Chris Claremone on how Crisis should have rebooted Superman

[LordUltimus]

[DochaDocha]

It's certainly interesting. I can't imagine a lot of fans would be happy to see no Lois, no Jimmy, no Perry, etc., but for a shorter, non-canon or alt universe story I think this could work. I just would hope that nobody would come up with an excuse to bring in young replacements for the Superman staple characters.

[OpaqueGiraffe17]

His idea is nothing we haven’t seen before in comics. They recycled this idea for rebirth. More or less. Likewise it’s a good, interesting status quo. But I’m like a “give up before it outstays it’s welcome” way. Eventually you’d have to Reborn it or Old man Logan it and bring back the version that was real/native to the main universe. But before that happens there’s a lot of fun wackiness and drama you can mine from it.

[Jokerz79]

I remember reading DC actually toyed with that idea for a second or two.

[Vordan]

We kinda got this with the Morrison run since that was Morrison trying to recapture that original Superman power levels and mindset. I still am a firm believer that Clark should start off “Year One” at Golden Age power levels, so on that note I agree with Claremont. However permanently ditching Lois and Jimmy is a pretty damn tall order and I don’t see how that would ever stick.

[Kuwagaton]

Yeah I think a few people kicked around the same idea, or I heard this same one and forgot who said it. But still, I think the best thing going for it is that it sounds so much weirder than what we know, with our 30 plus years of hindsight. And the fact that Claremont is one of the coolest guys ever.

The way I think about it, and I kinda fan ficced it out once, I'd reboot the GA Superman. Having a guy who already went through being Superman defeats the point.