 Today on the show. We're taking a look at Superman the man of steel number 20 from February of 1993 This is funeral for a friend number three. So stay tuned Hey guys, welcome back to comedy and TV. We're all geek culture collides. If you're new to the channel Don't forget to hit that subscribe button so you don't miss out on future videos All right guys as I said, this is Superman the man of steel number 20 from February of 1993 funeral for a friend number three I just finished reading this issue. I Never actually read it before And I have to say the end of this issue is very emotional. It actually brought a tear to my eye I'm not ashamed to say it was written by Louis Simonson With art by John Bogdanov. I guess you pronounce it. I'm not sure The first page or two of this issue kind of had me a little bit worried because the art was slightly different Is more exaggerated Kind of like how the early issues of steel were Just very over pronounced. I guess you could say in that more Partoonie style, I guess. I don't know. It's very hard to describe. I don't care for that style But luckily late as the issue progresses It gets back to the normal death of Superman Style and as you can see here this in this issue, this is where they bury Superman in the crypt On the front cover here, you've got Batman and Robin lurking off in the distance watching over everything You got Mr. Miracle Guardian Bibbo Green Lantern flash Supergirl Wonder Woman shazam or at this point in time Captain Marvel Aquaman Nightwing and I believe that's fire right there And as you can see this was at a time when the comics code authority was still in use I don't believe they're really in use anymore. I I never see comics anymore with the comic code authority on it See this is what I mean by over exaggerated Very Cartoonish like style here Don't really care for that Lex Luthor is making the arrangements for Superman's funeral But as you can see they start to get back to normal This you know Lex says try as I might I couldn't kill Superman But sure as hell. I'm gonna bury him So that sets the tone for why Lex is doing everything he's doing For Superman I guess you could say then we've got we joined Jonathan Martha Kent who aren't able to be at their son own son's funeral They kept a secret identity even in death. That's how they that's how he was able to come back and You know Be Clark Kent again Then Jimmy Olson has taken everything pretty bad One of the reporters his name Dan, I'm not sure but he's kind of He's more of a he wants Jimmy to take the glory of such an iconic picture and He's not understanding why Lois is so upset even though Clark is missing Missing sorry Perry's been invited to the funeral Lois wasn't But he offers to let her go in his place, but she doesn't know Lois goes up to the roof out of habit in Morning, I guess that's where Superman often met with her and it shows here that they've placed a plaque at the site where he fell and Jimmy comes and takes her to the funeral procession right there Try to get through and as you can see the entire Justice League is marching with the casket we've got Booster gold right here Who's Not really in his uniform since it got shredded, but he's still in the mask and like what looks like a jacket or whatever We got ice and blood wind I'm not sure who that is in the crease, but we've got a long-gated man guardian Wildcat power girl green arrow Green Lantern fire black canary Wonder Woman Flash Aquaman Captain Marvel Alan Scott's guy gardener Jake Garrick Obsidian back here. I think that other that one next to kill a log is one of the black Hawks But as I said kill a log Right there we've got Nightwing I Can't remember who that is Maxima Dr. Light the female dr. Light dr. Fates I think that's Orion Can't remember his name for the life of me And then you know so on and so forth we don't see Batman and Robin here They've kept to the shadows At this point, you know for those of you Who've looked to see who's all in the funeral procession? Which I see the metal men there Big Barda mr. Miracle So on you don't see Batman and Robin in there, but you see Nightwing You have to remember that Superman gave Nightwing his name Dick Grayson knew Superman since he was a little kid Always working alongside Batman. He knew Superman as well as Batman did We see all the people in metropolis grieving over Superman's loss and Here's a family he saved from a fire One lady says they say Superman was an alien Funny isn't it since he was also Earth's greatest hero A guy who got pulled out of a wreck Lois Lane and Jimmy Here's all the issues that Funeral for a friend takes place in Justice League America number 70 adventures of Superman 498 action comic 685 Superman the man