Superman by Josh Williamson and Jamal Campbell Discussion & Spoilers

[Frontier]

I definitely think it's high time we had the series re-focus on building up the Rogues Gallery again.

[exile001]

Mark Millar’s run on Superman Adventures followed a similar format, short 1-3 issue arcs focusing on Superman’s Rogues and his supporting cast. It was great too, a lot of Millar’s best issues were one and dones like the Livewire story or the Lex story How Much Can One Man Hate? Totally possible to do good work with the villains without making them 6 issue arcs, and that kind of storytelling will likely be found in PKJ’s Action.

That's the hope, but DCAU was a universe dedicated to short, snappy one-offs where everything ends by and large as it started (excluding origins).

Working on a mainline Superman book on characters with decades of history, audience expectation and, frankly, a lot of losses/depowering over the years doesn't fill me with confidence that a quick 2-3 issues will do anything of note.

I hope to be proved wrong and, as always, will head in optimistically. If nothing else it'll be nice to see more of Superman's enemies getting attention.

[Sacred Knight]

If that big dark figure is a brand new character, I'm refusing to believe he's not going to be heavily inspired by Shigaraki Tomura.

[Frontier]

That's the hope, but DCAU was a universe dedicated to short, snappy one-offs where everything ends by and large as it started (excluding origins).

Working on a mainline Superman book on characters with decades of history, audience expectation and, frankly, a lot of losses/depowering over the years doesn't fill me with confidence that a quick 2-3 issues will do anything of note.

I hope to be proved wrong and, as always, will head in optimistically. If nothing else it'll be nice to see more of Superman's enemies getting attention.

I think it's going to be a little more serialized but I think Williamson can do solid 2-3 parters.

[Bored at 3:00AM]

Much more excited by Campbell being on art than Williamson writing, but Renondo has made Taylor's writing far more tolerable on Nightwing, so I'm hoping it'll be the same situation here.

[Superfly Frankenstein]

It would be awesome if we got the secret identity back.

[KC]

Joshua Williamson is highly hit-or-miss to me (with way more misses). I will give it a shot if I hear good things about it.

[The Frog Bros]

If nothing else it's nice to hear that Williamson sees Superman at the forefront post-Dark Crisis. Time will tell if it delivers of course, but its obviously a wonderful concept.

I do like the promise of some shorter arcs. I loved Warworld but even still, I was hoping that they could toss in a shorter story now and again too. Keeps it fresh.

If its Triangle Era 2.0, will we see the mullet? (Asks the guy who digs the Supermullet).

[Exciter]

Joshua Williamson is highly hit-or-miss to me (with way more misses). I will give it a shot if I hear good things about it.

I really liked his Image stuff - Birthright and Nailbiter were fantastic. At DC, I only recall reading his Flash and Infinite Frontier books. I liked both. He’s probably one of the most competent writers DC has in their current stable.

[Frontier]

It would be awesome if we got the secret identity back.

I feel like there's a good chance Williamson might bring it back, but I always assume that of every writer who takes over Batman with Alfred still dead.

[Sacred Knight]

I'm not counting it, considering the other Bendis-era stuff they're defending to the death, but I'm hopeful that it'll happen if not right away, sometime during the run.

[dreyga2000]

It would be awesome if we got the secret identity back.

Wait they got rid of Superman's identity??

Whole world knows he's ClarK?

[Phantom Zone]

How many Superman #1's do we need? I hope they eventually go back to the original numbering. If I'm not mistaken, the seventh issue will actually be #850.

[TheKryptonMan]

How many Superman #1's do we need? I hope they eventually go back to the original numbering. If I'm not mistaken, the seventh issue will actually be #850.

I have to agree with you ! How many Superman # 1's do we need ? I guess that DC would only go back to original numbering, if they could make more money on it.
I see what Marvel does with Spider-Man , celebrating milestone numbers , but they keep restarting with a # 1 . It just makes it a bit harder for anyone that wants to buy any older issues . To try and seek the books out , that's if anyone does that anymore.

[The Frog Bros]

Wait they got rid of Superman's identity??

Whole world knows he's ClarK?

He dropped the secret identity and told everyone he's Superman near the end of the Bendis run.