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Warning ! Spoilers onward forSuperman vs Lobo # 1
In DC Comics ' newSuperman vs. Loboseries , the Man of Steel and the Main Man are battle like they never have before : using societal media and cancel civilisation . While Lobo has become something of an anti - hero as he trace bounties across the cosmos , he still chum up in equivalence and look like a villain standing next to Superman . As a upshot , when Lobo does n’t get the credit he feel he deserves for saving the day , he start an anti - Superman campaign on Earth using social media , prompting the Man of Steel to track down a social medium movement of his own against Lobo .
In the unexampled series from writers Tim Seeley and Sarah Beattie with art by Mirka Andolfo , Lobo is the first to respond to a mammoth attacking tardigrade , simply due to the fact that he is mad about his interrupted holiday clock time and a fancy beverage being ruined . However , while Superman soon arrives on the scene , Lobo does most of the workplace in saving the day . That being read , the Man of Steel gets all of the credit due to the fact that he ’s only more compassionate and downright nicer . Regardless , the lack of truth really ticks Lobo off , prompting him to plot against Superman by turning the cyberspace against him inSuperman vs. Lobo # 1 .
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Sure enough , Clark Kent is presently shock to discover that anti - Superman sentiments have swamp societal medium , and an entire contingent of citizen are call themselves " anti - saver , " spouting off unwarranted claim and phony news about Superman all under the hashtags # NoThanksSupermanand # SupermanIsOverParty . Naturally , this is all thanks to Lobo , who has reprogrammed an army of robots he ’s steal from his beach holiday to disguise themselves as these disgruntled anti - Superman influencers , while also starting his own online communication channel to sock the Man of Steel even further in his attempt to get Superman canceled .
However , Superman thankfully has allies who help him fight back with an on-line campaign of his own , creating the hashtag # LoboIsOverParty . That being enounce , Superman ’s cancel campaign is really right smart more warranted thanks toLois Lane and Batman , as Lois speaks arrant truths about the Main Man ’s heinous acts that are backed up by footage provided from the Dark Knight himself .
Batman ’s screaming trauma from Lobo away , this social media battle between Superman and Lobo is an absolutely wild manner to complain off their new serial together . While the narrative itself is rather screaming in this fictional space set in the DC Comics , there ’s also an underlying message that surely applies to the actual world . Near the beginning of the issue , Clark is frustrated that Lex Luthor ’s fresh social media app proscribe the posting of anything negative of him or his companionship while allowing all sorts of misinformation to get through . unco , theDaily Planet’seditor Perry Whiteresponds with a very real mindset many medium outlets have in the real world : " we leave it up to the reader to make a determination about the accuracy of what mass say . " Furthermore , he also says that because Luthor is a polarizing pattern , theDaily Planetwill get click no matter what he says , which is what will keep the lights on rather than telling people who to conceive .
by nature , this unfortunate viewpoint gets kicked into in high spirits gear when Lobo and his anti - Superman political campaign get rolling , as the true - up lies Lobo creates are simply accepted grimace value as Truth . Thankfully , the issue ’s end feature a nice moment where Superman ’s answer to take care of Lobo ’s out - of - control golem is to make out to the humanity and make the appeal for everyone to mail incontrovertible and wholesome messages , which is surely something the real man could benefit from as well . In any case , Clark Kent ’s architectural plan ends up knead , and the Clarence Shepard Day Jr. is saved right beforeSupermanandLoboget swept up in the set - up for their next adventure coming October 26th , which will no doubt be just as wild and crazy as this first chapter .
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