BvS Henry Cavill IS Superman - - - - - - - - - Part 23

[AnneFan]

Red Son

How did I forget that one? Great story.

 

[Black Narcissus]

What are everyone's favourite Superman stories?

These are mine at the moment:

All Star Superman
What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?
Whatever Happened to the Man of Tomorrow?
For The Man who has Everything
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
Birthright
Brainiac
For All Seasons
Secret Identity
Kryptonite
Superman Unchained
Last Son
Secret Identity
Death of Superman
Peace on Earth

The Dark Knight Returns

 

[flickchick85]

What are everyone's favourite Superman stories?

-All-Star Superman
-Birthright
-Red Son
-For the Man Who Has Everything
-What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?
-Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
-Kingdom Come
-Superman Unchained
-Grant Morrison's Action Comics run (I can't remember the numbers but the ones focused on Krypto and Mxy really got me)
-What Lies Beneath (from Greg Pak's Action Comics run)

 

[Sawyer]

What are everyone's favourite Superman stories?

Not sure about the costumes, but can't argue with the message.

 

[Superchan]

To keep this topic relevant I would like to give a shout out to Cavill's choices (Death of superman, search for kryptonite and red son) all of which are excellent.

My favorite superman stories:

Pre-crisis:

- superman 247
- superman 418
- what ever happened to the man of tomorrow

Honorable mentions include superman 400 and superman annual 11

Post crisis:

- The world of new krypton 12 parter
- Action #775
- Action comics annual #3
- Up up and away 8 parter
- hitman 34
- JLA Issues 7-8 (the only electric superman stories I actually liked)

Honorable mentions include Adventures of superman 592, Action annual #7, superman and LOSH arc, Emperor joker arc, the man of steel 123, John byrne's darkseid arc and batman death in the family arc

New 52:

- Morrison's action comics run (issues 1-18)
- Greg Pak's 'what lies beneath' arc
- Superman unchained (wish Scott snyder would've stayed longer on supes)

Elseworlds:

- Red son
- My secret identity
- All star superman

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

edit.

 

[KRYPTON INC.]

The Dark Knight Returns

 

[BH/HHH]

Jeez Superman stories, ermm off the top of my head (and not in any particular order)

Kingdom Come
Byrne's Man of Steel #1-6
All Star Superman
Superman Birthright
Superman Secret Origin
Superman Earth One
Superman Last Son
Superman Brainiac
Superman and the Legion of Superheroes
Dark Knight Over Metropolis
Exile
Panic in the Sky
Time and Time Again
Superman Red Son
The Death of Superman
World Without a Superman
The Return of Superman
Lex Luthor Man of Steel
Action Comics #775 'What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?'
Superman Secret Identity
Action Comics #1 (New 52)

And so many more...

 

[The Batman]

How did I forget that one? Great story.

The ending was brilliant, too.

 

[batman44]

Birthright
For All Seasons
Peace on Earth
Red Son
Lex Luthor: Man of Steel
What's So Funny About Truth, Justice and the American Way?
Action Comics #1 (1938)
Death of Superman
Must there be A Superman
Superman and the Legion of Superheroes
Brainiac

There is more, but I don't want to type it all lol

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

To be fair, we were only given one opportunity to see what Superman's classic suit would look like in a modern, big budget film, and most agree that the execution (and not the design) was botched. In my mind, the briefs have never been given their fair shake, and now they most likely never will be.

They had 4 movies, at least 2 TV shows, and at least 4 animated cartoons.
Its time to let no trunks have a chance and at least in live action it works great...not so much in New 52.

 

[Fallen Angel]

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“Stay down. If I wanted it, you’d be dead already.” #WhoWillWin #Batman #Superman

 

[I Am The Knight]

The Dark Knight Returns

 

[Sawyer]

https://***********/BatmanvSuperman/with_replies

I love how people hating on this portrayal of Superman focus on the "You'd be dead already" and not the "IF I wanted it".

 

[Black Narcissus]

My hnngh gifs getting around.

 

[Black Narcissus]

 

[matt47]

Sooooooo much marketing!!!

 

[Vaibow]

once i see this film i will probably leave these boards..... until next batch of justice league news comes out.. which knowing my luck will be 24 hrs later

 

[MydnightPhoenix]

This is what I've wanted to see...a big BvS logo on the side of a building in Times Square.

 

[egg]

My hnngh gifs getting around.

hnngh is kind of for old people now ha

 

[Clark-Kent]

hnngh is kind of for old people now ha

BN =

 

[MrsKent26]

I see a couple people have Death of Superman on their favorites list. I've never really had much affection for it. Not that it wasn't well-written, I just find the concept of superman dying too sad to enjoy. It's like imagining the death of Santa Claus, lol.

 

[AnneFan]

The ending was brilliant, too.

Yes. Red Son and Gotham by Gaslight are the best two Elseworlds stories IMO.

I see a couple people have Death of Superman on their favorites list. I've never really had much affection for it. Not that it wasn't well-written, I just find the concept of superman dying too sad to enjoy. It's like imagining the death of Santa Claus, lol.

I like it because of the message it sends, especially the second part of the story, where the world mourns for Superman. When he's not around anymore people realise how much he is needed, and reflect on what he stood for. And the third issue with all the replacements showing up says there is no substitute for the real deal. The first issue is good too, I think, even if it's just a slug fest for the most part. Superman is the only guy in the DC universe who stands a chance at stopping Doomsday, and he never gives up. He dies to save everyone. It's Superman at his most desperate and heroic.

 

[Superchan]

I like it because of the message it sends, especially the second part of the story, where the world mourns for Superman. When he's not around anymore people realise how much he is needed, and reflect on what he stood for. And the third issue with all the replacements showing up says there is no substitute for the real deal. The first issue is good too, I think, even if it's just a slug fest for the most part. Superman is the only guy in the DC universe who stands a chance at stopping Doomsday, and he never gives up. He dies to save everyone. It's Superman at his most desperate and heroic.

Mr Fan that is a wonderful way of looking a story, which I always viewed as a gimmick. Although I won't lie I kinda enjoyed the whole thing especially at the time because it got superman alot of needed attention and trying to guess which superman was the real one was kinda of fun.

Oh I forget to put superman adventures issue 18 in my best list. If any of you have seen the late Mr kent episode from STAS this issue is it's comicbook equivalent and a truly wonderful Clark Kent (not superman) story so every superman fan should get a kick out of it.

 

[Tra-El]

I see a couple people have Death of Superman on their favorites list. I've never really had much affection for it. Not that it wasn't well-written, I just find the concept of superman dying too sad to enjoy. It's like imagining the death of Santa Claus, lol.

I was born in '88, so by the time I was old enough to know comics, it was the Death of Superman era so that's why I have the affection I do with that story.

I do, however, think the Reign of the Supermen was awful. I re-read it some time ago and most parts were more than a chore to get through. The beginning of the bad times for Superman stories.