I'm one of those in the minority who sorta enjoyed Bendis on Superman, at the very least I loved his voice for Big Blue. I admit he did have a lot more misses than he had hits but I felt when he did hit the mark, it was Bendis at his best, too bad he wasn't consistent. As to who should take over? I don't have anyone particular in mind except to repeat what others have said, give Yang a book, with minimal DC micromanaging to force the same issues that ruined his N52 stint. What I think Superman could use is (fresh) writers who actually have something to say with the character and his world, and much less someone still hoping to project his (personal) ideas on to the character that seem "alien", unravelling well established threads to reshape him into something that he isn't or worse, treading old beaten ground to death because DC is weary of actually saying something with Superman. This time is much more crucial to Superman than at any other time and getting the right person at the helm is paramount. I think with Superman's 80 year history, you can mine so much from that, use as a foundation to move the character forward, it's why I so looked forward to Superman as President of Earth but it was unfortunate it came from a writer who couldn't capitalise his best ideas with good writing overall.
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Mark Russell have said more than once that the characters he most want to write is Superman, and DC should let him have a go at the character, maybe give Superman to Waid and Action to Russell, and start what will be known as the Marks Era.
While I'm not sure about Russell's capacity on creating action, he is definitely one of the best when it comes to characterization and pushing the envelope, and the most important thing, he is one of the few writers that actually answers Superman when asked what character they want.
I was also talking about his Superman Earth One trilogy, which also fell flat for me.
It's a shame because JMS is clearly a talented creator who loves Superman, but his view of the character just didn't work for me at all.
His autobiography "Becoming Superman" is fantastic though. Dear Lord, that guy has had an insane life.
Glad Bendis is being taken off. If Waid comes on, then it will still stink and I won't buy it. I would like to see Dan Jurgens pick back up the book and continue where he left off before everything was destroyed.
The excuse given at the time was that JMS wanted to focus on Superman: Earth One and his personal projects. JMS was given both Superman and Wonder Woman (the former with #700 and the latter #600). He got about 4 - 5 issues into each book and decided to leave. Instead of abandoning the storylines for each, DC decided to get other writers to finish them based on JMS notes/outlines. Roberson did Superman and Phil Hester tackled Wonder Woman.
Personally, I think JMS bailed because DC had decided to move forward with The New 52. Therefore rendering anything he did as being moot. Why continue writing something if it isn't going to matter in a few months?
I honestly can't imagine a more lazy thing to do than give Superman back to Jurgens. His second run was a complete rehash of tropes he had played with almost 30 years ago. What more could he possibly do with a third turn? At least Waid has never had a proper turn at a main Superman title before.
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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
Yeah, all due respect to Jurgens and the rest of the triangle era Super team; they did incredible work back then and are a huge reason I'm still such a huge fan of Superman. Cannot overstate the quality of their work in the early 90's. But Jurgens coming back for a third run would immediately take the book off my pull list
Hey Sacred, I just realized; the next creative team just might get you and me back in sync when it comes to the books. It's been weird under Bendis, us having different opinions on the run!
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
Yep, I hate to sound like a hater because the man had the keys during my childhood and I loved every minute of it. But man, its been done.
Last edited by Sacred Knight; 09-16-2020 at 05:48 PM.
"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