A singular vision is needed for Superman. A true united front of storytelling moving toward a specific goal. I'm not sure if this will be good for me as a reader or not, but a creator taking the wheel of the whole ship is what is needed.
I'm all for that vision, man.
The Superman books have been godawful. They're meandering and kind of just "there", this will fix that for better or worse (honestly can't get any worse). I'm a little tired of origin stories, but Superman's timeline is a mess right now and if Bendis is really going to come in and steer the ship all by himself- he needs his own shot at the backstory. I hate to say it, but we need a new origin.
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That "rocket" cover has the villiamooking like he was infected by the doomsday virus.maybe a Kryptonian created it and it made lose his shit and he plotted to destroy krypton.maybe because of the DD virus he survived and come looking for the last Kryptonians to kill.lol whatever,just don't go overboard,and write it well.
So if you don't care for Bendis and Snyder writing you are shit out of luck as a Superman fan huh.
That DC nation cover looks good,BUT for those shorts over Supermans suit.jimmenez couldn't even do it right,that's not a good sign folks.
I don't have "much" of a problem with all the control in 1 persons hands,I have more problem with a whole universe being held hostage for 2 years for 1 guy to comeback and write his story,and "change everything".
Just give you kon-el,he has been teased in the books,young Justice season 3 is coming,its just about the best time to do it.
He said he was going to build on what Tomasi was doing on Superman, but also would focus more on Superman. That sounds like he's going to put Jon and Lois on the back burner, only appearing once in a while just to show that he's a family man.
Other than the mini and Action #1,000 I didn't see any artists mentioned to headline the two main books. Or did I miss something?
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
“Now faith, hope, and love remain, and the greatest of these is love.”--1 Corinthians 13:13
“You had a dream; I have a plan”--Cyclops
“There's no point in being grown up if you can't be childish sometimes.”--The Doctor
I remember getting the last issue of Funeral For a Friend and seeing " the end" on the last page and the " there is no information on Adventures of Superman #500 at this time"in the next issue boxes on the letters page, then seeing The Legacy of Superman, Newstime and the Superman Gallery one shots coming out there after and I legit thought that they were ending Superman. Keep in mind this was pre- internet and I had only graduated from the 7-11 spinner rack to a little Podunk comics shop , so they really had me convinced for, like, a month before news leaked of AOS 500.
When it comes to comics,one person's "fan-service" is another persons personal cannon. So by definition it's ALL fan service. Aren't we ALL fans?
SUPERMAN is the greatest fictional character ever created.
Considering how overused Jon has been in his inaugural year, a back-burner status on the main two Superman titles is more than justified, especially considering he even has his own title to star in. Lois should still be doing Lois things though, and I have very little worry she won't. But less Jon is not only justified, but I'd argue outright NEEDED. More focus on Superman. More focus on Lois. More focus on their dynamic to actually make them interesting again as a couple. Granted that part isn't Jon's fault. They were godawfully boring pre-FP too and of course Jon didn't exist then. So that's not on him, that's just on how they're written as a married couple. Spice it the hell up. But at least without such a heavy focus on him being the wunderkind future of the DCU, there's the chance Lois and Clark can get theirs. If Bendis capitalizes.He said he was going to build on what Tomasi was doing on Superman, but also would focus more on Superman. That sounds like he's going to put Jon and Lois on the back burner, only appearing once in a while just to show that he's a family man.
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"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Thank goodness. The Superman title becoming the adventures of Jon and his father really killed the title for me interest wise. Superman is best when it's first and foremost about Clark Kent and his alterego, and his co-workers and fellow heroes and villians. The title on the front of the book reads "Superman". They have a SuperSons book to cover Jon- and people who want to read that will have that, and people who want to ignore that hopefully will be able to ignore it safely.
Though I don't really want the character of Jon in the books at all, I think I'd be able to stomach it better if it was just kind of like, yeah, Superman has this son, but he's rarely referenced and rarely plays into the stories, it only comes up in the contexts where he'd have to mention his son if he has a son or where his son has to be there (i.e. a funeral for a family friend). Batman has had books where Damian is mostly ignored. It can be done.
Agreed. Especially since Jon and Damian have their own book. Two if you count Teen Titans, which I believe if not a full-blown member, Jon is at least honorary at this point. Jon is under no threat of disappearance if he doesn't feature heavily in the Superman titles, any more than Damian is by not featuring heavily in Batman and 'Tec.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El