Superman issue #18 preview/discussion (spoiler) thread

[Superlad93]

[Superlad93]

[Superlad93]

* Wow, so that thanagrian general is history's first United Planets President/chairmen. Makes sense give he was the big vote that got most people to join, so he's gotta carry a lot of weight. It'll be interesting to see how his role plays out here forward.

* I love Clark casually holding a conversation with Adam and also paying attention to the proceeding enough to vote on matters. Always get a kick out of that sort of stuff with Superman.

* It'll be interesting to find out how many heroes didn't actually know he was Clark Kent

* Seems like given all that's happened, Jon's been questioning the secret identity too. Nice bit of meta commentary having the question come from a young person. Guess this all but confirms Jon likely not taking on an alternate secret identity come 5G like some theorized.

* Adam Strange being Superman's space bud is kind of interesting given his new maxi coming out by King. Wonder if there's any shot of seeing Clark make a few guest spots over in Strange Adventures to match? I'd absolutely love to see Gerads draw some Superman here and there.

[Desmark]

Ah the Bendis speak returns! It would be funny if he reveals his identity and goes to space prison due to some reactionary alien race which believes that the sins of the father should be borne by the son. That's what happened to Matt.

[Robanker]

I'll be honest, Superlad, given that he had Diana call him Clark recently when historically she prefers to call him Kal and his difficulty with some characters in the past, I imagine the results may be questionable. Some who should know won't, some who shouldn't will. I've made my peace with that given Bendis isn't great with continuity.

What matters is how the scene plays out. I'm excited to see some of them. Fraction's reveal of a character on the recent Word Balloon (and later callback with another character) is my jam and I hope more are like that.

[manwhohaseverything]

I'll be honest, Superlad, given that he had Diana call him Clark recently when historically she prefers to call him Kal and his difficulty with some characters in the past, I imagine the results may be questionable. Some who should know won't, some who shouldn't will. I've made my peace with that given Bendis isn't great with continuity.

What matters is how the scene plays out. I'm excited to see some of them. Fraction's reveal of a character on the recent Word Balloon (and later callback with another character) is my jam and I hope more are like that.

Maybe jor el being a jackass has something to do with clark being uncomfortable with kal el

[Superlad93]

Not much solidified continuity beyond what we've seen to speak of though. Can't really 'historically' say who has or hasn't known till we see it.

I'm really interested in what Fraction said about Smallvillie and other stuff related to it.

I also recall Bendis joking about law suits against him. And I kind of super hope he's not joking because that sounds interesting haha

[Frontier]

I wonder if Post-Crisis Adam knew Superman was Clark Kent. I have no idea what the current continuity is with Adam Strange since it seems like they go back-and-forth with it.

Feels kind of weird, at least to me, that Clark would suddenly just ask "why" now of all times. Same with Jon, but I guess he got a taste for being just a Superhero 24/7 with no downtime or life outside of it. He's probably forgotten about any civilian friends he once had.

Adam kind of has a secret identity of sorts in his own right. His gimmick is that he's a nobody scientist on Earth but a hero on Rann.

I'll be honest, Superlad, given that he had Diana call him Clark recently when historically she prefers to call him Kal and his difficulty with some characters in the past, I imagine the results may be questionable. Some who should know won't, some who shouldn't will. I've made my peace with that given Bendis isn't great with continuity.

He even had Bruce do it in public, which was even weirder.