PKJ Action Comics Discussion and Spoilers

[Ascended]

Ah, well. I made myself look stupid. I stand by my comment. You could've had Clark wearing a loincloth and it works the same and would be less weird. As for the kink loving whore, eeeeh. I don't hate it, but I think it's apart of the larger problem with Marvel and DC superheroes in mainstream media. The modern stuff is written for adults, but WB and Disney still wants those children merchandise sales. So there's defientely a leash, a longer leash than before, but still a leash. Such as the whole Batman can't perform oral on Selina Kyle, The Harley Quinn Show fiasco. But Superman snapping Zod's neck, Bruce branding criminals, and other forms of violence is A-Okay for children to consume!

I've always found this wrinkle in the industry to be rather fascinating, myself.

Kids haven't been reading comics for decades, it's mostly just us old bastard fans who've been around since forever, and I think we're past the point where you're gonna get kids back into the hobby and LCS. So to that end, there's nothing wrong with delving into a deeper characterization, including sex. I'm not looking for porn here, I don't need any sex scenes or anything like that. But stuff like Lois keeping the Warworld armor, or asking Clark if he has his farmer overalls? That's fine by me. That fits Lois' character and history and is a fun spin on her old Superman obsession. It's kinda brilliant, honestly.

Stuff outside the LCS tends to play by the rules for its age rating. Movies, cartoons, etc., don't dive into the sexual side of the characters all that much. Not beyond the typical "love interest" type stuff anyway. Even Snyder, with all his excesses, never did anything more provacative than have Clark jump in a bathtub with Lois. So to that end, I don't see a problem. If you let your child see a comic they shouldn't, that's on you and not WB/DC, and their other stuff, films/shows/games/etc, are properly labeled with the right age ratings, with the majority of it being acceptable for children.

But the comics taking this more "adult" approach also cuts them off in other avenues like trade and digital copies. The LCS business model is dying and I can't imagine it recovering, but bookstores are doing fine and webtoons are getting pretty big; your comic content not being all-ages friendly across that spectrum is a potential problem. DC does do a lot of kid-focused OGN's, which is great, but that's not getting anyone invested in the main canon.

It's kind of funny in a way. DC struggles to attract the demographic it wants, and the content they make for the fans they have only makes it worse.

And yeah, it's weird that us Americans are perfectly fine with violence in our kid-focused media but we lose our minds if sex is involved. We're an odd culture.

[Vordan]

I hope it doesn't include crap like those Midnighter backups in Future State issues.

It does not, it seems the backups (Midnighter, Power Girl, etc) will be collected separately in their own trades.

[Hypo]

Action Comics #1053 Preview
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[Frontier]

Steel up! And Metallo going full sci-fi cosmic horror .

[Venomized-spider-man]

Ok we had some Warhammer (40k & AOS) designs with Warworld saga but Metallo just straight up made Necron Flayed ones
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[Quinlan58]

Action Comics #1053 Preview
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I'm still not sure about how I feel regarding how easy Corben was to fool here, but otherwise, it looks better than the previous issues did. Corben's complete lack of empathy for his victims while also playing himself off as a victim is sure fine, too.

[Vordan]

Ok we had some Warhammer (40k & AOS) designs with Warworld saga but Metallo just straight up made Necron Flayed ones
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I love Warhammer 40k so inject that right into my veins. Man imagine if PKJ made the Phantom Zone more like the Warp, he’s already brought back Aethyr shaping the place, so I’m hoping that the PZ factors into his upcoming plans.

[Vordan]

Goddamn venomized you were right on the money regarding Metallo. He’s clearly cracking and definitely reminds me of a Necron:



I love his new design, I usually don’t like the whole “some of Metallo’s fake flesh is left clinging to his frame” but here it looks so gross that I can’t help digging it.

Ah and it seems that incident PKJ mentioned the twins being involved in has finally happened:



Otho gets fed up with the anti-alien Blue Earth protestors and goes to attack them. Reminds me of when Pak had Superman fight the Neo-Nazis so while I expect Supes to chide Otho, I hope there’s some acknowledgment of the legitimacy of the anger she feels towards people who hate her and her brother. Fallout from this will probably be a shift in public sympathy towards the Blue Earth group which is going to make the Super-Family’s job a lot harder.

Kon and Kenan also express discontent about helping the poor bastards that Metallo converted into minions. With Kon, Kenan, and Otho we’re seeing some of the Super-Family already starting to chafe under Clark’s leadership. Cracks in the Superfamily’s unity are already showing, Clark needs to address that stuff head on or he risks the team falling apart.

