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Lois Lane Calls Superman Captain Underpants? (DC Comics Spoilers)

Who else in the DC Comics Universe is going around calling Superman "Captain Underpants"? And does Dav Pilkey know?

Published Mon, 05 Feb 2024 05:58:09 -0600

Article Summary

Lois Lane and Fire dub Superman "Captain Underpants" in latest DC Comics issues.
Superman '78 & Fire & Ice series present unconventional takes on the superhero.
Is DC Comics eyeing the success of Dav Pilkey's Captain Underpants franchise?
New comic book stories mix humor with action, challenging Superman's identity.

Who is Captain Underpants? Tomorrow sees DC Comics publish two Superman stories off the beaten track, Superman '78 #4 by Robert Venditti and Gavin Guidry in Richard Donner movie continuity, with Lois Lane having… thoughts about Superman.

While in the final issue of Fire & Ice: Welcome To Smallville #6 by Joanne Starer and Natacha Bustos, Fire reveals her own nickname for Superman as "Captain Underpants".

Which is also Lois Lane's nickname for Superman. Hang on, who knows he is married to anyone in this continuity now?

Notably, Captain Underpants is also an illustrated series of middle-grade novels by Dav Pilkey about two fourth graders, George Beard and Harold Hutchins, with Captain Underpants as a superhero from the boys' homemade comic books, who accidentally becomes real when George and Harold hypnotize their cruel, bossy, and ill-tempered principal, Mr. Krupp. It also span off the most successful graphic novel series in American history, Dog Man.

He certainly outsells Superman. Might DC Comics want in on that action?

FIRE & ICE WELCOME TO SMALLVILLE #6 (OF 6) CVR A TERRY DODSON
(W) Joanne Starer (A) Natacha Bustos (CA) Terry Dodson
It's all-out chaos in this action-packed finale, and the hits are coming from all sides! Fire and Ice's pasts have come back to bite them (literally!) and the fate of Smallville itself hangs in the balance! Will the power of their friendship and superheroic prowess be enough to rally locals and villains alike in an effort to save the Superman's hometown? Or are there some messes that are simply too disastrous to ever clean up? Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 02/06/2024

SUPERMAN 78 THE METAL CURTAIN #4 (OF 6) CVR A GAVIN GUIDRY
(W) Robert Venditti (A/CA) Gavin Guidry
Metallo declares war against Superman on American soil! These two men of steel will duke it out in the nation's capital, and only one can be declared the winner! Retail: $3.99 In-Store Date: 02/06/2024

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