of steel number 20 Superman 76 Adventures of Superman 499 action comics 686 Man of steel 21 and Superman number 77 And that's not including the official tie-ins as well like Justice League. Oh, actually, yeah It is there. I'm sorry, and I think Superman number 77 was the epilogue But we'll go over that in the future. Then we joined Lobo who's he is flipping out because He just heard that Superman is dead and he didn't have a chance to He didn't have a chance to get a piece of him More mourners and then we see Liberation Force terrorist You know, he's about ready to set off a bomb in order to kill one of his nation's leaders who's there But Batman cites him. This is our first first sighting of Batman in this issue He's not down with the rest of the Justice League. He's watching over everything Doing things Superman's way. He noticed the bomb in the guy's jacket And the guy says No, don't drop me I'll turn myself in anything just don't drop me Batman Don't tempt me, but Metropolis is Superman's town and for today I'll play his way He just leaves him hanging there with a sign that says please arrest me Then we come to dr. Emile Hamilton the underworlders Bibbo and some guy who Superman saved from a burning building at one time selling a Death of Superman t-shirts and a a Bag that includes the newspaper and the armband all together and he's telling them because You know Superman Did save him and his family from the fire, but now they're homeless and he's still got to feed his family Bibbo's about ready to just pound this guy until he finds out and he says all right Superman was my pal. So we'll do things his way all by all of the merchandise $300 worth of merchandise and Come see me later. I'll give you a job And there we see the pallbearers of the Justice League those who fought alongside Superman during doomsday's Arrival ice blood wind Booster gold there in street clothes, but still wearing his you know visor and stuff Guy Gardner Maxima and Supergirl all Carrying his casket and then we got some thugs who are trying to Get Jimmy to sell them the rights the licensing rights to his photo and they're they're about ready to Do some bad stuff until Robin comes in and Then the crowd just starts getting crazy and the Justice League have to take action and Jonathan and Martha are just overwhelmed They're not able to be there at his at their son's funeral and they're just devastated by What the people are doing at that time? It's turned into a mob scene and all the while Lois keeps wanting to call them, but she's afraid that they'll blame her And then we've got president president at the time Bill Clinton and Hillary Clinton Making the speech Lois she she finally tries to call Jonathan and Martha, but they decide to more grieve for him in their own way by bearing a box of his stuff Through the years in the crater where they found him originally scrapbook his teddy bear is blanky his Baseball glove or his baseball mitten baseball Wonder Woman and Green Lantern seal the tomb Everyone's looking on Here's the emotional part. Lois finally manages to get through to Monpoch hint And this is where I kind of started tear up a little bit. If you have a chance to read it Louis Simonson really has a way of making you feel this moment with the dialogue Mom Paul Kent don't blame Lois at all She's just heartbroken. I Was there all the time? Clark fought doomsday and all I could do was report on the fight and watch him die I couldn't do anything but watch him die Listen to me. Lois. It's not your fault You did all you could Everyone did everything they could We're coming sweetie. Hold on a little while will be right there So that Even now it kind of makes me choke up a little bit Very very heartwarming very very sad Final page It really Shit just re-reading that panel with it kind of brought a tear to my eyes but I Really suggest picking up Superman the man of steel number 20 funeral for a friend number three if you have a chance At the time of this filming comex ology has the entire funeral for a friend Graphic novel in their digital copies for 599 I picked mine up last night Along with the death of Superman along with the reign of the Superman and return of the Superman or return of Superman I'm sorry And as I said previously I will be doing a retelling with images from the story In my off-season probably around December sometime We'll start with the death of Superman. We'll go into funeral for a friend reign of the Superman and The return of Superman I'm hoping to make it a four-part video series But we'll see If you guys enjoyed this video make sure you hit that subscribe button I'm Shannon for come again TV the only place on YouTube where all geek culture collides Take care my friends