Comics Denny O'neil SUPERMAN ?????

[Comics N' Toons]

WHAT DOES EVERYONE THINK ABOUT Superman Nevermore (Denny O'neil's run on Supes in the 70's).

Is it worth picking up? I only saw reviews and know basic plot, but how is the story.


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[Cousin Itt]

Never read it. Been wondering myself actually if it's worth picking up.

I've been hesitant because I heard a lot of people *****ing about the coloring in it something like that.

 

[Mace Dolex]

I just have several of the single issues mostly because of the Neal Adams' covers but the story itself is ok for it's time.

I just remember that all of the sudden all the Krytonite on earth becomes harmless to Superman and he slowly begins losing his strength while at the same time battling some sort of sandlike Superman creature, originally Denny O'Neil planned to stay on the title much longer but the higher ups at DC were disliking where he was taking the character so he left after a year.

As for the collection itself it's not even remastered and not worth the $39.99.

 

[DavidTyler]

It was the first of the really good story arcs. I loved it. You weren't sure back then if things would ever return to normal because these kinds of story arcs weren't common to DC back then but it was a fun ride.

The sand creature was slowly becoming Superman. Having read Mace's post, I'm wondering what would have happened if management had allowed Denny to finish out the story line as he'd originally planned.

I'm sure Denny, who considers himself a caretaker of these characters and treats them with buku respect, would have eventually brought the character back to who we knew him as. The point of the arc, however, was to reduce the amount of Kryptonite on Earth. It had gotten to the point where it was just lying around everywhere. Just like the issue where it seemed no one had actually died on Krypton because survivors kept showing up on Earth... and not just supervillains but everyday people who didn't, for one reason or another, have powers. A lot of silliness that was pre-crisis was being looked at with a keen eye to fixing things. This story arc was one of the attempts.

 

[TruerToTheCore]

it's nothing special. It has the iconic "eating Kryptonite" but that's about it.

 

[DavidTyler]

It's notable for two things...

1) The iconic Superman image breaking the chains around his chest by flexing (it originated here as green to represent kryptonite but was later used with the chains coloured grey for ordinary metal) .. and that's much more iconic than Superman munching a rock.

2) This arc represents how early on DC realized that Superman had gotten stale and overloaded with useless, sometimes silly additions to the mythos... like the fact that Kryptonite got to be more common than gravel. A 5 year old kid could go out in a field and just pick up a hunk of it. While Truer clings tightly to the lightheartedness of the earlier days of DC, the company itself was losing ground and money on their number one character and needed to take action. This arc was a first attempt at what later resulted in a complete reboot of the character by Bryne and Wolfman. (Contrary to what some may tell you here, the reboot was not Byrne's idea. He wanted to introduce changes within regular continuity. It was the decision of management to take a clean, fresh start with Superman.)

So - is it worth picking up. It's notable for the reasons I said. Historically speaking, it's something I appreciate having in my collection. From the standpoint of continuity, it's not needed.

Denny, however, is a good writer and it's not a bad read.