New Word Balloon Interview
-Wrote the beginning and ending of 1050 and worked mostly with Perkins but also contributed in other areas with that issue, Taylor wrote most of the Kent Farm and Clark/Jon scenes, and Williamson mostly wrote the Lex scenes
-Praises how the FROM Software games create this extensive backstory and lore for their worlds but don’t spoon feed it to the player, says that definitely influenced him alongside influences he’s already mentioned such as Tolkien and GRRM
-When conversations about restoring Clark’s secret identity happened behind the scenes, he was the only one who wasn’t gung ho about it and tried to put the brakes on it to at least talk about it first. Loved the Bendis issue where Perry finds out and the Jimmy issue. He thought there were still relationships Superman had that should have been explored in the context of him being outed. Reason that they did it is they wanted to refocus on “classic Superman”. Williamson was the one who came up with Lex being the one who did it and they did that so it wouldn’t be Superman going “I made a mistake”
-Williamson wanted to use Metallo but PKJ called dibs for him until his story is finished, in return PKJ is keeping Lex as more of a man pulling the strings to allow Williamson more freedom to use him
-Metallo’s sanity is going to be connected to the biomechanical form he now possess, PKJ is leaning into the horror of his current state
-1050 was setting the stage and the new stories come next, the jumping on point is meant to be
Superman #1,
Action Comics #1051, etc.
-Gushes over how much he loves Steel, also teases Krypto will be showing up in Action
-Talks about a character he wants to write a story for one day, someone Superman defeated in his early days, who gets out and Superman keeps tabs on them and tries to help them rebuild their life. Would be a human who basically spent their entire life in Metropolis
-Kara and the Ra kids will be growing close
-Osul being a New God will continue to cause problems for Superman going forward, the New Gods will continue to be a presence in Action going forward
-Wrote a WW short that will come out in conjunction with Lazarus Planet
-In about a month and a half there will be a new announcement about a new ongoing he’s doing, says it will be a big deal (maybe not Aquaman like I thought after all?)
-Metropolis feelings towards Kryptonians will be explored, there will be both supporters and protestors
-Lex knowing Clark’s identity will color their interactions going forward, to PKJ it didn’t make sense for Clark to want to restore the secret identity, but Lex taking the choice out of his hands worked for him
-His first take on Manchester’s death was very dark and crude, but he reworked it because he didn’t think he could get away with that in a Superman book
-John Henry and Natasha will be very important in Action in addition to Steelworks, you will actually see the skyline of Metropolis start to change in 1051, there’s a new building that’s very important, those two will be the architects for the new Metropolis
-He does know who will be writing
Steelworks but can’t reveal just yet, says he actually needs to send an email to them to coordinate them
-Bendis
New Avengers run is a big influence on how he’s structuring his Action run, the Metallo arc will lead into the next arc
That’s all the Superman stuff in Part 1