DC’s latest animated series challenges the status quo of its well-known characters like Deathstroke but in My Adventures with Superman episode 6, the creators introduce a comic-accurate depiction of the super-intelligent gorilla Monsieur Mallah and his lover, the Brain. The show is quick to address the two characters’ romantic entanglement and fans are all for it.
Just when fans were beginning to wonder if My Adventures with Superman season 1 was all about Lois and Clark’s romance. Episode 6 titled “My Adventures With Mad Science” shifts the trajectory towards exploring the story of an “openly gay gorilla [No, not Grodd] and his disembodied brain boyfriend” as user @jmartinwrites tweeted on Twitter/X.
My Adventures with Superman episode 6 picks up where it left off as Lois and Clark realize their best friend Jimmy Olsen is missing. The two put their differences aside (Like Smallville hiding his secret identity from Lois) and visit the campground where they were supposed to meet up for the Bigfoot investigation.
Monsieur Mallah and The Brain’s love interest is canon thanks to My Adventures with Superman episode 6
Clark and Lois are quickly faced with fighting off Task Force X’s advanced weaponized robots. Meanwhile, Jimmy befriends Monsieur Mallah, who has a French accent and his companion, a German scientist who had to have his brain transplanted into a robot.
in this week's MY ADVENTURES WITH SUPERMAN:
a. an openly gay gorilla and his disembodied brain boyfriend help Jimmy Olsen open a wormhole.
b. a plot that has held the character back that Siegel and Shuster wanted to undo in the 40s is resolved in a snap.
c. Clark looks like this pic.twitter.com/7xFs8PjAET— Justin Martin (@jmartinwrites) August 4, 2023
Watching My Adventures with Superman. The latest episode made the evil genius supervillain Gorilla Grod not evil and not a villain and also French and gay. pic.twitter.com/mD0QuWwBgk
— Ted ☦️🐒 (@Tawadros15) August 6, 2023
openly gay gorilla and his disembodied brain boyfriend…. i have no choice but to stan https://t.co/xbLS2BTNFP
— 2 dangerous 2 visionary (@midapocalyptic) August 5, 2023
an openly gay FRENCH gorilla https://t.co/GuFgDe2wJh
— 𝓫𝓪𝓽𝓰𝓸𝓪𝓽 🦇 (@batgoat_) August 5, 2023
So out of all the My Adventures with Superman episode 6 discourse im surprised nobody mentioned the gay marriage consisting of a super intelligent french Gorilla and a german scientist who had to transplant his brain into a robot
— Tom (@TomCafeConLeche) August 5, 2023
My Adventures with Superman
Where you get sucked into the gay romance of a disembodied German brain inside a robot and a hyper-intelligent French gorilla.
This show has it all.— 💙❤️🍁whole-lotta-hollpla🍁🐵🍑 (@hoelko) August 5, 2023
i cant believe there was a gorilla and robot gay couple in the latest my adventures with superman episode
— Travis 🐻🇲🇰🏳️🌈 (@BigBurrTravis) August 4, 2023
Seems like a lot of people are really angry over My Adventures With Superman for odd reasons, but I'm finding it to be good, well meaning fun. They even made the French gorilla and brain in a jar canonically gay, which makes it one of the best superhero shows ever.
— Amy Walker (@Amazing_Amy_W) August 7, 2023
My Adventures with Superman episode 6 does a quick dive into their backstory and audiences are brought to speed on Mallah’s origin. The Brain is in fact the brains behind the Mallah’s super intelligence. The CADMUS scientist lives on as a robot due to a black hole incident at the facility.
Mallah and the German scientist’s romantic interest is clearly hinted at even before the former is forced to inhabit a robot to survive. It is clear that Monsieur Mallah and Brain are romantically involved through their gestures and interactions.
DC comics tip-toed over acknowledging their romantic relationship until Doom Patrol issue #34 by Grant Morrison openly addressed it as a bond between two lovers. It is certainly an interesting addition to the Superman animated series which had queer fans on the lookout for LGBTQ references.
My Adventures with Superman season 1 has slowly crawled up on DC fans’ radar for its creative decisions. The show has nerfed Superman’s power to some extent though it seems like Clark is yet to fully understand his powers. In fact, the series has not yet unveiled his true name as Kal-El from Krypton.
Queers are eating well in this show. And this animation-style. https://t.co/s2E0woqBBu
— Queer, Deaf, & Ready to Read Kickass Comics! (@QueerDeafie) August 5, 2023
My Adventures With Superman is one of the best animated shows currently airing because I can't think of a single other show with an episode featuring a gay love story between a robot and a hyper intelligent gorilla.
— 🔞Powerfully Pointless🔞 (@danganranger) August 5, 2023
Ep6 is my adventures with superman has got to be the funniest thing bc this man was like yeah im a disembodied brain and now im in a relationship with a gorilla that speaks French this is fine
— doing his best (@blortneyspears) August 5, 2023
My Adventures With Superman leaned fully into absurdity in this week's episode (a hyper intelligent gorilla and disembodied brain who are in gay love with each other live in what is essentially US Chernobyl) and it rules
— Guseppe Peenus (@buttholemuseum) August 5, 2023
This My Adventures with Superman show is cute. This talking French gorilla and his floating brain husband were a fun odd couple.
I should probably get into the habit of starting animated shows from the beginning, though…
— 💜Candy Corm⁷ 💜APOBANGPO¹⁰ (@CandyCorm) August 4, 2023
Why did nobody tell me there was a gay gorilla who has a computer boyfriend in the latest episode of My adventures with Superman????
— Max (@Maxisntheree) August 6, 2023
i didn't have "gay couple who are a gorilla and a robot" on my adventures with superman bingo card but i'm glad it's here
— Tombstone T. Tromboners 🐀 (@TombstoneTT) August 5, 2023
gay French gorilla and his brain cyborg husband were Not two characters I ever expected to appear in My Adventures with Superman, but you know what, I’m glad they got their happy ending DJSJGJFKGKKSSK
— Li (立) ✏️ lying on the floor (@_queerli) August 5, 2023
My Adventures with Superman episode 7 will arrive on Thursday on Adult Swim and will be made available on Max the following day.
