Brian Bendis on Superman

[manofsteel1979]

Any chance that Bendis just gets his own Superman title while either ACTION or SUPERMAN revert to monthly status, essentially still keeping the pace of one Superman issue every week , but with three titles?

I personally would love to see a new illeraton of Adventures of Superman or Man of Steel myself.

[Superlad93]

Any chance that Bendis just gets his own Superman title while either ACTION or SUPERMAN revert to monthly status, essentially still keeping the pace of one Superman issue every week , but with three titles?

That's entirely possible, and it was my first instinct. And given the fact that Superwoman just got cancelled and Lana has been powdered, so I don't foresee a New Super-Man situation happened, that is a spot glaringly left open for something Super. An Adventures of Superman or Man of Steel book (don't know how likely this name is) or whatever is totally possible. But I have a feeling that spot isn't going to another Superman solo book if it gets filled at all.

If Bendis come on, he'll likely go the way of all other high profile writers who work on Superman or Batman and just take the main book with the character's name on it. That's how Morrison, Snyder, JRjr, Busiek, and now King did it, so I'm guessing that's the plan for Bendis if he does come on.

[MajorHoy]

On a Bleeding Cool posting from December 25th (2017), we had:

I am told from sources spinning out of a recent Brazilian comic convention that Brian Bendis’ first announced, most prominent title with the publisher, will be the Superman ongoing book, with Brazilian artists Ivan Reis and Joe Prado on art, best known for their work with Geoff Johns on Green Lantern, Blackest Night, Brightest Day, Justice League and Aquaman.

This also underlines battle-lines between DC co-publisher Dan DiDio and DC President Geoff Johns. I have been told that Johns has approached artists he has been associated with at DC Comics to ensure he promises to line up work between them so that they don’t work with Bendis. With Reis and Prado, it seems, he didn’t provide a convincing enough argument.

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12...rado-superman/

Still not official confirmation, but isn't that article written as if the "sources" were making it sound like DC may have problems getting artists to work on Bendis titles?

[DragonPiece]

On a Bleeding Cool posting from December 25th (2017), we had:

https://www.bleedingcool.com/2017/12...rado-superman/

Still not official confirmation, but isn't that article written as if the "sources" were making it sound like DC may have problems getting artists to work on Bendis titles?

We discussed that info here before, but it's all rumor stuff. None of us know the innerworkings of the company.

[Comic Book Addict]

Bendis working with Jim Lee for Supes

https://www.cbr.com/action-comics-10...FB-P&view=list

[Miles To Go]

Bendis pops in to Scott Synder's office

https://www.instagram.com/p/BeUXDkXH...n=embed_legacy

[Miles To Go]

Bendis teasing a Batman project

https://www.newsarama.com/38407-bend...devil-run.html

[Lvenger]

If Bendis is cosying it up with Snyder and the Bat Office, it's less likely he'll be writing a Superman series. To which I would give a big of relief, although I would be sad for the Batman fans for having to suffer Bendis' writing.

[Frontier]

Bendis teasing a Batman project

https://www.newsarama.com/38407-bend...devil-run.html

I'm not sure if Batman is a character I can see Bendis fitting on, beyond being a general street-level crime-fighter, but I guess he would be the character people most expect him to write at some point while he's with DC.

[Amadeus Arkham]

Bendis has done his fair share of dark vigilante comics before with Daredevil so I think he's up for the job. And Daredevil and Batman are kind of similar characters so him writing Bats is a no-brainer.

[Superlad93]

Yo, if this means the Batman line wants to let go of King, then let me assure you that Superman would be MORE THAN HAPPY to pick the homie up quick, fast, and in a hurry!

There's always the strong chance that Tynion will be taking his talents to Young Justice. That'd leave Detective open for Bendis, but we haven't really had Detective Comics run as a straight up Batman book for while. Especially while King is already doing a mostly solo, mostly moody Batman comic that has him using all of the iconic villains as we speak (with Joker coming soon). Seems odd to just shift all that to 'Tect.

There's also the very, very real chance that Bendis is actually doing BOTH Batman AND Superman (or 'Tect and Superman).

But let me tell you, I won't lose no sleep if during the Bendis shuffle we somehow end up with Tom King on Superman. At the end of the day, that's the ideal situation for me, man.

[Dispenser Of Truth]

While I could see him handling Superman and Batman at the same time, I think much more likely is that Bendis will do both double-shipping Superman books for a few months, getting out a year or two's worth of material, and then he'll move onto Batman (and apparently Plastic Man). If that's the case, I think it's much more likely he'll be replacing King on Batman, who while EXCELLENT isn't lighting the sales charts or fandom on fire the way his predecessor did (which is a damn shame since I think this is much better), than Tynion on Detective, since that's a fan-favorite at the moment and it'd be a real dick move to kick off a creator DC clearly wants to build up as a big deal right before #1000 when he clearly has long-term plans still in mind. If that's the case, I would have no problems whatsoever with King picking up Superman when Bendis leaves.

[adrikito]

Bendis teasing a Batman project

https://www.newsarama.com/38407-bend...devil-run.html

I think that no matter... I am not following King run... and until better times I can´t return to detective comics, the batfamily book(I don´t want him here) that I want to see as Batfamily book during a long time..

But I don´t like to heard this..


I hope that Bendis is the kind of writer that prefers Batman alone without the batfamily.. I don´t want more characters ruined..

[DragonPiece]

Yo, if this means the Batman line wants to let go of King, then let me assure you that Superman would be MORE THAN HAPPY to pick the homie up quick, fast, and in a hurry!

There's always the strong chance that Tynion will be taking his talents to Young Justice. That'd leave Detective open for Bendis, but we haven't really had Detective Comics run as a straight up Batman book for while. Especially while King is already doing a mostly solo, mostly moody Batman comic that has him using all of the iconic villains as we speak (with Joker coming soon). Seems odd to just shift all that to 'Tect.

There's also the very, very real chance that Bendis is actually doing BOTH Batman AND Superman (or 'Tect and Superman).

But let me tell you, I won't lose no sleep if during the Bendis shuffle we somehow end up with Tom King on Superman. At the end of the day, that's the ideal situation for me, man.

Well apparently tom king has been working a lot on a unannounced tv series, so that may be another reason why he isn't writing a lot of comics.

[WontonGirl]

While I could see him handling Superman and Batman at the same time, I think much more likely is that Bendis will do both double-shipping Superman books for a few months, getting out a year or two's worth of material, and then he'll move onto Batman (and apparently Plastic Man). If that's the case, I think it's much more likely he'll be replacing King on Batman, who while EXCELLENT isn't lighting the sales charts or fandom on fire the way his predecessor did (which is a damn shame since I think this is much better), than Tynion on Detective, since that's a fan-favorite at the moment and it'd be a real dick move to kick off a creator DC clearly wants to build up as a big deal right before #1000 when he clearly has long-term plans still in mind. If that's the case, I would have no problems whatsoever with King picking up Superman when Bendis leaves.

Well Bat title is definitely doing more on the sales charts that Tec so that shouldn't be the reason. But while there are some that are not liking King, there are a ton of people who do like King. I mean, King is a fan favorite as well.

With that being said, I don't know if I see Bendis on Batman persay, maybe a couple of one-shots here and there but not a full run. BUT then again, would King bring a fresh approach to Superman? And with him on the title, could he boost Superman's sales?