Reign of the Supermen #331: Seymour

Source: Booster Gold vol.1 #18 (1987)
Type: RobotI promise I'll do a proper series of Superman robot posts, but here's one I've always liked: Booster Gold's training robot Seymour, a walking lawsuit that better not get his ass seen by the Siegel Estate. I love that (early) Booster would spar against a Superman-themed robot. I love that his first thought is still copyright law. I love that he perceives Booster's agent Dirk as an enemy (was it an early clue, or is it just, you know, AGENTS). And I love that the reason we never saw Seymour again is this:

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Jeff R. said…
So does that mean you're officially going to keep this feature going beyond the year? (Because there's not much time for a Superman Robot week left otherwise). Good news if so; I'm sure you can make it to #1000 easy
September 16, 2011 at 1:15 PM
Siskoid said…
Beyond the robots (which I can probably do in two lots, pre-Crisis and post-Crisis, maybe even this weekend), there are a lot of important Supermen I haven't touched, and I've got barely a month left on the year. Yes, that means I'll have to go beyond...
September 16, 2011 at 1:33 PM
Jeff R. said…
There's also the Suprematrons (including the one unique one), and I'm sure that Supreme wasn't the only Supermanque to have robots associated...
September 16, 2011 at 1:38 PM
Delta said…
Trademark law, dammit!
September 16, 2011 at 3:04 PM
Siskoid said…
Supreme is still on my to-do list, but I want to read the Alan Moore run first. A lot of these Supermen are waiting on my laziness!
September 16, 2011 at 3:25 PM
Matthew Turnage said…
I first read the Alan Moore Supreme run when a friend gave me the trades last year. I think you'll enjoy it. I look forward to reading your take when you get to it.
September 16, 2011 at 4:37 PM
SallyP said…
Awww....I miss Booster's shiny shiny gold pants.
September 16, 2011 at 5:36 PM
Siskoid said…
I miss his costume, period.
September 16, 2011 at 6:39 PM
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