#super-twins

[bobbinalong]

new post collecting everybody i've done now because the old one is getting too long through reblogs. maybe i'll post these in groups of threes, after all.

[ma, pa and kon]

[kryptonbabe]

Superman family designs by Dan Mora

From Action Comics Vol. 1 - Rise of Metallo TPB (2024)

[thenonbinarydetective]

I mean this in the nicest way possible, but the Super-Twins are the only siblings of Jon Kent that matter right now

[thehouseofkent]

The Super Family

[the-antiapocalyptic-man]

Are the super twins apart of the headverse yet?

I love that "yet" at the end there.

No, but they are in my notes, and I have a soft spot for Kryptonian and Krypton offshoot lore, so I'm sure I'll circle back around to them eventually.

[ufonaut]

This world is a dream come true.

Highlights of Hank Henshaw in Knight Terrors: Action Comics (2023) #1

[thevindicativevordan]

What is your opinion about the "supertwins" otho-ra and osul-ra?

They've got more potential to be good than Jon currently does, but the odds of them ever actualizing said potential is slim to none.

Two orphans raised in Space Hell, taught to hate themselves and their culture, forced to kill and fight in gladiator pits, whom ultimately find a new father figure in Superman, who reconnects them with the culture their enslavers tried to stamp out, is a hell of a concept. They have more going on in their backstory than Chris Kent had, and more freedom to tell stories with than kid Jon had. Despite my wishes, most writers chose to write Jon as a mini version of his father. Osul and Otho have such an utterly different backstory from Kal, that there's simply no way to feasibly hollow them out into being the "yes sir" dutiful son that Jon was. Physical and emotional trauma that they carry is the sort that you carry to the grave, and marks them in a way only Kara could potentially understand.

Of the two I'm on record as preferring Otho, the daughter, more than Osul the son. In her I see a fascinating similarity to Kara. Kara was meant to raise Kal in an environment that could have been hostile towards them both. Otho-Ra actually had to do that, protecting her brother alongside herself. We know Otho has killed, she has the chains to prove it. I want to see some writer expand on that - what was it like to kill someone? Does she still agonize over the lives she took? Does she regret killing? Did it get easier over time for her? Does some part of her resent having to protect her brother on Warworld? How much does she really buy into Superman's morality? That scene in PKJ's Action run where Metallo empathizes with her excited me, I want more stories with her like that which touch on how she has all the markings of someone who could break bad. I'd like to see someone really unpack her history, relationship with her brother, and her place within the Superfamily.

Osul meanwhile is the weaker of the two character wise. PKJ seems to have made him deliberately as a replacement for kid Jon, and because of that, Osul is likewise fairly bland. His empathetic nature is a plus, he picked up on Jon's uncomfortableness towards his new siblings. But it's mostly the nature of his "New God" status that appeals to me. How he is connected to Olgrun, the other Aspects, and the Gods of New Genesis and Apokolips is a story I want to see told. Otherwise? PKJ wanted to kill Otho and keep Osul originally before deciding to keep both. Personally I'd either kill him off or "ascend" Osul out of the Superfamily and keep Otho.

Now I say all this while knowing that the Twins are not likely to stick around. The Superfamily has more members than it can feasibly support, and the Twins are the easiest ones to ship off somewhere. Making them the "brown" rep within the Superfamily would have mitigated this somewhat. I wish PKJ had stuck with his original conception of them not being white, that would've helped increase their chances of sticking around, instead they're easy pickings. Osul ending up having to go to New Genesis because of his transformation while Otho tags along to watch over her brother, both of them joining the Phaelosians on their new home planet, either of those would be a believable way to shoo them off-stage. Was hoping PKJ would get JL, and thus could exert some pull over the Superbooks even after he left Action, but that doesn't seem to be in the cards in the short term.

Right now? Let's see if anyone else takes an interest in and uses them. Otherwise I fear they may end up sharing the fate of Chris Kent, another example of how adopted kids outside the Batfamily don't fare well in the long run.

[nfcomics]

KNIGHT TERRORS ACTION COMICS no.1 • cover art • Dustin Nguyen [July 2023]

Slipping into the world of nightmares is only the beginning as Power Girl faces off with the scariest dream of all...herself! Paige may have narrowly escaped the grasp of the devious Johnny Sorrow, but all of that was just a warm-up for the real villain inside. Meanwhile, the Super-Twins are lost in a terrifying dreamscape and being hunted by a nightmare version of their own adopted father, the murderous Cyborg Superman. Can Superboy, Kong Kenan, and the Steel family find the twins in time to save them, or will they join his bloody list of victims?

(W) Leah Williams, Phillip Kennedy Johnson (A) Vasco Georgiev, Mico Suayan (CA) Dustin Nguyen

[thecosmiccircus]

New Comics Spotlight: July 26 2023

There are three simultaneous heat waves happening right now across the globe. The entire world is too hot to go outside this week. So let’s just stay inside and read some comics. This wasn’t a huge week for releases but DC does have some more Knight Terrors for those looking to be scared and Marvel has some solid offerings in the Spider-Man department and some fourth-wall-breaking heroes that…

[illusioncanthurtme--art]

Physically? I am sitting in my bedroom. Mentally? Spiritually? I AM DEAD ON THE FLOOR!!!!! THESE TWO HAVE KILLED ME!!!!

(Another drawing! This was originally attempt #1 at drawing stan, and then fiddleford just showed up. Kinda feels like them five minutes after the above acting like nothing happened though, so it works sdjkgkjfshj)

[bobbinalong]

Reading Guides

This is a masterpost collecting all of my DC reading guides, all of which I keep up to date to the best of my abilities.

Otho-Ra & Osul-Ra / The Super-Twins

Get to know Jon

Jon Kent / Superman

World's Finest Sons (Dick and Jon)

Get to know Jay

Jay Nakamura / Gossamer

Nia Nal / Dreamer

How the hell did we get here? - A guide to Jay Nakamura, Nia Nal and Jon Kent

[nenoname]

the original tots introduction having ford and mabel bonding a bit more is so cute

and them comparing hands and entwining their fingers (something i hc ford would've only done with stan and his mum when they were super young...)

[thenonbinarydetective]

I've been thinking and I've had thoughts...take Otho to Themyscira

[artsymeeshee]

Another hospital sketches! Was not expecting to make more but I ain’t complaining.

First sketches

(Yet again DON’T tag as ship :T)

[akanemnon]

Deus ex Chara

FIRST - PREVIOUS - NEXT

MASTERPOST (for the full series / FAQ / reference sheets)

[comickergirl]

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