The Official Superman Thread - Part 5

[Steamteck]

Now that's what I want to see.

 

[titansupes]

I don't know what the hell I just read, but the first few pages were fun and the last two were awesome. God, how I've missed that suit.

 

[Superman Earth1]

I'm going to hate this because after Convergence I'm going to miss pre-52/Flashpoint Superman even more. I still wished that DC rebooted all of their heroes instead of some of their heroes for 52 then I guess I could've been more on board with everything. I just think it's unfair that most of the heroes got to keep their history at the expense of Superman and Wally.

 

[Steamteck]

I'm going to hate this because after Convergence I'm going to miss pre-52/Flashpoint Superman even more. I still wished that DC rebooted all of their heroes instead of some of their heroes for 52 then I guess I could've been more on board with everything. I just think it's unfair that most of the heroes got to keep their history at the expense of Superman and Wally.

Got to agree with you 110%

 

[Young Superman]

I'm going to hate this because after Convergence I'm going to miss pre-52/Flashpoint Superman even more. I still wished that DC rebooted all of their heroes instead of some of their heroes for 52 then I guess I could've been more on board with everything. I just think it's unfair that most of the heroes got to keep their history at the expense of Superman and Wally.

Agreed

 

[luis4u]

http://www.dccomics.com/blog/2015/04/13/preview-monday-convergence-superman-–-man-of-steel-1

 

[luis4u]

http://www.avclub.com/article/exclu...nt-s-217937?utm_medium=RSS&utm_campaign=feeds

 

[Cain]

I was going to skip Matrix's book since I was always indifferent about that character. However that preview was really fun and changed my mind. That one is definitely gonna get copped. Giffen just really knows how to cater to my sensibilities as a reader.

 

[Young Superman]

Every time I see this, I think Kon instead of Kal.

For obvious reasons,

 

[luis4u]

http://www.comicbookresources.com/comic-previews/convergence-superboy-1-dc-comics-2015

 

[luis4u]

 

[luis4u]

 

[Young Superman]

Love seeing silver age Superboy again he's one of my favorite characters.

 

[Legendver2]

So Superman rides a Harley now? I think DC is trying way too hard to get away from the "boy scout" label...

 

[Young Superman]

With the motorcycle and blood on his hands, it makes me think DC may be trying to turn him into Wolverine.

 

[Legendver2]

^I don't think that's blood, looks more like red cloth wrapped around his hands, possible from his cape.

 

[Superman Earth1]

Check out the spoilers in bleeding cool Lois is the one who tells the world Clark is Superman.

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I really hope all this gets undone soon.

 

[Cain]

I think it's a compelling concept and look forward to seeing it handled by Yang and Pak. Not to insult anybody here but generally the only complaints I've seen on the net are from people who don't even buy any Superman comics every month anyway. As far as I'm concerned they could just continue not buying any Superman books.

Just people who feel they always have to react cynically everytime the status quo has been shaken up a bit as if anybody really gives a **** what they think. Those type of "gimmicks" are part of the nature of serialized storytelling in order to keep things fresh.

With Superman alone in my lifetime I've seen everything from his Death to the "Death of Clark Kent" and then Electric Red and Blue Superman happen during my childhood and early teens in terms of status quo shaking. In the end everything eventually returned to the status quo.

The same will ring true with this current approach so I don't see what the hubbub is about across the net. Except again it's mostly the typical cries of some really spoiled fanboys. I mean at least it's something new. Lord knows the main Superman book especially has been in need of that for years now.

 

[luis4u]

STARRING HEROES FROM CRISIS ON INFINITE EARTHS! Superman teams up with Power Girl, but can they stop a nuclear strike by Lex Luthor and Stalin of Red Son Moscow?

 

[Lead Cenobite]

I think it's a compelling concept and look forward to seeing it handled by Yang and Pak. Not to insult anybody here but generally the only complaints I've seen on the net are from people who don't even buy any Superman comics every month anyway. As far as I'm concerned they could just continue not buying any Superman books.

Just people who feel they always have to react cynically everytime the status quo has been shaken up a bit as if anybody really gives a **** what they think. Those type of "gimmicks" are part of the nature of serialized storytelling in order to keep things fresh.

With Superman alone in my lifetime I've seen everything from his Death to the "Death of Clark Kent" and then Electric Red and Blue Superman happen during my childhood and early teens in terms of status quo shaking. In the end everything eventually returned to the status quo.

The same will ring true with this current approach so I don't see what the hubbub is about across the net. Except again it's mostly the typical cries of some really spoiled fanboys. I mean at least it's something new. Lord knows the main Superman book especially has been in need of that for years now.

I just wish they'd stop doing things that would normally be irreversible if they actually plan on reversing it, including revealing a character's secret ID to the world. I find it even more silly than people coming back from the dead when some witch comes along and goes "abracadabra" and gives the entire universe selective amnesia.

 

[Cain]

Nobody knows if it will be reversed though. Going back to the status quo was an assumption on my part. This is the same company that had the public know that The Flash is Wally West for about 20 years. This has also been done before with Superman pre-crisis and in elseworlds. This is just the first time it's been attempted in the mainstream modern age titles. So you'd have to read the entire story to actually find out.

 

[Legendver2]

Didn't they do the same thing with Spider-Man during Civil War, but backpeddled the whole thing through Brand New Day when everyone just happened to forget the face under the mask. I hope nothing like that happens with Supes, I would prefer them to just stick with their guns for at least a good while before change the status quo again, and with a good storyline, not some lame facial amnesia

 

[Young Superman]

I hate the idea of Lois being the one that outs Clark as Superman.

 

[luis4u]