Superman: Space Age Announced

[Vordan]

I'm definitely intrigued. This could be the kind of Super story I love; a fusion of socio-political theater and big cosmic craziness.....or it's gonna be some JMS level naval gazing. Kinda hard to tell where Russel might come down with it, honestly.

Looking at Russel's One Star Squadron, I think he's a guy who works best outside the constraints of continuity. So this seems like a perfect fit, and I'm very interested in seeing where he takes things. Russel seems like the kind of guy who would have a really unique view of Clark, and pick up on stuff that other writers miss (or at least ignore). Maybe his views won't align with mine, but it should at least be an interesting commentary.

And Alred is....I mean, this guy on Superman is a dream right?

Man, we've had an embarrassment of riches lately haven't we? I feel like since Superman Smashes the Klan we've had a pretty consistent stream of Superman mini's and self-contained work, and damn near all of them have been worth reading.

How many years did some of us wish for a line like this, when Didio was in charge and allowing sexual predators to run the office while the number of titles continually dropped lower and lower. I gotta be honest, I'm really, really satisfied with the people in charge of DC right now.

There’s very much something for everyone right now. On the comics side Supes is being well served.

[Ascended]

There’s very much something for everyone right now. On the comics side Supes is being well served.

And I hear the CW show is pretty well received, though I turned it off five minutes into the first episode with no intention of returning.

All we need now is a quality movie and/or video game, and dare I say it, we wouldn't have a damn thing to complain about!

Not that that'd stop us, but still!

[Prime]

This looks greatm looking forward to it.

[Frontier]

I hope Russel handles this better than he did the FF: Life Story.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Russel has been diminishing returns with me for a little while now, but Allred doing Superman is a must-buy for me.

[exile001]

Mike Allred on Superman. SOLD!

[CaptCleghorn]

Art alone is worth the price of entry but does anyone else get real Spider-Man: Life Story vibes from the pitch (or I guess FF: LS vibes since Russel wrote that)?

I found the structure of FF:Life Story very restrictive. If we have three 80 page books, Russell will have up to 240 pages to write his story. I love his takes on present political and pop-culture themes and this could be perfect using Superman as an outsider looking in. I will be picking this up.

[The Frog Bros]

Love the title, Space Age. Looking forward to some early Cold War stuff.

[Gaius]

Least Russel already wrote a Superman mini I enjoyed during Future State and we still have Waid’s book coming if this is a bust.

Climbing up hill with each BL Superman story.

Art alone is worth the price of entry but does anyone else get real Spider-Man: Life Story vibes from the pitch (or I guess FF: LS vibes since Russel wrote that)?

Russell and the impending doom part made me more think FF: Life Story. I didn't get past the first issue on that so hopefully a second swing works better.

[Vordan]

I hope Russel handles this better than he did the FF: Life Story.

Russel has been diminishing returns with me for a little while now, but Allred doing Superman is a must-buy for me.

Climbing up hill with each BL Superman story.



Russell and the impending doom part made me more think FF: Life Story. I didn't get past the first issue on that so hopefully a second swing works better.

FF: LS is one of his weaker works for sure. He really just wanted to tell a Galactus story and stretched it out to meet the format Marvel wanted. But I love One-Star Squadron so he still can hit a home run now and then. His Superman and Lex in there are really good too, so I feel optimistic about this. Like I said even if Russell misses Allred drawing Superman is worth it to me alone, I just hope Allred gets to draw a bunch of Superman Rogues.

[Vordan]

Tiny sneak peek at Superman: Space Age #1. I love this scene and Lois Lane as a war zone reporter feels even more relevant to me now.

https://twitter.com/manruss/status/1...IBpxodOXn0POaw

[exile001]

That reads as though Lois is about to be killed off...

[Frontier]

That reads as though Lois is about to be killed off...

Considering the scope of this, I think Clark is definitely going to outlive her.

[Kirk Brent]

I'm not a fan of Russell at all. That said, I've loved Allred's work for decades. This is pretty typical of DC in the last few years: writers I don't much care for or don't care for at all paired with artists I love.

[Vordan]

Considering the scope of this, I think Clark is definitely going to outlive her.

Isn’t this taking place in the 1950/1960s? Yeah Lois will definitely be long dead by the time we get to the “present”.