as a Black Zero version of Satan Girl, idk if I'll canonize the design tho

[maswartz]

Black Zero’s world

[suzukiblu]

So I'm not actually sure, but I don't think DC ever revisited the ACTUAL Black Zero version of Kon after ditching him between realities, and like . . . I would like to, please? Pretty please??

By which I mean I want fifty-two million fics about Kon actually trying to rehabilitate/deal with the guy like he wanted to in canon and Black Zero like DYING over how stupid and stubborn this version of himself is, while of course being equally stupid and stubborn himself. I want Black Zero and his emotional support alternate self/external moral compass just running around the DC universe together causing havoc and property damage and somewhere the entire fucking Justice League is just STARING at Clark like "you DO realize you're actively letting an evil murderous despot who knows all of Superboy's weaknesses and insecurities just like, effectively RAISE him now, right? Like we have no ethical jurisdiction over this man's heresay-only interdimensional crimes, we can't lock him up or toss him in the Phantom Zone for crimes he didn't even commit in this reality, so this is on YOU."

Clark feels extremely awkward about all this.

Elsewhere, Kon introduces Black Zero to Wendy the Werewolf Stalker and Hawaiian food and alternate problem-solving techniques beyond "remorseless murder" and "cloning the people I have remorselessly murdered to just give back to whoever misses them so it's all gucci now".

Black Zero may or may not end up as Red Tornado's co-den mother for Young Justice and Harm has a VERY different experience with the team the next time he tries to start some shit. Also he might eventually fistfight Doug Side and that'll just be an experience for EVERYONE.

No one liked that tectonic plate anyway, right??

[chrisman1983]

Mega Man X5 Armor Pictures

[123bang]

zero day themed favicons ,,,,

made by me !!!

[ronnyraygun]

Argue with me, I dare you.