[Venomized-spider-man]

Goddamn venomized you were right on the money regarding Metallo. He’s clearly cracking and definitely reminds me of a Necron:



I love his new design, I usually don’t like the whole “some of Metallo’s fake flesh is left clinging to his frame” but here it looks so gross that I can’t help digging it.

They're even doing that whole reality and perception being warped the longer he in that metal shell it gives a more tragic and mess up twist to an otherwise supervillain goon.

I like this issue and really wished they didn't just up and ruin the mystery villain becasue this could have been a cool reveal

that being said the fact that PKJ is playign around with Clark powers is always great (must have been taking Wally classes)
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the back up are just ok imo like the past one really trying to push this Doombreaker dude who.....eh no real feeling other then that he exist? this is harsh and mean no offence but oh my god why Jon look so terrible in the Powergirl back up like it not even the fact that the artist can't do males we had nightwing and beast boy previously and they were fine but Jon look like a 2000s stereotype with STILL BAD HAIR! why? Get this kid to a barber

[CosmeticSkull]

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Obligatory "**** Brian Michael Bendis"

[Vordan]

They're even doing that whole reality and perception being warped the longer he in that metal shell it gives a more tragic and mess up twist to an otherwise supervillain goon.

I like this issue and really wished they didn't just up and ruin the mystery villain becasue this could have been a cool reveal

that being said the fact that PKJ is playign around with Clark powers is always great (must have been taking Wally classes)
super-vibration.jpg

the back up are just ok imo like the past one really trying to push this Doombreaker dude who.....eh no real feeling other then that he exist? this is harsh and mean no offence but oh my god why Jon look so terrible in the Powergirl back up like it not even the fact that the artist can't do males we had nightwing and beast boy previously and they were fine but Jon look like a 2000s stereotype with STILL BAD HAIR! why? Get this kid to a barber

I am certain this arc now is going to end with Metallo having a full blown mental breakdown and just going apeshit once Tracy bites it. He so clearly is just hanging on to sanity by a thread, once he lets go I hope PKJ and Sandoval let him massacre some poor bastards to really demonstrate what a danger he is.

Yeah the Jurgens backup is terrible. Great art but Doombreaker is a lame villain and Jurgens can’t write kids. His Jon is painful to read, the embodiment of what an old man thinks kids sound like. Shame because I actually did enjoy his original Lois & Clark backup, but at this point once he’s done I hope DC just gives PKJ his pages. I do like the PG backup however, and I actually am a fan of Sauvage’s art lol.

[Mantis-Ray]

Goddamn venomized you were right on the money regarding Metallo. He’s clearly cracking and definitely reminds me of a Necron:



I love his new design, I usually don’t like the whole “some of Metallo’s fake flesh is left clinging to his frame” but here it looks so gross that I can’t help digging it.

I love how Metallo looks here, its a very striking design and offers an improvement on his design compared to his more generic robot looks.

Everything he does here is really horrifying.

[Robotman]

I had doubts that PKJ could make Metallo interesting but damn did he prove me wrong. The “Cronenberg” techno-horror angle for the character has been great. It’s been super creepy and tragic and I’m loving it.

He writes such a great Luthor too. Just brimming with ego and evil.

It does suck that we have to pay for TWO backups in order to get this story. A Superman can’t even attempt to have less Jon Kent in their life.

[TheKryptonMan]

I had doubts that PKJ could make Metallo interesting but damn did he prove me wrong. The “Cronenberg” techno-horror angle for the character has been great. It’s been super creepy and tragic and I’m loving it.

He writes such a great Luthor too. Just brimming with ego and evil.

It does suck that we have to pay for TWO backups in order to get this story. A Superman can’t even attempt to have less Jon Kent in their life.

I like your comment about " A Superman can't even attempt to have less Jon Kent in their life " .
Will be reading Action soon , so I'll know what it means .
I did like the kid at first , but now not sure .
Jon needs to be different from his father to work .

[Stanlos]

I like your comment about " A Superman can't even attempt to have less Jon Kent in their life " .
Will be reading Action soon , so I'll know what it means .
I did like the kid at first , but now not sure .
Jon needs to be different from his father to work .

Oh wow. Somehow I read it as:

" A Superman fan can't even attempt to have less Jon Kent in their life "

My mind just dropped in words that weren't even there!