Da Kine Best Superboy (and Friends)

PANEL ONE: A chaotic scene with flying debris.  Superboy catches a large piece of masonry.

Superboy: Never fear — superheroes are standing by to save your life!  This amazing offer good for a limited time only!

PANEL TWO: Superboy is shown from behind as he throws the debris into the water.

Superboy: Now, how much would you expect to payfor this super-service?
$9.99?  $67.32 plus tax? A small charitable donation?
No!  For reasons even I can’t fully comprehend sometimes — we do this for free!

[Superboy v3 #6]

Oh, Superboy…

[Image: A screencap of a letter from Superboy #1.  The text reads…

Dear Superboy:

Hi, my name is Fred, and I’m from Hawaii.  I like your outfit, it’s cool!  I heard you were going to live in Hawaii.  I’d like to see you sometime.

Are you going to fight bad guys in Honolulu or Hilo?  In Hawaii, there are a lot of drug lords.  When will you catch one of them?  Also, when will I see Batman come to Hawaii?  Maybe he can go against a powerful Polynesian guy.  But warn him that Hawaii is a different place from Gotham, even though the crime is about the same.  When will you meet him there, and when will you meet Robin?

Whil you’re in Hawaii, be careful of the volcanoes, because they are very hot and I heard that heat is one of your weaknesses.  Well, I hope you like staying in Hawaii.  Hang loose, brah!

—Fred Kalea, age 12

Editor’s response:
Fred, Superboy sends his thanks, and I’m sure that if Batman and Robin ever do stop by, they’ll be sure to work together to stop some bad guys.  I hope Superboy is careful around volcanoes, too, because in just a couple months, he’s going to find out just how hot one can get!]

Even the lettercol is adorable.  In the first issue.

[Superboy v3 #9]

IMAGE ONE
[Panel one: Superboy, standing on two pink boogie boards like they were hover devices, flies in over a group of beach-goers.  Two small children — a boy (Li’i) clinging to the boogie board under his right foot, and a girl (Iolani) holding on to his left leg — are flying with him.  Superboy is, as usual, narrating his exploits.]

Superboy: BIG PROBLEM!  Losing altitude!  Out of control!  WHOA!  Almost buzz-cut that moke!  Total system failure!  We’re goin’ down!
Iolani: The water!  Head for the water!
Superboy: Now there’s an idea!  Hold on..!  …and please return your tray tables to their upright, locked positions!

[Panel two: A long shot of the ocean and beach.  The group makes a “pwissh” sound effect as they ‘crash’ into the ocean.]

Superboy: Another successful crash landing by Superboy Airlines!  And as an added bonus, your seat cushions make excellent boogie-board-type floatation devices!

[Panel three: Tana Moon is shown from the neck up, observing the trio (We will later see that she is seated on the ground).  Over her right shoulder, a slightly taller man of similar skin tone and facial features is watching the same action.  This is her brother Kekane.]

Kekane: Looks like I missed quite a show.
Tana: Only the first act.  He has his moments, I must admit.  And your kids love him.

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IMAGE TWO
[Panel one: Closeup of the siblings’ faces.  Kekane looks amused, while Tana seems thoughtful, eyes focused on something in the distance.]

Kekane: (teasing) Only my kids—?
Tana: (serious) Superboy and I still need to… sort out how we feel, Kekane.  That’s why we came down here from Honolulu, to—

[Panel two: Point of view changes to over the siblings’ shoulders — Superboy coming in for a landing.  He’s wearing tight red swim trunks, a short-sleeved, loose yellow button-up shirt with a red S-shield, and a backwards blue baseball cap.  He interrupts what Tana was saying to shout…]

Superboy: —snorkle!  We must SNORKLE!  Princess Iolani has spoken!
Kekane: Fine.  Anything to get her mind off tattooing.

[Panel three: A shot of Kekane’s hands opening a blue duffel bag and pulling out snorkle gear.]

Kekane: Are those big where you go to school, Superboy?  Tattoos?

[Panel four: A close up of Superboy’s face.  He’s smirking a little.]

