image of him being spanked by a giant version of his father jorel well the clear message here was that superman feared not living up to his old man's standards it was still an odd say to see that manifest itself in the form of a super spanking number nine having his jaw broken king takes pawn not only did action comic NUMBER_TOKEN have superman bested in battle the man of steel was beaten so badly that he was dragged out of the battle for fear of being killed this all came about as superman and his friends came to the rescue of pakalistan in the king takes pawn storyline with the country under threat an all-out battle erupts between the supers and the sinister lineup of fiora cancer ignition and a hefty army once these villains are joined by a mysterious masked figure said stranger punches superman so hard it breaks the boy scout's jaw luckily calyx who was with them at the time managed to teleport superman and his team out of there before any more damage could be done number eight becoming a pawn of poison ivy hush to some hush is one of the best batman stories of the modern era featuring most of the dark knight's friends and foes this jeff lobe and tim seale tale was a huge deal when it first started to unravel in NUMBER_TOKEN. not only did superman have the humiliation of being easily bested in battle by batman here but he also had to deal with the fact that he had been corrupted by poison ivy many heroes have fallen under poison ivy spell over the years yet the man of steel always seemed impossible to manipulate in hush the last son of krypton was seduced and sent on a collision course with batman by poison ivy this whole situation made kalel look like a fool it left him with quite a humbling defeat with the caved crusader famously decking superman with a kryptonite ring so earlier we mentioned that today's video is sponsored by our pals over at display who have very kindly been helping us decorate our lovely new studios by sending us some of their incredible metal posters that's got adam cleary all over it
START_SPONSOR_TOKEN ring so earlier we mentioned that today's video is sponsored by our pals over at display who have very kindly been helping us decorate our lovely new studios by sending us some of their incredible metal posters that's got adam cleary all over it END_SPONSOR_TOKEN