Now I’m reasonably certain neither Superboy nor Mon-El actually need to eat.

§ February 15th, 2016 § Filed under legion of super-heroes § 4 Comments

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Look at those two gluttons pack it away while poor Ma Kent works up more skyscraper-sized stacks of pancakes.

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That’s okay, Li’l Hellboy, apparently Superboy and Mon-El will gladly eat them for you. Sheesh.
 
 

from Superboy and the Legion of Super-Heroes #208 (April 1975) by Cary Bates and Mike Grell, and Dark Horse Presents Annual (1999) by Mike Mignola

4 Responses to “Now I’m reasonably certain neither Superboy nor Mon-El actually need to eat.”

  • philfromgermany says:

    So, pamcakes?

  • No wonder the Legion hq is looks like a bomb-shaped, futuristic port-a-john.

    Yeah, yeah…it’s a “rocket”.
    (A rocket for making “boom-boom” bombs)

  • Touch-and-go Bullethead says:

    The enormous stack of pancakes, used to illustrate a character’s enormous appetite, is one of those visual tropes that never work for me. Unless Ma Kent had a dozen very large griddles going at the same time, she must have spent a minimum of half an hour preparing that plateful she is bringing in. So, all I can think when I look at that picture is that the bottom half must be stone cold by now. That is not the way to serve pancakes.

  • bkmunn says:

    um, I just assumed she kept them warm in the oven like everybody else in the world?