It's vague but it's possible in context interpretation may mean that once Man of Steel ends there maybe new challenges waiting for the Kent family allowing Bendis room to write the new dynamic that he wants to write. Though admittedly Tomasi was already writing a similar not an ordinary family dynamic just more simple as they mainly had to deal with the weirdness that comes from their ties together will link them to trouble.
"Excellent!" I cried. "Elementary," said he
Criminals having to watch what they say is nothing new. The mafia basically invented a new language when discussing their crimes because they knew the feds may be listening in. I loved the dichotomy of Superman doing an omniscient godlike feat by listening in on the whole city but at the same time trying to remember the name of a Iggy Pop/siouxsie and the Banshees song. What Superman was doing was kinda scary in a “Big Brother” sort of way but Bendis handled it really well.
As I haven't read the entire thread, it's possible someone may have already mentioned this. But I'll mention it anyway, in case no one else has.
I think the villain is Hitler. Not literally, of course; but also not in the “generic reference to evil” sense. If Bendis is presenting Superman as figuratively Jewish, then this villain is a genocidal anti-semite who committed the unspeakable atrocity of nearly wiping out an entire people because he hated and feared them.
Rogue wears rouge.
Angel knows all the angles.
I've been thinking this since Bendis's very first interview, when he was talking about Superman's Jewish roots and hinted at the whole "a new villain destroyed Krypton" thing. If he pulls it off really well, it would make that less generic/more palatable to me (I much prefer Krypton dying due to natural causes/the Science Council's arrogance and complacency. Maybe there's a way to still work the latter in, if the SC doesn't take Rogol's threat seriously in spite of Jor-El's warnings).
Had been off the Superman books for a while. Came in for #1000 and am mostly staying for the MOS mini at least.
This issue feels like a distinctly Bendis story, albeit well-adapted to Superman's world. We have a bit of a non-linear narrative, a mystery, the hero interacting with civilian characters etc. all of which feel like any number of Bendis' Marvel works, particularly Daredevil. At the same time, this is distinctly a Superman story, dealing with Kryptonian history, Superman performing amazing feats to save the day, Clark at the Daily Planet, Clark with Lois and Job, and so on.
Rogol Zarr is a far more intriguing character here than in the 'prologue' in #1000. He seems to be some kind of war hero or hero of yesteryear. It'd be interesting to see Superman take on someone who basically was a 'superhero' of sorts and considers himself the hero fighting Kryptonian 'supervillains'.
On the whole, a great start to the story and a fresh new perspective on the character.
Can't say I like the proposed change in the krypton destruction back story
Not sure about the idea of Lois and John being off the board but that is still unclear so who knows yet
Loved the art
Liked the voice for each character
loved the idea of superman listening for trigger words
Thought it was a solid if not fantastic start, how Bendis changes backstory and status quo will dictate if I stay with him as writer or not, I saw this as a good time to leave the superman books which I have loved since rebirth,
I love Bendis writing his own creations but more often than not I think he's rather harmful to things he takes over, imo
I'm on board for now, some of the parallels to real world things hadn't occurred to me and I'm not normally keen on that being too present in my hero fiction irrelevant to what it is , but that's early days
decent start, I'll stick with it for now but this mini will convince me to drop or not depending on the family status quo and backstory changes suggested
Anyone taking bets that Rogol Zaar was somehow behind Doomsday?
I've been thinking this from the start. The mere fact he hasn't struck until now suggests that after Krypton's destruction he is punished and incarcerated by the Circle, of which he's only recently been released/escaped. The idea that since he couldn't do it himself earlier, that he somehow arranged for Doomsday to finish the job for him would make some sense.
"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
Apparently Doomsday was found out in space by some race, tied up and flung away. Doomsday was supposed to have hit Earth only a few days or weeks before the Doomsday Event. Doomsday punched his way out of his bindings, then punched his way out of his deep Earth tomb to escape.
Not me. The story goes that a Kryptonian scientist experimented on a Kryptonian baby over years and the experiment went bad. The scientist was shocked that his test subject went wild, and the scientist was killed. It didn’t seem like Doomsday was supposed to kill Kryptonians, just that a cruel scientist created his worst nightmare.
But it does tell you there were more evil Kryptonians than General Zod, and that was a shock considering the inert Kryptonians seemed more dumb than evil for letting themselves die in the face overwhelming evidence the place was going to be destroyed.
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Bear in mind, the suggestion he had something to do with Doomsday would of course necessitate a retconning to some degree.
"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