But apparently he's not "of this world," which doesn't work. Are you asking me to believe there are multiple Mitzelpliks and this one's from another universe so there might be a local one, or is this a situation where canon multiverses are homages to other media, rather than the actual other media, such that there is only one Mitzelplik?
WELL...if we want to get REALLY nerdy about it. For a long time in the comics, there WERE two different Mxys. The purple MxyZTPlk from Earth-2 (The Golden Age Earth) and the orange MxyZPTlk from Earth-1 (The "Main" Earth). And 5th Dimensional Imps are kind of prone to making meta-commentary in general. It happens more often with Bat-Mite, but Mxy does it too. "Crisis changed you, man, you used to be FUN!" Current retcons place the 5th Dimension outside of the multiverse as the realm of Imagination.
Look, DC in particular has a weird relationship with the multiverse. Basically, it depends on the writer. Just roll with it. In this section of the multiverse, this Mxy is ALL the Mxys. But, not all Mxys in EVERY known universe is THIS Mxy. I mean, the Justice Lords Superman we see here PROBABLY isn't the exact same one as the "main" Timmverse one. 5th Dimensional Imps run on Looney Tunes logic most of the time, anyway. I wouldn't expect it to line up 100%
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I liked the League of Lois thing, though obviously not them being all Superman haters because of a few bad apples.
I THINK the implication is supposed to be that THIS particular team of Loises...Loisi...Lois-persons...are all from universes where THEIR Supermen turned evil. So, they all expect THIS Superman to turn evil too, since they've seen it happen personally.
We see three evil Supermen and there's three alternate Loises on this ship.
We really don't know anything about these Loises. And I'm not sure if we'll see them again before then end of the season. It's possible they're "rogue" Loises and not part of the "main" League?
Our Lois being "Loser Lois" still sucks. I take it the contention is that current generations have a much harder time making it in the workplace...
I think it might be a bit of a commentary on Social Media, myself. How some people can feel bad about their own lives when they see the media feeds of their old friends or exes or just random celebrities. All the great food they eat and all the great vacations they take, and how it makes them feel bad about their own lives. How they don't feel as successful as all these other people online. How they don't have as great a job as these other people. But, that's all a highlight reel, and not the whole story.
And if we DO see this group of Loises again...I think we'll see their lives aren't as great as "our" Lois might think they are.
The big issue with this episode, though, is that it uses a multiverse story to tell us "Some Superman go bad," but in an infinite multiverse, there are evil dupes of everyone who isn't "necessarily good"
Yeah, but that's kind of setting up a bit of dramatic irony. WE, the audience, knows that not all Supermen turn evil, but Lois doesn't. Lois isn't as nerdy as we are. This Lois doesn't particularly strike me as a comic book fan. She doesn't really have any experience with the multiverse like we do. WE, the audience, know all the tropes, but this was all new to Lois. This is probably the first time she's really thought about something like this.
Not like Jimmy. Jimmy met his alternate universe counterpart like a champ! Didn't even phase the guy! I get the feeling that IF Lois gets tempted to do something bad...Jimmy will be there to talk her out of it. "Of course there are evil Supermen, Lois. There are worlds where pretzels are evil! That how a infinite multiverse works!"
The thing is...if this is supposed to be a "weapon" from "Prime" Lois...it really SHOULDN'T be Kryptonite. Kryptonite was invented for the radio show, and only got introduced into the comic later. And it never showed up in the Fleischer animated shorts. So, if Prime Lois is supposed to be "original comic book Lois" or even "Fleischer Lois"...I just have to wonder about that. I'm not sure if they'll go that meta with it, but this particular rock might not be what it seems. Prime Lois might not be as "triggerhappy" as the Loises we met this episode. I'm not sure she'd want to kill ANY Supermen, even the evil ones.
Is the League of Lois part of comics?
Not a big part, at least. I want to say there HAVE been some times when Lois has met with alternate versions of herself, since there are a LOT of comics. But...I'm having a hard time coming up with anything specific.
It's possible they're working for some version of Justice League Incarnate, the Multiversal Justice League? I just find it odd that Lois is one running all of this, seemingly all by herselves. With no help from any other superheroes or anything. Just...SOME Jimmies, for some reason. It's a little weird. It really doesn't make sense for a reporter to be running a interdimensional police squad. But, oh well.
But, they probably just wanted to give Lois something, since it's usually Superman getting to team up with alternate versions of himself for these kinds of stories. Like with Superman One Million. Flip the script a bit, and give Lois the multiversal team-up with her alternates for once.
First, let's be honest, there's no reason these people are interns.
I mean, it's basically just so we can watch them grow into the people we know them as. This is all a prequel/Year One type thing. Them starting out as interns gives them room to grow over a few seasons (...if we get more seasons of this show). It gives the writers a way (somewhat artificially) to get these characters to grow and change...without really changing much about them.
And hey, they're working for a NEWSPAPER! In 2023! That newspaper needs all the unpaid or lower-paid work it can get just to keep the lights on. Superman is rooted in newspapers, but it's really showing it's age. And they've TRIED to update it over the years, and give him different jobs, but it never really takes. So, this is where we are.
Sidenote: The "My Adventures of Superman" world being Earth-12 doesn't really line up with the "main" list of alternate realities in the comics. Earth-12 is the DCAU/Timmverse. So, unless they're hinting that the Timmverse had a Crisis and MYOS is the world that was recreated in it's place, New 52 style, that doesn't really make sense. The League of Lois's numbering system is probably just their own invention. That's the better assumption for right now.
Also, I really love all the references in some of the scenes. Doctor Fate's Helmet. A Mother Box. A Legion Flight Ring. Katana's katana. Overman from Animal Man. Justice Lords Superman. And even the weapons vault Mxy breaks into seems to be full of references...to anime and video games. Like Gut's sword from Berserk. Although, I can't really identify the "magic book" in the museum. I have to wonder if it's supposed to be Book of Destiny of the Endless. But, it doesn't have the chain, so I'm not sure what it is. I'm also not sure about the identity of the evil Superman with the scar over his eye. Unless he's Black Zero?