The Official Superman Thread - Part 2

[Anubis]

You will be....you will be.

 

[Lord]

Odd that they decided to restart with a very forgetable event instead of with another infinite Crisis or even have done that with Final Crisis

 

[CConn]

I'd much rather have them restart with Flashpoint. It was eons better than Final Crisis.

 

[TheCorpulent1]

Sold pretty well too, so it's not like it was some obscure side comic or anything. It was suitably big.

 

[spiderbob]

Not to interrupt the current discussion, but a friend of my would like to read some good Superman stories, and aside from All Star, I'm drawing a blank. I don't really follow the Man of Steel all that closely.

Any suggestions of good Superman reads?

 

[Anubis]

http://forums.superherohype.com/showthread.php?t=310496&page=4

Eveything you need is right there on that page.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

I haven't read it myself, but a lot of people like Rucka's Superman run. I'm pretty sure it's in trade somewhere.

And I like the Death of Superman. It's a big story, and to get the whole thing in trade will probably set you back 50 bucks. But it's one of the most famous comic book stories ever, so probably worth the read.

 

[Kurosawa]

Anything before 1986.

 

[MOS]

Not to interrupt the current discussion, but a friend of my would like to read some good Superman stories, and aside from All Star, I'm drawing a blank. I don't really follow the Man of Steel all that closely.

Any suggestions of good Superman reads?

Superman for all Seasons
Death of/World Without Superman
Crisis on Infinite Earths

 

[spiderbob]

Thank you very much, guys. 'Tis greatly appreciated.

Now to just wait for Grant Morrison's Action Comics.

 

[Lord]

Birthright is my favourtite superman origin story until now and it's a good read but it wil be no longuer canonical because of the upcoming Grant Morrinson's action comics stories

 

[HighFivingMF]

Clair Kent, Alias Super-Sister.

 

[X Knight]

Not to interrupt the current discussion, but a friend of my would like to read some good Superman stories, and aside from All Star, I'm drawing a blank. I don't really follow the Man of Steel all that closely.

Any suggestions of good Superman reads?

you can't go wrong with For All Seasons.

 

[Keyser Soze]

Not to interrupt the current discussion, but a friend of my would like to read some good Superman stories, and aside from All Star, I'm drawing a blank. I don't really follow the Man of Steel all that closely.

Any suggestions of good Superman reads?

All Star Superman.

 

[Keyser Soze]

A preview of Action Comics #1:

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=44117

 

[X Knight]

A preview of Action Comics #1:

http://www.newsarama.com/php/multimedia/album.php?aid=44117

wow!!

a different Superman, indeed!!

I'm still not sure how I feel about it......but I'll give the new books a chance.....

Action Comics #1 comes out next Wednesday, right?

 

[Keyser Soze]

Yep, out on Wednesday, September 7th.

 

[X Knight]

Yep, out on Wednesday, September 7th.

thanks!!

I'm definitely picking up all the Superman books. I'll give their first story arcs a chance before I pass judgment.

I'll pick up JLA #1 tomorrow.

Are the inital story arcs supposed to be 6 issues? did I hear that correct?

 

[Mystirious]

The arcs for Action Comics and JLA are

No, I fear he will. But you know what Yoda says about fear.

It leads to the dark side

And according to Fear Itself to magic hammers as well

 

[antonydelfini]

Wow. Golden Age Superman is back. Good times ahead. I hope when he gets his full powers and starts fighting aliens, he will still have the golden age attitude of being a take charge kind of guy and not forget about the little guy.

Morrison really seems more at home writing Superman than Batman. Really hope that the Superman in Man of Steel also has this kind of attitude rather than the boyscout attitude.

 

[Anubis]

Wow, not bad. The Superdick is back.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

yeah, that Superman is kinda an *******. That's...that's not Superman.

 

[Anubis]

It is now.

 

[Scarecrow_King]

Guess I won't be reading any Superman comics then.

 

[HighFivingMF]

yeah, that Superman is kinda an *******. That's...that's not Superman.

Sounds like this guy to me.

http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ug02/yeung/actioncomics/images/page2.jpg