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The Boomer Humor Of Grant Morrison In Superman & The Authority #2

Grant Morrison was born on January the 31st, 1960, towards the end of what is defined as the Baby Boomer generation, these days often dismissed as "boomers." And in today's Superman & The Authority #2 with Mikel Janin, they really want to show how down with the kids they are. Or realising just how embarrassing it is if they tried and just double down and do it anyway for the cringe. As a parent of teenage daughters myself, I certainly know the appeal of that. Just ask them about the time I danced on the Tube when they had no way to escape. Anyway, spoilers, spoilers, spoilers…

Anyway, today that means Natasha Irons is fighting a sentient internet lifeform in Superman & The Authority #2. Has anyone got a bingo list of what might be ticked off?

Reference to neurodiversity in a simplistic fashion? Check?

Are conspiracy theories spreading on the internet? Check. Bonus points for anti-vaxxer talking points? Check.

Literal body-shaming trolls? Check.

Anti-Geek Girl internet edgelords? TikTok dancing? And what about some kind of social media talk represented in the real world by the kind of line Arnold Schwarzeneggar would spit?

Check check checkity check check! Superman And The Authority #2 is published today from DC Comics, and this, with Natasha Irons being recruited as the new Engineer of The Authority, is just one small bit, I promise, and soon Apollo and Midnighter turn up, which is bound to improve things…

Oh, bloody hell… at least over in today's The Flash #773, they cop to it.

SUPERMAN AND THE AUTHORITY #2 (OF 4) CVR A MIKEL JANIN
(W) Grant Morrison (A/CA) Mikel Janin
Clark Kent and Manchester Black continue to put Superman's new team together, even though keeping Black in check seems like just as difficult a job as convincing the new recruits to come along. The pair hits different parts of the world looking for different types of heroes. While Midnighter, Apollo, and Natasha Irons only need to tie up some loose ends before getting on board, the Enchantress is going to be a little harder. Superman is going to have to set her free from a deadly illusion hell-bent on destroying her before she can help him save the universe. Retail: $4.99 Initial Due Date: 08/17/2021

FLASH #773 CVR A BRANDON PETERSON
(W) Jeremy Adams (A) Will Conrad (CA) Brandon Peterson
On the loose and bent on destruction, Heatwave's return couldn't come at a worse time for Wally West. Now that the onetime Kid Flash has retaken the mantle of the Fastest Man Alive, he's also taken a new job at Mr. Terrific's Holt Industries. But all of that gets put on the back burner, when the Flash must outrace the flames of one of his greatest foes and figure out why the once-reformed rogue has gone bad again.
Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 8/17/2021

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