PKJ Action Comics Discussion and Spoilers

[Filbert]

Opening story OK. Too much speech making. Too many heroes in one room. Kenan works better on his own. So does Connor. Nice to see a return to "The City of Tomorrow."
Didn't really get, and don't want to get, the young Jon story. From Lazarus Planet, his solo series might shape out to be good.
Female Kryptonian Telepathy! Of all the things from the seventies to make a come-back!
In Adventure Comics 397, Supergirl performed a mind-meld. In the letter column four issues later, Mike Sekowsky justifies it based on Action Comics 268, in which Supergirl claims she has one power up on Superman, Super-Feminine-Intuition. With training from an Atlantean or Saturnian friend, she was full-on telepathic. (Yeah, yeah, Lazarus Planet. As if that makes any more sense.) And now Power Girl is opening some sort of counseling clinic with Lillith. OK, then. I was hoping for Atlee to make a come-back, and, well, that whole vibe. I guess we'll see what happens.

[Vordan]

Lol, that’s one way to spice up the Earth-bound lovin’

Speaking of dialogue in the Jurgens backup, haven’t read the issue yet myself, but hopefully it won’t be too distracting or detrimental moving forward. I’m finding the same thing with Malik in Black Adam by Priest, who I do generally like.

Yeah Priest’s Malik is very boomer-esque lol. Jurgens’ Jon is mostly fine, it’s just kinda generic if that makes sense? Tomasi remains the best kid Jon writer. But if you liked Jon in the New 52 Lois & Clark then you should like him here.

[Last Son of Krypton]

Jurgens keeping canon that Superman spent 10 years wearing a black suit and hiding in a farm in California, lol.

[Prime]

Jurgens keeping canon that Superman spent 10 years wearing a black suit and hiding in a farm in California, lol.

That implies Superbro was around too.

[Last Son of Krypton]

That implies Superbro was around too.

Nah, not under Jurgens. lol. He is just keeping his poor selling L&C mini relevant. Somehow Clark lived in a farm hiding as White. They go back to the old farm from the mini. idk. Superman's continuity is a messy joke.

[LordUltimus]

"Everything is canon", remember?

[Myskin]

Read it, after years of non-superhero comics, out of curiosity.
I may have lost some taste for this type of books, but it was better than expected, even if it was more of a introduction than anything else. I've had the sensation that it may be very reminiscent of the triangle era, especially in terms of rhythm and characterization - probably Sandoval's style plays a role, too. To a degree, it looks like a merger between Loeb's Superman and Jurgens' Superman - or, to put it better, what Jurgens' and Simonson's Superman would have been if they had implemented the idea of a futuristic Metropolis with a slightly more realistic approach (whereas Loeb's and Kelly's was more cartoonish).
A very crowded book though, even if the new entries are not bad, especially the twins. Even Jon, a character I can't stand, is a bit more tolerable as part of a squad.

[K. Jones]

Jurgens keeping canon that Superman spent 10 years wearing a black suit and hiding in a farm in California, lol.

Rebirth / Last Days / Reborn and that "Superman & Lois in the shadows" series was like the most Doctor Whovian thing ever. Poor Jon Kent. To even exist his life has to involve multiple sequential spans-of-years timejumps. I was chuckling about that while I read this. Turning Super-continuity into a cluster-**** used to mess with my brain but when they embraced it suddenly it worked for me.

Gorgeous art in that chapter.

I like the Power Girl & Lilith backup, too. It could come off as slight or like practice/play for an upcoming writer, but bringing Garfield in and running a few link-ups to stories past like a history of Slade beef, Dark Crisis, and the "Red Beast Boy" period kind of made the new spin feel relevant to the greater DCU. Plus she gets a great jacket, Lilith ditches the overloaded monk robes, and the art was clean and poppy.

[Vordan]

New podcast interview with PKJ by Comic Source: https://lrmonline.com/news/talking-s...nnedy-johnson/

I’ll give it a listen when I have the time

[bat22]

Let's hope the classic version of Maxima, the one who went against Doomsday face to face.

co-signed on the classic version of Maxima. The one in Supergirl was an alright character, but she wasn't Maxima.

Hear, hear.

[LordUltimus]

So I guess DC is quietly pretending Sanctuary never existed now?

[Vordan]

So I guess DC is quietly pretending Sanctuary never existed now?

From Heroes in Crisis? They’ve been ignoring that since it finished.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Shame because Sanctuary was a cool concept wasted on a lame event.

[LordUltimus]

Shame because Sanctuary was a cool concept wasted on a lame event.

Well, if they brought it back, they'd have to address the fact that it was terrible for mental health and acknowledge how badly the Trinity screwed up.

[the illustrious mr. kenway]

Well, if they brought it back, they'd have to address the fact that it was terrible for mental health and acknowledge how badly the Trinity screwed up.

I don't see them acknowledging it any time soon. So ignoring it is for the best.