What do you think of the new Superman costume

[Motown Marvel]

Originally Posted by SuperCereal

I said that's how he looks to young kids today. Kids who spend all day playing Assassins creed and WoW and only know Batman from the movies.

great, so DC should just pander to young kids who clearly dont know anything about superman just so they can sell some books?

You re taking this too personally i see.

its nothing personal that i think superman's character deserves respect. i think it's been earned.

His iconography is 95% the same and everything he represents is still the same. It's just the hardcore fans who are mad that he lost the trunks. Everyone else is like "Superman's suit now has cool abilities so he's cooler now? Nice! Maybe i'll actually pick up a comic book this time."

The core fandom being difficult to change as always, even if they re too blindsighted by their own ego and nostalgia to see that they're hurting the character.

yes....yer right....thats totally what everyone else is saying.

I would have posted the same things, i just thought i shouldnt pretend it's my words, even though it's my thoughts exactly.

But if you dont want to address their good points, then whatever.

yeah im not interested in you presenting me everyone else's opinions on the internet for me to respond to.

But i'm right arent i? If it came down to you, you'd only allow them to redesign his belt buckle, and maybe not even that.

no, yer not right.

You mean just like the entire new 52? It started out as DC's 14th best selling book and it's still in that place because all books are dropping at the same rate.

if a books sales starts out good, then constantly slips from month to month, i'd call that a fleeting success. WW is one third of DC's trinity, their three most iconic characters. There's no reason why the book shouldnt be a top ten book every month featuring some of the best talent in the industry.

Well i could search around the internet and find all the articles that place it very highly among the best of the new 52, but i'm not gonna bother because i dont like your arrogant and dismissive tone as if you're some sort of authority on the issue. If you want to, you can do that search by yourself. You're the one who doesnt like the book and needs it to be bad to justify his opinion.

i need the book to be bad to justify my opinion? yes, because if i've shown anything through this debate its the fact that i want superman to do poorly because i despise the character so much.

And this will be my last post to you for that exact same reason. And as i go, let me be a douche like the one you've been to me so far. Let me rub it in your face: This is the new suit from now on. Most people love it, but you and your 50 year old pals can keep being grumpy about kids playing in your lawn. Stay mad.

i think yer the one taking this personally now. and....yer making more assumptions about the future of the suit and how other people feel about it.

take care.

[Thor The Mighty]

I'm actually glad the trunks are gone. Back in the 30's weren't they included as a form of censorship? Why would a invulnerable person need armor?

[Spade]

Siegel and Shuster wanted readers to intuit that Superman was a strong guy, so they based his costume off of circus strongmen of the time. As the times changed, so did our images of strength, but no one updated his duds because they'd become iconic.

The current Superman isn't invincible, which is how they validate his reliance on the indestructible suit. But he seems to wear it at his leisure. I suspect he's inconsistent because of the behind-the-scenes tweaking on Morrison's story; even the way he acquired it felt a little forced.

[The Question]

Originally Posted by Thor The Mighty

I'm actually glad the trunks are gone. Back in the 30's weren't they included as a form of censorship?

No, they were an aesthetic choice.