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I mean what would have been the immediate reaction of the people in the room as how it might affect things going forward.

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Putting spoiler just because this is a recent episode of the show. But I don’t think this content spoils anything personally

Episode four of Stuart Fails to Save the Universe features a wall of DC covers both new and classic, most of them trippy in some way which mirrors the theme of the episode. Here are the ones I could identify; there are about four I could not and I’m hoping somebody out there can. I hope the formatting on this comes out right, I always screw up lists in Reddit.

Top row:
The Dreaming vol 1 #17, Oct 1997
Supergirl vol 3 1 #2, Mar 1994
Superman??
DCeased variant cover??
A. Bizarro vol 1 #1, Jul 1999
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #6 Oct 2025 Mark Chiarello cover E
The Dreaming vol 1 #23, Apr 1998
Secret Avengers vol 1 #18, Dec 2011
Legion of Superheroes vol 3 #58, Mar 1989
Sandman vol 1 #5, Nov 1975
A. Bizarro vol 1 #3, Sep 1999
Forever People vol 2 #2, Mar 1988

Middle row:
Futures End vol 1 #23, Dec 2014
Avengers Forever vol 2 1, Feb 2022 Dauterman cover
Starman? Gaiman Sandman?
The Dreaming vol 1 #19, Dec 1997
Convergence vol 1 #0, Jun 2015
The Dreaming vol 1 #12, May 1997
Stuart Fails to Save the Universe (in-show comic cover)
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #6, Oct 2025 Javier Rodriguez cover A
Action Comics vol 1 #1064, Jun 2024 Ariel Colin cover
Superboy vol 6 #24, Dec 2013
Fury of Firestorm: The Nuclear Men vol 1 #14, Jan 2013
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #1 May 2025 Guillem March cover

Bottom row:
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #2, Jun 2025 Deniz Camp variant
The Dreaming vol 1 #24, May 1998
Superman: the Man of Steel vol 1 #19, Jan 1993
Forever People vol 2 #1, Feb 1988
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #2, Jun 2025 Javier Rodriguez cover A
Convergence: Supergirl: Matrix vol 1 #2, Jul 2015
Absolute Martian Manhunter vol 1 #5, Jul 2025 Francesco Francavilla cover B
Forever People vol 2 #3, Apr 1988
Adventures of Superman vol 1 #494, Sep 1992
Detective Comics vol 1 #???
The Dreaming vol 1 #16, Sep 1997
Sandman vol 1 #2, May 1975

Has it ever been explained why Darkseid's symbol happens to be the same as the last letter of the Greek alphabet?

My wallet hurts :( buying comics all at once is expensive

But OH MY GOD. WoT was one of the most well written superhero stories I’ve ever read, and the ART is just stunning. I cried like twice.

When I saw the cover of Batman: Daylight, that bright blue cape and cowl immediately drew me in. It’s been a breath of fresh air from all the dark deconstructions of Batman. While it feels a little like I missed quite a bit of lore from previous runs, it never makes me feel like I’m missing out. And Jorge Jimenez’ art is so good I can’t truly describe it.

These are the only comics I’ve ever purchased and I can’t wait for my next paycheck to get issues 9-12!

I also heard absolute Batman has been really good, but I honestly don’t think I can afford more than 1 run at a time so I’ll wait for volumes to show up in my library like the first one.

Any specific comic reccomendations that are relevant to this run or just words of advice?

EDIT: just got Batman 9-12 and hoooly shit this is getting good

How would you feel if the DCU’s Barry Allen was Hal Jordan’s age because it would leave room for Wally West to be a newer flash and allow for Barry Allen to have a history with Hal Jordan.
Although a 50 year old Barry Allen probably wouldn’t have a lot of interactions with young adult Superman.
If they go this route I can see them adapting the version of the Justice League from the DCAU, because then we’d have Superman, Hawkgirl, John Stewart, Wally West, Batman, Wonder Woman and only missing a confirmation for Martian Manhunter

Edit: I love how split the conversation is

I got interested in Shazam after seeing how the Absolute version is basically Adam with Billy's age and maturity and I enjoyed how Absol Superman knows he is a kid from the start and seems to see himself in him and how funnily enough they're both teenagers here so he might eventually see Teth as a little brother of sorts rather than father figure.

Though you could interprete some moments as cues that they know or at least suspect he is younger than he looks I can't seem to find when they learned he was a kid in the New 52 so I've concluded they likely didn't know for sure but some of them like Wonder Woman, Batman, Luthor and Cyborg may have at least suspected while others perhaps thought he was young man who could pass for 30, which is the impression I usually get in the versions they don't know (such as in the animated Justice League War, Young Justice and JLU).

I understand Batman eventually figured it in 2018 Shazam but did the others eventually found out in Rebirth?

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And yeah, maybe bragging about your biggest advantage, which can be easily stripped away, in front of enemy who is a strategic general isn't a good idea

I'm currently reading "DCeased" a second time (currently on unkillables after reading DCeased and hope at worlds end) and just noticed, these kids in the orphanage new Etrigan the Demon. I just found this really cool, I can't remember if Etrigan is in the series if so, don't spoil. I just thought this was a cool find.