Event Leviathan issue #4 Preview

[Superlad93]

[The World]

I'm willing to give it a fair shake but I'm getting naive farmboy vibes from this. The strangest thing to me with modern Superman is how is he suppose to both be a naive farmboy and an experienced hero? Doesn't really make any sense.

[Vordan]

I'm willing to give it a fair shake but I'm getting naive farmboy vibes from this. The strangest thing to me with modern Superman is how is he suppose to both be a naive farmboy and an experienced hero? Doesn't really make any sense.

I don’t really get that vibe, but if it’s any consolation, Batman and friends got beat up by Jason Todd last issue, so if Superman has to job here I’m ok with it lol.

[Jackalope89]

I don’t really get that vibe, but if it’s any consolation, Batman and friends got beat up by Jason Todd last issue, so if Superman has to job here I’m ok with it lol.

Bruce and Damian were more temporarily distracted then taken out (getting caught in their capes thanks to Jason). The rest... Jason is highly trained. Not just from his Robin days, but also from the League of Shadows/Assassins and the All-Caste (even older order of assassins, but good guys). Bendis didn't job Jason, which I give him credit for. Well, in fighting. The lead up to it though is about as weak as can be though.

AND WHERE IS KATE SPENCER'S KID!?

[The World]

I don’t really get that vibe, but if it’s any consolation, Batman and friends got beat up by Jason Todd last issue, so if Superman has to job here I’m ok with it lol.

It's mainly the way he seemed to handle the situation. Very reactively and meek, even Lois sort of points it out as asinine handling of the situation.


As for the the Jason Todd thing, modern comic writing tends to prop up bad boy characters hence the Batman beating Superman phenomenon. American handling of power level dynamics and fight scene choreography is too mediocre and embarrassing to really be fussed about it though. When I want to read a story where combat is central to the story I stick to Japanese stuff.

[Sacred Knight]

It started as a joke but at this rate I could see this being an alternate version of Superman. Flowing red cape, is going out of his way to not harm anyone, doesn't want conflict with Superman but it looks like he holds his own against him here when things get physical.

I mean, that by no means narrows it down and I'm not outright predicting it, just that it could fit at this stage.

[Stingo]

It started as a joke but at this rate I could see this being an alternate version of Superman. Flowing red cape, is going out of his way to not harm anyone, doesn't want conflict with Superman but it looks like he holds his own against him here when things get physical.

I mean, that by no means narrows it down and I'm not outright predicting it, just that it could fit at this stage.

My theory holds that this is the Earth Two Kal-l Superman. It would make sense with the reveal of the automobile from the cover of Action Comics 1...

[Yoda]

It's mainly the way he seemed to handle the situation. Very reactively and meek, even Lois sort of points it out as asinine handling of the situation.


As for the the Jason Todd thing, modern comic writing tends to prop up bad boy characters hence the Batman beating Superman phenomenon. American handling of power level dynamics and fight scene choreography is too mediocre and embarrassing to really be fussed about it though. When I want to read a story where combat is central to the story I stick to Japanese stuff.

I don't read it that way either. It's similar to the way Bendis had him confront the Red Cloud. It's not weakness and generally he's reacting from a position of almost absolute strength. I'm assuming something on the next pages indicates they had something he wasn't prepared for though. Again, it's not mean in the sense that he's unsure he can handle them so wants to try to talk it out. The opposite really.

Lois' reaction read as snark is fair, though I don't necessarily think Bendis intends it to be that way.

[Superlad93]

Anyone else notice the pretty real power creep that Bendis brought with him onto Superman?

Like, now Clark can apparently hear on a global scale. Put that into perspective of how most other writers usually show him to only be able to hear for about the range of a city or a country. I also find it really freakin cool that Clark can "program" his hearing on that scale to filter for those words, and I love that Leviathan counted with their noisy roll out. And he sort of "gears up" his super speed reaction. I bet Bendis is drawing a bit on his time on Iron Man. Due to the fact that he's been fighting and doing this either on or above his level, I'm only just now realizing how powerful his Superman is.

The general respect and reverence that the people of the DCU have for Superman continues here. I like it for my ego as a Superman fan, but I also like the practical story applications that seem to be spinning out of it on multiple fronts.