Super-Sons
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The Super-Sons were a pair of fictional characters in an alternate version of the DC Comics universe.
The Super-Sons were Superman Jr. (Clark Kent Jr.) and Batman Jr. (Bruce Wayne Jr.), college-aged versions of their superhero fathers. Their mothers, although suspected to be Lois Lane and Batwoman, are never fully shown. The Super-Sons, tired of living in their fathers' shadows, were apparently intended by writer Bob Haney to represent the youth culture versions of Superman and Batman, not unlike his take on the Teen Titans. The Super-Sons debuted in World's Finest Comics #215 (1973), and had a sporadic run in that title through #242 (1976).
The Super-Sons look almost exactly like their fathers and wear identical costumes. The characters spoke with a slightly exaggerated version of the slang popular in the late 1960s and early 1970s. They regard each other as brothers, since both understand the pressures involved in being the son of a living legend. Like his father, Batman Jr. has no superhuman powers and relies on athletic prowess and gadgets. Superman Jr., on the other hand, has inherited his father's powers. Since Superman Jr. is half-human, his powers are lesser than those of Superman, Sr., although it should be noted that the elder Superman's powers were almost limitless.
Although the very first Super-Sons Story insisted that the stories of the Super-Sons were actual stories in the lives of Superman and Batman, their final appearance (World's Finest #263) revealed that the Sons had never existed - they were merely computer simulations of what might have been. Two decades later, a Super-Sons story was published in the rare comic special Elseworlds 80-Page Giant (1999).
Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. are later seen in Infinite Crisis #6 on Earth-154. Whether or not this connects with previous comics is unclear.
