"By force of will he turns his gaze upon the seething horror bellow us on the hillside.
Yes, he feels the icy touch of fear, but he is not cowed. He is Superman!"
You know, for a guy who everyone says had mostly bad stories and poorly executed runs, we're finding a lot of really great, powerful moments here.
"We all know the truth: more connects us than separates us. But in times of crisis the wise build bridges, while the foolish build barriers. We must find a way to look after one another, as if we were one single tribe."
~ Black Panther.
That's because the runs that were good produced a big chunk of great moments. His only real faling was that he wasn't Johns' preferred Superman. That's the only reason he was replaced. I become more confident of that every day.
"They can be a great people Kal-El, they wish to be. They only lack the light to show the way. For this reason above all, their capacity for good, I have sent them you. My only son." - Jor-El
Yeah, with all of the Rebirth stuff going on I was starting to feel like maybe everyone else was right; that he was poorly defined with mostly bad comics and only a few exceptions. This thread though is reminding me not only that he had a lot of damn good moments, but that there was a well defined character there as well (even if he mostly showed up in Morrison and Pak's stuff). Now that I think about it didn't they write like half of the main New 52 comics when combined? And even when Pak's stuff was caught up in editorial nonsense, he still had that clearly defined interpretation of Superman there.
Anyway here's one of my favourite moments.
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I did like the beginning of Action Comics. It was very dynamic.
I particularly loved the "torture" scene. Because you could tell Superman just found it all HILARIOUS.
I also loved Superman's quick appearance in Doomed! where Clark decided to give Reiser a chance and not just view him as a walking, well, Doomsday. The art was here and there (particularly since this was the somewhat odd depowered Superman phase) but I did like how it really did boil down to Superman's good nature and willingness to take chances to have people prove themselves.
"By force of will he turns his gaze upon the seething horror bellow us on the hillside.
Yes, he feels the icy touch of fear, but he is not cowed. He is Superman!"
From Superman #40. After superflaring, Superman finds himself temporarily powerless, but able to enjoy food and beverages as a human for the first time. Batman asks him to buy the gang dinner:
To me, this was a golden era for Superman. No era is perfect, but this character is the Superman I really like.
Him quitting the DP.
Then Cat joining him in that Jerry McGuire like plot.
This was always funny to me
That last page is some of the worst of New 52 Superman.
So very little from Lobdell that I thought was actually any good.