Matches in DBpedia 2014 for { ?s ?p The Super-Sons were a pair of fictional characters in an alternate version of the DC Comics universe. The characters were created by Bob Haney and Dick Dillin (based upon Superman by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, and Batman by Bob Kane & Bill Finger). The duo first appeared in World's Finest Comics #215 (January 1973). They were based on imaginary tales about the sons of Superman and Batman with Lois Lane and Kathy Kane first in Batman Comic #131(April 1960) and Batman #163(May 1964). They next appeared in World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #154 (December 1965). They later inspired the characters Joel Kent and Bruce Wayne Jr in Superman & Batman: Generations I (January - March 1999) the sons Superman and Batman fathered with Lois Lane and (probably) Julie Madison.The Super-Sons were Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.) and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne Jr.), college-aged versions of their superhero fathers. Their mothers are never fully shown – their faces either being hidden or turned away from the reader – and are never referred to by name by their husbands, but would appear to be Lois Lane or Lana Lang and Talia al Ghul or Selena Kyle or Silver St. Cloud. Later it is revealed they don't actually have mothers since they are AI programs in a computer simulation created by Superman and Batman. When the Super-Sons demanded to know who their mothers were, Batman and Superman told them they never felt mothers were relevant to the simulation and so hadn't actually programmed any in. The Super-Sons did come to life briefly in the real world in World's Finest Comics #263 (July 1980) but after causing their "fathers" some trouble IRL, Superman and Batman convince their offspring that although they're alive they're not real people and get them to jump into a disintegration pit and kill themselves because their existence would doom the world. They then reappear alive and well in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (August 1999). Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, makes brief appearances in three of the stories, namely "Saga of the Super Sons", "Cry Not For my Forsaken Son" and "Crown for a New Batman", Commissioner Gordon appears briefly in "Cry Not For my Forsaken Son", while the original Robin, Dick Grayson, plays a major part in "Crown for a New Batman". (It is interesting to note that like Bruce Jr. and Clark Jr., Dick is still a teenager in the story – which implies that, in this alternate DC Comics Universe, he and Bruce Jr. grew up together as brothers.) The Super-Sons also get to meet Superman Sr.'s old enemy, Lex Luthor, and his daughter, Ardora, who appears in "The Angel With a Dirty Name".The Super-Sons, tired of living in their fathers' shadows, were apparently intended by writer Bob Haney to represent the youth culture versions of Superman and Batman, not unlike his take on the Teen Titans.[citation needed] The Super-Sons debuted in World's Finest Comics #215 (1973), and had a sporadic run in that title through #242 (1976).The Super-Sons look almost exactly like their fathers and wear identical costumes. The characters spoke with a slightly exaggerated version of the slang popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They regard each other as brothers, since both understand the pressures involved in being the son of a living legend. Like his father, Batman Jr. has no superhuman powers and relies on athletic prowess and gadgets. Superman Jr., on the other hand, has inherited his father's powers. Since Superman Jr. is half-human, his powers are lesser than those of Superman, Sr. (but still developing). However, the elder Superman's powers were almost limitless.Although the very first Super-Sons Story insisted that the stories of the Super-Sons were actual stories in the lives of Superman and Batman, the final story in World's Finest #263, "Final Secret of the Super-Sons", written by Dennis O'Neil, revealed that the Sons had never really existed — they were merely computer simulations of what might have been, created by Superman and Batman on the Man of Steel's computer in his Fortress of Solitude.. }
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- Super-Sons abstract "The Super-Sons were a pair of fictional characters in an alternate version of the DC Comics universe. The characters were created by Bob Haney and Dick Dillin (based upon Superman by Jerry Siegel & Joe Shuster, and Batman by Bob Kane & Bill Finger). The duo first appeared in World's Finest Comics #215 (January 1973). They were based on imaginary tales about the sons of Superman and Batman with Lois Lane and Kathy Kane first in Batman Comic #131(April 1960) and Batman #163(May 1964). They next appeared in World's Finest Comics Vol 1 #154 (December 1965). They later inspired the characters Joel Kent and Bruce Wayne Jr in Superman & Batman: Generations I (January - March 1999) the sons Superman and Batman fathered with Lois Lane and (probably) Julie Madison.The Super-Sons were Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.) and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne Jr.), college-aged versions of their superhero fathers. Their mothers are never fully shown – their faces either being hidden or turned away from the reader – and are never referred to by name by their husbands, but would appear to be Lois Lane or Lana Lang and Talia al Ghul or Selena Kyle or Silver St. Cloud. Later it is revealed they don't actually have mothers since they are AI programs in a computer simulation created by Superman and Batman. When the Super-Sons demanded to know who their mothers were, Batman and Superman told them they never felt mothers were relevant to the simulation and so hadn't actually programmed any in. The Super-Sons did come to life briefly in the real world in World's Finest Comics #263 (July 1980) but after causing their "fathers" some trouble IRL, Superman and Batman convince their offspring that although they're alive they're not real people and get them to jump into a disintegration pit and kill themselves because their existence would doom the world. They then reappear alive and well in Elseworlds 80-Page Giant #1 (August 1999). Bruce Wayne's butler, Alfred Pennyworth, makes brief appearances in three of the stories, namely "Saga of the Super Sons", "Cry Not For my Forsaken Son" and "Crown for a New Batman", Commissioner Gordon appears briefly in "Cry Not For my Forsaken Son", while the original Robin, Dick Grayson, plays a major part in "Crown for a New Batman". (It is interesting to note that like Bruce Jr. and Clark Jr., Dick is still a teenager in the story – which implies that, in this alternate DC Comics Universe, he and Bruce Jr. grew up together as brothers.) The Super-Sons also get to meet Superman Sr.'s old enemy, Lex Luthor, and his daughter, Ardora, who appears in "The Angel With a Dirty Name".The Super-Sons, tired of living in their fathers' shadows, were apparently intended by writer Bob Haney to represent the youth culture versions of Superman and Batman, not unlike his take on the Teen Titans.[citation needed] The Super-Sons debuted in World's Finest Comics #215 (1973), and had a sporadic run in that title through #242 (1976).The Super-Sons look almost exactly like their fathers and wear identical costumes. The characters spoke with a slightly exaggerated version of the slang popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They regard each other as brothers, since both understand the pressures involved in being the son of a living legend. Like his father, Batman Jr. has no superhuman powers and relies on athletic prowess and gadgets. Superman Jr., on the other hand, has inherited his father's powers. Since Superman Jr. is half-human, his powers are lesser than those of Superman, Sr. (but still developing). However, the elder Superman's powers were almost limitless.Although the very first Super-Sons Story insisted that the stories of the Super-Sons were actual stories in the lives of Superman and Batman, the final story in World's Finest #263, "Final Secret of the Super-Sons", written by Dennis O'Neil, revealed that the Sons had never really existed — they were merely computer simulations of what might have been, created by Superman and Batman on the Man of Steel's computer in his Fortress of Solitude.".