Not to state the obvious...

...but when your own kids would rather hang out with Green Arrow and Flash than with you, well, perhaps it's time to admit that the CW is kicking Warner movie division's ass.

Don't worry, Zack Snyder and David Goyer, someone will still show up to your gloomy film...just not the Super-Sons, apparently...

From World's Finest #231 (1975)

Superman and Batman are not getting on well with the Super-Sons. So, at Clark Jr. and Bruce Jr.'s suggestion, they all head for an "Encounter Camp" to work through their problems and "break down their barriers" and "heighten their awareness." Heavy, man.

Anyhoo, guru/spiritual adviser/head hippie Dr. Zamm introduces them to the next step in "finding themselves":

Clark's reaction is just so priceless:

You can take the boy out of Kansas, but you can't take the Kansas out of the boy. I'm not sure if he's more put off by the dancing itself or the proximity of other men...

But they paid for the weekend, so they go ahead and get footloose:

That is the scene I most wish I could see animated in one of the direct-to-DVD DC "movies." Seriously, aren't the Super-Sons next in line? Wouldn't you rather see this scene in convenient cartoon form, rather than Dark Knight Returns?

From World's Finest #224 (1974)

So, the Super-Sons (for the uninitiated, the sons of Superman and Batman from an alternate version of the DC Universe--or else they were just computer simulations, depending whom you believe) are tooling around with the oddest dialogue you've ever heard:

So, Superman Jr. and Batman Jr. fight some giant puppets (don't ask, it's Haney) who are abusing a hot chick. And here we find out what Batman Jr. expects as his reward for fighting crime:

But sadly, Bruce Wayne Jr. is no Bruce Wayne Sr.:

Sad lesson for Batman Jr.: when you beg for the smooches, you never get the smooches.

It's just as well, though, as the girl is really the daughter of Lex Luthor. So, really, Bats, you're probably just as well off.

From World's Finest #238 (1976).