Superscale Prime!

July 28, 2008 on 10:00 am | In Comics, Insanity | 2 Comments

The torture never stops, does it?

This is another Dan Jurgens cover of Superman. Now, I happen to like a lot of Dan’s work. I thought the death and return of Superman was a great story, I liked some of the tales that came after, I like his work on Booster Gold now, and I really dug his art when I was a kid. When I didn’t have a critical mind that questioned things. Like Superboy’s legs.

Now is time to ask the question. What happened to Superboy’s legs?

Sure, he’s a teenager, proportions might not always be 100% when you’re dealing with teens, but this is just goony. Those things are so tiny! He’s got these little Yogi Bear-style legs!

He looks like a ventriloquist’s dummy.

Anyhoodles, this is the kind of thing an editor should catch. I’ve seen editorial comments on art before and they mark down even the most minor of things, like “move hand off of table” or “eyes should be closed”. These baby legs don’t warrant a post-it?

Come to think of it, all the characters have shortened legs, and Steel’s feet are way too tiny. Those officially qualify as “booties”, not boots. Really unwieldy booties, but still, not boots. Don’t ask where his shoulders are, seriously. Also, I want to draw your attention to Eradicator’s legs and package in the back there. Oh, and his arm is all squished up. Can he feed himself?

Ladies and gentlemen, this was the 90’s. Everyone had tiny legs, everyone stood on their tip-toes, and everyone wore a big, metal, non-functional codpiece. Yes, those were the days. The days where I stopped reading comic books for 13 years.