Superboy: Wouldn’t know, Kekane.  I don’t do school…

[Panel five: From Superboy’s point of view, we see that he’s looking at Tana, who has her back to him and is getting a towel.]

[Panel six: Superboy keeps talking, and slips his x-ray specs on to get a better look…]

Superboy: …I’m more the independent study type.

schizoauthoress:

Tana’s Heritage and Classic Young Superboy, All in One Panel
[Superboy v3 #3]

I can’t help laughing at Superboy’s rotor-noise-disguised honesty here.  And the wordplay is pretty clever.  You loveable horndog, you…

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I was asked a few months back, when I stated that Tana is not white, what her heritage was.  I mistakenly stated that she was full-blooded Hawaiian.  She’s at least part-Hawaiian, though!  Canonically.  She doesn’t state which relative she gets it from, but I’m inclined to believe it’s a parent (so she’d be half).

Tana also states in Superboy #0 (which takes place between issues 8 and 9) that she has a brother who lives on Hilo — his name is Kekane, and we meet him and his kids in issue 9.

[A green helicopter with a Channel Seven logo on it — yellow seven on a red circle — lands at a helipad surrounded by palm trees and other Hawaiian vegetation.  Superboy has already flown out and is in the foreground.  Behind him, Tana Moon and two men are disembarking from the helicopter.]

Tana: I know, doctor.  I’m part Hawaiian.  My—  Hey, Kid!  Where are you going?
Superboy: Up the trail!  I got it all figured, Tana!
Tana: Can’t hear you!  The rotors!
Superboy: I said — I’m a male!  I wanna spot your naked figure, Tana!

r727:

Superboy #0

X-Ray Specs.

I may just post all the instances of Superboy abusing his x-ray spec privileges.

silverspiral:

(from Superboy #10)

Sorry for the long hiatus, folks, life’s been stealing all my spoons.

ampersandand:

schizoauthoress:

fuckyeahsuperboy:

fuckyeahcomicrelationships:

Tana Moon!

I love that there is Tana Moon fanart. This piece is beautiful in so many ways.

I need this on my tumblr like burning.

I am so very disappointed that there’s like… no fanfic of Tana and Kon. I’ve found one piece set during his Hero in Hawaii days, and two pieces set after her death. And that’s it. She’s usually just part of his past, this auto-angst button to be pushed for drama… and she was much more than that when she was alive.

Dear followers, if you find me more Tana fic, where she’s more than just a post-script or something to shore up Kon/someone else, I will love you forever and ever. (If it’s smutty, I might just die of glee.)

oh my god this is so pretty. Also seconding Dani’s request for Kon/Tana fic. Wantwantwant.

I am reblogging my personal blog tonight because I’m kind of tired. But this lovely art deserves to be reblogged, so…

(Source: fycrelationships)

[Image description to come (and if anyone wants to take a crack at it, I would appreciate it very much).]

Superboy v3 #9

This issue takes place during Tana and Kon’s vacation to Hilo, and is the first appearance of King Shark, back when he was treated more like a monster from a horror movie than… whatever DC was doing with him recently. Of course, this moment here is pure young Superboy.

Superboy v3 #34

[Image description: Dubbilex — a grey-skinned D.N.Alien with yellow horns, in his usual purple-and-white outfit — is slumped to the floor with his eyes closed. Superboy is kneeling beside him, holding him by one shoulder, with his other arm around the back of Dubbilex’s neck. He looks very upset. Roxy Leech, wearing an orange bikini-top and cut-off shorts, is standing in front of them, looking down at Dubbilex with a worried expression.]

Superboy: Dub? Snap out of it. Please don’t be dead. I need you. If you go away, who’s… gonna take care of me? Who’s gonna be the closest thing I got…
…to a dad?

Welcome to Da Kine Best Superboy (and Friends), an appreciation blog about Superboy’s early 90s career as the Hero of Hawaii. Anything featuring Superboy (the one who will be Kon-El, but is the Kid right now) or his supporting cast is welcome here.

Anyone interested in submitting material should know, that tiny triangle under our icon? Is the submit button. Please don’t make me change the theme again, the Kid is hard to please… XD